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FS Aircraft Preview Dassault Étendard IVP
by Royale French Navy Design
(Previewed April 2011)
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The Étendard IVP is a follow-on to the Étendard IVM project described here.
Sylvain Parouty has developed it in tandem with the IVM so all enhancements are being added to both.
As with the IVM, flight model testing is enhanced with advice from former Étendard pilot Michel Panattoni.
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Three external configurations will be included: clean, 2 tanks (below), and as shown
to the right, "Nounou" (2 tanks and Douglas refueling pod). When the refueling
pod is installed the flush mounted camera pod is removed. An AI version of the
IVM with refueling pod will be included in the final IVM/IVP package.
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Textures for two aircraft from Flotille 16F will be included. One in the original
blue/white scheme (above) from the 1960's and the second in the final two-tone gray
camo scheme with subdued markings worn up to 2004 when the Étendard IVP was retired.
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Virtual cockpit of the IVP showing the camera control panel at top center where the
gunsight was on the IVM, the six camera switches at the lower left of the instrument
panel, and the camera configuration panel on the center panel. Both the IVM and
IVP cockpits have two main variations each: standard and air-to-air refueling (the
Douglas pod command panel replaces the gunsight on the IVM or the camera control
panel on the IVP).
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Virtual cockpit view showing the lateral camera sight used to take a photo (as it was done in
the real life). Four cameras are available: front, left, right nose, and ventral
belly. As with the IVM, a lot of work has gone into the VC in the form of improved
canopy and windshield elements, seat, texture reworking, etc. A mist effect has been
added on the windshield glass.
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The configuration gauge now looks like pages from a flight manual. In this example
the fuel management "page" is used to determine the fuel quantity in internal and external
tanks. In addition to a "cover page" when the gauge is first displayed there is also
a "start" page and a "cold/dark cockpit" management page. A neat idea and it looks cool.
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