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Short Stirling I 1.2 by Uncle T

For version 1.2
It flies... Well it flies. Straight and pitch up and down is no problem, rolling and turning... yeah e-mail Fluppi about that. (Don't, I'm just sick of the sh*tty fluid dynamics for big planes).
This one feels very unstable at all times, so yay for "dynamic" fluid dynamics...

My take on the Short Stirling I heavy bomber used by the British in the first part of WW2. It was the first four-engine bomber in the service of the RAF.

It's an approximation, not a 1:1 replica.

The Short Stirling was replaced by the Lancaster and the Halifax because of its limited range and size restrictions of the bomb bays which could carry no larger bombs than the 500 lb ones.

It had a crew of 7: pilot, co-pilot, navigator/bomber, flight engineer and three gunners of which the front gunner operated the radio.

It carries 16 500 lb bombs in the main bomb bay and 3 each in its rather unusual bomb bays under the wings for a total of 24 bombs or 12,000 lb. It's a bit heavy with the payload so you need to get it to 150 kph before take-off.

It's also armed with 8 .303 machine guns, 2 in the nose turret, 2 in the dorsal turret and 4 in the rear turret.

Alt controls to fly.
W/S: Variable throttle.
S : Ground brakes.
A/D: Ground steering/Yaw.
Up/Down arrow: Pitch.
Left/Right arrow: Roll.
X/Disable steering: Landing gear and landing lights.
Hold X/Reverse steering: Bomb bay doors.
Fire action 1/Num 1: Release bombs.*
B/Beacon: Fire in engine 1.
K/Hazard lights: Fire in engine 2.
L/Headlights: Fire in Engine 3.
PgUp/PgDn/Auxiliary (with Alt): Fire in engine 4.

Machine gun turrets use Alt.
Arrow keys/Mouse: Move.
Fire action 1/Num 1: Fire.

Camera 1: Bomb sight.
Camera 2: Nose turret.
Camera 3: Dorsal turret.
Camera 4: Rear turret.

*Bombs are released in timed sequence and it takes about 4 seconds to release them all. A green light lights up in the cockpit once the last bomb is away.

Feel free to edit, but if you re-upload publically in any way please acknowledge the original creation and creator.

Have fun!