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Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 w Skis by Uncle T

FOR VERSION 1.2!

My version of the Polikarpov 1-16 Type 24. It was called "Ishak" or "Donkey" by the Russian pilots, and it was also known in the Spanish civil war as "Rata/Rat" or "Mosca/Fly".

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

This is the winter version with skis. Landing gear is fixed.
Sadly they do not work in the game. You can usually start by pitching up max, starting the engine and then you tend to "pop" from the ground with enough speed to take off. Landing I have not yet succeeded without flipping. :)

I decided to re-build it from scratch when I realised how crude my original was when I was very unsuccessfully trying to tweak it to work better in 1.2. So here it is new and improved and with better guns.
It however can behave erraticly in some instances (like the "roll freeze" at lower speeds and jerky pitch movement at certain speeds) when the "dynamic" features of the fluid dynamics switch on or off, nothing I can do about that.

This late Type 24 is armed with 2 machine guns under the cowling and 2 20 mm automatic cannons in the wings (I had to switch places for lack of space in the wings).

Alt controls to fly.
W/S: Variable throttle.
S. Ground brake.
A/D: Ground steering/Yaw.
Up/Down arrow: Pitch.
Left/Right arrow: Roll.
Fire action 1/Num 1: Machine guns and auto-cannons.

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

Have fun!