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Avro Lancaster Mk I Dambuster Water 1.3 by Uncle T

FOR VERSION 1.3! WATER!

My version of the iconic Avro Lancaster Mk I heavy bomber.

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

This is the famous Dam Buster version used during operation Chastice targeting dams in the Ruhr area. The Möhne and Edersee dams were breached, and the Sorpe Dam sustained minor damage.

The plane is armed with the equally famous "Upkeep" bouncing bomb designed to bounce on the surface of the water, hit the dam and sink to a proper depth before it detonated in order to cause maximum possible damage.

This bomb is intended for dropping in water!

It's also armed with 2 + 2 + 4 machine guns in nose, dorsal and rear turrets.

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.
B/Beacon: Retractable landing lights and elevation indicator for bomb drop.
*Fire action 1/Num 1: Upkeep bouncing bomb.

Fire in the engines!
PgUp-PgDn/Auxiliary (without Alt): Fire in engine one.
Alt + PgUp-PgDn/Auxiliary: Fire in engine two.
L/Headlights: Fire in engine three.
K/Hazard light: Fire in engine four.
I can't stop the engines since the plane won't fly with lopsided engines but you get a lot of smoke and some flames (as in orange smoke) for RP purposes.

To release the bomb fly low (10-20 metres) and slow (180-250 kph) and release.
It takes 2 seconds for the bomb to get spinning before it is released so there is a 2 second delay before it is actually dropped.
The bomb will not bounce on the surface of the water due to the physics in the game but it will travel on the surface for about 25 seconds covering a distance of 400-500 metres before it explodes after 30 seconds.
NOTE! If dropped on solid ground it will fly off uncontrollably in various directions!

* They used converging light beams shining down on the right hand side of the plane to gauge the correct altitude over the water surface to release the bomb. The converging lights should form a figure Eight/8 on the surface below, then the plane is at the right altitude (in reality it was 60 feet or about 18 metres). Sadly in the game this only works over solid ground since the water surface apparently can not be illuminated. There is also no sensor that detects altitude over water (only over the bottom below) so sadly there's no way to indicate the right altitude over water, and this bomb doesn't work on solid ground so it'sa bit of a lose-lose scenario.

A green light will light up in the cockpit when the bouncing bomb is away.

The turrets are controlled from their respective seat. Alt controls.
Arrow keys/Mouse: Aim.
Fire action/Num 1: Fire.

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

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

Have fun!