Brick Rigs

Brick Rigs

Not enough ratings
Airspeed Horsa Mk II by Uncle T
   
Award
Favorite
Favorited
Unfavorite
Category: Military
Type: Plane
Tags: W W2
File Size
Posted
Updated
27.302 KB
Jun 6, 2022 @ 9:42am
Jun 10, 2022 @ 3:18pm
7 Change Notes ( view )

Subscribe to download
Airspeed Horsa Mk II by Uncle T

In 1 collection by Mean Green
WWII Aircraft by Uncle T
419 items
Description
My version of the Airspeed Horsa Mk II glider.

It's very much anapproximation, not a 1:1 replica.

Used in several operations to land troops behind enemy lines this glider can carry 28 fully soldiers and you might be able to cram a cannon or a jeep in there if you make a ramp.

Since towing, especially in solo play, doesn't work I added an electric engine and a hidden propeller so you can fly the plane to a suitable altitude before cutting the engine and gliding. Since the game physics removes so much of your speed when using any flaps you need to adjust your course as little as possible to maintain speed, or cheat and boost your speed with the engine in turns.

The fuselage is a bit girthier than the real deal but I had to compromise to be able to use the arches and create a hollow, round fuselage whith an opening door, so it's a bit chubby but seat capacity, length and wingspan are quite close to correct.

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: Side door.
Auxiliary/PgUp and PgDn: Open nose for loading and unloading.
Fire action 7/Num 7: Jettison main landing gear to reduce weight and drag and use skid to land.
Fire Action 8/Num 8: Remove rear part of fuselage to speed up unloading after landing.

* Since the electric engine has 3 gears it works a bit differently from the regular plane engine but it usually works well. If you need to shift up or down manually use Shift and Ctrl respectively.

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

Have fun!
1 Comments
Mean Green  [author] Jun 6, 2022 @ 3:51pm 
A tow version of my Lancaster has been uploaded. No bombs but a winch at the rear so you can try and attach it to the Horsa fron wheel and tow. I recommend trying it with one pilot in each plane becasue it sure doesn't work with just one player. :)