About This File
DH82A Tiger Moth for X-Plane 12
The De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth first flew in 1931 and soon became the basic training aircraft for the Royal Air Force UK, continuing in that role up to the end of WW2 with over 7,000 produced. It was designed by Geoffrey de Havilland as a development of earlier Moth aircraft, the main difference being the introduction of a more powerful de Havilland Gipsy engine and the upper wing being moved forward and swept, which resulted in better access to the front cockpit.
Many Tiger Moths went on to have long post war careers in a variety of roles including as a sport aircraft, for aerobatics, glider towing, continued use as a trainer, and more recently for giving nostalgic pleasure flights. Over 250 are still flying, all of them over 75 years old.
The Tiger Moth is an excellent trainer, since it is relatively easy to fly, but difficult to fly well.
The Model
Four different aircraft are presented:
1 DH82A with the de Havilland Gipsy Major I engine of 130hp and no brakes.
2 A float version, which has a slightly finer pitch prop and the Gipsy Major II of 142hp.
3 Ski equipped, as some aircraft made at de Havilland Canada.
4 A version with “spin strakes” plus wheel brakes. Spin Strakes were added during WW2 to most RAF Tiger Moths to reduce the number of spinning incidents that were occurring. Although the Strakes made a difference, the real problem may have been aircraft used in war conditions, sometimes badly rigged or flown with weight out of balance. Wheel brakes are for wimps of course and most Tigers don’t have them, but they do provide more control.
The spin strake version is also equipped for banner towing, with an animated banner. This can be dropped in flight. Instructions are provided about how to customise the banner text.
There is an option of either a tailskid or a tailwheel, selected using the X-Plane defined landing gear keyboard / joystick command.
Graphics for a second pilot can be added by using the flap keyboard / joystick command. Don’t forget to adjust the weight and balance screen for the second pilot. Pilot 1 is the rear seat, pilot 2 in front. As per the real thing, the control stick is removed when the front seat is not occupied. The model includes the unusual and original feature of the magneto switches being located on the outside of the cockpit.
All versions have a refined flight model including scratch-built airfoils, plus custom Fmod sounds. 3D elements are fully animated, down to the catches on the engine cowl covers. The default and float versions have the 430 GPS unit fitted.
15 liveries are included in total. Use is made of PBR textures. Some liveries have to be downloaded as an additional file due to file size restrictions at the “org”.
Please read the included quick start guide and the original pilots notes for items like use of slats.
This model uses the Ant’s Aircraft FSX 3D model, which is also used by the AWX Tiger Moth for XP11. All modifications required to convert the Ant’s 3D model have been made from scratch; no use has been made of the AWX work. Johan from Aeroworx confirmed they have no plans to update their work on the XP11 aircraft to XP 12. This model will not be made available for XP11.
Liveries for the AWX Tiger Moth don't work by default for this model, but they can be modified to be compatible. Changes are required due to the file structure being different, partly to allow larger textures to be used. Instructions on how to modify the files are included, as is the original pilot’s operating guide for the original aircraft as it was in 1941.
The default livery is that of a WW2 training aircraft of the Royal Australian Airforce – as per the Ants Aircraft original. The authors of other third party liveries are identifiable by the file name.
Credits:
Many thanks go to the following:
Anthony Lynch of Ants Aircraft for permission to use his 3D model for FSX.
Amerrir, Henkfix and Flybouy for additional liveries. The author of each is identified in the description of the livery.
Bieber for the pilot models.
Floats are modified versions of those for the Laminar C172.
Flight model, animation, conversion, additional 3D modelling and Fmod sounds are by yours truly.
Please respect the work of the original authors by not redistributing any of the files in the download without obtaining the consent of the authors concerned. Confirmation of consent for use in this model of work of the other authors is provided within documents included in the download.
Have fun!
Dan Hopgood
Southampton, UK
What's New in Version 10/01/2023 06:52 AM
Released
Improved the accuracy of the rate of turn indicator. This was in response to @David_UK who had a problem withthe old settings when used for formation flying work.
