Gloster Gladiator | "Charity"
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[u][b] History [/b][/u]
The Gloster Gladiator was the predecessor of the later hurricane and spitfire, serving throughout the inter-war era and into WW2 as Britain's main fighter plane. While it became quickly outdated by later metal monoplanes, it was one of the most advanced biplanes of it's era. It had a fully enclosed cockpit and advanced radial engine, allowing it to reach speeds in excess of 250mph. It was modestly armed with four .303 machine guns, and a projector gunsight, allowing the pilot to accurately land shots on targets. The gladiator saw extensive service across the world, including such far flung theatres as China, Finland, and Syria. In the second world war, it saw service in the air forces of many nations, not just the RAF, and even spawned a few aces, such as Flight Lieutenant Pat Pattle, who scored 15 and a half victories whilst flying the gladiator against the Italian Regia Aeronautica. Perhaps the gladiators most famous deployment was in Malta, where, outnumbered by more modern aircraft, Gladiators managed to holdout against the axis air forces until support arrived by using superior tactics and skill. This battle proves that this little aircraft could punch well above it's weight in aerial combat.
[u][b]Replica Stats:[/b][/u]
Stat
Value
Top speed
220 knots
Armament
4x browning .303 Mk ii MGs
Service Ceiling
19,000 ft
Fuel Capacity
203L
Mass
~1100
Cost
~$23,000
[u][b]Features:[/b][/u]
[u][b]Advanced Throttle[/b][/u]
The advanced throttle in the Gladiator allows for the use of WEP and brakes all in one. WEP (War Emergency Power) can be engaged by holding down the throttle up button past 100%. This increases supercharger pressure and boosts the engine's power output until the button is released. Be careful though, over-use of WEP can lead to engine overheating, and can burn through fuel extremely quickly. Likewise, brakes can be applied by holding down below 0%, which will apply the brakes, useful for landing.
[u][b]Mouse Aim Mode[/b][/u]
Mouse aim mode can be engaged by pressing 2 on your keyboard, and will make it so that your mouse movements now affect the pitch and yaw of the aircraft. This provides an analogue method of steering the aircraft, useful for landing precise shots. This is best used in first person, or third person with the camera mode set to free.
Keyboard inputs are still registered in this mode, so if you need to manoeuvre quickly, this is still an option. You should also use the keyboard to keep a level roll whilst in third person mode for best performance.
[u][b]Precision Mode[/b][/u]
Precision mode limits the traverse of control surfaces, again for more precise shots or making gentler turns, however it does not require a mouse. Precision mode can, however, be used in conjunction with mouse control, making the mouse less sensitive, for extra extra precision.
[u][b]Radio[/b][/u]
The Gladiator's radio panel can be found above the compass. Turn on radio power to send and receive messages on your current frequency. Beware, you must press both the PTT button and your in game mic activation button in order to transmit messages, so it might be a good idea to re-bind your talk button to 5 whilst using the Gladiator. If radio power is off, and someone is transmitting a message to you, a blinker will activate to let you know someone is trying to communicate.
[u][b]Replica accuracy:[/b][/u]
The fuselage of the Gladiator was built at a 1:1 scale using the schematics of the real aircraft. If you want to import schematics and other images into stormworks for your own builds, [u][url=https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?u=https%3A%2F%2Frising.at%2FStormworks%2Fpaint.php]you can do that here.[/url][rising.at][/u]
The radial engine on the front of the aircraft is just for show, as actual radial engines are not possible in stormworks. The actual engine is housed in the nose just behind where the fuel tank would normally be. As such, the fuel tanks have been moved to the wings.
I do not know whether or not the flight time is correct because i'm not about to sit in this thing for two hours just to find out. It's long enough for pretty much any encounter in stormworks.
The cockpit layout isn't realistic due to stormwork's space limitations
Since there is no way to fire a machine gun through a propellor in stormworks, the two fuselage mounted machine guns have been moved to the wings. There is some precedent for machine guns being mounted there as an in-the-field modification, so this is the approach I have gone with.
The default starting method is un-realistic.
[u][b]Settings:[/b][/u]
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[*] The Gladiator [b]SHOULD[/b] work fine on any physics setting, but it may have issues with stability on lower settings, so if it starts to drift, bump up the physics level. (Note, the gear suspension does not work properly on less than high physics, so if you want to land in lower physics, try merging the gear to the body of the aircraft by removing the robotic pivots)
[*] It works fine without inf elec/fuel but inf ammo is a necessity for the weapons to work.
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[u][b]Other Stuff:[/b][/u]
This plane is named "Charity" in honour of the Hal Far fighter flight and No.1435 flight.
Feel free to use this build in your own, or modify it and upload to the workshop. There is no copyright here :)
Genesis Inc. hopes that you enjoy this replica, but most importantly, remember:
[b][u][i]NO REFUNDS[/i][/u][/b]
