This is an update for FSX acceleration of the Alphasim A-3B Skywarrior.  I have redone the flight dynamics, added the fourth wheel, instead of having it a scrape point.  I added a nav/GPS switch to the panel, made the autopilot a bit bigger, changed the GPS, and made minor changes to the background picture.  There is a virtual cockpit but none of the gauges are clickable.  This is the whole aircraft.

unzip to a folder of your choice.  Copy the aircraft folder to the FSX airplanes folder.

If you have not already done so, copy the .cab files from the default aircraft panel folders that have them, to the main FS gauges folder.  For some the .cab files will be .zip files as .cab files are a type of .zip file.

See [reference speeds] section of the aircraft.cfg file for operating speeds.

This aircraft takes a bit of time to reach cruise speed at 37,000 ft if you set the speed on the ground and then use the autopilot to climb to 37,000 ft. rather than climb at full throttle.

Anyone:  You have my permission to use any of my updates with the following conditions:  One, you don't try to make money with them.  Two, you don't try to hurt, or take something from anyone by using them.

Bob Chicilo.

bchicilo@jet2.net




Alphasim's classic rendition of this essential naval bomber, updated to FSX mdlX format, animations and materials.
The largest aircraft ever designed for regular ship-board use, the A3D (A-3B, post 1962 tri-service) was designed by the brilliant Ed Heinemann 
at Douglas Aircraft. The navy 1949 specification was a demanding document, calling for a ship-board aircraft with medium bomber speed, warload 
and range. Most manufacturers responded with 120,000 lb behemoths, sea-going B-47's intended to operate from the then un-built super carrier United States.
Heinemanns upsight was that the largest carrier mooted, designed around single-purpose nuclear Strike missions was going to be a non-starter and the new attack 
bomber had better well be able to operate comfortably on the extant Essex class ships, an upsight that proved correct when the supe-carrier was cancelled.
The navy was extremely sceptical of a 40,000 lb dry/70,000 lb AUW aircraft meeting the specification, telling Heinemann as much point blank.
Heinemann was said to have shrugged, stuffed the proposal back into his briefcase and walked out of the office. The wisely Navy relented.
That Douglas succeeded was due to ruthless weight control by Heinemann, resisting BuAir's endless gold-plating and 'just one more thinging', though by the end of the
design phase he had resorted to the simple expedient of removing a pound of fuel for every pound of equipment the navy wanted to add.
While the airframe was magnificent, the Skywarrior was almost killed by the Navy's insistance on the Westinghouse XJ-40 engine, a better boat anchor
than an aero-engine that crippled or destroyed several promising types. Substitution of the P&W J-57 was the essential magic, the rest is history. 
The Whale went to sea as a heavy nuclear strike and attack aircraft, out-lived it's design mission and carried on as the catch-all do-all platform,
serving the Navy from 1952 untill 1991. 





05/04/2016

To basic specification FSX native MDL X format exterior and interior models from original Alphasim V1 A-3B Skywarrior by YT.


Huge Bravo_Zulu form Henk, Essex, Arno; and the crew at SOH and FSDevloper
crew door= shift=E
bomb bay= shift=E2
Mk.5 nuclear bomb on payload visibility condition via payload manager.
acceleration features enabled for shipboard ops

Huge Bravo_Zulu form Henk, Essex, Arno; and the crew at SOH and FSDevloper
With the kind permission and encouragement of Phil at Virtavia.com
A large thanks for Bob Chilco for the various flight dynamics and effects updates.

Mk.5 releaseable object by LLS