F7F-3 Tigercat for MSFS
About this aircraft ...
The F7F Tigercat, which was derived from Grumman's first twin-engine fighter, the XF5F-1 Skyrocket, appeared as the result of a Navy request in June 1941 for development of a larger, twin-engine fighter for use on board the planned large aircraft carriers (Midway-class). The airplane was the first twin-engine fighter ordered in large quantities and the first carrier aircraft to incorporate tricycle landing gear. Built in single and two-seat variants, the heavily armed fighter served in ground support, night fighter and photo reconnaissance roles after World War II and in Korea.
Tigercat variants included :
- Clean variant : No external stores. Note: the fictional variants depict a basic 'racer' and so lack guns.
- Fighter variant : Carries one belly drop tank. The typical day fighter loadout.
- Rockets variant : Carries one belly drop tank and eight underwing unguided rockets. The typical ground attack loadout.
Features :
- folding wings
- PBR materials/textures used throughout
- Wwise sounds package with multi-stage engines, pilot's slide canopy muting, switch clicks and other unique cockpit sounds
- very detailed cockpit with numerous animations and mousable controls
- retractable crew steps
- togglable pilot figure
- canopy glass rain effects
- animated cowl flaps
- animated tail hook
- animated oil cooler exit doors on wings
- authentic flight model with checklist
- 3 unique flight models (fuel weight only)
- 23-page illustrated User Operating Manual
- source texture files avaliable for livery artists
F7F-3 Tigercat for MSFS In-Game Screenshots
