A McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom aircraft used by the US Air Force Thunderbirds. Reskin by Papou, with permission.
It operates on invisible track. It is set up for carrier operations.
The aircraft has an automatically operating landing gear. This retracts at takeoff speed set in the script, and lowers at speeds below that setting. The speeds for tilting, landing gear retraction on takeoff, and afterburner speed may be altered in the string table above - speeds are in kph. It does not have an operating interior, but does have various exterior views based on an invisible interior, use the [ and ] keys from the interior view.
The aircraft will load fuel tanks (products) to the various pylons. Initially it is fully configured. You can alter or delete the mix of tanks on load hardpoints in Surveyor - use the ? button. Fuel tanks are used for long flights. During aerobatic shows, the plane is left clean.
Some of my airports will load or unload products on aircraft. The fuel tanks will not be unloaded at an airport, but if you come in clean, the airport will upload fuel tanks to the hardpoints for use.
The aircraft has a number of animations that can be operated by keyboard keys, or the Aircraft Action Trigger, kuid:76656:24050, when placed on track and set to the correct number:
- flare the aircraft for landing or on takeoff, use the V key, or trigger setting 3;
- tyre smoke on landing, use trigger setting 4;
- drag chute deployment on landing, use trigger setting 5;
- reduce aircraft speed for landing so the wheels lower, use trigger setting number 6;
- deploy tail hook for carrier landing, use trigger setting number 7;
- catapult launch, use trigger setting number 8;
- trapping on landing (instant stop), use trigger setting number 9;
- wing folding, use trigger setting number 11;
- bolter - overshoot arrester wires, relaunch - use trigger setting number 12.
Military and commercial aircraft sometimes use the same keys and trigger settings for differerent animations. If you find conflict on the same route, set the train priority of the trigger for a particular aircraft to a different value to differentiate.