A flyable Piper Cub J-3 aircraft, a light aircraft that was built between 1937 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. Colours of Pinder Circus, advertisement for Gloria Lasso. Reskin by Papou with permission.
The aircraft tilts and banks realistically. The speeds for tilting, tail lift and flap retraction 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. It does load passengers at suitable airports.Initially the engines are stopped, Use the B key to start or stop engines.
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:
- to start engines, press the B key or use trigger setting 2. An engine start rule is also available for AI.
- open side doors, H key.
- issue smoke and sound from the tyres when landing, use trigger setting 4.
- to flare the aircraft for landing, trigger setting 7 or V key.
- come to a gradual stop on landing, trigger setting 9.
- set speed to 40% of maximum speed, for landing approach, trigger setting 14.
Note: Shadow models are required but cannot be animated to follow aircraft animation. If you do not like the shadow showing on the body of the aircraft, in the config call up the shadow_inv.im file which is an invisible shadow.