The most famous bomber of WWII, the Lancaster B MK.I has been released on Just Flight.
Developed by the team at Aeroplane Heaven, the iconic bomber is ready to take to the skies again in either FSX or P3D, and includes six B Mk.I Lancasters, along with 3 bonus MK.III liveries that can be applied to the plane.
The airplane features fully modelled bomb room, pilot’s cockpit, engineer’s station, navigator’s station and radio operator’s station. Along with the features listed below, the plane comes with fully animated crew members, authentically rendered gun turrets, and bombs (which can be loaded and armed individually, and also ‘dropped’).
The plane can be purchased through the Just Flight page for $41.99 USD.
Features
- The aircraft models were built using factory-accurate plans and represent the most accurate renditions of a Lancaster made so far
- High levels of detail modelled, including actual rivets and bolts and an authentic bomb load
- Fully detailed cockpit interior with all fittings visible, including detailed station framework visible through the glazing
- Many unique animations including retractable landing lamps with correct dipping lamps (from control in cockpit) and asymmetric landing gear operation, bomb doors, flaps etc.
- Highly detailed, historically accurate, animated crew with oxygen masks (height-governed) and goggles
- Fully detailed and authentically rendered turrets with machine guns, ammunition belts, sights and framing in complete detail
- Animated front turret with correct gun elevations and deflections, animated gunner and firing guns
- Fully modelled and detailed bomb room visible through perspex nose dome
- Special texture techniques (PBR) create highly realistic paint and wear effects
- Special propeller animations for realistic engine starts
- Detailed refuelling truck, bomb trolley and ground-start trolley provided and switchable from the cockpit
- Unique configuration panel to load crew, arm turrets, drop bombs etc. Also, a ‘cold & dark’ start option and reload switch
- Bombs can be loaded, armed individually and ‘dropped’ realistically
INTERIOR
- Fully modelled, authentically detailed interior
- Bomb room, Pilot cockpit, Engineer’s station, Navigator’s station and Radio Operator’s station with all equipment and unique animations and functions
- Many unique functional features such as Beam Approach, DF, DR compass and Auto controls equipment and gauges
- All rigging tubes and wires, control wires and electrical wiring detailed with realistic metal copper and brass effects for tubing
- Fully ‘bump-mapped’ texture detail for all equipment and fabric effects, including the correct ‘anodized’ finish for main instrument panel
- All 3D instruments for smooth, accurate operation
- Operational front turret can be swiveled using the authentic controls, seat height adjuster and guns elevated and depressed, fired etc.
- Detail in turret includes ammunition shells and accurate machine guns
- Multiple camera views for all stations including astrodome view
- Viewpoint adjuster tool.
FLIGHT DYNAMICS
- Specially created flight dynamics provide the authentic feel of a heavy bomber and are built to official specifications, contemporary flight reports and test documentation
SOUNDS
- Complete, authentically sampled Merlin engine sounds and many unique cockpit sounds for switches etc.
- Special care has been taken to reproduce the sound of four Merlins at full power
TEXTURES
- Nine liveries provided with a professional quality paintkit
- Textures created using real paint swatches (including RAF interior green) provided by well-respected aircraft restorers, to ensure accurate reproduction of wartime paint
