Simviation Forum - ANT-25 / RD, Tupolev

Nov 6^th, 2005 at 10:18am

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Finely have some time off work this weekend and after reading about this bird and the brave men who flew it over the pole, I couldn't help myself. Not much data out there on this one (at least free data)

A couple of questions for anyone. The only image format I can get FS2002 to load is 256 colours, Is there a higher res format that is compatible?
Also when the plane is on the ground, engine off, it "dances" around a bit. Thought maybe a contact piont was touching the ground below the gear, but no such luck, any ideas? thanks Gents.

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Reply #1 - Nov 6^th, 2005 at 12:36pm

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Hi
she looks great!!
Use dxtbmp for textures save then as 555 32bit then convert to dxt3 when finished if FPS is an issue
http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm
as to the shivering duck syndrome up the moi's a tad in the aircraft.cfg (pitch,roll yaw)
cheers
Wozza

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Reply #2 - Nov 6^th, 2005 at 1:30pm

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Long time since this one has been made (last one was FS5.1 or so)

Could be that you have used these already, but some nice detailed diagrams can be found here.

If oy want me to find out what the stuff on the instrument panel is, send me a PM.

There were plans to re-create the flight with a Tu-142 but that was cancelled

Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones), Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here

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Reply #3 - Nov 6^th, 2005 at 3:52pm

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Thanks guys MOI fixed the "dancing" and there is some great detail in those drawings.
A question for anyone who speaks Russian , what does it say on the side of the fuse here--->

I can't make out all of the characters in the phrase and I know nothing of the Russian alphabet

Thanks again guys

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Reply #4 - Nov 6^th, 2005 at 4:25pm

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Looking good 8)

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #5 - Nov 6^th, 2005 at 4:57pm

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Thanks guys MOI fixed the "dancing" and there is some great detail in those drawings.
A question for anyone who speaks Russian , what does it say on the side of the fuse here--->
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I can't make out all of the characters in the phrase and I know nothing of the Russian alphabet

Thanks again guys

Text says: Stalinski Marschrut , which means something like Stalins march route

http://www.oldbeacon.com/plans/resource2/tupolev_ant25.htm has a picture of the full text, in the correct colors. Colorscheme is like the real ting (Chulkov Museum for full size or Monino replica)

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Reply #6 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 3:45pm

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Thank you for your translation services Ivan

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good colour plate there too. The only colour shots I had of this craft was those museum pics where that dark blue looks like black. in light of these new details it looks like I have many corrections to keep me busy for a while. Thanks for helping me do this one right guys

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Reply #7 - Apr 11^th, 2006 at 5:18am

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Any updates on this one? I really like it

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Reply #8 - Apr 11^th, 2006 at 5:34pm

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I'm sorry to report that no progress has been made since January. Work is taking all my time right now. I hope to get back to it soon, along with my other FS projects. or I guess it could be released as is, no VC, and the FM needs some tweaking. Humm, guess I'll see what you think Ivan

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Reply #9 - Apr 12^th, 2006 at 11:20am

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For the VC... i have found a page that has downloadable schematics.
(Here,, click the link on the far bottom of the page)
May be everything you need for texture work and control detail..

Apart from generic stuff (including the text on the tyres) there are two schemes, one for the US route and the previous scheme that lists some of the records set before the US flight.

For the VC... the '4a' picture in the archive has both sides of the cabin... internal view. Apart from that it shows where the panels and the radio sytstems are placed. Panels are almost certain hammerite black. For instrument info... i'll have a look at it if you need it.

Cockpit layout (from front to back): Pilot in front. Navigator facing the side and his panel (or in the sextant position (open cockpit halfway), Copilot in the back, He flies on instruments only (and doesnt seem to have fuel indication on his panel)

For some extra info on the drawings, run the text that is somewhere between the pictures through babelfish

And for the flight model: they needed a jump ramp to get it airborne at full load...

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Reply #10 - Dec 26^th, 2006 at 5:18pm

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Up...

Any progress made so far?

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