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Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 11 Dec 2021, 00:25
by BAe146
Glad I could help a little, as I'm so excited to finally see an FS9 Prowler!

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 12 Dec 2021, 11:01
by VulcanDriver
Wonderful. Lovely work John. Must dig out my copy of GMax seeing that FSDS is getting a bit long in the tooth

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 19 Dec 2021, 14:12
by f47420
Hi John that's a great looking EA-6 model ..Will you be doing the A-6 or is it one at a time ..

MW

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 19 Dec 2021, 14:13
by f47420
Still good to see all these new AI models ..

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 19 Dec 2021, 16:07
by John Young
I'm really pleased with the way the Prowler has turned out Mark. I'm just finishing the last of the paints and I'll post some screen shots in the next day or so.

I had been thinking about flight planning and scenery, but I'm going to stick to my original plan and provide aircraft only for FS9 and FSX/P3D. It's too big a job for 4 sim versions and in any case, users will probably want to customise how they are set up in their own sims. I've selected the period for the paints at the end of the Prowler service. Users could opt for Prowler/Growler change-over scenarios. There are quite a few photos on the net, where the two types are seen in formation together for the units I've chosen. There is also a wet FDE and models so the Prowlers can be embarked on carriers.

Yes indeed, rather than get bogged down with scenery and flight plans, I am planning to get on with the Intruder and a few paints too, but as separate packages.

John

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 19 Dec 2021, 16:12
by gsnde
I love your plan, John :-)

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 19 Dec 2021, 17:15
by f47420
That's great John .I haven't done any sim stuff for a few years now ..I found that my sim was so slow and started doing other things but I'm thinking about starting repaints again ..Have done a few Tomcat units ,well one of each ..But your EA-6 dose lok the part ..

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 21 Dec 2021, 04:28
by MIKE JG
Plenty of FS9 F-16 paints to do if you're bored Mark!

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 21 Dec 2021, 09:43
by John Young
So, there are 28 Prowlers in 5 Squadrons - 3 USMC and 2 USN. There are 7 model variations, including 2 carrier models with folding wings and a "wet" FDE, for FS9 and FSX/P3D. The screen shots are from FSX with the exception of the final 3 which are from P3Dv5.2 (I just can't get the day settings right to be satisfied with screen shots from that sim version yet).

The serial numbers were quite difficult to verify. We've always known that the USN and USMC swap their aircraft around quite regularly, but if you add in the changes of ship allocations and frequent new paint schemes, it's hard enough. What further complicates the picture, is it that towards the end of the Prowler life, some aircraft were moved from one squadron to another. That means it is possible to see the same serial number more than once, because the unit closures were separated by short periods of time.

I think there's enough to keep people busy, including painters if they wanted to tackle some of the earlier schemes, some of which are quite exotic. This is what will be in the uploads:

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The scenery needed is Whidbey Island for the USN aircraft and Cherry Point for the USMC aircraft. USMC units also sometimes deployed overseas, particularly to Atsugi in Japan, but I believe they did not operate from carriers. I'll leave it to users to sort out scenery along with flight plans.

Next job is to document and package up, ready for upload before Christmas hopefully.

John

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 21 Dec 2021, 09:53
by miljan
This looks brutal John.

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 21 Dec 2021, 11:33
by gsnde
And it looks like you had fun with this one, which is a great thing as well.


From mobile hence short

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 21 Dec 2021, 14:38
by merlin101
Brilliant John!
what's the recommended carrier for fs9?
Dave

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 21 Dec 2021, 15:33
by John Young
I just used the one that we used for the F-35C's - “carr2006.zip" at flightsim.com, Dave. I'll include the link in the Prowler manual and also for FSX/P3D too.

John

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 21 Dec 2021, 17:33
by Victory103
Excellent work and nice to see the normal attention to detail (speedbrakes always deployed for landing). USMC stopped making boat dets in mid-1990s.

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 21 Dec 2021, 21:58
by bismarck
:shock: :shock: :shock:
Giorgio

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 22 Dec 2021, 01:22
by gavinc
Beautiful work John.

Gavin

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 22 Dec 2021, 02:45
by mins
A great and perfect finish.

Thank you for your hard work.^ ^b

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 22 Dec 2021, 03:13
by MIKE JG
So cool! One of my favorite jets of all time!

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 22 Dec 2021, 09:51
by TheFoufure
What a job John !! Thanks a lot for this Christmas present !!!

Nice model.

I am sad that this is your last model for FS9. But I totally understand your point of view. So much work for very few people (including me) who still use FS9. It is no longer worth the trouble.

Re: JYAI EA-6B Prowlers

Posted: 22 Dec 2021, 11:26
by Bora
Woooooowww, these look fantastic !!

Great work again John !! Thank you so much for all your fine work...