=====Credits=====
3D Mesh Artist: Adrian Faulkwing
Texture Artist: Adrian Faulkwing
Scripting: Joe Sparrow
Scripting for LANCE: Ghost Menjou
Sounds: Obany Wardark
=====Contents=====
<A-T> Fairey Swordfish
<A-T> Fairey Swordfish VICE
<A-T> Fairey Swordfish LANCE
<A-T> Swordfish HUD
<A-T> Swordfish Paint Kit
==========Fairey Swordfish I==========
Full Name: Fairey Swordfish I Torpedo Bomber
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Sensor: ALA
HP: 100
---Weapon Specifications---
Vickers E Machine Gun: CMG
Vickers K Machine Gun: CMG
18 inch Mark XII Torpedo: TRP
G.P. 250 lb Mk.IV Bombs: SMB
Depth Charges: TRP
===Other Features===
-Pilot, Rear Gunner, and Observer positions. See the "Crew Positions" section for more detail.
-Detailed HUD with altimeter and airspeed gauge, weapon selection, engine, and wing control.
-Seven paints built in. Photoshop files included to make your own skins!
-Wheels and floats for taking off and landing on ground or water.
-Three optional weapon payloads.
-Fully-animated crank starting.
-Foldable wings
-Working lights
Want to make your own skins? Use the PSD templates below!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/im3m4avvo9o3h5l/Swordfish%20Templates.rar?dl=0
==========Crew Members==========
===Pilot===
The owner, or the first avatar to enter the aircraft when using Guest Mode, will always be the pilot, controlling flight and the main weapons.
-If guest mode is off, the Swordfish will not allow any other avatar but the owner to enter the pilot's seat.
===Rear Gunner==
The second avatar to sit on the aircraft will take the rear gunner position.
-In the VICE or LANCE versions, the rear gunner takes control of the rear-facing Vickers K machine gun.
-In the Civilian version, the rear gunner position is simply a rear facing seat
===Observer===
The third avatar to sit on the aircraft will take the observer position. The observer has not direct controls, but they may assist the pilot by confirming hits or missile of the primary weapons (or they may simply ride along and look cool).
==========Controls & Commands==========
=====Pilot Controls====
W/S or ↑/↓: Elevator
A/D or ←/→: Ailerons (In-Flight) or Rudder (Taxing)
Shift+A/D or Shift + ←/→: Rudder (In-Flight)
E/C or PageUp/PageDown: Throttle
Left Mouse Button: Fires the forward-firing Vickers E machine gun
=====Rear Gunner Controls=====
-The rear gun rotates based on mouselook. Simply aim at the target and the gun will follow.
Left Mouse Button: Fires the rear-facing Vickers K machine gun
=====Menu=====
Clicking the plane will bring up a menu
Paint: Brings up a sub-menu for selecting various preloaded paints
Wings: Toogles the wings between the folded and open state. The wings must be open to fly.
Floats: Toggles the floats on and off to allow for water or ground landings.
Guest: Toggles Guest Mode. When activated, guest mode allows others to fly the Swordfish
=====Chat Commands====
"s": Engine On/Off
"l": Toggles lights
"w": Folds/Unfolds wings
"br": Toggles the brakes/anchor
"vice on": Activates VICE (VICE Version Only)
"vice off": Deactivates VICE (VICE Version Only)
"lance on": Activates LANCE (LANCE Version Only)
"team#": Sets the VICE/Lance Team to 1, 2, 3, or 4
LANCE only utilizes Team 1 or Team 2
"b": Drops the currently active payload
"bt": Cycles between the carried payloads
=====LANCE====
LANCE is a freight and combat system.
You will need to use the LANCE Huds which you can get for free at the QM store.
Please read: https://astral-tek.com/lance/get-started/
Great plane
It's a fun little plane to fly once you get the hang of it.
Nice animations, slow flyer, worthless bombs
This plane was 2000L. Dropped in price to 1000L. I bought it at 1000L. It's a bi-plane so its going to be slow. The bombs are useless against any ships even the drones in the gulf. Torpedoes are better and depth charges are ok for subs. I do not use Lance. As always, stay away from sim corners.
fun to use
At first i write an unhappy comment because of the lance version and issues in sim crossing...
but i tried again the vice version and found out that it can be very fun to use for many reasons
- it is legit plane over the Jeogeot gulf, means you can attack nearly all vice things in water
- it is maybe the only one that can drop torpedoes and bombs and depth charges a,d can have a gunner also
- if you avoid some sims where it may encounter script error and maybe crash, it can fly very good and nice during long play time (and sink submarines... :) )
4.5 stars out of 5! Quite a lot of fun!
The minimalist instruments and interesting (in a good way) flight mechanics make this a slightly challenging aircraft to fly. It bumbles along nicely like a biplane should - it's surprisingly agile, yet slow.
However the real challenge is hitting things with torpedoes! I cannot reliably hit the broad side of a barn... yet!
