Virtavia - Grumman F11F-1 Tiger for FSX

Virtavia F11F Tiger - FSX

For FSX and FS2004 only


Get the FSX Steam Edition version of the Virtavia - F11F Tiger FSX Steam Edition here.

The F11F Tiger was first conceived in 1952 as the result of a design effort to create a low-drag, supersonic aircraft based on the Area Rule, which resulted in the Tiger's distinctive, wasp-waisted fuselage and thin wings. The project was designated G-98 and ultimately resulted in the F11F-1 Tiger, a transitional aircraft with impeccable handling and good looks. However, good looks were not enough and the Tiger was supplanted by the much more effective and substantially faster F8U Crusader, but not before the plane came to the attention of the Blue Angels demonstration team. The aircraft was so reliable, photogenic, and aerobatically capable that it served with the Blue Angels for a decade, long after the airplane was retired from active duty with the Navy. The F11F-1 is a sleek, elegant, and truly beautiful example of Cold War transonic jet technology. The Grumman Tiger's excellent overall quality and stage presence have earned it an enduring place in aviation history.

Features

• 3 loadout variations with 3 detailed texture sets:
  
  
  
  • VF-21, 1958, 'Shark Mouth' - 4 x AIM-9
  
  
  • VF-121, 1958, long range - 2 x AIM-9 & aux tanks
  
  
  • Blue Angels, Pensacola, 1960 - 'clean'
  
  
  
  


• full native FSX model with all FSX features (bump mapping, self-shadowing, bloom, etc.)


• includes seperate flight model for long-range variant


• simulated F11F soundset included


• authentic virtual cockpit with animations and mousable controls


• authentic all-xml 2D panel, custom pop-ups for autopilot and radios, fully mousable


• automatic (on throttle) animated afterburner visual effect with corresponding performance boost


• automatic smoke trail, wing surface vapour flash and wingtip vortices effects


• animated wingfold, tailhook, speedbrakes, togglable pilot figure


• animated canopy (shift-e)


• highly authentic flight model with illustrated checklist


• VC rain effects (FS2004 only)


• realistic, animated crew figure


• paint kit available on freeware page