FSX Steam Edition: Dunkirk Spitfire Add-On PC

Fly the detailed Spitfire Mk1 variants from the Dunkirk era and Battle of Britain in this FSX Steam Edition simulation add-on. Pilots handle three high-definition models with authentic animations, including automatic goggles and oxygen masks at altitude, airframe shake during engine start, and hand-pumped or hydraulic landing gear. Cockpits feature realistic instrument panels, collimated gyro gunsight, hidden NAV/COM radios, and period details like TR9 equipment behind opening hatches. Authentic flight dynamics draw from factory data and pilot records, with unique effects such as prop stutter on startup, needle tremble at idle, and asymmetrical gear retraction. An illustrated cockpit guide provides flying notes for precise operation. Aviation enthusiasts who prize historical simulation accuracy will appreciate the rivet-level detail and operational fidelity.

This Dunkirk Spitfire add-on for FSX:SE provides models of the very early Mk1 with the two-bladed propeller, Mk1 version at the time of Dunkirk in 1940 and the Mk1A in the Battle of Britain era. The add-on is extremely high on detail, the models feature unique animations, goggles and oxygen mask appearing automatically on the pilot at a set altitude, TR9 radio and 'hidden' NAV/COM radios, airframe shake and gauge needle tremble during engine start and idle, authentic start-up and accurately simulated hand-pumped or hydraulic landing gear operation.

In this add-on you will also find examples of Mk1As which fought in the Battle of Britain and were piloted by some of that battle's Aces.

Features:

• Includes three aircraft models with high definition texture sets with realistic weather and wear effects:
  
  • Mk1 (very early with two-bladed propeller, flat-top canopy, rudder balance guard ring and pump-operated landing gear)
    
  • Mk1 (early pump-operated landing gear, low profile canopy)
    
  • Mk1A (later hydraulically operated landing gear, higher profile canopy)
• Built using the best plans available and from factory engineering drawings, detail research photographs of actual Dunkirk Spitfire restorations and information/paint codes etc. supplied by world-famous Spitfire restorers.
  
• Highly detailed down to individual rivets and fabric effects.
  
• Correct, authentic harness wires and fitment in rear cockpit section, together with detailed voltage regulator and oxygen bottle, CO2 canister, oxygen bottles and so on all visible through rear cockpit glazing.
  
• Detailed visible internal structure correct to plans supplied by Spitfire restorers.
  
• Many unique animations including 'safety' stage door opening (locks canopy in open position when landing.
  
• Fully animated, highly realistic pilot with period detail and animated goggles and oxygen mask - automatic at set altitude.
  
• All control surfaces, hatches and canopy animated.
  
• Fully detailed TR9 radio installed behind opening radio/first aid hatch.
  
• Fully detailed interior visible with all controls and fittings.
  
• Battery/Start cart included and authentic start effect for prop.
  
• Authentic asymmetrical landing gear retraction on both models with ‘notched’ gear retraction and extension on hand-pump model.
  
• Forced wheels-up landing splintered wooden propeller feature on the very early Mk1 model.
  
• Authentic flight dynamics built using factory data and contemporary pilot records.
  
• An illustrated colour cockpit guide with flying notes is included.

COCKPIT

• Authentically detailed Mk1 hand-pumped landing gear correctly simulated (30 pumps to lower, 15 to raise).
  
• Correct operation of landing lights with authentic 'dipping' control.
  
• Unique 'shake' on airframe at engine start and idle.
  
• Authentic, detailed instrument panels with historically correct instruments and controls.
  
• Unique needle tremble on engine start and low speed idle.
  
• Realistic engine start procedure with prop stutter.
  
• 'Cold and Dark' start function using switch - removes pilot and places a parachute and harness on the wing.
  
• All controls operate realistically.
  
• Collimated gyro gunsight with switches.
  
• Wear and tear, dust and scratches throughout cockpit.
  
• Realistic copper and brass metal effects for pipes and conduits
  
• 'Hidden' period radios for Navigation and Communication, accessed via correct radio control in cockpit.
  
• Authentic animations on door control and opening locks, sliders, springs and handle.