**Avro 504 Floatplane**

This aircraft requires the latest FS-WWI Plane Pack to function correctly.

Credits for this aircraft go to the following:

3d Model: Wakeup Tailgunner, mace
Texture: Recon3
OpenPlaneStudio Code: ArgonV, mace
Missions: mace	
GUI: mace, ArgonV
Updated by: ArgonV



Old History and past notes/revisions:



Avro 504 Floatplane by Mace and ArgonV • Version 1.1

During it's long and successful career, the Avro 504 initially saw duty 
as a day / night fighter, a bomber and a reconnaissance plane.  Then 
when the 504 became obsolete as a fighting plane, it's production 
continued but as a trainer, being extensively used by the Royal Flying 
Corp (RFC) and other air services during World War I. 

Floatplane versions of the Avro 504 were not only used during the war 
from ships and shore bases but also continued flying with many air 
forces (Australian, Japanese and Russian) until the 1930's.  The Soviet 
Navy only stopped using the Avro 504 as floatplane trainer in 1934. In 
the down load there are twelve training missions for the Dover terrain, 
a seaplane tender and floatplane base. 

Thanks to ArgonV, Wakeup Tailgunner, Pierre Radiateur and Recon3 for 
their excellent original Avro 504. 
 

Features:
 
*Effective 'real' water take off and landing system 
*The Avro 504 can be configure as either a two seat trainer or single seat fighter via the aircraft's loadout file 
*Aircraft can be flown from either the instructor or student position 
*Moving control sticks, rudder pedals and the instructor pilot's head moves insync with stick position 
*Animated student pilot who moves his head looking outside the cockpit 
*Separate texture files for faces of the instructor and student 
*3D shadow 

*Armament: Lewis .303 cal machine gun 
*Ordnance: 6 x 30lb bombs 
*Supports up to 1024 x 1024 aircraft 'skins' (zip includes 1024 x 1024 'skin')  
*1.6.0.6 'patch' and Alt Explosion compatible 
*AI pilots capable of doing water take offs  
*Damage model includes: Respectable engine malfunctions, fuel leaks, minor control surface and skin damage 

Updates since Version 1.0:

Improved and tweaked flight model
Improved pilot models and textures
Improved Lewis gun model and texture
New 1024x1024 skin by Recon3
Fixed rotational direction of rudder pedals
All missions now use FS-WWI only squadrons
Positioned outer float wires now correct and moved them to lower wing LOD's so when lower wing detaches the outer float wires don't hang in the air by themselves
Improved 3D shadow
Prop not in the vertical on start up
New GUI Hangar graphic reflecting new skin
Fixed a few texture references
Improved prop fast model
Pilots head now tracks enemy aircraft
Added lean-over the side view for landings and takeoffs. Press the 'X' key
Moved pilot models foward so the shoulders will not clip through the padding
Decreased the skin strength of the wings



**Installation Notes**

*Unzip the download file into your Fighter Squadron directory.

*For those without FS-WWI Plane Pack 3 you will need download:

                         504Extras.zip

**You will need to download the 504Extras.zip folder for missions using SDOE's stock squadrons if you do no have FS-WWI Plane Pack 3**

 Also you will need to add the following line to the startup.ppf file
 in your SDOE Media folder.  This can be done using wordpad or notepad.

	"aircraft/weapons/WWI20.sm"

*For those without FS-WWI Plane Pack 3 you also need to add the following
 commands to your keyboard.inp file. (located in the Fighter Squadron 
 directory and where you have the latest Wings with Wires Patch installed) You can edit keyboard.inp using notepad, wordpad, word, etc.
 In the 'Guns' section add:

         cmdRotateDrum2 = Bounce JoystickButton1

 In the 'Other flight controls' section add:

	 cmdLift = X


enjoy mace and ArgonV :-)