Mini Fleet #2: NACA & NASA for VSKYLABS C-47 Skytrain and DC-3 Airliner

12 Ottobre 2023

Introduction

A collection of liveries (does not include the plane) applicable to the VSKYLABS Douglas C-47 Skytrain or DC-3 Airliner digital models for X-Plane 11 & 12. This set depicts the paint schemes applied by the United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its successor National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

1. 17136 circa 1957
2. 17136 circa 1965
3. N817NA circa 1977
4. N638NA circa 1972
5. N827NA circa 1972
6. N817NA circa 1982
7. 18 circa 1964

View the Google Photos gallery for this collection at:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/e9SZ3nnToh1tZcez5

Description

These add-on liveries are for application upon the VSKYLABS C-47 Skytrain digital model for X-Plane 11 & 12. Obtain it from:

https://www.vskylabs.com/p/vskylabs-c-47-skytrain/

This package is also compatible with the VSKYLABS DC-3 Airliner digital model for X-Plane 12 only. Obtain it from:

https://www.vskylabs.com/p/vskylabs-dc3-airliner/

Only the aircraft’s exterior is being modified by this package. Interior textures will remain the developer’s default.
Some liveries represent passenger door equipped aircraft, which are painted as such but do not visibly align with the animated cargo door objects.
Proprietary normal/bump maps are included, implementing Physically Based Rendering (“PBR”) when appropriate.
Custom ski textures are provided. Skis are activated in the simulator by a knobbed lever near the captain’s left shoulder.
Exclusive night-time textures (LITs) are provided, with guidance on their optional activation.
Optional replacements for the spinning propeller texture (whose tip color is red by default), along with installation instructions.

Prerequisites

1. X-Plane version 11 or 12
2. A legal copy of the VSKYLABS C-47 Skytrain or DC-3 Airliner model, which needs to be already installed into your X-Plane’s aircraft repository
3. Adequate free storage space for the installation of this package (around 83 Megabytes)
4. Familiarity with using your operating system’s file manager to move folders
5. Optionally, a text editor to revise select .obj files

Installation

Instructions are provided with the included “_read me” text files.

Disclaimer

This package contains the original artwork of Robert W. Heyen and it is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, VSKYLABS, Laminar Research or the entities depicted.
Only you may use the graphic files including with this package on your own computer for your own personal entertainment.
Any component or content of this package may not to be sold in a commercial product, or included in any payware or freeware package without specific written permission from Robert W. Heyen.
View the file named “the eula.txt” for details regarding the licensing agreement in affect.

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