Flight model for Emil's Desert Air War - Add-on for Microprose European Air War.
v.5 - 29/4/2006

Version 5
Fixed cockpit instruments layout of Gladiator and Macchi 200. Corrected engine smoke origin on MC.200 and Wellington I cowlings. Much improved Gladiator, thanks to Karel Chvojka and Jan Tuma model (included). Also included CR.42 model by Karel Chvojka. Carefully revised ranges, setting historical combat radii and realistic fuel burn rates for all flyable, single-engined aircrafts.

Version 4
Revised Damage Model. Tweaked weapons to simulate real effectiveness.  Introduced realistic fuel burn rates.

Version 3
Corrected bug which didn't allow some fighters to climb at planned cruise altitude.
Added two wing mounted 7.7 mm MG to MC202 (as historical, starting with series VII, delivered in spring 1942).
Included an optional set of High Visibility instruments panels (by Angelseye).

VERSION 2a
Fixed all engine powers wrong in previous v.2. Added P- folder for Kittyhawk IA.

FEATURES
This FM is an attempt to introduce figures closer to historical about aicraft weights and engine performances. This procedure has been applied to all single engined, flyable fighters. Also some minor issues about weaponry have been revised. In addition, cockpit instruments layout of Gladiator has been corrected as well as have been added Mr Jelly's corrected "radiotxt.str" and "tarnames.str".

INSTALLATION
Execute the self-extracting file contained into this zip, extracting it into your EAW-DAW patched directory, leaving it overwrite existing files. Run the "2dcpt-install" batch file. Done!
To restore original Emil's FM, unzip into same directory original Emil's FlightGuns.zip.

SOURCES
To do this work, following references have been used:
Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II, originally published by Jane's Publishing Company 1946/47 - Reprinted by Bracken Books, London, England in 1989.
Aerei (italian aviation magazine), gennaio 1980 - ottobre 1978.
Mach 1 (italian edition of "Wings" by Orbis Publishing, London), 1978.
Dall'elica al getto, by Federico Filippi - 1983.
Bf 109F - Monogram's Close-Up No. 9, by Thomas Hitchcock - 1990.
Bf 109 - Storia del caccia Messerschmitt, by Nino Arena - 1980.
"The Supermarine Spitfire V Series", by Ted Hooton - Profile Publications Ltd. - 1967.
"I caccia FIAT 1930-1945", by Piero Vergnano - 1969.
The internet.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A sincere thanks to Knegel, who teached me the basics to do this work as well as all friends of SIMHQ community that much helped me to collect data.

Enjoy!

Greybeard
