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Hi Folks,

It is with great pleasure that i may officially announce and present the first WIP screenshots of MAAM-SIM's long awaited first native FSX aircraft model. It is not only our first native FSX model but it's also a new branch on the tree of MAAM-SIM's slowly but steadily expanding collection of virtual examples of vintage aircraft belonging to the Mid Atlantic Air Museum.

We have always had a keen eye on that smart looking yellow biplane that mostly occupies the mid spot of the MAAM hangar. Further investigation proved that it is the Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 'Yellow Peril' and we thought it would serve very well as a 'testbed' to research the plethora of new possibillities that native FSX design provides for. We did not have a biplane yet amongst the virtual branch of MAAM aircraft and the fact that it can be flown as a land plane as well as a floatplane makes it particularly interesting.

The NAF N3N 'Yellow Peril' replaced the Consolidated NY-2 and NY-3 and was used as a primary trainer aircraft by both the US Navy and Marines. Over 900 N3N aircraft were delivered by the NAF from 1935 on. Production ended in 1942 but the type remained in use through the rest of WWII. It was the last biplane used in US militairy service and the last N3N's were retired in 1961.

Our native FSX N3N 'Yellow Peril' package will not only feature both the land and sea plane versions but will also come with two types of radial engines. The 7 cylinder Wright R-760-2 Whirlwind that was used with the original N3N and the more powerful 9 cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-985 that can be seen in civil versions of the N3N after its retirement and of which many have been used as cropdusters.

Many N3N aircraft survived and can still be seen flying today. Some with the orginal Wright R-760 powerplant and some with the P&W R-985 like the MAAM's own example. It's not unlikely that you could be confronted with a still flying N3N or static museum specimen that features a third or even a fourth engine type, the 9 cylinder Wright R-975 or Lycoming R-680.

N3Nyway, pictures tell a thousands stories so without further ado here is a bunch to wet your appetide, from early stages of development until what's up today. Hope you like 'm and i shall be updating this thread with more screenies as development progresses. Any questions about the N3N model are welcome of course but there is no ETA about the release date so far. It will be ready when it's ready.

To start off here are a couple of first renders :