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Bearcat for MSFS?

Hi Dave,

That model that Jankees showed is a private conversion/port. No Bearcat for MSFS available to the public just yet.

Cheers,

Priller
 
The "Beercat" never got the fame it deserved as a genius aircraft design due to timing. That and it's too late for the war stablemate, the Tigercat. Apparently Leroy Grumman, a legitimate test pilot in his own right, flew a captured FW190 in England and said "this is the plane we should have built". The Bearcat was designed to produce a carrier plane of about the same size and weight with superior performance. Wrap the smallest possible plane around the ubiquitous R2800 C series.

With the Tigercat the navy's chief test pilot wrung it out and lands and catalogues all its faults, then says "best damn fighter I ever flew". Speed, climb, 4 50 cal and 4 20 mm! One of my favorite projects for Milton Shupe!
 
It is said that Leroy Grumman flew a captured Focke-Wulf Fw-190 during the war and stated this is the plane we need to build. Thus we got the Bearcat.

Cazzie
 
I'd love to see a new and accurately-simulated Bearcat for MSFS. Every pilot who has flown one will tell you that it's the pinnacle of piston-powered aircraft. The Bearcat was engineered to such perfection, that all of the trim dials are set to 0 for takeoff. It's also described as one of the easiest of all warbirds to fly.
 
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