A7 Corsair II

CDkit

CDkit is a collection of Museum quality Aircraft Cockpit Instrument Panel and Avionic Graphics on Computer Disk.

CDkit is Designed for Aircraft Fabricators, Collectors, Publishers, Radio Control Aircraft Builders, and Simulator Developers.

CDkit is presented in Professional PNG picture format for superior printed results on paper, metal foil, plastic, fabric, or film.

Especially fine LIFE SIZE décor can be obtained with

back lighted architectural Mylar.

EASY – one step, no stress, print and ready.

AUTHENTIC – researched from actual aircraft and original designs.

PRECISION – correct 3⅛ and 2¼ inch analog gauges:

Top center on both is Marconi Elliott Avionics

Target recognition attack sensor;

ID 1755 Attitude backup, APN194 radar ALT,

Kollsman type ME4 ASI and AAU214 ALT,

Lear Siegler ARU11A AH/ATT,

IP1310/ALR RWR, Elgin A17A clock,

Bendix ARK10A AoA and ID13499 AT/A24J1 HSI.

Auxiliaries include:

UHF ARC164, IFF APX72, Collins ADF;

TACAN ARN84, FM COMM ARC131;

And radar controller AN/APO94.

WHAT YOU GET

A7D Corsair II USAF

A7E ‘SLUF’ USN

LIFE SIZE Instrument Panel can be printed by a professional printer onto 24 inch wide CAD standard roll, or D (24x36), or E (36x48 inches).

Radio Control / scale can be printed with your home printer.

LIFE SIZE and SCALE in inches

Professional printer

Home printer

TYPE

LIFE SIZE

1/4 SCALE

1/5 SCALE

1/6 SCALE

1/7 SCALE

A7D

31.0

7.8

6.2

5.2

4.4

A7E

31.0

7.8

6.2

5.2

4.4

SCALE:

Jet hanger A7 Corsair II SLUF at 47 inch wing span is advertised at 1/10 scale.

CDkit graphics are presented in PNG ‘truecolor’ picture format for professional reproduction of final photographic images.

1. Place the CD into appropriate drive.

2. Explore the drive, identify the picture file you need.

LIFE SIZE panels may be printed by professional printer.

LIFE SIZE Analog, Auxiliary, Display, & gauge backgrounds

can usually be printed with your home printer.

SCALE: CDkit provides digitally scaled panels in PNG format for RC.

FINE SCALE (1/48th etc) is achieved by:

Measure YOUR aircraft’s panel space width.

Print LIFE SIZE image as 60mm (2¼in) or 35mm (1.4in) transparency.

Your package insert will indicate exact scale dimensions.

Paint the back fluorescent or high white or mount flat LED.

The detail is there. You’ll need a microscope to see it.

FLIGHT SIMULATORS:

LIFE SIZE analog gauge backgrounds are designed to work with Flight Simulators.

You also get:

+ LTV A7 CORSAIR II LIFE SIZE ANALOG gauge background graphics without pointers for LIFE SIZE cockpit instrument panel developers.

+ SIDE PANEL BACKGROUND blanks included: LIFE SIZE: 18x36 inches can be printed by a professional printer, scales can be printed with your home printer.

+ LIFE SIZE ANALOG REFERENCE SET – over 300 international gauge face graphics (with pointers) can be printed with your home printer

+ LIFE SIZE AUXILIARY REFERENCE SET – about 100 side panel component graphics etc – home printer

+ LIFE SIZE DISPLAY REFERENCE SET – about 50 items – gun-sights, HUD, MFD, etc - home printer.

LTV, Ling-Temco-Vought A7 Corsair II the best of the last from Vought.

A7 SLUF offered a lot of new avionics, included data link capabilities, Nav system could fly the aircraft "hands off" to 9x waypoints. And for the Navy provided fully "hands-off" carrier landings.

LTV A7D – USAF Corsair II included APN-185 nav & APQ-126 TF radar PMDS and HUD + 1x M61 Vulcan 20mm and Allison TF41-A-1 turbofan engine (Rolls-Royce Spey). A7Ds were assigned the "Sandy mission" air cover for Combat SAR missions.

A7 was second only to B52 in the amount and level of accuracy, of ordnance dropped on Hanoi.

LTV A7E – US Navy ‘SLUF’ - APN-190 nav & APQ-128 TF radar. A7E's could haul double the loadout of an A4E Skyhawk, over twice the distance.

The A7E mined Haiphong harbor in 1972, and played a vital role in Operations Linebacker I and Linebacker II that led up to the formal end of US involvement in the Vietnam War on 24 January 1973.