F9F

Panther & Cougar

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, Developers, and Radio Control aircraft.

CDkit is presented in Professional PNG picture format for superior printed results on paper, metal foil, plastic, fabric, film, or 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 including Ternstedt Horizon, Bendix DG, radio compass and ADF in side panel; Speer Smith Radi Altimeter, Lewis Engineering EGT, Kollsman C12 ALT, Pioneer T&B and VSI, and Elgin 8-dat Clock. Grumman 5.75 inch auxiliaries include Chicago recon scope showing Russian B59 nuclear armed Submarine off Cuban coast; and Mk18 and Mk20 gun sights.

WHAT YOU GET

F9F2 Panther

F9F5 Panther

F9F8 Cougar

F9F8P Cougar Recon

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

¼ SCALE

1/5 SCALE

1/6 SCALE

1/7 SCALE

1/8 SCALE

F9F2

28.4

7.1

5.7

4.7

4.0

3.4

F9F5

28.4

7.1

5.7

4.7

4.0

3.4

F9F8

28.4

7.1

5.7

4.7

4.0

3.4

F9F8P

28.4

7.1

5.7

4.7

4.0

3.4

SCALE:

Skymaster F9F Panther with 2238mm / 88 inch wing span is 1/5.3 scale.

FBjets F9F Panther with 74 inch wing span is about 1/6 scale.

Ziroli F9F Panther with 72 inch wing span is about 1/6 scale.

Jet Hanger F9F Panther with 44 inch wing span is about 1/10 scale.

AMT F9F5 Panther in 1/32 scale.

Trumpeter F9F2 Panther in 1/48 scale (Toko Ri).

Skymaster F9F Cougar with 2160mm / 88 inch wing span is 1/5 scale.

Precision Cut F9F Cougar with 84 inch wing span is 1/5.2 scale.

Precision Cut F9F Cougar with 69 inch wing span is 1/6.3 scale.

Gator RC F9F Cougar with 62 inch wing span is 1/7 scale.

Jet Hanger F9F Cougar with 47 inch wing span is 1/9 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.   

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

FINE SCALE 1/32^nd, 1/48^th etc:

Measure YOUR aircraft’s panel space width.

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

Your CDkit 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.

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

You also get:

+ GRUMMAN F9F PANTHER & COUGAR LIFE SIZE ANALOG gauge background graphics without pointers for LIFE SIZE cockpit instrument panel developers.

+ 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.

F9F2 Panther – originally used a J42 license built Rolls Royce Nene engine - same as MiG15. It could zip along at 570mph at 20,000ft and be on station in just over two and a half minutes.

F9F5 Panther – 604mph with its Pratt & Whitney J48P2 (Rolls-Royce Tay), was the last and most numerous at 650 built. F9F5 was a formidable ground attack weapon with a capacity of 2,000 lbs of bombs or napalm, 6x 5" HVARs, and its 4x 20mm cannons.

F9F8 Cougar used a RR RB44 Tay / PW J48-P8A engine and was flown out of Da Nang until 1968.

F9F8P Recon Cougar was flown from Pensacola during the Cuban Missile Crisis. CDkit shows F9F8P tracking Russian Foxtrot-class B59 nuclear armed submarine guarding Cuba.

BUYING

Read description and study all pictures carefully.

What you see is exactly what you get.

Ask any questions before buying.

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