GRUMMAN

F8F Bearcat

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:

Sperry Mk II Horizon;

Kollsman C12 ALT, F8F special 600 knot ASI;

Pioneer A17/AF T&B and AAN13/A VSI;

Bendix RMI and DG, Elgin USN big 8 day clock;

Maxwell Manning MP and Jaeger C11 RPM;

ZB3 & ARC5 ‘carrier finder’ homing set on side panel;

And Mk18 Pacific gunsight + Mk20 50s gun sight.

WHAT YOU GET

F8F1 Dien Bien Phu

F8F2 Bearcat

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

F8F1

30.0

7.5

6.0

5.0

4.3

F8F2

30.0

7.5

6.0

5.0

4.3

SCALE:

Texas RC F8F Bearcat with 2489 mm / 97 inch wing span is about 1/4.5 scale.

Bates & Ziroli F8F Bearcats are about 1/5 scale.

VQ & Bates F8F Bearcats with about 80 inch wing span are about 1/5.5 scale.

Lindinger F8F Bearcat with 1800 mm / 72 inch wing span is about 1/6 scale.

Trumpeter F8F1 Bearcat (Dien Bien Phu) in 1/32 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.

FLIGHT SIMULATORS:

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

You also get:

+ GRUMMAN F8F Bearcat 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.

F8F1 Bearcat – 200 went to Armee de l’Air in 1951 for use in French Indochina. The French Bearcat became an effective jungle ground attack weapon. After Dien Bien Phu, the surviving 28 Bearcats went to South Vietnam. US Special Operations in South Vietnam and Royal Thai AF flew Bearcats until the US left the area about 1972.

F8F2 Bearcat - Grumman built 300 F8F2s. Lighter, faster and more powerful -These were flown by Marines and Navy. A few went to the racing circuit.