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The Fiat G50 Freccia (arrow) became the Fiat G55 Centauro (centaur)
https://i.imgur.com/PgWURiY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/BpzyyH8.jpg
The Macchi C.200 Seatta (Lightning) became the Macchi C.205 Veltro (Greyhound)
https://i.imgur.com/0dJVWXt.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/DV4Rkul.jpg
The Reggiane Re2001 Falco II (Falcon) became the Reggiane R.2005 Sagittario (Archer)
https://i.imgur.com/OpWYftn.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/OvNvvco.jpg
Cheers,
Huub
Interesting how a cockpit canopy and an in-line engine can transform a clunky looking plane into a sleek beauty.
That is exactly what I thought Mick. The early aircraft looked a bit "primitive", but the Italian series 5 fighter are definitely among the best looking aircraft from WWII.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick
I cheated a bit with the Reggiane as the first in line was of course the Re.2000 Falco I , however the only model available is aged CFS2 model by Corrado La Posta.
The Re.2005 was an absolute beauty and the model by Luca Festari (Sky unlimited payware), really shows its beauty very well.
https://i.imgur.com/uFG3Wo6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YsXLhUO.jpg
And the images show that the Italians really loved long nosed aircraft!
Cheers,
Huub
Does anybody else still fly the Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario by Luca Festari & others, which was published by Skyunlimited (jesse Lambert)?
https://i.imgur.com/RgBK8Yk.jpg
Cheers,
Huub
Hi,
Have it .. but long time no flying :adoration:
Yes. Over the last week, I've mostly been flying the Re.2005, along with the Macchi C.205V for comparison.
Currently a visitor at the Ancona Aero club, LIPY Falconara.
Attachment 88044
Nice to see the model is still in use despite its age. I was just curious. The aircraft is often referred to as the most beautiful Axis aircraft and I can fully understand why people did put this label on it. For me personally the Macchi C.202 Folgore could be labelled as most beautiful as well. But as often said "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder".
Long ago I understood from Luca that the model wasn't very well sold. Most likely too exotic for the Bf.109, Spitifire and Mustang lovers :biggrin-new:. Which is really a pity as the model is very nicely done.
Those with sharp eyes might have noticed I have been playing with the textures. The original ones by Alessandro Biaggi are quite nice, but I wanted to add a bit more detail. And there are (too) many opinions how the colour "Verde Oliva Scuro 2" actually looked. Or were they actually painted Verde Mimetico 2? There are also difference in opinion about the lower surfaces. And how grey or blue is "Grigio Azzurro Chiaro 1".
And I think a flying Re2005 would draw quite some spectators at the Ancona Aero club!
Cheers,
Huub
The team that put the Sky Unlimited Re.2005 together were as inspired as Roberto Longhi's team at Reggiane. Their Sagittario is an outstanding FS model and I love flying it.
Please upload those RA textures when you are satisfied with them. They look great.
I like the look of the 202 over the 205 as well, bit like the difference between the Merlin and Griffon Spits, the Merlins just look cleaner.
Im guessing the Sagittario is payware, ive googled it but cant seem to find any info
As far as I know there are/have been 3 versions of the Re.2005 Sagittario for FS2004. In my opinion the best one was the payware Skyunlimited one by Luca Festari, which is probably not available anymore. There was another payware one in the Perfect Flight Old Italian Wings package. It looked very nice at the pictures, but wasn't at the same level as the Skyunlimited one. And there is of course the freeware one by Giovanni Quai and Italo D'Attomo. Which is available at Flightsim.com. Although the other ones are perhaps better, it is at least still available and for a price you can't beat!
Cheers,
Huub
Dear Huub, dear All
You sparked my interst on the 2005 - really stunning
But yes Perfect Flight Old Italian Wings is a bit poor so i will try to prt the "Captains ones" to P3DV4- lets see
Thanks for that interesting thread (WW2 french, italian, others plnes are faaaar underrepresented,even some US where it is mostly P-51, Corsair and Thunderbolt )
Roland
Hi Roland,
Nice to see you here in the dungeons :biggrin-new:
The variety of different models is most probably one of the biggest reasons why I moved back to FS9. With FSX modelmaking (and texturing) became more complex, which caused people to stop developing models, but also started a large shift towards payware. In FS9 you can fly almost anything from anywhere you can think off and most of it is still free.
Cheers,
Huub
https://i.imgur.com/53HpUoh.jpg
I would purchase the Reggiane R.2005 Sagittario in the blink of an eye if it was still available.
Hi Huub
Got the FS2004 story very well
I am more in P3D especially after I learned how to move planes by MDLX there ( bit addict 9114 planes (including liveries)- loads decently slow )
For the Sagittario interested
Thats off P3D
Attachment 88057Attachment 88056Attachment 88055
Look at the VC. even frame rates are fine ( some gauges borrowed from C.205 some to make)
Roland
One of the reasons I still had the Perfect Flight Re2005 installed was the red acrobatic livery which was included. But I did a similar repaint for the Luca Festari's one, so the Perfect Flight one is gone now.....
https://i.imgur.com/KEeTV1T.jpg
Or should I fly this one like this?
https://i.imgur.com/uqvGIPZ.jpg
Cheers,
Huub
Beautiful also as the upper one
On the SkyUnlimited one while interior is stunning exterior paints are Hmm OK
Best regards
Roland
Huub, your Re.2005 repaints are beautiful. Please consider another HV texture package.
Roland,Quote:
Originally Posted by thunder100
The original textures were done in 2005/2006 in those days this was more or less the highest achievable standard. We are now able to draw our textures in a much higher resolution and convert them to the maximum 1024x1024 format for FS2004 afterwards.
@Hurricane91 I was already considering to make my textures available. I don't expect many downloads as the model originally wasn't that popular. But in the end I think it will be easier to upload a package instead of sending the textures to those who are interested.
Very unlike me, both textures are very clean. The Re2005 only had a very short career with the Reggia Aeronautica. And on nearly all pictures I have been able to find the Re2005 look very clean and undamaged.So I decided to make the textures "as new".
It was a tough decision to make a choice between the different options of verde oliva scuro 2, but I have chosen for the more brownish version you can see in post #3.
Cheers,
Huub
And some images from the finished Reggia Aeronautica version.
https://i.imgur.com/7SyTab9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/koEZ1FW.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IE2fqLs.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/a4Tp4UZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4xQgaY4.jpg
Final, although I still might make some minor changes........
This is one of my favorite aircraft, I hope you upload the package. Could they be used for the freeware versions?
Thanks for the nice words. I'm afraid the textures won't fit the freeware version. The texture lay out from the freeware version is completely different.Quote:
Originally Posted by SgtT
Cheers,
Huub
Hi Huub
The variety of different models is most probably one of the biggest reasons why I moved back to FS9.
Why not use FS9 planes in FSX (Almost all are compatible) with bigger resolution texture?
Hey Alessandro,Quote:
Originally Posted by alx
Another unexpected guest is the dungeons. I hope everything is well. I have FSX installed as well and to be honest it looks really nice. And I have several FS9 model working in FSX. However among the "variety of different models" I also love the relative simplicity of FS2004. In most cases with FS2004, I understand what goes wrong when something goes wrong. With FSX it remained guessing. But there also are many reasons to keep FSX installed. And perhaps one day, when your G.50 and MC.202 are finished I will move over to MSFS.
But until than I will keep firing up my FS2004 and occasionally fly in FSX.
Cheers,
Huub
I go between FS2004, FSGW3 and FSX. I'm a big fan of vintage aircraft so I enjoy my FSGW3 install. I'm also a big Helicopter fan so I fly them in both FS2004 and FSX. Lately I've been looking for more Italian aircraft so I can fly them in FSGW3.
I'm curios on how to get my FS2004 aircraft to fly in FSX. I'm going to have to look into that.
Rob
The Reggiane Re2005 Sagittario can still be purchased; I have done so of late!
First, make sure you have an account with flight1.com.
Second, download the Sagittario from: (https://web.archive.org/web/20110222.../re2005_fs.exe) as a flight1 wrapper/installer; the archived sky-unlimited web page detailing the model may be found here: (https://web.archive.org/web/20110222...net/re2005.htm)
Third, purchase as you would normally with the flight1 wrapper - entering your details including flight1 account address; the flight1 wrapper will not unwrap the product after purchase because Flight1 has discontinued the key system.
Fourth, to get your key and unwrap the product, you'd have to go here (https://www.flight1.com/view.asp?page=newkey) and from your flight1 account, enter your order details and the email used in your purchase, for flight1 to send you a new key via a downloadable link. Use that downloaded key along with the password, which is the last 4 digits of your credit card used in your purchase to unwrap and install the flight1 Reggiane Re2005.
Hope the above helps anyone still interested in purchasing the beautiful Italian Sagittario ;)
Cheers!
I downloaded the file, but when I double clicked on it I got a Windows Defender error. I chose to run anyways, but nothing shows on screen even though the Flight1 Purchasing Module(32bit) is showing as running in Task Manager. Any suggestions?
Right-click the executable and run as administrator and permit the executable to run! Works fine for me on both Windows 7 and Windows 10.Quote:
Originally Posted by KC013
I've just downloaded the Flight1 wrapper, more out of curiosity than anything else, as I've had a couple of other installers that did what KC013 reported. And, lo & behold, it did exactly the same thing. It's annoying, because most of my old Flight1 products installed perfectly well, after I changed the compatibility settings. Hey ho.
The other things that has eluded me is the SkyUnlimited installer for their Mustang packages which, for some reason I had bought twice (I guess the early & later versions). I've tried downloading from the Wayback machine, but it always gets halfway then restarts. Very frustrating.
Had tried that as well, same non-results.Quote:
Originally Posted by wolfebee89
Ouch! Too bad! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by KC013
It sure is. I now have a large self-inflicted footprint on my aft side for not getting this when it was first available:banghead:.Quote:
Originally Posted by wolfebee89
The continuing saga, lol. Borrowed a friend's laptop also with Windows 10 and same results. Next I went spelunking into the deep dark depths of my basement storage area, and retrieved an Ancient Windows XP laptop. The file ran but gave an error that it could not reach the website. I was about to give up when I received two emails from my bank referencing two purchases without the card being present. Hmmmm, amounts look like they are correct for the Re2005. Hop onto my Flight1 account and sure enough there were two purchases of the 2005. Opened a ticket to have one refunded so we'll see where that goes.
I am still awaiting the link to download the file, but have already received the key to unwrap the file when I get it. Hope to have the 2005 flying soon! Bonus being I have learned to "Tap Dance" due to this process, lololol.
Sorry to hear about your troubles. Indeed when I purchased, it processed the payment, added the purchase to my flight1 account but popped an error! What I did next, after retrieving the key per aforesaid, was re-open the installer, and instead of clicking purchase, I clicked re-install option - it asked for the key, which I selected on my drive (having retrieved it earlier from flight1) and the password which was the last-4 digits of my credit card, and it unwrapped. Feel free to do the same! I am not sure what download file you are waiting for! ;) Happy flights!Quote:
Originally Posted by KC013
WooHoo!!!The additional download has been refunded. I luckily had not re-stored the old laptop so followed wolfebee89's instructions to reinstall and voila!! I'm now flying the beauty!!! So many thank you's are owed for all the help I received here! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Now to find Mr. Vink's red livery!!!
Ken
I'm glad you managed to sort things out. Fifth from the top....Quote:
Originally Posted by KC013
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...sort=d&doit=Go
Cheers,
Huub
Thank you!
You are very welcome Ken, and likewise, many thanks Huub for the red acrobatic livery; I found your repaint sufficiently stunning (a real work of art!) that I had to purchase the Re.2005 and it is a beauty to fly... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by KC013
Cheers!
With older add-ons that will not install in Windows 11, I've found that if i copy the installer to my desktop, right-click to get properties, then run in XP mode & as Administrator...
The installer will work.
Unfortunately, this is what I tried first. I agree it usually works, but not in this case on my system. May be system sensitive. I have seen that kind of behaviour in executables before.Quote:
Originally Posted by zswobbie1
Just to say , that the Re-2005 by D'Attomo & Quai is good but their Mc-200 Saetta is very good !!