To meet a 1953 post-war US Navy requirement for a high-performance multirole flying-boat, the Glenn L Martin Company offered its very advanced Model 275 design. The first XP6M-1 prototype was flown on 14 July 1955, the second following on 18 May 1956, and Martin received orders for six pre-production YP6M-1 boats powered by Allison J71-A4 afterburning turbojets, each developing a maximum 13,000 lbs of thrust. Successful flight testing led to an order for 24 production... P6M-2 Seamaster MSFS
To meet a 1953 post-war US Navy requirement for a high-performance multirole flying-boat, the Glenn L Martin Company offered its very advanced Model 275 design. The first XP6M-1 prototype was flown on 14 July 1955, the second following on 18 May 1956, and Martin received orders for six pre-production YP6M-1 boats powered by Allison J71-A4 afterburning turbojets, each developing a maximum 13,000 lbs of thrust. Successful flight testing led to an order for 24 production P6M-2 aircraft, which differed primarily by having 17,000lbs of thrust from the newer non-afterburning Pratt & Whitney J75-P-2 turbojet engines. However, the contract was cancelled on 21 August 1959 after only three had been built and these, together with the YP6M-1s, were scrapped at a later date. They were the fastest flying-boats ever built !
Features :
- authentic blue/white livery plus fictional 'in service' gray/white VAH-1 livery - water spray, splash, wake and smoke fx - mobile, steerable Beaching Cradle with wheel/parking brakes - PBR materials/textures used throughout - Wwise turbojet sounds package and other unique cockpit sounds - detailed cockpit with numerous animations and mousable controls - crew boarding steps appear, crew entry door opens on engine shutdown - togglable pilot figures - glass rain effects - aircraft steers on water normally using rudder input, no water rudder switch needed - animated rotating bomb bay (uses ctrl-h tailhook function or cockpit switch) - 9 x Mk52 aerial mines payload in bomb bay (not droppable) - togglable modern NAV, COM, ADF radio set - animated speedbrakes/hydroflaps (airborne functionality only) - animated windshield wipers - animated 'spray strips' on the nose - animated retractable hull (landing/taxi) lights - anchor lights on float ends, boarding light at crew entry - fully VR compatible (pilot's yoke can be VR latched) - authentic flight model with checklist - 24-page illustrated User Operating Manual - source texture files avaliable for livery artists
