FS2004 Mil MI-24A Hind A
First production version of the famous Soviet Helicopter Gunship. This version is readily indentified by the boxy greenhouse canopy. This canopy and crew arrangement was not totally succesful, due to blind spots, internal reflections, and a weak gun armament. This paved the way to the well known MI-24D/V versions with the separate gunship cockpits in a redesigned nose, and more powerful armament..




Installation:
1)After downloading the zip, locate it, and extract the file to a temp folder.
2)Copy Folder MI-24A to your FS2004 Aircraft Folder
3)Everything should be in the right place and subfolder.
4) VERY IMPORTANT! Copy the mi24a_glass, mi24_rotor,and  mi24_t_rotor, and mi24_aircrew  textures from the base texture folder over to the  texture.aaf, and texture.laf,  folders. I do this way to cut down on download file size.
5) If you have any problems, look at the Folder of a plane you know that works in your Sim. See how it is made and arranged.


BEFORE YOU FLY!.......
Make sure you already have my MI-24V Hind E installed, with that silly GaugeSound.dll properly copied over to your FS main folder. It's included in this download, just in case!

NOTAMS
You MUST have my MI-24V installed , to get the gauges. No need to upload the gauges twice!

Note on sounds add-ons.
If you try to add new sounds, or alias to other  sounds, and all you hear is a deafining silence, you need to make a small .cfg file edit. 
Open the .cfg file and look for the [GeneralEngineData] section:
 engine_type = 3   
Change the 3 to a 1

This will enable sounds, and doesn't seem to hurt anything.


Key Commands-- (based on default mapping)
SHF e = pilot's and wso's canopy doors
SHF e 2 = cabin doors





This aircraft was tested in FS2004 
Flight Model set to about 80% HARD
Plane Textures set to MASSIVE
Screen res set to 1024X768X32
Reflections set to ON
Computer:
P4 2.8 GHZ
1024 MB RAM
ATI 9600 128 MB with 4.6 Cat Drivers
TM Cougar HOTAS/CH Pro Pedals
Results with your Computer and Sim Settings may vary.


Enjoy!
This aircraft was built to the best of my skills, knowledge, and simply to my own tastes and standards.
If something is "missing", or "wrong", oh well, you got it for a good price:-) For a one-man shop, I think I do pretty well:-p

 As for repaints, new versions, etc. I have no idea if, when, or what. If you ask, you'll just get an "I don't know" reply :-)
These files shouldn't harm your computer, but I accept no responsability for their use and effect.
Play with it,do repaints, give to friends or enemies(SEE BELOW), but do not make money off of it without my express approval. This also goes for any other peoples' files in this release.

 Also,if you want to re-post the plane, or its repaints, on your site, or another site, please ask me first:) I usually say yes, unless my plane  been too corrupted or hacked by you or others. MAKE SURE YOU READ AND ABIDE BY THIS, FSPLANET.COM!!! 

I only upload to Flightsim.com, and Sim-Outhouse.com., and sometimes AVSIM.com If you find one of my planes anywhere else, I cannot guarantee its integrity. Whoever re-posted the plane might be better able to help you if you have any trouble, if he did any mods and left an e=mail addy
I have nothing against other sites, I just want to keep things simple, and easy to track.
Good Luck, and have Fun!


Tim Piglet Conrad
Piglet's Peculiar Planes
[email protected]