Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero

Model

• Highly accurate A6M2 Model 21 model built from plans and drawings of the real aircraft 
• Animations include all flying surfaces, landing gear, canopy, hatches, tail hook and cowl flaps
• Detailed landing gear with realistic suspension and accurate animation of the sub-assemblies and retraction routine
• Wingtip folding animation with detailed hinge and internal structure
• Detailed cockpit with numerous parts including gauges, switches knobs and levers - detailed enough to allow for a close-up inspection when in pre-flight mode. The gauges even work when viewed from the exterior view!
• Toggle mode for selecting either a bomb or drop-tank on the external hard point
• Detailed Japanese pilot in authentic dress with realistic animated head movements  
• Professional standard stereo sound set delivers realistic ‘big-radial’ sounds
• Lighting and effects including start-up smoke, strobes, recognition and navigation lights

      
Liveries

Five high definition liveries featuring a variety of markings reflecting variants in service from 1940 through to the end of hostilities:

• 12th Combined Kokutai, China (1940-1941)
• Machine aboard carrier Hiryu during the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
• 6th Kokutai, Rabaul, New Britain (1942)
• 402nd Chutai, 341st Kokutai Clark Field, Manila, Philippines (1944)
• 3rd Naval Air Group, Takao airbase, Taiwan (1941)

Virtual Cockpit

• ‘Baked’ textures used to give the highly detailed cockpit a worn, period look
• Fully functional with nearly all switches, knobs and levers animated and functional
• Authentic gauges with all faces in ‘Kanji’ (Japanese characters)
• Many custom-coded auxiliary gauges
• Illuminated collimated gunsight with functional range control
• NAV, ADF and communications radio suite
• Authentic controls for all systems including the tail hook, oxygen system, fuel primer, starters, auto-supercharger and auto-mixture
• Toggle switch for selecting either a drop tank or bomb
• Functional fuel system
• Full night lighting effects for the instruments and panels

Flight Dynamics
 
Highly accurate flight dynamics closely simulate the real aircraft performance envelope, with characteristic short take-off for carrier capability.

Paint kit

A layered PSD paint kit is included, featuring individual layers for weathering and detail (Photoshop or similar software required).