View Full Version : Unit Preview: CASA c-295


Bjornlo
Oct 23, 2005, 06:59 PM
http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/3937/casac2959kp.jpg

Bjornlo
Oct 23, 2005, 10:06 PM
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2765/casac295run7ga.gif
Changed civ color t red, because I wanted to preserve the blue-gray base color. Other minor detailing changes also.
Note: this unit is not sized yet, I just made a guess and did render to test the new colors and such.

Goldflash
Oct 24, 2005, 07:44 AM
Hey, thats sweet looking, but I don't recognize it. Its a Transport plane, I can tell that much.... but I don't know the country of origin.

W.i.n.t.e.r
Oct 24, 2005, 10:01 AM
http://www.c295-tour.com/family.html

http://www2.arnes.si/~ttomsi5/c-295-2.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/images/cn235_3v.gif

Sword_Of_Geddon
Oct 24, 2005, 05:51 PM
That is looking very good Bjorn. Very smooth and polished.

MarineCorps
Oct 24, 2005, 06:21 PM
http://www.c295-tour.com/images/a400m_boxtop.jpg

Looks like a C-5 Galaxy without the jets


So this is a light transport. Cool

Bjornlo
Oct 24, 2005, 06:35 PM
That is looking very good Bjorn. Very smooth and polished.

Very kind of you to say. But I made a goofy mistake. The motion blur props are 5 blades, the static ones are 6. Doh!

Best to catch that sort of embaressing mistake before I sent the FLC's out.

@MarineCrops,
this is a light transport if you consider the C-130 a medium and the C5 a heavy. If you consider the C5 to a be a super-jumbo, then the c-295 would be a medium/large and the C-130 a large.
It can carry up to 75 troops compared to 92 or so for the c130, and around 45 paratroopers compared to 64. The biggest limitation on the c295 are its relative speed and range. The C130 moves at around 400mph for around 7 hours. While the c-295 moves at 300 mph for just under 4 hours. (range - 2800 v. 830miles), plus the C130 shows up carrying at least 20% more cargo.
The c295 is fairly typical of transports of this class. Over 20 nations use the C295, including the USCG.

Wyrmshadow
Oct 24, 2005, 07:24 PM
http://www.c295-tour.com/images/a400m_boxtop.jpg

Looks like a C-5 Galaxy without the jets


So this is a light transport. Cool
That's an Airbus400, I got one of those.

MarineCorps
Oct 24, 2005, 07:59 PM
@MarineCrops,
this is a light transport if you consider the C-130 a medium and the C5 a heavy. If you consider the C5 to a be a super-jumbo, then the c-295 would be a medium/large and the C-130 a large.
It can carry up to 75 troops compared to 92 or so for the c130, and around 45 paratroopers compared to 64. The biggest limitation on the c295 are its relative speed and range. The C130 moves at around 400mph for around 7 hours. While the c-295 moves at 300 mph for just under 4 hours. (range - 2800 v. 830miles), plus the C130 shows up carrying at least 20% more cargo.
The c295 is fairly typical of transports of this class. Over 20 nations use the C295, including the USCG.

Way to much information there. :lol: to me 92 isn't all that big of a leap from 75 so I would consider this and the C130 to be in the same class(so to speak)

MarineCorps
Oct 24, 2005, 08:00 PM
That's an Airbus400, I got one of those.


Of course you do. IS there anything you don't have? :lol:

Wyrmshadow
Oct 24, 2005, 08:01 PM
1950's Im a bit sparse on.

Bjornlo
Oct 24, 2005, 09:09 PM
checked the size, and I guess large. The preview animation is 15% too large (based on the Firaxis B17 and my C130).
The final one will be sized to scale.

W.i.n.t.e.r
Oct 24, 2005, 09:19 PM
http://www.airbusmilitary.com/images/a400mfinalsturn.jpg How could one mistake this beauty for a Galaxy.... :(

http://rhein-zeitung.de/on/01/12/12/topnews/airbus-grafik_.jpg

Wyrmshadow
Oct 24, 2005, 09:23 PM
Probably the T-tail and the general wide body, but that would still make it more similar to the C-17, especially in that graphic.

MarineCorps
Oct 24, 2005, 09:45 PM
http://www.airbusmilitary.com/images/a400mfinalsturn.jpg How could one mistake this beauty for a Galaxy.... :(

http://rhein-zeitung.de/on/01/12/12/topnews/airbus-grafik_.jpg


Wyrm is correct I was thinking of the C17 Globemaster.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/c-17s.jpg

Wyrmshadow
Oct 24, 2005, 09:50 PM
Got one of those too

MarineCorps
Oct 24, 2005, 09:59 PM
Got one of those too


You really do need a nickname for that little feature....

Bjornlo
Oct 24, 2005, 10:18 PM
You really do need a nickname for that little feature....
Maybe it should be his new sig/tag.

AeroSp
Oct 25, 2005, 07:05 AM
Great Bjornlo, a nice air transport for the Spanish.

CASA= Construcciones Aeronauticas S.A.

krazydude
Oct 25, 2005, 07:15 AM
looks great! :)