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X-Plane 11.35+ Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 1.0.5. The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 is a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. It was developed at the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough by a team consisting of Henry Folland, John Kenworthy and Major Frank Goodden. The volume production was sub-contracted out to various organisations amongst which included Vickers and Martin-Handasyde. This was possibly the RFC's (Royal Flying Corps) most successful day fighter. This X-Plane build is a preview of a work in progress and will improve through successive releases, I admit to the various texture issues in this release. Currently it only has a 2D cockpit, the only active thing here is the gun arm switch which you need to activate before using the trigger. This had a 200HP V8 Hispano-Suiza engine, so far less torque on takeoff than rotaries, which had reached the end of development potential. My thanks to JandJ for letting me use his original work, particularly the fuselage as a starting point and Beber for the pilot. Vasco Ribeiro kindly allowed me to use some figures from HMS Ark Royal, R09, as a starting point. Please see the included documentation for further details. By Ray Hill.