MS-406 for CFS3

Morane-Saulnier MS-406 for CFS3

Last Updated 16-April-2006

Morane-Saulnier MS-406 for Microsoft CFS3. Model by Craig Murray. Textures by Nigel Dickinson.

This page is intended as a quick reference to locate resources for this aircraft. In addition to the core model, you will also find a list of optional textures and stand-alones.

Core Package

Component	Location	Comments
	Netwings Sim-Outhouse	Version 2.0 Current release. Includes default skin. For previous versions, see "Release History" below.
	Netwings Sim-Outhouse	Flight Model Upgrade 2.1 Requires Version 2.0 package. Includes AIR, CFG, and XDP files only.
French Gauges	Netwings Sim-Outhouse	Required graphics files for virtual cockpit.
French Weapons	Netwings Sim-Outhouse	Required weapons package for this aircraft.
CFS3 Nationality Expansion Kit ~ Redux	Netwings Sim-Outhouse	Warning! File size is 27.6 MB!

Skins
Optional textures for use with the core package.

Component	Location	Comments
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	French noseart Use with v2.0+.

Stand Alones - Battle of France
Modifications of the core package that contain the model as well as a new texture.
Check each package for additonal component requirements.

	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	DAT Avord MS406c1 N°871 , patrouille DAT, Avord, May 1940. There is no known explanation as to why the uppersurfaces of this aircraft have been resprayed with the pale grey usually used for undersurfaces.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCI 1938 From September 1938, all French fighters began to receive a camouflage scheme of pale grey undersides and 'kaki mat' uppersurfaces in place of the varnished aluminium scheme used beforehand. The 3-colour scheme used in WW2 was not introduced until December 1938, although numerous aircraft retained the old khaki scheme well into 1940. The fuselage roundel was not introduced until 13th January 1940, and even then was not systematically used until later. GCI received its first batch of MS406 fighters in May 1938.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCI/2 Cigognes MS406c1 No704 L733 of 1 Esc, GCI/2, Nimes May-June 1940. This squadron had the distinctive and unusual habit of marking the aircraft's individual number in Roman numerals as opposed to the more normal Arabic/European style. The Groupe insignia of a stork is carried on the tailfin.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCI/2 Cigognes Red MS406c1 N°969 L998 of 1 Escadrille, GCI/2, Nimes-Courbessac, early July 1940. The red cown and tailfin were introduced during the final overs of the Battle of France, and should not be confused with the Vichy 'striped pyjamas' introduced in 1941. The Roman numerals are typical of GCI/2.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCI/2 de Puybusque MS406c1 No676 L733 of 1 Esc, GCI/2, flown by Sgt de Puybusque, May 1940. Not all aircraft of GCI/2 carried Roman numerals - this aircraft was flown by Sgt de Puybusque during the French campaign in 1940. The Stork insignia is carried in the traditional but non-regulation (at this date) position on the fuselage, rather than on the tailfin. De Puybusque scored seven confirmed kills during the Campaign, becoming one of the highest scoring French aces of the period.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCI/3 Green MS406c1 of GCI/3, 1939. Theoretically by 1939, all French aircraft were supposed to be painted in the 3-colour scheme of grey, chocolate brown and khaki green; this was, however, not systematically observed. This aircraft retains the earlier paint scheme of pale grey undersides and 'kaki mat' uppersurfaces. The fuselage roundel was not introduced until 13th January 1940. The wing roundels are of the larger type introduced on 24th July 1939. The fuselage insignia is in the traditional position, unchanged since WW1.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCI/45 Free Polish MS406c1 Free Polish Air Force, GCI/145, French Air Force, 1940. Following the defeat and fall of Poland in 1939, many Polish citizens made their way West in order to continue the fight, paving the way for the Free Polish Forces which operated, usually alongside the British Forces, until the end of the war in Europe. In 1940, France was quick to put these skilled and determined aviators to work in their own unit, GCI/145.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCII/3 MS406c1 No784 L813 of GCII/3, May 1940. This aircraft displays the wavy-snaky camouflage found on MS406s of the second production batch (numbers 600+) made by the SNCAO works at Bouguenais. The red spinner is specific to GCII/3.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCII/3 Commander MS406c1 No989 L579 of GCII/3, May 1940 for the Battle of France Campaign.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCII/6 MS406c1 N°945 L985 of GCII/6, late 1939. This aircraft was built by the Morane-Saulnier works at Puteaux, as shown by the MS logo on the cowling and tailfin. The absence of fuselage roundel,introduced on 13th January 1940, and unit insignia, situates this aircraft in late 1939 or early 1940. The white spinner tip indicates GCII/6.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCIII/1 MS406c1 N°730 L759 of GCIII/1, April-May 1940. This aircraft displays the red diagonal flash and foxes mask of GCIII/1 over the wavy-snaky camouflage found on MS406s of the second production batch (numbers 600+) made by the SNCAO works at Bouguenais.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCIII/1 Polish MS406c1 No 1031 L621 of 5 Escadrille, GCIII/1, Rouen-Boos, France, April 1940 for the Battle of France Campaign.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCIII/1 Polish L-529 MS406c1 No.590 L-529, 6 Escadrille, GCIII/1, Beauvais-Tillé, France, December 1939. Before the introduction of the fuselage roundel, the Polish pilots in this flight carried the insignia of SPA93 on both the tail and fuselage.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCIII/6 MS406c1 No803 L832 of 6 Escadrille, GCIII/6, Shot down 21 May 1940. This aircraft is typical of GCIII/6 with the 'African Mask'. It was flown by Sgt Arnould de Gervilliers, who was killed when it was shot down near Cambrai.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCIII/6 Le Gloan MS406c1 No597 L536 of 5 Esc, GCIII/6, April-May 1940. This aircraft is typical of the earlier production run, with its large 'swathe' camouflage. The 'African Mask' indicates GCIII/6. Pierre Le Gloan finished the French campaign flying D.520s with 11 confirmed and 2 probables.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCIII/7 MS406c1 No170 N490, 6 Esc, GCIII/7, June 1940. This aircraft carries the standard 'swathe' camouflage of the early production series, with the 'La Folie' insignia of GCIII/7, inspired by a painting by Michaelangelo. The individual number appears unusually in white on the port wing uppersurfaces. This aircraft survived the fighting. Skin based on a photograph taken just after the surrender.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GCIII/7 Le Vautour MS406c1 No231 N-593 "Le Vautour", 6 Esc, GCIII/7, flown by Sgt-Chef Morlot, 8th May 1940.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	General Pinsard MS406c1 No. 1019 "Le Pirate", personal aircraft of Général Pinsard, Commandant Groupement 21 ZOAN, May 1940. Pinsard, a WW1 Ace, continues to carry the WW1 insignia of SPA 23 on this aircraft, painted in a distinctive pale grey and black livery. The aircraft was manufactured by Morane-Saulnier at their Puteaux works, as shown by the MS logo on the tailfin and cowling.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	Multiplayer 1938 Until 6th December 1938, all French fighters were theoretically finished in Khaki Green uppersurfaces over pale blue-grey undersurfaces; many were not in fact repainted in the regulation 3-colour camouflage until much later, if at all. This skin, with the associated specific MOS file, allows you to use the noseart and codes in CFS3. You will need my French Noseart files from Sim Outhouse.

Stand Alones - Other Theatres
Modifications of the core package that contain the model as well as a new texture.
Check each package for additonal component requirements.

	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	Croatian Air Force Yugoslavia
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	Finland No 5 Finnish Air Force, from the early part of the Russo-Finnish War.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	Finland No X Finnish Air Force, in the later part of the Russo-Finnish War - the 'Continuation War'.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	GC1 Alsace Free French Forces, 1941.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	Luftwaffe Trainer Fighter trainer of the Luftwaffe.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	RAF French Fighter Flight No.2 Royal Air Force, 1941.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	Switzerland 1943 D-3800 Morane of Swiss Air Force, 1943. The D-3800 was similar to the MS-410, a development of the MS-406.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	Switzerland 1944 D-3800 Morane of Swiss Air Force, 1944. The D-3800 was similar to the MS-410, a development of the MS-406.
Vichy Indochina	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	Vichy Indochina MS406c1 No307 N-719 Flown by Capt Pierre Pouyade, Tong, Tonkin, 1942. On top of the Vichy 'striped pyjamas' worn on the nose, this aircraft has the red tailplanes imposed by the Japanese on French aircraft in Indochina (now Viêtnam) to avoid confusion with Allied aircraft. Vichy France was not at war with Japan. The spinner may have been red or black, or been repainted at one stage. You will need to change the country line in the xdp file to 'germany'. Use Notepad.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	Vichy XXXIV Ecole de l'Air, Vichy French Air Force.
	Sim-Outhouse By Nigel Dickinson	Yugoslav Partisan Air Force Captured from Croatian Air Force.

Release History & Bug Reports

Version	Release Date	Location	Comments
Project Start	10-Dec-2004	N/A	My first attempts at model building.
Beta Test	12-Jan-2005	N/A	Beta version distributed through AvHistory forum. Truly ugly.
Version 1.1	10-Jul-2005	Sim-Outhouse	Initial release with preliminary textures.
Version 2.0	02-Feb-2006	See "Core Package" above	Final version with improved cockpit and textures.
Flight Model Upgrade 2.1	16-Apr-2006	Netwings Sim-Outhouse	Corrects several issues with flight model including: Upgraded to Aero workbook 2.86.112 Corrected max air speed per historical acounts Corrected max sea-level speed per historical acounts Wheels-up landing is now possible. Takeoff from unpaved airfield now possible. Corrected prop-strike parameters.

The Virtual Cockpit features the legendary Baille-Lemaire gunsight, known affectionately as the "lantern". Technically, the MS-406 used a slightly different gunsight than the OPL RX-39 pictured here, but this gunsight had the best selection of pictures on which to base the design.

Gauges are calibrated in metric units and the cockpit features a generous selection of knobs and levers. Note that the MS-406 features two airspeed indicators: one for normal flight and another specifically for landing (calibrated for lower speeds).

The exterior model features the infamous retractable radiator.

Extend it or retract it by pressing CTRL-E or SHIFT-E.