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| Category: X-Plane - Original Aircraft | |
| Spruce Goose for X-Plane 6.4/6.51 (hk-1/H-4 Hercules) |
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File Description:
Spruce Goose v1.0 for X-Plane copyright (c) by Robert App, January 2003. History of the "Goose" - Officially designated the HK-1 (this project started out as a join venture between Hughes Aircraft and Kaiser) and later designated the H-4 Hercules after Kaiser was unable to work with Howard. It was and still remains the largest (physical dimensions wingspan and length) aircraft ever built, with the largest radial engines ever built by the West (28 cylinder, 3000 HP). The plane had to be constructed mainly of wood due to the shortage of strategic metals caused by WWII. The plane became known as the "Spruce Goose" or "Flying Lumberyard" despite the fact that the wood frame and skin were constructed mainly of laminated poplar; it also involved "sandwich" construction. The plane was flown briefly on a trial taxiing run but Hughes never allowed the plane to be flown again. Speculation has always been rampant that the design was flawed and the plane could not have met the original specification requirements. The X-Plane model is as accurate as is possible with limited plans available to me. The main wing is an X-Plane standard symmetrical high lift airfoil as opposed to the high lift asymmetrical foil section used in the actual plane. The main wing angle of attack has been adjusted to emulate the asymmetrical foil as closely as possible.
Flight Testing the Goose - I have spent many hours testing the plane on X-Plane which with few exceptions provides a very accurate flight model. The published landing speed (79 mph) pretty well verifies the takeoff speed of 52 to 55 knots (k/hr x 1.15 (approx.) = mph). In straight flight the plane is difficult to stall since the nose quickly drops and increases speed if a stall develops with a significant loss of altitude. The plane has a range on 14000 gallons of fuel and takeoff weight of 350,000 Lbs of well over 3000 nautical miles. San Diego to Wake Island via Midway Attol is a piece of cake with lots of fuel to spare at 350,000 lb GW. The plane is flyable at a GW of over 410,000 lb but climb rate is very sluggish (max 400-600 fpm) and loss of speed due to excessive side slip can cause a fatal stall, in straight flight the plane is difficult to stall. So far my conclusion is that with todays materials and jet engines (which may be a future project) this aircraft could probably be competitive in performance with todays planes. With aluminum alloys that were available during its construction its performance would probably have exceeded the initial requirements.
| Filename: | Spruce_Goose_for_XPlane_64651_hk1H4_Hercules.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 31st January 2003, 05:19:19 |
| Downloads: | 1,739 |
| Author: | Robert App |
| Size: | 1.69 MB |
| Category: Fly! II - Aircraft | |
| TransWorldAirlines MD-82 Repaint of Giorgio Gnesda's MD-82 for Fly! II |
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File Description:
Trans World Airlines N924TW livery repaint of Giorgio's American Airlines MD-82, which can be found on this server. You will need Giorgio's orginal MD-82 to use this repaint.
| Filename: | TransWorldAirlines_MD82_Repaint_of_Giorgio_Gnesdas.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 5th August 2002, 17:29:57 |
| Downloads: | 256 |
| Author: | Pete Sterling |
| Size: | 503.51 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2002 - Scenery | |
| LightWeight Mesh terrain for Europe and the Mediterranean (Part 2 of 4) |
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File Description:
Framerate and download friendly mesh that covers the northern half of Portugal and Spain, all but the northern tip of France, most of Italy, all of Switzerland, Austria, the former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria and parts of Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, the Ukraine, Russia, Greece and Turkey. It is bounded by W20-E40-N50-N40.
| Filename: | LightWeight_Mesh_terrain_for_Europe_and_the_Medite.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 25th July 2002, 16:24:31 |
| Downloads: | 12,309 |
| Author: | Svante Wendel |
| Size: | 22.27 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2002 - Scenery | |
| LightWeight Mesh Terrain for Europe and the Mediterranean (Part 3 of 4) |
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File Description:
Framerate and download friendly mesh that covers all of the British Isles with the exception of the Shetlands, the northern tip of France, most of Belgium, all of the Netherlands, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and parts of Norway, Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belarus and Russia (including Moscow). It is bounded by W20-E20-N60-N50.
| Filename: | LightWeight_Mesh_Terrain_for_Europe_and_the_Medite.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 25th July 2002, 16:25:27 |
| Downloads: | 10,633 |
| Author: | Svante Wendel |
| Size: | 13.17 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2002 - Scenery | |
| LightWeight Mesh terrain for Europe and the Mediterranean (Part 4 of 4) |
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File Description:
Framerate and download friendly mesh terrain that covers the Faroe Islands, the Shetlands, most of Norway (including Spitsbergen/Svalbard) and Sweden, all of Finland and parts of Russia. It is bounded by W20-E20-N89-N60.
| Filename: | LightWeight_Mesh_terrain_for_Europe_and_the_Medite.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 25th July 2002, 16:26:09 |
| Downloads: | 10,944 |
| Author: | Svante Wendel |
| Size: | 14.29 MB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2002 - Scenery | |
| PA-MD-VA Series, Version 3, 44 airports for FSSE V 1.51 |
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File Description:
This is version 3 of the PAMDVA series and includes 5 new airports, new smoke stack effects, as well as updates to the other 39 airports to include FSSE V 1.51 objects. Lago's FSSE V 1.51 is required to view this scenery. Also included are sound collections for all 44 airports for use with Lago's FSSS (PAMDVASFXLIB.ZIP required to hear all sounds and available here at Avsim). Thanks to E. Lesnik for the use of his Chicago Smoke effect and to Lennart Arviddson for the link to his N. Europe ground textures. Have fun flyin'!!
| Filename: | PAMDVA_Series_Version_3_44_airports_for_FSSE_V_151.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 7th November 2002, 22:35:28 |
| Downloads: | 1,009 |
| Author: | Lauren Robison and Shaun Fletcher |
| Size: | 896.23 KB |
| Category: Fly! II - Aircraft | |
| American / Trans World Airlines Intrim 757-200 Livery for PMDG's 757-200 |
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File Description:
Intrim American / Trans World Airlines 757-200 livery for PMDG's 757-200 for Fly! II. You will need to own the 757 for Fly! II to use this repaint.
| Filename: | American__Trans_World_Airlines_Intrim_757200_Liver.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 24th November 2002, 04:59:44 |
| Downloads: | 302 |
| Author: | Pete Sterling |
| Size: | 727.39 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2002 - AFCAD Files | |
| Gates/Taxiways for Airport Teneriffe Reina Sofia and La Gomera (Canary Islands) |
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File Description:
This AFCAD file adds all the Teneriffe's (GCTS) and La Gomera's (GCGM) Airport real gates and taxiways.
To use with the Teneriffe2003 scenery by Sim-Wings.
Teneriffe2003 by http://www.sim-wings.de and
AFCAD are needed.
| Filename: | GatesTaxiways_for_Airport_Teneriffe_Reina_Sofia_an.zip |
| License: | Freeware |
| Added: | 3rd October 2002, 00:37:23 |
| Downloads: | 873 |
| Author: | Juerg Bertschinger |
| Size: | 66.82 KB |
| Category: Flight Simulator 2002 - Scenery | |
| Patches for LOD7/LOD9 Terrain Meshes of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska |
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File Description:
Patches (flatten files) for 108 lakes in British Columbia and Southeast Alaska that were either sunken below or raised above the terrain surface due to discrepancies between my add-on LOD7 and LOD9 mesh files and FS2002's default scenery. In some areas, such as the Prince George/Burns Lake region, the effect of the patches is obvious even from a great distance; in other areas, you'll have to be close to the lake to notice the difference. Also included are flatten files for nine airfields that had problems with sloping terrain or texture "bleed-through".
| Filename: | Patches_for_LOD7LOD9_Terrain_Meshes_of_British_Col.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 18th February 2003, 22:28:49 |
| Downloads: | 2,831 |
| Author: | Holger Sandmann |
| Size: | 613.45 KB |
| Category: Fly! - Navigation | |
| AIRAC Cycle 0209 Database Update for Fly! - Drop in EPD/DBD format |
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File Description:
Includes a very large update to the Fly! navigational databases based on the ICAO AIRAC cycle of every 28 days. Current cycle: 0209 - Effective 9.5.2002 through 10.2.2002. (6 new countries, 837 new navaids, 29545 new waypoints (yes, gps approaches)) Most records are updated, and have highly accurate LatLon values. Enjoy!
| Filename: | AIRAC_Cycle_0209_Database_Update_for_Fly__Drop_in_.zip |
| License: | Freeware, limited distribution |
| Added: | 7th September 2002, 04:25:44 |
| Downloads: | 387 |
| Author: | B. Bauer |
| Size: | 4 MB |
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