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Revision as of 20:45, 11 November 2011
 Polikarpov I16 | |
| Type | Military aircraft |
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| Author(s) | Emmanuel Baranger, Guillaume Chauvat, Marc Kraus, Frank Göldner |
| FDM | YASim |
| --aircraft= | Polikarpov I16 |
| Status | Development |
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The Piper Aerostar or Ted Smith Aerostar is an American twin-engined propeller-driven executive or light transport aircraft, designed by Ted R. Smith. It was originally built by Ted Smith Aircraft Company, which after 1987 became part of the Piper Aircraft Corporation.
Variants
Currently only one variant is modeled in FlightGear:
- Polikarpov I16 Bombable: is in the todo list
Mini-HOWTO
This mini-howto is based on my personal experience flying this beautiful plane (sadly, only in FlightGear, never in real life...).
Please feel free to add content or correct whatever you think is wrong.
Start Up
- Turn on the battery switch and both alternators. The switches are the first 3 from the left of the panel.
- Start the engines turning the engine switches to the right (press ctrl-c to see the hotspots), and keep them pressed until the engine start.
Take Off
Because of the small wing area of the Aerostar, it's not recommended to take off without flaps. The airplane will seem to roll forever!
- Flaps: 20° (2nd notch) or 30° (3rd notch), depending on field length.
- Throttle: Full
- Propeller: High RPM.
- Mixture: Rich
- Rotate: 80-100 kts depending on flaps settings.
Let the aircraft accelerate past 140 kts before retracting flaps.
Climb
- Flaps: up
- Throttle: 32~35 ingh
- Propeller: 2500~2600 rpm
- Mixture: reduce until fuel flow is around 32gph
- Climb Rate: 1500~1700 fpm @160~180 kts
With full throttle and propeller, a climb rate of 2000+ fpm can be attained.
Cruise
Level the plane at desired altitude and trim the elevator. You should get to +200 kts in no time ;-)
Approach
- Speed around 80 kts.
Landing
A circuit-landing on a short strip:
- Touch down at 70~75 kts.
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