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For FS2002
RAF Jaguar GR1. THIS 20 SQN REPAINT BY PAUL HEATON
SEPECAT Jaguar GR1 of No 20 Squadron based at RAF Laarbruch,Germany.Painted in the popular wrap around DPM textures.Rotating wheels and nose wheel steering . Animated spoilerons and differential slab tailplane. Flaps and slats are also animated together with the undercarriage and airbrakes. Additional effects include brake chute deployment on landing, reheat effects and pilot. Updated texture placement and model with greater detail such as aerials and blisters. Produced using Abacus FSDS. Model and texture by Tyler Gladman, Air file by Keith Clifford, Reheat effects by Oxyd.
The brake chute will deploy on landing if full flaps are selected, airbrakes deployed out and the aircraft is on the ground. To simulate 'dropping' the chute just either retract the flaps one notch or retract the airbrakes.
Air file by Keith Clifford
Model created by Tyler Gladman using FSDS Pro.
Original Textures by Tyler Gladman.
Pilot, pylon and ejection seat textures by Thomas Marschik.
Reheat effects by Oxyd.
Thank you to Mike Crosthwaite for SDL Edit.
THIS REPAINT BT PAUL HEATON
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Recomended panel, Sepecat Jaguar GR4 by Phil Perrott.
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FLYING THE JAGUAR
The Jaguar is a highly responsive aircraft that must be treated with some finesse.
It has a high roll rate and becomes more responsive with greater speed. At speeds
over 300 knots it manouevers quite well. I did the flight testing in both FS5
and FS6 (FSFW95). It flies well in both but for some unfathomable reason the
ground handling properties are more sluggish in FS6.
Take Off
Set the first notch of flaps and trim the aircraft slightly nose up. Advance the
throttles to 100 % thrust. (Afterburners are displayed at thrust levels over
95 %) The aircraft accelerates quickly and will become airborne at around 130
knots. You can climb quite rapidly by keeping the speed at about 260 knots.
The other option is to hold the aircrafts nose down after rotation and put some
speed on the dial and haul back on the stick at 500 knots. In either case make sure
you clean up the gear and flaps quickly after take off.
Turning and Burning
The Jaguar handles well at high speed. It is capable of supersonic flight at all
levels. It is limited to Mach 1.6 and has enough excess thrust to exceed this
(but not by much). It will get above Mach 1.1 at low levels. It really is quite
impressive looking at Mach 1.2 at 300 feet AGL when seen from the tower. Perhaps
there is an airport manager you don't like and would like to impress by blowing out
all of the windows in the terminal building? I have found that most FSFS aircraft
designed for supersonic flight seem to take some while getting through the Mach threshold
and then start to accelerate quickly once they reach Mach 1.2. This is the case
with the Jaguar.
Stretching Your Legs
I am going to participate in the www.SurClaro virtual fly-in this weekend.
What range testing I've done so far shows that the Jaguar has a ferry range of
about 2000 miles. The neat part about the Jaguar is that it can be refuelled
in mid-air. If you are doing an extended trip and gas is at a premium, top off
your tanks in flight by a "simulated" air to air refuelling. If you can manage
to find an FSFS VC-10K, Tristar or Victor tanker let me know where they are.
You cannot get the above mentioned range while transiting at low level and full throttle.
You would be lucky to get 300 miles. I recommend a hi-lo-hi flight profile if
you are simulating an attack mission. If you want to do the low level route,
ie. lo-lo-lo, I recommend transiting enroute at 450 knots and then pushing the speed up in the
destination area for as long as it takes.
Back to the Barn
Landing the Jaguar is easy if you have some experience with FS5/FS6. I fly
approaches with a fairly high rate of descent (1000-2000 fpm). I prefer to
do the traditional "fighter break" on arrival. I fly on a runway heading at
about 500 feet AGL and 350 knots. At about 2/3rds of the way down the runway
I haul back on the stick and pop the spoilers in a climbing left or right hand
turn. I continue with the turn until I'm on the reciprocal runway heading and
at roughly 1500 feet AGL. Retract spoilers when you've slowed down to 190 - 200 knots.
Extend the downwind portion until you get about a mile or so away from the runway.
At this point I've throttled back to idle and make the turn back to the runway heading.
Once I'm lined up I drop the gear(undercarriage if you prefer) and have 20 degrees of
flap selected. Adjust your power and flap settings to to a descent rate that you
are comfortable with and concentrate on planting the gear on the button with a descent
rate of around 200 to 800 fpm. The Jaguar is a forgiving aircraft on landing.
It will fall out of the sky with full flaps at 115 knots so dependant upon the
landing weight and winds adjust your approach speed accordingly. I generally
keep my speeds at 130 knots on final. The real aircraft has a braking parachute.
You can simulate this by using reverse thrust. Touch and goes are a lot of fun. If you
put the aircraft down any where except in the last quarter of the runway you'll
be able to get airborne without running into the grass and assorted lights at
the end of the strip. The Jaguar has been tested in operations from highways and
rough fields. You can take off from your favourite expressway but you'll
exceed the local speed limits by a fair margin when you do so.
SPECIFICATIONS
Wingspan 8.69m 28 ft 6 in
Length 16.83m 55 ft 2.5 in
Height 4.89m 16 ft 0.5 in
Wheel Track 2.41m 7 ft 11 in
Wheel Base 5.69m 18 ft 8 in
Wing Area 24.18m2 260.27 sq ft
Empty Weight 7 000 kg 15,432 lbs
Max T-O Weight 15 700 kg 24,149 lbs
Max Fuel-Weapon Load 4 763 kg 10,500 lbs
Max Mach No. High Level 1.6
Max Mach No. Low Level 1.1
Min Speed in Stable Flight 213 kmh 115 kts
Attack radius with external fuel
hi-lo-hi 760 nm 1408 km
lo-lo-lo 495 nm 917 km
Ferry Range 1,902 nm 3 524 km
As if you didn't know enough already!
HISTORY
The Jaguar was one of the first "international" combat aircraft designs. It is the
result of a marriage between a French airframe design (Breguet Br.121) and a British
British engine (Rolls-Royce RT.172). The two companies vested with production of the
Jaguar were Breguet at Colomiers and BAC at Warton. A joint company called
SEPECAT (Societe Europeenne de Production de l'Avion d'Ecole de Combat et d'Appui
Tactique) was formed in 1966 to manage production. Breguet was responsible for
manuafacturing the nose, center fuselage and landing gear. BAC built the wings,
engine air intakes, rear fuselage and tail assembly. Engine production was shared
by Rolls Royce at Derby and Turbomeca at Tarnos. The engine is called the
Rolls Royce/Turbomeca Adour Mk 101. RAF Jaguars are powered by the Mk 102 version.
The aircraft first flew on 8 Sept 1968 at Istres, France. The first British
produced aircraft flew fom Warton, UK on 9 Oct 1969. At the outset both single
and two seat versions were built. A naval version, built for the French navy,
never progressed beyond prototype level. At that time, Breguet Aviation was bought
out by Avions Marcel Dassault and the naval Jaguar was dropped in favour of the
Dassault Super Etendard.
The Jaguar has been produced in several versions. The Jaguar A was produced
for the French Armee de l'Air. It has a slightly lower capability than the RAF
versions. The Jaguar S was the single seat version supplied to the RAF. Dual
version are named the Jaguar B. They are known as the GR Mk 1 and T Mk 2 respectively.
The Jaguar GR Mk 1 and T Mk 2 were initially fitted with the Marconi-Elliot NAVWASS
inertial navigation system. Later variants dubbed the GR Mk 1A and T Mk 2A were
fitted with the Ferranti FIN 1064 INS. This allows the aircraft a high degree
of navigational accuracy in the attack role. The Jaguar has been marketed as
the Jaguar International and sold to India, Ecuador, Nigeria and Oman.
The Indians manufactured the Jaguar under licence by HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.)
at Bangalore. All Jaguar Internationals were manufactured by BAC or HAL.
In Service
Great Britain
The Royal Air Force ordered a total of 203 Jaguars for its use. They were
acquired in two versions. The GR Mk1 (Jaguar S) is a single seat strike/attack
aircraft while the T Mk 2 is the trainer version. Three squadrons (6, 41 and 54)
were part of the home based 1 Group of RAF Strike Command. Five squadrons
(11, 14, 17, 20 and 31) were based with RAF Germany. Four were dedicated to
tactical nuclear strike while one squadron was used in the tactical recconaissance
role. British Jaguars have served in Europe and the Middle East. This also
includes service in the 1991 Gulf War. 226 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit)
which has the shadow designation of 16 Sqn operates from RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland.
RAF Jaguars have been regular participants in the Red Flag and Maple Flag
air combat exercises in North America.
France
The Armee de l'Air acquired 200 Jaguars. They are comprised of Jaguar As (in
both single and dual configuartions) and the Jaguar E single seat version. Jaguars
have served with the following units: Escadres de Chasse 3, 7, and 11 for a total
of 9 front line squadrons. It also has served with the Centre d'Instruction
Tactique and the Centre d'Experiences Aeriennes Militares. French Jaguars have
seen service in Europe and Africa (most notably Chad) and in the Middle East
during the Gulf War. French Jaguars have also participated in the American
Red Flag air combat exercises.
Ecuador
The Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana (FAE) bought 10 single seaters (Jaguar International ES)
and 2 duals (Jaguar International EB). They equip the Escuadron de Combate 2111
based at Base Aerea Militar Taura.
India
The Bharatiya Vayu Sena was loaned 18 Jaguars by the RAF (16 GR 1 and 2 T 2).
40 Jaguars were built at Warton for Indian service. A further 76 have been assembled
by the Hindustani Aeronautics Ltd. facility in Bangalore. The total (1992)
in service is 116. They are in service with 5, 6, 14, 16, 27 and 77 Squadrons.
Jaguars have also served with the Aircraft & Systems Testing Establishment.
Nigeria
The Nigerian Air Force bought 11 single seaters (Jaguar International SN) and
7 duals (Jaguar International BN). They served with a squadron at Makurdi under
the Nigerian Tactical Air Command. In 1991 it was announced that the Jaguars
were being retired due to economic reasons.
Oman
The Al Kuwwat al Juwwiya al Sultanat Oman (Royal Air Force of Oman) purchased
13 Jaguar International OS and three Jaguar International OB. They are in
service with 8 Squadron based at Masirah.
REFERENCES
World Air Power Journal Volume 11 Winter 1992 Aerospace Publishing Ltd.
Przeglad Konstruckji Lotniczych 2/95 Nr 23 Jaguar (very nice drawings)
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