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BOEING 747-200 'CLASSIC'- P&W Engines
Aircraft Model for FS2000
by Jon Murchison ( jonmurchison@hotmail.com )
Visit the B747-200 Support site for updates and downloads:
http://www.arnz.cjb.net
http://www.747200.cjb.net
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This aircraft model has been designed using FSDSPro by Abacus. It is an upgrade to my earlier
version 2.0 model but features Pratt & Whitney engines as opposed to Rolls Royce. Build 2.5
incorporates the best of Build 2 but has improvements to the fuselage, wheels and main gear.
I run a Pentium III-800, 128MB ram, 32MB NVidia tnt2 M64 graphic card and find I get excellent
frame rates. The model was BETA tested on a Pentium II-166 (low frame rates) and also a
Pentium III-450 (Good frame rates)
CONTENTS 1. Installation
2. Known model flaws
3. Thrust reverser operation
4. Legal disclaimer
5. Credits
6. About the author
7. Future releases
8. Recommendations
9. Other files (aircraft repaints)
a. Unzip the folder directly into your FS2000 directory
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2. KNOWN MODEL FLAWS
These include:
- Flaps not accurate
- Main gear folds into fuselage not gear bays.
This model is my first serious effort at an aircraft model, and has taken in excess of 4
months to get to this stage. In that time my skill and knowledge of FSDS has grown, so
each new version incorporates the best of the previous, along with new features. Every
effort has and is made to optimise performance, however results cannot be guaranteed on
all systems.
Build 2.5 of this model has thrust reversers. At this time no one seems to have been
able to link reversers directly with the F2 key in FS2000. So until then to at least
make it look good, press the spoiler key to activate the reversers.
This model and its related files are used at the user's own risk.
This includes any hardware or software problems that you imagine are related to the
installation of these files.
This aircraft model was designed for FUN and the use and enjoyment of fellow flight
simulator enthusiasts. It may NOT be sold or distributed on disk,CD, DVD or any other
electronic media.
This aircraft is for personal home computer use only and may not be used by commercial
organizations, training establishments or businesses without prior contact with the
author
I reserve ALL rights to this file, but give permission to have it uploaded to any
Internet site that doesn't charge for individual downloads and where the original
package has not been changed in any way.
FREEWARE TOOLS: BMP2000 - Martin Wright
SDL Editor V2.0 - Mike Crosthwaite
PEOPLE: Peter Lohr - For always pushing for the best
James Doherty - Beta tester and source of great wisdom when
it comes to building SDL's
James Eden - Beta tester
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6. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I'm 34 and currently work as a manager for New Zealand Post looking after 23 'posties'
(mailmen for non NZers), and prior to that was a postie myself. I have also been known
to dabble in commercial radio broadcasting.
I have been into flight simming for about 16 years. I began on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum,
moved to the Commodore 64, and remember going wow when I got Flightsimulator for that.
It was in 1999 that I got my first 'real' PC, and FS2000 almost straight away with it.
In 2000 I met Peter Lohr and then really started to look at repainting aircraft at first,
and then building them myself. It was in 2000 that Aircraft Repaints New Zealand was born,
and the rest as they say, is history.
Visit the ARNZ website at http://www.arnz.cjb.net where all my repaints can be
downloaded. You could also search the SurClaro file libraries using my name
"murchison" as a key word.
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