FS2004/FSX Zivko Edge 540 aerobatic plane
The Zivko Edge 540, manufactured by Zivko Aeronautics is a highly aerobatic aircraft. Capable of a 420 degree per second roll rate and a 3,700 foot per minute climb rate. It has an incredible + or - 20 G strength. It's thrust to weight ratio is approaching to 1. The E-540 aircraft has the highest aerobatic thrust to weight ratio of any competition aerobatic aircraft currently available, weighting over 300 lbs. less than the Extra 300S (the E-540 also has an additional 27+ HP).The plane has been flown to victory on the international Unlimited aerobatics circuit several times since the mid-1990s.
In addition to the advanced EDGE wing, the E-540 aircraft utilizes a computer optimized steel tube fuselage with a number of unique features. This results in a stronger, lighter fuselage that is designed to take over 15 G's of sustained loading. The use of steel tube frame with composite fairings results in an extremely light, easily repairable, and very durable overall fuselage.
A tandem-seat version is sold as the Edge 540T.

Specifications:
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All composite EDGE wing
Lycoming IO-540 producing 327+ HP
Hartzell 3-blade composite propeller
Inverted oil and fuel system
Roll rate of 420 degrees a second
Climb rate of 3,700 ft/min
Empty weight of 1155 lbs.
Max Gross (aerobatic) 1550 lbs.
Fuel cap. (fuse. tank) 19 gallons
Fuel cap. (wing tank) 44 gallons
Vne...265 mph
Vs...58 mph
Wingspan...24.4'
Length...20.7'

Installation:
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-Unzip " Edge 540" into a temporary file and move the "Edge 540" folder into the main Aircraft directory.
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-Leave all extra-300 gauges in your panel folder. Read instructions carefully when installing the gauges , say YES...when asked if the gauges sources should be trusted. If you say no....most of the gauges are not going to work !
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-Sound aliased to Extra300.
ATTENTION :
-If having trouble with the cockpit transparencies or turningprop in FSX acceleration or FSX demo, copy the glass.bmp and propdisk3.bmp from the Acceleration.texture into the plane's texture folder.

FLYING
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This plane is highly sensitive aerobatic flyer...one word...WAW !!!go easy on the controls !


CREDITS
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Special thanks to :
- GMAX for the drawing program and Microsoft for their makmdls.mdk.
- To Mikko Maliniemi whose plane and textures contributed to the creation of this GMAX mdl.

LEGAL:
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The project is released as freeware. You may modify it and repaint it. You may upload this file to another website as long as it is not for profit.
You need the written permission of the original authors to use any of these files for commercial purposes, otherwise a simple credit would be nice. Non commercial repaints-remakes are welcome but I would appreciate very much receiving a copy of your model.
This file should not cause any problems with your computer, but I accept no responsibility if you think it does. Remarks and hints are welcome and are being considered.


Happy Landings!

A.F.Scrub
April 2010
Email: af_scrubbypc@hotmail.com