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Saab 340B Central UK
FEATURING : ROUND FUSELAGE AND ENGINES FULLY ROTATING PROPS ANIMATED UNDERCARRIAGE
DESIGNED BY M.D. Baclawski /Tony Bolton
16 sided fuselage by Pascal Linder
Textures by Tony Madge
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INSTALL....FS98/FS2000 AIRCRAFT ONLY YOU NEED AAFCONV INSTALLED.
TO INSTALL MAKE NEW FOLDER IN AIRCRAFT LIKE SO
EG: C:\FS98\AIRCRAFT\Cuk340
UNZIP THIS FILE TO THE NEW FOLDER AND IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY MAKE THE REQUIRED SUBFOLDERS. SELECT AIRCRAFT MENU AND FLY!
HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS AIRCRAFT IN THE FLIGHTSIM WORLD.
YOU CAN SEARCH ON SurClaro USING MY NAME TO ACCESS ALL THE OTHER AIRCRAFT I HAVE SUBMITTED TO THEM.
ALL THE BEST TONY MADGE
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LEGAL STUFF......................
PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE OR UPLOAD THIS AIRCRAFT TO ANYWHWERE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. RESPECT THE HARD WORK THAT HAS GONE IN BY THE DESIGNERS AND MY LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON THE TEXTURES. THIS REMAINS MY FINISHED WORK AND CANNOT BE USED IN ANY SHAREWARE PACKAGE ETC. KEEP FLIGHTSIM FREE!!!
I CAN NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSABILITY FOR ANY DAMEAGE DONE WITH THIS FILE, INSTALLED CORRECTLY AND IT WONT.THIS WAS VIRUS CHECKED USING NORTON ANTI VIRUS BEFORE IT WAS UPLOADED.
ANY COMMENTS PLEASE CONTACT ME tonymadge@yahoo.com
Saab 340B
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The 340 began life as the SF340, a joint venture between Saab-Scania
and Fairchild, in the early 1980's with the first production models
going into service in 1984. In November that year Saab took over full
responsibility for the aircraft following Fairchilds decision to move
out of aircraft production, the SF340 designation remained for a time
but was eventually changed to 340A. The 340B offers more powerful
engines to improve the 'hot and high' performance, an increase in
the maximum takeoff weight and improved range, it was delivered in
September 1989.
Power 2 x 1750shp General Electric CT7-9B turboprops
Cruise speed
Maximum 285kts TAS
Long range 252kts TAS
Range 805nm (max cruise with full load and reserves)
935nm (econ cruise with full load and reserves)
Service Ceiling FL250
Max takeoff wgt 28,500lbs
Max Speed Mach 0.50
Stall Speeds 110kts (clean) 85kts (full flaps)
Flying the Saab340B
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Notes:
The airspeeds given are indicated airspeeds (IAS) so you will need to
select this option in the 'options', 'preferences', 'instruments' menu.
Takeoff and climb data is for the aircraft at maximum takeoff weight.
The throttle settings are given as n2 readings, this corresponds to the
'turb' meter on the learjet panel.
The flight model was designed using a more realistic temperature
gradient than the default weather provided by fs. The Outside Air
Temperature (OAT) should decrease by 3.5 Farenheit (2 Celsius) for
every 1000' of increased altitude. So if the temperature at sea level
is 59F the OAT at 40,000' should be -81F not +14F as the program
defaults to. Flying with the default temperatures will cause a marked
decrease in the aircrafts performance and range.
The aircraft has been test flown after conversion to fs95 and flies
as per the numbers below.
Take off:
Apply 1 notches of flap. Open the throttle to 95% n2 and rotate at
115kts. Gear up on positive climb and aim for the initial climb to
be at 130kts. As the speed approaches 140kts remove the flap.
Climb:
Maintain the throttle at 95% n2 for the climb. Trim the aircraft to
climb at 170kts IAS, initially this will give a climb rate of 2000fpm
and if you get the trim right the aircraft will hold 170kts and slowly
reduce the rate of climb without any further pilot intervention.
Cruise:
The service ceiling is FL250 however as the aircraft is used on short
haul commuter routes it will normally cruise under FL200. Level off
and reduce the throttle to 90% n2 for the maximum cruise speed of
285kts TAS or 87% n2 for economical cruise speed of 252kts TAS. The
IAS value will depend on your altitude.
Descent:
Throttle back to 65% n2 and lower the nose to start the descent. If
you set the autopilot altitude to the desired altitude and put the
'altitude hold' on you will descend at 1750fpm at just over 200kts IAS.
Holding/Approach Pattern:
Increase the throttle to 78% n2 to hold the airspeed at 180kts IAS.
Landing:
Maintain the throttle at 78% n2 and add 1 notch of flap to reduce the
airspeed and start the final descent. Gradually add more flap and lower
the gear, with full flaps and gear down adjust the throttle to cross
the runway threshold at between 120kts.
Flight Sim data
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The following data was collected during my test flights. You may find
it useful for programs such as Navigator and adventure creators which
want climb and descent rates with true airspeeds and fuel flow figures.
Taxiing
Fuel burn 8 gals
Climb to 19,000'
Average climb 1520 fpm
Average speed 194 kts TAS
Fuel burn 233 gal/hour
Cruise at 87% n2 (252kts TAS)
Fuel burn 113 gals/hour
Cruise at 89% n2 (285kts TAS)
Fuel burn 131 gals/hour
Descent (using a/p alt hold)
Average descent 1755 fpm
Average speed 248 kts TAS
Fuel burn 58 gals/hour
