Open class- High performance single seat glider.
Designed by Klaus Holighaus and manufactured in carbon
fiber by Schempp-Hirth ( Germany).
Winner of multiple World Championships and Record Flights.
This has been the first glider ever tested by Dick Johnson
with this level of performance (Soaring, Dec. 1982)
Specifications:
Wing span: 22.9 m - 24.5 m with wing tips ( 75.1- 80.4 ft )
Length: 7.63 m ( 25.3 ft )
Weight: 404 Kg - 750 Kg with water ballasts ( 1656 lb )
Power: /
Performances ( in flight tests):
Minimum sink rate: 70 ft/mn @ ca. 40 kt
Maximum glide ratio : 1:60 @ ca. 43-55 kt depending on ballast
Details:
Designer: Thierry OGERAU
Date: Dec. 95 and Nov. 98 for the panel and for the
flight dynamics.
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THE MODEL
The model and singularly its panel is intended to be a copy of my
real Nimbus 3/24.5
Immatriculation: F-CFTO
Based at Beynes, the glider airfield closest to Paris.
Call "Tango Oscar" on 120.42
1. Unzip this files to a temporary folder;
2. Move the "Nimbus 3-24.5 launched over Chicago..STN" file to your
FS98/Pilots folder
3. Unzip the Gauges.zip to another temporary folder and copy the
content in your FS98\gauges folder;
4. Move the whole Nimbus3 folder to your FS98\aircraft folder.
5. Fly!
Take-off with the menu "exact location", type your desired altitude
(QNH) and speed. GO! The winch tow is quite fast.
Even quicker: have a launch with the menu "Select Flight", pick
"Nimbus 3/24.5 launched over Chicago".
Enjoy your flights!
Do aerobatics if you will- the original is not certified for that-
but don't make off-field landings: the trailer is not available !
Great thanks to Max Roodveldt who showed me the way with his SHK
panel and provided his wonderful metric instruments and command
gauges (see "readGaugesRoodveldt.txt")
By the way for our US colleagues: metric system is mandatory here,
I guaranty: I had to change my instruments to have my glider
certified in France.
Thanks also to Roland Stuck (Asw-20 flight dynamics) and Ian Donohoe
(ADE). Without them the model would still play "Saint Gui's dance on
the runway.
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NEXT STEPS:
1.Please don't ask me for the .afx etc.. I have lost them all; still
crying !
2.Photographs are in the box for a future photorealistic panel.
3.If time and courage: new .afx and add textures to at least have
"F-CFTO" painted on the fuselage and a more decent canopy.
This is Freeware, so be honest and don't make any money with it.
No commercial distribution of any kind, no modification or use of
any part of the files without prior and written authorisation of
the author.
I do not accept any liability for any kind of misfunctionment
that could happen to your system and/or software. Use at your own
risks.
You are free to upload into other services this unchanged package
under the above conditions.
Thierry OGERAU, Voisins le 27 Nov. 98
ogerau_t@hotmail.com
