Aerospatiale SA365F Dauphin in the colour scheme of the Irish Air Corp (IAC# 245)
for FS98.
All usual Acknowledgements and copyrights apply:
FS98 (C) Microsoft Corporation
Original Flight model by Ian Standfast (106071.2027@compuserve.com)
Also thanks to John Hamer, Nick Canning and Steve Foster who helped the original
author.
Repainted by myself, Ray McMonagle, (C)1999
Sound and Panel also by Ian Standfast & co.
Legal Stuff:
These files are freeware and may not be sold
This files are distributed "as is" and in good faith, when uploaded there was no viruses
(or other), but I cannot or any server be held responsible in any way by any damage or
time loss by using these files.
This package, when distributed must be distributed fully (most importantly this file)
Installation:
Unzip IAC245.zip (which I presume you're after doing that already!)
Create a file in your aircraft folder titled "IAC 245"
Unzip the contents in to this newly created folder. Then open "panel guages" and copy these files in to the guages folder in the main FS98 folder. Thats it!
This model is actually a Dauphin 365N, but its exactly the same (almost) to the "F"
version.
As always I tried my best, and as always, it's nearly impossible to get it exact. There
are a few discrepancies: The front "pillar" (I cant think of the proper name) on the
window should be grey to match the fuselage but I couldnt change it. Same with the
back boom it should be all grey, but I couldn't get rid of the red. The back rotor
shouldn't be all red, the top half should be grey but I again couldn't change it.
There should be a blue stripe across the engines but I spent hours at it and couldnt get
it right (personally I think the Chopper looks better without it)
The round Irish Flag took me ages to do, and I got it almost perfect (it's nearly round).
I don't know what the blue symbol on the doors is, but I painted it as best I could.
None of these really take away from the chopper, it would be hard for anybody to
notice.
If you have any comments (good or bad) or suggestions or want to say you
downloaded my file mail me at asketpromos@clubi.ie
This is more info about the model written by the original author Ian Standfest:
I have modified the .air file to remove the unrealistic cross couple effect between the
lateral cyclic and yaw pedals. (The original Bell model in FS98, although very good,
produces a very unrealistic fuselage roll when pedal is applied in either direction.)
However, here is a downside to this, you will find that you have a lot more yaw
authority in the hover, and it only diminishes at speeds approaching 60kts, but I find
this more realistic. So you may end up doing a bit of a Huey shuffle on your first few
flights, but you should get the hang of it pretty quickly. The only real problem with the
airfile is that if you hold in huge amounts of pedal for a few seconds, the ship will go
into an irrecoverable rotation, then break. For the best handling, I suggest you turn all
your control sensitivities to their full value, and reduce the null zones to their
minimum. Then adjust the realism setting to your preferred value.
lights and beacons function as normal from the keyboard, but to get the actual landing
light bulb to light up, use the '/' key. I have done this to allow the ship to fly without
the landing lights on, but with all position and strobe lights visible.
'O' strobe on/off
'L' position and cabin lights on/off
'ctrl+L' visible light beams on the ground on/off
'/' light bulbs on/off
Although not a true shut-down, this ship will imitate it, if you throttle right back to
ground idle on the engine, the blades will become visible, if you then hit the 'Q' key you
get silence, OK, it's not great, but it gives you a chance to see the ship at rest.
To get the blades to show you need to do the following
snap fuel flow fully closed: press 'ctrl' and 'F1' together (blades visible)
snap fuel flow fully open: press 'ctrl' and 'F4' together (blades not visible)
About the Real IAC 245:
The Dauphin is used in a number of different roles in the IAC (Irish Air Corps): Search
& Rescue, Air Ambulance, Fishery Patrols and Joint Operations with the Gardai, Army
and Navy.
Dauphins are stationed at Casement Aerodrome (Baldonnel)-Dublin, Finner
Camp-Donegal and Monaghan. The latter two are border counties with Northern
Ireland and the Dauphins are used for surveillance. They can also be stationed at other
sites. My knowledge on the use (and number of) Dauphins within the IAC is very
limited, what I got from their website (www.military.ie).
*UPDATE*
Since I painted this aircraft in May(ish) 99 the real life version of the helicopter (IAC 245) was involved in a tragic crash, discribed as: "a black day for the defence forces".
On Thursday 1st July 99 the aging Alouette III was repaced in Waterford Airport by this Dauphin, its first turnout was to guide an RNLI lifeboat and a pleasure boat to safety. The pleasure boat became lost in dense fog in the Irish sea and requested the help of the RNLI life boat which reached the pleasure boat, but itself became lost and disorintated and called for the assistance of the air unit. The Dauphin and its 4 crew braved the same dense fog and zero visibility to save the lives of their fellow rescue crews and civilians. Less than an hour later these brave men lost their lives: They were returning to a fog-bound Waterford airport and began their letting-down sequence. They attempted this three times but the worstening weather conditions hampered their efforts each time. They proceeded to Tramore beach to make an emergency landing but clipped the top of a sand dune engulfing the aircraft in a fireball, only 20 yards from safety. Shortly before the crash the Dauphin reported being low on fuel (some blame this for the crash but it does not explain the fireball, and has been siad as to be "very unlikely cause" for the accident) but was not taken very seriously because the control (based in Dublin) figured they'd land in a feild. Shortly later Dublin control sent a MAYDAY message saying that the Helicopter could not be contacted. The same RNLI lifeboat in which the Dauphin helped an hour before headed for Tramore to the aid of the already fated helicopter.
The cause for the crash is not yet known, but the most likely cause is clipping the sand dunes. Unforunatly the Dauphin did not have a "Black Box Recorder" but a detailed investigation should reveal the cause of the tragedy. This Dauphin was one of the newest in the Irish Air Corps bought in 1986 with a low flight time, 4559 hours and underwent a complete overhaul two years earlier, so an equipment failure is unlikely but possible (questions arose why the helicopters radar did not warn the crew of the four storey dunes). The two pilots of the helicopter at the time of the tragedy were two of the most experienced and senior pilots in th IAC and were instructers at the IAC base in Baldonnel. Their will be much specultion over the next couple of weeks until the results of the investigation are released but no matter what the crew died doing what they loved and saving the lives of others.
CAPTAIN DAVE O'FALHERTY (30): - Pilot at the time of the tragedy. Originally from Offaly but lived in Lucan, Dublin, served in the defence forces for 11 years. He had 3000 hours flying time, 1000 in the dauphin and 800 of those as pilot in command.
CAPTAIN MICK BAKER (28): - From Castleknock, Dublin, was copilot that night who had served the Irish people for nearly 11 years with 2700 flying hours.
SERGEANT PAT MOONEY (34): - Was one of the most experienced Serch and Rescue (SAR) crew in the IAC. He was in the Defence forces for almost 18 years including posts in the Lebanon and served in the elite ARW (Army Ranger Wing)
CORPORAL NIALL BYRNE (24): - Had served in the defence forces for only 5 years and qualified as a winch operator only last December. He lived with his parents in Killiney, Dublin but was due to move to a new house in Clondalkin only days after.
MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES LIE WITH THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THESE BRAVE MEN, WHO RISKED THIER OWN LIVES EACH AND EVERY DAY TO SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
6TH JULY 1999
Here are some specs on the Dauphin. (Provided by Ian Standfest)
Manufacturer: Aerospatiale
Type: SA 365F Dauphin 2
First flight: Jan 24th 1975
Engines: 2x 710shp Turbomeca Arriel 1C Turboshafts
or 2x 680 shp LTS 101-750A-1 Textron Lycoming
Turboshafts
Rotor diameter: 39ft
Length Rotor turning: 44ft
Height: 13ft 2inch
Gross weight: 8,488lbs
Max speed: 176mph - 283km/h at sea level
(I have set the overspeed for this figure)
Range: Max range 548miles - 882kms
Capacity: various arrangements of crew and
passengers up to 14 people in all (I think).
Thats it!:
My thanks to Ian Standfest 'n' co. for letting me use his (their) model.
Thank to Conor McDermottroe for his help.
As always I love getting comments on my aircraft, good or bad. So please mail me,
even just to say you downloaded it, Thanks.
