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Pilot's Handling Notes for the Stinson 108-3 Voyager
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This Franklin 6A4-165-B3 engine has manual mixture controls, manually applied carb heat controls, no supercharger and no airscrew controls. Rated and sea level take off output is 150hp. However at 2800 RPM 165 hp are available for emergency (go around) use at sea level.
CAUTION - MINIMUM altitude for full throttle cruising is 5000 feet.
CAUTION - Restrain RPM < 2800 AT ALL TIMES
WARNING - Structural failure may occur > 126 MIAS
WARNING - Structural failure will occur > 158 MIAS
WARNING - This aircraft has very fragile flaps, Structural failure may occur > 88 MIAS with any flap deployed.
CAUTION - Manually applied pitot heat available, but no structural or airscrew de-icing available.
WARNING - THIS AIRCRAFT IS *NOT* CERTIFICATED FOR USE IN KNOWN ICING.
This aircraft is loaded by default with the maximum fuel load of 300 pounds and a payload of 780 pounds. 24 pounds of fuel are unusable by design.
Design cruise altitude is 5000 QNH.
This aircraft has rudder trim to counter torque and p-factor. FS9 users with no rudder pedals are however advised to minimise all relevant factors in the realism screen before flight.
FS9 users with no real world experience of leaning aero engines are advised to ignore the next instruction and set automixture = ON in the realism screen before flight.
