FS2004 Fairchild/Swearingen Fairchild SA227AC Metroliner III Key Lime Air
Original desing by Mike Stone, repaint by Alejandro Hurtado.
Key Lime Air was founded in 1997 as a charter company in the Rocky Mountain region. It has a fleet that includes some Metroliner III. In this file I'm including three Metroliners, one white whith horizontal bands, one dark green, and one with a very unusual painting scheme. By the name and the decoration, I'm supposing Key Lime Air was founded by retired military pilots.
The full fleet of Key Lime Air, as readed in its web page, is:
Passenger And Cargo
Learjet 24 (1 available)
5 Passenger capacity
Speed: 500 mph
Range: 1200 miles
Cargo Door: 36 x 39 in.
Cargo Bay: 149 x 48 x 44 in.
2000 lbs. cargo capacity in cargo configuration
$1800.00 per flight hour*
Metro 23 (1 available)
19 passenger capacity without lavatory
18 passenger capacity with lavatory
Speed: 320 mph
Range: 1200 miles
Cargo Door: 52 x 50 in.
1500 lbs. cargo capacity in cargo configuration
9 passenger capacity on request, for more cabin space. (Call for
details)
$2000.00 per flight hour*
Cargo Only
Metro and Metro II (Several available)
3000 lbs. cargo capacity
Speed: 300 mph
Range: 1200 miles
Cargo Door: 52 x 50 in.
Cargo Bay: 356 x 50 x 46 in.
$1200.00 per flight hour*
Metro III Heavy (Several available)
5000 lbs. cargo capacity
Speed: 300 mph
Range: 1200 miles
Cargo Door: 52 x 50 in.
Cargo Bay 356 x 50 x 46 in.
$1200.00 per flight hour*
Cessna 404 (Several available)
2500 lbs. cargo capacity
Speed: 200 mph
Range: 800 miles
Cargo Door: 49 x 48 in.
Cargo Bay: 147 x 48 in.
$500.00 per flight hour*
Piper Chieftain PA-31-350 (Several available)
1800 lbs. cargo capacity
Speed: 200 mph
Range: 800 miles
Cargo Door: 23 x 43 in.
Cargo Bay: 132 x 43 in.
$500.00 per flight hour*
The Metro can trace its lineage back to the original Swearingen Merlin I executive transport. From the Merlin I Swearingen developed the turboprop powered II and III which were to form the basis of the new Metro commuter airliner. The Fairchild Metro III is used extensively around the world on short flights between cites. It provides exceptional speed for a twin engine prop aircraft, but is reknown for its challenging handling.
Fairchild (Swearingen) Metroliner III
VIP Transport, USA, 1981
Sizes and weights
Total Length : 59.383 ft 18.100 m
Greatest height : 16.732 ft 5.100 m
Wingspan : 57.087 ft 17.400 m
Wing area : 308.927 sqft 28.700 m2
Max take off weight : 14502.3 lbs 6577.0 kg
Weight empty : 9181.6 lbs 4164.0 kg
Max. payload wght : 5300.8 lbs 2404.0 kg
Performance data
Max. speed : 278 kts 515 km/h
Landing speed : 87 kts 161 km/h
Cruising speed : 248 kts 460 km/h
Initial climb rate: 2362.20 ft/min 12.00 m/s
Service ceiling : 27428 ft 8360 m
Wing load : 46.95 lbs/ft 2229.00 kg/qm
Range : 575 nm 1065 km
Propulsion
Kind : PTL
Type : TPE 331 11U
Power rating (max.) : 809 shp 820 wps
Count : 2
Total power rating (max.) : 1618 shp 1640 wps
Other
Crew : 2
Payload : 20 pax
My previous repaints are:
For Fs2002 only:
b737ah8: American Airlines Astrojet, a 2001 plane painted like the 60´s
b737ah12: A BWIA 737-800 in caribean decoration.
d328ah15: Two Do-328 (prop) of Welcome Air
d328ah16: Air Engiadina was the launching client of the DO-328
For FS2002, in Fs2004 the night cockpit lightning dont looks well from outside:
b727ah1: Green and yellow Braniff's 727
b727ah2: 727 flow by Viasa when was bought by Iberia
b727ah3: Braniff 727 painted by Alexander Calder
b727ah4: One of the first 727 flow by Kulula.com
b727ah11: Alaska Airlines 727 leased to the Seattle NFL Team Seahawks
I Dont know how it works in Fs2004:
Ju52mlka: Ju-52 owned by Milka chocolats company, in flying state
md11ah5: MD-11F from Eva Air Cargo
tornah10: Tornado in 2001 Tiger Meet painting
c235ah13: The CN-235 was used by the spanish line Binter Mediterraneo
For FS2002 and FS2004:
b190ah6: Beech 1900D from Us Air Express
b190ah7: Beech 1900D from the canarian island's Air Atlantic
l1011ah9: Two L1011 leased by Iberia
d328ah14: The only Do-328JET of Welcome Air
atr4ah17: Two of the ATR-42 owneds by Lai, a venezuelan company
pby5ah18: A water bomber PBY Catalina, the Canso 71 was used in Spain
pby5ah19: A water bomber PBY Catalina, in red painting from Spain.
b727ah20: 727 flow by Singapore Airlines
d328ah21: DO-328 (prop) Welcome Air, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah22: Alaska Airlines 727, upgraded for FS2004
1049ah23: Super Constellation belonging to Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
b727ah24: Green and yellow Braniff's 727, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah25: Blue Braniff 727
1049ah26: Super Constellation from Iberia
d328ah27: Do-328 prop of Air Engiadina, upgraded for FS2004
p51dah28: P-51D Cripes a'Mighty 3rd, a beautifull warbird
b757ah29: Three liverys of the same B757 from LTE to Volar Airlines
b727ah30: Viasa's 727 with Iberia-like colors, upgraded for FS2004
d328ah31: Do 328 flow by VIP Airlines.
b737ah32: Rutaca's 737 in the colors of the Vinotinto Football Club
p51dah33: The only venezuelan P-51D
b727ah34: Red Braniff 727
a320ah35: A320 when LTE was renamed as Volar Airlines
b737ah36: American Airlines Astrojet, upgraded for FS2004
b727ah37: 727 charter flow by Amerijet
b757ah38: 757 Prestige, the biggest spanish private plane
p51dah39: Two P-51D Taiwan Air Force
p51dah40: Another P-51D Taiwan Air Force
p51dah41: P-51D Popular Liberation Army Air Force
p51dah42: Another P-51D Popular Liberation Army Air Force
d328ah43: Do 328-110 from Swisswings
met3ah44: Metro 3 Air Catalunya, a spanish charter company
Fixes:
fix01ah: Fixes the bottom color of b727ah24
fix02ah: Improves the flight dinamics of b757ah29 and b757ah38
Warranty:
I love the warranty wrote by Andrew W. Hall:
"None. Zip. Nada. Use at your own risk. I dont think
this will harm your computer in any way, but if it does, I
dont even want to hear about it."
A last remark: Why don't become a repainter? There are a lot of planes with special markings. I'm tired of the usual F-16 low-vis scheme, or the usual 757 in Delta markings. Why don't a "Bat's outa Hell's" B-25 or a serie of Qantas 737s? The plane modelers like Mike Stone are very important, but they can't make all the painting schemes by himselfs. So why don't help they?
Installation:
Just unzip met3ah45.zip in your "Aircraft" folder of FS9 or FS2002, install your desired panel and that's all. If you don't know how to install a panel, let the one that comes with the plane, but I don't like it.
If you like this, or any observation, send me a mail to dracosist@cantv.net