This week we'll be flying the Ford and Fokker Trimotors. Your choice which one and which livery! However please download and install them both so you can see all airplanes in the group flight. You'll find both in the Vintage Hangar of my Skydrive/Onedrive.
Week 6: Bryan, OH to Chicago, IL via South Bend, IN. (Note the original flights did not stop at South Bend; that is just for our convenience.) Depart: KDFI (Defiance Memorial). Closest airport with parking to original Bryan airfield. Intermediate stop: KSBN (South Bend regional). Arrive: KMDW (Chicago Midway International). Nearest airport to original Chicago airmail airfield. Aircraft: Ford or Fokker Trimotors only. Flight plan and maps here. |
Ford | Fokker | |
First flight (real-life) | 1926-07-11 | 1924-11-24 |
Total liveries | 12 | 5 |
Airmail liveries | 3 | 1 |
Ground handling | Quirky and difficult | Slow |
Air handling | Lumbering | Fairly crisp |
3D model | Good (average wheels) | Average (good wheels) |
Flaps | None | None |
Prop pitch | Fixed | Fixed |
Gear | Fixed | Fixed |
Airspeed indicator | mph | 4 in km/h; 1 (airmail) in mph |
Stall speed (sea level) | 43 knots | 47 knots |
Max speed (sea level) | 113 knots | 115 knots |
Vref (approach) | 65 mph | 70 mph |
Sound quality | Good | Average |
Sound volume | Average | Louder |
What's annoying? | Maneuvering (all) | Prop texture |
Door animations | 1 | 2 |
ADF | None | Yes. Shift+5 only. RMI.* |
AP | None | Yes. Shift+7 only. Hdg+Pitch only.* |
GPS (sorry about that) | Yes. Shift+3 only. | Yes. Shift+3 only. |
*ADF and AP allowable on late production models. |
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