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Hi pilots! Time to hop in that Herky-bird for another adventure Back in Time!
Our Adventure so far:
Tonight's mission:
On Thursday night, HQ is sending us back to the year 1703 to lend assistance to a fellow by the name of Alexander Danilovich Menshikov in his attempt to construct a massive iron foundry requested by Tsar Peter The Great.
Thursdays flightplan is as follows:
Riga International Latvia Departure (EVRA)
Pskov Russia (ULOO)
St Petersburg Russia (ULLI)
Petrozavodsk Russia (ULPB)
A flightplan .PLN file for this flight can be found here:
http://1drv.ms/1O4aN5s
This flight will take place in classic FSX, but feel free to follow along in steam!
AIRCRAFT
The preferred aircraft is the C-130 Hercules. Alternatives include the C-97 Stratofreighter, the Antonov An-12 and An-32, the Howard 500 and the Boxcar - or any cargo prop that can do 250 kts at 20,000 ft.
No Jets.
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Not sure what to fly?
For those who don't have or don't want to fly the C-130, Storm was kind enough to document which are the best planes for these "Around the World" cargo flights. This should help you decide.
- C-97 Stratofreighter Popular, quality freeware that comes with an installer available here.
- An-12 Most similar to C-130. Most extras (airbrake, autothrottle, paradrop). Russian annotations. Most difficult to fly.
- An-32 Most frame-rate friendly. Best cockpit model. Easy to fly except long spool time. Needs refueling on long flights.
- Howard 500 Easy for piston engine pilots. Best climber. Tail-dragger. Performance tails off at altitude. Poorest frame rates.
- C-119 Boxcar Easiest to fly.
- Re-engined (French) variant: Faster. Normal climb rates.
- Normal engine variants: Slower. Half the climb rate so gets left behind on short-medium length flights.
Comparative flat-out speeds:
Comparative Framerate Friendliness Indices:
Happy landings,
Lazer
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