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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 13th century, a period of time when the vast Mongol empire was experiencing great stability and prosperity, known as the Pax Mongolica. We will be delivering silver, fine clothing, horses, and linen from Europe, and then exporting Chinese silk, pepper, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg from Mongolia, thus increasing trade and commerce around the region.
Thursdays flightplan is as follows:
Khovd Mongolia Departure (ZMKD)
Uliastai Mongolia (ZMUT)
Khujirt Mongolia (ZMHU)
Ulaanbaatar Mongolia (ZMUB)
A flightplan .PLN file for this flight can be found here:
http://1drv.ms/1O4aN5s
This flight will take place in SimLink. See here for details: http://msflights.net/forum/showthrea...platform-setup
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.
Recommended SimLink type codes when you connect using vPilot:
| If you're flying | Enter the Type Code |
| C-130 or An-12 | C130 |
| C-97 | C97 |
| An-32 | DHC8 |
| C-119 (Boxcar) | C119 |
| L-188 (Electra) | DC4 |
| Howard 500 | DC3 |
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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 + Storm flies the C-97 with some extra gauges he made that you can download 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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