******** FS98 Saab 340B - Dove Wings *************** ( For FS98 only ) Thanks for downloading this aircraft. Features include night lighting effects on passenger windows and landing lights when gear down. This package also contains a completely new set of sound files for the S340B. This flight model was tested and approved by Eric Ernest and Henri Werij, both are real life pilots. ............... Original AFX for FS5.1 by Marty Baclawski. Flight Dynamics, handling and testing, landing lights, sounds and greatly apprecieated help with textures and paint job by Jens Borgstroem, Duckling Air. Repainted to Dove Wings livery by Iair Arcavi iair_arcavi@geocities.com If you have any comments please drop Iair Arcavi a line, it will be greatly appreciated. This aircraft is freeware. If you would like to upload it to other services or BBS's that's ok as long as it's not for profit and you acknowledge us as the original creators. The inclusion of this file on retail shareware/freeware collections is expressly forbidden. See Disclaimer below. June 1998 Iair Arcavi ********************************************************** INSTALLATION: ------------- Use an 'unzipper' that can handle long filenames (e.g. WINzip) and unzip to an empty folder, remember to check the option to recreate sub directories. You should now, if done correctly, have a folder named 'AIRCRAFT' and herein a subfolder named S340DWI, containing all the soundfiles, config.files, plane files asf. in the relevant sub directories/sub folders. Copy the complete 'S340DWI' subfolder to your FS98 directory's folder named 'AIRCRAFT' so that the 'S340DWI' directory is now found there. At last, having checked that the installation works, save space and delete the temporary folder you created when you unzipped the file. ................ PANEL: ------ This plane is presented together with Eric Ernest's Saab340B Captain's panel. This file is not included in this zip file but can be downloaded from the Dove Wings site at: http://members.xoom.com/dovewings Instructions on installing the panel can be found in the panel's zip file which, as said before, can be downloaded in from the site mentioned above. WARNING: Do not attempt to fly the plane without having the panel installed. Doing so, may result in your FS crashing. .............. For more information about Eric's panels, visit "Eric's Freeware Panels" web site at: http://www.flightsim.com/efpanels ********************************************************** Operating: ---------- Taking off: Brakes on, full throttle, let go, pitch +5/+6 deg. flaps 1 notch if any and she should lift off with full load hands off :o) 'Real landing lights' illuminating the runway are activated either by the re- levant switch on panel or by keys +'L', please notice that they do NOT come on automatically when gear is down. Navigation lights, strobes asf. are all default-keys on your keyboard or on the panel. The plane is configured as a 'Jet' for your info. This means that one particular feature, namely the 'condition lever'- altering the propellers angle/prop ad- vance has had to be left out. On the other hand you have 'reverse thrust' by pressing the key 'F2'. Just for your info, a S340B does *NOT* have airbrakes. And *DO* read the S340dwi.doc testreport by Henri Werij containing hints on operating and handling. ********************************************************** Main characteristics: _____________________ Wing span: 21.44 m Length: 19.73 m Height: 6.86 m Wing surface: 41.81 mư Fuel capacity: 3 220 l Empty weight: 8 035 kg Max. takeoff weight: 12 927 kg Max. landing weight: 12 700 kg Zero-fuel weight: 11 793 kg Fuel weight: 2 581 kg Payload: 3 758 kg Engines: 2 turboprop General Electric CT7-9B Power: 2 x 1 305 kW (1 750 CV) Max. cruise speed: 522 km / h - 285 kts TAS - 0.50 Mach Economic cruise speed: 467 km / h - 252 kts TAS Unhooking speed: 197 km / h - 116 kts IAS smooth 158 km / h - 85 kts IAS all out Climb Speed: 625 m / nm Ceiling: 7 620 m - FL250 Range: 805 NM max. speed 935 NM economical speed Passengers: 37 Crew: 2 / 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dove Wings ---------- Dove Wings is a virtual airline based in Israel. It uses the Saab 340B for its domestic routes and short-haul flights to Amman, Cario or Larnaca. For more information on Dove Wings, go to the DW site at: http://members.xoom.com/dovewings Saab 340B --------- The 340 began life as the SF340, a joint venture between Saab-Scania and Fairchild, in the early 1980's with the first production models going into service in 1984. In November that year Saab took over full responsibility for the aircraft following Fairchilds decision to move out of aircraft production, the SF340 designation remained for a time but was eventually changed to 340A. The 340B offers more powerful engines to improve the 'hot and high' performance, an increase in the maximum takeoff weight and improved range, it was delivered in September 1989. For information on flying the Saab 340B see S340dwi.doc. ********************************************************** THANKS ( in no particular order ): ********************************** To Marty D. Baclawski and Tony Bolton for the use of their marvellous aircraft. To Ian D. Donohoe for all his work with the aircraft dynamic editor for FS98, best known as ADE98. Without it this plane wouldn't exist. To Siggy Schwarz for his Lladd97 programm. To Shlomo Hakim for his help, hints and patience. To Eric W.Ernst, for testing this bird. To Henri Werij, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ( yet another real life pilot ) for testing this bird and taking it upon himself to create the included test report s340dwi.doc. To Jens Borgstroem for the use of his Flight Dynamics, sounds and Landing lights for this aircraft and help with textures and paint job. To all my test pilots within the real and virtual world. ***********************************  *************************************** Disclaimer: This plane is freeware to the extend the constructor, accepts it, and everybody is welcome to fly it, use it and even crash it as much as possible - BUT under NO circumstances can the plane, the construction, the artwork or the at any particular time existing aerodynamics and/or sounds created by Jens Borgstroem - be included on any media, commercial, shareware or free-ware, what so ever and of any kind, without written permission from Jens Borgstroem. The plane can be uploaded to any BBS, Flightsim-site asf. for the Flight sim community to enjoy, as long no money is envolved as to membership or participation of it. Neither Jens Borgstroem nor I, Iair Arcavi, are in any way respons- able for anything that happens to you or your equipment as a result of using these files which are presented "as is". As for the flight dynamics and sounds, test reports asf. created by Jens Borgstroem or delivered to him or Duckling Air on demand, whatever their distribution mode will be, these files remain his exclusive property which also goes for this way to create a com- plete package. This textfile - unchanged -must allways be included in the comple te zip-package. ***********************************  *************************************** Further re. copyrights and disclaimer - I point you to the file: "S340org.txt". The perf. and tech. specs. mentioned therein may differ from this plane. ***********************************  *************************************** Enjoy flying "On the Wings of Peace" 2/6-1998 Iair Arcavi iair_arcavi@geocities.com Dove Wings