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- The RUSSAIR collection of planes for Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0b.
- Documentation
- (Updated November 7, 1993)
- Copyright 1992-1993 by Russell Mueller
- Member of the Association of Shareware Professionals
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- "AAF version of STS Orbiter Shuttle"
- (1st Edition) by Russell Mueller, 1993
- An add-on aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator V.4.0b.
- Created with Mallard's Aircraft & Adventure Factory
- (AAF not required)
-
- FILES:
- STS_____. Copy this file to your \FS4 directory to fly
- STS_____.SIM Copy this file to your \FS4 directory to fly
- STS.DOC This documentation file
-
-
- GENERAL INFORMATION:
- The Space Transportation System was formally authorized on
- January 5, 1972. In 1977-1978, the prototype Enterprise was carried
- aloft by a Boeing 747 for test flights. Five test flights and landings
- were completed at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Three of the
- flights utilized a streamlined tailcone fairing over the engine region.
- Two flights were amde with the engines exposed to the slipstreams.
- On February 20, 1981, the three main engines of the Columbia
- were test fired together successfully on a test pad at Kennedy Space
- Center.
- The first launch of the Columbia was made on April 12, 1981 with
- commander John Young and pilot Robert Crippen. A successful landing was
- made at Edwards on April 14, 1981.
- The Orbiter is 122 feet long (37 meters) and 57 feet high (17 meters).
- The wingspan is 78 feet (24 meters) and weighs from 168,000 - 175,000
- pounds empty (76,000 - 79,000 kg). Each of the Orbiter's main engines
- produces 375,000 pounds of thrust (1,668,000 newtons) at sea level and
- 470,000 pounds of thrust (2,090,560 newtons) in space. They can burn
- for about 8 minutes, consuming 64,000 gallons of fuel (242,240 liters)
- each minute. The cargo bay is 60 feet long (18.3 meters) and 15 feet
- wide (4.6 meters). Total payload weight can go up to 65,000 pounds
- (29,500 kg).
-
- Milestones:
- STS2: Columbia Nov. 12-14, 1981
- STS3: Columbia, first landing at White Sands, New Mexico Nov. 12-14, 1981
- STS4: Columbia, June 27-July 4, 1982
- STS5: first operational flight, Columbia,launch of 2 satellites,
- Nov. 11-16, 1982
- STS6: first flight of the Challenger, April 4-9, 1983
- STS7: First U.S. female astronaut, Sally K. Ride, joins commander
- Robert Crippen and crew in the Challenger, April 4-9, 1983.
- STS8: First night launch, Challenger, August 30-Sept. 5, 1983.
- STS9: First landing at Cape Canaveral, Columbia Nov. 28-Dec. 8, 1983.
- STS10: Challenger Feb. 3-11, 1984
- STS11: Challenger Apr. 7-13, 1984
- STS12: Discovery flies, Aug. 30 - Sept. 5, 1984.
- STS13: Challenger, Oct. 5-13, 1984, Sally Ride's second mission
- STS14: Discovery, Nov. 8-15, 1984
- STS15: Discovery, Jan. 24-27, 1985
- STS16: Discovery, Apr. 12-19, 1985
- STS17: Challenger, Apr. 29 - May 6, 1985
- STS18: Discovery, June 17-24, 1985
- STS19: Challenger, July 29 - Aug. 6, 1985
- STS20: Discovery, Aug. 28 - Sept. 3, 1985
- STS21: Atlantis flies (4th shuttle), Oct. 3-7, 1985
- STS22: Challenger, Oct. 29 - Nov. 6, 1985
- STS23: Atlantis, Nov. 26 - Dec. 3, 1985
- STS24: Columbia, Jan. 12-18, 1986
- STS25: 10th flight of the Challenger ends in catastrophe less
- than 2 minutes after liftoff on January 28, 1986.
- Commander Francis Scobee, pilot Michael Smith, flight
- specialists Judith Resnick, Ellison Onizuka, Ronald McNair,
- Gregory Jarvis, and social studies teacher Christa McAuliffe
- are lost with the failure of the seals on one of the booster
- rockets. The world mourns their loss.
- STS26: flights resume with the Discovery on Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 1988.
-
-
-
- FLYING:
- The flight model is based on the Experimental Jet
- Aircraft from ASD included in Mallard's SGA. The flight model
- was optimized (hopefully) to provide reasonable glide performance
- as well as to provide the capability to take off from an airport.
- Handling is moderately crisp, and requires a precise touch.
- For take-off, just hit the throttles and go! (M-5-F4)
-
- LANDING:
- Throttle down, (0%), and kill the engine (M-0) and glide
- down to landing. Sink rate is moderate. There are no flaps
- on the model, but there is a working Spoiler which is extended
- using the flap control. You will see the split rudders extend.
-
- If you are new to FS4, you should spend some time with
- a plane such as the Cessna in FS4 to practice take-offs and
- landings, and touch and goes.
- I prefer sensitive aircraft in FS4, and so some folks may
- find the plane a little "touchy", especially in pitch, dependent
- on your joystick.
-
-
- ABOUT JOYSTICKS:
- I like to fly with a ThrustMaster FCS or FCS Pro
- joystick, and set the sensitivity to maximum (4-E-B-8-ESC-ESC)
- for most planes. You may wish to compensate by lowering the
- sensitivity. In my flying using other joysticks, (Suncom TAC 1,
- CH Flightstick), I set sensitivity to mid level (about 5 or 6).
- I have found that the Thrustmaster flys best at the high sensitivity,
- and teaches the arm-chair pilot to fly gently with the stick instead
- of wrestling the joystick full-throw. In an informal experiment using
- non-computer users, non-flight simulator 'lab rats', whose only
- joystick time was using arcades, in using the TAC 1 or Flightstick,
- they had a tendency to over-control. None of the 'volunteers' were
- able to successfully land *ANY* plane in FS4 with the TAC 1 or
- Flightstick, but were successful using the Thrustmaster with maximimum
- sensitivity. I hope that explains why I am using max sensitivity.
- It was not an attempt to improve performance artificially.
-
-
- AAF NOTES:
- Parts: 166
- MP: 198% (Not Multi-Player Compatible)
-
-
- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- The plane was created from 3-views in Autocad 12, and
- drawings from various model kits. Additional information
- obtained from the "The Software Toolworks Multimedia Encyclopedia".
- It is correctly scaled to the wingspan quoted in this reference
- using Tom Kopke's TOMROT program.
-
-
- DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
-
- Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
- before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue
- using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs
- differ on details -- some request registration while others
- require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With
- registration of RUSSAIR, you get the most recent revision of
- the airplane files for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0b,
- and source code for use with Mallard's Aircraft and Adventure Factory.
-
- Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software,
- and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
- exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
- programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are
- of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs
- and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of
- distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy
- and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a
- specific group. For example, some authors require written
- permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their
- Shareware.
- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You
- should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
- whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes
- fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy.
- And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware
- has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the
- product, you don't pay for it.
-
- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
-
- Users of RUSSAIR planes must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
- "RUSSAIR planes are supplied as is. The author disclaims all
- warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation,
- the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.
- The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or conse-
- quential, which may result from the use of RUSSAIR planes."
-
- RUSSAIR is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge
- to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your
- friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of
- another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to
- provide personal computer users with quality software without
- high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to
- continue to develop new products. If you find these program files
- useful and find that you are using RUSSAIR planes and continue to use
- RUSSAIR after a reasonable trial period, you must make a reg-
- istration payment to Russell Mueller for each RUSSAIR set.
- The registration fee will license one copy of the collection for use
- on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just
- like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any
- number of people and may be freely moved from one computer
- location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it
- being used at one location while it's being used at another.
- Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the
- same time.
-
-
- Anyone distributing RUSSAIR planes for any kind of remuneration must
- first contact Russell Mueller at the address below for authorization
- and licensing agreement.
-
- You are encouraged to pass a copy of RUSSAIR along to your
- friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their
- copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users
- will receive a copy of the latest version of the RUSSAIR
- system, software support via mail for 3 months
- from date of registration, and the source code for use with
- Mallard's Aircraft and Adventure Factory for modifying the
- planes for your own personal use. The planes may not be used
- in a commercial, shareware, or other retail program without
- a license from the author.
-
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- INSTALLATION of the RUSSAIR collection of planes:
-
- 1. You must first have installed Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0b on your hard drive.
- If you do not have Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0b, contact Microsoft for an
- upgrade to 4.0b.
- 2. Copy all the files from the floppy and unarchive them if necesssary.
- 3. Copy the files for each plane to your \FS4 subdirectory.
- 4. Start Flight Simulator 4 and select a new plane from the menus using
- "1, E" and scroll through the planes listed using the "6" key.
- Information on each plane can be viewed using the "7" key.
- For further information on using different planes in Microsoft Flight Simulator,
- consult the manual from the game.
-
-
- All my AAF creations are original works and not modifications of another's
- AAF work. They are copyright by Russell Mueller and may not be resold
- or used in any commercial, retail, or shareware program without arrangement
- with the author.
-
- BBS sysops may not charge for the distribution of this file. Free access type
- BBS's may include the RUSSAIR collection in their libraries for distribution.
-
-
- The following is a list of planes that are available on the Flight Simulator forum
- on Compuserve. GO FSFORUM and browse in Library 5.
- They are available directly from the author/creator in three sets:
-
- Each set is $ 5 U.S.
- Two sets for $ 8.00 U.S.
- All 3 sets for $10.00 U.S.
-
- RUSSAIR SET #1
- 1. GLASRG.ZIP Glasair Retractable
- 2. GLASFT.ZIP Glasair Fixed Trigear
- 3. GLASTD.ZIP Glasair Tail Dragger
- 4. VARVIG.ZIP Rutan VariViggen
- 5. SOLITR.ZIP Rutan Solitaire
- 6. VOYAGR.ZIP Rutan Voyager
- 7. QUICKI.ZIP Quickie Homebuilt
- 8. X-29.ZIP Grumman/NASA X-29 FSW
- 9. LONGEZ.ZIP Rutan LongEZ
- 10. XF5U-1.ZIP Vought Flying Pancake
-
- RUSSAIR SET #2
- 11. B100.ZIP Beech King Air B100
- 12. P3.ZIP P-3 Orion Anti-sub/recon
- 13. SKIPPR.ZIP Beechcraft Skipper
- 14. XP55.ZIP Curtiss-Wright experimental canard (WWII)
- 15. SHINDN.ZIP Shinden, Japanese Experimental canard (WWII)
- 16. BD-5J.ZIP Bede 5 Jet
- 17. BD-5.ZIP Bede 5 Prop version
- 18. C310.ZIP Cessna 310 twin
- 19. STRSHP.ZIP Beechcraft Starship
- 20. STAGGR.ZIP Beechcraft G17S Staggerwing
-
- RUSSAIR SET #3
- 21. POND.ZIP Rutan/Pond Unlimited Racer
- 22. MOONEY.ZIP 1961 Mooney Mark 21 M(20B)
- 23. FOKDRI.ZIP 1917 Fokker Dr.I Triplane
- 24. HOOVER.ZIP Bob Hoover's yellow P-51D/Rockwell
- 25. STS.ZIP The Space Shuttle Orbiter
- 26. P-51B.ZIP North American P-51 B/C model
- 27. BD-10.ZIP Jim Bede's BD-10 Supersonic Homebuilt
- 28. P51DRM.ZIP North American P-51D Mustang
- 29. JN4DRM.ZIP Curtiss JN-4D Jenny biplane trainer
- 30. HK-1RM.ZIP Hughes HK-1 Flying Boat, "Spruce Goose"
-
- BONUS PLANES (When ordering all 3 sets)
- 31. C205RM.ZIP Cessna 205
- 32. PORTER.ZIP Pilatus Turbo Porter
-
- If you wish to have these sets of my AAF models, including the AFX source
- file and flight reference SIM files, then just send a check
- or International Money Order or International Postal Money Order
- (payable in U.S. dollars) plus shipping and handling charges for shipping
- outside the USA to:
-
- Russell Mueller
- 507 Washington Gdns
- Washington, NJ 07882-9205
-
- If ordering from outside the U.S., then please use an International
- Money Order (payable in U.S. dollars) available at most banks and
- post offices around the world. Include $3.00 U.S. for postage and
- handling.
-
- Specify disk size desired, and which set of RUSSAIR planes that you would like.
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