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Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II for Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer
A-10.ARC
By Rus Phillips 1/3/88
(C) Rus Phillips 1988
FILES IN THIS ARCHIVE:
A-10.DOC - This file
A-10.FLY - Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft file
HOW TO USE THE FILES:
The airplane in this file requires the use of Chuck Yeager's
Advanced Flight Trainer (formerly known as Advanced Flight Simulator)
from Electronic Arts. To use the plane, simply put it on the same
directory as AFT. AFT will find it and place it in the "planes" menu.
Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer is a flight simulation
game available from Electronic Arts. This is one of the best values in
entertainment software. AFT is the most realistic flight simulation yet.
If you don't have this game, and if you are a Flight Simulator freakie or a
Jet jockey, then go out and buy this game!
THE A-10:
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Faichild A-10 Thunderbolt II
Engine: 2 General Electric TF-34-GE-100 high-bypass turbofans (9,065 lbs.
static thrust each)
Wingspan: 57 ft., 6 in.
Length: 54 ft., 4 in.
Maximum weight: 50,000 lbs.
Landing gear: Retractable tricycle
Service ceiling: 40,000 ft.
Maximum speed: 518 mph
Crew: 1
This is the Air Force's close air support attack fighter. The A-10 is
considered to be the best close air support/anti-tank plane in the world.
Its most distinguishing feature is the GAU-8/A gun, which fires milk-bottle
sized rounds that can pierce the strongest armor. It can also take off from
dirt roads or meadows. Built to take a real beating, the A-10 can fly with
one of its engines shot off. "Service ceiling" really isn't applicable here
since the A-10 is desinged to fly at treetop level, not up in the
stratosphere.
COMMENTS:
If you create any new airplanes, please upload them so they can be
shared. I love to get new airplanes to use. The only things I used to
create my planes was a book with statisitcs on the plane, what I thought
the plane could do, and some guesswork. Please leave me comments on what you
think should be improved, anything you have discovered, or your opinion.
Your comments will encourage me to post more airplanes, stunts, and
airplane races in the future.
AFT keeps its airplane stats in small ASCII files called *.fly.
These files include number values for all of the flight characteristics of
the aircraft. Using these numbers, it is concieveably possible to simulate
any conventional aircraft! A complete description of how to program new
planes is avilable. The file is AFS747.ARC by Kirk Wagner.
If you have any comments or questions, I can be contaced at the
following address.
Rus Phillips
608 Falmouth Dr.
Fredericksburg, Va. 22405
Telephone: (703) 371-3191
GEnie information exchange adress: CPHILLIPS
LICENSING:
All of the files in this archive are intended for non-commercial,
public domain use, and may be used, copied, and distributed subject to this
licence. This program is supplied "as is" and without any warranties,
express or implied, including fitness or suitability for a particular
purpose. The files in this archive may not be sold.
Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer, and Advanced Flight Simulator are
trademarks of Electronic Arts.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The Encyclopedia of World Air Power published by Crescent Books
The Illustrated Directory of Modern Weapons published by Crescent Books