FSX Beechcraft AT-11

The Beechcraft AT-11 for FSX Native v1.0. Models by Milton Shupe, panel, and gauges by Scott Thomas, textures by the late Damian Radice, and Sounds by Nigel Richards. Four models and ten textures included. Damian's Paint kit is available at SOH and Flightsim. Also look for Larry Green's Scenery for the Hobbs Army Airforce (HAAF) B-17 Bomber Training Base featuring AI flights, static models, and AT-11's used for new pilots, navigators, gunners, and bomber training.

The AT-11 was the standard U.S. Army Air Forces World War II bombing trainer; about 90 percent of the more than 45,000 USAAF bombardiers trained in AT-11s.

This package contains 4 models (turret, observation bubble, capped turret, and civilian cargo) and 10 texture sets. A paint kit is available at Sim-outhouse.com and flightsim.com.

INSTALLATION

1. Open the aircraft folder and copy the AT-11 folder to your FSX/Airplanes folder.
2. Open the effects folder and copy the contents to your FSX/effects folder.

Features:

• Yoke: Hide/unhide the yoke using a clickspot on the floor just forward of the yoke stem.
• Doors: Use the standard shift+e, and the shift+e, 2 for the bomb doors

OPTIONS:

1. There are some load options in the aircraft.cfg. Simply change or comment out the weights.
2. The aircraft.cfg contact points section has two tailwheel setups; one castering, one steerable. Select the one you wish and comment out the other.

I hope this helps.

Operating Comments

• 1. Doors - shift+e
• 2. Bomb doors - shift+e then quickly press 2
• 3. Hide/unhide the Yoke - Clickspot on the floor just forward of the yoke stem
• 4. Tailwheel - to convert to "steerable", open aircraft.cfg and swap the first contact point per instructions there

Takeoff Hint - set flap one notch, give a few notches (1+ degree) of nose up trim; rotate at 85+
Climb out - climb at 500-1250 fpm depending on weight and preference, keep trimming down as necessary to not exceed climb rate and speed will increase
Landing - Approach at <115 full flaps under power; slow to 90 over the fence decreasing power and speed as you cross; begin a slow flare at +15' and touchdown below 80 kias at/near 3-point landing with light power. With low weight, you can touchdown around 60kias.

See Reference Help

Copyrights and credits:

This FS2004 flight simulation aircraft is designed by Milton Shupe, panel by Scott Thomas, textures by Damian Radice, and Sounds by Nigel Richards. There may be other copyright files by other authors denoted in their respective readme's.

Model Designer: Milton Shupe
Flight Dynamics: Milton Shupe using Jerry Beckwith's Flight Dynamics Workbook
Technical Data: Consolidated from Search Results and courtesy of Taigh Ramey at www.twinbeech.com
Tested: Team Members, J. Eric Payne, and SOH members
Panel: Copyright by Scott Thomas
XML Gauges: Scott Thomas
XML Advisor: many thanks to Nick Pike for technical and programming assistance
Textures: Copyright by Damian "Windrunner" Radice
Paint Kit: Copyright by Damian "Windrunner" Radice
Sounds: Nigel Richards
Special Effects: Copyrights by Microsoft, engine startup smoke, and fire by Milton Shupe
Pilot Figures: Jan Visser :
Checklist and Ref's: Scott Thomas
Miscellaneous: Pictures of source aircraft: Milton Shupe and Taigh Ramey; see Panel Doc for other credits
AI Testing: Willy McCoy and Larry Green (Tako Kichi)
FSX Testing Adjustments and materials: Larry Green