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I would like to introduce new aircraft proposal. Will be glad to have it in fleet, even if that would be only charter airplane...
My "new" airplane type is C-17 Globemaster III.
Short why: 4 engine jet capable of STOL on field runways, used for fast movement of cargo or pax.
Longer story. C-17 is mostly cargo airplane, but is capable to fly with passengers or medevac missions. Should fit into our ACH duties, especially during events like Pakistan or Haiti.
Basic information (will quote from wiki and other sources):
The C-17 is 174 feet (53 m) long and has a wingspan of about 170 feet (52 m).
The C-17 is powered by four fully reversible, F117-PW-100 turbofan engines. Each engine is rated at 40,400 lbf (180 kN) of thrust. The thrust reversers direct air upward and forward, reducing the chance of foreign object damage and providing enough thrust to back the aircraft on the ground. The thrust reversers can also be used in flight at idle-reverse for added drag in maximum-rate descents.
The aircraft requires a crew of three (pilot, copilot, and loadmaster) for cargo operations. Cargo is loaded through a large aft door that accommodates rolling stock, such as the 70-ton M1 Abrams tank, other armored vehicles, trucks, trailers, etc., along with palletized cargo. The cargo compartment is 88 feet (26.82 meters) long by 18 feet (5.49 meters) wide by 12 feet 4 inches (3.76 meters) high. The cargo floor has rollers for palletized cargo that can be flipped to provide a flat floor suitable for rolling stock.
Maximum payload of the C-17 is 170,900 lb (77,500 kg), and its Maximum Takeoff Weight is 585,000 lb (265,350 kg). With a payload of 160,000 lb (72,600 kg) and an initial cruise altitude of 28,000 ft (8,500 m), the C-17 has an unrefueled range of about 2,400 nautical miles (4,400 km) on the first 71 aircraft, and 2,800 nautical miles (5,200 km) on all subsequent extended-range models that include sealed center wing bay as a fuel tank. Boeing informally calls these planes the C-17 ER.[43] The C-17's cruise speed is about 450 knots (833 km/h) (0.76 Mach).[3] The C-17 is designed to airdrop 102 paratroopers and their equipment.
The C-17 is designed to operate from runways as short as 3,500 ft (1,064 m) and as narrow as 90 ft (27 m). In addition, the C-17 can operate from unpaved, unimproved runways (although with greater chance of damage to the aircraft).[3] The thrust reversers can be used to back the aircraft and reverse direction on narrow taxiways using a three- (or more) point turn. [I've read earlier that those reversers are capable to back c-17 uphill up to 2 degree hill]
Capacity:
134 troops with palletized seats or
102 troops with standard centerline seats or
36 litter and 54 ambulatory patients
170,900 lb (77,519 kg) of cargo distributed at max over 18 "463L" master pallets or a mix of palletized cargo and vehicles
Cruise speed: Mach 0.76 (450 knots, 515 mph, 830 km/h)
Range: 2,420 nmi[125] (2,785 mi, 4,482 km)
Service ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,716 m)
Takeoff run at MTOW: 7,600 ft (2,316 m)
Landing distance: 3,500 ft (1,060 m)
Downloads:
FREEWARE
FS9 for with wide range of textures. Model is working also in FSX.
FSX
XPL9 ,
PAYWARE
Upcoming release of C-17 from AlphaSim for FS9/FSX (or it's already available, have no idea, their shop is not working for me)
There WAS also C-17 from FSD, but it looks like dead links for now.
Additional links:
I would like to introduce new aircraft proposal. Will be glad to have it in fleet, even if that would be only charter airplane...
My "new" airplane type is C-17 Globemaster III.
Short why: 4 engine jet capable of STOL on field runways, used for fast movement of cargo or pax.
Longer story. C-17 is mostly cargo airplane, but is capable to fly with passengers or medevac missions. Should fit into our ACH duties, especially during events like Pakistan or Haiti.
Basic information (will quote from wiki and other sources):
The C-17 is 174 feet (53 m) long and has a wingspan of about 170 feet (52 m).
The C-17 is powered by four fully reversible, F117-PW-100 turbofan engines. Each engine is rated at 40,400 lbf (180 kN) of thrust. The thrust reversers direct air upward and forward, reducing the chance of foreign object damage and providing enough thrust to back the aircraft on the ground. The thrust reversers can also be used in flight at idle-reverse for added drag in maximum-rate descents.
The aircraft requires a crew of three (pilot, copilot, and loadmaster) for cargo operations. Cargo is loaded through a large aft door that accommodates rolling stock, such as the 70-ton M1 Abrams tank, other armored vehicles, trucks, trailers, etc., along with palletized cargo. The cargo compartment is 88 feet (26.82 meters) long by 18 feet (5.49 meters) wide by 12 feet 4 inches (3.76 meters) high. The cargo floor has rollers for palletized cargo that can be flipped to provide a flat floor suitable for rolling stock.
Maximum payload of the C-17 is 170,900 lb (77,500 kg), and its Maximum Takeoff Weight is 585,000 lb (265,350 kg). With a payload of 160,000 lb (72,600 kg) and an initial cruise altitude of 28,000 ft (8,500 m), the C-17 has an unrefueled range of about 2,400 nautical miles (4,400 km) on the first 71 aircraft, and 2,800 nautical miles (5,200 km) on all subsequent extended-range models that include sealed center wing bay as a fuel tank. Boeing informally calls these planes the C-17 ER.[43] The C-17's cruise speed is about 450 knots (833 km/h) (0.76 Mach).[3] The C-17 is designed to airdrop 102 paratroopers and their equipment.
The C-17 is designed to operate from runways as short as 3,500 ft (1,064 m) and as narrow as 90 ft (27 m). In addition, the C-17 can operate from unpaved, unimproved runways (although with greater chance of damage to the aircraft).[3] The thrust reversers can be used to back the aircraft and reverse direction on narrow taxiways using a three- (or more) point turn. [I've read earlier that those reversers are capable to back c-17 uphill up to 2 degree hill]
Capacity:
134 troops with palletized seats or
102 troops with standard centerline seats or
36 litter and 54 ambulatory patients
170,900 lb (77,519 kg) of cargo distributed at max over 18 "463L" master pallets or a mix of palletized cargo and vehicles
Cruise speed: Mach 0.76 (450 knots, 515 mph, 830 km/h)
Range: 2,420 nmi[125] (2,785 mi, 4,482 km)
Service ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,716 m)
Takeoff run at MTOW: 7,600 ft (2,316 m)
Landing distance: 3,500 ft (1,060 m)
Downloads:
FREEWARE
FS9 for with wide range of textures. Model is working also in FSX.
FSX
XPL9 ,
PAYWARE
Upcoming release of C-17 from AlphaSim for FS9/FSX (or it's already available, have no idea, their shop is not working for me)
There WAS also C-17 from FSD, but it looks like dead links for now.
Additional links: