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Manual for Stratojet Merlin

 

A: Installation

 

First please delete the old/previous version (if installed)!

Unzip the files into a temp folder.

Copy the file “GaugeSound.dll” into your main FS9 folder or / and into your windows\system 32 folder.
Copy the "Merlin" folder with the subfolders in your FS2004\aircraft folder.
Copy the gauges from the "gauge" folder in the FS2004\gauges folder.
 

VERY IMPORTANT:

YOU MUST COPY THE FILE “GaugeSound.dll” INTO YOUR MAIN FS2004 FOLDER OR / AND INTO YOUR

WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 FOLDER!

If you don’t do this FS2004 will crash and returning to the desktop after selecting the aircraft.

 

Emails with complaints resulting from an incorrect installation will not be answered!!

This plane has been tested with FS2004 only and probably only works correctly with this version.
I used a Pentium 4 3.8 and a Radeon X850XT PE graphic card. I don't know if
the frame rate is correct with a slower machine.
I used a resolution of 1280x1024 and the FS2004 running in "window" mode (maximized).
The joystick i used is not a force feedback so i can not set the forces correctly!

This version has been created only for FS2004. It is probably not compatible with previous FS-versions.

 

 

 

B: Gauges

 

 

1:

Radar Altitude

 

 

2:

Fuel Computer

 

Fuel button: displays the total fuel quantity in gallons and in percent

 

Fuel flow button: displays the fuel flow

 

Range button: displays the range of the aircraft with the actual speed and throttle position in

 

                     nautical miles, km and hours

 

 

3:

Annunciator: to test the gauge lights simply click on it. To exit the test click on it again...

 

 

4:

Throttle Panel

 

Left (black) levers: throttle

 

Middle (blue) levers: prop blade pitch angle

 

Right (red) levers: engine mixture

 

Note: if you are not familiar with the settings of this gauge please select in the FS2004 menu \

 

         Aircraft tab \ grade of reality \ check auto mixture on

 

         with this setting turned on you don’t need to adjust the red levers

 

 

5:

Barometer calibration
to set the baro simply click on the button and the correct value is entered automatically

 

 

6:

Engine control gauges

Please note that each gauge displays the values for both engines.

In each gauge are two needles, a yellow (front engine) and a white one (rear engine)

Turbo Boost: indicates the position of the wastegate

 

                  0 = no additional air to the engine (no supercharging)

 

                  100 = 100% to the engine (maximal supercharging)

 

The wastegate is controlled by altitude. The higher the altitude, the higher pressure delivered to the engine (max supercharging @ 25500 feet).

 

 



C: Display

 

The custom gauges are optimized to be used at a resolution of 1280x1024 and the FS2004 running in "window" mode (maximized).

They has been tested only at this resolution!

 

 

 

D: Sound

 

The sound has been created by David C. Copley exclusively for my aircraft.

It has been recorded from a real P-40E, with an Allison V-1710 engine.

Don’t use this sound files without permission!

Please visit his website at http://www.kazoku.org/xp-38n/index.htm

Many thanks to him for his great work!

 

 

 

E: Canopy and engine bay

 

To open the canopy press “shift + e + 1”

To open the engine bay doors press “shift + e + 2”

 

 

 

F: Reference Data

 

 

VMO  - Max. authorized speed:

450 KIAS

VLO   - Max. speed for flaps

250 KIAS

VLE   - Max. speed for gear down

250 KIAS

Cruising speed and altitude:

350 KIAS @ 3.000 ft

Max. altitude:

25.500ft

Range:                    

~ 1.500 km @ cruising speed
and altitude

Take-off speed:                                             ~ 145 KIAS with flaps 20

Min. Landing speed:                                    ~    90 KIAS with flaps 35 

Recommended Landing speed:               ~ 145 KIAS with flaps 20-35

 

 

   

 

 

Recommended flap speeds:

 

190 KIAS - 150 KIAS: Flaps 10

150 KIAS - 125 KIAS: Flaps 20

125 KIAS -   90 KIAS: Flaps 35

 

 

   

 

 

Technical Data:

 

Length:

11,9 m

Height:

3,1 m (with gear)

Wing span:

12,4 m

 

 

Empty weight:

6.500 pounds

Max gross weight:

10.200 pounds

Fuel capacity:

3x 150 gallons

 

 

Engines:

2x Allison V-1710
V12

 

Fuel injected and

 

Turbocharged

Power:

2x 2.000 hp

Displacement: 

2x  1.710 ci (27,8 L)

 

 

 

 

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