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            Air Nova BAe 146-200 (fleet #206) C-GRNT 
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DESCRIPTION

C-GRNT (fleet #206) of Air Nova is one of five 146s in the fleet.  Air Nova was formed in 1986 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to serve as a feeder for Air Canada in the Maritimes, Newfoudland & New England.  In addition to the 146, Air Nova also operates 14 (soon 15) Dash 8-100s.  Air Nova is one of four wholly owned regional airline subsidiaries.  The 146 is used on Nova's longer routes such as Halifax-Boston, Halifax-Montreal-Ottawa and Halifax-St. John's.    

  The flight model has been revised to reduce approach and take-off speeds and to match that of a 146-200 (RJ85 and 146-200 are externally identical).

This is a re-paint of Salvatore Reale's outstanding Lufthansa Cityline RJ-85.

The original AFX for which was created by Marcel Ritzema.  Thanks guys!

Thanks to Ian Donohue for his great ADE-32 program which made this
flight model possible.  

USAGE

Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95 is required to use this. 
Copy the AC_146QK.AIR and AC_146QK.MDL files to your \PILOTS directory.  
Copy all the AC_146QK.?AF files to your \TEXTURE directory.

This plane was tested with Konstantin Prokopiu's 146 panel(b146pn802.zip),
if you don't have it.. get it!! it's great!


FLYING THE 146

This model has been set-up at a GTOW of 85,000 lbs. 81,000 lbs is
Max landing weight, burn or reduce fuel before landing! Please consult
my 146chrt.txt (print it out for quick reference) for V speeds. Use
ADE-32 by Ian Donohue to increase GTOW & payload if required.  Use
the FSFW menu option "Engines & Fuel" to reduce the amount of fuel
to temporarily reduce weight for shorter runway ops.  MAKE SURE
"Display Indicated Airspeed" option is ON in your preferences section.
If you find this plane "nose heavy" on rotation, try using some nose
up trim prior to starting your take-off roll. This model seems to need
slightly aft (nose up) from neutral trimming. (Couldn't fix that!)

Min. Runway required at 85,000 lbs = 5000ft (Balanced field length, Flap 24)

Note: THIS MODEL HAS 8 FLAP SETTINGS. (standard FSFW95 737 model)

        1st notch  =  Not used (skip it)
	2nd notch  =  Flap 18  (used for take-off from longer runways)
	3rd notch  =  Not used (skip passed it)
        4th notch  =  Not used (skip it)
	5th notch  =  Flap 24  (normal/shorter field take-off setting)
        6th notch  =  Not used (skip it)
	7th notch  =  Flap 30  (very short or contaminated runway take-offs)
	8th notch  =  Flap 33  (normal landing setting)

Max speed for Flap 18 = 210 kts 
 "   "     "  Flap 24 = 180 kts
 "   "     "  Flap 30 = 170 kts
 "   "     "  Flap 33 = 145 kts



Take-off & Climb:  Use 18, 24, or 30 deg of flap. (As required)
		   Max. N1 for T/O is 97% or 857 EGT. Use less, like 92%, when
		   possible to save engine wear.	
                   Rotate at 3 deg per sec. to 15 deg nose up (max. 20)
		   Climb at min. of V2 + 10 Kts to 700 ft above field height.
		   At 700' retract flap to 18 (or 24 if flap 30 used for T/O)
                   Lower nose to 8-10 deg. & allow aircraft to accelerate.
		   Set climb power (820 EGT)
		   Thru V2 + 20 (if flap 30 T/O) select flap 18.
		   Thru Vzf, select flap 0 (up) & accelerate to 250 kts 
		   Engage YAW DAMPNER on autopilot panel.
                   Above 10,000 ft, lower nose & accelerate to 280 kts.
                   Set 29.92 on thru 18,000 ft
		   Maintain 280 kts until reaching 0.60 Mach, maintain 0.6M

Cruise:		   Accelerate to typical cruise of Mach 0.65 - 0.68 
		   Set cruise power of 87-90 % N1
		   Fuel Flow should be approx. 1000 lbs/engine/hour.	
                   NOTE: FSFW doesn't use lapse rate (ie; temp colder
		         with altitude) so you will have poor performance
                         if you don't have a realistic (sub-zero) temp
			 layer at your cruising flight level.

Descent:	   At 3 times your altitude + 10 nautical miles back
		   (eg. 103 nm back if cruising at 31,000 ft)
		   from your destination reduce power to almost idle.
		   Maintain cruise mach until you indicate 280 kts.
	           (If cruise airpseed is higher than 280 then slow down)
		   Keep checking your descent profile (eg. at 70 nm back
 		   You should be at 20,000 ft) and adjust descent rate.
	 	   At 13,000 ft reduce power to idle and slightly raise
		   nose to achieve 250 kts before reaching 10,000 ft.
		   Maintain 250 kts below 10,000.

Approach &Landing: At 15 miles back start reducing to 180 kts.
		   Once below 210 kts, select flap 18.
		   If Holding, maintain 180-200 kts & Flap 18.
		   Maintain 180 kts.
		   Upon interecption of localizer or final approach,
		   select gear down & flaps 24. Maintain Vref + 20 kts.
	           Crossing the FAF/OM select Flap 33 maintain Vref + 5 kts.
		   TURN YAW DAMPNER OFF.
		   Once landing is assured, gradually reduce to V ref.
                   At 30 ft, power to idle & flare. Use spoilers & air
		   brake on touchdown.  Park brake can be used to simulate
		   Anti-skid system.  Note: the 146 DOES NOT HAVE REVERSE!	


LIMITATIONS

This aircraft model is made available for the private use of Microsoft
Flight Simulator enthusiasts.  The original, unaltered archive file may 
be freely distributed and uploaded to BBS and FTP sites.  Under no 
circumstances may this model be packaged, bundled or otherwise sold for 
profit without the author's written permission.

Copyright 1997  Marcel Ritzema.  All Rights Reserved.
Re-paint & flight model by Steve Weiher, August 1997.  (e-mail: weihers@ns.sympatico.ca)
Original textures by Marcel Ritzema.

Other re-paints of mine:

	Air Canada/Air BC BAe 146-200		-  AC_146ZX.zip
	Air Canada Boeing 727-233A (Circa 1983) -  AC_7272.zip
	Air Transat Boeing 727-233A 		-  TS_7272.zip
	Canadian Regional F-28 mk. 1000         -  F28_cdnr.zip
	Air Canada DC-9-32 (circa 1989)         -  AC_DC9a.zip

Avail at FTP.IUP.EDU or FlightSim.com
