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             FREEFLIGHT Design Shop BAe 146-200 AF99/FS98 Version
                                                       
                Original Design by: Bill Alderson 76763,3601

     AFX and Texture Modifications by: Kevin Trinkle and Michael Pickney
                            
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	This newest version of Bill Alderson's BAe 146-200 adds a working 
	tailcone spoiler and improved base textures. This AFX file is for
	use with the Abacus Aircraft Factory 99 program only. Because of 
	the increased amount of parts used it will not work with FSFS.

	Installation:

	In your Abacus Aircraft Factory 99/Projects subdirectory make
	a folder called BAE146 (or whatever you want to call it), then 
	extract the FF146299.AFX file and all the other files included in
	the ff146299.zip file into it. If you have any doubt about what 
	file should go where, use whatever you're using to read this and 
	look at the FF146299.LST file.  It list's all of the files and 
	where they should go. When you're ready to work with the aircraft
	via Abacus Aircraft Factory 99, just follow the instructions in 
	the program's manual.

	Unzip the contents of aircraft.zip into your FS98/Aircraft folder. 
	You will need it there to assign performance characteristics to
	your new aircraft repaint project.

	Acknowledgments:	  
	
	Text revision by Michael Pickney mpickney@pacbell.net
	FREEFLIGHT Design Shop June 16, 1999

	AFX/FDE Copyright (c) 1998 Bill Alderson
	AFX and Texture Modifications Copyright (c) 1999 Kevin Trinkle
	and Michael Pickney
	This Document Copyright (c) 1999 The FREEFLIGHT Design Shop

	Below are excerpts from the original FREEFLIGHT Design Shop 
	BAe 146-200 Readme document. 
	
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                        BAe 146-200
                                                       
                        Bill Alderson 76763,3601
                            
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        This is the new and improved version of my BAe 146-200.
        This version addresses some, if not all, of the bleed-
        through issues found on the earlier versions.  The aircraft
	also features an improved flight model that has a shorter 
	takeoff roll. It handles like a dream. The engine intakes 
	have been refined look a little more realistic. All in all,
	I think you'll like it.
                      
        Notes:

        The BAe 146 series 200 is a high wing, cantilever monoplane
        with a 3 degree anhedral.  It has four Avco Lycoming ALF R-5
        turbofan engines rated at 6970 lbs of static thrust each. 
        It has a seating capacity of 89 to 109 passengers.  And a max
        takeoff weight of 89500 lbs.  It will fly at mach .70 at
        FL-260 easily and has a range of about 1500-1800 nautical
        miles.

        This aircraft was made specifically for regional type air
        missions. It doesn't need all that much runway to takeoff 
        and land, and, therefore can serve the smaller airports
        rather easily.

        I generally only use about 10 degrees of flaps and a little
        nose-up elevator trim for takeoff.  It should rotate at 
        about 140 kts.  Once you get the gear and flaps up, make sure
        that you power back to stay below 250 kts IAS under 10,000 ft.
        Once past 10,000 ft, bring the nose down and add some power 
        to maintain a speed of 300 kts IAS and establishing the  best
        climb-rate possible until FL-230 at which point the mach meter 
        should be reading about mach .70.  From then on, you read the 
        mach meter.  You should stay around mach .70 until you reach 
        your final cruise altitude.

        Now I don't have any information on what the certified or 
        service ceiling's are for the 146.  Or the maximum mach speed
        either.  But I have flown her as high as FL-350 and mach .78 
        with no problem.  Whether that's realistic or not, is beyond 
        the information that I have. 
        
        For the approach and landing; pretty simple actually.  I 
        usually keep her at around 135 kts and 3/4 flaps.  You could
        go to a lower speed and full flaps for smaller runways.
        Stall speed with full flaps and gear is 102 kts.

        BTW, the 146 should take-off using 4520 feet of runway at max
        gross t/o wieght.  And it should be able to land in about 3500 
        feet or so.

        Flight Dynamics:

        Please don't pay too much attention to the figures found
        in the FDE section for this aircraft.  I originally set
        out to keep the aircraft as close to original specifications
        as possible.  But the slow speed flight charactoristics gave
        me about a 10-12 degree nose-up pitch.  Everything I tried
        would not change it.  So, I had to resort to some inventive
        engineering and, strangely enough, it now flies more like
        it should.  It would seem that FSFS has it's own ideas on 
        how a Flight Shop produced aircraft should fly and the book
        figure's be damned.

        Acknowledgments:

        Thanks to the Cyber Air HC's for their help on Beta Testing
        this aircraft.

        Legal stuff:

        This is freeware.  You can do anything with it you want
        except sell it.  

        Thanks,
        Bill Alderson   CIS UID: 76763,3601

	Text revision by Paul Conley  grhnd72d@aol.com
	FREEFLIGHT Design Shop March 14, 1998
	
