
Flightsimulator (r) FS5.X and Flight Shop (tm) are needed to fly this plane!
For the right fuel consumption a patched version of Flight Shop (tm) is needed

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          Ilyushin Il-96M (prototype colours) - version 1.0
                
                          designer: Marcel Ritzema

  
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HISTORY:
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The Ilyushin Il-96 is a further development from the Il-86 which was one of the first really
wide-body of Russia. The plane was a good design only the big problem with is was it lack
range. The Il-96-300 looks almost the same as the Il-86 with exception of the winglets yet it
was a totally different plane. A lot of new materials and state of the art technology. It's
was the first Russian airliner to be fitted with a fly-by-wire system and a "glass"-cockpit.
Still
though the Russian engines it still hadn't the range of the western planes. 

In 1992 a plan was made to fit a Il-96 with western engines and avionics. The plane was also
lenghted to make room for more passengers. This version was called the Il-96M. With the
western engines (Pratt&Whitney PW2227, mounted on the B757 and C-17) the range comes almost
12.000 km. The avionics supplied by Rockwell Collins give the Il-96M the same standard than
the B777, MD11 and A340. 

DATA:
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type:           Four-turbofan wide-bodied passenger or freight transport
powerplants:    Four Pratt & Whitney PW2337 turbofans, each 164,6 kN
crew:           2
passengers:     1-class layout 375, 2-class 335, 3-class 312

wing span:      60,11 m
lenght:         63,94 m
height:         15,72 m

weights
empty:          132.400 kg
max fuel:       114.902 kg
max payload:     58.000 kg (92.000 kg freighter version)
max T.O:        270.000 kg
max landing:    219.000 kg (estimated)   

max mach no.:   0.86
cruise speed:   459-469 kts @ 29.500-39.370 ft
range:          11.482 km with 30.000 kg payload

approach speed:                 140 kts
balanced T-O runway lenght:     3350 m
balanced landing runway lenght: 2250 m


FSFS (flight) model
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First i must say i designed the plane up to the limit, i couldn't add one
more part or Flightshop would give error. So the the details are a bit 
limited. The plane has working slats/flaps and spoilers. minimal strobes and 
navigation lights are also fitted. The cabine windows will shine at night.

The Il-96 is a big plane so it will need a lot of runway if fully loaded, yet 
still the plane accelerates to fast (you only need approx 2250 m at MTOW). 
It's will rotete at approx 160 kts (flaps 20 deg). Retract flaps to 10 deg at 
approx 200 kts and at approx 250 kts retract flaps completly. The best 
approach speed (at max. landing weight) is 150-160 kts (flaps full, gear 
down, N1 40%), you should be able to put her on the ground with 140 kts.  

At cruise altitude of FL300-350 cruise speed of 470 kts (mach 0.82, note that 
the mach number in FS is not correct at these altitudes!) can be reached 
at N1 80% n2 90%)

I have switched the aux. en main fuel-tanks, i have done this cause if you 
select fuel option "all" in the pulldown menu the aux. tanks will be used
first and after that the fuel-flow stops to the engine even if the main tanks
are full! So by chancing this you can fly almost all the time on the aux.
tanks with selecting the "all" option. If you don't like this "solution"  
just switch the aux. en main tanks. 

INSTALLATION:
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1. Unzip these files to a temporary subdirectory and...
2. copy il-96m.air file to your \fltsim5\pilots directory
3. copy il-96m.*af texture-files to \fltsim5\texture directory

Lastly i would like to thank Stefan 'doe' Dbereiner for his very good,
and most of all very usefull program "AFPAINT" v1.1.  

Have fun,

Marcel Ritzema
FsFAN-net: 81:100/650.13
Internet: MGRitz@pi.net

The files should not be altered and cannot be incorporated into other 
shareware or freeware programs or published on CD ROM anywhere in the world 
without my written permission. These files are copyrighted.

DISCLAIMER:
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There is NO warranty, guarantee of any kind and I am not liable for any 
problems on hardware or software you may encounter while using this file. 
You use this software at your own risk.

