turn word-wrap on....

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Aerospatiale SA365N Dauphin/HH-65A DOLPHIN version 3
by Ian Standfast November 2000

November 2000 revisions
Revision of the gear doors and bays for better display in FS2000.
Better main rotor hub display.

Designed using Abacus' AF99.
Moving parts produced using Konstantin Kukushkin's superb Aircraft Animator.

If you want to find out more about the G-HEMS operations in London check out their web site http://hems-london.virgin.net/
or
UK Ambualance heli site:
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/aeroflt/misc/blues1.htm

Scenery of the Royal London Hospital (base of the Virgin Hems ops) is available from Keith's scenery page and also from Nick Canning's Virtual hems site at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/nickcanning/
along with several adventure files for this ship and scenery

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
SPECs
these are pretty general as there are several variations
of this aircraft.

Manufacturer: 		Aerospatiale
Type: 			SA 365N Dauphin 2	
First flight: 		Jan 24th 1975
Engines:		2x 710shp Turbomeca Arriel 1C Turboshafts
			or 2x 680 shp LTS 101-750A-1 Textron Lycoming Turboshafts		
Rotor diameter:		39ft
Length Rotor turning:	44ft			
Height:			13ft 2inch
Gross weight:		8,488lbs	
Max speed:		176mph - 283km/h at sea level	
			(I have set the overspeed for this figure)	
Range:			Max range 548miles - 882kms		
Capacity:		various arrangements of crew and 
			passengers up to 14 people in all (I think).

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

INSTALLATION, this ship is for FS98 and FS2000.
This aircraft comes already configured for FS98. Unzip the file and place the aircraft folder in the aircraft directory of FS98.
It utilises the standard fs98 bell panel and sounds which are already configured within the file and should work as long as you have not renamed the original bell 206 in FS.

For FS2000, place this helicopters folder in the FS2000 aircraft directory, then replace the the .air file with the one contained within the folder called FS2000 air. This FS2000 air file has been optimised for FS2000. It has a better response rate than an imported FS98 air file, and I have attempted to create the effect of a helicopter with a clockwise main rotor.

The panel and sounds for this helicopter are available from Keiths panel and sounds page.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Flying and controls

I have modified the air file to remove the unrealistic cross couple effect between the lateral cyclic and  yaw pedals. (The original Bell model in FS98, although very good, produces a very unrealistic fuselage roll when pedal is applied in either direction.) However, here is a downside to this, you will find that you have a lot more yaw authority in the hover, and it only diminishes at speeds approaching 60kts,  but I find this more realistic. So you may end up doing a bit of a Huey shuffle on your first few flights, but you should get the hang of it pretty quickly. The only real problem with the airfile is that if you hold in huge amounts of pedal for a few seconds, the ship will go into an irrecoverable rotation, then break. 

For the best handling in FS98, I suggest you turn all your control sensitivities to their full value, and reduce the null zones to their minumum. Then adjust the realism setting to your prefered value.   

For the best handling in FS2000, I suggest you turn all your control sensitivities to their full value, reduce the null zones to the minimum on all exept the roll axis where three or four notches from the left seems to be about right. Then adjust the general realism slider, (the bottom one) so that it is about 4 notches form the right. 



Anyway, I hope you all enjoy it.

Ian Standfast



xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

All my ships are available on Keiths Virtual Helipad) 
http://members.aol.com/keitht777/helipad.html

If you have any comments about any of my aircraft,
Please E-mail me at  
	106071,2027
or	106071.2027@compuserve.com

Ian Standfast

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Copyright C. Ian Standfast 2000

Legal stuff:

THIS IS FREEWARE.
THIS AIRCRAFT IS THE PROPERTY OF THE AUTHOR, AND CANNOT BE 
RE-SOLD OR PACKAGED WITH ANY PRODUCT FOR SALE, WITHOUT THE 
EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR. THIS TEXT FILE MUST ALWAYS BE TRANSPORTED WITH THE AIRCRAFT IF IT IS RE-ZIPPED AND UPLOADED TO OTHER FORUMS/WEB SITES.

THE AUTHOR IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY LIABILITIES THAT YOU MIGHT 
INCUR AS A RESULT OF USING THIS PRODUCT. YOU ASSUME THE RISK 
OF USE.