HNAC A300F4-605R Base Package for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
Copyright (C) 2007 HNAC - Fine Flight Simulation Aircraft
http://www.hnac.org/
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Version History
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V1 - never released
V2 - never released
V3 - August 22, 2007, initial release

Summary
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- Install: unzip to fs9\aircraft, keep directory structure
           unzip a300_effects.zip to fs9\effects
- Takeoff: use lots of nose-up trim with extended flaps, 8.5 on default
           Boeing 777 panel; flaps lever position 2, rotate 135-145 kts;
           15° climbout, flaps pos. 1 at 200 kts, flaps retract 220 kts.
- Climb..: climb speed 250kts < 10,000ft, 300kts > 10,000ft, adjust
           climb rate accordingly
- Cruise.: cruise speed M.79 (economy)
- Descent: descent speed 280kts > 10,000ft, 250kts < 10,000ft, adjust
           descent rate accordingly
- Land...: 20nm out flaps 15/0 S-speed (~180kts), LOC intercept flaps
           15/15 F-speed (~160kts), GS intercept flaps 15/20 (~150kts),
           short final flaps 30/40 (~140kts)

Overview
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The A300-600 development of the earlier A300B4 incorporated a number of
significant improvements and refinements, foremost being a two crew
flightdeck and increased range.

Apart from the two crew EFIS cockpit, with digital avionics based on
that developed for the A310, changes included the A310's tail empennage
which increased freight and passenger payloads, small winglets (an
option from 1989, standard from 1991), simplified systems, greater use
of composites, Fowler flaps and increased camber on the wings, new
brakes and APU, and improved payload/range through an extensive drag
reducing airframe clean up and new engines. First flight for the A300-
600 was on July 8 1983, the first airline delivery was in March 1984.

The A300-600 was further developed into the longer range A300-600R, its
extended range courtesy of a fuel trim tank in the tailplane and higher
maximum takeoff weights. First flight was on December 9 1987, first
delivery was April 20 1988 (to American Airlines).

Convertible freight/passenger versions of all variants of the A300 have
been offered, as has the all freight A300F4-600. The first new build
pure freighter A300, one of 36 ordered for Federal Express, flew in
December 1993. UPS is another major A300-600F customer, following its
September 1998 order for 30. Airbus also offers conversion packages of
existing passenger A300s into freighters with a left side forward
freight door and strengthened floor.

This base model represents msn #726, registration F-WWAP, first A300F4-
605R built. The plane was deliverd to Federal Express on May 24, 1994
and is still in service today as reg. no. N650FE.

Features
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- Moving elevator, elevator trim (yes, the whole horizontal stabilizer
  moves), rudder, aileron, flaps, slats, krueger flap, spoilers,
  spoileron.
- FS2002/4 style turning nose wheel, only turns when the plane is moving
  on the ground.
- FS2002/4 navigation, beacon, strobe, landing, taxi, rwy turnoff and
  logo lights.
- Dynamic shine on external parts.
- Reflective textures with light maps.
- Transparent cockpit windows.
- 2-stage rolling wheels.
- Retracting gear with tilting main gear bogies, mechanics true to
  Airbus specs.
- 3-stage rotating engine fan.
- Deploying thrust reversers (press F2 after touchdown).
- Working suspension.
- Opening passenger doors (Shift-E), lower deck cargo doors (Shift-E-2)
  and main deck cargo door (Shift-E-3).
- Realistic spoiler operation (ground spoiler, speed brakes and roll
  spoilers).
- Drooping ailerons and elevator without sufficient hydraulic pressure.

Model Installation
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Unzip the distribution archive into your FS2004\aircraft folder, making
sure to preserve the directory structure. The aircraft is then available
as "Airbus -> A300F4-605R" in the airplane selection dialog of FS2004.
To install the custom effects, unzip the content of a300_effects.zip to
your FS2004 "Effects" folder.

Flying the A300-600
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Frank Weiss created a model that combines the A300's "heavy" feeling
with the proverbial good-natured handling of the original. Make sure to
set elevator trim up A LOT for takeoff to compensate for flaps 15/15 and
rotate at 135-145kts, depending on takeoff weight. With the default 777
panel set the trim to 8.5 and you should be OK for a max. 15° initial
climb angle.

Climb out at around 2-3,000 fpm and <250 kts IAS below 10,000 ft. Above
10,000 continue climb with 300 kts IAS (you will have to reduce climb
rate for a moment to gather speed). Adjust climb rate to keep 300 kts.
At M0.78 switch to hold Mach speed, accelerate to M0.79 at cruising
altitude.

The A300-600 uses a combination of Krueger flap, leading-edge slat,
trailing-edge flap and flaperons as high-lift devices. They are modeled
as separate flap sets and operate as follows:

Lever position | Krueger flaps | Slats | Flaperon | Flaps | VFE
---------------+---------------+-------+----------+-------+--------
1              | full          | 15°   | 9.2°     |  0°   | 250kts
2              | full          | 15°   | 9.2°     | 15°   | 215kts
3              | full          | 15°   | 9.2°     | 20°   | 205kts
4              | full          | 30°   | 9.2°     | 40°   | 175kts

Due to the way the standard Microsoft flap gauge works the lever
positions aren't displayed correctly. To correctly represent the flap
extension and retraction times, we use movement percentages in the
aircraft.cfg for slats and flaps.

Aircraft Speed Minimums
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 Weight          | Green Dot | S      | F       | Vref+11 | Vref
 kg1000 | lb1000 | Vm 0/0    | V 15/0 | V 15/15 | V 15/20 | V 30/40
--------+--------+-----------+--------+---------+---------+---------
     95 |    209 |       179 |    168 |     133 |     123 |     112
    100 |    220 |       184 |    172 |     135 |     125 |     114
    105 |    231 |       190 |    176 |     138 |     127 |     116
    110 |    243 |       195 |    180 |     142 |     131 |     120
    115 |    254 |       200 |    184 |     146 |     135 |     124
    120 |    265 |       205 |    188 |     148 |     137 |     126
    125 |    276 |       209 |    191 |     150 |     139 |     128
    130 |    287 |       214 |    195 |     153 |     141 |     130
    135 |    298 |       221 |    199 |     157 |     144 |     133
    140 |    309 |       225 |    203 |     159 |     146 |     135
    145 |    320 |       230 |    206 |     161 |     148 |     137
    150 |    331 |       235 |    209 |     164 |     151 |     140
    155 |    342 |       239 |    212 |     166 |     153 |     142
    160 |    353 |       245 |    217 |     169 |     156 |     145
    165 |    364 |       249 |    220 |     171 |     158 |     147
    170 |    375 |       256 |    224 |     174 |     160 |     149

Aircraft Performance (Eurocontrol)
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==================================================================================
BADA PERFORMANCE FILE 2000/12/06

AC/Type: A306__ Last BADA Revision: 3.3
                Source OPF File:    3.3  2000/12/06
                Source APF file:    3.3  2000/12/06
                
Speeds:   CAS(LO/HI) Mach Mass Levels [kg]           Temperature: ISA
climb   - 250/300    0.79 low     - 104400
cruise  - 250/310    0.79 nominal - 140000           Max Alt. [ft]: 41000
descent - 250/280    0.79 high    - 171700

==================================================================================
FL  | CRUISE                | CLIMB                         | DESCENT
    | TAS   fuel            | TAS   ROCD           fuel     | TAS   ROCD  fuel
    | [kts] [kg/min]        | [kts] [fpm]          [kg/min] | [kts] [fpm] [kg/min]
    |       lo   nom  hi    |       lo   nom  hi   nom      |       nom   nom
==================================================================================
0   |                       | 157   2210 1990 1620 270.3    | 131    760  97.2
5   |                       | 158   2190 1970 1600 267.3    | 132    780  96.1
10  |                       | 159   2170 1950 1570 264.3    | 138    800  95.0
15  |                       | 166   2290 2030 1650 261.5    | 149    850  94.0
20  |                       | 167   2270 2010 1620 258.5    | 181   1020  31.0
30  | 230   61.2 81.4 104.3 | 190   2750 2360 1920 253.0    | 230   1360  25.0
40  | 233   61.2 81.4 104.4 | 225   3350 2780 2270 247.7    | 233   1380  24.5
60  | 272   65.9 81.7  99.6 | 272   4210 3070 2370 236.8    | 240   1410  23.3
80  | 280   65.8 81.7  99.7 | 280   4040 2930 2230 225.7    | 280   1550  22.1
100 | 289   65.8 81.7  99.8 | 289   3860 2780 2090 214.8    | 289   1590  20.9
120 | 297   65.7 81.7  99.8 | 356   3820 2800 2170 204.8    | 332   1880  19.8
140 | 306   65.6 81.7  99.9 | 366   3590 2610 2000 194.3    | 342   1920  18.6
160 | 389   82.4 93.1 105.3 | 377   3360 2410 1820 184.1    | 353   1960  17.4
180 | 401   82.1 92.9 105.1 | 388   3120 2220 1650 174.2    | 363   2000  16.2
200 | 413   81.7 92.6 104.9 | 400   2880 2020 1470 164.5    | 375   2040  15.1
220 | 425   81.3 92.3 104.7 | 412   2630 1810 1290 155.0    | 386   2080  13.9
240 | 438   80.9 91.9 104.5 | 425   2380 1610 1100 145.8    | 398   2120  12.7
260 | 452   80.4 91.6 104.3 | 438   2130 1400  920 136.9    | 411   2160  11.6
280 | 466   79.9 91.2 104.1 | 452   1880 1200  730 128.1    | 424   2200  10.4
290 | 468   78.4 90.1 103.4 | 459   1760 1090  640 123.9    | 431   2220   9.8
310 | 464   74.3 87.0 101.5 | 464   2200 1290  660 115.4    | 444   2250   8.6
330 | 459   70.6 84.7 100.6 | 459   1950 1050  420 107.2    | 459   2290   7.4
350 | 455   67.6 83.0  97.9 | 455   1700  810  170  99.2    | 455   3150   6.3
370 | 453   65.1 82.0  90.3 | 453   1320  510    0  91.6    | 453   2850   5.1
390 | 453   63.2 81.9  83.0 | 453   1080  260    0  84.1    | 453   2850   3.9
410 | 453   61.9 75.9  75.9 | 453    830   10    0  77.0    | 453   2880   2.8
==================================================================================

A300F4-605R Operational Data
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Engines..........: 2 General Electric CF6-80C2A5
Max. cont. thrust:  56,210 lb
MTOW.............: 375,890 lb
MLW..............: 308,650 lb
ZFW..............: 286,600 lb
Cruise speed.....: 0.79M
Max. altitude....: 40,000 ft
Operational range: 7,500 km/4,050 nm
Vmo/Mmo..........: 335kts/0.82M                   
Gear extension...: 270kts
Gear retraction..: 240kts
Tanks............: outboard: 2 x  1,225 US gal
                   inboard.: 2 x  4,640 US gal
                   center..:      4,650 US gal
                   trim....:      1,625 US gal
                   ---------------------------
                   total...:     18,005 US gal

Liveries
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This base package includes the Airbus Industries demonstrator livery,
the textures are located in the texture.AIB folder. Future liveries for
the A300F4-605R will be distributed as texture sets only, going into
equally named folders (texture.[ICAO airline code]). This will reduce
download sizes significantly.

Repaints
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Repaints of this aircraft are welcome, as long as the result is released
as freeware with the same license as layed down below and proper credit
is given to the original authors. A paint kit with layered Photoshop
files is available via well-known flight simulation portals, check for
file "A300F4-605R-PaintKit-HNAC-V3.zip".

Recommended Panel
-----------------
A panel specifically for the HNAC A300-600 is available from AVSIM,
look for "a306-v3-hnac.zip" and the patch "a306-v3.1-hnac.zip". Make
sure to follow the included documentation for installation. An
additional patch "a306-v3.2-hnac.zip" includes ECAM support for cargo
models, available both from AVSIM as well as hnac.org.

Recommended Sound
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There're a couple of good freeware A300-600 sounds available for the
GE CF6-80C engine, from the likes of Emil Serafino Jr., Devyn
Silverstein, and Christoffer Petersen. Check AVSIM as a reliable re-
source.

Credits
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Thanks to Frank Weiss for his hard work on the flight dynamics.

Thanks to Martin Juengel for his thorough testing, 3D work and paint
jobs.

Thanks to Simon Topmann for adapting his A310 panel to the A300-600.

Thanks to C. Vincent Cho from POSKY for the cargo pallet texture.

License
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This aircraft is released as Freeware. Copyright Harald Nehring and
Frank Weiss. As freeware you are permitted to distribute this archive
subject to the following conditions:

- The archive must be distributed without modification to the contents
  of the archive. Redistributing this archive with any files added,
  removed or modified is prohibited.

- The inclusion of any individual file from this archive in another
  archive without the prior permission of the author is prohibited.
  This means, for example, that you may not upload an archive that uses
  our visual or flight models with your own aircraft or include it in a
  package containing a panel or aircraft sounds without first obtaining
  the authors' permission.

- No charge may be made for this archive other than that to cover the
  cost of its distribution. If a fee is charged it must be made clear
  to the purchaser that the archive is freeware and that the fee is to
  cover the distributor's costs of providing the archive.

- The authors' rights and wishes concerning this archive must be
  respected.

Copyright 2007 by Harald Nehring. All Rights Reserved.

Contact Information
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admin(@)hnac.org