Fokker F-27 - Scandinavian Airlines Commuter

This aircraft represents a Fokker F-27 used by Scandinavian Airlines Commuter
1984 to 1990, when it was replaced with Fokker 50.

Original model by D. Holthausen.
Modified by Tom Gibson
Flight dynamics by Mike Vidal
Repainted by Kaj Jensen 


This aircraft and many other scandinavian aircrafts and sceneries are available at:
Virtual Aviator Home Page
http://www.dataphone.se/~kajson/aviator.html


Stockholm August 1996
Kaj Jensen
kajson@dataphone.se

  
 




Tom Gibsons original text follows:
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 FS5/FSFS  Fokker F27/Fairchild F-27
               a "FREEWARE" file
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Copy .AIR files to your PILOTS directory
Copy all .#af files to your TEXTURE directory

Copy prop2.wav file to your SOUND directory.  PLEASE copy your 
original jet1.wav to jet1.bak!  When you want the turboprop 
sound, copy prop2.wav to jet1.wav.  For the original sound, 
copy jet1.bak to jet1.wav.

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I wish to thank D. Holthausen's kind sharing of his original model.

Original model by D. Holthausen.
Modified by Tom Gibson,  tgibson@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
Flight dynamics by Mike Vidal

The first major civil aircraft designed and built by Fokker 
after WW II was the F27.  During 1950, Fokker determined what 
operators would like for a DC-3 replacement, and they developed 
the P.275 concept, with a shoulder-height wing, powered by a 
pair of turboprops.  By 1953, this had developed into the F27 
with Rolls-Royce Dart engines, seating 32 passengers in a 
pressurized cabin and capable of operating from small 
airfields.  The Dutch government was so confident that Fokker 
had a winner that they funded the production of two flying and 
two test aircraft.  The prototype flew on November 24, 1955, 
and the project soon began to yield orders.  Fairchild Aircraft 
also saw the planes potential, and secured a license-production 
agreement for airlines in the United States.  The Fairchild 
machines had a longer nose for weather radar, extra fuel 
tankage, American instrumentation, and seating for up to 40.  
This version received its FAA Type Approval on July 16, 1958.  
The F27/F-27 went on to become the best selling turboprop 
aircraft, with over 700 built.  The intial type was followed by 
the F27 Mk 200/F-27A, with uprated engines, and then the 
Mk300/F-27B with freighter features.  The first major change 
was made in the F27 Mk 500, which had a fuselage stretch of 
almost 5 feet, while Fairchild developed the FH-227, which 
instead stretched the fuselage by 6 feet.  F-27's were very 
popular with the smaller regional and local airlines as DC-3 
and Convair/Martin replacements.  They were very reliable, and 
many passengers enjoyed the fine views from the large windows 
unimpeded by the wing.  Many F-27's are still in service today, 
and manufacture of this popular plane was extended by the 
development of the Fokker 50, with new engines and avionics.  
However, the closure of the Fokker company seems to have 
finally ended the story of this fine aircraft, although those 
examples flying today give good evidence of this fine 
aircraft's longevity.

Mike Vidal's Flight Report

Takeoff:  Can be conducted with one or two notches of flaps, 
two notches are better for shorter fields.  Rotation (Vr) is at 
105 knots with lift off at 110 to 115.  Vzf is at 150 knots.  
Climbs best at 160 to 180 and will yield about 1500 to 2000 fpm.

Landing:   Approaches, full flaps, at 125 to 135 knots with 
about 55 to 60% power.  You have to watch her, since if you 
pull back the power back too much, she'll sink on you like 
mad.  I would suspect that the real one would behave the same 
way.

Please note that to achieve a realistic flight regimen, you 
must set Flight Control Realism to 8, from the Sim, Realism and 
Reliability FS5 Menus.

Specifications:  (FS5.1 airspeed indicator is calibrated in KNOTS!)

F-27

Cruising Speed: 298 mph (259 knots)
Maximum Speed (Vne): 325 mph (283 knots)
Stall Speed (clean): 100 knots
Stall Speed (full flaps): 90 knots

Range: 1082 miles (with 52 passengers)


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Now the legal stuff:

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