G A L A X Y  ver 1.0
 
 

    This is IAI's last biz jet. It is a super-midjet, which means it's greater than a Lear60 but smaller than a Global Express. It can carry 8 businessmen and two pilots at Mach 0.75@fl 450 on intercontinental routes as Paris-NY without refueling, or up to 19 people in corporate shuttle configuration.

    It runs two Fadec, 5,698lb thrust Pratt & Whitney 306/A turbofans and uses the same critical wing of her sister, the ASTRA Spx. Assembly is based on conservative technologies: conventional structure based on huge amount of aluminum alloys, composite materials used just on winglets and aerodynamic surfaces.

Price: $20,000,000.oo ,  but this exemplar is free!

Specs:
 
 

WEIGHTS	PERFORMANCES
Wingspan:                    58.136 ft	Takeoff distance:            6,000 ft
Length:                        62.238 ft	Cruise speed:                    470  kts
Height:                         21.424 ft	max. IFR range:               3,620 nm
Wing surface:              112.467 ft2	ceiling:                          45,000 ft
Mtow:                         33,450  lb
Payload:                       15,432 lb

                                             About the FS98 model

This is a FS98 only model. It's based mostly on structures (fuselage) and some components (wings), and a lot of detail has been made by single parts.

The only flaws i know are some bleedthroughs here and there and absence of de-icing boots ( got no more textures available ;o)
 

Features are:
 

Almost complete 3d visual model (tail excluded)

Full textured 3d virtual cockpit

Three landing lights added with Lladd

Working flaps

Working slats

Working spoilers

Working 3d landing gear

Working lights

Working strobes

----------Stay tuned for ver. 2.0 which will include TRANSPARENT WINDOWS!-----------------
 

Moving parts, which i love very much, haven't been implemented because they're above my designing skills. Is there anybody who could teach me how to add them?

I'm waiting for someone to design an appropriate panel, but in the meantime i suggest Alexander Lawrence's Lear45 panel.

Remember to never toggle view backwards (shift + s) because this way you will see the virtual cockpit from the outside ( this is a fs98 flaw! ).

The virtual cockpit texture you can see in the interior has been made with Michael Tscherdantzew Jr.'s Bombardier Regional Jet panel (Thank you ;o)), which is in fact similar to Galaxy's panel and very beautiful. Unfortunately, i can't either recommend nor include this beautiful panel in my Galaxy as long as there isn't and won't be any A/T switch, which is needed by the Galaxy's .air file.

Remember: the GALAXY is a rather big plane, so i would suggest to couple it with a huger sound than the Learjet one. Alex Lawrence's Lear45 panel is maybe the best panel i ever seen, and it will work ok with the Galaxy, waiting for a Galaxy panel... ;o)

                                                INSTALL

Extract all files to a temporary directory, then build a new directory called GALAXY. Put all the extracted files into the Galaxy directory and copy this directory into FlightSimulator/aircraft directory and... fly!
 
 

                                                DISCLAIMER
 

This software is FREEWARE as long as it is freely distributed, ask me if you want to include it in any commercial package!

Ask for .afx file! :o)
 

If you like this aircraft, go to Flightsim.com and search for "De Santis", you'll find my other stuff!
 

    Have fun with my Galaxy and drop me a note if you liked it!  :o)

Michael De Santis
Via Capri 46
39100 Bolzano
Italy
mailto: DSMichael@iol.it