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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

Area 51M U-2S released!

Well it's my birthday on the 12th, so it's either this, the C-5M or Virtavia's B-1B. Does this rendition of the U-2 feature any models without that sensor package on top?
 
Not to get off topic.....but I'm having a noob moment :banghead:. Why does the link to the downloads section not work?
 
2 models

33 MB download, both FS9 and FSX models in the package, choose which you want during installation

models for FSX true FSX

screeny of landing at 13% fuel at 71 KIAS----at 70 KIAS the wing stalls and touchdown occurs at this weight in clear weather
 
I did not have the bravery (or the time) to try and land it. I was able to get off the rwy at Beale, and get it up to 65K pretty simply. Was a little sensitive to pitch, however, and maybe seemed a bit over-powered, but that's just a feeling, not something I could back up with fact. Certainly seems to "look the part", however.

Interesting airplane to get into FSX however. Not a lot of "company" up at 65,000- 70,000 feet!!

Bill
 
icycle said:
Interesting airplane to get into FSX however. Not a lot of "company" up at 65,000- 70,000 feet!! Bill
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:applause:Nope, above 60,000 feet you can turn off nav lights, gotta look down for contrails, way down there.

I had to change the brake setting but that is probably due to my joystick. I had to prevent contrails as most U-2S flights up here don't have contrails.

A lot to learn.
 
Oooh, that's really tempting. I spent almost two years right after college analyzing flight data and atmospheric particulate readings from NASA's ER-2's and WB-57's.
 
Unfortunately....

...A51 chose not to do a single seat, non-Senior Span (radome on top) model, or an ER-2. Both would have been great. Maybe in an update package...

Kent
 
Agreed. A single seat would be great to take up to max op altitude.

I gotta believe that the "Senior Span" system has to add a bunch of weight. Yup, can confirm from the "Top Gear" episode that she does get movin' in a hurry. I guess the relationship to a glider might do that for lift, eh?

Bill
 
clear as can be

Flying over the entrance to Cook Inlet with Mt. McKinley (Denali) at the left top and Anchorage almost straight ahead. At 76,142 feet at 17% fuel but KKIAS is low and too near stall, that is, below 100 KIAS and I prefer about 72,000 feet for low weight and lower for more weight.

A white NASA ER-2 would be nice to see in the blue-black high sky near the edge of the atmosphere.
 
I wish it was an older U-2, with proper gauges, I bet that glass panel slows things down on the FR front too.
 
calypsos said:
I wish it was an older U-2, with proper gauges, I bet that glass panel slows things down on the FR front too.
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Agreed.
I think I find the earlier versions more interesting and attractive, what with the history connected to their flights. The early-day U-2s evoke memories of the Cuban Missle Crisis, Nakita
Kruschev banging his shoe on the desk at the UN, and poor Francis Gary Powers on trial in the USSR.

Maybe they'll follow up with one of these...
U-2A
lockheed-u2-274.jpg
 
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