TCA Aircraft Testing Department.

Jet/ turboprop/ large prop aircraft test report: (v3.2)

Date of Report:	July 24,2001
Tested by:	Philip M. Wafer
		TCA#2302
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SECTION A: N/A

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SECTION B: (aircraft file details.)

a) Aircraft name:		TDM PC12 v3.2
b) Aircraft registration:	PJ-TGG
c) Aircraft filename:		TDM-PC12-FS2KPRO.ZIP
d) Aircraft *.AIR file date:	PC12.AIR 	June 20, 2001 20:14
e) Aircraft *.MDL file date:	TDM-PC12.MDL 	June 28, 2001 20:20

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SECTION C: (Criteria Tested)


***			TAKE OFF PARAMETERS

1)	Take-off distance:	300m

2)	Rotation speed (Vr): 	(max fuel) KIAS.
		a) Educated guess:	
		b) Calculated: 		84.5 kIAS

3)	Climb schedule: TRQ set to 36.
	to 5000 feet	= 120 kIAS / 3000 fpm 
	5  - 15000 feet	= 160 kIAS / 2000 fpm
	15 - 20000 feet = 160 kIAS / 1500 fpm
	20 - 29000 feet = 160 kIAS / 1000 fpm	
	
		


***			CRUISE PARAMETERS	

4)	Endurance (range): 	Hi speed cruise = ~ 1600 nm
			          Normal cruise = ~ 2000 nm
				 Economy cruise = ~ 3000 nm

5)	Overspeed clacker:

6)	Speed @ 80% N1 (14.3 TRQ):	as 7)

7)	% N1 at recommended economic cruise speed:
		130 kIAS (210 kTAS)/ FL290 = 14.3 TRQ
		


***			LANDING PARAMETERS

8)	Descent:	default = 1800 fpm


9)	Approach speed 30% fuel (KIAS):	85kIAS


10)	Landing speed (KIAS):
		a)  30% fuel:	80 kIAS
		b)  15% fuel: 

11)	Landing distance: 	420m


***			HANDLING PARAMETERS		


12)	Behavior under AP: 
	a) Speed AP.		ok
	b) Altitude AP.		ok
	c) Heading AP.		ok
	d) NAV1 AP.		ok
	e) Back course AP.	ok
	f) Approach AP.		ok
	g) Autoland.		n/a


13)	Stall speed: (KIAS)
	a) 100% fuel - 		clean - see notes, 65 knots dirty.
	b)  30% fuel - 		clean - see notes, 55 knots dirty.


14)	Turns AP ON - (OK or not?)
	a) Level turns		ok
	b) Climbing turns.	ok
	c) Descending turns.	ok

15)	Turns AP OFF - (OK or not?)
	a) Level turns		ok
	b) Climbing turns.	ok
	c) Descending turns.	ok

16)	Fuel burn:
	a) Fuel capacity:			450 gallons
	a) Take-off & climb out to  FL290     = 65nm/18 minutes/28 gallons
	b) Cruise :	Hi speed	      = 69 gallons per hour
			normal		      = 52 gallons per hour
			economic	      = 30 gallons per hour
	c) Descent :	FL290 to land - 26 mins/70nm/9 gallons.	


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SECTION D: 	NOTES/COMMENTS:

*)	Hardware 	= P4 1.3GHz/ 256Mb RAM/ nVidia GeForce GTS2

*)	OS 		= Windows Millenium Edition/ DX8a

*)	Joystick 	= Logitech Wingman Force 3D

*)	FS screen resolution used = 1280 x 1024 x 32 bit

*)	This aircraft was tested in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Pro.

*)	Used David Durst' PC12 panel v6. Also, engine settings taken
	from doc files included in the panel archive.

*)	This aircraft is a turboprop model and requires FS2K Pro to
	operate correctly.

*)	Couldn't get the aircraft to stall clean at MGTOW or 30% fuel.

*)	Range as tested appears to be higher than data in the docs, e.g.
	Checklist states normal cruise 235 knots, and readme states range
	FL300/232 knots = 1600nm. See my test figures above for range
	at normal cruise. No big deal, I suppose, as I always cruise at 
	high speed setting. 

*)	Easy to fly. Powerful performance, very few jets climbout
	this fast!!

*)	I'd love to have one of these in real life, but at $2,500,000
	each............No chance, bud!!


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