SA265 Skylark – water bomber
Scarborough Rescue Service Vehicle Collection
YOU WILL NEED EDITED WORKBENCH OR MISSION TO SPAWN THIS
After many months, tears and blood, the Skylark is here. The SA-265 Skylark is a twin engine airliner-style aircraft converted to serve as water bomber. The Skylark’s fluid capacity allows for about 7 minutes of continuous water dropping, complimented by it’s high fuel capacity, it has enough fuel to keep you airborne for hours on end. This makes it the optimal tool for extensive support of ground units during forest fires. With an impressive range of 4500km it is also a viable transport vehicle. Equipped with the latest avionics, the Skylark can make flying easy, even for a new pilot. This is made even better by the SA-265’s inclusion of an autoland system, able to land you at any airport in almost any weather.
- – MAIN BAT – ON
- – Avionics – ON
- – ADIRS – ON
- – HYD A/B/C – ON
- – Engine fuel valve 1/2 – OPEN
- – Engine fuel pump 1/2 – ON
- – Parking brake – set check
- – Lights as required – NAV, beacon, strobes
- – follow a) or b):
a) APU start
– APU fuel pump – ON
– APU – ON
– APU air bleed – ON
when APU status green –
– ENG 1/2 MAIN – ON
when ENG 1/2 status green –
– APU air bleed – OFF
– APU – OFF
– APU fuel pump – OFFb) crossbleed start
if one engine is running
– Air crossbleed – ON
– ENG 1/2 – ON
when ENG 1/2 status green –
– Air crossbleed – OFF - – Transponder – ON (default squawk – 7000 – VFR in Europe if not provided with different squawk)
if OAT <0°C - – ANTI-ICE ENG1/ENG2/WINGS/PROBE – ON
- – taxi lights – ON
- – Parking brake – OFF
Additional notes:
Rotate speed – 120kts
Stall speed – ~100kts
The aircraft has a simulated dynamic thrust, meaning a position of the lever doesn’t equal the thrust level. This means you can control the accelaration of the aircraft, but it also means you need to actually use the runway.
The aircraft has my most advanced (complicated) autopilot yet, IF YOU WANT ALL FEATURES TO WORK PROPERLY YOU NEED THIS ADDON!
- Altitude hold
- Vertical speed hold
Heading modes
- Heading hold
- ADF heading hold
- Waypoint heading hold
ILS autoland Roll stabiliser To change modes simply press change altitude/heading mode and then confirm your changes. The autopilot will work once a mode is selected and the autopilot master is ON. You can set the target altitude/heading and change the vertical speed limit.
ADF & ILS Out of the box the ILS and ADF works for all airports on Sawyer, Meier and in the Arctic. For this to work on moving islands (Multiplayer, Creative, etc..) you need the addon. To select ADF waypoints choose the HSI screen (1st screen on the MFD), press "T" in the upper left corner and select a waypoint from the list, if you now return to the HSI by pressing "T" in the left upper corner you will see the target heading to your selected waypoint. To use the ILS autoland feature, follow the same steps as for the ADF heading selection and select any runway approach for example RWY 32.. then you can enable the ILS overlay on the PFD by pressing the grey rectangle in the left upper corner and see the glideslope/localiser there. When landing with the ILS extend your approach to at least 15km from the airfield and enable the ILS autoland feature, roll stabiliser and toggle the autopilot. It will automatically intercept the localiser and maintain glideslope. If you enable the autoland at closer distances at "awkward angles" the autopilot may not have enough time to properly align with the runway. It can reliable land up to about 25-30kts of crosswind. After landing turn off the ILS autoland and press reset ILS. IMPORTANT: Some approaches have ground obstacles, these are marked with "GRN" tab on the HSI. These approaches will require the pilot interfierence to avoid collision with the obstacles. If you have any issues understanding the systems, please refer to this video https://youtu.be/dAmcZhSs7-A
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Ewan – Galley
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