About This File

For FS98 only
This is a complete package of a PA31-350 in two livery's
A dutch air taxi livery (Tulip Air) and an american one by Terry Hill. 
It includes sound and a panel.
It is meant to be an update of my earlier tulip1.zip

Updated are: 1.the panel in a big way. Now using more realistic and                   correct gauges. Added overhead panel
             2.The flight model, Mainly the RPM response as well as                   some other small things
             3.Added landing lights
             4.Easier installation (I Hope)

Installation instructions:
1.Use winzip to open this file (Tulip1v2.zip).
2.Extract plane.zip to a new directory (e.g. Pa31) in your aircraft directory in MSFS98. Mark "use folder names"!
3.open gauges.zip.
4.Extract all the .gau files (Gauges) to the MSFS98 gauges directory.
5.open KX155.zip
6.extract the two .gau files to the MSFS98 gauges directory.

Thank you's
Many thanks to Terry Hill for giving me the basis of this file. Model and texture.
Geoff Wells and air australia For the basis of a better flight model.
Ian Donohoe For making ADE 98 
Michael Verlin. His PA31 panel gave me the missing gauges.
HGHB For making a lot of nice new gauges.
Siggy Swarz For LLADD
Gert v.d. Winden For scanning a photo of the actual pa31-350 cockpit
And all the people out there making freeware add'ons and utility's

What I did and Why
I am at his moment getting my PA31 rating on my commercial pilots licence. I do this with an air taxi company called tulip air.
You guessed it, They are based in Holland
I wanted To be able to fly it on MSFS98
None of the available aircraft were realistic enough.
In short I combined all available files and modified them.
I did a repaint, Build a panel, combined sound files, adjusted the flight model, added landing lights and now it will be available to everyone interested.

Legal nonsense
This package is freeware because all the parts I used are.
It is not meant to be distributed on commercial media
If you want to know more about copyrights, Go to your local library, It's all in books (Grin)

General info.
Tulip air uses these speeds for training and charet flights.
V1 Decicion speed = initiating gear retraction.
Vr rotation speed. =100 kts
climb out at 120 kts after safe altitude 130 kts
cruise speed 180 kts TAS at FL100 About 160 kts IAS
Aproach speed 130 kts and 120 kts 0,5nm before final descent
110 kts over the lights 100 over the threshold 90 at touchdown.
Vyse best single engine climb speed 106 kts
The speeds on final can be a bit high for fs purpouses
Short field takeoff flaps one notch Vr=80 kts
"       "   landing flaps full speed at touchdown 80 kts.
Stall speed clean = 75 kts

Power settings.
Takeoff full power 0 flaps
climb power 38" 2400 rpm
cruise power 31" 2200 rpm
approach power 20" 2200 rpm
On short final the props go to max rpm 

For questions comments remarks etc.
Ferry Herfst
Herfstfp@worldonline.nl
Have fun
