Aero Ae-45S for FS2004
(c) 2009 Pavel Karásek

This pack installs the Aero Ae-45S together with various upgrades and repaints. The original file was once hosted on Pavel Karásek's personal web site www.pavelkara.wz.cz, but this is now defunct. Various upgrades, mods and repaints for this aircraft are scattered through the internet, and have been collected and integrated into this package.

HISTORY:

The Aero Ae-45S was a twin-piston engined civil utility aircraft produced in Czechoslovakia after World War II. Aero Vodochody produced the aircraft in 1947-1951, after which the Let Kunovice rolled out these planes until 1961. In 1958 the Ae-45S became the first Czechoslovak plane to cross the Atlantic Ocean. It was the first product of the nation's postwar aviation industry and proved a great success, with many of the 590 produced being exported.
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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS:

    * Crew: 1 pilot
    * Capacity: 3-4 passengers
    * Length: 7.54 m (24 ft 9 in)
    * Wingspan: 12.60 m (46 ft 7 in)
    * Height: 2.30 m (7 ft 7 in)
    * Wing area: 17.09 m2 (184 ft2)
    * Empty weight: 960 kg (2,112 lb)
    * Loaded weight: 1,510 kg (3,322 lb)
    * Max takeoff weight: 1,600 kg (3,527 lb)
    * Powerplant: 2× Walter Minor-III 4-cylinder inline engine, 77 kW (105 hp) each
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PERFORMANCE:

    * Maximum speed: 270 km/h (146 knots, 168 mph)
    * Range: 1,600 km (864 nm, 1,000 miles)
    * Service ceiling: 1,350 m (4,429 ft)
    * Rate of climb: 300 m/min (984 ft/min)
    * Wing loading: 88 kg/m2 (18 lb/ft2)
    * Power/mass: 0.08 kW/kg (0.05 hp/lb)
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INSTALLATION:

    * Copy the folder "Aero_Ae-45" to the "Aircraft" folder in FS9.
    * The 2D panel is setup for a "wide" screen monitor. If you prefer a 4:3 ratio 2D panel for a non-wide screen monitor, edit the aircraft.cfg file by removing the word "wide" from the line
    panel=wide
so as to read only
    panel=
Please also note that the gauges are in metric measurment units.
    * If you want to have the proper ATC call sign for this aircraft, install the AE45.vcpmod from the "Voicepack" folder into FS9 using EditVoicePack v3.1 (you can find this program on most flight sim download sites).
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LIVERIES:

12 different liveries are included, see the descriptions in the aircraft.cfg file.
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CREDITS & COPYRIGHT:

    * Pavel Karásek - Main author of model, air file, panel, textures (G-APRR, OK-KGF)
    * Krnáč Pavel - 2D photorealistic wide panel, textures (OK-DAJ, OM-HNHS)
    * l'iguane - Textures (CSLA, DM-SGA, Dm-ZZE, HuAF, LSK, OK-HGB, RoAF, YR-ACR), custom mdl file.
    * Jiøí Masník - gauges
    * Mike Stallwood - Vcpmod file for EditVoicepack
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SOURCES:
    * Aircraft information & liveries - free pictures from internet, author's own photos
    * Drawings - V. Nìmeèek - Èeskoslovenská letadla II. díl, Modeláø 5/1984