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         Sukhoi Su-24M " Fencer D"

                                 by Kazunori Ito

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1.Description of this aircraft
2.Specification
3.About the installation
4.About the operations
5.About free software
6.About the directions point in FS2004 and FSX

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The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name Fencer) was the Soviet Union's most advanced all-weather interdiction and attack aircraft in the 1970s and 1980s. 
The two-seat, twin-engined aircraft carried the USSR's first integrated digital nav/attack system. In many aspects, the Su-24's configurations is similar to F-111. 
It remains in service with the Russian Air Force and various export nations.
The Su-24 has a shoulder-mounted variable geometry wing outboard of a relatively small fixed wing glove, swept at 69Ѓ‹. The wing has four sweep settings: 16Ѓ‹ for take-off and landing, 35Ѓ‹ and 45Ѓ‹ for cruise at different altitudes, and 69Ѓ‹ for minimum aspect ratio and wing area in low-level dashes. The variable geometry wing provides excellent STOL performance, allowing a landing speed of 230 km/h (143 mph), even lower than the Su-17 'Fitter' despite substantially greater take-off weight. Its high wing loading provides a stable low-level ride and minimal gust response, but reportedly makes the aircraft somewhat difficult to fly.[citation needed]

Much of the Western panic surrounding the 'Fencer' was based on the assumption that the Su-24 had efficient turbofan engines, which would have given it substantially greater range.[citation needed] In fact, it had two Saturn/Lyulka AL-21F-3A afterburning turbojet engines with 109.8 kN (24,700 lbf) thrust each. These engines give excellent performance, but have inherently higher fuel consumption than a turbofan. They were also expensive to produce and maintain.[citation needed]

The Su-24 has side-mounted intakes. In early 'Fencer-A' aircraft these intakes had variable ramps, allowing a maximum speed of 2,320 km/h (1,440 mph), Mach 2.18, at altitude and a ceiling of some 17,500 m (57,400 ft). Because the Su-24 is used almost exclusively for low-level missions, the actuators for the variable intakes were deleted to reduce weight and maintenance. This has no effect on low-level performance, but absolute maximum speed and altitude are cut to a modest Mach 1.35 and 11,000 m (36,100 ft) [2]. The earliest 'Fencer-A' had a box-like rear fuselage, which was shortly changed in production to a rear exhaust shroud more closely shaped around the engines in order to reduce drag. The revised aircraft also gained three side-by-side antenna fairings in the nose, a repositioned braking chute, and a new ram-air inlet at the base of the tailfin. The revised aircraft were dubbed 'Fencer-B' by NATO, but did not merit a new Soviet designation.

The Su-24's fixed armament is a single fast-firing GSh-6-23 cannon with 500 rounds of ammunition, mounted in the fuselage underside. The 'Fencer' installation of this weapon covers the gun with an eyelid shutter when not in use. There are eight external hardpoints (two under the inner wing glove, two swiveling pylons under the outer wing, and four on the fuselage) for a maximum warload of 8,000 kg (17,600 lb), including various nuclear weapons. Two or four R-60 (NATO AA-8 'Aphid') infrared missiles are usually carried for self-defense.

Initial 'Fencers' had sparse electronic countermeasures equipment, with many 'Fencer-A' and 'Fencer-B' limited to the old Sirena radar-warning receiver with no integral jamming system. Later-production Su-24s had more comprehensive radar warning, missile-launch warning, and active ECM equipment, with triangular antennas on the sides of the intakes and the tip of the vertical fin. This earned the NATO designation 'Fencer-C,' although again it did not have a separate Soviet designation. Some 'Fencer-C' and later Su-24M 'Fencer-D' have large wing fence/pylons on the wing glove portion with integral chaff/flare dispensers; others have such launchers scabbed onto either side of the tailfin.

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2. [ Specification ]

Wingspan :  17.638 m (57 ft 10 1/2 in) at 16 degrees sweep
            10.366 m (34 ft 0 in) at 69 degrees sweep
Wing aspect ratio : 5.63 at 16 degrees sweep
                    2.10 at 69 degrees sweep
Length : 24.594 m (80 ft 8 1/4 in) overall, incl probe
Height : 6.19 m (20 ft 3 3/4 in)
Tailplane span : 8.39 m (27 ft 6 1/2 in)

Weight empty : 19000 kg (41,885 lb)
Max wing loading : 945.2 kg/m{2} (193.6 lb/sq ft)
 
Powerplant: Two Saturn/Lyulka AL-21F-3A turbojetsMax power : 180.5 kg/kN (1.77 lb/lb st)
Max level speed : Mach 1.35
                  Mach 1.08 (712 knots; 1320 km/h; 820 mph) at S/L
Max rate of climb : 9000 m (29,525 ft)/min
Service ceiling : 17,500 m (57,400 ft)
G limit :   +6.5

Crew : 2

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3. [ About the installation ]

 The airframe must copy the \Su-24M Fencer folder as it is in the Aircraft folder of FS2002 or FS2004. 

     \FS2002(FS2004)
        -----\Aircraft
          ---------\Su-24M Fencer
 

Please copy all files in the \gauges folder onto the gauge in the Gauges folder of FS2002 or FS2004. 
 A general gauge is saved for the gauge bundled this time. 
 The Gauges of EXTRA-300, KingAir and GPS are not bundled. 
 Please setup it by yourself.

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4. [ About the operations ]

   Shift+"E" = Canopy Open/Shut
   "/" = Air Brake and Spoiler Open/Shut
   F5-F8 = Variable wing and Flap and Slat Open/Strage

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  !! A special key operation !!
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  Tail Hook Key ("K") = Drag Chute Out/In
    "K" is an arbitrary key that you are setting as Tail Hook key. 

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 * for special key operation,                               *
 * It is likely not to operate according to a set method of *
 * your FS or the state of other Add-on tool.               *
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5. [ About free software ]

 All aircraft that I made are free software. 
 The reprint and the repaint may go freely. 
 However, please defend the following conditions. 

     1.The change in contents of this file is prohibited. 
         (Please distribute it like the Zip file of the current state when distributing it. )
     2.Please neither reverse-assembly nor never remodel(convert) it of the aircraft model. 
     3.Please don't bundle my airframe(MDL file) in the package of your works when you open the repaint to the public. 
         (Please open only the texture to the public. )
     4.Don't use DXT format for making texture.
       Please make it by the format that everyone can change. 
       It is necessary to be able to read and change with usual drawing software. 
     5.It is prohibited to bundle and to open a new panel to the public to my aircraft model. 
         (Please open only the panel to the public. 
          It is included in this file, and remodeling the panel that uses the panel background and the change in the panel background are prohibited. )
     6.I maintain the copyright of the aircraft model and the panel background. 
     7.The copyright of the gauge belongs to the author. 

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6. [ About the directions point in FS2004 and FSX]

This aircraft model is made by using FSDS Ver2.24. 
Therefore, it is possible to play basically in FS2004(FS9) and FSX(FS10). 
However........!!
In FS2004.
For a wide large-scale aircraft, the distortion is caused and the phenomenon of the aerofoil tip's disappearing happens in the spot shooting mode. 
If this phenomenon happens, Please switch to the spot shooting mode by using other small aircraft. 
Afterwards, if this aircraft is selected, it is normally displayed. 

And........
In FSX.
Because gauges do not correspond to FSX, the gauges in the cockpit are not displayed. 
Please you looks for a suitable gauges and setup Panel.cfg by yourself.
Sorry...............

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Please give mail to the following mail address when there is a recommendation of making the opinion and the thing that doesn't come. 

       [email protected]

          2007/10/10
          Fukuoka, Japan
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