Convair CT-29A Sentinel String

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A variant of the Convair CV-240 Convair-liner, the original T-29A was ordered by USAF as a navigation and bomber training classroom to replace the B-25J Mitchell variant then in use. After successful careers, some were converted to CT-29A status for use in a cargo/utility role. This design represents one of 3 CT-29As that were re-converted for the Sentinel String program flown in Korea by USAF on behalf of the US Army.

Installation:
Just create a subfolder in your Flight Simulator Aircraft folder, and name it "CT-29A". Unzip the contents of this archive there.

Some notes:
The T-29A as a flying classroom could accomodate 14 students, their instructors, and the flight crew of 2 or 3. The design was characterized by four astrodomes on the roof, a nav/attack radar in a ventral radome, and lots of antennae. 
The engines were uprated to R-2800-77Ws of 2300hp each with water injection. During conversion to CT-29A cargo status, the astrodomes were removed and faired over.

This aircraft represents one of three flown by members of the The Hawkeyes, the reconnaissance squadron of the 324th Air Division as a part of the Sentinal String programme in Korea about the time of the Vietnam conflict. Even more antennae were installed, including ARDF dipoles on the wings, and whips on the roof. Unusual for Korean operations, these aircraft were painted in the South East Asia camo scheme, and created quite a stir at Osan Air Force Base where most other aircraft were in the standard white/grey USAF scheme at the time (1968-69).

The original AFX for this aircraft was produced by Keith Waugh  silvrbld@yournet.com, and was modified by Tom Gibson (tgibson@sunstroke.sdsu.edu) and Rich Boehringer(richb@freenet.sfu.edu). I modified the design to suit the type.

Here's the performance data from the Gibson/Boehringer rework:

Cruising Speed: 240 mph (209 knots)
Maximum Speed (Vne): 270 mph (235 knots)
Stall Speed (clean): 100 knots
Stall Speed (full flaps): 90 knots

Range: 1800 miles (with max. payload)

Flight Characteristics:
I love flying this thing. Completely honest, no surprises. Several of my other projects have had to wait since I couldn't keep my hands off the thing.


-This aircraft worked just fine on my system during development, and on other systems during testing. It ought to work fine on yours. But since I have no control over your system, I accept no resposibility whatsoever.


COMMENTS?
I'd love to hear your comments, good/bad regarding this aircraft. Address your comments and flight reports to:

100kt-tape@rotorhead.org

Klaus D. Werr
Flight Simulation Editor,
The Rotorhead
www.rotorhead.org