Helio HT-295 Aircraft  COPYRIGHT © Steven Grant ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
	Helio HT-295 Panel  COPYRIGHT © Fred Choate ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

ABOUT THIS AIRCRAFT:

Helio Aircraft Corporation (Later Company) designed and built the original Helio Courier prototype in 1953. Of cantilever high-wing monoplane configuration, its development and production continued through the 4-seat H-391B Courier of 1954, 4/5-seat H-395/H-395A of 1958/1959 and 6-seat H-250 of 1964. The subsequent Model H-295 Super Courier was flown in prototype form on 24 February 1965, a comfortable well-equipped six seat cabin monoplane. Full-span leading-edge slats, upper surface spoilers, Frise ailerons and 74-per cent span slotted trailing edge flaps meant the Super Courier had excellent STOL performance. This attracted the attention of the U.S. military and one civil H-391B was evaluated by the U.S. Army as the YL-24. Orders were later received for three H-395/L-28/U10As, 26 H-395A/U-10s, 57 H-295/U-10Bs (some with tricycle landing gear) and 36 U-10Ds (U-10Bs with a higher gross weight). Volume production ended in 1974, and the number of piston engined Couriers built is reliably estimated at around 500. The type achieved notoriety in that the CIA almost certainly manufactered a further number clandestinely using spare parts, and endeavour that was later the subject of a legal dispute with the builders.
- The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft

Package includes:

• Aircraft by Steven Grant

• Panel by Fred Choate

• Documentation

• Gauges

Features:

• Complete set of moving parts including ailerons, flaps, rudder, elevators, rolling wheels, and leading edge slats* 
  *please note that the real leading edge slats deploy based on the aircraft's angle of attack, the closest I could come to simulating this action was to have them deploy when the elevators cause the aircraft to climb

•  An optional cargo pod that can be deployed by depressing the spoiler key "/" this will also have the added effect of decreasing aircraft performance to simulate the added drag and weight that such an object would likely cause.

• A kneeboard checklist and reference section created from the actual flight manual**
  * *Please make sure you read the checklist prior to startup as the engine may stall if you fail to follow the instructions.

• Highly realistic *.air file to provide flight characteristics to mimic the actual aircraft as closely as possible.

• Detailed fully functional panel with multiple views

• I chose to omit a sound file and stick with the default Cessna. I felt that the Cessna sound file comes close enough to simulating a small/light aircraft, and the addition of 2-5mb to this download did not justify what little improvement it may have provided.

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Gross Weight: 3400lbs.

• Empty Weight: 2023lbs.

• Wing Span: 39ft.

• Wing Chord: 72in.

• Length: 30ft. 4in.

• Fuel Capacity (useable): 58.5gals

• Power Plant: Lycoming GO-480-G1A6

• Max Power: 295hp

• Norm Power: 280hp

• Max Speed 139k (160mph)

• Range: 700miles

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

• A special thanks to Nathan Mackey for all his help, in particular his website (see link below) which provided me with a lot of valuable information. 

• Abacus Software - Flight Sim Design Studio 

• Mike Crosthwaite - SDL Editor

• Konstantine Kukushkin - Aircraft Animator

INSTALLATION:

To use this aircraft, you will need to have the following programs installed on your computer...

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002

• A 3-D Video Card (recommended for some models to appear as intended)

• A file unzipping utility (such as Winzip)

To install this aircraft into FS2002, simply unzip the files into your main FS2002 aircraft directory.

Unzip Gauges into your FS2002 gauges directory 

PLEASE NOTE:  This aircraft is optimized for use with FS2002.

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:

This aircraft is freely given to the flight simulation community, to add to the enjoyment of the flight simulation experience. This aircraft, or portions thereof,  may not be uploaded elsewhere without the express written consent of Steven Grant, nor may it be sold or repackaged in any way on disk, CD, or other any other media type. 

In providing these add-on files, I, Steven Grant do not give any warranties, either implied or specific. Any damage to your computer, programs, or files resulting from the use of these files is the responsibility of the person unzipping the files. If you don't know what you are doing, get help! Above all, please have fun with it

CONTACT INFORMATION:

E-mail: sgrant@cfl.rr.com - Aircraft
web: www.k-a.net

E-mail: choate22@centurytel.net - Panel
web: www.flightsimnetwork.com/montair/

For More Information on this aircraft, please visit:

• Helio Courier.net

• Helio Aircraft Corp