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FSX Lycoming 400hp Top Dressing (Crop Duster) Fun

The Fletcher is a conventional low-wing monoplane with tricycle undercarriage, side-by-side seating in front of the wing and hopper and pronounced dihedral on the outer wing panels. A door aft of the wing’s trailing edge on the port side allows access to a cargo compartment. The Fletcher’s airframe is constructed entirely of aluminium, heavily treated to prevent corrosion.

After the 257th aircraft the engine was changed to a 400 hp (300 kW) Lycoming horizontally opposed eight-cylinder engine (over a hundred earlier aircraft were re built and re engined by the factory). Some Fletchers have also flown with V-8 truck engines. In 1967 a PT6 turboprop version was built by the factory, a 530 hp (400 kW) Garrett TPE 331-powered version followed in 1968 and a 665 hp (496 kW) Garret powered version in 1971. Several others were converted aftermarket with these or Walter turbines, (including the first prototype, which still flies, with a 500 hp (370 kW) PT6).

Performance
(with 400 hp (300 kW) Lycoming)

Maximum speed: 233 km/h
Cruising speed: 209 km/h
Range: 700 km.
Service ceiling: 16,000 ft (4,900 m).
Rate of climb: 805 ft/min
(with 260 hp (190 kW) Continental)

Maximum speed: 143 mph (230 km/h)
Cruising speed: (75% power) 127 mph (204 km/h)
Range: 371 miles (597 km)
Service Ceiling: 17,000 ft (5182 m)
Rate of Climb: 900 ft/min (274 m/min)

Duration : 0:9:39


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10 Responses to “FSX Lycoming 400hp Top Dressing (Crop Duster) Fun”

  1. downloading this …
    downloading this plane right now :D

  2. Hey man, cool vid. …
    Hey man, cool vid. Where did you download this from? I have FSX too, but have never seen this available for download, would love to get it. Cheers.

  3. Ok better change …
    Ok better change the name of this Video.

  4. Not that I know of, …
    Not that I know of, guess you would have to search places like SimAviation for extra scenery.

  5. precisionaviation on June 26th, 2010 at 10:05 pm

    Are there any farm …
    Are there any farm airstrips on the scenery

  6. precisionaviation on June 26th, 2010 at 10:05 pm

    Well CML never had …
    Well CML never had a V8 in it. Used to be a 400hp lycoming. V8 was scraped because of reliabilty issues with the ignition system and the reduction box. We tried to reinvent a wheel which had alredy been invented by many people in the US.

  7. Yeah I don’t know …
    Yeah I don’t know why they put a stop to the V8 Project. I heard that the Ford 10L engine would have only cost 20K per year to service against the 300K for the Turbo Props of the PAC’s, and it runs on regular 91 Octane gas not Jet.

  8. precisionaviation on June 26th, 2010 at 10:05 pm

    Cool video. My mate …
    Cool video. My mate used to fly CML for Superair this aeroplane is now powered by a PT 6

  9. Thanks mate ;-)
    Thanks mate ;-)

  10. Very nice footage, …
    Very nice footage, wish I could find some airstrips for FSX, well done.

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