Cessna 152

[jrbailey]

I'm currently 5 hours away from my Private License. I fly a 1979 Cessna 152 and would like one for FS2002. I have tried most of the ones from here and on other sites. None are even close to flying like a C-152. Most of the models can achieve climb performance of 1500 FPM or greater. The real 152 can get about 800 FPM on a good day with the right condidtions. So, if anyone out there would like to develope a 152 or knows of one with an accurate model please let me know.

Thanks,

JR

[abumahad]

Hi JR,

Congrats and best of luck on your upcoming checkride! By far the best looking C-152 (c152fs2k.zip) I have found is at
http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kdl/mai...k.zip?3h3cf04O



After you install it, just use FSEDIT and drop the power scalar down 1 or 2 notches. The climb rate on a standard day (you do know what a standard day is, right? ) will be about 800 fpm at 72knots (Vy right?)

Fly Safely,

-Abu

[jrbailey]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Feb-10-02 AT 12:34PM (EDT)[/font][p]Thanks for the suggestion and the luck :-) According to the 1979 Cessna 152 POH, on a standard day, the best rate of climb(Vy) is around 700 FPM. FSEdit is really cool though and gives me something new to play with. I think the lift for the plane maybe a little much as well. But, if I can get the numbers to agree to the POH I'll post the changes I make.

Thanks again,


J.R.

[catalinaflyer]

After having flown a few of the sim variety of 150/2's as well as some of the real one's, I think the sim versions are modeled after 150hp real planes rather than 115hp.

"Consciousness Is The Boring Time Between Naps"

[jrbailey]

I would Have to agree. Using FSEdit as suggested I found that the engine was set to 125 BHP and the cylinder displacement was nearly triple what they should have been. I'll keep working on it, but I'm really a rookie when it comes to changing flight dynamics. I'm trying to get a more detailed spec sheet for the engine to put the correct info into FSEdit.

Thanks all again for the suggestions.

J.R.

[jlwoodward]

Hi JR,

Looking forward to your results. I flew a 150 and remember 500 fpm and 100 kts top speed being pretty good for typical gulf coast conditions.

John Woodward