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Hi Pat,

Pat Folk wrote:
> 
> anyone know of anywhere to get the Aero Commander 681 
> FS98...I have a great panel I d/l but need the plane 
> to go with it.

Referring to mtj_r680.zip ? It's a great panel to look at isn't it ?
It's sharp, clean and a beautifully finished artwork. 

Unfortunately, it isn't for a turbine Commander and in fact it's not for
a turbine aircraft. The first clue is the gauges, the second the
airspeed limits placarded on the panel which are way, way too low for
any turbine Commander. Those placard limits are likely to be for the
Shrike 500S, but I don't have the numbers : maybe someone could help
here ? 

The Gulfstream G1000 to which the 680 was quite similar in performance
were good for close to 300kts TAS at about 31-32000 and they barber-pole
the 250kt limit with ease below 10k. 

The panel in the G1000 a.k.a. Commander 695B and the lesser Grand
Commander, the 680, were not dissimilar. Michael T has done a really
excellent and much more representative 695B / G1000 panel in file
pnl_r682.zip.  There are two a/c (ga-1000.zip and r-690b.zip) at
flightsim that suit that panel. 

There are very few piston FS5/FS98 Aero Commanders to be found at all,
but the nicest flying example is Noble Air's NBLCSHR.zip. It just needs
a lot more power to get it to go. As with many FS5 conversions, the
engine numbers need adjusting in the .air file.

I haven't found a suitable Garret TPE331 (a-la G1000) soundpack yet to
round it off a G1000 yet. If you find one, let me know :)

Hope this helps.

rgds,
-- 
Steve Small 
Canberra, Australia
