HJG ARJ/BAe Project - With An New Zealand Flavour

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HJG/Historic Jetliners Group have just released another brand new "FREEWARE" project in the form of a Great British classic .... the BRITISH AEROSPACE 146 .... an aircraft also later produced under licence by AVR


This new project features all major production variants of these "wisperliner" jetliners (including some lesser known developmental concepts which, despite having been built and flown, never actually entered production) as follows :-


Avro RJ-70





Avro RJ-85





Avro RJ-100







BAe 146-100




BAe 146-100 STATESMAN (CC2 MK1) .... VIP/military transport





BAe 146-100 STATESMAN (CC2 MK2) .... VIP/military transport





BAe 146-100 STATESMAN (CC2 MK3) .... VIP/military transport





BAe 146-100 QT.... Quiet Trader/freighter





BAe 146-100 STA (MSL) .... Small Tactical Airlifter (developmental Military Side Loader/Tanker)





BAe 146-100 STA (MT) .... Small Tactical Airlifter (developmental Tanker)







BAe 146-200





BAe 146-200 QT .... Quiet Trader/Freighter





BAe 146-200 QC (C3) .... Quick Change military transport/freighter







BAe 146-300





BAe 146-300 QT.... Quiet Trader/freighter







Each of the above aircraft type specific base packs are supported by 15 "NEW" 3D models; "NEW" FDE .... customized for each aircraft version; ARJ and BAe specific panels .... by Mathias LIEBERECHT .... now featuring some minor improvements ....





ARJ panel (featuring a semi-EFIS type flight and navigation instrumentation, AT, and FADEC engine system)







BAe panel (featuring analogue flight and navigation instrumentation)









"NEW" and extremely authentic ARJ and BAe aircraft type specific soundpacks .... by Benoit PLAMONON .... separate FS2004 and FSX audio versions the "quality" of which is "BEYOND IMPRESSIVE" .....





ARJ/BAe soundpack







And last but by no means least of all .... a selection of "NEW" and high quality textures representing the identities of both civil and military operators of these aircraft .... past and present .... from around the globe, and since the early 1980's.





ANSETT NEW ZEALAND introduced the type to the New Zealand domestic network during the early 1990's .... first in -200 and -200 QT form .... and which replaced the airlines B737-100's .... then later in the form of the larger BAe 146-300 .... and which replaced all of the airlines original BAe'146's and operated alongside its DHC-8-200's ....

































ANSETT NEW ZEALAND was acquired by QANTAS AIRWAYS during late 2000 .... the New Zealand division being branded QANTAS NEW ZEALAND, but, due to a "financial situation inherited from ANSETT" it suddenly collapsed during mid 2001 .... some 9 months after commencing operations ....



















AIR NEW ZEALAND later acquired a small number of the former ANSETT NEW ZEALAND/QANTAS NEW ZEALAND operated aircraft, but, these didn't stay long with the airlines fleet ....



















We don't have and ANSETT NEW ZEALAND BAe 146-200's or the -200 QT to offer yet, but, given we now have the necessary 3D models in place .... I'm quietly confident we "may" (possibly") be able to offer these in the very near future.



Hardly aircraft aircraft that ever "filled the skies with noise and smoke" (as HJG's Home Page introductory/welcome garb reads) .... but still .... a very successful, quiet and economic, short range, short field, and environmentally friendly classic from the 1980's, and an aircraft type which is now nearing the end of its in-service life within many parts of the world .... and .... is "a lot of fun" to fly in FS



Available from HJG "now" :-

simviation.com/hjg/



HJG ARJ/BAe SIMULATION FS COMPATIBILITIES



- All HJG supplied ARJ and BAe models and FDE are FS2004 native but FSX portable.



- Both HJG supplied ARJ and BAe panels (by Mathias LIEBERECHT .... modified slightly by HJG also) are FS2004 native "ONLY" .... these "ARE NOT" FSX compatible



- All HJG supplied ARJ and BAe soundpacks are represented by separate FS2004 and FSX specific/native file versions. 



Mark C

[ZacYates]

That's amazing - how incredible is it to see this level of detail and range in freeware? Seeing the early Ansett scheme is a real nostalgia hit.

I'm a little disappointed the STA doesn't have an air refuelling probe, but that's a pretty minor gripe.

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I'm a little disappointed the STA doesn't have an air refuelling probe

It "DOES" actually



It's probably just a little camouflaged against the scenery background though.



See the following images



We produced two models of the STA (Small Tatical Aircraft) .... one without the refuelling boom (the MSL / Military Side Loader) .... and one with the refueling boom (MT / Military Tanker) .... since this aircraft during the brief period of its demonstration support both configurations.



For both models there are two textures .... for a total of four textures subjects .... one featuring the three-tone camouflage scheme it supported during its world tour during around 1988 .... and the other featuring the later plain grey scheme the same STA supported by around 1989 or bit later.



Each represents the same aircraft, G-BSTA,since only one STA aircraft was ever produced by BAe.



Here's a closer look at both models supporting both configurations and liveries ....





BAe 146-100 STA MSL











BAe 146-100 STA MT











In the case of the refuelling boom equipped STA .... this feature, on this particular aircraft, was never actually functional. In fact the boom was made of wood and fitted only in order to assess its potential impact upon the aircraft natural flying characteristics.



The STA was conceived to fulfil both military logistics/freighter as well as tanker rolls, but, despite having been being built, flown, and promoted around the world .... it "failed to take off" (pun unintended) .... attracting interest (particularly from Saudia Arabia I understand), but ultimately, never securing a single order.



The aircrafts high empty weight, plus certain loading/logistical difficulties associated with its ramp necessary loading/unloading operation, became a problem for this particular aircraft and these issues quickly led to its demise.



A modified rear loader design, intended to resolve the STA MSL's side loading issues, never left the drawing board before the entire project was scrapped by BAe.



The one and only STA ever produced was eventually reconfigured as a BAe 146-100 QT and later operated by AUSTRALIAN AIR EXPRESS as VH-NJV ....





BAe 146-100 QT







Mark C



AKL

[ZacYates]

Aha! Consider me de-griped!

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AH .... don't worry about it

I've just made a cock-up myself .... as you'll see per my following posting

Mark C
AKL

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Folks please be aware as follows ....

We/HJG .... are going to have to replace our recently uploaded BAe 146-300 and BAe 146-300QT aircraft base pack files.

Last night I discovered, to my horror, that I'd inadevetantly copied & pasted the wrong W&B and MOI data to these particular base packs.

The result of this "error" is that these simulations will commence and uncommand and constant slow port and starboard roll as soon as the AP is engaged

The error is "MY FAULT".

We/HJG will be correcting this problem and new base packs for these simulations will be available ASAP.

I will update this thread to announce when the repaired files are available.

"MY SINCERE APOLOGIES" to anyone here whom may have been impacted.

Mark C
AKL

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BAe 146-300, -300 QT, AND FURTHER ARJ/BAe AIRCRAFT BASE PACK IMPROVEMENTS

The cause/s of the recent issue affecting our new BAe 146-300 and -300 QT simulations (constant and uncontrollable roll during AP controlled flight) have been identified .... and "FIXED"

New aircraft base packs, containing the repaired CFG files for these have now been uploaded.

We've additionally applied further minor enhancements to each of these simulations, so, the integrity of these latest files is now slightly better than was the case when they were first released on March 31st 2017.

All new CFG files contain headers dated "APRIL 11TH 2017" .... these are the latest files.

For furthr information regarding this please refer to todays HJG forum announcement ....

tonymadgehjg.proboards.com/thread/8518/avro-base-packs-updated-april

Those whom wish to .... be sure to refresh your internet browser (use SHIFT + F5 keyboard commands) in order to be able to see, and access, these latest HJG offerings.

Mark C
AKL/NZ

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For those whom might be interested .... HJG have applied yet another update/improvement to its ARJ/BAe project.

"THANKS" to the continued efforts of Paul HAAK .... HJG have successfully applied tail logo lighting effects (which were previously lacking) to each of its BAe 146-100, -200, and RJ-70, and -85 models .... to those subjects among these simulations which require this particular feature at least since "not all of them" do .... and as is demonstrated below ....


BAe 146-100


BAe 146-100 STATESMAN CC2-MK1


BAe 146-100 STATESMAN CC2-MK2


BAe 146-100 STATESMAN CC2-MK3


BAe 146-100 QT



BAe 146-200


BAe 146-200 QT



The HJG BAe 146-300 and -300 QT models/textures already had this feature so required no such editing at all ....


BAe 146-300


BAe 146-300 QT



The ARJ series models have also benefit from these tail logo night lighting effects too .... although the RJ-100 (like the BAe 146-300) aready supported this feature ....


Avro RJ-70


Aveo RJ-85


Avro RJ-100



The following military freighter/transporter aircraft versions "do not" require tail logo night lighting effects though, so, don't support this particular feature at all ....


BAe 146-100 STA


BAe 146-200 QC C3



Further information regarding these improvements may be reviewed within the following HJG website announcement of today ....
tonymadgehjg.proboards.com/thread/8554/arj-base-packs-update-2017


Mark C
AKL/NZ