[PACK] Lockheed U2 Spyplane

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[PACK] Lockheed U2 Spyplane

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The Lockheed U2 spyplane is a high altitude reconnaissance aircraft built by Lockheed skunk works for the United States Air Force. The aircraft was built 1957 and is still in operational service today.The aircraft is nicknamed the "Dragon Lady" due to it's 4 knot approx stall/over speed margin which is also referred to as "coffin corner". I hope you enjoy flying/spying in this legendary aircraft!

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Nice work!
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Just flew around for an hour getting a feel of the aircraft. Some notes about performance

0-30kft it is like a rocket ship. Full throttle gives you amazing speed/climb.
30-40k is slow going but you do get up there. The neutral (no trim or stick input) gamma of the aircraft switches from really positive (30 gamma) to somewhat negative (-5 to -10 gamma) (gamma is flight path angle above/below horizon)
40-50k This is where things get challenging. Maintaining airspeed and climbing (really slowly) is a challenge
50-60k This is where it gets really really tough to climb. With full fuel at start I couldn't get above 57k. With 25% fuel on start I was down to 5% fuel at 60k and could not really maintain that altitude. I also had about 10 degrees AoA and was slipping back towards a stall. The whole way from 40-60k It felt like I was on the back side of the power curve and really fighting to get every foot I could, all the while loosing speed.

All in all an excellent aircraft. I was a little disappointed by not getting to 70kft but knowing YSFlight limitations, the control realism in the upper altitude above 40k more than made up for it!

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awesome work dan
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brilliant
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Beautifully executed ma boy. :D
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Well done. I'm gonna install this aircraft right away.
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excellent!
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Nice work Dan! Now YSFK can made OSAN AB 5th Reconnaissance Squadron's U-2! :D
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good job! spendid work Dan...she is a beauty!
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Thankyou guys. I really appreciate your comments. :)
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i like this aircraft alot.and she handels better than i though she would. if it's ok with you Dan & Dave, i'd like to try and give the dragon lady the ability to breath fire.
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Excuse the date gap, but does anyone mind re-hosting this?
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Re: [PACK] Lockheed U2 Spyplane

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Indy wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 2:58 pm Excuse the date gap, but does anyone mind re-hosting this?
Welsh's addon pack has the U2 pack in it, not sure if this helps but i figured id pass this information : D

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Luisitoo wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 3:46 pm Welsh's addon pack has the U2 pack in it, not sure if this helps but i figured id pass this information : D
That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
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Thanks for spotting this, i’ve updated the link to re-direct to the Welsh Addons Hangar forum post
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