Baade 152, East Germany's Jetliner

[dodgy-alan 1,587]

Thanks to Hurricane for the heads up on this model. The VEB/Baade 152 was East Germany's only home grown foray into the airliner market. It first flew in 1958, only 3 were built and one of those crashed, the 13 production aircraft were never completed. lots more info here;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baade_152

This model is from the donationware stable of JR Lucariny. Visually it looks correct, It also handles like many early jetliners in that it feels big and slow to react to control inputs, roll control is slower than most jets of this era though although pitch is fine. The model comes with default B737 panel and sounds. To give it more of a period look I borrowed the panel from Dave Maltbys Comet 3 and the sounds from a TU135 to give it that authentic East European scream that they all seem to have! Ok they're not strictly accurate but as no-one in the west has ever seen or heard a real one it is all pure conjecture anyway. So this then is the Baade 152, enjoy.....

Parked on the ramp

ready to roll

lift off

climbing out of Dresden

accelerating through the murk

cruising at 25,000

turning for home

lining up on finals, dropping the gear

about to touch down, from some angles the aircraft looks like a giant Harrier !

Had it gone into service it would have looked striking among western aircraft.

Thanks for viewing, this is flown in FS9, there does not appear to be an FSX one. this is the link you need. you need to make a donation then Lucariney will email you the download link.

http://www.jrlucariny.com/Site2008/baade152/baade152.html

[jaydor 345]

Never seen that before. I like the stabalizers on each wing, reminds me of leaning to ride a bike. Bet the pilot owned a Trabant..

You sure its not a Harrier in disguise?

Thanks Alan..

[allardjd 1,853]

That gives a whole new meaning to taking a 152 around the patch...

Several other AC had outriggers like that. The U2 uses something similar but they fall off on takeoff. I think the B-47 had them too. I guess that would make you work hard to keep the nose gear on the centerline. I imagine wiping out a row of runway edge lights would not make you all that popular with the local authorities.

John

[dodgy-alan 1,587]

That gives a whole new meaning to taking a 152 around the patch...

Several other AC had outriggers like that. The U2 uses something similar but they fall off on takeoff. I think the B-47 had them too. I guess that would make you work hard to keep the nose gear on the centerline. I imagine wiping out a row of runway edge lights would not make you all that popular with the local authorities.

John

The B47 , B52 and largest of the lot, the Myasischev M4 Bison all had this configuration, the stllborn Avro 730 would also have done. Like all of these aircraft landing on the single central U/C leg makes the aircraft bounce quite a bit if you're not careful. It's a bit like a pogo stick!

[allardjd 1,853]

The B-52 main gear can be canted in flight. As I understand it the crosswind landing technique is to calculate the offset based on the reported surface winds and touchdown speed, crank in the required gear offset and hold the crab, wings level, right into the touchdown. If there is a fairly stiff crosswind component, the AC touches down at some angle to the runway centerline, but the main wheels are pointed straight down the runway even though the AC centerline is not. It's apparently a decent system and works fine, but it's just that much more monkey-motion to be built into the aircraft and one more pre-landing chore to calculate and dial in the offset.

John

[hurricanemk1c 195]

Nice shots Alan!