About

The Lexair 350 Skyliner is a four engine, two aisle, long-range aircraft which is a rival plane for the SWL-250 Stratoliner (a large 3-engine aircraft with similar characteristics).

Controls

• AG 1 | Engine 1
• AG 2 | Engine 2
• AG 3 | Engine 3
• AG 4 | Engine 4
• AG 5 | Brakes (speedbrakes, reverse thrust)
• AG 6 | Hydraulics (roll, pitch, yaw, landing gear up/down)
• AG 7 | Lights (instrument backlight, nav lights)
• AG 8 | Landing Lights
• Gear | Landing Gear
• VTOL up | Parking brake (piston on nose wheel)

Views

• Camera 1 | Captain
• Camera 2 | First Officer
• Camera 3 | Flight Engineer
• Camera 4 | Right Wing
• Camera 5 | Left Wing
• Camera 6 | Tail

Speeds & Altitudes

• 130-150 mph | Rotation speed
• 100 mph | Stall speed
• 200-400 mph | Average speed
• 4,000 ft | Long final altitude
• 7,000 - 10,000 ft | Average cruise altitude when island hopping in the SimplePlanes map
• 30,000 - 37,000 ft | Average cruise altitude in reality

How to fly

Startup (recommended in camera 1-3 view)

• VTOL up (parking brake on)
• Activate 1, and wait until all the dials have stopped rotating
• Repeat, until 1-4 are on.
• Activate 7
• Activate 6 (do this in camera 3), and wait until the hydraulic pressure stops increasing.
• VTOL to middle

Takeoff

• Set trim to about 1/8 a notch down
• Full throttle
• Rotate at the rotation speed
• AG 8 off, and gear up
• Level off at cruising altitude
• Cruise power is 90%

Approach & Landing

• 60% throttle once under 5,000 ft
• 50% and AG 5 when under 4,000 ft
• On short final, gear down, and AG 8
• 'Flare' the nose on touchdown, and full brakes
• Deactivate 5 once under 30 mph (remember to stop braking before deactivating it)
• You need 0% power to taxi, because the engines are slightly running (my 2-engines in an engine innovation)
• Make sure you stop first before applying parking brake because it will break off
• Deactivate 1-4, and 8
• Deactivate 6, and then 7

Links

Pictures & info
Lexair 351 Skyliner