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C-5M Super Galaxy

2,678 Thund3rb0lt10  8 months ago

This is FRED, the nickname by groundcrews given to the C-5 Galaxy due to the immense amount of work required to keep it in flying condition. Much like the 5 days of work it took to complete and even-out some of the teething issues during testing, and undo reversing like 10 steps every time I needed to use it did not help. Here is the final product that I am satisfied with, and I hope you are too. Enjoy.

Link to the cockpit avionics Couldn't have done the cockpit without @Striderxxl 's displays
The following Information is provided from the US Air Force Fact Sheet

----C-5M Super Galaxy----
The C-5M Super Galaxy is a strategic transport aircraft and is the largest aircraft in the Air Force inventory. Its primary mission is to transport cargo and personnel for the Department of Defense. The C-5M is a modernized version of the legacy C-5 designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin. Currently the U.S. Air Force owns and operates 52 C-5B/C/M.

The C-5M Super Galaxy is equipped with five sets of landing gear, 28 wheels, four General Electric CF6-80C2-L1F (F-138) commercial engines, and a state-of-the-art maintenance diagnostics system. It can carry oversized cargo over intercontinental ranges and can take off and land on relatively short runways. Both the nose and aft doors open, allowing ground crews to simultaneously load and off-load cargo from both ends, reducing cargo transfer times.

----What Makes it "Super"?----
Based on a study showing 80 percent of the C-5 airframe service life remaining, Air Mobility Command began an aggressive program to modernize the C-5s in 1998. The C-5 Avionics Modernization Program included upgrading the avionics to improve communications, as well as upgrading the navigation, surveillance and air traffic management systems to maintain compliance with national and international airspace requirements. It also added new safety equipment and installed a new autopilot system.

Another part of the C-5 modernization plan was a comprehensive Reliability Enhancement and Re-engineering Program. The last of the Air Force’s 52 C-5s are scheduled to complete the RERP modification in fiscal year 2018. The rest of the C-5 fleet entered retirement by September 2017.

The C-5 aircraft engines were upgraded from four General Electric TF-39 engines to General Electric CF6-80C2-L1F (F-138) commercial engines. This engine delivers a 22 percent increase in thrust, a 30 percent shorter take-off roll, a 58 percent faster climb rate, and will allow significantly more cargo to be carried over longer distances. With its new engines and other system upgrades, the RERP modified C-5A/B/Cs became C-5M Super Galaxies.

This modernization program also made the C-5 fleet quieter (Federal Aviation Administration Stage 4 Compliant), enhanced aircraft reliability, maintainability, maintained structural and system integrity, reduced cost of ownership and increased operational capability well into the 21st century.

----Specifications (In Game)----
Max Speed (level flight)- 600mph/965kmh @ 12,700ft/3870m alt
473mph/761kmh @ sea level
Stall Speed- 150mph/241kmh @full flaps
V1speed-160mph/257kmh
VRspeed-180mph/289kmh
V2speed-200mph/320kmh
Turn Rate (90* bank angle)- 19s @380mph/611kmh

ACTIVATION GROUPS
1. Cargo Door Engage (unlocks VTOL allowing to open/close)
2. Nav Lights
3. Cockpit Lights
4. Thrust Reverser (Brake input)

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +51 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 231.4ft (70.5m)
  • Length 213.7ft (65.1m)
  • Height 66.4ft (20.2m)
  • Empty Weight 188,419lbs (85,465kg)
  • Loaded Weight 312,439lbs (141,720kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.085
  • Wing Loading 44.0lbs/ft2 (214.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 7,103.9ft2 (660.0m2)
  • Drag Points 108364

Parts

  • Number of Parts 418
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 2,469
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    @Sparky6004 Thanks, I agree it is a bit curvy in the wrong places. Just now getting the hang of shaping/slicing fuselages

    8 months ago
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    10.1k Sparky6004

    The design is a little… bulbous here and there, needs some reshaping and smoothing BUT the concept is there. Good effort

    Keep improving, you did good lad 👍

    +2 8 months ago
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    @LoneSpaceGaming Its really an amazing plane to see in person, and the capabilities of it are insane. Look up some of the pictures of things they can put inside the cargo bay if you want to be impressed

    8 months ago
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    There was one of these flying near me just today!

    +1 8 months ago
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    12.5k Mvgames

    Incrível

    +1 8 months ago