FS2002® & FS2004 acof® Aircraft Model under construction in  FSDS 2  pro as my Forth Project.   

Painted using Paint Shop Pro.                                    

                                  Handley Page Dart Herald  History  
A contemporary of the BAe 748 and Fokker F-27 Friendship, the Handley Page Herald was an unsuccessful attempt at providing a replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3.

The Herald was designed by Handley Page's Reading facility, which was formerly the Miles Aircraft Company. Bearing a superficial resemblance to the smaller and older Miles Marathon, the Herald originally was powered by four 650kW (870hp) Alvis Leonides Major radial piston engines.

Handley Page optimised the Herald design for operations from underdeveloped airfields with operators which it thought would prefer piston rather than turbine power. The first Herald prototype flew on August 25 1955, a second flew on August 3 1956.

However, by this time the Vickers Viscount had proven the reliability and economical operation of turboprops and consequently Handley Page made the decision to switch to turboprops in May 1957. Both of the original piston powered prototypes were converted with two Rolls Royce Darts in place of the four Alvis Leonides Majors. The first flight of a Herald in the new configuration occurred on March 11 1958. The first Series 100 production Herald flew for the first time on October 30 1959.

Only four Series 100s were built before production switched to the larger capacity and stretched (by 1.09m/3ft 7in) Series 200 in late 1961. The prototype 200 flew for the first time on April 8 1961 and it became the major production model. The only other Herald derivative built was the Series 400, a military version of the 200 for Malaysia, which took delivery of eight.

The Herald failed to attract any significant sales success, its poor sales further contributing to the decline of Handley Page. Herald production ceased in August 1968, while Handley Page collapsed in late 1969.

In 1998 Channel Express in the UK operated what is believed to be the last Herald in service. Registered G-BEYF it is due to retire in March 1999.

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03/05/03 FSDS 2 Dart Herald   ( Released!! ) as work in progress.

Dynamic Shine on model - Rolling wheels-Working suspension & nose wheel steering - true Turboprop configured fde -

Opening passenger & cargo doors-Fully animated control surfaces- Fowler Flaps-Lights & full Night lighting -

Paint kit included on this page.

Many thanks to Tony Madge for Testing  Model  (Cheers Mate ).

  this symbol denotes that this is a Work-in-progress & not the finished article.

Many Thanks to Chris Barrett for web space to fit files into.

 
         Model Updates & Fixes!
(14/05/03)

Updated FDE By Steve Marsh & Mark Bursa       Download now & Unzip to your FS2002/Aircraft folder

   FDE Update 1  11 kb

          Version 2 Released !! Download pack 1 again to update.

   Textures modified as some had missing bay textures & Channex had pax windows!.

A fix for the Nav 1 & Nav 2 switches not working on the Sav's Herald Panel (I broke it)!

Edit the Aircraft.cfg with Notepad.

Goto the "Radios" section then edit the "1" to read "0"

This is how it should look when correct (Red shows number to edit).

[Radios]
Audio.1=1
Com.1=1, 0
Com.2=1, 0
Nav.1=1, 0, 1
Nav.2=1, 0, 0
Adf.1=1
Transponder.1=1
Marker.1=1
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 FSDS 2 Dart Herald V2.0  ( Released!! ) as work in progress.   

Coming Soon in next Herald Update.

Reflective textures (turned back on but not used by me) 

if you want them you can add them!.

Visible propeller Pitch & Feathering.

Improved Flight Dynamics  by Steve Marsh & Mark Bursa.   Released !!!

            Working on NordAir type 300 Gallon Auxillary wing tanks.

This download includes Main model & the 6 liveries below (more packs to follow!)

Click on the picture to download the Aircraft then Unzip to your FS2002 "AIRCRAFT" folder. (1.85 mb file size)

(please backup your Panel & Sound folders before you unzip to "FS2002/Aircraft" folder ).

Download HP Dart Herald Pack 1 (sounds & Panel are seperate).   

 

 (please backup your Panel & Sound folders before you unzip to "FS2002/Aircraft" folder ). (1.5 mb file size)

Pack 2 requires the updated pack 1

BEA-ELAN & Tunisavia By Tony Madge. Autair by Gerry Flores.

 

 

  Herald Paint Kit in .psd format for use in Paint shop Pro or Adobe Photoshop.
Herald Multi Layer Paintkit.

(2.0 mb file size)  (Click on the picture to download)

                             

 

                          Rolls Royce Dart sound set by Fraser McKay
                12.7 mb but worth it. (also includes Viscount Checklists)

Go to Flightsim.com & search the file library for Fraser McKay & you should see a list . 

For the Herald you will need the v8sound.zip & the patch hp7sound.zip which adds the different prop sounds.

 

    FS2002 Herald Panel by Saverio Maurri .
          !!!!This panel works in FS2004 but has some needle pivot displacement problems!!!!
     Sav's brilliant Dart Herald Panel. 4.34 mb  Link fixed!
            In the paintshop !!
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