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FSAddon Publishing

Super Cub X Collection by Simon Smeiman

© 2009 FSAddon Publishing

ContentsCOPYRIGHT STUFF..................................................................................................................................................... 3

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 4

INSTALLATION .......................................................................................................................................................... 6

UNINSTALLING.......................................................................................................................................................... 6

SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................................................. 7

THE SUPER CUB X COLLECTION FOR FSX ..................................................................................................................... 8

INSIDE THE COCKPIT.................................................................................................................................................. 9

Main panel -general (fig.1): ...........................................................................................................................................10The right hand wing root panel -most versions (fig.2):..................................................................................................11Levers on pilot left hand side- most versions (fig.3): .....................................................................................................12

FOUR COCKPIT VERSIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 13

Simple ............................................................................................................................................................................13Cluttered, with key starter: ............................................................................................................................................13Cluttered, with push button starter: ..............................................................................................................................14Square, with key starter and switches: ..........................................................................................................................14Other features regarding the gauges and avionics: ......................................................................................................16Virtual Cockpit polygon..................................................................................................................................................17

AIRCRAFT OPERATION............................................................................................................................................. 19

STARTING AND SHUTTING DOWN...............................................................................................................................................19TAXIING ................................................................................................................................................................................19TAKE-OFF ..............................................................................................................................................................................20CLIMB OUT AND CRUISING ........................................................................................................................................................20LANDING ...............................................................................................................................................................................20

ENGINE SOUNDS ..................................................................................................................................................... 20

ANIMATIONS AND FEATURES .................................................................................................................................. 21

Aerobatics with a cub ....................................................................................................................................................21The Amphibian...............................................................................................................................................................22The Floaters ...................................................................................................................................................................23Going Skiing ...................................................................................................................................................................24Flaps...............................................................................................................................................................................25Stabilizer trim: ...............................................................................................................................................................25Doors and vents .............................................................................................................................................................26Engine ............................................................................................................................................................................27Wheels and tires ............................................................................................................................................................27Looking in.......................................................................................................................................................................28

IN CLOSING............................................................................................................................................................. 29

MORE COPYRIGHTS................................................................................................................................................. 30

ABOUT FSADDON PUBLISHING ................................................................................................................................ 31

OTHER FSADDON PRODUCTS................................................................................................................................... 32



Copyright stuff

Let’s get the 'small print' over with first. We know that anything in this big bad world can bereproduced within minutes, no matter the copy protection, no matter what we write or how much wethreaten, so the following text is just meant for decent people to read. The ones we know that will takeit to heart. The ones that have just PURCHASED this product. In other words: YOU! (And, by theway, thank you for that!!).

All FSAddon Publishing products are commercial products and copyrighted as such. This meansthat no product, or any part of it, may be copied, reproduced or disassembled in any way, norpublished in any way and by any means, without written agreement from FSAddon Publishing. Thesame holds true for any registration- or license key or any other means of product protection.The product is provided 'as is' and the publisher, author(s) and distributor(s) do not accept any liabilityfor any damages of any kind resulting from the use of the product in any way.Warning: This product should NOT be used for real world training or other real world usage ofany kind!

After purchasing this product, ’Super Cub X Collection’ by Simon Smeiman, you may install anduse it on ONE computer only for your private use. And you know what? If you really want to make abackup copy for safety reasons only and promise NOT to use it for anything else (like giving it to yourbest friend), we don't even blame you!

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Introduction

Manufacturer: Piper AircraftMaiden flight: Nearly 60 years ago during 1949.Production was from 1949 to1983 and then from 1988 till 1994.

The Piper PA-18 "Super Cub" is a two-seat, single-engine light utility aircraft. It was developed fromearlier Piper PA-11 and traces its lineage back through the J-3 to the Taylor E-2 Cub of the 1930's.

Three years after it stopped building J-3s, Piper introduced the PA-18 Super Cub. This design whichis also a tandem tail dragger with fabric covering but fitted with flaps, an O-290 Lycoming, a 135 hpengine and an electric starter was regarded as the perfection of the J-3 Cub. Well over 9000 SuperCubs were sold over the years.


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Introduction






Introduction






Super Cubs are commonly found in roles such as bush flying, banner and glider towing, and othersituations in which short field performance is required. These aircraft can take-off in about 400 feetand land in about 300 feet thanks to the huge “barn door size” flaps.

The high-lift wing and powerful engine also made the Super Cub a prime candidate for conversion toeither ski or float plane.

Today, the Super Cub is still manufactured as the PA-18 "Top Cub" from Cub Crafters in Yakima,Washington. Many enthusiasts all over the world also tackle it as “home build” projects. Tanks tothem we will hopefully see Super Cubs dancing in the clouds for many years to come.

Specifications (PA-18-150):Length : 22 ft 7 in (6.88 m)Wingspan : 35 ft 3 in (10.74 m)Empty weight : 983 lb (446 kg)Loaded weight : 1750 lb (794 kg)Power plant : Lycoming O-320 flat four, 150 hp (112 kW)Cruise speed : 100 kts (120 mph, 180 km/h)Range : 400 nmi (460 mi, 740 km)Service ceiling : 19,000 ft (5,800 m)Rate of climb : 960 ft/min















Installation

Installation is relatively easy. Actually, chancesare that when you read this, you’ve alreadyDONE IT!

Just to re-iterate what happens: You start the ‘installer’ It will find your FSX installation (unless you have changed something, then you will need to

point the installer to the PATH where you have installed FSX) The installer will make (or find an existing) FSAddon folder within your FSX folder and move

the necessary files into it Inside that FSAddon folder you will also find this manual. It will copy all aircraft files to the FSX/SimObjects/Airplanes folder

Uninstalling

We can’t imagine you would want to uninstall what you just bought, but just in case you need to, hereis how:

Click on Start (bottom left of your windows screen) Click on Programs Find the FSAddon product title (you may have more) Find the appropriate ‘Uninstall’ and click on it

That’s it.



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Support

We don’t envisage you will need much support as this is a fairly simple product with an automatedinstall.But since SUPPORT is one of our famous hallmarks we are here for you of course !!

You can freely READ our Support Forums and find information there. In case you have QUESTIONSyou will NEED to REGISTER to our SUPPORT FORUMS , which is THE ONLY PLACE we providesupport for FSAddon Publishing products !!

You can find Simon’s forum here: http://forums.fsaddon.eu/viewforum.php?f=35

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The Super Cub X Collection for FSX

This model was originally released as the “Top Cub” for Flight Simulator 9 – “A Century of Flight”.Hundreds of copies of the “Top Cub” were sold world wide. Real world pilots from all over the worldrated it as the best Super Cub add-on for Flight Simulator. We have since received numerousrequests for a “true” Flight Simulator X version of the model.

Well, after months of extensive research, burning late night oil, blood, sweat and tears we proudlypresent you the Flight Simulator X model of this very popular small aircraft.

The package is huge and very extensive, just below 1 Gig uncompressed. There are 7 types and 24different configurations of the Super Cub. The 7 types are Amphibian, Floats, Skis, Tundra (mediumand large) and normal wheels. An aerobatic version is also included just for the fun of it. Theconfigurations are PA18 and L-21, all with different main panels, side panels, cockpits, cowls, doorsand window vents.















Inside the cockpit

The model is designed to be operated from the virtual cockpit and there is no 2D cockpit provided.

You will be hard pressed to find two Super Cub cockpits that are exactly identical. They are allunique. Some have simple panels with only the most essential flight instruments. Others have squaremodern panels. Then there are some with flight instruments cluttered all over the panel and so it goeson.

In fact, we have included FOUR different basic panels with our collection, Simple, Cluttered withstarter, Cluttered with push button starter and Square with key starter and switches.

Basically they all have the same functionality (upon availability of switches etc.), and are the same asour previous Cub model. So let’s show you the basic functions you can find in most of the models,using the schema below:



Inside the cockpit







Inside the cockpit







Let us take look at the office:

Main panel -general (fig.1):

(fig.1)

1: Magnetic Compass2: Clock3: RPM Indicator4: Attitude Indicator (Artificial Horizon)5: Altitude Indicator6: Oil Temprature and pressure gauge7: Manifold Pressure Gauge8: Suction Gauge9: Self Starter Button10: Fuel/Air Mixture Control11: Carburetor Heat12: Comm 1 Radio13: NAV 122 Receiver (RX)14: Airspeed Indicator (mph)15: Turn Coordinator16: Cabin Ventilation17: Vertical Speed Indicator18: Heading Indicator19: Transponder20: Engine Primer



The right hand wing root panel -most versions (fig.2):

(fig.2)

1: Navigation Lights Switch2: Landing Light Switch3: Rotating Beacon/Strobe Light Switch4: Circuit Breakers (not functional)5: Amp meter6: Volt meter7: Right Wing Fuel Gauge (Left Wing Fuel Gauge is on opposite Wing root)8: Taxi Light Switch9: Pitot Heat Switch10: Master Avionics Switch11: Master Battery Switch12: Cabin Light Switch

NOTE: There are no “pop-up” windows in these models. They fly slowly enough so there areplenty time to zoom in on gauges.



Levers on pilot left hand side- most versions (fig.3):

(fig.3)

1: Elevator Trim Indicator/ Control2: Flap Lever3: Fuel Tank Selector Switch (Left/ Both/ Right/ Off)

The ski and float versions have the following additional lever:Ski version: Ski deploy lever (fig.4).Float version: Water rudder deploy lever (fig.5).

(fig.4) (fig.5)



Four cockpit versions

Simple

Cluttered, with key starter:




Simple





Simple




Cluttered, with push button starter:

Square, with key starter and switches:











All gauges are 3-D and actual moving parts of the model:

Besides the main panels there are also levers and switches on the cockpit left side and in the wingroots

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As we said earlier there are many different configurations and cockpit layouts so please familiarizeyourself with the cockpit of your aircraft before you take off. Look closely (zoom in) at everythingaround you in the cockpit. Make sure you know where the switches, primer, mixture, starter,magnetos, trims and other levers are. Also check what flight instruments are available and where theyare situated.

About every lever, knob, switch and handle in these cockpits are functional and can be operatedeither by mouse click, drag or mouse wheel. Familiarize yourself with their operations otherwise youwill lose it during busy times in the office!

Other features regarding the gauges and avionics:

The RPM gauge also indicates engine hours. The Artificial Horizon Indicator can be caged and the “wings” can be set higher or lower. The heading bug in the Directional Indicator can be set. The radios and transponder can be tuned. The NAV122 Receiver will only function if tuned to the correct airport frequency. You can also

listen to the airport id in Morse code. The fuel gauges are mounted on the wing roots inside the cockpit. The fuel levels are visible

through the glass tubes of these gauges.



















Virtual Cockpit polygon

The 3-D gauges cannot be changed. They are fixed parts of the model.

However, we are aware that some simmers like to use their own custom gauges in Flight Simulatormodels. For these simmers we have provided a “clean” Virtual Cockpit Polygon panel in eachmain panel onto which “picture” gauges can be projected.

To access this Virtual Cockpit Polygon and panel click with the mouse somewhere on the phone wiresockets near the left hand corner of the main panel.See the illustration below:

The 3-D Panel with gauges (top) is now replaced by a “clean” Virtual Cockpit Polygon panel (below)onto which you can place your own gauges. You can switch between the default 3-D Panel andgauges and Virtual Cockpit Polygon Panel as often as you like while in the Virtual Cockpit.

















The panels for all aircraft are aliased to the relative Panel Folder located in the Main Aircraft Folderfor the Super Cub Wheels version. You will notice that we have already placed a few default “picturegauges” in the panel.cfg just for illustration purposes.

Note: This feature is not supported and is there solely for the use by simmers that have the “knowhow” regarding panels and gauges. If you lack this “know how” please do not tamper with it.











Aircraft Operation

The gauges and radios on the main panel are pretty much straight forward light aircraft things so wewill not discuss their operations in this manual. If you do have a need to know more about thesegauges please consult the Flight Simulator Learning Center.

The following engine and aircraft management procedures for this Super Cub are however importantto point out:

Starting and Shutting Down

The Super Cub you choose to fly will have either a push button or key starter.

By default the engine will be running.The cold starting procedure is as follows:

Master battery on. Recognition lights on. Mixture full in (rich). Fuel Tank selector - left tank. Magnetos both on (cockpit left side -push button starter version only) Prime as required. Click and drag push button left or right. For key starter version click and drag the key to start

position.

Shutting down the engine is by Pulling the mixture full out (lean). Magnetos switched off or the key to off position. All switches to off position. Leaving the switches on after shutting down will drain the battery

quick and you will find it difficult to cold start again.Note: If you find it too difficult to start using the above procedure, use the “Ctrl + E” from the keyboard.

Right, now you can switch on all necessary goodies while she warms up (not her man, I’m talkingabout the Cub!).

Taxiing

Okay, you got taxi clearance, release the parking brakes, and push the throttle slightly forward – nottoo much as that big McCauley prop in front is moving a lot of air. Taxi speed is at a good walkingpace. You can’t see clear over the panel so “snake” is the way to go. Keep the stick in your stomachwhile taxing to keep that tail wheel on the ground. If you don’t do it, she (the Cub) will lift her tail veryquickly. While you are busy with all of this make sure the trim indicator is centered for take-off. Don’tlower the flaps while taxiing because she will become too light on her feet.



Take-off

Right! There is your take-off clearance….no! no! you don’t have to take off anything…all they said iswe can take to the sky! Put her nose into the wind… Keep the stick back…Give her (the Cub)gas….and off you go! While on the take-off roll use the rudder to keep her lined up with the centreline. Ease the stick forward just enough to raise the tail. Now you can see the runway clearly in frontof you.

Watching the Air Speed Indicator, you can rotate at 60 mph without flaps. With flaps it’s a suddenaffair…that high lift wing combined with flaps I mean. While on the flaps subject…this Cub has a 4setting (0% -up, 30%, 66% and 100% - full lowered) manual operated flap system. The flap lever(fig.3) can be operated from the virtual cockpit by the normal click and drag thing or mouse wheel orkey board or flaps button on the joystick.

Climb out and cruising

During the climb out you can adjust the trim setting as you prefer. Just be aware that at full throttlesetting she will keep on climbing.

Cubs were not made for super sonic flight so don’t cruise full throttle. She is very forgiving but she willrun away with you if you abuse her too much (we are still discussing the Cub here).

Cruising with this Cub is around 2200 rpm at 100 mph or so. At this speed the trim setting should bemore or less centered for a nice steady and level flight.

Very slow flying with full flaps is around 50mph. She will stall at speeds lower than 40 mph.

Landing

Coming down for a landing is straight forward and easy with these Cubs. Just watch your speedduring the decent. Don’t let the speed build up – keep her around 65-70 mph. When lowering theflaps be prepared…she pitches nose-down. Lined up with the runway, control her sink rate using thethrottle. The ideal is to be at around 55-60 mph at touch but not slower than 50mph. Pulling the stickback just before the wheels touches the ground will result in a nice 3-pointer.

Take-off and landing on water is also something that these Cubs (the float version) are good at. Youwill get the hang of it in no time. Just take note of the following:

Make sure the water rudders are retracted before take-off and landing.When taxing on water use the water rudders and play with the throttle and wind from the prop on therudder to steer her in the right direction.

Engine Sounds

The engine sounds are recordings from a real PA18 and includes a stereo effect.



Animations and Features

If, after the previous section, you have more questions about flying taildraggers, then please consultthe Flight Simulator Learning Centre regarding tail draggers.

The Super Cub is a slow flyer and therefore ideal for those low and slow scenery cruises or to get inand out of tight landing spots.

Aerobatics with a cub

For those who like the adrenaline pumping, we have designed an aerobatic version with a shorterwingspan, stronger engine, spats and a 3-blade prop. With this one you can race the Extras or just dosome wild free style aerobatics. Pure fun with a Super Cub!

















The AmphibianThe Amphibian version is equipped with hydraulic operated retractable landing gear and waterrudders. The control panel for these is located on the left side of the cockpit:

Caution: Do not flare the Amphibian too much nose high when landing on its wheels. Try to flare outjust enough to prevent the front wheels from touching down first and to prevent scraping the rear ofthe floats.











The FloatersThe Floats version is equipped with manual operated water rudders. The water rudder lever is locatedon the left side of the cockpit. Click on the lever to raise or lower the water rudders:

Take-offs and landings on water is real fun in these Super Cubs. Flare plenty on landing just beforetouch down and let the plane settle on its own. On take-offs get the floats onto the steps to buildspeed. Remember to raise the water rudders for all take-offs and landings. The water rudders arevery effective when taxiing and very sensitive at high taxi speeds so use caution.











Going SkiingThe Ski version is operated like the normal wheels version. Raise the skis for take-offs and landingson dry ground. The ski operating lever is located on the left hand side of the cockpit:









FlapsThe flap handle is located to the front left of the pilot seat. Click the handle to raise or lower the flapsor use the appropriate joystick button or key.

Stabilizer trim:Click and drag the trim lever to raise or lower the leading edge of the stabilizer.The stabilizer trim movement is visible from the outside view:











Doors and ventsThe upper door can be opened or close by the normal “shift+e” keys or by clicking on the doorhandle. The lower door can be opened and close by the normal “shift+e+2” keys or by clicking on anyvisible part of the door:

VISTA users please note: The lower door can only open or close by means of the“shift+e+2” keys.

Click on the window vent knob or window grip to open and close:













EngineTo cowl flaps can be opened to reveal the detailed Lycoming engine. We have assigned the “/”(spoilers) key for this.

Wheels and tiresThe wheel versions are fitted with two tire brands. The normal size wheels use the ‘Goodyear’ brandand the tundra the ‘Airstreak’ brand:











Looking inThe actual gauges, levers and switches used in the virtual cockpit are also present in the main model.You can therefore observe their movement from the outside views as well:









In closing

Well, this is it. A lot of features and detail packed into a small little Super Cub. There are more thingsbut we leave that up to you to discover!

This model was extensively tested and works well with Windows XP and Vista. We are prettyconfident that the model will function well on any computer capable of running Flight Simulator X atreasonable frame rates.

The following are known issues which are due to the Simulator itself or flaws in the SDK modeldefinition codes:

- The lights that appear to be out of place when viewed from some angles.

- Movement of the spinning prop not smooth.

- The fuel selector cannot be set to the “Off” position.

Feel free to contact us regarding other issues you might find. We will be glad to assist.

Thank you for your interest in this model. We trust that you will enjoy many happy flying hours withthe little Super Cub.

Time to fly! You will find ‘em all under “GFA Super Cub” in the Aircraft Select Menu. Remember toturn on “show all variants”.

Enjoy!

Simon



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All items contained in this package including this manual are copyrighted and protected byinternational copy right laws. Any item what so ever contained in this package cannot be reproduced,reversed engineered, altered or modified in any way without written consent from me, SimonSmeiman.The software in this package is furnished as is. I do not guarantee this software in any way anddeclines hereby also any claims for malfunctions or possible harm to computer hardware or softwareof any kind or responsibility for personal injury or damage or loss of any kind that may arise fromusing this software.All brand names and trademarks referred to in the manual and displayed in the visual software modelare trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners

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About FSAddon Publishing

Since you've come this far, you must be a die-hard simmer, or at least anavid reader. Congratulations on your perseverance, not many peopleread manuals at all ;-) To reward you, let me tell you something aboutour companies then…..

FSAddon Publishing is wholly owned by Silver Cloud Publishing, François Dumas’s privately ownedcompany.

FSAddon.com was founded by Miguel Blaufuks and François Dumas with the main purpose ofdesigning and publishing add-ons for the Microsoft Flight Simulator range of products.But not just any add-ons!Our aim was and is to provide additional immersion for the simulation by providing high-quality,complete packages or series that do more than just add an airfield, a utility or an aircraft. We areaiming to provide ‘reality kits’ that are a combination of additional FS software AND other things suchas a story line, navigational information and tools, or even community access via the Internet.

We are also convinced that most buyers of these flight simulators only scratch the tip of the proverbialiceberg and won't use more than perhaps 10% of its capabilities. Another goal of ours therefore isproviding education and information geared towards better and more satisfying usage of what youhave already bought!

The company is affiliated with the well-known company simMarket.com, which in turn is part of theassociated simFlight Network. SimMarket is the world largest on-line distributor of flight simulatoradd-ons. But up to now all products have been sold under their own name and without any (or much)guidance from simMarket.

The simFlight Network consists of a multitude of flight simulator news sites, covering many languagesand areas around the world, and also hosting a large number of flight simulator user communities viaforums and other means.The two organizations together form a very powerful base for the newly founded FSAddon.com,providing all the basic infrastructure, skills and contacts needed to design, develop and publish flightsimulator add-ons.

The company’s aim is 3-tiered

1) To substantially expand the possibilities for beginning simpilots to use their flight simulator2) To provide high-quality, extensive add-ons to the more experienced simpilots3) To lower the thresholds for communicating and flying together using flight simulators and theinternet.

We hope you'll enjoy our products, and above all, the pleasure of sharing this hobby with us and thehundreds of thousands of like-minded enthusiasts all over the world. If we can add just a little value toit, then we have achieved our goal.



Where to find us on the Internet:

Our main website is www.fsaddon.com (and the new version www.fsaddon.eu).Our main support forums can be found at: http://forums.fsaddon.eu/portal.php

At the time of writing we are changing our main website. It might already be moved towww.fsaddon.eu by the time you read this. Try both!Silver Cloud Publishing is here: www.SliverCloudPublishing.com

Other FSAddon products

If you like this product, then you will want to visit FSAddon’s website(www.fsaddon.com) from time to time, because we are working on a wholerange of similar and other products, from very well-known authors anddesigners, but also from very talented new people in the flight simulatorindustry.

Just check out the ‘Products’ link to see everything we have made so far,and the ‘News’ link for regular info on what we are working on !

Already famous products released in the past include such ‘classics’ as Misty Fjords, TongassFjords and VancouverPlus, FSCargo, and more recently VancouverPlus for FSX and TongassFjords X.

At the time of writing this we have a lot of new titles under development, including Misty Fjords forFSX, Emma Field X, the Lysander Package, FSCargo X, Gloster Gladiator, FenceBuilder andmore…….

See you in the (virtual) skies !

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