The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is a propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston-engined. These were eventually succeeded by the upgraded T-34C Turbo Mentor, powered by a turboprop engine. The T-34 remains in service almost six decades after it was first designed. The T-34C Turbine Mentor is powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25 turboprop engine and was developed in 1973, with the final example rolling off the production line in 1990.
*** For FSX STEAM EDITION only ***
Features -
ONE model and ONE livery only (TAW-5, NAS Whiting Field, Florida)
- native FSX model with all FSX features (bump mapping, self-shadowing, bloom etc)
- both front and rear cockpits fully modelled and flyable
- VLE (Visual Load Editor) interface used to toggle wheel chocks, pilots, canopy and exhaust covers and blind-flying hood
- authentic virtual cockpit with animations and mousable controls
- audible switch clicks
- systems modelling in accordance with NATOPS manual, high level of user interaction in VC
- very realistic VC night lighting, separate illumination for cockpit flood and instrument faces
- several new and innovative special features which will inhibit normal operation if procedures are not followed
- visual and audible tire damage when braking procedures not followed
- canopy fogging effect if procedures not followed
- quality soundset, approved by US Navy student pilot
- detailed and illustrated 160-page PDF manual
- realistic pilot figure with user-input anims
- authentic flight dynamics
- includes 'REALGAUGE' technology :
all v-c gauges are 3D models with compete 3D working parts such as needles, flags etc
all gauges are fully mousable with switch parts all working correctly
'RealGauge' provides - prefect smooth operation, high FPS, extremely crisp appearance
all gauges have custom nighttime illumination
note - 2D panel is not needed, a 'minimal' bitmap is however provided
*** T-34C Turbo Mentor DLC (optional extra purchase) ***
The DLC offers five new liveries :
: VF-101 'Grim Reapers' NAS Oceana, VA
: US Marines, VMFAT-101, MCAS Miramar
: Moroccan AF, Ecole de Pilotage, Marrakech
: NASA, Dryden Flight Research Center
: Peru Navy