Aerosoft Lukla Mount Everest Operating Instructions
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FSX Manual
Aerosoft Lukla X – Version 2.00
Index
Introduction ............................................................................................................ 3
Copyrights .............................................................................................................. 3
Credits ................................................................................................................... 4
System requirements ............................................................................................... 4
Contact support ....................................................................................................... 5
Missions ................................................................................................................. 5
The airports ............................................................................................................ 6
Lukla (VNL2) ........................................................................................................ 6
Finding Lukla ..................................................................................................... 7
Runway information ............................................................................................ 7
Advised Settings ...................................................................................................... 9
Appendix A; FAQ .................................................................................................... 10
Appendix B; High Density Altitude ............................................................................. 12
High Density Altitude ............................................................................................ 12
High (Density) Altitude Operations ......................................................................... 13
Preparation ...................................................................................................... 13
Starting ........................................................................................................... 13
Takeoff ............................................................................................................ 13
Landing ........................................................................................................... 13
How do I estimate the Density Altitude? .................................................................. 14
Appendix C; Flying into Lukla ................................................................................... 15
How to survive Lukla ............................................................................................ 15
Landing ........................................................................................................... 15
Taxiing on Lukla ................................................................................................ 16
Take-off from Lukla ........................................................................................... 16
Appendix D; The Chart ............................................................................................ 17
Please note that the mission are not released with this version 1.00, they will
follow in the next 10 days. We wanted to make sure they can be used with the
soon to be released Twin Otter as well as with default aircraft.
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Introduction
In the last few years Flight Simulator has expanded more and more into the fringes of
aviation. As the world gets more visually attractive our customers asked for more and more
visual scenery and we were happy to provide that (many people in our office fly VFR
themselves) but slowly people started to ask for more demanding scenery to test their
flying skills. Looking around we decide to go for the highest airport in the world with
scheduled flights, Lukla (Nepal). To make it look good we bought a high resolution image of
the region (that includes Mount Everest) and uses the highest resolution mesh available.
There is no doubt that this is a special product and that it is just plain hard to operate at
this airport. Expect to be frustrated, even if you have been flying in Flight Simulator for
many years.
On behalf of Aerosoft
Mathijs Kok
Copyrights
The manual, documentation, video images, software, and all the related materials are
copyrighted and cannot be copied, photocopied, translated or reduced to any electronic
medium or machine legible form, neither completely nor in part, without the previous
written consent of AEROSOFT. THE SOFTWARE IS FURNISHED «AS IS» AND IT DOES NOT
COME FURNISHED WITH ANY GUARANTEE IMPLICIT OR EXPRESS. THE AUTHOR DECLINES
EVERY RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTINGENT MALFUNCTIONS, DECELERATION, AND ANY
DRAWBACK THAT SHOULD ARISE, USING THIS SOFTWARE.
Copyright © 2007 AEROSOFT All rights reserved. Microsoft Windows, Windows® 95,
Windows® 98, Windows ME, Windows® NT, Windows® 2000, Windows XP and Flight
Simulator are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other Countries. All trademarks and brand names are trademarks or
registered trademarks of the respective owners.
Copyrights are serious stuff. If you find any pirated copies of this software please notify us
at info@aerosoft-shop.com. We will make sure reports of copyrights violations are
rewarded.
Aerosoft GmbH
Lindberghring 12
D-33142 Büren, Germany
www.aerosoft.com (for your boxed products)
www.aerosoft-shop.com (for the online products)
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Credits
Concept: Sascha Normann, Mathijs Kok
Modeling/texturing: Sascha Normann, Joachim Schweigler
Project Management: Sascha Normann, Mathijs Kok
Manual, documentation: Sascha Normann, Mathijs Kok
Missions: Thorsten Reichert
Mission Voices: Al Stiff, Daniel Bauer, Andrew Streetly
Installer: Sascha Normann
Shaun Fletcher: Odd-job man
Images: Nick Churchill
Meshterrain based on SRTM source files by Jonathan de Ferranti
(http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html
Many thanks go to the photographers who provided us with their photographs and
information about Lukla airport and the surrounding region. Without their generous help this
project would never have been possible! Thank You!
With special thanks to the team of people that supported us in the beta. They are cool folks.
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• Andrées de Ruiter (www.nepal-dia.de
• Carsten Kopp (www.himalaya2004.de
• Siegfried Harnisch (www.siegfried-harnisch.de
• Andreas Pflügler (www.everest.cc
• Romy Geiser
• Matthew Niederberger
• Birgit Rohrböck
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System requirements
• Pentium 3 GHz
• 512 Mb RAM
• 100 Mb of free available SPACE on the hard disk
• Sound card
• Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FS2004 version available separately)
• Windows XP, Windows Vista
• Adobe Acrobat® Reader 5 minimal to read and print the manual (
1
) Available for free, download at: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
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1
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Contact support
Support for this product is done by Aerosoft. We prefer to do support on the support forum
for simple reasons, it is fast and efficient and because customers help customers when we
are offline.
Aerosoft forums: http://forum.aerosoft-shop.com
We feel strong about support. Buying one of our products gives you the right to waste our
time with questions you feel might be silly. They are not. Please n ote that our online
products are supported in English only.
Please note that this scenery has some rather special results and limitations.
These have been tested and investigated for a long time and we did not find any
solution. They are not very serious, but you should be aware of them. Check
Appendix A before contacting support.
Missions
This region is of course a perfect playground for the adventurous sim pilot. To get you
started we have placed a few objects in the scenery that you can use as a base for an
adventurous flight.
There are two missions included in this product (note they are shipped shortly after
release). One involves a standard landing and departure on Lukla and comes with complete
voice files. The second involves a rescue mission where your flying skills will be tested to
the limit. The second mission is not fully realistic, but a lot of fun. You will find the missions
under the Aerosoft Flights category. Full explanation on the missions is given in the briefing.
Please note that the mission are not released with this version 2.00, they will
follow in the next 10 days. We wanted to make sure they can be used with the
soon to be released Twin Otter as well as with default aircraft.
Aerosoft Lukla X – Version 2.00
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The airports
There are three airports included in this product and also one semi-official helipad.
Lukla (VNL2)
Lukla airport owes its existence to the fact it is located close to Mount Everest and that most
climbers use it as the first station in the attempt to scale this massive mountain. During the
climbing season, October/November, the small aircraft (mostly Twin Otters) have to be off
the airport in 15 minutes because there are only 4 parking spaces and there are probably
other Twin Otters circling to land. It can really be a very, very busy airport. It is also the
highest airport with scheduled airline flights in the word. Combine this with the fact the
airport is of course closed a lot due to weather and you will understand why it can be as
busy as it is.
The default airport ID VNLK can't be used anymore because this default entry
conflicts with the sloped runway. We had to attach a "new" Lukla airport you
should use. For users using FSX SP2 the ID is VNL2 and the name is "Lukla
(Addon)”. Users still having FSX SP1 installed have to load the airport from the
saved flights (Start_Lukla)!
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