Stephen Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Aircraft Release : Grumman Tiger AA-5B by VflyteAir VflyteAir have released a new aircraft to accompany their earlier release of the Grumman American AA-5 Traveler (). This aircraft is the Grumman Tiger AA-5B The Tiger was the final variant of the AA-5 line. The Tiger was designed by Grumman engineers and was first produced in late 1974 as the 1975 model. Grumman Tiger AA-5B is now Available from the X-Plane.OrgShop : Grumman Tiger AA-5B Price is only US$26.95 FEATURES Super High Resolution model and textures Superior detailed modeling Realistic flight instruments Custom stereo sounds recorded from a real Tiger Fully animated model 3-D Custom Propeller 28-page Owner's Manual included Original copy of 1978 Tiger POH included ILS-capable 180 HP, 51 Gals. Usable Fuel AVIONICS S-TEC System 30 ALT Autopilot (Wing Leveler, Heading, NAV1/NAV2 and Localizer/Glideslope modes with Altitude Hold) JPI EDM 700 Engine Diagnostics Monitor with individual CHT/EGT readouts (selectable by cylinder) Garmin MD200-306 CDI for NAV1 Terra TRI-NAV C digital CDI for NAV2 Garmin 430 GPS coupled to S-TEC Autopilot Autopilot is NAV1/NAV2/GPS selectable Airspeed Indicator with Pressure Altitude Scale (adjustable) Garmin GTX 327 Transponder The Tiger was the outcome of the same redesign work on the AA-5 Traveler that resulted in the 150 hp (110 kW) Cheetah and it was originally little more than the same aircraft with a Lycoming O-360-A4K 180 hp (130 kW) engine, resulting in a 139-knot (257 km/h) cruise speed. Gross weight was increased from the AA-5/AA-5A's 2,200 lb (1,000 kg) to 2,400 lb (1,100 kg) on the Tiger. Externally the Tiger looked much like the AA-5 Traveler and AA-5A Cheetah so once again Grumman’s marketing department came up with a distinctive decal package to differentiate the design – this time a "galloping tiger". While the earlier AA-1s and AA-5s did not change much from year to year the AA-5B Tiger underwent almost continual improvement. As with the AA-5A, the AA-5B was continued in production by Gulfstream when they purchased Grumman's American division. Gulfstream ceased production of all piston-engined aircraft in 1979 and the highly successful Tiger design went out of production after 1323 aircraft had been delivered.(wikipeida) There are 8 liveries (and a white paint livery) Technical Requirements: Windows Vista or Windows 7 (32 or 64 bits) or MAC OS 10.6(or higher) or Linux X-Plane 10.20 (or higher) - 32 and 64 bit compatible Multi- Core 2 GHz - 4GB RAM/1GB VRAM- 500MB available hard disk space Version 1 (last updated April 27th 2014) Stephen Dutton 29th April 2014 Copyright©2014: X-Plane Reviews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Rent Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 I purchased this aircraft and I find it to be more than worth the cost. I would like to paint it to match my own plane so, is a paint kit available? Thanks, RobertR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 I actually don't have any idea as to the age of the aircraft, you may have to contact vFlyteAir for the paintkit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Rent Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Thanks for your reply. I did some digging and discovered that vFliteAir provides excellent, Photoshop paint kits for their aircraft. See: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yhbide6gks9yk3v/AADC_ViP8EIFEQ6ImnjMUn_Ua?dl=0 RobertR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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