Transport aircraft such as the Hercules, Chinook, Osprey and the Galaxy are able to carry loads. These loads are products in Trainz, missiles are discussed in the Missiles post.

While any load can be added to a suitable aircraft in Surveyor, I have a number of special loads suitable for the types of aircraft I have made. Three such loads are the D9 dozer, Jeeps and the Abrams Tank. The military airport will display these loads on the tarmac awaiting transport. The Hercules will carry the larger loads, picture two shows the Dozer loaded on the Hercules. The Osprey will carry the smaller Jeep loads.

The military aircraft carry missiles as products. They may be transported as products in aircraft such as the Hercules C-130, or mounted on hardpoint on some aircraft, the Eurofighter Typhoon, the F-14 Tomcats and the Apache AH-64 helicopter, for example. The missile mix includes fuel tanks as products. The Air Force Airport model also processes the missile products.

Hardpoints on the Aircraft

The mix of missiles on the aircraft can be altered by the user, using the “?” button in Surveyor to set the requirements in the pop up menu. Some of the missiles are animated (fired from the aircraft),  activated by keys or triggers. See the individual aircraft models for missile mix and location of hardpoints. The picture shows the hardpoint locations on the Typhoon.

Missile Selection in Surveyor

The popup menu in Surveyor is where different missiles may be selected for mounting on the various hard points of the aircraft. Missiles available are based on what the particular aircraft carries, and where it is usually mounted on the aircraft. For instance, a cruise missile would only be carried under the fuselage for the Eurofighter.

The aircraft will not unload missiles at the Air Force airport model, but if the aircraft has unloaded hardpoints or is left “clean” it will load missiles when stopped at the airport.

Western Missiles

Russian Missiles

There is also a set of Russian missiles for the Mig-29 aircraft.

There are a number of products available for use with the aircraft. During aircraft construction fuselage sections are transported on flat cars. Two models of Boeing B-737 fuselages are available as products for placement on special flat cars.

As the sections often extend beyond the flat car, a clearance car is used under the extension, and a long and a short version are available as rollingstock.

Scenery versions of the fuselages are available.