The Douglas DC-8 was one of the aircraft
that brought long distance air travel to the masses. It made
transatlantic air travel possible for a much larger group of people,
thus making the world a much smaller place. Commercially it was
successful up to 1972 when wide bodied aircraft like the B747 took over
its place. There were many variants and once in a blue moon you still
see the “Old Smokey” carry cargo. Old Smokey was just one of the many
nicknames the aircraft was given by pilots that loved flying them. DC
Late, Greasy8, Death Cruiser, Whiney Bird and Cigarette Jets were
others.
For a long time, we lacked these important
aircraft in our simulators but this add-on adds a version to your
virtual hangar that is not only looking and sounding good, but also
offers a good system depth. Every real pilot will enjoy navigating by
VOR and NDB and manually managing the four finicky power plants. It is
hard work but the DC-8 will reward you with great handling.
It’s time to forget about MCDU, FMS and
FADEC and go back to real flying, complete with instruments with needles
and a sturdy but steady hand on the throttles and stick.
Features:
Simulation of a 50 series DC-8 passenger airliner with a focus on normal procedures
3D model of the exterior with animated flight surfaces, reversers, landing gear, four exits and two cargo doors
Virtual cockpit model with detailed simulation of instruments and
controls at the pilot’s, first officer’s, and flight engineer’s
positions
In-depth simulation of more than 10 aircraft systems
Visual rain effects on cockpit windows using TrueGlass technology by TFDi
P3D V4 version includes dynamic landing, taxi, and ground floodlights that illuminate objects
Cockpit lighting including main panel, pedestal, and engineer’s
panel floodlights, dome light, panel back lighting, and instrument gauge
lighting
Instrument gauge lighting has four selectable levels of intensity
Engine and other sounds by Turbine Sound Studios including start-up external air cart sound
Radar display showing terrain with three ranges selectable
Loader utility to add and remove passengers, cargo and fuel
Detailed engine simulation with accurate EPR readings to set power for takeoff, climb and cruise
Detailed performance tables to determine V speeds, power settings, takeoff trim, manoeuvre and stall speeds, and more
Custom icing code will cause airframe ice accumulation to increase
drag and degrade lift while de-icing will gradually remove effects of
ice
INS waypoints may be manually inserted, or simply by loading a standard FSX flight plan
INS simulation is very detailed with random drift, DME updating, realistic or fast alignment and more
A cold and dark state is available at any time using the pop-up loader utility
If you want to download (Click link download in down)
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