Released: Aerosoft Douglas DC-8

Vandaag is de Douglas DC-8 van Aerosoft beschikbaar gekomen. De Douglas DC-8 is ontwikkeld door het Amerikaanse Douglas Aircraft Company. De DC-8 kan zo’n 189 passagiers vervoeren over een afstand van ruim 12.000 km. In 1958 maakte zij haar eerste vlucht. De productie werd in 1972 gestaakt. In 196s doorbrak een Canadese DC-8 als eerste verkeersvliegtuig de geluidsbarrière. In Nederland was het toestel bij KLM onderdeel van de vloot tussen 1960 en 1986. Ook Martinair heeft zo’n 10 jaar de DC-8 in haar vloot gehad.

In eerste instantie is het toestel alleen beschikbaar voor Prepar3D v4. Andere versies volgen later, zonder bijbetaling. De aanschafprijs is ca. €41.

Meer informatie is te vinden op de productpagina van Aerosoft of simMarket.

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