Boeing 747-8i

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Boeing 747-8i

Type	Airliner
Author(s)	Unitedfreeworld FGBR
FDM	YASim
--aircraft=	747-8i
Status	Alpha
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The Boeing 747-8 is a wide-body jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Officially announced in 2005, the 747-8 is the fourth-generation Boeing 747 version, with lengthened fuselage, redesigned wings and improved efficiency. The 747-8 is the largest 747 version, the largest commercial aircraft built in the United States, and the longest passenger aircraft in the world.[2] The 747-8 is offered in two main variants: the 747-8 Intercontinental (747-8I) for passengers and the 747-8 Freighter (747-8F) for cargo. The first 747-8F performed the model's maiden flight on February 8, 2010 with the 747-8 Intercontinental following on March 20, 2011. In October 2011, confirmed orders for the 747-8 totaled 111, including 75 of the freighter version, and 36 of the passenger version. Delivery of the first freighter aircraft was delayed before occurring in October 2011; passenger model deliveries began in 2012. -Wikipedia, (The Free Encyclopedia)

Boeing will continue to look into a new type of aircraft, the 797 Work is done on the aircraft by: unitedfreeworld.com, you can download the plane there.

Aircraft help

(See Boeing 747-400 Tutorial for the main article about this subject since the 747-8i is made from the 747-400 template by Gjis 

Key Function Ctrl + b Speedbrakes Delete Reverse thrusters B Parking brake All buttons/switches in the cockpit can be controlled using the mouse. Most buttons exist of a toggle, where clicking it toggles it either on or off. Switches can be turned clockwise with the left mouse button and counter clockwise using the middle mouse button. Some buttons/switches have a cover on them, clicking it will either open or close it, so the button/switch can be pushed/turned. Several panels are also available as 2D overlay panels. Clicking the hydraulics or electric overhead panels will open up a 2D variant. Useful when you'd like to keep an eye on the EICAS during startup! You can close the panel via Shift-P. Important notice: as of FlightGear 2.6.0, the 744 has tiller steering, just like the real aircraft where the pedals only turn the nose wheel by a few degrees - to achieve optimal precision during takeoffs and landings. Use the tiller (747-400 > Tiller Steering) dialog to steer during taxiing. You can also connect a separate joystick axis to the tiller control - just like in the real aircraft, where there is a separate control wheel. Finally, you can also disable the separate tiller control and revert to the unrealistic behaviour of using pedals only to completely control the nose wheel (see 747-400 > Tiller Steering dialog). [edit] Duo flight crew Currently the pilot monitoring really cannot do anything else than monitoring. All switches and controls must be operated by the pilot flying. Pilot flying: launch the 747-400 as usual. Pilot monitoring: launch the 747-400-fo (First Officier) and position yourself somewhere close to the PF's positions. Now open the Boeing 747-400 > Select MP-pilot dialog and click the prefered PF's callsign. [edit] Simplified procedures [edit] Startup Press the continuous ignition switch on the overhead panel. Pull the start select switch for engine #4. Set the cutoff switch on the pedestal to RUN. Now repeat step 2 and 3 for engines #1, #2 and #3. [edit] Takeoff Set flaps to 20, it will take a minute to extend, so you'd better do this during taxi. Smoothly apply full throttle. Push the stick slightly forward until atleast 80 kts. Around 160 kts, slowly pull the stick back to rotate. Rotate toward 15° pitch attitude. The plane should takeoff around 180 kts. Retract gear as soon as the aircraft is climbing with atleast 500 ft per minute. [edit] Approach At 10000 ft MSL set the inboard landing light switches to ON. [edit] Landing Set the flaps as directed by the flap extension schedule. At glideslope alive: Gear down. Set flaps to 20. At glideslope capture: Set flaps to 25 or 30. [edit] Landing roll Close all thrust levers. Set speedbrakes to UP. [edit] Shutdown Set all fuel cutoff switches to OFF. Turn continuous ignition OFF. (taken from http://wiki.flightgear.org/Boeing_747-400)

--George9 20:45, 3 April 2012 (EDT)