Douglas DC-8-73

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Douglas DC-8-73

Type	Airliner, freighter
Author(s)	Bob Faulkner
FDM	JSBSim
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Status	Early Development

The Douglas DC-8 was the first entry into the commercial jet airliner market fielded by Douglas Aircraft. It is a 4 engine model. The 70 series variants, also known as the "super 70's", are "super 60's" airframes upgraded with CFM56 engines. These represent the versions with the greatest range, fuel efficiency, take off weight, and least noise.

This project was started at the end of December, 2009.

Status

This model is currently in the early development phase. The basic model is currently under development.

Status as of January 29, 2010

TODO

Done:

• Basic fuselage
• Horizontal and vertical stabilizers
• Basic FDM (basic DC-8 tuning completed)
• Wings
• Wheels (animated)
• Gear struts (animated)
• Engines (fans and reversers animated)
• Ailerons, Flaps (animated)
• Rudder and Elevators (animated)

Current stage:

• Windows and refine fuselage model.
• Gear wells

To do (in order of attack):

• Basic cockpit
• Alpha Release
• Slats and Exhaust gates
• Refine cockpit
• Doors
• Add External details (Lights, pitot, etc)
• Control and trim tabs.
• Refine animations to respect DC-8 behaviors.
• Refine FDM
• ATI (Air Transport International) livery, default on model.
• Beta Release
• Finalize cockpit (fully modeled down to books on shelves)
• Finalize any outstanding details of model (bits and pieces needed for realism)
• Finalize FDM
• Final Release