Douglas DC-8-73
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| Douglas DC-8-73 | |
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| Type | Airliner/freighter |
| Livery | ATI |
| Author(s) | Bob Faulkner |
| Status | Early Development |
| FDM | JSBSim |
| --aircraft | dc8-73 |
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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.
| FG Tank | DC-8 tank |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1 main |
| 1 | 2 main |
| 2 | 3 main |
| 3 | 4 main |
| 4 | 1 alt |
| 5 | 4 alt |
| 6 | center |
| 7 | aux |
Note that the Auxiliary tanks are 2 tanks near each wing root contained in the leading edges of the wings. In this model, those tanks are modeled as a single tank with a location between the leading edges, on the center line of the fuselage. This roughly models an evenly distributed fuel load between the two tanks, which should be the case in real life.
Status
This model is currently in the pre-alpha phase. The target release date for the alpha version is before the end of March, 2010.
Model as of February 18, 2010
TODO
Done:
- Basic fuselage
- Horizontal and vertical stabilizers
- Basic FDM (basic DC-8 tuning completed)
- Wings
- Wheels (animated)
- Gear struts (basic, animated)
- Engines (fans and reversers animated)
- Ailerons, Flaps (animated)
- Rudder and Elevators (animated)
- Windows and refine fuselage model.
- Gear wells and doors (animated)
Current stage:
- ATI (Air Transport International) livery, default on model.
- Basic cockpit
To do (in order of attack):
- Alpha Release
- Full Cockpit model
- Slats and Exhaust gates
- Doors
- Add External details (Lights, pitot, etc)
- Control and trim tabs.
- Refine animations to respect DC-8 behaviors.
- Near completed Cockpit functionality.
- Refine FDM
- 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
Known issues
Unresolved:
- Nose gear do not always return to center steering angle when leaving the ground.
