The DC-8-71F in ATI livery
Interior
night time
Contols
AG2...........................Reverse
AG5...........................Autolevel(roll)
AG8...........................Cargo Door, and Doors
Landing Gear...........Landing Gear and Landing Lights
VTOL..........................Flaps
Trim...........................Trim
This DC-8-71F features
- ASBS
- Cockpit Interior
- Working Instruments
- Plane interior
- WingFlex!
- Air Transport International ATI livery
- Working doors and cargo door
- Smooth Airbrakes
Notes
Max operational throttle is 75%, use 100% for short takeoffs or emergencies. Takeoff speed is around 330km/h, max tested speed is around 900km/h, and stall speed around 166km/h with trim. It tends to roll on the left a little bit but it shouldn't bother that much.
Quite thankful I went ahead with the Freighter version, that meant there would be no window duties, not only exhausting, but can consume a lot of parts that could have been used on other things, and now with no windows, I could not only do an interior, but also detailed cockpit and livery.
There are substantial changes from the DC-8-32 Project, primarily the revised Cockpit and nose Assembly using lesser and more detailed parts, a plane Interior for the cargo bay, working doors from the 737-200C project, and detailed instrumentation from all of the previous projects I built.
This plane is long overdue, its construction was started right after the DC-8-32 is published, and ended a week later, but I am glad I overdelayed the DC-8-71F project because it wouldn't have benefitted from revised funky trees, and improved construction methods, in fact, I am considering re-publishing the DC-8-32 with a revised nose but with rules so unclear, and every step risking a perma-ban for most mundane of reasons, its safest to leave it alone.
This plane was supposed to take the next publish bracket after the 747-8i and 787-9, a weekend bracket (Fri/Sat|Ven/Sam) however due to miscommunication that led to internet problems, the 747-8i and 787-9 had to take the next publish bracket (26th-27th June) and have the DC-8-71F ATI moved to a weekday bracket (Mon/Wed/Thu|Lun/Mar/Jeu) to make way for the 747 and 787.
I really should get a move on on my clientwork queue list. Its getting very crowded.
Specifications
Spotlights
- 1918 4.5 years ago
- asteroidbook345 4.5 years ago
- Tang0five 4.5 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 16 airplane(s) +56 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 143.0ft (43.6m)
- Length 186.3ft (56.8m)
- Height 43.4ft (13.2m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 88,438lbs (40,115kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 4.573
- Wing Loading 29.5lbs/ft2 (144.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 2,996.0ft2 (278.3m2)
- Drag Points 47260
Parts
- Number of Parts 671
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 2,902
@Superoof20 Nerd
My favorite user but he made an series
nice
Now I can recreate Fine Air 101 lol
You stole this from @candyxnite
Now this, this, is astonishing! It’s amazing quality, as so are your other aircraft! It’s what I’ve dreamt for a while, a DC-8F, a classic. I love the ATI livery!
Seeing how good you are at liveries, is there any chance you can also handle these two requests?
1. A DHL livery for this wonderful thing!
2. Any chance you could build a BAe ATP-F CARGO in the West Atlantic livery, or any aircraft in the west Atlantic fleet.
Jelybaca #1!
19?! Naw. It’s so real. Idk, maybe I’m overestimating how much upvotes. But I don’t know about 19... considering how hard you work on these.@jelybaca
@Panizon Well I didn't expect a lot of people to take note of this particular DC-8 since not a lot of people know the DC-8-71F exists let alone the Airliner Air Transport International, accounting for all factors, I have calculated 19 upvotes would be the peak. And yet every dang time, my calculations are wrong.
I would expect it to have 90-100 upvotes. Just because of how dang realistic it is. Or is that just me? @jelybaca
Oh, how so @SouthTunnel2 ?
Ugh. This plane is sadly underrated. @jelybaca
Yeah no problem!@jelybaca
No no no no I am with you, the first DC-8 I built was mediocre according to my standards, and I thought to myself: "This could be wayyy better," Thank you for noticing though. @SouthTunnel2
Also, not gonna lie, this looks like a HUGE improvement from your previous dc8. Don’t get me wrong, the old one still looks good!
super realistic
this is the landing gear that doesn’t need to tilt
@jelybaca I really love the planes you made very accurate and beautiful as well
Compatible with my Android not laggy much
Holy heck. You build so fast and your builds never look bad. Flawless Actually.@jelybaca
@jelybaca oh okay thanks for warning
@HYpe1554 your simpleplanes is probably out of date, as the gears I use utilise a new FT function only available on the latest update.
My landing gear dont retract
@jelybaca Please try input: Brake*(1-LandingGear) for the spoilers, and in fact the nose needs only two panels at the “cheek” area. BTW, you still built the best DC-8 I see in here.
@N661US Ah I see, I do apologise for lashing at you. But I do want to see your rendering of the DC-8-70, with how you know these things with the airbrakes, and sections, I bet it'd better than this.
@jelybaca I think I need to clarify I'm totally not nitpicking, and I fully recognize your technique and effort through your previous builds. This is only a suggestion and answering with a "do it yourself" attitude may seem somewhat inappropriate.