Ladies and gentlmen, I present to you, the DTJ-8-400. A short-to-medium haul airliner, with fairly realistic features.
Instructions
Takeoff:
Flaps 25%, Full throttle. Rotate at 140 mph
Cruising:
Flaps up. Throttle as required. Trim for a very slight pitch up.
Landing:
Flaps 100%, 15-30% throttle depending on situation. Touch down at 130-140 mph for the smoothest landing
To retract the landing gear:
Press your landing gear button, wait until the gear starts entering its housing then enable Activation group 2.
To extend the landing gear:
Disable Activation group 2 and then press the gear button. Waiting for the doors to open is optional.
Controls
- VTOL UP: Flaps
- Trim: Elevator Trim
- Rest of controls are standard
Activation groups
- AG1: Toggle nose gear steering lock for takeoff or taxi
- AG2: Toggle landing gear doors
- AG3: Reverse thrust. Hold the brakes to use. Can also be used to simulate pushback.
- AG4: Unassigned
- AG5: Landing lights and taxi lights
- AG6: Navigation lights
- AG7: Strobe lights
- AG8: Anti-collision beacon
Enjoy!
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 99.7ft (30.4m)
- Length 92.5ft (28.2m)
- Height 29.5ft (9.0m)
- Empty Weight 33,844lbs (15,351kg)
- Loaded Weight 71,925lbs (32,625kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.03
- Wing Loading 59.8lbs/ft2 (291.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,203.2ft2 (111.8m2)
- Drag Points 23158
Parts
- Number of Parts 203
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 1,032
@PancakeAddiction Thanks for the feedback and advice! I shall apply this in the next builds, and maybe reupload this one after modifying it.
@Phenex Yep. Noticed the Overload mod was just 73 KB, so went for it and indeed, it's way easier than opening the XML files manually and I've so far had zero problems. Thanks for suggesting it.
I actually wanted to put the doors on the struts and make them fixed as you said, but I've had a few problems with it, until I got fed up with fine-tuning and just went for what I did. I'm still working on it, but I don't think I can remove the current doors even when I'm done.
As for the suspension system, the shocks-in-struts actually makes the system behave exactly as I wanted it to. Not sure what problems would be caused by it, but I'm not that experienced anyway, so maybe I just don't know any better.
Edit: Just realized the uploaded version's main gear spring and damper are 1400% - they're supposed to be 1200%. Guess I accidently uploaded an experimental version with a too stiff main gear. Nothing else is out of place, though, so I'm not reuploading that. Try setting it to this number, maybe it'll improve it a bit?
Looks like you got your landing gear working. You might try putting your doors on the gear struts and just having then fixed and not move. Last thing would be don't use shocks in the struts. I've never had and luck with it. Use the suspension on the wheels instead. Hope that helps you some more.
Try adding some angle to the primary wings and horizontal stabilizers next time for a more realistic and better look.