Douglas DC-10-30 VLAT -10 tanker-
Californas State Bird!
This specific bird right here is registered as N603AX and started off life as a Thai Airways DC-10-30 Then was taken ownership by NWA then should to Omni air from for only a year then sold to 10 Tanker Air Carrier in 2006 then subsequently modified to help fight wildfires over the USA but primarily the California region
The DC-10 Air Tanker is a series of American wide-body jet air tankers, which have been in service as an aerial firefighting unit since 2006.[1] The aircraft, operated by the joint technical venture 10 Tanker Air Carrier, are converted wide-body McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 passenger jetliners, and are primarily used to fight wildfires, typically in rural areas. The turbofan-powered aircraft carry up to 9,400[2] US gallons (35,583 liters) of water or fire retardant in an exterior belly-mounted tank, the contents of which can be released in eight seconds. Four air tankers are currently in operation, all DC-10-30 aircraft, with the call-signs Tanker 910, 911, 912 and 914. The original Tanker 910, a DC-10-10, was retired in 2014.
Controls
Ag1 - Arm Speed brakes (requires gear down)
Ag2-4 - Strobe/Landing/Cabin Lights
Ag5 - Open front left door (Requires not moving)
AG6 - Pushback
AG7 - Compressor Stall
AG8 - Engines, Nav/Taxi/Beacon lights
De-activating 8 will cut power to all lights
optional: all forward 4 doors can open(just connect them to the Rotators)
Landing
Approach speed: 120-125 knots
VTOL(flaps): 100%
Trim: 25-50%
Gear: down
AG1: Activated(helps negate bouncy landings)
Cruise:
Cruise speed: mach.0.84(473 knots)-TAS
Max operating speed: Mach 0.88(507 knots) - TAS
optional:
No more than 250 knots below 10,000ft - IAS as per regulations
Build notes:
I have added a working engine cone and done tons of work to get the livery to be most accurate and have done an engine swap from the original build. And the most noticeable build note is the giant water tank that actually works if you use your gun
Specifications
Spotlights
- DC10AirTanker914 yesterday
- CCCP0000001 yesterday
- LM0418 yesterday
- Aviationguy24 yesterday
- BlackBird7 2 hours ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor [10K SPECIAL]Douglas DC-10-10 Continental
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 165.4ft (50.4m)
- Length 203.6ft (62.1m)
- Height 71.3ft (21.7m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 145,191lbs (65,857kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.055
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.03
- Wing Loading 30.9lbs/ft2 (150.7kg/m2)
- Wing Area 4,703.1ft2 (436.9m2)
- Drag Points 30554
Parts
- Number of Parts 698
- Control Surfaces 9
- Performance Cost 3,959
Just changed my pfp and my username.
Nice work with the geometric patterns in the livery! Really good for a mobile build
@PHNLplanes same. I don't have em. I'm on Samsung galaxy a7.
@MitsubishiTritonMyBeloved I don’t have a laptop or pc so I couldn’t use free cam so I spawned it as AI 😭
And on the thumbnail....
bro didn't use flaps on takeoff 💀
@PHNLplanes frfr
@MitsubishiTritonMyBeloved that is one the main reasons why I created this!
The first DC-10 Air Tanker in the new livery on the site!
@N908QD honestly yeah the triangles were the most annoying part, thank you for the support!
@Aviationguy24 thank you man love the support!
@PHNLplanes Keep up the good work, I hope one day you'll surpass some of the great creators. Cause this is beautiful
Damnnn this looks amazing! I can’t imagine how annoying the triangles were. Insane!
@Aviationguy24 thank you it’s a shame that it isn’t getting much attention thought but I love the support man
@LM0418 thank you very much this is probaly my best one uet
Ngl this is one of the best DC-10 liveries ever made
underrated