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You can call this my first serious project in a while.

So you may know about my D-01-200, an airliner meant to compete with the 737 and A320.

Well, I wasn't very satisfied with the flight performance of the -200 (it would only take off at 400km/h, which is absurdly high for an airliner), and decided to revamp its flight model. In the process, I then decided to add... well... just a few things. That's how I got here.

I initially wanted to make an Alaska Airlines livery for this plane, but thinking about Alaska Airlines's strong ties with Boeing, I doubt they'd fly this plane even if it existed. They don't even fly A321neos any more.

So I went with another great livery that's rare on this site, Amazon Air (or you can call it Prime Air if you want). I'm very proud of how this turned out, and I hope you do too!

With that, see you, and wait for the passenger version!

^ perfect butter landing

Lore

About the D-01-300P2F

The D-01-300 is the midsize variant of the RCP Engineering D-01 series. With a maximum capacity of 180 passengers, it is slightly larger than the 156-seater D-01-200, and smaller than the 220-seater D-01-400. First released in 1990 in tandem with the -200, the D-01-300 was built to compete with the Airbus A320, and later on, the 737-800.

RCP Engineering offers a passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme where existing passenger D-01-300s are refitted with a cargo interior and a cargo door. This special variant is called the D-01-300P2F, and over 300 aircraft are currently in service with various airlines.

Flying with Amazon Air

As Amazon Air doesn't actually own aircraft, it wet-leases freighters from other operators. This leads to a rather diverse fleet of 767s, 737s and A330P2Fs.

The specific operator flying these blue D-01s is airStork, a RCP cargo airline that flies for Amazon Air and DHL.
(Note: there is actually a complete lore behind airStork, but I'll share it in due time...)

Improvements

Flight Model

• Made the flying process smoother.
• Takeoff speed reduced by 100km/h, and the aircraft's mass nearly halved.
• Added horizontal stabiliser trim. (yay!)

Cockpit

• Added trim wheel
• Added till (the thing used to steer the plane on the ground)
• Added rudder pedals (I finally figured out how to make them)
• Made the throttle lever slightly more realistic
• Changed colour of the dashboard
• Heading screen isn't just a compass gauge anymore

Exterior

• Added "mask" to the cockpit windows so it looks cooler
• Added those tiny antennas/probes on the fuselage
• Changed the passenger doors
• Added winglets!
  

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The P2F exclusively features:

• Opening passenger and cargo doors
• Full cabin interior (I won't add cargo)

With that, bye for now, and please leave an upvote or spotlight!

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