Douglas DC-8

Hi, I have a problem with the taxi, landing, wing and ground flood lights. When turned on the light beam on the ground is either barely or not visible at all: It looks not even close to what we saw in the preview thread. The manual says that one can either use P3D's dynamic lights or another light technology. My problem is that the two taxi and landing light switches always move simultaneously. So I'm unable to turn on only the left one to use dynamic lights. So I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong? Thanks and greetings Tim

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I´m thinking there's a problem with my sim and the effects communication. No smoke, not dynamic lights and first addon I install outside the main folder. =( Cheers!

Just downloaded and installed the update v 1.02 .after un-installing the previous version I did notice no files in the add-ons folder were removed. is this ok or do I need to manually remove them. many thanks..bob

Hello there. I spotted the following two issues while painting. Looks like door L2's mapping is reversed and their is a small anomaly at the base of the tail on the left hand side of the fuselage. There is nothing on my texture that I can see would be doing this. Cheers

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Hi, Let me state that I am very happy with the new DC8.It was indeed long overdue and missing in the latest flightsimulators.The flight model is a dream to fly and as far as I can tell, after a couple of flights,most things work correctly.One issue that I had was that starting the engines was sometimes a problem.I finally found a solution to this by loading the DC8 after having loaded an aircraft with the batteries and the avionics power on and the fuel valves open.From then on, I was problem free.One other minor issue I had is that it is difficult to find the clickspot to change the INS from manual to auto.Also sometimes the NAV sounds (VOR,ADF) canno…

Hi, So I noticed in the aircraft.cfg that there is a DC8_smoke.fx file being called to produce the smoke, however I am unable to find such a file in the "effects" folder of either the Aerosoft DC8 or P3D v4. Could it be this file was missed in the installer? Would explain the lack of black smoke if thats the case. xD

AS the sid and star are normally given by ATC and can change very easily. Imagine 2 situations. 1. I want to load the rout Automatic via FSX FLIGHT PLANER, How can i add manually the points of the sid that is assigned to me and the follow the FSX(P3D) FLIGTH PLANER ROUTE? 2. hOW CAN I SET A DIRECT TO POINT? Cheers!

Hi, just a short question, might it be that the INS precision is decreasing too quickly? I´ve done a couple of flights now and am loosing precision from 0 to 8 in just about 10mins after departure. Also, the INS DME update with a nearby VOR station doesnt help improving it much, maybe reaching 7 at best.

I have noticed, that INS is losing precision via DSRTK mode, from 0 to 7 again. How i do to avoid this or to recalibrated the INS with the plane in the air moving? Cheers

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Hey guys, Will be streaming the DC8 for Vatsim's CTP later today, giving us plenty of time to find bugs More info about timings and where to watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/events/WO03VjRdTiyf3RrrNt6Q_A Will also be giving away a copy of DC8 as a celebration of this amazing aircraft and my milestone of hitting 2K followers. Be sure to join in for a chance to win it (probably around 1700z UTC)

As per the tutorial, I try to assign a key to connect external power but there is none. Switching on the external Power while the parking brake is engaged does not provide power and air to the aircraft. How does the power and air become available? I may of course be doing something wrong, please enlighten me.

This is for the developer, antihéroes suggestion. what do you think guys that in the engineer section in the table, the one performance card of the DC-8 very well done designed in therms of grapichs. Hoy do you see to make a clickeable zone in this card, mayor in the corner that when you do left or right click you change the card for example for take off speeds, landing speeds cruise perfomarnce and etc. in other words to put the whole or at least the most important cards there. cheers!

In the sun facing side it is fine where the tail meets the fuselage and where the nose meets the fuselage, but on the shade side it has a lighter texture for the tail and nose and the fuselage is alot darker.

Hi, I applaud the release of another detailed steam gauge classic airliner in P3D4. Whilst I already have a relatively decent DC-8 product, I find myself eyeing this model with great interest. May I please ask two questions, with the usual sincere apologies if the answers are present elsewhere? 1. Has wingflex been modelled in the DC-8? 2. The product info suggests that the multi-level radar is able to map terrain, but without mention of WX, so is it WX, terrain, or both? I have Googled for answers as well as having searched the forum and product page. The excellent promotional video shows the r…

The engine 1 main and alt tank quantity gauges are not decreasing during my first test flight. The fuel flow is indicating the same as the other engines. Jason

Is it possible for more detail of the fuel management required to be included in the tutorial, or perhaps form part of another tutorial? I have followed the tutorial as closely as possible and still seem to be having fuel management issues - mainly tank 1 main running out before the others.

I'm needing some help with the engine start. I have followed the checklist many times now following cold and dark setting via Shift-3. The blue light on the start switch lights, but I have no rotation on the N2 for the #3 engine (or any engine even). I have Manifold Air Press = 35, Start Air Pressure = 0.7, HYD Brake Press = 0 and Air Brake Press = 3, Fuel pressures in green arc, loaded with 40,000lbs fuel using the Shift-3 fuel loader, Tank > Engine selected for the fuel panel. Any help appreciated (I have also tried Ctrl-Shift-F4 just in case its a P3D mixture issue). Thanks in anticipation! Gary

The DC-8 finally came out. How long will I have to wait for the FSX version? If I buy it today, will I have to download the new installer for FSX or will the current one update automatically?

Hi, congratulations and thanks for this aircraft very happy with this purchase. I have some questions: 1. I have noticed that engines fans animation are not present in this addon, is this correct? i mean turbines are not rotating, at least from the outside view (but engines are working) 2. there´s no engine smoke effects even ins cruising level. is that correct? 3. I have seen in a twitch streaming video from today ( i think it was from richboy channel) that where crew sound messages, are those included? 4. How rain removal works, what I´m supposed to see? And some suggestions for the developers. 1. External P…

Hi, Really enjoying the plane so far. One question: Will you be simulating the "IAS/Mach" hold mode in future updates? - that's quite a difference maker for me. I imagine it's quite a challenge to program as a lot of 'reasonably priced' simulations fail to include it, but to me this great plane deserves a fully functioning autopilot. If I had seen the manual first I would have checked, but that's my fault I know! Thanks in advance.

Hi, guys, I'm very very excited about the new aircraft, is wonderful. However, it's too much complicated for me as there are many systems that aren´t familiar for me. Its possible to you guys make a tutorial video flying the tutorial flight from the manuals? I beg for it. sorry for being dummy =) Best Regards, and congratulations on this release!

Hi all Excellent add on relay enjoying it I am trying to work out how to use the INS however I am finding the manual a little confusing. I always get a flashing yellow alert on the INS shortly after taking of. Can this be canceled? Thanks in advance if you can help Bob