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DC-8 50 series update

Thanks guys. Fully loaded, one does have to be careful on takeoff and climbout as the total fuel capacity is 160,000 pounds. Short haul, the rate of climb is not bad at all. Cruise speed is on the high side by today's standard; when these aircraft first flew, I believe mach 0.84 was not uncommon.
 
Hi Michael,

Wasn't it the DC-8 that actually broke the sound barrier in testing ?

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Scott


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It's true. Douglas deliberately flew one in a shallow dive past the sound barrier to ensure there would not be any unforeseen control problems in the event it happened inadvertently.
 
Except there were unforseen control problems. Apparently the superosnic dive temporarily created a vacuum along the elevators that caused them to not have any effect on the plane's pitch. When they first tried to pull out, nothing happened, which must have been pretty scary at first.
 
If I remember correctly the few times that Spitfires went mach in dives during WWII the pilots reported reversed elevator controls.
 
There is a book called Great Airliners Vol 2 written by a former Douglas engineer. He states that low elevator effectiveness was expected and that for this reason 5000 lbs of ballast was put in the rear of the cabin and the aircraft was trimmed so that 50 lbs of forward pressure was required on the control column to hold it in the dive, so as to assist the recovery.
 
Modelled the doors and cargo bay interiors and set up a GSX profile:

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Hi Michael,

Concur - love that widget theme as well - best one Delta ever had... Just curious - did you ever have any conversations with Paul Golding on this ??? He made the DF/Flight1 727 that set the bar in its day - I know Paul had mentioned starting work on a DC-8 at some point - years ago...

Again - fantastic - sir...

Regards,
Scott


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No, I haven't been in touch with Paul Golding. But the DF 727 was the first flight sim airliner I purchased and was something of an inspiration for this project. I loved using the performance charts to set power and look up the V speeds and it will be the same with this DC8.
 
This is far superior to the recent release which was grim, at least this one has a round fuselage and round engines, keep up the good work!
 
Thank you. Overall, I am happy with how its turned out. Still some work to do on night lighting and now I am beginning to connect up the gauges, lights and systems to the appropriate buses in the electrical system. I still have to model the navigator's station, which wasn't used after INS became available, but nevertheless, the table and a few gauges were left in place. This was the hardest thing to find pictures of, but recently I did find some high resolution video and still photos. The DC8-62 I had access to doesn't have the nav station.
 
Impressive model Michael, inside and out. You have all the rights to be happy about it!
 
Hot damn, Michael. I can't wait to throw my money at you for this beauty. How much longer do you expect this thing to be in development, where do you plan to release this at, and what's going to be your asking price?
 
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