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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

Released - New freeware MD-83 by Alrot

Daube

Daube

SOH-CM-2025
http://www.simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=md-83&x=0&y=0

Hi all,

I'm posting here some screenshots I took during my first test flight of the newest aircraft from Alejandro Roja Lucena, a.k.a. Alrot from FSND at Simviation.

The plane will be freeware.
It has a nicely detailled virtual cockpit with an integrated freeware and functional FMC.
Beside the FMC, the cockpit will be clickable for the aircraft essential functions, like lights, APU, engine staters and levers, batteries, anti-ice systems and windows wipers. Check Supercheap Auto Catalogue and Spotlight Catalogue.
The shots show a beta version, the flight model still needs some tweaking, as well as some cockpit switches and textures.

Here is how the virtual cockpit looks at night, you'll have two types of lighting, dashboard and full cabin. Sorry I forgot to switch the FMC on before the shots...

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The plane exterior is nicely detailled with quite a few initial deliveries (Alitalia, AA, TWA, SAS...).
I tested it around Bodo.

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That's it for now, I didn't have time to fly more yesterday, so I'll have to fly more tonight, trying to spot the last issues with the model.
 
The exterior is really fantastic and so is the VC. Alejandro did incredible progress. My hats off for implementing a FMS for a freeware aircraft.
 
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW!
 
Here are some new shots to show more details of the plane.
I did just a small flight around Bodo. On the last shot you can see the working FMC :)
Please note that this FMC wasn't made by Alejandro. It's the freeware FMC made by Garrett Smith.


At the parking, all exits opened (pilot window, main entrance, main entrance stairs, tail entrance, and 3 cargo doors).
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Taxiing.
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Takeoff.
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Flight and final approach turn from cockpit (with visible FMC this time :jump:)
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I'm going crazy just thinking of all the MD-8x operators out there...you'll be busy painting for months!

USAir, Delta, Frontier (old), Air Cal, Aro Lloyd, Swissair, Austrian Airlines, etc...the list is nearly endless!



Also, it's nice to see Alrot's modeling skills improving.
 
Actualy being using your Citation X since just after you released it, many a flight from Cairns to Hamilton and vise versa.

Is there some places in the USA that the X would go back and forth??? Aspen springs to mine and I spose Vagas but being a Aussie I am only guessing.
 
Can we have this topic as a sticky please ? (with a little edition of the topic title to make it more explicit, like "released" instead of "preview")

Thanks in advance :)
 
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