Looking For a PAN AMERICAN DC 10 Add-On...

[Erazer]

To recreate a near fatal flight from Los Angeles to Heathrow

Has anyone got one that they would recommend?

Preferably without a defective cargo door...

[3 Wire]

The only one i've ever seen comes with the payware CLS DC-10 HD collection from just flight...

https://www.justflight.com/product/dc10-collection-hd-10-to-40

[ferpang]

Yep I agree the Just flight One is very realistic I have one too!

[3 Wire]

The Just Flight CLS DC-10 is pretty dated, but it has nice visual models, a decent VC, and it also works in P3D v4.4, which is a bonus.

The engine sounds are kind of sucky, but to some extent that's a matter of personal preference, and those can easily be replaced with a better freeware sound set...

FWIW, I have never seen a decent DC-10 in freeware form...

Originally posted by Erazer:

UPDATE: Rikoooo is history.

Trashed.

I don't use Rikooo very often, but I just visited the site and everything looks normal to me...

[Morag]

Flightsim481 has done a detailed review of that add on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnUD259rrTo

his reviews are fair and he really knows his stuff so I generally watch his videos even if I'm not especially interested in the add on he's covering.

Rich was a navigator in the Royal Navy, I think mostly on rotary wing but he has some fast jet time too, he then got his commercial rating just before being grounded for medical reasons and so now he makes youtube videos.

[Erazer]

Originally posted by 3 Wire:

The only one i've ever seen comes with the payware CLS DC-10 HD collection from just flight...

https://www.justflight.com/product/dc10-collection-hd-10-to-40

Thanks 3Wire and Morag,

This one looks like the best available, with what appears to be good detail.

I've been duped once too often to trust many of them, especially since they don't offer a money back if dissatisfied guarantee.

Far too many are not of marketable quality and nobody is effectively policing the internet.

[3 Wire]

Nice review Morag, I think it accurately represents how the JF CLS looks and flies.

As the reviewer noted, this is one of JF's "F-Lite" series, which for lack of a better description are on the "light side" with regard to systems complexity, but stiil offer nice external models, a good looking VC, and enough sytems replication to keep the average flight sim enthusiast happy enough.

As I noted above, I believe I replaced the stock engine sounds, but this is entirel optional and a matter of personal preference.

I also added a 3rd party GPWS system and sounds, which got rid the weird robotic alien female voice sounds of the default GPWS, and it also added altitude callouts from 2500 ft. all the way down to touchdown, and I thing the default GPWS doesn't start until 1000 ft AGL.

Thanks for posting the review.

[3 Wire]

Originally posted by Erazer:

No manual install available.

The self-installers remind me too much of hoover...

You realize you can install this to any temporary directory of your choosing, and then manually install it right...??

[Erazer]

Originally posted by 3 Wire:

You realize you can install this to any temporary directory of your choosing, and then manually install it right...?

Well, no I didn't and have never done it that way.

Well, well.

The problem was that it was simply not good quality.

More like jokey, marketing, Kwolity.