DC-8 Latest Topicshttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/forum/292-dc-8/DC-8 Latest TopicsenDC-8 Liverieshttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/113232-dc-8-liveries/ heres a list of liveries i have found have been made for the DC-8s, please let me know if i have left out anything. also please add any new paintworks to this list :)

the DC-8 paintkit is in the download.

 

]]>113232Sun, 08 Jan 2017 13:47:52 +0000DC-8 License Purchasinghttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/270670-dc-8-license-purchasing/ Well... it's been 3 years since I've acquired a retired DC-8 Freighter pilot's 60 pound box of manuals and binders. To this day they still sit in a corner of my closet waiting to be used with what was the best DC-8 out there at the time, the Wilson Aircraft DC-8. It hurts to watch 5 year old youtube videos on the plane and not being able to buy it. I read the about us section of the org store and it seems that people may have a copy of the plane left but are not able to download it again as it gone. Does this mean that since the org store doesn't have it I can obtain a copy or perhaps purchase a license from someone who does? Is there a legal way to obtain a copy or license? 

Take this with a grain of salt, always just an idea not proposing anything. Kind of looking for constructive feedback.

]]>270670Sat, 13 Aug 2022 23:09:24 +0000Where can I buy the DC-8https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/177974-where-can-i-buy-the-dc-8/ Im looking for it on the internet, I can not find it. its not on X-plane.org store and Im really interested on it! Where can I look for it!? Please help!!!!

]]>177974Sun, 21 Apr 2019 21:58:14 +0000Can the DC-8 Be Adpated for XP 11.50?https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/233919-can-the-dc-8-be-adpated-for-xp-1150/ Hi.

I've found that the DC-8 works OK with XP 11.50 aside from the FMC, the exhaust smoke and the rather curious neon glow around the engines!  Has anyone else encountered these and if so, did you find a way to sort them out?

Many thanks, in anticipation...

]]>233919Mon, 07 Dec 2020 23:13:52 +0000DC-8 is a Quality Wilson Aircrafthttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/202092-dc-8-is-a-quality-wilson-aircraft/ After being so critical of his L1011 (one of my favorite Jetliners ever), Mr. Wilson knocked it out of the park with the DC-8 series aircraft!! Now it has seem to have disappeared into thin air. I was brought her after coming across the tragedy of Arrow Air flight 1285. I wanted to perform a honor flight using Wilson's beautiful DC-8. :( 

]]>202092Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:28:58 +0000X-Plane 11 updatehttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/118476-x-plane-11-update/ Just curious if we'll see a compatibility update for the DC8 for Xp11?

]]>118476Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:30:28 +0000Cannot Cold Start XP11 DC-8https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/185114-cannot-cold-start-xp11-dc-8/ I am not sure what has happened with my DC-8 for Xplane 11.  It is no longer able to start from a cold cockpit .  Folloing the manual for proper procedure and noticing many of the switches and guages are not responding and also noticing these strange large white numbers supeimposed over some of the instruments on the Engineer's Panel .   I deleted and reinstalled the DC-8 package from my orders page in the XPlane.Org store and still getting the same problem .   Not sure what the issue is?    Can someone please assist?   Thank You.

 

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]]>185114Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:38:24 +0000Future for this aircraft?https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/158682-future-for-this-aircraft/ Hello All,

I was wondering if a future update was incoming for this awesome aircraft? The DC-8 is one of my favorite aircraft in the sim and an update for it would be amazing. 

]]>158682Tue, 25 Sep 2018 03:18:47 +0000<![CDATA[Mouse scroll rather than Left Click & drag]]>https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/172525-mouse-scroll-rather-than-left-click-drag/ To the developer, what a wonderful a/c to fly in VR 🙂 I am having a blast from the past. I was lucky to travel in DC8's in South America and in the Netherlands in the 60's & 70's.

A stupid question: Is there a way to change how we tune/dial in heading frequencies and so forth in VR.

I would love to be able to use the mouse scroll wheel rather than left click hold mouse and drag.

Has anyone ever thought of having 2d panels pop-up in VR, this would be great.

Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks all.

]]>172525Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:26:05 +0000<![CDATA[XP11 DC-8 TEXTURE QUESTION & PROBLEM & UPDATE REQUEST]]>https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/126584-xp11-dc-8-texture-question-problem-update-request/ Hi all,

I have a question about the textures files:

  • Two choices of textures for the cockpit are provided, low definition & high definition, depending on your graphic card abilities.

How do I install the high definition textures for the cockpit? I can not find them.

I have texture problems on the fuselage on the the RH fwd fuselage side, along the RH fuselage side and on the aft fuselage in front of the vertical tail.

See screenshots. (black area's.) All repaints have this problem.

Only visable with HDR on and not on the LH fuselage side. Is this caused by the internal flightengineers panel?

 

Request for the next update: Improve cockpit lighting and make some cockpit clickspots bigger like the AP ones.

 

Best regards NLBF

 

 

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]]>126584Wed, 26 Jul 2017 01:41:12 +0000Changing autopilot and avionics?https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/166901-changing-autopilot-and-avionics/ I have seen a video of your DC-8 in which it has a different autopilot system and more modern artificial horizon. I have read through the manual but not found a way to change this. How do you change it?

Here is a link to the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6dxDsI8XHE&amp;t=1250s

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]]>166901Tue, 01 Jan 2019 21:09:06 +0000IAS / Mach hold climb mode?https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/145639-ias-mach-hold-climb-mode/ Hello there,

during my flight with the new model yesterday I wanted to climb with IAS hold, but the knob didn't turn. Is that correct or is it an error by me? Was it wrong to just overwrite the old folders? I thought is was possible in the last version, or am I mistaken?

 

Greetings from Germany,

Tobi

]]>145639Sun, 01 Apr 2018 06:50:11 +0000Is this broken at the moment?https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/159134-is-this-broken-at-the-moment/ Nothing seems to be working correctly on this now XP-11 version 11.26. The sounds are mono toned and get louder until buzz saw but no spooling, if that makes sense. some issue on the engineers panel as well with big digital numbers showing in the steam gauges, I wished I screenshoted it but I have since removed the aircraft >.< .. I don't know if it's me doing something wrong but i'm doing what it says to do in the manual with regards to installation.

]]>159134Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:00:18 +0000Exhaust causing MASSIVE FPS drophttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/156665-exhaust-causing-massive-fps-drop/ Every time i apply thrust power at any percentage, this weird white smoke pours out and makes my FPS drop faster than what it takes to just CTRL + SHIFT + E and turn those engines on. 

People living next to the airport must be getting kind of annoyed :v

P.S Everything else with the aircraft is just amazing! This minimal detail will not make me hate this old beauty!

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]]>156665Tue, 28 Aug 2018 02:07:14 +0000DC-8 user made addonshttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/129559-dc-8-user-made-addons/ this is for the 10xx version:

 

]]>129559Sun, 17 Sep 2017 10:42:38 +0000Having Some Radio and Gauge Issueshttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/150195-having-some-radio-and-gauge-issues/ Hey everyone,
I recently purchased the entire Wilson aircraft collection and I'm really enjoying the old jetliners so far. I do seem to be having a few issues with the DC-8 though. The most simple one is that the Exhaust temp gauges on all variants simply spike to max as soon as the engines start and don't respond to any throttle movements after that.

The issue I have more concern with is with the DME. It seems that if I'm 40+ miles away from a station, it reads correctly for the most part. As I approach within 30 miles or so, things start to get odd. The DME jumps to 10 or less miles, and will soon count down to zero and stay there once within 20 miles or so. I have to imagine this isn't correct operation. The only troubleshooting I've done thus far is to empty my plugins folder to see if I was having any compatibility issues with plugins, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Has anybody else run into these issues?

Thanks.

]]>150195Fri, 01 Jun 2018 01:00:04 +0000Nose Landing Gear suspensionhttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/146206-nose-landing-gear-suspension/ The nose front shock won't recoil at landing, it's normal?

]]>146206Sat, 07 Apr 2018 15:35:56 +0000Speed Bugshttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/145893-speed-bugs/ Hey guys, I was wondering if there was a way to move the speed bugs on the DC-8 to set V-speeds and bug other speeds. They are moveable but move extremely slow and are not precise enough to set speeds.

Thanks so much

Also, I believe there is a bug with how the thrust reverers move when activating reverse since they are supposed to just flip up rather than moving the whole throttle forward

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]]>145520Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:28:45 +0000Extremely distant external camera, X-Plane 11.20vr1https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/138915-extremely-distant-external-camera-x-plane-1120vr1/ Hey there! I just wanted to ask if you guys might know what's up; On the DC-8 specifically, the camera seems to be way further out than normal. That also means I can't bring it in very close at all, and it doesn't really look that great. It's gotta be something odd, because the vids and screens can all close-up just dandy. It's likely part of some incompatibility with .20vr1, as I think I've noticed odd camera quirks with a few other select aircraft.

Here's a screenshot to help explain it a bit better, fresh outta the Shift+4 view, the second one is as close as I can bring the cameraDC-8-71F_1.thumb.jpg.26bc060f6d116a172a7227754ae053e0.jpgDC-8-71F_2.thumb.jpg.7e70de3fd57461c6e190b58990450b7c.jpg

]]>138915Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:06:18 +0000Other Painkits?https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/143899-other-painkits/ Hi, i was wondering if there are other paint kits for other models (e.g. DC-8-71)

I know there is one for the -61 in the manual.

But i want to paint the other models too.

]]>143899Mon, 12 Mar 2018 19:07:39 +0000No FD and no APhttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/140641-no-fd-and-no-ap/ I bought this plane today, and while utilising the X-Plane 11 FMS in the -71, neither the Flight Director nor any of the Autopilot functions seem to work.

Also, the AP buttons seem incredibly difficult to press/push due to what seems like a tiny definiton of the click-point. The buttons and knobs are all very difficult to interact with.

]]>140641Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:26:34 +0000Weird shadows in the cockpithttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/138925-weird-shadows-in-the-cockpit/ Hello everyone,

I have these strange looking shadows in the cockpit in the XP11 version. It looks like the cockpit itself is dropping now shadows, but the gauges on the flight engineers panel do.

It's a little bit disturbing, because it is so weird :lol:
Is there any bugfix for this?

Greetings,
Tobi

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]]>138925Thu, 18 Jan 2018 07:45:06 +0000CFM engines seem to be hanging a bit too lowhttps://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/126529-cfm-engines-seem-to-be-hanging-a-bit-too-low/ Comparing the CFM variants of the DC-8 with some real world pictures, I get the impression that the engines should be positioned higher (about 2 feet or so).

 

This is what i looks like in the sim: 5039mpjpd.jpg

 

 

And here is a real-world photo:

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]]>126529Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:41:11 +0000Engine noise in the cockpit (and the headset !)https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/137604-engine-noise-in-the-cockpit-and-the-headset/ Hello !

I fly the DC8-71F with XP11.11 on a Mac (Mac OS 10.13.2) but I have a problem with the engine noise in the cockpit (and in the headset !) especially when climbing and at CRZ level. Even when I disable all sounds via the XP11 sound settings, I still hear the engines at full volume !! Quite annoying, I must say, because I cannot hear the instructions of the ATCs when I fly on line (which I do most of the time !). 

Suggestions, anyone ?

Many thanks in advance for your help !!

Eric

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