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Downloads / Aircraft List / Commercial Jets : Lockheed / Vista Liners L-1011-100
| Vista Liners Lockheed L-1011-100 TriStar (beta) |
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The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is a medium to long range, wide body commercial passenger jet aircraft. In response to an American Airlines requirement for a medium range airliner smaller than the Boeing 747 that can operate on smaller airports, the development of the TriStar was launched in 1968. Initially, Lockheed studied a twin engine layout, but decided to develop a tri-engine layout instead to ensure it could takeoff at max weights from smaller runways. Despite the interest of American Airlines, they opted for the Douglas DC-10. Instead, Eastern Airliners became the launch customer with the first TriStar delivered to them on April 26, 1972. When the production of the TriStar ended in 1983, a total of 250 TriStar variants were built.
The Vista Liners TriStar is a good looking and frame rate friendly model. All the usual animations are present. The flight dynamics are quite good, its not very hard to control this aircraft. The behavior of the main landing gear is very realistic, although it can result in bumpy landings in FSX. This aircraft model is still in beta version, but there are allready a few liveries available on the Vista Liners website. The base package comes with nice sound package, but you'll have to look for a panel yourself. |
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FS2004 & FSX |
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No |
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Yes, gear compression/speed based |
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Yes |
Landing gear behaviour [ ?] |
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Realistic |
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Yes |
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Insufficient |
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- Well shaped model
- Frame rate friendly |
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- Insufficient rudder effect |
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