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Commercial Level Simulations (CLS) McDonnell Douglas DC-10 PAYWARE

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a classic three-engine, medium to long range, widebody commercial jet airliner. The DC-10 first flew in 1970 and entered commercial service with American Airlines in 1971. Production of the DC-10 ended in 1989, a year before the more modern MD-11 entered in service. Started in 2005, Commercial Level Simulations (CLS) has grown to a high quality commercial add-on developer for MS Flight Simulator. Their products are not that expensive and yet high quality. Just like their DC-10, beautiful and highly detailed exterior model, very high quality liveries (37 total) and a panel/virtual cockpit with a lot systems modeled. The package comes with many DC-10 variations: DC-10-10, DC-10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-40, DC-10-40B, DC-10-40F, KC-10 Extender and KDC-10 Refueler. There are also various engine variants included. All variants are using the DC-10-10 sound set, which is based on General Electric CF6 engines. A 217 pages PDF manual is included and covers almost all features. The flight dynamics are well balanced, the animations are very accurate and the autopilot is working perfectly. The DC-10 package includes a limited function FMC that automatically loads FS flight plans. However, there is a free INS (Inertial Navigation System) expansion available on the CLS website. With small icons on the 2d panel, you can switch between the virtual cockpit and wingview. There are a few extra features like a 3D pushback truck, air stairs, etc.

Panel [?] : Yes Compatibility [?] : FS2004 & FSX Virtual Cockpit [?] : Yes Wingflex [?] : Yes, airspeed based Wingview [?] : Yes Landing gear behaviour [?] : Realistic Sound [?] : Yes Rudder effectiveness [?] : Realistic Pros : - Highly detailed model - High quality liveries - Many liveries included - Many model variations - Animated pushback truck and air stairs Cons : - Product location : Commercial Level Simulations website Commercial Level Simulations website (free INS expansion) (Additional) Liveries : AVSIM Library (search for "cls dc-10" in Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications)

COMMENTS

The CLS DC-10 cost as mush as the PMDG747X in Hong Kong, it cost 400 HKD, about 50 USD. #1 - Andrew - 11/27/2007 - 19:36 very good add-on, but is very hard to land #2 - In_The_Air - 03/08/2008 - 04:03 Name Comment -(" title=">-(" border="0"/> To prevent automated Bots from spamming, please enter the text you see in the image below in the appropriate input box. Your comment will only be submitted if the strings match. Please ensure that your browser supports and accepts cookies, or your comment cannot be verified correctly. Powered by Comment Script