TFDI Teases new aircraft. MD-11

[Nuno Pinto 1,395]

There _IS_ a God. My new favorite company. I'll even buy the B717 just to help them out and i'll do that right now. YES!

[skully 1,045]

I'm not sure we're ever going to get a really good DC-10. 

Perhaps TFDI will consider building one?

[SKEWR 364]

If it is a MD11 then it's a insta buy here.

I'm OK with this as their 717 was pretty good IMO.

[Samaritano 304]

Don't see a center landing gear. It could be an MD-10 or maybe both. MD-11 and MD-10.

[CaptainIronside 52]

1 minute ago, Samaritano said:

Don't see a center landing gear. It could be an MD-10 or maybe both. MD-11 and MD-10.

The center gear could be retracted. 

[edpatino 1,964]

16 minutes ago, micstatic said:

I was a late adopter of the 717 due to the CTD view bug.  However they fixed it.  I love the airplane and I'm sure I would love the MD-11 if they did it.  The only thing missing is a descent arrow altitude indicator.  I don't know the term for it. And PBR

This is good news. I do sincerely hope TFDi has learned enough on their B717 experience to release something consistent and 90%+ bug free right from the beginning. Those open beta, or early releases will not work for me, just in case.

Cheers, Ed

[joandreas 3]

Well dc 10 only got winglet on prototype,

as can be seen in shadow.

landing gear of both aircraft is on youtube, but can not be comfirmed

https://archive.org/details/1981-L-12090

[Samaritano 304]

3 minutes ago, CaptainIronside said:

The center gear could be retracted. 

It could be. I found this on the internets.

Center Gear:

Must be extended for Takeoff and Landing unless operation is based on the Center Gear Retracted Appendix.

[DavidP 1,410]

So is their 717 any good now? I haven't had it installed for a long time now.

[Mace 1,909]

17 minutes ago, Samaritano said:

Don't see a center landing gear. It could be an MD-10 or maybe both. MD-11 and MD-10.

Did the MD-10's get a center gear added?   

The DC-10-10 didn't have a center landing gear.  Only the -30 and -40 to the best of my knowledge.

[edpatino 1,964]

14 minutes ago, DavidP said:

So is their 717 any good now? I haven't had it installed for a long time now.

It's very good now. Apparently TFDi recently solved the latest issue of CTD when changing between cockpit and outside views.

Cheers, Ed

[micstatic 4,319]

5 minutes ago, edpatino said:

It's very good now. Apparently TFDi recently solved the latest issue of CTD when changing between cockpit and outside views.

Cheers, Ed

agree.  It's a very nice airplane.  Very fun to fly

[Skywolf 992]

It needs to compete with pmdg MD-11 and be more....way more.

I hope the devs can get some data from pmdg/fslabs devs without reinventing the wheel.  There are always agreements which can be made.

Edited May 4, 2020 by Skywolf

[edpatino 1,964]

Just now, micstatic said:

agree.  It's a very nice airplane.  Very fun to fly

And very smooth, too, had to say. But all that almost two years after release.

Cheers, Ed

Edited May 4, 2020 by edpatino

[vc10man 732]

23 minutes ago, edpatino said:

It's very good now. Apparently TFDi recently solved the latest issue of CTD when changing between cockpit and outside views.

Cheers, Ed

Great news as mine has been parked for ages.