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It does look thankfully very nice at night. The IAS needles on the co-pilot's side are also missing?

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And even with the lighting knobs on full there is no backlighting to the instruments. The instruments with the change are certainly now more clearer, but also far more duller too add in to the overall picture, the whole visual has lost that panel sparkle and it feels quite greyed out. The instrument reflection texture has been reduced, obviously because someone complained. and still in here it is a very nice place to be, but overall it feels like a missed opportunity. The cockpit looks the part though, and there are some great 60's era detailing features throughout the design. So the cockpit comes across not as X-Plane11 dynamic as it really should be? It is the same on the internal textures as well. So the aircraft is pretty much the same as it was in X-Plane10 and slightly dull, the mapping is just a little better in the better XP11 lighting, but overall these DC-8's don't take advantage of the PBR feature. But the textures have not been updated to X-Plane11's PBR (Physical Based Rendering) feature. A few details have also been attended to with the wing texture sharpened and leading edge riveting removed on the older 61 version, it is more cleaner now. The DC-8 bird is a nice aircraft, I love the sheer bulk of the machine. However the power cart does still not provide power if the engines are switched off? It was odd to park at a gate and you couldn't open the doors without the stairs in position? The doors are now thankfully on a separate switch from the stairs as is the Ground Power Unit (GPU). The doors now also open without the stairs in the way as well. That nasty royal blue carpet has gone as well and now there are rollers and a hard floor.

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In the 11x update I got a nice surprise in that now I also have a nice cargo door. I fly mostly in this package the DC-8F (Freighter) variant. It is also deposited in the 'Aircraft's' plugin folder and not in the general X-Plane plugin folder. the 11x version in the earlier 61 and 63 also has now the era 60's xCiva plugin built into the upper pedestal.В The CIVA ( Delco Carousel IV-A Inertial Navigation System) was the mostly widespread early navigation system and it can be used in the DC-8 but it is an add on ( xCIVA Nav System US$10). The modern 71 has the standard X-Plane FMS built in. The aircraft now also comes with two FMS versions. There are two new liveries with the new 71 variant for Zambia Airways and Air Sweden, two current liveries for Delta and United are also available.ДЄll the liveries for the other variants are all listed in the original review. Internally the new passenger 71 is the same as the 61 and 63.

Personally I love the huge turbofans of the later aircraft, they seem to fill out the airframe to a better degree, and so this 71 is a nice addition.ДC-8-61 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3 turbofan (18,000В lbf (80В kN)ДC-8-63 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B turbofan (18,000В lbf (80.07В kN) ) In reality all the aircraft here has the same 187.4ft fuselage length, it is the engines and age that makes the differential difference. This is the 63 with the CFM International CFM56-2 high-bypass turbofans (22,000В lbf (98В kN). The release of the DC-8 in X-Plane from Mike Wilson was a welcome addition to my flying and I covered the aircraft in a full review here: Aircraft Review : Douglas DC-8 by Wilson's Aircraft

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I love these old birds, they are interesting and a more manual analog style of aircraft to fly and they give you more feedback and control. This goes with the already included in the package the original 61, 63 and the 71F (Freighter) variants.

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The upgrade is known as 11x and also adds in another variant of the DC-8 family in the DC-8 -71 passenger version. Mike Wilson has upgraded his Douglas DC-8 Series to X-Plane11.

Aircraft Upgrade to XP11 : Douglas DC-8 Series by Wilson's Aircraft