THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED ON THE DC-8 -WISH LIS

1. Aircraft ground handling is too sensitive on the mains and unstable, ground contact points need adjusting or reviewing as aircraft behaves like a C172 in turns not a 260,000 lb wide undercarriage jet.

2. THERE IS NOT OAT (Outside Air Temperature Guage) and hence no way of no knowing about engine performance or icing, every aeroplane has one.

3. The Autopilot will not work using the mouse.

4. The attendant call buttons do not work properly and stairs cannot be called. The chocks and flags sometimes do not release or disappear from view when deselected.

5. The altimeter dial face and sub-scales are very hard to read unless zoomed in close.

6. There are no window views for wings and engine and you cannot cycle views to get the navigator station or instruments.

7. Third party radars do not appear properly on the center pedestal.

8. Fuel system integrity and controls are still not as per the DC-8 configuration.

Feel free to add your wishes to have fixed.

Fix the "Altitude Reminder" gauge by getting rid of the "10" units. Hundreds and thousands are all that is necessary.

The altimeter skips FL210 and FL220. The FD selector rotary switch on the copilot side is mislabeled. Look at the tool tips as you mouse over it... way off. There are also five positions to it but only four are labled.

Hi,

An OAT gauge is being fitted to the DC-8 50-70 pack at the moment, and once that is done we will look at retrofitting it onto the earlier pack. I think this original posting was initially made prior to the service pack being issued, so not all of the bugs still apply. 

Any remaining issues are minor rather than show stoppers and shouldn't affect your enjoyment of the DC-8 in the meantime. In fact, PC Pilot gave it a Classic Product award in their June issue. 

Hello!

What items are considered to be non show stoppers?

The autopilot and F/D issues directly interferes with normal operations of the aircraft.

Also I've noticed that the generator switches aren't moving when I click on them which is a bit annoying.

Why do you have separate NAV1 & NAV2 radios when there's no navigation instrument coupled to the NAV2 radio?

Joeflyer wrote: What I would like to find out is WHY frame rates drop considerably when making a turn while taxiing and turning while in the air. I corresponded (emails) with support on this but never could get another response from JF about it. It took weeks just to get 3 responses from JF. This is why I haven't used this aircraft in quite some time. It would be NICE if you folks at JF would try to respond to the issue I have posted as well as others who have the same issue

Maybe we do not have the answers? If we do know the answers to questions then we will reply, however there are weird and wonderful things in FSX that we do not have the answer to. Please, if you really are that unhappy with our products and service then contact customer support who will issue you a refund and we can move on.

Joeflyer wrote: Scotty wrote: Joeflyer wrote: What I would like to find out is WHY frame rates drop considerably when making a turn while taxiing and turning while in the air. I corresponded (emails) with support on this but never could get another response from JF about it. It took weeks just to get 3 responses from JF. This is why I haven't used this aircraft in quite some time. It would be NICE if you folks at JF would try to respond to the issue I have posted as well as others who have the same issue Maybe we do not have the answers? If we do know the answers to questions then we will reply, however there are weird and wonderful things in FSX that we do not have the answer to. Please, if you really are that unhappy with our products and service then contact customer support who will issue you a refund and we can move on. I have gotten more information out of your statement than I have from Support, which is zilch. Why couldn't Support have at least made the first statement you made instead of not responding at all to my question in the support tickets I opened? See, that IS the problem I am having with JF. Virtually ignoring the support tickets over the past couple of months. If JF had no answer, the least support could have done is stated so and I would have moved on. The last support ticket I opened recently does question how I can obtain a refund. Certainly I will be more than happy to not visit this place again.

It may be the case that perhaps support have an issue in saying that cannot solve your/anybody's issue, I don't know but its something I will take up with them, because if an issue cannot be answered then we should say that instead of not replying as that sorts nothing. As regards your request for a refund please email me your details direct and I will look into the situation: alex@justflight.com   

Alex is Scotty. Scotty is the forum handle. Alex will be back from holiday tomorrow.

Joeflyer wrote: Scotty, email sent with receipt from JF. I assume you are monitoring Alex's email? I got a return message indicating he is out until tomorrow.

Yes received it thanks. I will reply. As Richard says, I am 'Scotty'.

At night, the Mac Meter (at least in the -63 so far) shows up with a fixed compass ring scale rather than the Mach scale; the needle works, but the scale is useless - the drum in the ASI does show up, though.