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Direct Link To This Post Topic: DC-8 Jetliner Series 50 to 70 - SP2 Problems
    Posted: 03 Aug 2017 at 12:55pm
Some problems that i found in this new service pack: 

DC 8 50/60/70

Wing flood light not working after 3 usages (Down, Down, Up and freeze);

In flight reverse of inboard engines almost inusable, disarm when reaching the full reverse position and has no effect, that should be able to maintain full reverse;

DC 8 73 

EADI showing the wrong angle in compact mode;
 
Left flight director switch not working, just moves on off with the autopilot command;

DC 8 53/55

Both transponders not turn on in both of them;

Problems recorded

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Aug 2017 at 7:35pm
Hi

Updated!

DC-8-62/63
1 Can't see the horizon Gyro and the compass when flying night, all other inst lights works. This makes it impossible to perform any approach in darkness. 
2 Can't turn off taxi lights but toggle between taxi lights and landing lights. Old, did I miss something?
3 Where did the FD needles go. Only V-shaped command bar.
4 The new V-Shaped Flight director bar gives no direction at all making an ILS approach.
I can't find any documentation regarding F/D Trim and the attitude calibration knob. In the former version all this worked perfect in combination with the Needle-style Flight director command bars.

Is there anything I can do in aircraft.cfg to change this?

A support case is created for 1 and 3 and one for 4

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Aug 2017 at 5:47am
Hey about the wing flood issue, I had noticed this a few months ago while flying the DC-8 series 10-40 and decided it was best not to use the floods at all.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Aug 2017 at 8:11am
Hi Nicholas,

Please report any issues to the support team so they can investigate further - http://www.justflight.com/support-contact

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Aug 2017 at 8:28am
I'll send this on to the support team, but will post here as well. Other problems in addition to the above:

1. In the -73, A/P will not follow the loaded FMS or GPS plan. Tried this on two flights. Altitude hold is also very "iffy". Strangely enough, this is not a problem with the -60 series.

2. Standby Nav/Com/ADF frequencies almost impossible to read at night unless extremely zoomed in on them.

3. in the -60 & -70 series, frame rates are horrible on the ground and in flight in the vicinity of airports, stock scenery and with the AI turned way down (FSX-SE). I don't have this problem with more complex aircraft than the DC-8's.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Aug 2017 at 8:46am
60 and 70 series, frame rates drop significantly (example 26 FPS down to 12 FPS) during turns on the ground and in the air (FSX-SE).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Aug 2017 at 7:59am
Thanks for the reports. AFAIK the only difference in the 60/70 Series is the FMC/glass gauges. We'll investigate with the help of the glass gauge developer.

Please continue to report any issues to the support team so we can properly log and investigate them.

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