NZFF

by **cowpatz** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:12 am

It has been announced that Just Flight are to model the DC8- 50 to 70 series. This will include an Air NZ livery.
I can't say that I have had great experiences with Just Flight in the past but most reviews on their current DC8 offering are not too bad.
Good to see that they will offer steam and digital flight decks as well as the CFM engine conversions.
But will it work in P3D2.2?????

Note to mod. We need a P3D post icon now!

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:41 am

It is very nice, even comes with a gorgeous US Navy DC-8, Just Flight have there own development team, Canberra is the superb example, the DC-8 - Thumbs up

.. now how many have that iconic POST CARD from the 1960s Weetbix box collection , I don't

It was lost in my travels.. I love to glue things close to me these days.

by **omitchell** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:48 am

cowpatz wrote:
QUOTE (cowpatz @ Jul 24 2014,9:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It has been announced that Just Flight are to model the DC8- 50 to 70 series. This will include an Air NZ livery.
I can't say that I have had great experiences with Just Flight in the past but most reviews on their current DC8 offering are not too bad.
Good to see that they will offer steam and digital flight decks as well as the CFM engine conversions.
But will it work in P3D2.2?????

Note to mod. We need a P3D post icon now!

Will go nicely in the classics lineup with PMDG's DC-6C when they roll it out...

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:37 am

omitchell wrote:
QUOTE (omitchell @ Jul 24 2014,11:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Will go nicely in the classics lineup with PMDG's DC-6C when they roll it out...

I guessing that is next century, the DC-6

by **omitchell** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:23 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jul 24 2014,11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I guessing that is next century, the DC-6

Or it may have already been out as a limited not sure.

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:31 pm

Only DC-6 current is the Just Flight aircraft.

by **omitchell** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:47 pm

They were working on one couple years back, musta shelved it.

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:58 pm

I'm guessing PMDG would be probable more forthcoming with a DC-6 than a Dash8 , what strikes me is to reveal a product and even in early screens and then hide, the DC-6 would make PMDG a super eyeball opener, the little Beech's off FS9 were a great story ... guess its the same with everything - life's priority's go in the mix.

Least the DC-8 is incoming and with many other variants that are unique and Ideal , cargo, passenger and Military plus private jet.

by **omitchell** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:04 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jul 24 2014,4:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm guessing PMDG would be probable more forthcoming with a DC-6 than a Dash8 , what strikes me is to reveal a product and even in early screens and then hide, the DC-6 would make PMDG a super eyeball opener, the little Beech's off FS9 were a great story ... guess its the same with everything - life's priority's go in the mix.

Least the DC-8 is incoming and with many other variants that are unique and Ideal , cargo, passenger and Military plus private jet.

Yeah I'm still trying to get my head around the 777 without thinking bout whats coming down the tracks lol

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:42 pm

omitchell wrote:
QUOTE (omitchell @ Jul 24 2014,6:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yeah I'm still trying to get my head around the 777 without thinking bout whats coming down the tracks

Exactly what you want, come a warplane a aeroplane and everything wearing Sevens or Eights, If you get so engrossed with it ... it must be a goodie !

by **omitchell** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:19 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jul 24 2014,5:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Exactly what you want, come a warplane a aeroplane and everything wearing Sevens or Eights, If you get so engrossed with it ... it must be a goodie !

It's just so much to learn on it, its like the PMDG 747 and NGX had a baby and put it on steroids...

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:38 pm

omitchell wrote:
QUOTE (omitchell @ Jul 24 2014,7:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's just so much to learn on it, its like the PMDG 747 and NGX had a baby and put it on steroids...

It lucky I don't eat Stereo's they are so 1980s , the NG is the machine , flip top eyeball display and the looks to go with.

by **BendyFlyer** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:08 pm

Yep saw that news as well, one can only wait and hope. The bug list of stuff not fixed continues with the first JF DC-8. The autopilot is a complete dud as is the ground handling. First the autopilot is best activated if you want to use by key commands not the clickable panel switches that are flaky to say the least and I have a lot of real air time with those crappy two axis autopilots but this version is just hopeless, I don't think the coder/developer understood what a two axis autopilot was nor as the next generation of avionics arrived how they were sort of integrated with the navaids. I have never flown a DC-8 but I bet it was nothing like the JF version. ON the ground it wants to roll over on the corners like an overloaded C172. But that all being said it is not to bad and the graphics are not too bad.

Now I have been waiting and waiting for an AIR NZ DC-8 and maybe just maybe they will get this right, then again, maybe not.

Not to bag JF completely you see this a lot with a lot of FSX stuff, great exterior model and detail, nice graphics inside but cr@p VC controls and coding. I just cleaned out my hangar of all the roughies, and there is not much left all in all.

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:19 pm

BendyFlyer wrote:
QUOTE (BendyFlyer @ Aug 7 2014,9:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Now I have been waiting and waiting for an AIR NZ DC-8 and maybe just maybe they will get this right, then again, maybe not.

The Air New Zealand DC-8 is looking superb, David Sweetman doing the artwork - simply brilliant, not the earlier 1960/70 livery but the later KORU .

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