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FSXP3D  DOUGLAS DC-7F

 DC-7F (no saddle tanks) Base Pack with American Airlines Livery

 Version 1  7/2019
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Support available at the CalClassic Forum:
http://calclassic.proboards.com/

The latest and many other aircraft are available from the CalClassic Propliner Page:
http://www.calclassic.com

Painted by Frank Gonzalez
Plane by Greg Pepper and Tom Gibson
Metal textures by Greg Pepper

Flight dynamics by FSAviator - see Reference file (F10).  This FDE is not designed for AI use - it will not work.  Download AI propliners at http://www.calclassic.com/.

This is the DC-7F Freighter Base Pack.  You will add all other DC-7F liveries to this Base Pack installation.  This Base Pack already includes an American Airlines livery.

VERSION 5 FEATURES:

1.  The two speed supercharger system is now set up by default and is available for FSX.

VERSION 4A FEATURES:

1.  There is now a checklist file available from the kneeboard (F10).

VERSION 4 FEATURES:

1.  Opening doors.  The doors will open using the following commands:

Shift E:    Passenger door
Shift E 2:  Forward Cargo Door and Underfloor Doors
Shift E 3:  Crew Door
Shift E 4:  Rear Cargo Door

2. Interior.  This interior is not intended to be an accurate depiction of an actual interior, for close inspection.  It is adequate as you are looking in through the doors.

3.  Ground equipment. There is a ladder and forklifts that appear when the engines are stopped and the parking brake is on.  Thanks to Nikko Yaginuma for the forklifts.

4.  Cargo.  You can display cargo in the cargo compartments by pressing the keys for the tailhook.  NOTE:  This key is not set by FS by default; you must activate it:

a.  In FS:  Options/Controls/Assignments menu
b.  Scroll down the list and find Tailhook Up/Down (if not there, choose All Commands from the drop down box above).
c.  Click on that line.
d.  If there is a keyboard entry already listed, press CANCEL and use another key combination (unless you want to overwrite it).
e.  If no entry, press a keyboard combination to use for this command.  I use SHIFT T.
f.  Click OK. 

VERSION 4C FEATURES:

1.  To display the maintenance stairs, you must apply the parking brake, shut down engines 3 and 4, and open the crew door using Shift E 3 (hold down the Shift key and press E, then release both keys and press the number 3 key on the main keyboard).

2.  You can also open the underfloor baggage doors by pressing Shift E 2.  Their main lighting is controlled by the baggage compartment light switch on the overhead panel in the 2D cockpit and the VC.  They will also come on by turning on all the lights with the L key.

3.  To display the chocks, you must apply the parking brake and shut down the engines on that side of the plane.

4.  There is some mesh deformation around the opening doors; I have minimized this as much as I am able (I'm not a GMAX expert).  Thanks to Milton Shupe, Bill Leaming, and others at the FreeFlight Design Shop for help in reducing this.

5.  The color of the maintenance stairs and interior cabin is controlled by the Interior.bmp file.  These can be copied to other liveries to get the color of the interior you want.  Interior textures by Manfred Jahn, modified by Frank Gonzalez and Tom Gibson.

VERSION 4B FEATURES:

1.  The VC now has accurate supercharger levers for the R3350 engines.  These are the levers directly behind the prop pitch box.  Click to go to HIGH, click again to go back to LOW.  The electric supercharger switches have been removed from the VC, since they are correct only for the R2800 engine.  They are still used in the 2D panel, however.

2.  The fuel and crossfeed levers in the VC now work the same as the levers in the 2D panel.  Left click to bring aft, right click to bring forward.  Refer to the DC-7 panel manual for details.

FSX FEATURE:

1.  Camera Definition for new CalClassic VC View, with correct view in VC after pressing Ctrl-Spacebar (i.e. reset view).

OTHER FEATURES:

1.  Real prop reverse (throttle to idle, click reverse lever, power to 30" MAP, allow plane to slow down, throttle to idle to go back to forward thrust)

2.  Contrails whenever you want them (press the I key).

PANEL:

Please download and install the FSX/P3D United DC-7 Base Pack from www.calclassic.com which will install the panel automatically.

SOUND:

Please download and install the FSX/P3D United DC-7 Base Pack from www.calclassic.com which will install the sounds automatically.


FLIGHT DYNAMICS, FUEL PLANNING, ETC.

Press F10 to bring up FSAviator's Reference file.

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NOTE: This plane and many other classic airliners can be 
downloaded free from Tom Gibson's Cal Classic web site at - 
http://www.calclassic.com/ 
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Now the legal stuff:

COPYRIGHT 2019 BY TOM GIBSON, JENS KRISTENSEN, FRANK GONZALEZ, AND GREG PEPPER.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

REPAINTS:  REPAINTS ARE ALLOWED WITHOUT FURTHER PERMISSION, BUT WE PREFER THAT THEY ONLY BE UPLOADED TO TOTALLY FREE SITES - I.E. NO CHARGES OR SUBSCRIPTION FEES FOR INCREASED ACCESS.  HOWEVER, IF YOU REPAINT THE PLANE YOU MUST CREDIT ALL OF THE ORIGINAL AUTHORS IN YOUR TEXT FILE AND INCLUDE THIS TEXT FILE.  YOU MUST ALSO REMOVE ANY EMAIL ADDRESSES FOUND IN THIS FILE, AND NOT INCLUDE THEM IN YOUR FILE.  WE DO NOT SUPPORT REPAINTS.  PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR TEXT FILE.

THIS AIRPLANE IS THE PROPERTY OF THE AUTHOR, AND CANNOT BE RE-SOLD OR PACKAGED WITH ANY PRODUCT FOR SALE, WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORS.  THIS INCLUDES "FREE" CD COMPILATIONS WITH A CHARGE OF ANY KIND.  THIS IS FREEWARE!!

YOU MAY NOT UPLOAD THIS PLANE TO ANY OTHER SERVER, IT MUST REMAIN ON THE ORIGINAL SERVER.

THIS FILE ARCHIVE OR ANY REPAINTS MUST NOT BE UPLOADED TO A SITE OR LOCATION THAT CLAIMS ANY SORT OF COPYRIGHT ON THE FILE; COPYRIGHT REMAINS WITH THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR.  UPLOADING OF THIS FILE TO SUCH A SITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORS TO VIOLATE THESE TERMS BY THAT SITE. 

THIS FILE ARCHIVE MUST REMAIN INTACT; YOU MAY NOT REMOVE OR UPLOAD PARTS OF THIS ARCHIVE.  THIS ENTIRE TEXT FILE MUST BE INCLUDED IN ANY DISTRIBUTION.  

THE AUTHORS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT YOU MIGHT INCUR AS A RESULT OF USING THESE PRODUCTS.  YOU ASSUME THE RISK OF USE.

