------------------------------------- FSX MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-83 ------------------------------------- Aircraft Authors: SGA - Eric Cantu / Eagle Rotorcraft Simulations. Airfile and Flight Dynamics: Philippe Marion. Lights and Effects: Philippe Marion. Main Panel & Gauges: Original VC model by Mitsushi Yutaka Original VC Filename: bp_md81_vc_x New Panel and Gauges by Philippe Marion New Filename: PhmMD80 Extra Gauges: Cockpit Sounds gauge by Philippe Marion Icons32 panel icons by Philippe Marion VSpeed gauge by Philippe Marion Callout gauge by Philippe Marion Brake gauge by Philippe Marion TCAS gauge by Dietmar Loleit FMC gauge by Garret Smith FMC Split / Inop by Philippe Marion FSX XML Sound gauge by Doug Dawson Sounds (flightdeck environment & exterior sounds): Compiled by Philippe Marion. Aircraft Characteristics: ----------------------- Air File: PhmMD80.air Model Aircraft File (Flat): MD83.mdl Model Aircraft File (Cone): MD83C.mdl Model Interior File: bp_md81_vc_x.mdl - Models with Full animations. - Semi working Virtual Cockpit. - 4 Virtual Cockpit camera views. - Wide 1280px day and night 2D panel. - Realistic MD83 flight dynamics. - Very highly detailled DXT5 textures. - High quality engine & environment sounds. - New aircraft lighting and effects. - Animated jetways ready (Ctrl-j). - 11 external camera views. - Correct ATC callsigns, type and model. - Html Checklist and Reference files. 5 very detailled classic repaints: ------------------------------- - Swissair HB-ISX "Binningen". - American Airlines N9621A. - Alaska Airlines N973AS. - Delta Airlines N995DL (MD88). - Avianca N161BS. Douglas MD83 Classic Collection Brief: ---------------------------------- FSX/P3D McDonnell Douglas MD83 classic liveries collection. Based on the SGA/Eric Cantu's model, converted by Eagle Rotorcraft Simulations, featuring a new Airfile and a new 2D Panel with a clean set of xml gauges. The original VC by Mitsushi Yutaka has been completely re-worked, with updated VC textures and gauges. The VC is sadly not fully working but it is very convincing. Great sounds, engine auto-smoke, lighting, effects and most of all, well balanced flight dynamics. This collection contains 5 beautiful liveries from some iconic airlines, including: Swissair, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Airlines and Avianca. A "White" texture is also included for those of you who would like to make more liveries. All textures have been saved as DXT5 and are extremely detailled, with new alpha layers. I fixed the specular lighting by adding the missing Fresnel ramp file. All metallic textures have been enhanced to display realistic reflections and dynamic shine. The new panel features the following extra gauges: FMC by Garret Smith, TCAS by Dietmar Loleit, and my own VSpeed, Altitude Callout, Icons32, Brake and Cockpit sounds. Most of these gauges are using the FSX XML Sound gauge by Doug Dawson. This package contains both MD83 exterior models: Cone and Flat. New MD80 Checklist and Reference files. Superb Pratt and Whitney JT8D environment sound files with sound cones, from unknown authors, compiled by me. Tested in FSX Acceleration (DX10) and FSX Steam Edition (DX9). Not tested in P3D but should work correctly up to V3. Sound effects may not work in V4 or V5. INSTALLATION: --------------- 1 - Extract the zip archive in the folder of your choice. In the folder you will find these 4 folders: "Airplanes", "Effects", "Gauges" and "Sound". 2 - Copy/paste the content of the "Airplanes" folder in your FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes folder. 3 - Copy/paste the content of the "Effects" folder in your FSX\Effects folder. 4 - Copy/paste the content of the "Gauges" folder in your FSX\Gauges folder. 5 - Copy/paste the content of the "Sound" folder in your FSX\Sound folder. Note: You may need Administrator's permissions to do the above. 6 - Launch FSX, Select your new McDonnell Douglas MD83 and go flying! TESTING ENVIRONMENT: ------------------------ This aircraft was tested in Windows 10 x64. Microsoft Flight Simulator X Steam Edition (DX9). Microsoft Flight Simulator X + Acceleration Pack (DX10). DX9 and DX10 Preview Mode with SteveFX DX10 Scenery Fixer v5.3. DESIGN TOOLS: --------------- Textures painted with Paint.net. Textures converted with MWGraphic's DXTBmp. Air file edited with Aircraft Airfile Manager (AAM). Lights and Effects created with FXEditor. Sound files edited with Ocenaudio. --------- CREDITS --------- The panel in this package is exclusively my work. However, this wouldn't have been possible without the following people and the wonderful freeware content they created over the years. Mitsushi Yutaka for the MD81 VC. Philippe Wallaert for some of the original gauges. Garrett Smith for the essential FMC. Deitmar Loleit for the original TCAS. Daniel Gauthier for the original Cockpit Sounds. Hiroshi Higami for the original Auto-brake gauge. ---------------------------- DISCLAIMER AND COPYRIGHT ---------------------------- THE AUTHORS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT YOU MIGHT INCUR AS A RESULT OF INSTALLING THIS ARCHIVE. YOU ASSUME THE RISK OF USE. The models were created under Microsoft's Game Content Usage Rules using assets from Flight Simulator X Deluxe Edition, (c) Microsoft Corporation. See www.xbox.com/en-US/Community/Developer/Rules You may use the archive (or any parts of it) in any freeware aircraft, either for your personal use or for any aircraft project you may be working on, and destined to be published. You may NOT however use the archive (or any parts of it) for commercial purpose without all the authors explicit, written permission in advance. This includes "free" CD or DVD compilations with a charge of any kind. --------------------------------- All Rights Reserved. Philippe Marion (marionphilippe [at] hotmail [dot] com) 09 May 2020