TCA Aircraft Testing Department.

Jet/ turboprop/ large prop aircraft test report: (v3.1)

Date of Report:	March 10, 2001
Tested by:	Philip M. Wafer
		TCA#2302
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SECTION A: N/A

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SECTION B: (aircraft file details.)

	a) Aircraft name:		TCA Air Cargo DC10-30	
	b) Aircraft registration:	PJ-TBX
	c) Aircraft filename:		TCACB_FFG_DC-10-30F.ZIP
	d) Aircraft *.AIR file date:	DC1030F_C2_565.AIR	December 26, 2000 08:10
	e) Aircraft *.MDL file date:	DC-10-30ER.MDL		February 22, 2001 11:10

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SECTION C: (Criteria Tested)


***			TAKE OFF PARAMETERS

1)	Take-off distance:	1900m

2)	Rotation speed (Vr): 	(max fuel) KIAS.
		a) Educated guess:	170 kIAS
		b) Calculated: 		201 kIAS

4)	Climb: 
	Takeoff to 10000':-	90% N1/250 kIAS/3000fpm
	10 to 19000':-		90%/N1/300 kIAS/2300fpm
	19 to 23000':-		90% N1/300 kIAS/1500fpm
	23 to 27000':-		90% N1/300 kIAS/1000fpm
	27 to 31000':-		90% N1/300 kIAS/500fpm
		


***			CRUISE PARAMETERS	

5)	Endurance (range): 	7350nm

6)	Overspeed clacker:

7)	Speed @ 80% N1,  Mach 0.81

8)	% N1 at recommended economic cruise speed:
		FL310/Mach 0.83 = ~92% N1


***			LANDING PARAMETERS

9)	Descent:	Default = 2000fpm


10)	Approach speed 30% fuel (KIAS):	180 kIAS


11)	Landing speed (KIAS):	170 kIAS
		a)  30% fuel:	
		b)  15% fuel: 

12)	Landing distance: 	1200m


***			HANDLING PARAMETERS		


13)	Behavior under AP: (OK or not)!
	a) Speed AP.		ok	
	b) Altitude AP.		ok
	c) Heading AP.		ok
	d) NAV1 AP.		ok
	e) Back course AP.	ok
	f) Approach AP.		ok
	g) Autoland.		n/a


14)	Stall speed: (KIAS)
	a) 100% fuel - 	190 kIAS clean, 160 kIAS dirty.
	b)  30% fuel - 	160 kIAS clean, 130 kIAS dirty.


15)	Turns AP ON - (OK or not?)
	a) Level turns		ok
	b) Climbing turns.	ok
	c) Descending turns.	ok

16)	Turns AP OFF - (OK or not?)
	a) Level turns		ok
	b) Climbing turns.	ok
	c) Descending turns.	ok

17)	Fuel burn:
	a) Capacity = 36652 US gallons.
	b) Take-off & climb out to FL310 = 130nm/25 minutes/1800 gallons		
	c) Cruise at Mach 0.83/FL370 = 2900 gallons/hr	
	d) Descent FL370 to land = 120nm/22 minutes/633 gallons.			


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SECTION D: 	NOTES/COMMENTS:

*)	Hardware = PIII 450/128Mb RAM/ GEForce 256 DDR

*)	FS screen resolution used = 1280 x 1024 x 16bit

*)	This aircraft was tested in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Pro.

*)	Used Staffan Ahlbergs DC10 panel during testing. SADC10.ZIP

*)	Used FFG_DC_10_POH.PDF for reference data. Great info in this file.
	Get it from the FFG site.

*)	Calculated MGTOW rotation figure is 200 kIAS. I trimmed the elevator to
	+10, as per docs, as indicated on the SA panel. I then tried to
	rotate at 170 kIAS. This worked, and I rotated to a body 
	attitude of 15°. The aircraft lifted off cleanly at about 180 kIAS.

*)	Take-off and landing runs are approximately as per docs.

*)	Hats off to Jack Ford for beautifull paint jobs!!

*)	The FFG visual model is a beaut! Very hi-tech! Slat and flap
	animations are smooth. PIC, First Officer & Flight Engineer are
	visible in the cockpit. This all takes its' toll on frame rates,
	of course. I was getting about 12fps in spot view.

*)	Very stable in the air, but watch out on the ground. I found that
	I needed to have a very slow taxi speed for turns... less than 5 knots.