TCA Aircraft Testing Department.

Jet/ turboprop/ large prop aircraft test report:

Date of Report:	May 23, 1998
Tested by:	Doug Miller
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SECTION A: (Original FSFS aircraft details.)

	a) Aircraft name:		TCA DC-10 Freighter
	b) Aircraft registration:	PJ-TBX
	c) Aircraft Filename:		DC10f.zip

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SECTION B: (FS98 only aircraft file details.)

	a) Aircraft name:
	b) File name:

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SECTION C: (Criteria Tested)

1)	Endurance (range)NM:		3144nm

2)	Take-off distance(metres):	2500m 
	Landing distance(metres):	500m 

3)	Rotation speed (Vr)(KIAS):
	a) Educated guess:	180kias :-)
	b) Calculated:		143kias

4)	Climb: Best climb speed (KIAS/fpm):2400fpm @ 250kias

5)	Overspeed clacker sounds at(at cruise altitude)Mach number or KIAS:360kias

6)	Behavior under AP(OK/Not OK).
	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

7)	Speed @ 80% N1, FL300 (Mach number or KIAS).	324kias

8)	% N1 at recommended economic cruise speed:	93%

9)	Stall speed (KIAS). 
	a) 100% fuel: Stall clean 116/Dirty 110kias
	b)  30% fuel: Clean 89kias/ Dirty 84kias

10)	Approach speed at 30% fuel(KIAS):120kias 

11)	Turns AP ON - (OK/Not OK):
	a) Level turns.		ok
	b) Climbing turns.	ok
	c) Descending turns.	ok

12)	Turns AP OFF - (OK/Not OK):
	a) Level turns.		ok
	b) Climbing turns.	ok
	c) Descending turns.	ok

13)	Landing speed(KIAS):
	a)  30% fuel:	120kias
	b)  15% fuel:	110kias

14)	Take-off with some engines out of service:I could take off 
	holding the left or right brake to counteract the pull, and 
	with just one eng, it took off, but moved very slow!


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SECTION D: 	NOTES/COMMENTS: 

1)	Not a bad plane, takes alittle gettin used to. Its got a large 
	turning radius, but it's very predictable. Took me awhile to 
	find a good panel, but I found one at simflight.com called 
	DC10ee.