TCA Aircraft Testing Department.

Jet/ turboprop/ large prop aircraft test report: (v3.2)

Date of Report:	September 17,2001
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 Crago DC8-73F
	b) Aircraft registration:	PJ-TBD
	c) Aircraft filename:		pjtbdtcaadc873f.zip
	d) Aircraft *.AIR file date:	DC8-73v2.AIR	July 7, 2001 10:55
	e) Aircraft *.MDL file date:	DC8-73v2.MDL	September 9, 2001 18:31

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SECTION C: (Criteria Tested)


***			TAKE OFF PARAMETERS

1)	Take-off distance:	1800m

2)	Rotation speed (Vr): 	(max fuel) KIAS.
		a) Educated guess:	150 kIAS
		b) Calculated: 		160 kIAS

3)	Climb schedule: 
	t/o to 10000:	250 kIAS/2500fpm/70% N2
	 10 to 20000:	300 kIAS/4000fpm/90% N2
	 20 to 33000:	300 kIAS/2000fpm/90% N2	


***			CRUISE PARAMETERS	

4)	Endurance (range): 	5600nm

5)	Overspeed clacker:

6)	Speed @ 80% N1, 

7)	% N1 at recommended economic cruise speed:
	FL330/Mach 0.86 /320kIAS / 79%N1 /68%N2 	


***			LANDING PARAMETERS

8)	Descent:	default -2270fpm


9)	Approach speed 30% fuel (KIAS):	150 kIAS


10)	Landing speed (KIAS):
		a)  30% fuel:	147 kIAS
		b)  15% fuel: 

11)	Landing distance: 	1250m


***			HANDLING PARAMETERS		


12)	Behavior under AP : 
	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


13)	Stall speed: (KIAS)
	a) 100% fuel - 		165 kIAS clean, 123 kIAS dirty.
	b)  30% fuel - 		140 kIAS clean, 105 kIAS dirty


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

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

16)	Fuel burn:
	a) Fuel capacity:			24274 gallons.
	a) Take-off & climb out to  FL330     = 13 minutes /60nm /972 gallons
	b) Cruise :			      = 1942 gallons/hr	
	c) Descent :			      = 33 minutes /150nm /728 gallons	


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SECTION D: 	NOTES/COMMENTS:

*)	Hardware 	= P4 1.3GHz/ 256Mb RAM/ nVidia GeForce GTS2

*)	OS 		= Windows Millenium Edition/ DX8a

*)	Joystick 	= Logitech Wingman Force 3D

*)	FS screen resolution used = 1280 x 1024 x 32 bit

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

*)	ILS capture very good. Soft glideslope capture.

*)	Smooth landing gear animation.

*)	As per the docs, this beast has to be held back.
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