TCA Aircraft Testing Department.

Jet/ turboprop/ large prop aircraft test report:

Date of Report: 2 October 1998
Tested by: MArco Pacagnella  #2459
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SECTION A: (Original FSFS aircraft details.)

	a) Aircraft name: DC10-30F  "Seven Seas"
	b) Aircraft registration: PJ-TBX
	c) Aircraft Filename: tcadc10f2.zip

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SECTION B: (FS98 only aircraft file details.)

	the plane is in FS98 format

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SECTION C: (Criteria Tested)

1)	Endurance (range)NM: 4327 nm (At Economic cruise speed - M.82)

2)	Take-off distance(metres): 1600 m
	Landing distance(metres): 600 m

3)	Rotation speed (Vr)(KIAS):
	a) Educated guess: 165/170
	b) Calculated:	177

4)	Climb: Best climb speed (KIAS/fpm): 
			Initial climb 4000 fpm /190 KIAS
			Under 10000'  3000 fpm /250 KIAS
			Over 10000'   2000 fpm /300 KIAS (until intercepting M.82)
			Over FL350    keep M.82

5)	Overspeed clacker sounds at(at cruise altitude)Mach number or KIAS: M.88 (as docs)

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		no

7)	Speed @ 80% N1, FL300 (Mach number or KIAS).  M.82

8)	% N1 at recommended economic cruise speed:  80%/M.82

9)	Stall speed (KIAS). 
	a) 100% fuel: Clean 148 /Dirty 122
	b)  30% fuel: Clean 120	/Dirty 100

10)	Approach speed at 30% fuel(KIAS): 150

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: 135 (calc. 140)
	b)  15% fuel: 130 (calc. 134)

14)	Take-off with some engines out of service: I tested (at Max Take Off wheight)
	a engine failure (at n.1) at 140 KIAS during Take Off roll:
	full rudder needed to keep plane on centerline until VR.
	Take off roll was raised to 2700 meters ! (1 km more !)
	After retracting gear the plane was accelerated to 190 KIAS climbing at 800 fpm
	then I climb out easily at 2000 fpm/ 190 KIAS. After tasting the good manovrability
	without portside engine I shot down ALSO the tail engine (n.2): no sensible pitch 
	change, and the plane was still able to fly at 250 KIAS with just n.3 running at 90 N1!
	(at max wheight!). Then autopilot was tested in this circustances: able to turn in 
	both directions :-)
	Landing with 1 engine (at 30% fuel) was not too difficult.

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SECTION D: 	NOTES/COMMENTS:

1)	This plane tastes heavy at max fuel, but climb pervormances are excellent.
	At lower wheight is very pleasant to fly and to land, expecially on difficult 
	approaches such as Hong Kong Kai Tak, where demostrate a good precision.

2)	The Range is a bit hight, at a FL310 cruise (more than 10000 feet below normal 
	long range cruise altitudes) he demostrated a range over 4000 nm, so I suppose that
	at hight altitudes he can reach 5000 nm, that is unrealistic for a 3200 nm range plane.
	The real plane has additional aux tanks that are not in our plane.
	I think that the plane should run at an highter N1 %, drinking some more  :-) 

3)	I like it very very much for flight model and for the good visual design.
	As panel I suggest the excellent Eric Ernst DC10 panel available also for 
	copilots ! (A link is at TCA -Hangar- panel page)

4)	It is a "MUST HAVE"