Internally the new passenger 71 is the same as the 61 and 63. Personally I love the huge turbofans of the later aircraft, they seem to fill out the airframe to a better degree, and so this 71 is a nice addition.ĭC-8-61 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3 turbofan (18,000 lbf (80 kN)ĭC-8-63 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B turbofan (18,000 lbf (80.07 kN) ) In reality all the aircraft here has the same 187.4ft fuselage length, it is the engines and age that makes the differential difference. This is the 63 with the CFM International CFM56-2 high-bypass turbofans (22,000 lbf (98 kN). The release of the DC-8 in X-Plane from Mike Wilson was a welcome addition to my flying and I covered the aircraft in a full review here: Aircraft Review : Douglas DC-8 by Wilson's Aircraft I love these old birds, they are interesting and a more manual analog style of aircraft to fly and they give you more feedback and control. This goes with the already included in the package the original 61, 63 and the 71F (Freighter) variants. The upgrade is known as 11x and also adds in another variant of the DC-8 family in the DC-8 -71 passenger version. Mike Wilson has upgraded his Douglas DC-8 Series to X-Plane11. Aircraft Upgrade to XP11 : Douglas DC-8 Series by Wilson's Aircraft
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