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Downloads / Aircraft List / Commercial Jets : McDonnell Douglas / SGA MD-90
| Stewart Global Aircraft (SGA) / Vista Liners MD-90 |
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The McDonnell Douglas MD-90 is a short to medium range, narrow body commercial passenger jet aircraft. Although the MD-90 is with being 5 feet longer than the MD-88 the largest member of the MD-80 family, it still holds 153 to 172 passengers. The MD-90 program was launched in 1988 and besides the increased length it features more powerful, quieter and fuel efficient IAE V2525D5 engines. The MD-90 also features an EFIS glass cockpit based on that in the MD-88. The MD-90 remained in production until 2001.
The SGA MD-90 is a good looking and frame rate friendly model. All the usual animations are present. The flight dynamics are quite good, its not very hard to control this aircraft. However, the engine spool up time seems to be rather slow, which is not realistic for the modern IAE V2525D5 engines. The behavior of the main landing gear is realistic, but the retraction process seems to be too fast. Also, the thrust reverse is not very realistic, when the thrust reversers are engaged, N1 is going up all the way to 100% (should be something between 60-70% N1). With the wingfold command, a ground service vehicle appears and the rear stairs extend. |
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FS2004 & FSX |
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Yes, airspeed based |
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Landing gear behaviour [ ?] |
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Realistic |
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No |
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Realistic |
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- Frame rate friendly |
Cons |
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- Too much thrust in thrust reverse setting |
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| AVSIM Library (search for "sga md-90" in Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications) |
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