CLS DC10/KDC10/KC10A

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a classic three-engine, medium to long range, widebody commercial jet airliner. The DC-10 first flew in 1970 and entered commercial service with American Airlines in 1971. Production of the DC-10 ended in 1989, a year before the more modern MD-11 entered in service.

Started in 2005, Commercial Level Simulations (CLS) has grown to a high quality commercial add-on developer for MS Flight Simulator. Their products are not that expensive and yet high quality. Their DC-10 is a beautiful and highly detailed aircraft with very high quality liveries (37 total) and a panel/virtual cockpit with a lot systems modeled. The package comes with many DC-10 variations: DC-10-10, DC-10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, DC-10-40, DC-10-40B, DC-10-40F, KC-10 Extender and KDC-10 Refueler. There are also various engine variants included. All variants are using the DC-10-10 sound set, which is based on General Electric CF6 engines. A 217 pages PDF manual is included and covers almost all features.

The flight dynamics are well balanced, the animations are very accurate and the autopilot is working perfectly. The DC-10 package includes a limited function FMC that automatically loads FS flight plans. However, there is a free INS (Inertial Navigation System) expansion available on the CLS website. With small icons on the 2d panel, you can switch between the virtual cockpit and wingview. Unfortunately, the tooltips (pop-up text) are missing when you place the cursor on switches and handles. There are a few extra features like a 3D pushback truck, air stairs, etc.










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