DM Flight Sim VC10

The Vickers VC10 is a classic medium to long-range, narrow body commercial passenger jet aircraft built by the British company Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. The prototype first flew on June 29, 1962. Based on BOAC specifications, the VC10 was designed to operate on long distance routes and capable of hot and high operations from African airports. There are basically two versions of the VC10: the 109-151 seat Standard version and the 139-174 seat Super version. Despite it's sophisticated design, the VC10 never became a commercial success due to bad timing of it's debut and high operating costs. Only 54 airframes were build when the production of the VC10 ceased in 1970. After years of service with various airlines, a large number of VC10s were bought by the RAF and converted to air to air refueling aircraft. Many of them are still in service.

DM Flight Sim is developer of freeware classic British jet airliners. Their VC10 is a detailed model and resembles it's realworld counterpart very well. All usual animations are present and seem to be accurate. Some of the special animations are opening passenger doors with air strairs and intake covers on all four engines when those are off. Both the civil and military versions are modeled including various liveries. The panel looks realistic, although the text on it is sometimes hard to read. One of the sub-panels is a dynamic checklist for takeoff, climb and approach. The flight dynamics are excellent. The control inputs are a bit slow, just like it should be on an old aircraft like the VC10. Engine smoke apprears automatically when the engines are at full power.






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