MAAM-SIM, the all-volunteer flightsim development team of the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, consisting of Bill Rambow, Jan Visser, Fred Banting, Rob Young, Howard Sodja, and Mark Beaumont have produced the most authentic DC-3 simulation, for FS2002 and FS2004, ever.   The initial demonstration and release of the Douglas R4D / DC-3 CD was held at MAAM's famous World War II Weekend Show in June, 2004.

Sviluppatore: MAAM-SIM
sito: www.maam.org/maam_sim.html
Anno: 2004
Add-on per MS Flight Simulator 2004/2002

 Start in the photo-real 2-D Pilot's Panel, then click an icon to move to the Copilot's seat.   Every gauge and control duplicates those of the real ship.
Want to take a closer look at a gauge, or fly "under the hood"?  Bring up the enlarged, IFR, pilot's panel, or the enlarged copilot's panel.
The Overhead Electrical Panel and Full Quadrant pop-ups give access to dozens of working switches and controls.
But that's just the 2-D aspect of the plane.  Let's add a dimension: the Virtual Cockpit is an exact replica of the real R4D-6 #50819's flight deck.
An optional model allows removal of the yokes for a clear view of all the instruments in the VC.
Step through the radio operator's compartment and stroll down that eleven and a half degree slope toward the galley, The R4D is a 28-passenger admiral's transport, familiar to user's of the old R4D package, but now rendered in 3-D, from nose to tail.

TWO ADDITIONAL CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT MODELS
Besides MAAM's own #50819, a U.S. Naval Air Transport Service R4D-6, powered by 1350 hp P&W 1830-94 engines, there are two new civil DC-3's.  Both are equipped with 1830-92's of 1200 HP and have their own flight models and instruments appropriate to the power plants.  Each also has it's own, distinctive model and virtual cabin.

These three different models - a military, astrodome equipped military version; a freighter, and a civil passenger model, will engender many free repaints.  A number of these are already in the works by the team.  A free Repainter's Texture Kit is available, free, and outside repainters will be encouraged to upload their own free liveries, so you can have your own favorite.


WHAT IS INCLUDED

This FS2004 Package includes a total of 17 aircraft:

The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum's Naval Air Transport Service R4D-6 #50819 in two liveries.

The United Airlines DC-3, "Mainliner City of San Francisco" Passenger Model
 
The British European Airways "Sir Eric Geddes" Air Freighter

The Prototype XC-47C Amphibian with an additional skin representing the Folsom's Air Service plane.  

The D-Day C-47 Skytrain / Dakota Expansion Pack with two USAAF C-47A's and two RAF Dakota Mk III's, complete with paratroop and air-drop cargo effects.

The “All Theaters C-47 Expansion Pack with six more C-47 aircraft, all of which feature a VC upgrade.

The Danish Dakota Friends OY-BPB C-47 add-on aircraft.


Each aircraft features:

2D, photo-real cockpit with multiple panels and pop-ups.

2D, photo-real views from the cockpit.

3d virtual cockpit and passenger or cargo cabin

Animations, including landing gear, struts; passenger, baggage and cargo doors, all control surfaces, cowl flaps, numerous control quadrant levers, rudder pedals, and yokes.

Sound suite recorded from real DC-3's in flight and on the ground.

Three customized start-up flights.

Custom tire smoke, engine start-up smoke, tire marks, dust, cabin lighting and exhaust flash effects.