This post announces the release of the first DC-8 model available for FlightGear.
This model is a DC8-73F which is the freighter variant of the last conversion produced from the DC-8. It features CFM56 engines.
It's currently alpha but it's flyable. Basic control surfaces are animated, etc.
The FDM is JSBSim and loosely modeled after the DC-8-73
This thread and the wiki page will serve as the primary method of communicating progress and updates. If you improve on this model please let me know so I can incorporate your improvements into the base package.
My hangar page for this model is at:
http://www.treborlogic.com/fgfs/hangar/
The direct link to the tarballs:
FG 2.x+
http://www.treborlogic.com/fgfs/hangar/ ... 0.1.tar.gz
FG 1.9.x (pre-alpha)
http://www.treborlogic.com/fgfs/hangar/ ... 1.0.tar.gz
The FlightGear Wiki page is:
http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php/Douglas_DC-8-73
I hope you enjoy flying my first release for FG. This was also the first time I attempted to create a 3D model of anything, so expect odd things in the mesh, but it works.