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Title: MD11 Panel
Post by: EHM-1570 Bruce on April 12, 2008, 11:09:59 am

I have installed the MD11, however I do not seem to be able to download the panels, I get the error message that the page cannot be displayed, any clues as to why this is happening.

Title: MD11 Panel
Post by: EHM-2097 Andrei on April 13, 2008, 07:49:38 am

Bruce,

The panel files are located within the FsNordic site.

As far as as I noticed with all files from this site, their (recent?) policy is to forbid linking directly to the files. This means you have to enter through their home page (www.fsnordic.net (http://www.fsnordic.net)), then look for the panel in the section File Library / Flight Simulator / Panels / McDonnell Douglas / MD-11 panel for FS2004 by Alain Capt, version 2.52.

Looks like a lot of browsing within their site but that's not so bad as they have some other interesting stuff there too.

About the panel itself, I tried it (after reading the long documentation) and it has some really impressive features. unfortunately, I gave up using it because of one problem, but a major one to me: some of this features (LNAV among others) tend to reset when you exit / enter the cockpit view (which I do all the time to admire the landscape). This behaviour is fairly mentioned in the documentation and it may be a problem or not depending on your flying style.

So I ended up aliasing the panel to the standard B747, which is completely unrealistic due to the "extra" fourth engine but works well and allowed me to use the aircraft model, which is nice too.

Hope this helps

Andrei

Title: MD11 Panel
Post by: EHM-1465 Dominic on April 13, 2008, 12:09:16 pm

If you go to the panel designer's website here (http://www.acsoft.ch/Flight_Simulator/ACS-MD11-PANEL/acs-md11-panel.html) you can get a full rundown of the features with screenshots to decide if it's for you Bruce.

Can't say I've ever had the problem Andrei has experienced either - it's actually one of my favourite freeware panels and still the only one I know of with a working weather radar :P

Title: MD11 Panel
Post by: EHM-1570 Bruce on April 13, 2008, 03:00:56 pm

Thanks for that Dominic I will try it.

Title: MD11 Panel
Post by: EHM-1001 Robert on April 18, 2008, 10:17:24 pm

The new MD-11 is to be released within days ;) It has a working Alain Capt installed.

Title: MD11 Panel
Post by: EHM-1465 Dominic on April 19, 2008, 07:58:16 am

Brilliant news Robert, that is a really great panel and aircraft! :P

St Maarten here we come... ;)