By Nathan Tenney,
flymd11@eriecoast.com
http://www.eriecoast.com/~flymd11
FDE by Sam Chin
Includes working doors, airstairs, night lighting, moving control surfaces, fan blades, rolling wheels, and thrust reversers, 3D gear bays, and transparent semi-photoreal textures.
Instructions
Simply unzip this package into your main FS2002 folder. This will create 2 aircraft folders, vq717v2 and yx717v2y. You will need to copy the texture folder from vq717v2 to vq717v2y.
You must also have my 717 panel installed, nt717p.zip. This is a separate download. You only need to download and install the panel once, as it works with all my 717 v2 liveries.
Door Operation
To open the passenger and cargo doors, press "shift+e." To extend/retract the forward airstairs, press "shift+e" then quickly press "2."
Known Issues
When the aircraft is viewed from a distance, there sometimes is a line near the middle of the fuselage where the forward and aft textures meet. This is due to mip mapping. I am STILL experimenting with ways to correct this issue. It seems to go away when FS is run in full screen at a high resolution.
Design History
The basic model was created by Eric C. Johnson. Since then, Dee Waldron has made several updates with AF99. I have completely rebuilt the aircraft using FSDS. No part of the aircraft has been left untouched! The new model uses parts obtained from other aircraft. The rudder is from Brian Quayle's DC-9-15, and the nose and vertical fin extension are from the Esa Kaihlanen/Kim Simmelink MD-90 AFX from Free Flight Design Shop.
Cost
The only cost to you is that you drop me a line and let me know what you like, don't like or would like to see improved.
Legal
Repaints of this aircraft are PROHIBITED.
Under no circumstances is this aircraft, textures, or derivatives made from this collection of files are to be sold in any way shape or form, or compiled onto a CD rom or placed on a CD rom compilation, or disk/diskette compilation. The copyright remains with the respective authors.
Not affiliated with, or endorsed by American Airlines, TWA Airlines LLC, AMR Corporation, or any other organization's markings which may appear on the aircraft.
Not for commercial sale.
Visual Model Copyright Nathan Tenney, 2002
FDE Copyright Sam Chin, 2001
