FS98/CFS Douglas C-118 Liftmaster
Chilean Air Force - Fuerza Aerea de Chile.
The C-118 Liftmaster was the military cargo version of Douglas DC6-B liner.
The Douglas C-118 was a piston-powered cargo aircraft, developed from the Douglas DC6-B liner, built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958.
With the new plane, the USAF wanted an expanded, pressurized version of the popular C-54 Skymaster transport with improved engines.
The USAF using the C-118 in Korea and Viet Nam, and ordered a total of 167 C-118, some of which later found their way into civilian service. Harry Truman's first presidential aircraft was an Air Force C-118 called "The Independence".
The Chilean Air Force operate some Douglas C-118 between 1968 to 1980. This planes was former LAN DC-6B liners, converted to C-118 for cargo duties.
During "Beagle Crisis" with Argentina in 1978, the FACH's Dc-6B and C-118 received camouflage in green/tan colors with low visibility markings, operating as tactical transport on southern border regions.
General characteristics
Crew: 3: captain, copilot, flight engineer, plus attendants appropriate to number of passengers
Capacity: 54-100 passengers
Length: 105 ft 7 in (32.18 m)
Wingspan: 117 ft 6 in (35.81 m)
Height: 28 ft 5 in (8.66 m)
Wing area: 1,463 ft (135.9 m)
Empty weight: 55,357 lb (25,110 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 107,000 lb (48,500 kg)
Powerplant: 4× Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB-17 "Double Wasp" radial engine, 2,500 hp (1,700 kW) with water injection each
Propellers: Hamilton Standard 43E60 "Hydromatic" constant speed props with autofeather and reverse thrust.
Performance
Cruise speed: 274 kn (315 mph, 507 km/h)
Range: 2,610 nmi (3,010 mi, 4,840 km)
Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
Rate of climb: 1,070 ft/min (5.44 m/s)
FS98 Aircraft Designers: Tom Gibson and Harry Follas.
DC-4 Panel Designers: Petros Protopapas & Stephan Grille
Chilean textures and DP: Edmundo Abad Dec. 2009
Also special thanks to Juan Concha & Roberto Ibarra, former FACH officers, by the great provided information for the development of this virtual model.
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I have included a damage profile for use with CFS1, with ficcional armament of 2 x 0.30 machine guns in the side windows, and repainted as Douglas C-118 FACH # 985, with low visibility markings, (during "Beagle Crisis", 1978).
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Installation FS98/CFS
1. Unzip to Temporaly directory "C118fach.zip".
2. Copy "C118fach" folder to X:\CFS\aircraft directory.
3. Copy "gauges" folder to X:\CFS\gauges directory.
