FS98/CFS Douglas DC-6B Twin Pack
LAN-CHILE Air Lines & Chilean Air Force FACH.
The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and transport aircraft, developed from the DC-4 (C-54), built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, it was reworked after the war to compete with the Lockheed Constellation in the long-range transport market. More than 700 were built, and many still fly today in cargo, military, and wildfire control roles.
With the new plane, the USAF wanted an expanded, pressurized version of the popular C-54 Skymaster transport with improved engines. The new DC-6 was known as the C-118 Liftmaster in United States Air Force service.
The Chilean National Air Lines LAN operated the Douglas DC-6B between 1955 to 1968, being sold to the Chilean Air Force, who operate them to 1980 (some converted to C-118 for cargo duties).
The modern four-engined plane with capacity for 100 passengers, was destined by LAN to flight national and international routes, opening the comercial flights to Isla de Pascua (Easter Island) on central South Pacific.
On April 1962 the DC-6B registration #406 equipped as VIP plane, war used as "Air Force One" by the president Jorge Alessandri Rodriguez on his presidential tour to United States, Mexico, Panama, Ecuador and Peru.
During "Beagle Crisis" with Argentina in 1978, the FACH's Dc-6B 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 in two textures:
-Douglas DC-6B LAN Chile # CC-CLDC, with 1966 colors.
-Douglas DC-6B (C-118) FACH # 981, with high visibility markings, (before "Beagle Crisis", 1978).
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Installation FS98/CFS
1. Unzip to Temporaly directory "Dc-6.zip".
2. Copy "Dc-6" folder to X:\CFS\aircraft directory.
3. Copy "gauges" folder to X:\CFS\gauges directory.
