Original DC-3 panel

[sir_knight57]

Does the DC-3 panel have a transponder

[dave3cu]

No

aircraft.cfg..................

[Radios]
// Radio Type = availiable, standby frequency, has glide slope
Audio.1       = 1
Com.1         = 1, 0
Com.2         = 1, 0
Nav.1         = 1, 0, 1
Nav.2         = 1, 0, 0
Adf.1         = 1
Adf.2         = 1
Transponder.1 = 0 <------------
Marker.1      = 1

Dave

[wji]

Negative . . . that's why we fly it.  ::)

[sir_knight57]

I wanted confirmation that the DC3 does NOT have a transponder as individuals on VATSIM are telling me that it does.  I advised them that it does NOT after I myself checked thoroughly for a dial within the comm stack.  I was told repeatedly that "it's right in front of you, pilot!"  ::)  I love the DC3 and fly it often to strange and far away places.  Thanks for the replies.

[ashaman]

The original panel of M$ respects the historical DC3's of the first half of last century and does not have a transponder, but maybe the people on VATSIM harping at you use other, more in sync with times panels.

After all I find hard to believe that the few DC3's that still fly today have still to go through a avionic upgrade tha consists at least of a transponder.

A nice panel upgrade you can find on http://www.douglasdc3.com/ together to a very needed flight dynamics upgrade.

[beaky]

Also bear in mind that despite the lack of a physical transponder on the default DC3 panel, ATC will give you a squawk code when flying it...

[ashaman]

...and by the way (it only struck me now) has not VATSIM its own transponder integrated inside the connection software?

Maybe those people meant for you to use that transponder.