ok now i'm pee'vd off

[ATI_7500]

but flying a DC-10 IFR is a bit...euh..strange...

craig,are you talking about the FFG DC-10??

[Craig.]

no, but i had problems with that to. is it just DC10's and me? none seem to want to take off for me.

[BFMF]

but flying a DC-10 IFR is a bit...euh..strange...

Why would that be strange? I would think that flying one VFR would be unrealistic

[ATI_7500]

that's what i wanted to point out,but it was just  a wrong key,okay?

[Charles Foster]

There are downloads for adjusting your load weight why not download one of those and adjust your payload. That would be the easiest way to solve the problem. you should be able to find a program like that on this site I've seen them on this site before.

[Whiskey_Zulu]

You basically need more tail-down foce if you have to get to 280 knots, unless the weight or wing area/incidence/sweep is really out of whack.

[microlight]

To add to RollerBall's original comment on DC-10 FDE's(only just seen this thread): some of the DC-10's out there only operate on the wing engines - in other words, the fin engine is not active (but the wing engines have additional thrust to compensate). You can see whether this is the case by looking in exterior view over 30,000 feet to look at the contrails, or more simply, by looking in the .cfg file to see how many engines there are!

y2cragie, this doesn't help with your 280kt takeoff problem, but look in your messages.