VSKYLABS DC-3C Airliner Project Evolution/Log

Update Log

VSKYLABS DC-3C Airliner

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XP12 - NXG v1.1 (6th November 2025):

  • Updated with X-Plane 12.3.0 Weather Radar (embedded in the LR X1000).

XP12 - NXG v1.0 (17th May 2025):

  • Flight Dynamics:
    • Modified/improved tail-section design.
    • Modified/improved control surfaces design.
    • Modified/improved landing gears ground interaction.
    • Modified/improved gears/brakes/rudder effectiveness for maximum realism and 'feel' of the aircraft.
    • modified/improved engine starting characteristics.
    • Validated flight model and aircraft behavior on taxi, takeoff (normal and short), performance, landing (normal and short), ground handling.
  • Cockpit:
    • Remodeled and re-textured from scratch (3-d assets):
      • Yokes (control wheels and stick down to the floor).
      • Yokes base leather covers.
      • Pedals.
      • Windshield wipers motors and hub.
      • Wipers.
      • Pedestal panel.
      • Cockpit floor.
      • Pilot seats.
      • Heating hoses.
      • Overhead panel frame.
      • Windshield frames.
      • 'Floating' compass.
      • Padded cockpit interiors.
      • Front structural beams (visible on each side of the front panel).
      • G1000 3-d bezels.
      • Cockpit re-texturing.
  • Cabin (3-d assets):
    • Cabin cover - remodeled/re-textured.
    • Cabin floor - remodeled/re-textured.
    • All interior walls/covers - remodeled/re-textured.
    • New window frames.
  • Exterior:
    • New NXG paint-kit.
    • New skis / textures.
    • New props / textures.
    • Additional 3 default liveries:
      • Buffalo Airways 'Plane Savers C-DTFT'.
      • 'KF Centre for Excellence' Odyssey 86' 
      • IAF 'Dakota' 026.
  • Lights:
    • Complete rework of all exteriors and interior lights.
  • Internal engineering:
    • New internal engineering and aircraft components re-arrangements.
  • Interactions:
    • Flaps - now using custom up/down interaction instead of 3-separated click-points.
    • Fuel indicator selector - now using custom rotatable switch instead of separated click-points.
    • Fuel tank selectors - now using custom rotatable switch instead of separated click-points.
  • VSKYLABS Cockpit-Builders Heaven Assignment layer:
    • Assign all aircraft switches, knobs, and interactions via a dedicated X-Plane 12 assignment layer.

XP12 - v2.0b2 (19th September 2023):
Major Update Release:

  • Flight Dynamics and Systems:
    • New mixtures, carburetor system algorithm: Mixture control is now fully differential, and fully automatic, replicating the actual DC-3 mixtures and carburetor operations. Mixture levers have detents (steps) for 'cutoff', 'auto-lean', 'auto-rich', emergency. All auto-modes are fully automatic. For more information refer to the included manual.
    • New fuel system: The VSKYLABS fuel system in v2.0b2 allows to feed each engine from any of the four tanks, directly (identical to real-world DC-3 operation). (known issue - due to a system architecture restriction in the VSKYLABS DC-3 v2.0, when feeding each engine from the Aux tanks (from the same side or opposite sides), the Aux tank with the higher remaining fuel quantity will feed both engines, until both Aux tanks are equal. Then, both tanks will feed both engines.The fuel system is under development and this ‘feature’ will be fixed in future updates.
    • Carburetor heat system - levers are not being operated internally via sliders (for more information refer to the included manual).
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fuel level indicator is now equipped with a shifting-plate, showing the designated tank in each mode.
    • Fuel level indicator needle 3-d and animation changed to provide better reading, more accurate.
    • External lights - Beacon light switch fixed.
    • FMOD sounds - Fuel pumps sounds tuneups (reduced intensity).
  • Enhancements:
    • Cockpit PBR and tone update.
    • Pitch trim wheel re-modeled, re-textured.
    • Carburetor heat levers now showing 'L' / 'R' for better interaction.
    • Various PBR fixes all-around in the cockpit.
  • Manual/POH update: Rev 004

v2.0b1 (9th September 2023):

  • Flight model update:
    • Default (empty) CG tune-ups to set the aircraft in a natural, slight 'nose heavy' configuration, especially when it is not loaded - this improves handling on takeoffs, especially when the elevator trim is accidentally not in the correct position (due pilot error). Handling during landing is also improved.
    • VR config file update.

v1.0i (19th January 2023):

  • Bug fix - heater switch triggered heading sync function. This is not eliminated.

v1.0h  (15th January 2023):

  • Minor fix - removed rectangle object artifact in cockpit.

v1.0f  (14th January 2023):

  • Damage simulation - reverted from custom to X-Plane 12 over-g values for airframe over-stress damage. In practive this allows the airframe a higher margin before breaking apart.
  • G1000 screens baseline brightness decresed to match X-Plane 12 latest version lighting changes.

v1.0e  (31st December 2022):

  • Minor update release - Fix to icing visualization on windshield/windows - now it works within X-Plane 12 built-in icing visualization system and rendering engine.

v1.0c  (28th December 2022):

  • Minor update release - Fix to missing LH fire extignuisher switch and guard.

v1.0a  (15th December 2022):

  • Minor update release - Heater light re-wired (got electrical power in cold and dark).

v1.0 (12th December 2022) - X-Plane 12 version release.

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