Meet McDonnell Douglas MD-11
The MD-11 retained the DC-10's three-engine arrangement, including the engine at the base of the fin. A longer fuselage, winglets and a two-pilot electronic flight deck marked the new development. Passenger and freighter versions served different markets.
Its automated systems and fuel-management arrangements are important parts of the aircraft's identity. The simulator implementation must be identified before discussing those details, because an MD-11 exterior does not establish which systems, failures or variants a developer has modelled.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
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Passenger and freight variants with a substantial systems update
Rotate's MD-11 v1.20 release covers both passenger and freighter versions. It adds SimBrief requests through ACARS/AOC pages, forecast winds, flight-plan import options and an alternative tape-style engine display. The release also revises manual handling, LSAS and control-wheel-steering behaviour. Some changes are explicitly X-Plane 12-only, so the simulator version remains part of the feature's scope.
Rotate · MD11 v1.20 release ↗Rotate MD-11 v1.20 · Developer release announcement and change list
Manuals & resources
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X-Plane aircraft and avionics manualsLaminar ResearchAircraft background
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