Can anyone answer this question???  Why is the dash8, a very prolific commuter plane so incomplete and neglected in the FS freeware world??? I recently added the Olesky Frolov dash8 panel and plane and while the system simulation is very satisfying, I was highly disappointed to turn my "head" and see no windows or fusalage surrounding the panel!  I did a search on 3 different sites for dash8 panels/planes that I might add interior views to the dash8 panel and after alll these years of FS I came up with absolutly nothing!!!  Tell me, is there some un-written rule in FS that no designer shall in anyway undertake to reproduce a complete dash8 flight deck??????  I guess I will have to find side views from other panels that I might be able to adapt to my Olesky Frolov panel.  The lack of interior views certainly detracts from an otherwise wonderful package.

You don't say which version of FS this is for. FS2002 & FS9 have a default Dash 8 but this is an unflyable AI Only drone for use as AI traffic. It can be converted to make it flyable but it has no DVC. Some 3rd party aircraft have a DVC like the FS9 default flyable aircraft while others do not. This is purely a matter of preference by the designer. It would be possible to create an FS2000-style panel for any aircraft without a DVC. This involves adding extra views to the 2D panel itself.

Try doing just that - I did. How do these look? Dash 8 parked at Humberside, England.

















If you're interested and have a fast connection, send me your email address (mine available on my website) and I'll email the bmps for you to play with.

You're right I think about some of the Dash 7 bmps - the view over the right shoulder looks OK to me for a Dash 8