Flight Simulation developers shared news today, including aircraft and airports for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020, as well as X-Plane 12.
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Without further ado, I leave you with today’s flight simulation news.
Albuquerque International Sunport for MSFS Gets New Screenshots
Pacific Islands Simulation provided new screenshots of its Albuquerque International Sunport (KABQ) in New Mexico, United States.
Unfortunately, we learn that the project’s progress has been hampered by a computer failure.
Tecnam P2012 V2 Released for MSFS 2024
FlightSim Studio released v2 of its Tecnam P2012 Traveller, It’s available on Aerosoft for $29.99.
It includes the following features.
- Native MSFS 2024 build using the new flight model and aerodynamics engine
- Career mode ready
- 7 cabins: VIP, Airliner, Combi, Cargo, Medevac, Skydive, Special Mission Platform
- New VIP cabin based on original manufacturer data
- Reworked exterior model with added detail
- Passenger and cargo simulation with cabin and cargo load system
- Working Title G1000 NXi with our own extensions, FADEC, GMC710 autopilot
- Weight based tire deformation and aircraft state persistence
- Native MSFS 2024 EFB app with panel states, weight and balance and Navigraph Charts
- Soundscape from real recordings, extensively reworked and extended
If you alrady have the original version, you can upgrade for €9.95.
Baghdad Airport v2 Released for MSFS 2024
Azrsim released Baghdad Airport v2. For the moment, it’s available only on the official MSFS 2024 marketplace for PC and Xbox.
It’ll come to iniBuiods at a later time.
Boeing 777-200LR and ER Released for X-Plane 12
FlightFactor released the Boeing 777-200LR and ER for X-Plane 12. The full package with the stand-alone aircraft, is available on X-Plane.org for $119.00 with the following features.
- 777-200ER GE90-90B
- 777-200LR GE90-115BL
Flight model
- Proprietary flight model, within 2%–5% on standard certification tests. Developed and tested with real pilots.
- Weight and balance fully calculated from the basic weights, including cabin chair configuration, oil, filters, water, waste, and more.
3D Modeling
- Accurate dimensions based on exterior drawings.
- Very detailed exterior modelling with high-resolution textures.
- Very high-resolution 3D cockpit.
- Very detailed passenger cabin graphics, adjustable with different cabin configurations available in-sim.
- Additional graphic features: real working oxygen masks in both cockpit and cabin, dynamic window blinds that react to sunlight, and more.
- Every door opens, and every compartment can be walked into.
- Details such as escape ropes, crew-rest compartment, and operating engine cowling.
Accurately simulated systems include, but are not limited to:
- Electrical, hydraulic, fuel, air, and other engineering systems, including FMS-integrated pressurisation logic and realistic pressurisation effects.
- GPS, VOR, DME, ADF, COM, and ILS.
- TCAS with TCAS version 7 functionality.
- Classic STBY instruments and ISFD.
- Full set of working overhead circuit breakers.
- ADIRU/SAARU.
- Flight Control Systems:
- Three Primary Flight Computers (PFC).
- Four Actuator Control Electronics (ACE).
- Normal, Secondary, and Direct modes.
- And more.
- EFIS:
- Six LCD displays.
- Four Graphics Generators (GG) in two AIMS cabinets.
- Automatic GG reconfiguration on failure logic.
- Automatic or manual source-switching logic.
- All synoptic, COMM, and integrated checklist pages.
- And more.
- Two Flight Management Computers (FMC).
- Three Control Display Units (CDU), including Cabin Intercom pages for crew and ground communications.
- Three Autopilot Flight Director Systems (AFDS).
- GPWS with all modes of the real aircraft, including look-ahead Peaks Terrain Alerting System and RAAS.
- Advanced weather radar with beams, ground clutter, WX/WX+T, MAP, terrain, auto-gain, Multiscan, and Autotilt modes where supported by X-Plane.
- Two Electronic Flight Bags (EFB).
- CPDLC and ACARS, including PDC requests and FMC datalink workflows.
- Electronic MMEL.
New Weather Radar
Ground Services
- Working push-back truck, fully controllable with your joystick.
- Passenger bus and stairs, or an optional gate configuration so passengers can be loaded from the gate instead of the bus.
- Fuel truck, de-icing truck, GPU, and ground-start units, all visible and fully functional with aircraft systems.
- Other ground equipment.
Custom Sounds (Exclusive features)
- Fully proprietary sound system.
- Hundreds of custom sounds recorded from the real aircraft.
- In-cockpit custom sounds and individual switch sounds.
- Individual system sounds inside and outside the aircraft.
- Airport environment and cabin sounds.
- 3D stereo sound system for engines.
- In-flight cabin announcements.
- Interactive communication with the cabin crew, including misconfiguration and passenger-comfort reports.
Simulation
Custom cockpit interaction system
- Adjustable cockpit-interaction modes—choose what to use for clicks.
- Different interaction modes, with mouse-wheel and right-button support.
- In-cockpit tooltips from the manual: click a button to see relevant manual content on the display.
- Aural tooltips in the First Officer’s voice.
- Copy/paste custom commands for cockpit building.
- Every click zone (more than 2,000) has a custom command that can be configured.
Options
- A very flexible architecture: choose the setup that suits you.
- Hundreds of options, including avionics, setup, maintenance, and difficulty level.
- Many additional options for sound, cockpit interaction, effects, and more.
Interactive Checklists and Procedures (Exclusive feature)
- Full electronic interactive checklists and procedures with automatic action detection.
- The First Officer helps with procedures, callouts, and more.
- A tutorial shows the user what to do and when.
Innovative crew interaction system (Exclusive feature)
- Four voice characters for the crew.
- Interaction with crew members using the EFB or CDU3, as in the real aircraft.
- Preflight briefing using AI voices.
- First Officer assistance in different phases of flight.
- Procedures performed and noted by the First Officer.
- The First Officer reads checklists with the captain.
- Voice control of the First Officer.
Failure model
- Almost 1,000 failures simulated.
- Failure scenarios, training scenarios, and the tools needed for TR training.
- Ability to fix failures by following the proper procedure.
- Persistent failure and maintenance system: aircraft wear and misuse carry over to the next flight.
Situation Save
- Save a flight at any stage and continue from that point.
- Different cold-and-dark options.
- Pre-programmed situations for training.
- Automatic situation saving and outside-view replay.
Electronic Flight Bag
EFB with Navigraph integration for chart viewing.
- Airport moving map inside the EFB with a custom airport database, just like the real aircraft.
- SimBrief integration for planning.
- Remote EFB and EFIS display support, Remote CDU support, and multi-monitor configurations.
- Interactive navlog.
- Weight-and-balance optimisation and planning tool.
- Many pilot tools like the real EFB.
- Hundreds of options.
Special effects (Exclusive features)
- Multilayer dynamic reflections on all glass objects.
- Glow effects on screens.
- X-Plane weather enhancements, including custom windshear.
Included extras
High-resolution FlightFactor 777v2 poster
- Resolution: 13,380 × 22,850.
- Includes system schematics.
- Made for and by FlightFactor.
- Demo displays.
Included liveries
- AIR FRANCE NC
- BRITISH AIRWAYS
- EMIRATES
- FF HOUSE
- KLM OC
- UNITED NC
Piper PA38 Tomahawk Announced for X-Plane 12.
Just Flight and Thranda Design announced that the Piper PA38 Tomahawk will come for X-Plane 12.
It’ll include It’ll include 8K interior and exterior textures, reworked PBR materials, reworked flight dynamics, and new FMOD sounds.
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