B 747-8 Intercontinental Prime Edition

A New Era of Flight Procedures Simulation (FPS)

The v3.0 update for the FPS B747-8 is a complete technological reconstruction. Designed exclusively for X-Plane 12, it delivers the most advanced and stable simulation of the "Queen of the Skies" across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  FEATURE LIST 

 GENERAL MODELLING AND ANIMATIONS 

• Modeled as the real one with many details :

• Each door can be opened individually and is very detailed.

• Very detailed nacelles and engines with many details and animations.

• The landing gear and gear doors with proper animation.

• Leading and trailing edge flaps, detailed flap mechanisms and proper animations (such as partial retraction of leading edge flaps during reverse thrust).

• Speedbrakes/spoilers with accurate individual panels.

• Cabin modelled with all classes.

• The wing flex and nacelles animations are modelled using the proper forces and physics.

• A separate and animated windshield wiper with accurate timing and rate.

• Pilot figures that  can be hidden.

• Fans windmill when engines are off.

• Visible fuel falling particles during fuel jettisoning.

• Cockpit and cabin windows rain and thermal effects.

 COCKPIT

• Detailed 3D cockpit with a highres 4k textures with buttons, switches, knobs, and handles well modelled and functional.

 CUSTOM SYSTEMS

• The  FPS B748 custom systems simulates almost areas of the flight procedures and performance that is :

• Electrical system is simulated with 2 external GPUs and 2 APUs sources, 2 battery systems, Ram air turbine, system power segregation with automatic switching , detailed display synoptic and associated advisory messages.

• Realistic C.A.S. with system advisory messages at all 3 message levels with over 120 Messages.

• Brake system with autobrake RTO condition and antiskid, brake temp fail, indicators and hydraulic system dependency, EICAS display information and associated advisory messages.

• Gear system with hydraulic dependency, functional tiller system, sensed tire pressure, wheel temperature, detailed display synoptic and associated advisory messages.

• Hydraulics with a bottle system pressure simulated for each  four systems plus an independent bottle press for brakes, system dependencies, detailed display synoptic and associated advisory messages.

• Fuel and feeding system with all opening and closing pump valves, FUEL TANK/ENG operation, complete fuel jettison system and panel control, fuel imbalance, fuel temperature with mass physics that reacts with, ram air on edges temperatures, detailed display synoptic and associated advisory messages.

• Air conditioning system and logic with temp control by envelopes for different areas (intercontinental and freighter), detailed display synoptic and associated advisory messages.

• Pressurization system with manual and automatic outflow valves control, automatic landing altitude setting, EICAS display information and associated advisory messages.

• Engines autostarting system timed and controlled by a custom FADEC system, engines temperature and N1 overshoots protection,  fire disch bottle discharges system simulated that empty when being used, UPPER and LOWER EICAS display information, associated panel indicators and advisory messages.

• Control surfaces mixed system hydraulic with flaps and inboard ailerons, fly by wire electric parts simulated as the outboard ailerons and spoilers panels, TAIL STRIKE protection, EICAS display information and associated advisory messages.

• Custom timed external lights  with direction, size and volumetric physics.

• Custom cockpit lights with many interactions  with  main panels illuminated and electrical dependences with size and volumetric physics.

• Custom cabin lights with control ON/OFF in the tablet.

 CUSTOM FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS AND  EQUIPMENT LIST

• Radio 3 panel consoles that can be used with any left or right channel COMM 1 / COMM 2 and  a transponder.

• Audio console with switches and volume control for COMM 1, COMM 2, DME, MARKS etc.

• Custom Weather Radar console with all control for the new X-Plane 12 radar features.

• Display manager like in the real aircraft shows over 8 synoptic pages in any MFD side and lower EICAS with electronic normal checklist.

• High resolution antreflex  displays with brightness control.

• Display PopUps that can be used in any camera state and can be moved to another display.

• Detailed Navigation display (ND) with many functions like Airport Map, TCAS and Weather radar (new default XP).

• UPPER and LOWER EICAS display with a complete advisory message integration and decluttering function.

• Primary Flight display with a bunch of instruments like, EGPWS, clock, FMA (Flight Manager Annunciators) and others .

• Realistic baro pressure switch logic (STD, preselected, transition altitude).

• Minimum callouts based on radio altimeter or barometric altimeter.

• TAKEOFF FLAP, BRAKE, STEERS  warning and advisory message alert.

 MANAGEMENT and AUTOMATED FLIGHT (FMC)

• Captain and First Officer independent CDUs.

• Inertial Reference System (IRS) implemented with alignment function.

• Complete MCP panel with all functional autopilot buttons and switches 

• FMC modeled closely after the real 747-8 ones with most menus and functions implemented.

• Custom navigation data supported by Navigraph and Simbref with proper navdata downloadable from Navigraph.

• Custom autopilot system with all vertical and lateral guidance modes as follow :

• Sources : CMD, FD, LAND3, NO AUTOLAND.

• Lateral : TO/GA, HOLD, TRACK, ROLLOUT, BCRS,  ATT, HDG, LNAV, LOC, FAC.

• Vertical : TO/GA, ALT, V/S, FLCH, VNAV ALT, VNAV SPD, VNAV PTH, G/S, G/P, GLS, FLARE.

• SID and ARR with RNAV/RNP (non-precision approach) and MISSED APP by navigraph.

• FMC FIX page, WIND entering by LEG, FMC ROUTE 2, ALTERNATE FMC DIVERSION and many others like route OFFSET.

• Custom Fuzzy logic based AUTOTHROTTLE system.

 AUTOSAVING FLIGHT 

• Autosaves the flight with a selectable time  period  1, 10, 15, 30 minutes.

 FLIGHT MODEL

• The flight model performs almost all datasheets  for consumption, climb, cruise, descent and arrival phases with less than 5% of difference making it a very high quality representative model.

• The model was very well  tested by many real 747 pilots and mechanics over 12 years plus over 1000 beta testers that contributed to the best results for this  ACF model quality.

  SOUNDING

• Custom FMOD sound with 9 layers and stages of the real  GENX engines.

• Positional external sounds like, AIRCOND, APU, GPU, FLAP, SPEED BRAKE with right locations and directions.

• Cockpit environmental sounding with many annunciators, custom button, switches, handles, air conditioning, avionics fans, call outs and ambient external/ internal controls with doors affecting the loud.

  TABLET

• Tablet for ground preparation, general flight support and preferences.

• Realistic fuel loader that loads the correct quantity for the respectives tanks with FMC fuel prediction.

• Payload options page.

• Ground service and door control, cargo main deck light control (Freighter), pushback  that permits joystick control Back and FWD.

• Wheel chocks and  GPU calling.

• Sound control page.

• Preferences page.

• AVITAB plugin fully integrated into the tablet.

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