The Grumman HU-16 Albatross is a large twin–radial engine amphibious flying boat that was used by the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard, primarily as a search and rescue and combat search and rescue aircraft.(Wikipedia)
Khamsin and
HydroZ are proud to present their new project, the
Grumman HU-16D Albatross. The Albatross features the best textures you will find on X-Plane.
General features - Realistic engines failures - Read manual and check-list carefully
- Realistic engines mixture settings : ICO - Normal - Rich
- Realistic fuel management, including drop tanks gestion
- Realistic systems behavior, based on the official Flight Manual
- Realistic water operations - Hydraulic system simulated
4 Ultra-High Resolution Liveries - US Coast Guard - Bundsmarine - Navy - 262 - USAF - N226GR
Aircraft health Status - Global hour-meter
- Health of various subsystems (Structural, engines, etc)
- Failure depending of the health of subsystem
- Failure will occur more frequently on unhealthy system
- Statistics menu with parameters
- Some kind of luck factor
Customs 3D sounds - 3D engine's sounds - Ambient sounds
- Water on hull at high speed water-taxiing
Alert pop-up system - Alert, failure, co-pilot message, etc…
Easy mode - Engine failure can be disabled
- Easy water mode which add a water rudder for easy handling
- Easy hydraulic systems
Active Copilot - Manage RPM and mixture setting, depending of flight configuration and power setting
- Manages cowl flap and carburetor heat system
- Informs you of various systems status (Landing gear, flaps, etc...)
- Can execute each check-list, from cold & dark to cut-off
- Shows you the appropriate page of the Check-list book
Pop-up panels - Check-list (Normal and Emergency)
- Point of view
- Copilot command
- Weight & Balance
Realistic radios stack panel - Garmin 340 (Audiopanel)
- Bendix King KX155 (COM/NAV)
- Bendix King KR87 (DME)
- Bendix King KN62A (ADF)
- Bendix King KT76A (Transponder)
