Version 1.11.2 XP12 (September 19th 2024)
- Return of the 787-8
- Fixed wipers
- Fixed cockpit glass error
- Requirement of GNS430 removed
- File cleanup
- New Anti ice system
- New hydraulics power function
- Improvement of Spoiler logic
- Improvement of Aileron droop logic
- Improvement of Flapperon droop logic
Version 1.11.1 XP12 (September 6th 2024)
- GE Performance restored
- Fixed EFB and POS INIT errors
- Fixed engine scrape effects at high MTOW
- Fixed inverted elevator movement
- Fixed Roll Spoiler animation
- Fixed Rudder being far left
- Fixed Frozen nose gear
- Fixed Nose gear hovering
- Fixed navdata issues
- Fixed EFB Send to FMS
- New airport.json
- New Flapperon spoiler logic
- New AOA limited logic
- Improvement of lNAV characteristics
- Improvement of fuel burn
Version 1.11 XP12 (August 27th 2024)
Major update. the 787 is now a Native XP12 Aircraft
- Repaired EFB W/B
- Reactivated Hoppie CPDLC
- Reactivated Cabin PA system
- Introduced X-Plane 12 native compatibility
- Minor improvements to performance
- New ‘C’ spec Flight Model
- New control logic
- Controls override plugin to fix roll issues.
- New Wing model
- Interim FBW augmentation mode
a few things to note:
- Inaccurate Flaps reading on EICAS
- Unified GE/RR Thrust and performance
- Functionality within MacOS and Linux can not be verified
- FMOD error on launch, Clicking understood moves past it
Version 1.10 XP12 (August 5th 2023)
X-Plane 12 version
- Fixed autopilot not predicting waypoints in time.
- Fixed autothrottle spoiling up/down all the time. Now is more smooth.
- VNAV has been reverted to default XP12, fixing several autopilot issues.
- Several improvements to the flightmodel has been done.
- Improved wing modelling and wingflex.
- Improved landing gear.
- Improved GE engines.
- New light system for XP12 implemented in the external lights.
- Rain effects has been added to the windshield.
Version 12 (May 31st 2023)
- New X-Plane 12 version added
1.8.0 (May 23rd 2022)
Added the 787-8
- New 787-8, with:
- EFB performance calculations
- New flightmodel
- New GE3 engines including independent mapping
- Updated FMOD soundpack
Added new CDU pages
- Added NAV RAD and POS INIT/REF CDU pages
- Custom IRS/AHRU simulation
- Added CDU button highlights
- Added CDU help box
- Added custom nav radio simulation
- Added new CDU graphics
Brand new custom ND
- Added custom PFD minimap, including TCAS
- Added DU startup sequence
- Added MFD screen popups
- Added ND/minimap turn rate indicator
- Added new custom moveable ND, including, terrain, weather and TCAS views
- Added PFD ADF visuals
- Changed MFD keyboard entry to not require focused components
- Increased ND max range to 1280nm
Optional avitab
- Added optional avitab (required avitab plugin)
- Tablet shown on left and right cockpit sides, and is rotatable
Other
- Added @cajunjosh cockpit hotspot to vrconfig
- Added custom wiper simulation
- Added ENG FUEL PRESS L,R eicas messages
- Added FUEL CONTROL commands
- Added N1 prediction arcs
- Added new mono typefaces
- Added optimum and maximum altitude calculations to EFB
- Added yaw-roll linkage
- Fixed next waypoint time
- Fixed NWS sensitivity changes at 80kts
- Fixed overhead panel button typefaces
- Improved cockpit textures to be brighter
- Improved keyboard entry to MFD displays
- Improved PFD artificial horizon colours
- MFD position reverts to default on double tap
- Reduced the size of some textures to save vram
- Removed dependency on GNS430 navdata
- Removed glass from legacy liveries
- Removed inactivity unlimited fuel
- Updated SASL to 3.14.5
Version 1.7.0 (May 1st 2021)
Improved fuselage and cockpit art
- Screen LCD effect
- Reduced animation time on most buttons
- Extra cargo doors
- Cockpit hatch
- Additional GPU models
- New (brighter) external lights
- Animations for keyboard buttons
- Window lines, pillar seals and HUD glass changes
Improved fuel system
- Automatic fuel Jettison
- Crossfeed
- Pump loadshedding
- Better primary pump selection
- Various small fixes and improvements
Automatic checklists
- Automatic checklists, defined on a per-livery basis
- Autocomplete for checklists
- Standard normal checklists included
- Intergration with cabin announcements
Enroute CPDLC/ACARS using HOPPIE
- Added freetext to various pages
- Logon, logoff, responses and freetext messages supported
- Oceanic and CPDLC clearance requests
- Improved resilliance
- Station status shown on logon/request pages
- Simbrief uplink for aircraft loadout, configuration and flightplans
Various other feature requests and improvements
- Toe brake animations
- Reversers moving the throttles
- EFB QNH inHg/hPa auto-detect
- On-the-fly reload of cabin soundpacks
- Added message info box to COMM
- STORED VHF improvements
- EFB error showing when EFB off
- QNH Pressure range (#511)
- Gear doors automatically deploy after takeoff
- Improved NWS control logic
- Brake temperature simulation
- GEAR EFIS page
- Full spoilers command order (#502)
Version 1.6.0 (September 23rd 2020)
"The New Cockpit"
- ACP/Stationbox is now functional
- High resolution textures with PBR throughout the cockpit and cabin
- More comprehensive cockpit lighting options
- Mousewheel Manipulators (#470)
- New Manipulators and animations across all buttons
- Optional tinted cockpit windows
- Realistic Panel dimensions
- Reduced speckle effect in cabin
Next-Generation EFB
- New WTBAL calculator
- Config file support for different cabin configs and galley loadouts
- Weight configurations are validated to ensure safe flight
- Takeoff calculator
- Automatic derate calculation
- Automatic trim calculation
- INTX and runway slope support (using extremeData)
- Max weight for runway
- Substantially more cases supported than previous generation
- Landing calculator
- Enroute and dispatch versions
- Autobrakes
- Full selection of autobrakes RTO, 1-4 and MAX
- EFB init
Extensive bugfixes and other small features
- ACARS message formatting issue
- ACARS spelling mistake (#393)
- ACP/stationbox configured for use with VATSIM
- Autobrakes being sad
- Balance button is now momentary
- Better keyboard entry for TCPs
- Button default states
- CDU button crash (#395)
- COMM keyboard entry (#401)
- Conversion altitude changes
- Delayed air lights
- EICAS Stab trim indicator is now fancy
- EICAS too high (#406)
- EICAS warning/caution reset (#472)
- External datarefs for weight and balance
- FCS lock
- Flaps system modifications (787#191)
- GPWS flaps/gear messages
- Handler for malformed ACARS messages
- Linked logo light to navlights for Honeycomb yoke
- More advanced error checking for JSON stuff
- ND range knob direction (#376)
- PA volume made a bit louder, and persistent
- Physical keyboard number entry for the CDU (#405)
- Settings file soft crash (#456, #415)
- Specifically define SASL modules
- Speedbrakes manip at bottom of axis for ease of use
- TCP keyboard entry scope issue
- Updated SAM support to 1.0.7
Version 1.5.0 (May 24th 2020)
ACARS
- HOPPIE ACARS support for:
- PDC/DCL
- ATIS
- METAR
- TAF
- ACCEPT/REJECT
Custom flight controls
- Custom autobrakes
- 5 settings plus RTO
- Accurate disarm conditions
- EICAS messages
- Dynamic flap timing and order
- EICAS messages for fctl/hydraulics
- Experimental tailstrike protection
- Horizontal stabiliser object
- Roll spoilers based on speed and wingforce
- Roll tiller above 45kts is disabled
- Spoiler deployment on landing
- Spoiler handle action
- Spoilers retract on throttle advance
- Surface droop on hydraulics loss
- Surface fadeout by speed
- Various other flight model changes
RR Engines (experimental)
- New liveries are required for update GE/RR engines
- RR engines have ~8% more power than GE
- TPR and throttle limiter is experimental
Custom air conditioning systems
- Air EFIS graphics
- Cabin temperature using energy transfer model
- Packs airflow
- Sound
Upgraded fuel systems
- Fuel balance system
- Central tank scavenge system
- APU fuel feed on ground
- Various other fuel system modifications
Extensive bugfixes and other small features
- Over 70 bugfixes since 1.4.0
Version 1.0 (December 22nd 2018)
Initial release of the 787 Aviator Edition