Just Flight, in partnership with Thranda Design, are proud to present the PA-38 Tomahawk for X-Plane 12.
Continuing our GA fleet upgrades, the PA-38 Tomahawk has been developed by Just Flight's in-house team in partnership with Thranda Design following comprehensive, hands-on research with a real-life Tomahawk, G-BNKH, based at Goodwood Aerodrome with SportAir.
The PA-38 Tomahawk is a two-seater, piston-engine aircraft equipped with a fixed tricycle landing gear, 112hp four-cylinder engine and fixed-pitch propeller – an ideal aircraft for touring and flight training.
This PA-38 Tomahawk for X-Plane 12 features brand new 8K interior and exterior textures, completely reworked PBR materials and new FMOD sounds to give the most authentic look and feel of a well-used 1970s aircraft.
To reflect the global popularity of the PA-38, the packages features 14 highly accurate liveries from Germany, France, UK, USA, Belgium, Slovenia and Australia - and you can easily create your own liveries from within X-Plane 12 via Thranda’s unique dynamic livery system!
The cockpit-mounted ThrandaPad EFB also features a plethora of features such as new equipment configurations, panel states, interactive checklists and customisation options.
Model
- Our most detailed GA model yet, featuring numerous animations right down to a vibrating ignition key and fully adjustable cockpit air vents
- Accurately modelled PA-38 Tomahawk, built using real-world aircraft plans and comprehensive photography of the real aircraft
- Ground equipment including chocks and tie-downs
- New 8K textures are used to produce the highest possible texture clarity
- New PBR (Physically Based Rendering) materials with real-time environment reflections for superb quality and realism
- Detailed normal mapping for down-to-the-rivet precision of aircraft features and accurate simulation of waves in aluminium plates
- X-Plane 12 native rain effects included
Cockpit
- A truly 3D virtual cockpit right down to accurately modelled seat belts and screw heads - every instrument is constructed fully in 3D with smooth animations
- Cockpit textures feature wear and tear based on reference photos taken in the real aircraft to produce an authentic environment
- Dimmable cockpit lighting
- Interactive engine start checklist that responds to user inputs and sim variables
- Interactive checklists for every stage of flight
- Panel state system which will automatically save the panel state whenever a flight is saved and reload the panel state whenever that flight is loaded
- Aircraft configuration system that will allow you to choose between 'cold & dark' or 'ready for take-off'
- Fully functional and comprehensive IFR-capable avionics fit including:
- GMA 340 audio selector
- SL30 COM1/NAV1 radio
- SL40 COM2 radio
- GTX 328 transponder
- Support for X-Plane 12 GTN 430 and 530 GNSS units
- Support for TDS GTNXi (sold separately, Windows only
- Optional KR 85 ADF unit
- Optional VOR 2 CDI
- Option to remove window and instrument reflection effects
- Radio knob animations routed through plugin logic for optimum movement fidelity and sound synchronisation. All knobs, buttons and switches are configurable via the 'Manifest.json' preference file and have tooltip pop-up hints to make hooking up to hardware easier. (Just enable 'View>Show Instrument Descriptions' in X-Plane for tooltips).
ThrandaPad EFB
The ThrandaPad EFB provides a selection of apps full of useful tools and customisation options:
- Aircraft Options - open/close the aircraft’s doors, enable/disable glass reflection, enable/disable ground equipment, and more!
- Weight & Balance - adjust the aircraft’s weight and balance using the built-in Configuration app and centre of gravity table.
- Instrument Options - choose to have the cockpit avionics visible in the 3D cockpit, or have them pop out on 2D panels.
- Static Liveries - change aircraft liveries without exiting to the main menu.
- Dynamic Liveries - customise the aircraft’s paint scheme without leaving the aircraft. Features different templates whose colours can be fully customised in the aircraft, without the need for any complicated paint kits.
- Engine Configuration - view the condition of the engines and enable enhanced simulation options such as spark plug fouling and vapour lock.
- DynaFeel - adjust the force required to move each of the control surfaces.
- Checklists - interactable checklists for every stage of flight.
- AviTab support
- And much more!
Aircraft systems
- Custom-coded fuel system, including the option of automatic fuel tank switching for use on those long-distance cross-country flights (this option is remembered for future flights)
- Custom-coded electrical system with functional circuit breakers. Circuit breaker logic is linked to X-Plane's internal failure logic, so if the plane is set to fail a certain electrical component after a certain number of hours, the circuit breaker for that element will pop out.
- Functioning carburettor and primer controls
- Dedicated interactive EFB apps displaying values such as fuel tank weights and imbalance, fuel pressure, oil pressure, oil temperature, battery charge (with quick charge option) and information about spark plug fouling and vapour lock condition
- Simulated vapour lock condition, with EFB warning pop-up and suggested actions
- Simulated spark plug fouling condition, with EFB indication of percentage of fouling
- Custom external light logic with custom strobe light pattern and custom light halos for added realism
Liveries
The PA-38 Tomahawk is supplied with fourteen liveries:
- D-EEQI (Germany)
- F-HVFA (France)
- G-BMVL (UK)
- G-BNKH (UK)
- G-BPES (UK)
- G-GTHM (UK)
- G-LFSN (UK)
- G-LFSU (UK)
- N2426N (USA)
- N2432G (USA)
- N874MH (USA)
- OO-IWA (Belgium)
- S5-DAZ (Slovenia)
- VH-UFA (Australia)
Plus the Dynamic Livery app which allows you to create your own paint schemes based on three different authentic styles: Factory, Flow Lines and Classic.
Other features
- Realistic and accurate flight dynamics based on real-world performance and handling data, and input from pilots
- New FMOD sound set derived from high-quality recordings from the real aircraft
- Comprehensive manual with panel guide and performance data
- Custom Weight & Balance Manager app
If you'd like to take a look at the manuals, you can download them here: Operations Manual / EFB Manual
More pictures here
