Mehr Systemtiefe für die Standard Bonanza: BlackSquare haben ihren nächsten Steam Gauge Mod für den Microsoft Flight Simulator veröffentlicht. Dieser erfordert es, das Flugzeug realistisch zu behandeln, um Fehlfunktionen und Ausfälle zu vermeiden.

Rund 31 Euro kostet die Erweiterung im Webshop von Just Flight. Der Mod ist dabei in Kombination mit der Standard-Bonanza des Microsoft Flight Simulators zu nutzen. Black Square hatte den Umfang des Add-ons vor ein paar Tagen bereits vorgestellt.

Der Mod verwandelt die Bonanza in zwei Versionen: Einmal die Bonanza mit normalem Saugmotor und dann die Version, die einen Turbolader eingebaut hat und somit höhere Flugflächen erreichen kann. 

Beide Versionen verfügen über eine detaillierte Systemtiefe, die alles nachstellt, was auch in der echten Maschine zu finden ist. Bei der Avionik ist auch eine Kombination verschiedener Navigationshilfen möglich. Entweder die GNS-Systeme von Working Title, die der Sim nativ mitbringt, aber auch das PMS GTN ist mit der Bonanza nutzbar.

Wie auch im Steam Gauge Overhaul der King Air und Caravan bietet Black Square auch in der Bonanza das KNS80, das eine simple Form RNAV-Navigation ermöglicht.

Features:

Systems

Black Square’s overhauled cockpits with analogue instrumentation go far beyond a visual upgrade. Included, you will find a complete redesign of all aircraft systems to more closely match the real aircraft, with a focus on electrical systems. Also included are more accurate weight and balance, lighting systems, flight dynamics and ground handling. Enjoy features such as:

• Reciprocating engine simulation with fouling, vapour lock, flooding and backfires
• The most realistic turbocharger simulation in Microsoft Flight Simulator to date
• Completely interactable electrical system with four buses and 70 circuits
• Engine leaning optimization ‚Lean Find‘ on EDM-800 engine monitor and status alarms
• Engine limit excursions that decrease engine health and will eventually lead to failure
• Selective state saving for radio selection, radio frequency memory, cabin aesthetics etc.
• 80+ system failures, set via in-cockpit interface. Either random, based on settable MTBF, or schedulable with optional time acceleration.
• Cabin environmental control system for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and ram air cooling. Cool things off by opening a window or watch the aircraft heat up in the sun.
• Crew/Passenger oxygen system that depletes according to pressure altitude, passenger occupancy and their weight.
• Working carbon monoxide detector
• Standby alternator and gyro logic, switches and working air conditioner condenser door
• Mathematically accurate VOR & ADF signal attenuation and noise, and remote compass gyro slaving

Checklists

Over 350 checklist items are provided for 35+ Normal, Abnormal and Emergency procedures in textual form in the manual and in-game, using the MSFS native checklist system with control and instrument highlighting. If it’s in the checklist, it’s settable in the aircraft!


Sounds

Black Square’s Analog Bonanza features the default MSFS-native (Wwise) 3D G36 Bonanza sound package, with new custom sounds added for warnings, environmental control systems, electronics, turbocharger, engine cooling and more. The default sounds have been carefully assigned to all interactable cockpit elements for an authentic 3D spatial experience.

• Rich audio for every switch, button, lever and electrical system
• Detailed physics-based effects on engine and wind noise
• Accurately positioned 3D sound sources (best enjoyed in VR!)

Model

• Accurately modelled A36 and A36TC Bonanza interior ONLY (uses default exterior model), created from hundreds of reference photos and technical documentation
• 100% MSFS native animation code for the smoothest animations and cockpit interactions using either legacy or new cockpit interaction modes
• PBR (Physically Based Rendering) materials with real-time environment reflections for superb quality and realism, and vector-graphic-like decal quality
• Detailed normal mapping for leather, fabric, plastic, stitches, scratches, carpet and tooling marks, resulting in a texture resolution of 10,000 pixels per square inch (90.0kB)

Cockpit

• Greatly enhanced instrument panel detail compared to default aircraft with every label and marking in its place. If it appears in the real aircraft, you can interact with it!
• Custom-coded steam gauges with low-pass filtering, needle bounce and physics provide ultra-realistic and silky smooth animations like you’ve never seen before
• Carefully modelled components match the depth and character of the real instrumentation, based on reference photos, schematics and real world measurements. Unlike other expensive Flight Sim aircraft, every piece of equipment that appears in a Black Square aircraft is modelled after a real piece of aircraft equipment and will behave the same way in its primary functionality.
• Every knob, switch and button is interactable and implemented, along with its respective electrical circuitry. Turn systems on and off or pull circuit breakers to see the impact it has on your generators and battery via the analogue meters. Automatic standby generators and standby gyros are also simulated. Many pieces of equipment respond correctly to electrical configurations with warning messages and diagnostic codes.
• Fully 3D cockpit lighting technology for every gauge and panel, with ambient bounce lighting for a more immersive night-time experience that won’t leave you fumbling around in unrealistically dark spots
• 4096×4096 (4K) PBR textures on cockpit and panel for crisp instrumentation. Even see the fingerprints on instrument glass!
• Hideable yokes, adjustable sun visors and other cockpit aesthetics

Flight Dynamics

The Analog Bonanza features an improved flight model compared to the default Bonanza, with tweaks based on operator feedback and real flight data. Drag varies with cowl flap setting and air conditioning condenser scoop position. Engine damage and fouling produces a rough running engine and decreased performance.


INSTRUMENTATION/EQUIPMENT LIST

Main Panel

• Glareshield Annunciator Panel
• True Airspeed Indicator
• Bendix/King KI 256 Vacuum Artificial Horizon
• Bendix/King KEA 130A Altimeter
• Bendix/King KI 229 Radio Magnetic Indicator (RMI)
• Bendix/King KI 525A Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI)
• Vertical Speed Indicator
• Bendix/King KI 206 Localizer
• Mid-Continent Turn Coordinator
• Bendix/King KRA-10A Radar Altimeter
• Engine Instrumentation and Fuel Quantity Indicators
• Standby Copilot Instrumentation

Avionics

• Garmin GMA 340 Audio Panel
• Bendix/King KMA 24 Audio Panel
• Garmin GTN 750 (COM 1) (PMS50 or TDS)
• Garmin GNS 530W (COM 1)
• Garmin GNS 430W (COM 2)
• Bendix/King KX-155B (COM 1 / NAV 1)
• Bendix/King KX-155B (COM 2 / NAV 2)
• Bendix/King KNS-81 RNAV Navigation System (inc. NAV 3)
• Bendix/King KR 87 (ADF)
• Bendix/King KDI 572R (DME)
• Bendix/King KFC 150 Autopilot
• Bendix/King KAS 297B Altitude Selector
• JPI EDM-800 Engine Monitor
• Bendix RDR1150XL Colour Weather Radar
• Garmin GTX 327 Transponder

Electrical/Miscellaneous

• 48+ Circuit Breakers
• Voltmeter and Ammeter for Primary and Secondary Alternator
• Bendix/King KA 51B Remote Compass Synchroscope
• Propeller Amps Indicator
• Vacuum Indicator
• Oxygen Pressure Gauge
• Yoke-Mounted Digital Chronometers
• Hobbs Timer and Carbon Monoxide Detector