Die Designer von JRXDesign haben im X-Plane-Store ihre Umsetzung von zwei Varianten der Aérospatiale Gazelle veröffentlicht. Die SA314B und SA324J unterscheiden sich dabei in ihrer Ausstattung: Die B-Version militärisch im Einsatz, die J-Version zivil. Laut JRXDesign wurde das Heli-Addon sechs Monate lang von echten Piloten getestet um eine realistische Umsetzung in den X-Plane zu bringen. Für 30 Dollar gibt’s das Addon im X-Plane-Store.

Features:

Model and Textures:

• Detailed animated 3D model both internal and external
• High quality pilot, co-pilot and passengers
• Animated rotor head and tail rotor
• All textures are PBR
• 4k external textures including all liveries
• 4k instrument panels
• All custom-made instruments with no legacy stock X-Plane instrumentation
• All doors and windows fully functional with sound attenuation
• Animated rotor tie downs and engine / pitot covers
• Animated yaw string
• Custom engine vibrations
• Animated friction locks for the cyclic and collective
• AH cage functions
• Custom animated instrument gauges and needles
• Dynamic aircraft ID plate based on livery
• Dynamic seat colours and pilot helmet / flight suit based on livery
• Custom external lighting (NAV / STROBE / LANDING / FLASH / DIM) with light spill
• Rotor blur and ground shadow
• All panel switches / buttons / controls are animated with sound
• Custom and fully functional warning and annunciator lights with test where applicable
• Much more …

Fuel, Equipment and PAX loading:

• Fuel and passenger loading are done within the cockpit
• Fuel weights are dynamically changed
• Pilot, co-pilot and passengers modelled – with dynamic weight
• Door removal – with dynamic weight
• Munitions (for the SA341 (INERT)) – with dynamic weight
• Sling loads are invoked in cockpit with no third-party plugin required – with dynamic weight / CG
• Detailed flight reference cards (FRCs) are included in-cockpit with all procedures

Sound:

Full FMOD sound is included in both version’s with over 50 sampled sounds from a real Gazelle helicopter mixed live with FMOD studio.

• 3D external sounds with doppler effect
• Custom radio chatter both civil and military. Tuneable on the com radios
• Headset attenuation (helmet simulation)
• Custom blade slap
• Custom warnings and alerts
• All switches / buttons have sound assigned

Flight Model:

• Realistic flight characteristics
• Start-up to shutdown realistically modelled on the flight reference cards
• The new X-Plane experimental flight model recommended
• Fully working under the 11.50 beta programme and compatible with Vulkan
• Longer shelf life for future X-Plane updates and will not “break” like many others
• VR and manipulator ready

Customized Failures:

• Hydraulics (WIP)
• Over-Torque
• Hard landings > 425 f/min
• Crash detection
• Engine fire
• Flame-out / Compressor stall
• With custom fire / sounds / smoke

Help and Support:

• Dedicated support forum at the XP.ORG
• Detailed user manual
• Full lifetime support, product updates and development as required

This is the place to visit for any issues, bugs, requests and news about the product: