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Today third-party developers had some interesting news to share about Microsoft Flight Simulator <\/em>add-ons, on top of an airport release.\u00a0<\/p>\n We start with\u00a0Miltech Simulations, which announced a rather intriguing upcoming add-on, Supercarrier Pro. The add-on aims to bring fully functional aircraft carriers to the simulator.<\/p>\n It’ll be released on September 14 on the developer’s own store and Orbx Direct, with an official marketplace release shortly after.<\/p>\n Here’s what the add-on will entail.<\/p>\n Next, we get an update with new screenshots about the Pilatus PC-12 by SimWorks Studios. The studio expects to complete the aircraft next week and send it to Pilatus for approval on Friday.<\/p>\n On the art side, the interior textures are 99% final and next week we will put some finishing touches and close out with the addition of passengers and cargo. The exterior will get some more polish between now and the release, mainly adjusting the shading. We will also try to add some cool new things to it, but more on that if we make it.<\/p>\n Aircraft systems are complete with the exception of 3-4 minor items. Of those, the ITT simulation has been one of the most difficult features to implement.<\/p>\n The aircraft will be ITT limited after, 12000ft, meaning you will have to gradually power back to avoid exceeding 760 \u00b0C.<\/p>\n Residual ITT has been refined since the Kodiak and will drop faster in the air. Dry-motoring the engine with the inertial separator closed will make ITT drop faster, as all the air will now be directed into the engine, pushing the hot air out of the exhausts. Finally, the double ITT spike on startup finally seems to work.<\/p>\n Avionics are also in their final stages. All of the functionality is now built in, and next week will be spent refining the last known bugs and correcting the EFIS coloration.<\/p>\n The PC-12’s Avionics have kept us busy for more than 12 months as we were trying to learn the new skills, while essentially creating an entire avionics suite from scratch.<\/p>\n On the flight model front, we want to do one final tweak to the flaps before calling it for good. We will soon be at the mercy of our test pilots for the final green light.<\/p>\n Finally, Mike is waiting for the above to be finished in order to put the finishing touches on the sound package. It is worth noting that the sound environment has \u201csilently\u201d benefitted from improvements done in the electrical system.<\/p>\n The remaining tasks are volume balancing and finalizing the 4-blade propeller sounds before calling it.<\/p>\n While waiting for the review, we will continue testing and improving the aircraft as much as we can to make it a great release.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Lastly, MFSG released a smaller Japanese airport,\u00a0Asahikawa Airport (RJEC) in Hokkaido. It’s available on Simmarket for $16.32. It includes the following features:<\/p>\n\n
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