The MJC8 Q400 addon for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Lockheed Martin Prepar3d is a highly realistic rendition, built after the Bombardier (tm) Dash8 Q400 aircraft. There are 3 editions, differentiating in the price and the included features.
"PILOT" is an edition, designed for home flightsimmers, who want a state-of-the-art hardcore add-on but do not require the complex features, such as the instructor panel system monitoring, circuit breakers simulation, failures simulation, or the shared cockpit.
"PRO" edition is for advanced users, or airline pilots wishing to improve their knowledge of the Dash8 Q400 airplane. This edition has all the features of the PILOT edition, plus the Headup Guidance System simulation, the shared cockpit feature and several more (please see the comparative table below for the full list).
"TRAINING" edition (in development) is dedicated to the airlines, wishing to have a good quality inexpensive solution for the Dash8 Q400 technical and procedural training for both technical staff and the flight crews.
System requirements: Any PC capable of running
Flight Simulator under MS Windows versions XP, 7,8,8.1, 10
Supported versions: Microsoft FSX Service Pack 2,Acceleration or Steam/ Lockheed Martin Prepar3d V2.5, v3.4
Network requirements for the shared cockpit: Minimum
data exchange rate of 256 Kb/sec, ability to forward the data to the
UDP
ports, network delay < 1000ms
The table below enumerates all the main features per version. Click on each feature to see the full description.
| FEATURES | PILOT | PRO | TRAINING |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUSTOM
FLIGHT DYNAMICS ENGINE
Our
addon is the only one available on the market, which includes a
built-in Flight Dynamics Engine completely independent from the default
FSX FDE. The consequence of this is a much more realistic aerodynamics
behavior of the aircraft, in particular the realistic wind simulation,
enhahced propeller physics including the propeller discing and auto
rotation, effects of the propeller airstream on the wing lift and the
icing effects on the propeller, wings and the flight surfaces.
|
• | • | • |
| WEATHER
RADAR
The
Weather Radar is capable of interpolating the weather returns, based on
the actual FSX weather, using the FSX Weather Stations reports. The
Weather Radar can work with both the FSX Real Weather, and the Weather
Environment addons capable of setting the per-station weather. The PRO
version of the Q400 is capable of reading the weather radar data from the
ASN. The beam geometry is also simulated in order to depict the weather
based upon the aircraft altitude, antenna tilt and the altitude of the
weather itself. There is a ground clutter and the weather shadow effects.
In addition there is a ground mapping mode simulation, capable of showing
the surrounding terrain. The weather clutter in the ground mode is also
simulated.
|
• | • | • |
| TCAS
The
Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) simulates most of the ICAO
defined CASII functions, and provides the traffic indication, as well
as the traffic and resolution advisories. The TCAS works with both the
AI traffic, and the virtual ATC network traffic (Vatsim/IVAO..)
|
• | • | • |
| FMS
NAVIGATION, FUEL MANAGEMENT AND BASIC PERFORMANCE
The
dual Flight Management System, included in the package is built after
the Universal ™ 1E FMS, and is developed with a high degree of
detalization. The FMS system is capable of navigation in 3 dimensions
(LNAV+VNAV), the RNP based navigation, the Fuel and Performance
Management. The up to date navigation database, provided by our
navigation data supplier Navigraph (subject to the additional charges,
please see the http://navigraph.com for details), can be used to obtain
the latest procedures. In addition, there is a custom provisions to
control the availability of the ground services and the flow of the
passenger announcements.
|
• | • | • |
| USER
DOCUMENTATION
The
documentation for each edition includes the systems tutorial, sample
flight guide, Control Panel application tutorial, checklists and
performance tables. The PRO and TRAINING edition also include the items
pertaining to the abnormal operations (checklists and the system
tutorial)
|
• | • | • |
| VIRTUAL
COCKPIT AND EXTERNAL MODELS
Highly
detailed external and cockpit models with HD textures and special
effects.
|
• | • | • |
| ADDITIONAL
LIVERIES AND PAINTKIT
Detailed
layered paintkit in Photoshop format with a unique stitching
tool
19 high resolution liveries from around the world : |
• | • | • |
| PASSENGER
ANNOUNCEMENTS
In
addition to the default announcements included with the aircraft, our
scripting based announcement system allowes for building the custom
announcements both per-livery or global. The announcement script can
play the user defined sound files based upon the current condition of
the aircraft systems and control states, thus allowing for a very
customized and realistic announcement flows, specific to the particular
airlines.
|
• | • | • |
| FMS
FPL WINDS
The
FMS FPL winds functionality which is currently in development, and will
be provided in the version 1.1 update, will allow the FMS to account
for the enroute winds, thus increasing the fuel and time prediction
accuracy.
|
• | • | • |
| SAVING
AND LOADING SYSTEMS' STATE
When
saving or loading the flight in the Flight Simulator, the systems will
also store or retrieve their respective states
|
• | • | • |
| CUSTOM
SOUND SYSTEM
Our
product includes its own Sound System, independant of the Microsoft
Flight Simulator sound system. The sound system is Direct X based, and
is using the custom DSP (Digital Signal Processing) effects to simulate
the propeller sounds correctly. In addition, the system is 3D enabled
for both the external and internal sounds, including the switches and
controls sounds, as well as the voice announcements.
|
• | • | • |
| ADDON
CONTROL PANEL APPLICATION
The
Addon Control Panel Application (CPAN) allowes the user to visually
modify the most important parameters of the aircraft, as well as verify
and apply the custom Weight and Balance configurations.
|
• | • | • |
| SHARED
COCKPIT FEATURE
The
Shared Cockpit is the way for two users to share the same cockpit over
the network. Our Shared Cockpit syncronizes 2 instances of the addon
over the home network or the internet. It is also possible to invite a
third person to the cockpit as observer.
|
• | • | |
| COMPLETELY
CUSTOMIZABLE FAILURE SYSTEM
Our
product is coming with a sophisticated scripting system, which can be
used to set the scenarios for any failures in the airplane. The
scenario can be random as well as triggered by the predefined
conditions (engine failure on V1, for example). The scenarios can also
be written by the users and include the scenario flow logic as well as
the custom sound playback.
|
• | • | |
| RANDOM FAILURES
A number of default failures will occur at a rate close to that in the real life. An aircraft can be made more reliable or less reliable as desired by the user. TRAINING contains more extensive list of the random failures than the PRO edition
|
• | • | |
| HEADUP
GUIDANCE SYSTEM
The
HGS allowes for operation of the aircraft under weather minimums up to
CAT IIIa. Our HGS includes a system control panel and the Headup
Display. The HGS system also accounts for the pilot head position and
view angle in a Virtual Cockpit.
|
• | • | |
| 4x
SMOOTHER CONTROLS
Configurable
direct link to the joystick axis, allowing for 125Hz
frequency of controlling the Flight Dynamics (as opposite to 30Hz
frequency of the FSX), as well as bypassing the extensive filtering of
Flight Controls by the FSX
|
• | • | |
| SOUND
SYSTEM ADVANCED MODE
In
the PRO edition and higher, our Sound System can, in addition to the 3D
mode, be configured to reproduce the particular sound groups via the
dedicated speaker(s), such enabling the sophisticated home simulation
setups. In addition, the sound system supports a second sound device
(including the USB headsets) which can be used to separately output the
headphone sounds.
|
• | • | |
| AUTOPILOT
TCS MODE
The
Touch Control Steering mode allowes the pilot to use the control column
movements to command the autopilot mode parameters, such as altitude,
vertical speed and the indicated airspeed adjustments, without having
to disengage the autopilot.
|
• | • | |
| FMS
ETP/PNR FUNCTIONALITY
The
Equal Time Point (ETP) and Point of No Return (PNR) calculations are
the advanced functions of the Performance management (PERF), used
during the navigation in the deserted areas (oceanic navigation,
deserts...) in order to verify that the aircraft has sufficient fuel to
proceed to the selected destination in the normal and/or abnormal
conditions.
|
• | • | |
| 2D
PANELS
The
full set of the 2D panels, which can be used to fly the aircraft the
"traditional" way, or build a multiscreen cockpit by moving the panels
onto the multiple monitors.
|
• | • | |
| WORKING
CIRCUIT BREAKERS SIMULATION
We
provide the simulation for all the circuit breakers in the cockpit with
the correct mapping between the circuit breakers and the electrical
equipment. The circuit breakers popup on short circuit is also
simulated
|
• | • | |
| ALTERNATE
GEAR EXTENSION
In
the cases of the main gear retraction/extension system failre, the gear
can be manually extended by using the alternate gear extension
mechanism, which includes a manual hydraulic pump and a nose gear
release assembly
|
• | • | |
| SYSTEM
CONTROL APPLICATION
Is
an external application, which can be used to monitor the status of the
aircraft systems and apply the selected system failures over the
network. In the PRO edition, all the systems can be monitored, however
only the Electrical and Hydraulical failures can be triggered. In the
TRAINING edition, all the system failures can be freely triggered.
|
• | • | |
| FMS ARINC WEATHER | • | • | |
| FLIGHT
CONTROLS DISCONNECT SIMULATION
In
the TRAINING edition, the flight controls can be disconnected and the
respective independant flight controls system will account for the
pilot flying position (based upon the pilot head position in the
Virtual Cockpit, or the type of the main panel in the 2D cockpit).
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• | ||
| COCKPIT
HARDWARE INTERFACE
The
Cockpit Hardware Interface is a UDP based network interface, which
allows the numerous MJC8 Q400 components, such as our separate
instrument executable, the 2D panel executables, as well as the custom
built Dash-8 hardware - to be linked, enabling the user to build a full
or a partial hardware cockpit
|
• | ||
| MULTISCREEN COCKPIT 2D PANELS
A distributable which can run under the supported by the Q400 flight simulators (please see installation requirements below), containing just the 2D panels such as separate left and right pilot panels, lower and higher center panels, overhead and the glareshield panel- which can be linked via the network to the "host" instance of the Q400
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| FMS
RAIM SIMULATION
FMS
will provide the RAIM prediction, and simulate the changing GPS
accuracy accordingly
|
• | ||
| ARCDU
MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS
Are
simulating the ARCDU maintenance interface with the appropriate error
codes, thus allow to augment the technicians training
|
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| SIMULATOR
TRAINING MANUAL
The
Simulator Training Manual is the document, explaining the best ways to
utilize the TRAINING edition in order to prepare to the full simulator
checks
|
• | ||
| CUSTOM
FLIGHT DATA RECORDER
The
Flight Data Recorder is a part of the System Control Application, which
can be used to record and visually reproduce a flight, such allowing
for the classroom demonstration or analysis of the particular
situations in the aircraft operation.
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| PRICE | 49.95 € | 74.95 € | 149.95 € |
| All prices are approximate, please refer to the particular online stores for the exact price. | |||
| UPGRADE | Upgrades can be issued by the particular online stores, subject to the store policy | ||
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