After years of waiting and teasing, Milviz has finally released their T-38C Talon, which has been flown and tested by the U.S. Air Force’s T-38C instructor pilots!
The T-38 Talon is quite possibly one of the most iconic aircraft in the USAF’s fleet. The Talon carries the unique distinction of being the trainer aircraft for every fighter pilot trained in the last five decades, meaning every current (or past) USAF fighter jock has T-38 time logged in their logbook.
The -C upgrade commenced in 2002 after the Air Force decided to upgrade the current Talon fleet rather than commission a brand new aircraft entirely. When compared to the older, steam gauge T-38A (which Milviz also has a rendition of), the T-38C introduces a glass cockpit to the aircraft, as well as a HUD, GPS and INS systems, TCAS, as well as a propulsion modification aimed at increasing low-altitude engine thrust. Needless to say, the T-38C is almost a new aircraft entirely when compared to its older brethren.
The Milviz rendition of the T-38C aims to bring an extremely advanced simulation of the beloved aircraft to our simulators, and, quoting Milviz, “represents one of the most accurate and detailed simulations of a military aircraft to exist within the MS Flight Simulator / P3D environment”.
A few notable features of the Milviz rendition include a precision emulation of the glass cockpit displays, weapons training systems such as No Drop Bomb Scoring, a meticulously crafted physics and flight dynamics engine created outside the P3D environment to bypass the traditional limitations of P3D flight models, as well as a custom flight control system and failure/damage modelling. PBR textures are also included in order to get the most realism out of the model. Those wanting to get the full scoop on everything the Milviz T-38C has to offer should check out the product page. (There is also a full flight tutorial available for those completely new to the aircraft. Check it out!)
If anything that you read above entices you, the Milviz T-38C Talon is now available from the Milviz store for a price of $79.99 USD, and is compatible with Prepar3D V4.4 only at this time. A full feature list of the aircraft can be found below.
Features:
- Fully tested by USAF instructor pilots
- New high quality external and internal models
- New high quality ‘reduxed’ PBR textures
- Realistic engines startup sequence
- Realistic electric system including individual AC/DC/Battery buses modelling
- Basic “Instructor Mode” available
- Custom physics & FDE engine
- Custom ground & structural dynamics
- Aerodynamic model based on Northrop and NASA data
- Realistic J-85 engine model
- Custom Flight Control System model
- High-resolution paint kit
- Faithfully modelled data systems and avionics
- Betty audio by the first ever betty best-voice-actress, Kim Crow herself!
- Faithfully modelled weapons training systems (VRS TacPack required)
- Navigraph support (subscription required for up to date ICAO data)
- Custom failures model
- Forced and random failures system
- Icing effects and damage modeling
- Realistic DX10/DX11 night lighting, landing lights and custom effects (Please note, there is a bug in P3D that downgrades PBR emissive texture resolution. We are working with LM and expect them to rectify this in a future P3D release)
- High-quality sound set, including startups with two types of huffers
- Exterior model manager to show/hide various elements
- Highly detailed product operating handbook included
- 10 HD liveries created by 3DReach
