The Carenado Centurion 210 II was released for X-Plane just a few days ago, but Simcoders, the team behind the Reality Expansion Packs, has released an add-on to the aircraft bringing even more realism and immersion into the product.
For those that don’t know, the Reality Expansion Packs build on the current world of X-Plane and include specific features to improve the way you interact with the aircraft and the world around you. Some of these changes include more accurate engine modelling, more realistic aircraft handling, panel state saving and much more. It also comes packed with additional information screens such as weight and balance, fuel and checklists to improve your interaction with the aircraft pre-flight.
Some of the other features that caught my attention is the inclusion of accurate landing gear damage during hard landings, a complex damage system which is triggered by pilot actions and also the fact that hypoxia is simulated.
You must own the Carenado Centurion 210 II for X-Plane already to use the Reality Expansion Pack. You can buy the Simcoders Reality Expansion Pack from the Org store for $19.99. If you don’t own the Carenado plane, then you can pick that up for $29.95.
Here’s the full feature list:
- Realistic stall speeds & behavior
- Realistic climb speeds
- Realistic cruise speeds
- Realistic Weight & Balance
- Realistic taxi behavior
- Triggered by the pilot actions
- Based on real world data
- Target every system in the aircraft
- Meant to teach you how to correctly manage an airplane
- Persistent wear and tear
- Every single switch and lever position is restored when you reload the aircraft
- The battery may discharge if you leave it on and then close X-Plane
- When X-Plane is launched, the engine and oil temperature are restored basing on the time passed
- 100% Custom engine model that overrides the default one
- Engine monitor
- Realistic propeller animations as never seen before on X-Plane
- Correct fuel consumption
- Turbocharger
- Custom propeller governor
- Oil System
- Realistic oil viscosity
- Interchangeable oil type
- Oil pump failures
- Realistic oil filte
- Injection Fuel System & Fuel Pump
- Starter
- Realistic startup procedure
- Realistic engine temperatures
- Vapor Lock Simulation
- Fuel Flooding simulation
- The engine parts are damaged if not managed correctly
- Interchangeable spark plugs: default or fine-wire
- Spark plugs fouling
- Realistic Lean of Peak and Rich of Peak operations
Automatic startup procedure
- Custom stall warning horn
- Gyro drift simulation
- The engine may be warmed up upon start with the provided electrical heater
- Once activated, the electrical heater runs even when you close the simulator
- A winterization kit let the airplane to operate at very cold temperatures
- Complete simulation of the Cessna nose wheel steering
- The landing gear is damaged by hard landings and overspeed operations
- The brakes and tires are damaged if not managed correctly
- Realistic Battery
- The avionics are damaged if on when the engine starts/shuts down
- Realistic duration of the oxygen supply based on the number of people on-board
- The airspeed indicator, the altimeter and the vertical speed indicator introduce a
- reading error when the alternate static air is on
- A non invasive tip with a suggestion about the conduct of the flight is shown when you
- are not flying the airplane properly
- A non invasive tip with a suggestion on how to recover the problem is shown when you damage the airplane
- Tunnel Vision
- Hard Breathing
- 3D sounds (custom FMOD-like sound engine)
- Realistic engine clicks and stutters
- Real starter sound
- Fuselage wind sound
- Landing gear wind
- Independent touch down sounds
- Real avionics sound
- Cockpit checks
- Aileron, rudder, elevator and flaps check
- Tire check and choks removal
- Tie-down removal
- Pitot tube check
- Engine cowl check
- Fuel quantity check
- Oil quantity and quality check
- Lights check
- Postflight walkaround
- Push, pull and steer using the joystick
- Towbar simulation
- Load the airplane and check the C.G. and weight limits at takeoff and landing
- The airplane behavior changes when the C.G. moves
- Complete normal operations checklist
- Complete emergency operations checklist
- Complete reference tables (speed, fuel consumption etc.)
- May be shown/hidden with mouse gestures
- Engine maintenance tab
- Electrical systems maintenance tab
- Oxygen system tab
- Landing gear, brakes & tires tab
- REP drives HeadShake to simulate the correct vibrations of the TSIO-520 engine
- Realistic gyro wander and HSI behavior
- Written in C++: no compromises
