Authentic and Digital Recorded of Pratt&Whitney
PW545C
Custom Sounds for every knob,eards plastic no·smoke·sign,seatbelts and many more
Full Thrust-Reverse Sound Inside & Outside
Orginal Flapssound with wind effects Airspeed controlled
Orginal Alternators
Authentic Startup procedures
Authentic shutdown effects
Authentic Groundroll wlth structure shake Airspeed Controlled
Touchdown for every wheel
Anti-Icing Effects
Full 360* Soundcones inside & Outside
Orginal Open/Close Door sound with lock
Engine cooling down sounds inside & outside
Gear Up&Down with wlndstream gear and locked effeets
Gear Warning when gear is not retracted or Down&/Locked by Throttle Airspeed controlled
Wind Effects Inside Speed controlled
Super Soundproofing for lower noises in Cabin
Structure and Airframe overloaded effects
Scrape Effects Structure,Airframe,Cabin
OverG warning with structure Overloaded sound
Stall Warning with structure shaked
Full crashsounds including:
Gear-Up Landings with ELT-Signal
Water landings with ELT-Signal
any other conditions
Gear broken Sounds in case of Gear-failure (system-failures)
Engine failure effects (system-failures)
Cabin Heat Sounds
Full compatible to Carenado build-in soundeffects
Full compatible to A2A Akku-sim Tool
Full compatible to the new Flightsimulator 2020
Runs great in Prepar3D v.1 v.2 v.3 v.4 and all Versions of FLightsimulator X (with less Features)
Other Soundtools and environments (3rd addon packages)
Tested by real Pilots have Flown the P&W-545C Package
Sounds like the Real Plane
To validate my reasoning for this review, I've worked around Citation XL/XLS a good portion of my life while working on the ramp at a local airport. I've had the opportunity to fly aboard on some XLs numerous times, and have spent quite a lot of time in and around them in general.
When takeoff thrust is set, it sounds nice, I'll give it that. The ground roll noise seems a bit too loud though. The exterior sounds don't really sound much like the Excel; having worked around these aircraft, and it does not remind me of being next to one unfortunately (nor inside). The wind noise (not sure if it really is that) while at idle is a little distracting as it sounds very low quality and loud.
The start-up sound on the inside is fine at first, but as soon as N1 rises, there is a deafening noise that almost sounds like the wind noise mentioned above. It also sounds like it's from outside. The shutdown sounds are also a bit aggressive; large transition from idle to a "POW!" shutdown.
I was really excited to see what this sound pack would be like, especially being a huge fan of the XLS, but I'm sorry to say that I was a bit disappointed in spending the money I had on this. There are a number of videos on YouTube of Citation XLs and XLS+, specifically from AirborneThrust that include both interior and exterior sounds of the aircraft. I'm willing to give this another shot if there are improvements/updates to this product. However, I'm currently a bit unsatisfied with this.