Real XL560 engine sounds, aural warnings and sound systems.
Real flight dynamics.
Cold and Dark start option.
Takeoff run and landing real rolling movement effect.
Custom brakes sounds on taxi and landing run.
Features
HD quality textures (4096 x 4096).
Customizable panel for controlling windows transparency, instrument reflections and static elements such as wheel chocks.
Real behavior compared to the real airplane. Real weight and balance.
Tested by real pilots.
Realistic night lights effects on panel and cockpit.
NOTE:
This aircraft does not have a 2D panel.
*Flight1 GTN 750 and Reality XP GTN 750 are sold separately
**You don´t need to have a subscription with Navigraph because this package installs a January 2016 Navigraph database which has all the information you need to perform a flight. But if you want to keep your database up to date you will need a subscription with Navigraph.
Included in the package
7 HD liveries.
1 HD Carenado and Blank livery
XL560 Emergency Procedure PDF
XL560 Normal Procedures PDF
XL560 Performance Data PDF
XL560 Reference PDF
Carenado Primus 1000 PDF
Recommended Settings (FSX and P3Dv4) PDF
Requirements
Windows: 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP.
Microsoft Flight Simulator FSX with SP1 and SP2 (or Acceleration Pack) installed
or Lockheed Martin – Prepar3D Flight Simulator v4.4 (or higher) or FSX Steam
Edition.
i3 processor/3GHz or similar
Minimum 2GB RAM (Recommended 4GB RAM)
512MB graphics card.
700MB available hard disk space
INTERNET CONNECTION is required for installing this product.
This plane is really much better than some might suggest. First of all it has the usual outstanding Carenado texturing inside and out. You really see something that looks real and luxurious. Right down to the seat belts, random external scratches or marks from routine use and onward. The lighting is also high quality. Where the flight models is concerned it delivers an amazing flight capability that impresses a sense of realism. Those engines sound great!
The PL21 systems are mostly capable. So far I’ve been able to make detailed flight plans but did have to correct the altitudes on each. It doesn’t follow every point on the route for some reason but it does manage to stay on course in the end.
For a Carenado product it is well simulated regarding the systems. Though little documentation provided for the ProLine 21 it isn’t hard to figure out if you’ve used other systems. If you don’t know what to do, just do what I did and google the plane and you’ll find all sorts of helpful tutorials to walk you through it all from start up to shut down. Nearly every single switch, button and dial works. Whatever the case it’s not by any means a 2 star add on. That’s just crazy unfair. I love flying this plane and highly recommend it. It has it all, looks, details, realism and fun!
Die Funktionen dieses Fliegers sind mir leider ein Rätsel - dies liegt im wesentlichen daran, dass außer einer äußerst knappen Beschreibung des FMS (Primus 1000) keinerlei Handbuch mitgeliefert wird, das wenigstens die wichtigsten Schalter, Knöpfe, Instrumente oder Flugsysteme erklärt. Die mitgelieferten Procedures sind in diesem Zusammenhang leider völlig wertlos. Im Internet habe ich ebenfalls keine Dokumenatatiion gefunden.
So bleibt für mich das Zusammenspiel des Autopiloten, des FMS, des PFD und ND ein ziemliches Rätsel.
Die integrierten Navigraph-Charts von 2016 sind inzwischen völlig veraltet, meistens finden sich darin die aktuellen SIDs und STARs nicht. Das Einbinden der Aerosoft NavData-Charts ist nicht möglich.
Rundherum ist diese XL 560 eine komplette Enttäuschung - ich hatte mir wesentlich mehr versprochen. So macht Flugsimulation keinen großen Spaß - wir sind Besseres gewöhnt, und der üppige Preis steht in keinem Verhältnis zum Stand des Produktes.
Insgesamt deshalb höchstens 2 Sterne ... leider.