The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine delta-wing multirole combat aircraft capable of simultaneously undertaking
air supremacy,interdiction,reconnaissance,and the airborne nuclear deterrent missions designed and built
by Dassault Aviation.Dassault described the Rafale as being an omnirole fighter with semi-stealth capabilities.
In the plane I simulated its specific engine and avionics starting system,so please read the .pdf document carefully
(in ...SimObjectsAirplanesDASSAULT Rafale... from FFS folders).There are also short videos showing how to activate systems and select weapons
(of course there is also an easy start option- SHIFT+2 and click the option "AUTOSTART SYSTEMS AND ENGINES" :-) )
However,please read the .pdf anyway.
Important Note:
If you are upgrading aircraft,please remove the previous versions from the "... SimObjectsAirplanes" folder before installing the new version-this is complete aircrafts.
In this package Dassault Rafale in tree versions:
- B (two-seater),
- C (land single-seater)
- M (navy single-seater)
Eleven (11) texture sets:
-French Air Force (C)
-French Air Force (B)
-Franch Navy (M)
-Qatar Air Force (C)
-Qatar Air Force (B)
-Egyptian Air Force (C)
-Egyptian Air Force (B)
-Indian Air Force (C)
-Indian Air Force (B)
-Solo Display 2017 (C)
-Solo Display 2019 (C)
Different weapon configurations.
Advanced simulation of avionics systems.
High quality 4k-textures (4096x4096).
High quality 3D cockpit with 4k-textures (no 2D cockpit).
Exterior Model and Virtual Cockpit are very detailed and animated (around 200 thousand vertices and 200 animated parts per model).
Ilustrated user manual in pdf format (in ...SimObjectsAirplanesDASSAULT Rafale... from FFS folders).
High quality soundset.
Realistic collimated HUD.
All gauges are based on real ones.
Review it now!
The external graphics are excellent, from any angle. The cockpit is also well done in it's general appearance. Running on a high end pc the fps performance is exceptional, allowing all graphics settings to be maximised, even in cloudy conditions.
Other things could be better. The sound set is not bad, but missing the intense afterburner crackle that would make it sound like a high performance fighter. The fonts on the instrument graphics are difficult to read, unless zoomed right in. However most of these can be memorised, so it's tolerable.
The big issue I found was the flight dynamics. These are more arcade style than flight simulation. The roll rate was ridiculously high, even with a full weapons and fuel load. The rudder was over sensitive for this type of aircraft and the elevator relatively ineffective. The aircraft reacted to trim settings, but I could not see any reference to this, or indication of the setting in use. The most annoying characteristic is in a high rate steep turn, it behaves more like an overpowered Cessna. As soon as any back pressure is applied, it wants to climb, rather than turn. Swept wing aircraft are 'pulled' round a turn, within G limits, using power to maintain speed. It should only need very small bank adjustments to maintain height.
I modified the aircraft config file which improved control reactions, but I'm not sure I can get it how I would want it. However other users may be less concerned with control effects, and for the graphics alone, the price is quite reasonable.
Prepar3D v4,
2 Gigabytes of free RAM minimum,
1.5 Gigabyte of free disk space.
