The Vickers Viscount was a major success in Britain’s aviation industry, being the right aircraft at the right time. Viscounts were registered in over 70 countries; 445 aircraft were built and used in service around the world.
Viscount - Legends of Flight features the -800 series of the marque, with the longer and more elegant fuselage, and takes you back to the heady days of classic aviation with 12 liveries, many of which have long disappeared from the skies.
Designed and built exclusively for Flight Simulator X, Viscount - Legends of Flight features an authentic Virtual Cockpit which is shadow textured as appropriate. All switches, knobs and levers are animated, most with bespoke animations, and the Co-pilot/Engineer station has functional gauges, knobs, levers and switches.
General features
Dedicated FSX design
Highly detailed exterior model
Twelve highly-detailed super-resolution liveries
Accurate animations
High-fidelity sound set showcasing the distinctive Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engines
Comprehensive manual
Model
Highly detailed stretch fuselage -800 series
Operating passenger and cargo doors
Fully flyable virtual cockpit
Specular map to give realistic light effect on aircraft
A great set of bump maps to give a more realistic 3D feeling to the livery sets
Multiple viewpoints
Passenger boarding steps and ground crew vehicle customised for each airline
Stewardess figure in doorway
Fully detailed interior model complete with passenger section
Liveries
Twelve authentic international airline and military liveries in super-high resolution:
BEA (British European Airways) - Red Square livery, 1960s
Aer Lingus - 1966
Air Canada - 1974
British Air Ferries - 1981
British Midland - 1986
Cambrian Airways – 1970s
Continental Airlines - 1959
KLM ‘Royal Flying Dutchman’ -1959
Lufthansa - 1968
RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) - 1965
Trans Australia Airways – 1960
Intra Airways 1979 (Ex-British Airways)
A layered, tiled paintkit is supplied so you can create your own liveries (suitable additional paint program such as Photoshop required).
Flight Dynamics
Dedicated FSX custom flight dynamics
Checklists and Reference files are provided.
Panel and Virtual Cockpit features
Highly functional and accurate VC, shadow textured as appropriate.
All switches, knobs and levers animated, most with bespoke animations.
Co-pilot/Engineer station with fully functional gauges, knobs, levers and switches
Animations
Cargo and passenger doors
Propellers with pitch control
Rotating wheels
Undercarriage
Nose wheel steering.
Animated crew visible through windscreen
Detailed animations such as windscreen wipers and wheel shock absorbers
Fully animated control surfaces: flaps, rudder, elevators and ailerons
Special effects
Touchdown tyre smoke effects
Texture artwork
Highly detailed texture mapping which doesn't compromise frame rates
FSX DX10 preview compatible
Bump mapping
Specular maps
Night maps
Full Lighting
Red anti-collision beacon
Coloured wing tip and tail Navigation lights
Cockpit light
Passenger windows lighting
Landing lights that illuminate the runway
Requirements
Flight Simulator X (Acceleration, SP2 and Direct X
10 preview compatible)