Here is the most highly detailed, accurate rendering of the futuristic Piaggio P180II. Great care has been taken in ensuring that fuselage profiles and general arrangement shapes are true to original.
The landing gear operation is highly realistic and detail extends to brake-lines and electrical connections. Landing lights extend and retract and the unique canard forward flap system is authentically modelled and animated.
Luggage hatches open and close as does the port engine cover which conceals a fully-modeled turboprop engine complete with big bore exhaust pipe, hydraulic and electrical lines and more.
The pilots are uniquely modelled with realistic features and life-like movements and the passenger cabin comes complete with passengers.
The cockpit is a work of art in its own right. Numerous complex systems and fittings have been modelled in and rendered with texture art that really brings the Virtual Cockpit alive. Glass cockpit arrays and flight consoles bristle with switches and knobs that are great to look at and function like the real thing.
The Flight Management Computer is there and allows inputs for flight-planning and performance settings.
Piaggio P180II Avanti is exciting and challenging to fly and will bring many hours of flight simulation enjoyment!
HIGHLIGHTS
Highly realistic replicas of the Piaggio P180 Avanti II
Wx500 Weather Radar powered by RealityXP
Fully digital avionic system Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21
Jet-like performances with a maximum cruise speed of 402 Ktas.
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Exterior cones around the plane placed for security reasons while
parked and details such as wheel chocks and animated warning flags
Fully detailed landing gear with realistic movement
Animated cargo hatches, main doors and landing light doors
WEATHER RADAR FEATURES
Wilco’s Piaggio P180 Avanti II is equipped with the Wx500, the
industry-leading weather radar simulation for Flight Simulator. The
technology proved to reliably detect the clouds and water bodies position
and actually distinguish between the several types.
Wx500 is built with the Reality XP’s avionics expertise and is
enhanced with the latest technologies to deliver an unmatched and ultra
realistic simulation of modern onboard weather radar as well as a solid
training aid. Some amazing and unique features are:
Gain Control
Radar Beam Tilt angle
WX, WXA and MAP modes
WAC (Weather Attenuation Compensation)
Radar Ground Clutter echoes
Radar Shadow from heavy water bodies
EZ mode for a smooth introduction to weather radar picture interpretation
High resolution Photo-realistic gauges bitmaps
PANEL FEATURES
Beautifully rendered, 2D pop-ups for all glass cockpit arrays,
radios and autopilot, FMC, engine controls and pilots’ panels
Pop up EFIS screens for multi-monitor displays. Resizable and detachable
gauges for any additional monitor use
Numerous warnings and caution messages
AutoPilot control panel and radio unit.
Selectable checklists for pre-flight, takeoff , approach and landing.
Battery and generators switches fully operative with corresponding
action
APU startup/shutdown sequences simulated, with the corresponding
EICAS messages
Seat belts and no smoking signs switches with audio
HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY
VRinsight, Go Flight modules
Track IR
AIRCRAFT BACKGROUND
(courtesy Piaggio Aero)
The P180 Avanti II combines elegant Made-in-Italy style, the quietness
and comfort of a spacious cabin, and remarkable performance that is
similar to that of the most widely sold turbojet aircraft on the market.
With its outstanding integration of advanced technological solutions
and standard equipment offering time-tested operational efficiency,
the P180 Avanti II combines superior performance with the very highest
levels of reliability and safety.
Cockpit & Avionics
High technology means safety and efficiency. That's why the P180 Avanti
II is equipped with the Collins Pro Line 21 digital avionics suite,
which is completely integrated with the aircraft's navigation and communication
systems, and is certified for full IFR use - even with a single pilot.
Aerodynamics Background
Every component and system in the P180 Avanti II is carefully crafted
to provide the highest levels of efficiency and safety under all flight
conditions. But the real key to its success is an advanced design with
many innovative solutions, the most important of which is the Three-Lifting-Surface
Configuration. The forward wing of the aircraft (which cannot be called
a true "canard" because it lacks control surfaces) contributes
to lift, since it is a fixed surface, and is equipped with high lift
devices that move together with the flaps on the main wing. The pitch
angle of the forward wing is configured so that it always stalls before
the main wing. The resulting automatic nose-down effect assures excellent
behaviour at high angles of attack. The forward wing has a negative
dihedral (~ 5 degrees) to keep its stream wash away from the engine
intakes, the main wing and the horizontal stabilizer. Thanks to the
aerodynamic advantages resulting from the aircraft's innovative design
and construction, the airflow is laminar over a very high percentage
of the wing chord. What's more, the push configuration of the propellers
prevents propeller turbulence from interfering with wing aerodynamics,
which effectively lowers total drag and provides performance that is
significantly higher than in aircraft with pull propellers.
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