The Jetstar
Ladies and Gentlemen, Elvis (personal jet) has arrived!
The Jetstar was the very first business jet and started life as a tender for a United States Air Force requirement. The tender was eventually dropped due to budget, however the Jetstar was repurposed for the business sector as the very first, purpose built business jet.
Originally designed to use two Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engines, due to supply issues these were replaced with a pair of twin Pratt & Whitney JT12s for a total of... Ladies and Gentlemen, Elvis (personal jet) has arrived!
The Jetstar was the very first business jet and started life as a tender for a United States Air Force requirement. The tender was eventually dropped due to budget, however the Jetstar was repurposed for the business sector as the very first, purpose built business jet.
Originally designed to use two Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engines, due to supply issues these were replaced with a pair of twin Pratt & Whitney JT12s for a total of four engines, each pushing 3300lbs thrust. This configuration allowed the Jetstar to cruise upwards to 40,000' at a speed of 0. 8 Mach.
We have chosen to bring to life this first version of the JetStar as it was the airframe that blazed a trial for a whole sector of aviation, the Business Jet.
THIS PRODUCT IS FOR MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR (2020)
Features:
- Full native flight model, 3D assets, sounds, 4K textures, PBR, everything!
Goes without saying right?
- Custom XPDR Instrument
- Fully interactive cockpit
- Complete Fuel System Management for all 6 tanks
- Autopilot
-OK You kind of expect that in a jet but this is a first for us!
- Support for GTN750 from PMS50 and TDSSIM
-The first time it actually makes sense for us to include one of these fancy touchscreen devices in our planes.
- Custom AutoStart code that follows correct start procedure of 3, 4, 2, 1.
- Overhead Panel Fully Interactable
- Ability to switch between PMS & TDS GTN750. Defaults to PMS only.
- Custom CIVA INS Instrument (initial version with full entry and heading bug control)
- Custom ADF Instrument
- External 3D Model
- External 3D Textures
- Left Side Panel
- Right Side Panel
- Paint Kit
- Liveries (Elvis IS coming!)
- Sounds
- Flight Model (almost there!)
- Full Checklist for all stages of flight (Only a couple stages missing now)
Documentation: JetStar Manual
ChangeLog:
- 0. 8. 0 - Early Access Release!
- 0. 8. 1 - HOTFIX: Electrics, DME1,2 and Com2 now turn on correctly.
- 0. 8. 2 - Initial PMS50 GTN750 Support, Reviewed cameras
- 0. 8. 3 - Adjustments to Fuel Flow and Horizontal Stabilizer
- 0. 8. 4 - Flight Model adjustments to Cl, TDS GTNXi Integration
- 0. 8. 5 - Adjusted braking power down as too powerful. Fixed FINAL. FLT file, engines should remain on and with fuel if you only select an arrival for your flight.
- 0. 9. 0 - Custom Auto-Start. Much better instrument Cameras for the Checklist which now is complete up to T/O. PMS50 GTN750 set as default instrument.
- 0. 9. 5 - Checklists have been added with cameras and autocompletion.
The PMS50 instrument is now natively integrated, meaning will work even if you don't have the PMS50 installed. This makes the instrument available for XBox users.
Fuel Flow has been adjusted.
- 0. 9. 6 - Exterior Texture Revamp
- 0. 9. 7 - TOOLTIPS FOR EVERYONE! Cockpit interactions polish with tooltips added to everything interactable.
Initial setup of Fire Extinguisher levers (not animated), need to simulate a fire to test if it actually does anything but it IS using all of the correct SIMVARS and EVENTIDS
PMS50 GTN750 is now standalone integrated into the JetStar and you can swap between that and the TDS 750 with a knob on the Pilots Left Lighting Panel
Includes tweaks to the flight model
- 0. 9. 8 - Fix for CIVA INS. Now working as expected, all modes supported.
- 0. 9. 9 - Adjustments to checklist for electrics
Correct instrument from ITT to EGT
- 1. 0. 0 - Digital instruments visibility restored.
ADF Screen positions adjusted
- 1. 0. 1 - Corrected thumbails and hanger setup as per request from MS.
Fixed Main Bus Knob on Overhead AC panel.
- 1. 0. 2 - Engines aren't so THIRSTY now :) with Fuel Flow MUCH closer to spec.
AFCS Eng switch had a faulty wire. Works now!
Fixed the wibbley wobbly timey wimey clocks. They now read the time acurately as a fixed constant rather than a "concept"
- 1. 0. 3 - RADIO and APP buttons on AFCS
Nav1 Slave switch underneath Pilots DME
CDI GS Needle corrected animation code
Low Ambient Start cover interaction
Start C&D confirmed OK
Switches below Co-Pilot DME
- 1. 0. 4 - Removed the full integration of the PMS50 GTN750 from the PC Version, now requires the PMS50 Plugin to be downloaded from their site.
PMS50 GTN750 for XBOX remains fully integrated.
- 1. 0. 5 - Adjusted the AFCS Buttons to better resemble the real instrument.
Fixed Hdg, Pitch and Apr control options for the AFCS. They now work as expected.
Also adjusted Engine EPR to be back in spec.
- 1. 0. 6 - CIVA INS Instrument Auto Heading navigation fixed and now will stay within 0. 1Nm of desired flight path with approach angles matching drift angle.
