Iris Flight Simulation Software is known for high quality add-on aircraft for FSX. Their latest offering is the Alenia C-27J Spartan. In reality, the Spartan is still developing a reputation. It is the 'new kid on the block' and has been in operational service with a number of armed forces around the world since 2006. The C-27J is a development of Alenia's G.222, which was designated the C-27A in US service. With upgraded engines, six bladed propellers and improved avionics, the C-27J offers a 35% increase in range and a 15% faster cruise speed than the C-27A. Because of its current role in military service as a tactical transport, little is known about the true capabilities of this aircraft.

However, if the various flight demonstrations that have been flown around the world are any indication, this is an extremely capable aircraft whose agility belies its size. Having seen the C-27J perform with my own eyes, I was very interested to see if Iris could produce an aircraft that behaved like a medium transport, but was able to perform steep climbs and barrel rolls.YES; BARREL ROLLS!like the real aircraft. Product Analysis Download from Pilot Shop Yes Cost (USD) $48 File Size 201 Mb Auto-Installer Application Yes Protected by Licence Key No Operating Manual Yes Checklist/Reference Material Yes/No Uninstall Application No Installation This aircraft is only available for FSX. Purchase and installation from the Pilot Shop is very easy. The installation program installs all files in to the relevant folders within FSX, and the aircraft is ready to fly without further effort required from the user.

Because no uninstall program is included, removing the product (if desired) requires manually deleting the aircraft via the Windows Control Panel. Once installed, virtual pilots will find eight different aircraft liveries in their hangar, including some fictitious repaints such as the Royal Australian Air Force and Australian Maritime Safety Authority. REAL AIRCRAFT DATA From Wikipedia & www.c27j.com VIRTUAL AIRCRAFT DATA From Testing in FSX Empty weight 17,000 kg Empty weight 9,979 kg Maximum take-off weight 31,800 kg Maximum take-off weight 31,800 kg Maximum speed 325 KIAS Maximum speed 355 KIAS Stall speed (clean) unknown Stall speed (clean) 94 KIAS Stall speed (landing config) 80-90 KIAS Stall speed (landing config) 89 KIAS Ceiling 30,000 feet Ceiling >>Climb rate 3,000 fpm Climb rate 2,500 fpm Obviously it is difficult to assess the realism of the Iris C-27J Spartan flight model against the real thing. The reference material that I was able to source did verify that most of the weights and performance characteristics of the Iris product were comparable, although there was a considerable difference in the simulated empty weight and that of the real aircraft. This product comes with all the 'bells and whistles' that we have come to expect from the Iris 'Platinum Edition' add-ons, like the F22 Raptor before it. If you want maximum realism, then start with a cold and dark cockpit. Engine start-up can be achieved by following the checklists in the Pilot's Handbook.

The procedure is lengthy, so pilots would be well advised to keep the handbook nearby for ready reference. Alternatively, an autostart function is included, and accessible from a hidden kneeboard. More on this in 'Audio-Visual Features'. Once started, I found the engines responded steadily to throttle movement, with the standard lag experienced with turboprops. This lag means that pilots need to be conscious of their airspeed at critical times of flight, such as short final approach. You cannot afford to 'get behind' the engines in this aircraft.

A repaint for the Iris Simulations C-27J Spartan. This repaint was created by using the original paint kit released with the aircraft and represents the first of four Alenia C27J Spartan aircraft acquired for the Peruvian Air Force. By Jorge Chin. Screenshot of C27J Spartan FAP328 in flight. Installation: Unzip the file. Iris c 27 spartan fsx series c 27j sai paint tool background daemon347 for windows 7 minecraft cracked installer 1 5 2 art mogul setup 1 2 autocad architecture. Subtitle microsoft photosynth 2 01 10 qual o serial do corel draw graphics suite x4 image filter 2012 pro 100 v1 1 full net framework 4 5 1 rc download aiseesoft dvd.

One of the other features of this aircraft is that the engines will catch fire if operated at high temps for too long. The designers say that this is most common at high throttle settings and low altitudes. I flew this aircraft at full throttle at around 2000 feet AGL for around 10 minutes and was unable to induce an engine fire, so I am unable to comment on this aspect of the product. In the air, this aircraft can do amazing things. Having seen a Spartan fly in real life, I was interested to know if the Iris product would barrel roll like the real aircraft. I wasn't disappointed!

I was able to roll the Iris C-27J through a full 360 degrees, time and time again. It does have a tendency to drop the nose when inverted, so considerable forward stick input is required to counter this until rolling out. I was able to sustain inverted flight as well, although I expect this is an unrealistic ability. Stalling the C-27J is dangerous.

At the stall, the aircraft simply begins to sink in a flat stall. Application of full power will do nothing. Stall recovery needs the nose to be lowered and power applied. Typical recoveries saw me lose around 2,000 feet each time, so stalls on final approach need to be avoided at all costs! Pilots would be well advised to carry a little extra speed on approach, with around 100 knots 'over the fence' to avoid loss of control close to the ground. Tactical approaches can be achieved with the use of spoilers, full flaps and reverse thrust. Once on the ground, the reverse thrust combined with brakes will stop the aircraft very quickly, so be ready to feather the props.

I did experience a couple of landings where the engines seemed to provide asymmetric reverse thrust, but I could find no reason for this and it appears to have been a freak occurrence. The Iris support forums do mention a small problem with the product which requires the realism settings to be set to minimum. It appears that when final performance tweaks were being made, one of the designers inadvertently had their sim realism setting set to minimum and therefore made alterations to the aircraft based on these realism settings. What this means to users is that if you don't minimise your settings, you will find the aircraft is incredibly sensitive to the point of being almost uncontrollable! At the time of writing this review, a patch to fix some of the identified issues was being produced by Iris but I have been unable to test the updates. Past experience with Iris products though, suggests that the patch will correct the identified issues and result in improved performance and behaviour of the aircraft without issue. Audio-Visual Features With their last few releases, Iris has tried to give us something new. Download Infamous 2 Festival Of Blood Keygen on this page.

Whether it be combat radio communications, or custom musical soundtracks for various stages of flight, the Platinum Collection aircraft from Iris offer just a little bit extra than the norm. The C-27J is no exception. Virtual pilots have the ability to turn on or off various features such as visible pilot and co-pilot figures. Turning the co-pilot figure on also activates a large collection of co-pilot voice files. Likewise, turning him off disables these voice effects. There is also a Loadmaster effect that allows you to turn on a visible Hummer load and audible Loadmaster voice files. Whilst the pilot/co-pilot figures are visible, neither are animated (with the exception of the co-pilot head panning around the cockpit) and this takes a bit of gloss of the final product.

The controls for these effects are hidden away on a kneeboard which is only accessible by activating a lever in the virtual cockpit. Once open, the kneeboard allows pilots to add or remove the visual effects listed above.

However, when adding the loadmaster/cargo visual effect, there is no alteration made to aircraft weight. Instead, users must then access the payload menu and manually increase the weight themselves. I think it would be better if adding or removing the visual effect caused the weight of the aircraft to be automatically adjusted accordingly, but I suspect this may be a limitation within FSX as the same issue existed for the Iris F22 Raptor.

The Spartan is also capable of in-flight refuelling, and this capability is also present in the Iris product. Iris has built in the ability for this aircraft to refuel in the air if certain parameters are met. These are explained in the manual, and it is a good idea albeit a very simple one. Perhaps in the future we may see further development to the point where an AI tanker appears so virtual pilots can test their skills by holding station to take on fuel. Technical Features The Pilot Manual runs to 52 pages in PDF format and is well laid out and easy to understand.

Technical support is available through the forums located on the Iris web site. The developer responded extremely quickly to my inquiries, although I am in the same time zone. Purchasers should be mindful that the developers are located in Australia, and make allowances for time zone differences for any delay in responding to requests for support. I found them courteous and helpful. Please note, I am not associated with product designer, and do not offer technical support for their products. Any emails to me for assistance will be politely returned referring you to the designer in the first instance.

The Verdict As one of the 'Platinum Collection' from Iris, the C-27J is the result of months of development. The external textures and liveries are of an extremely high standard. The internal detail is equally impressive. Flight modelling appears to be in keeping with the real aircraft, as far as can be assessed without access to real performance data. At $48, it is at the high end of cost for add-on aircraft but the amount of work that has gone in to producing an aircraft of this quality must affect the final price. For those who enjoy flying larger aircraft, particularly those who enjoy tactical transports, the Iris C-27J is a great product.

It is simple enough for novice pilots to fly, yet it has plenty of advanced features to keep experienced pilots happy. Iris has given us another fine product which is worth the cost for those who fly plenty of transport miles.

It may even have a place in the many virtual military organisations that are in need of an advanced tactical transport. The C-27J is well worth the look. Test System FSX Acceleration and DX9 AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ 2.4 GHz 2 GB RAM Saitek X52 stick & throttle References Scott Woodford.

Carenado have now released the PC-12 here is the information and link to the product page:- U$39.95 Special Features Original PC12 Electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) Avidyne Multifunction Display with weather information Full FSX and P3D v2.0 compatible. Stall pusher effect. Original alarm and warning sounds.

Landing and Taxi halo effect lights. Dynamic environment gauges reflections. Carenado GNS530 with Reality XP integration option. Cold and Dark start option Features: Original EFIS with EADI and EHSI installed.

Carenado GNS530 with Reality XP integration option. Original autopilot installed. HD quality textures. Fsxairsports have released their FASA_T-6_Racers as a freeware product here is what they had to say:- we quote “With great joy, we present the definitive T-6 add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator X, offered exclusively here at FASA.

Originally built for FSX, and labeled the ‘FSDS’ T-6, this model was constructed by David Eckert and Warwick Carter. The FASA T-6 RACERS package is a complete stand-alone aircraft add-on, made available freeware. It features: Complete sound set 20 historic racer liveries New Flight Dynamics Model New systems modelling Handbook Racers History. Released this past weekend and reported by us earlier today was release of a new product by Silver Cloud. It is their representation of the Avro Anson and I have to say they’ve done an excellent job in reproducing it.

It has a very highly detailed model, both inside and outside with excellent texture sets to accompany the great modelling. We took it for a short flight over the English countryside and boy does it fly very well indeed. Great response to control inputs, easy to trim into level flight. Wilco’s Fred Goldman Managing Director of Wilco Publishing has informed us that the Tecnam P2006T is now released as V1.1 which takes care of the following issues: – Refined views for Radio Stack, Engine Control, Switches.

Ce Driver Imi Trebuie Pentru Usb. – Overhead view added. – Changed the GNS430 logic to power off correctly. – Removed dimmer functionality.

Only the avionics dimmers work. – Corrected fuel selector animation and function. – Corrected flaps selector animation – Fixed dome light switches and cabin lights.

– Reversed carb-heat. – Added more reflection to glass. As promised by Aerosoft last week the Airbus A318/A319 for (FSX+P3D) has been released. Todays release is for download only purchase of a full new version. Updates and discounted price product will only be available from Wednesday, the boxed versions shouldbe available around October 2nd.: Here is the product information: The Aerosoft A318/A319 contains all our latest developments and ideas. All the systems that are used in day to day flights are simulated with great attention to detail. This includes a Weather Radar that is a unique Aerosoft.

Posted on their Facebook page is the news of Battlefield Airlifter Version 1.0 incoming! Here is the news (we quote) and a screen of the product! “We’re hard at work putting some final touches to Version 1.0 of the IRIS Airforce Series – Battlefield Airlifter product. This product is a direct result of the Tactical Airlifter MLU project to improve upon the existing Tactical Airlifter product and is FREE to ALL existing purchasers of the IRIS – Airforce Series – Tactical Airlifter or IRIS Pro Series – C27J Spartan products. Over at FSDeveloper is the news of a Algerian Freeware airport release by a new small development team Elite Simdesign and the airport is Oran Intl Airport DAOO for FSX. Here is some info about the release and a link to the FSDeveloper page where you can find the free download link. There is also a video which we have embedded before the screens.

Enjoy and nice work guys! Features of the scenery: * Oran Es Senia (DAOO) International Airport scenery * High Definition PhotoReal Coverage for the Entire Airport. Justflight have released a what if livery pack for their DC8 package in addition to the other two livery packs launched recently!

Its FREE with all orders of the DC-8 Jetliner Series 50 to 70 before 9am (UK Time) Wednesday 1 October 2014. If you’ve already purchased the 50 to 70 then they will have added this additional pack to your existing order!

Here is the info from the product page: “Looking for some additional liveries for our superb DC-8 Jetliner Series 50-70 collection? The classic DC-8 served with distinction.