Flying Club 2018

This highly detailed simulation of the PA-28-161 Warrior II from by Just Flight's in-house team has been developed following comprehensive, hands-on research with a real-life Warrior II, G-BOZI, based at Conington Airfield.
 
The PA-28-161 Warrior II is a four-seater, piston-engine aircraft equipped with a fixed tricycle landing gear, 160hp four-cylinder engine and fixed-pitch propeller – an ideal aircraft for touring and flight training.
 
The Warrior II is flown all around the world and our add-on reflects that global popularity. In addition to our UK research aircraft, G-BOZI, this package features liveries from the USA, Canada, UK, France, Australia and Germany.


Model

• Accurately modelled PA-28-161 Warrior II, built using real-world aircraft plans and comprehensive photography of the real aircraft
• Numerous animations, including passenger door, baggage door, cockpit window and sun visors
• Ground equipment including chocks and tie-downs
• 4096 x 4096 textures are used to produce the highest possible texture clarity
• Bump and specular mapping used throughout the aircraft to produce a truly 3D feel
• Wheel fairings which can be toggled on/off

Cockpit

• A truly 3D virtual cockpit right down to accurately modelled seat belts and screw heads - every instrument is constructed fully in 3D with smooth animations
• Cockpit textures feature wear and tear based on reference photos taken in the real aircraft to produce an authentic environment
• Interactive engine start checklist
• Interactive checklists for every stage of flight
• Panel state system which will automatically save the panel state whenever a flight is saved and reload the panel state whenever that flight is loaded
• Aircraft configuration system that allows you to choose between 'cold & dark' or 'ready for take-off'
• Fully functional and comprehensive IFR-capable avionics fit including:
   - KMA 20 audio selector unit
   - KX 170B COM 1 / NAV 1 radio
   - KX 175B COM 2 / NAV 2 radio
   - KN 62 DME unit which can display information from NAV 1, NAV 2 or its own inbuilt receiver (NAV 3)
   - Century 21 autopilot with lateral hold modes (HDG, NAV, APR, REV)
   - KT 76A transponder unit
   - KR 85 ADF unit with ADF/ANT/BFO modes
   - GPS 100 unit
• Flight computer panel with useful information such as fuel burn, endurance, speed and wind speed/direction
• Yoke-mounted flight timer/clock

Aircraft systems

• Custom-coded fuel system including the option to have automatic switching of the fuel tanks for use on those long distance cross-country flights
• Custom-coded electrical system with functional circuit breakers, avionics power circuit and emergency bus controls
• Functioning carburettor and primer controls
• Failures including spark plug fouling, limited battery life, vapour lock and more
• Refill menu for quick and easy refilling of fuel and oil, and recharging of the battery

Liveries

The Warrior II is supplied in the following seven paint schemes:

• G-BOZI (UK)
• G-OPTI (UK)
• N8289A (USA)
• D-EIIT (Germany)
• F-GEDO (France)
• C-FOEC (Canada)
• VH-BVM (Australia)

Other features
 

• Realistic and accurate flight dynamics based on real world performance and handling data, and input from Warrior pilots
• Authentic sound set by Turbine Sound Studios (TSS)
• Custom sounds for switches, doors and more
• Comprehensive manual with panel guide and performance data
• PSD Paint Kit included so you can create your own paint schemes
   

The Socata TB-10 Tobago and TB-20 Trinidad are General Aviation aircraft with spacious and comfortable cabins providing seating for up to five people and have proved popular for touring and instrument training. They are all-metal, cantilever low wing, single-engine aircraft with two ‘gull wing’ doors and access to the baggage compartment is through a door on the left-hand side of the fuselage.
 
The TB-10 is powered by a 180 horsepower (134 kW) Lycoming O-360 piston engine and is equipped with fixed tricycle landing gear. The TB-20’s power plant is a 250 horsepower (186 kW) Lycoming IO-540 piston engine and the aircraft is equipped with retractable tricycle landing gear. Both aircraft are fitted with a two-blade constant-speed propeller.
 
Both variants offer great performance with high cruise speeds (120-150 knots), the ability to fly long range (700-1,100 nautical miles) and the ability to land on hard or grass runways. A service ceiling of up to 20,000ft, combined with a comprehensive IFR-capable avionics suite including GPS, VOR, ADF and autopilot, make for a great long-range IFR touring aircraft. And with excellent visibility and payload capabilities, they are also well suited to flying those short VFR hops to local airfields!
 
The TB-10 Tobago and TB-20 Trinidad feature highly detailed and accurate models, 4096 x 4096 textures with bump and specular mapping for stunning clarity, numerous animations including passenger and baggage door, cockpit window, sun visors, oil cover and dipstick, and a variety of ground equipment including chocks, covers and tie-downs.
 
In the cockpit, the amazing level of detail right down to modelled screw heads, animated seat backs and authentic wear and tear including fingerprint marks will make you feel like you are sitting in the real thing! A vast array of avionics including a KMA 24, GNS 430, GNC 255, KN 62, KAP 150, GTX 330, KR 87 and WX-1000 Stormscope will ensure that you never get bored.
 
Accurate flight dynamics tested by real-world TB-20 pilots and authentic sound sets for both engine variants complete this extensive offering.


Model

• Accurately modelled TB-10 Tobago and TB-20 Trinidad, built using real-world aircraft plans
• Numerous animations including passenger doors, baggage door, cockpit window, sun visors, oil cover and dipstick, engine access door, TKS fluid door and NACA ducts
• Ground equipment including chocks, pitot cover, engine intake covers and tie-downs
• 4096 x 4096 textures are used to produce the highest possible texture clarity
• Bump and specular mapping used throughout the aircraft to produce a truly 3D feel
• Engine exhaust vibration effects

Cockpit

• A truly 3D virtual cockpit right down to accurately modelled seatbelts, screw heads and animated seat backs - every instrument is constructed fully in 3D with smooth animations
• Cockpit textures feature wear and tear (and even fingerprints!) based on reference photos taken in the real aircraft to produce an authentic environment
• Interactive checklists for every stage of flight
• Panel state system which will automatically save the panel state whenever a flight is saved and reload the panel state whenever that flight is loaded
• Aircraft configuration system that will allow you to choose between 'cold & dark' or ready for take-off
• Numerous 2D pop-up panels are included to provide easy access to cockpit controls and instruments, all accessible from an unobtrusive panel selector
• Fittable control lock for preventing control surface movement or insertion of ignition key
• Fully functional and comprehensive IFR capable avionics fit including:
   - KMA 24H audio selector unit
   - GNS 430 COM 1 / NAV 1 radio and GPS unit
   - GNC 255 COM 2 / NAV 2 radio unit with frequency databases, recently used frequencies and flight timers
   - KN 62 DME unit which can display information from NAV 1, NAV 2 or its own inbuilt receiver (NAV 3)
   - KAP 150 autopilot unit with navigation, heading, altitude and pitch hold modes, and self-test functionality
   - GTX 330 transponder unit with flight timers, altitude information and monitoring
   - KR 87 ADF unit with active and standby frequencies, mode selection and flight timers
• Functional WX-1000 Stormscope with integrated TCAS and checklists
• Interactive logbook panel for logging your flight details (FSX and P3D v1-v3 only)
• Ice protection system with fluid quantity indication
• Flight computer panel with useful information such as fuel burn, endurance, speed and wind speed/direction
• Independently operated left and right panel instruments including attitude indicator and altimeter
• Cockpit vibration effects

Aircraft systems

• Custom-coded fuel system including the option to have automatic switching of the fuel tanks for use on those long distance cross-country flights
• Custom-coded electrical system with busbars and functional circuit and switch breakers
• Realistic landing gear system with emergency release on the TB-20
• Functioning alternate air and standby vacuum controls
• Failures including spark plug fouling, limited battery life, vapour lock and more
• Realistic engine oil and TKS fluid usage, and battery drain
• Preferences (GPS choice, engine failures and sounds) are saved and restored on every flight
• Refill menu – pop-up menu for refilling engine oil, TKS fluid and fuel, and recharging the aircraft battery

Liveries

The TB-10 is supplied in the following paint schemes:

• N5548C
• G-CBHA
• D-EABM
• F-GTQF
• VH-TBA

The TB-20 is supplied in the following paint schemes:

• SX-ATK
• CS-DDK
• CS-DEP
• D-EPIM
• G-VPPL

 
Other features

• Towbar system for manoeuvring your aircraft on the ground
• Realistic and accurate flight dynamics based on real-world performance and handling data, and input from TB-20 pilots
• Authentic sound sets for both engine variants, developed by Turbine Sound Studios (TSS)
• Custom sounds for switches, doors, gear warnings and more
• Comprehensive 143-page colour PDF manual with panel guide, performance data and a tutorial flight
• Flight analysis tool for real-time monitoring and logging of your flights
   

Conington is home to Flying Club Conington, to which G-BOZI (the Warrior included in this collection), and also Just Flight's G-BGKU (PA-28R Arrow III), G-BGAE (C152) and G-GCCL (Duchess) all belong.

Conington, otherwise known as Peterborough Business Airport (ICAO: EGSF) is a privately owned airfield located in the UK county of Cambridgeshire, six miles south of Peterborough and twenty miles north-west of Cambridge. The airfield started life as RAF Glatton, built in 1942 and used by the USAF B-17 Flying Fortress bombers throughout WWII. The airfield was mothballed by the RAF after the USAF left at the end of WWII, but it saw activity again with GA flying from the 1970s onwards until Flying Club Conington took over in 2000.

The airfield is equipped with a licensed 987-metre asphalt runway (10/28) with a 100m overshoot and an unlicensed 800-metre concrete runway. JET A-1 and AVGAS fuel, a hard apron area and grass area for helicopter operations provide an excellent base for your GA fleet.

• Developed following extensive on-site research
• 3D grass
• Custom trees
• Custom airport markings/signs
• Scenery manager
• Accurate runway and taxiway placement
• High-resolution photorealistic ground textures, adjusted for seasonality
• Custom ground polygon and AFCAD
• Custom scenery around airfield boundary
• Realistic shadowing on objects/buildings
• Orbx FTX compatibility
• Night lighting effects
• Frame rate and VAS friendly
• PDF manual

Review of PA-28-161 Warrior II

"Just Flight's rendition of the PA-28-161 Warrior II is highly detailed and accurate, the visual quality is outstanding, and it provides a faithful representation of the real world aircraft. The modelling of the aircraft systems and additional features, such as the interactive check-lists, are excellent and provide an additional level of realism... The aircraft model displays an accurate rendition of the flight characteristics... With the texture resolution set at 2048 x 2048, the texture quality was excellent... On the cockpit detail particularly, Just flight have lifted the bar since the move back to "in house" development... The lighting and lighting effects on the PA-28-161 Warrior II are good... The engine sounds are a very good representation, with a deep throaty burbling from idle through the full throttle range... The quality and attention to detail is outstanding and Just Flight has done an excellent job with the accuracy of the model... The value for money for the Just Flight PA-28-161 Warrior II is considered excellent." Mutley's Hangar (Gold Award, 9.7/10)


Reviews of TB-10 Tobago & TB-20 Trinidad

"Just Flight’s rendition of the SOCATA TB-10 and TB-20 is highly detailed and accurate, the visual quality is excellent, and it provides a faithful representation of the real world aircraft. The modelling of the aircraft systems and additional features, such as the interactive check-lists, are excellent and provide an additional level of realism... The animations of the primary and secondary control surfaces and other moving elements on the SOCATA TB-10 and TB-20 are all modelled faithfully... The performance of Just Flight’s SOCATA TB-10 and TB-20 were excellent in flight. They both displayed the expected general flight characteristics of each aircraft... No discernible frame rate impact... Just Flight has done an excellent job with the attention to detail, and the quality and accuracy of these models... You could be easily mistaken in thinking this is just another simple general aviation aircraft add-on, however, the additional aircraft system features and custom coding which Just Flight have put into this package make this much more than that." Mutley's Hangar (Silver Award, 9.4/10)

"I've really enjoyed flying these aircraft and have no complaints about them at all. They are a pleasure to fly, include every possible navigation aid you might need and look beautiful. I also found them to have no more impact on performance than the default aircraft which is unusual for such a detailed model... The cockpit is very well equipped, with a comprehensive set of fully operational and superbly modelled instruments... The external modelling is of a very high standard, with all the little details that turn a pretty good rendition into an excellent one... Unlike most FS aircraft, the Just Flight TBs have special features to simulate the operation of a real aircraft. For example, the engine oil, fuel quantities and battery voltage is recorded during your flights and restored when you next load the aircraft... You can always tell when a developer is serious about a product by the quality and quantity of information you'll find in the manual. Well, I can tell you that in the case of the TB-10 Tobago and TB-20 Trinidad the developers are very serious, because the manual is superb." PC Pilot (Classic Product Award, 93/100)