This world famous speedster of the American home-built sector could reach speeds of 200 MPH. Originally designed in the 1950s by the air racer Steven Wittman, it graced the skies internationally with radical high speed performance. Thanks to its extremely inexpensive construction and wooden wings, it provided regular people with a fun, enjoyable way of flying.
This package features three aircraft - the Wittman Tailwind W-8 Series, the W-10 Series and the Tri-Gear W-10. The W-8 series has both versions of landing gear - regular and wheel skirts. The two W series aircraft both fly slightly differently, with the W-10 having a high performance engine and the W-8 having a more common power plant. The W-10 will cruise at 180 MPH (not Knots) and will max out at 200 MPH. The W-8 cruises at 140-160 MPH and maxes out at 180 MPH.
Instrument panels also differ between the two models. The panel in the W-10 is much more elaborate and includes an avionics stack, while the W-8 is equipped with minimal instrumentation needed for flight.
Features
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Custom high detail instrumentation
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Avionics featuring an MX12 NAV-COM, transponder, and autopilot in the W-10
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Full night lighting with soft glow gauge instrumentation for night flights without the dome light needing to be on
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Eight different paint schemes with several versions of interiors
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One aircraft called 'Retro' features an early 1960s paint scheme and wood panel interior from the Tailwind era
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Fully animated control surfaces and various controls within the Tailwind Collection
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Front diagonal cross brace bars in front of pilot are hideable with a switch for ease of flying in VC mode
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High detail 2D panels by the legendary Bill Leaming
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Optional Wide Screen panels can be linked to Registry blocks in the aircraft config file for wide screen users
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Ice box in rear cargo shelf opens and features animated bottled water and sandwich
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Custom sounds throughout the aircraft
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Hideable top sun cover for the W-8, which features a fully transparent roof
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Hideable front instrument panel cover made of an old air chart map
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Features a functioning virtual smartphone with:
- Sleep Mode
- Lockout Mode
- Apps window
- Eight song tTracks and can use your own music converted to WAV format
- Features on photo page
- One ringtone
- Functioning Compass App with GPS coordinates read-out and heading in digital format
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Pilot auto-hides when engine stops running
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Basic cargo displays outside of plane when engine stops running
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Comes in full, complete FSX format with DDS files, all in high performance DXT5 DDS format
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Custom sound package
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Custom flight model that feature a unique feel for the aircraft
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Tailwind Operations Manual in PDF format
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Checklist in pop-up view, does not use Kneeboard program
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Optional Wide Screen 2D panels
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Custom exterior 3D high realism lighting effects
System Requirements:
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Flight Simulator X (Acceleration, Gold or SP2 required), FSX: Steam Edition or P3D v1/v2/v3
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2.0GHz or any Dual Core
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2.0GB RAM
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256MB graphics card
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Windows 8 / 7 / XP / Vista
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861MB hard drive space for FSX and Prepar3d installation; 997MB for FS2004
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