This package contains 2 versions of the X-15-1 with the interim XLR-11 rocket engines and two versions of the aircraft with the million-horsepower XLR-99 rocket engine.
The North American X-15-1 (serial number AF56-6670) was the first of three experimental X-15 aircraft built in the late 1950s to demonstrate the ability of pilots to fly rocket-powered airplanes out of the earth's atmosphere and back to precision landing. The X-15 was a single-place research airplane, designed to obtain data on flight at extremely high altitudes and speeds and on the effects of such flight conditions on the aircraft and on the pilot. The X-15-1 was rolled out in October 1958, and successfully completed its first powered flight in January 1960, after a series of captive and glide flights.
The No. 1 aircraft completed 81 missions during the entire (9-year) X-15 research program. The legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield was the first to fly the X-15-1 in the spring of 1959 while NASA pilot Bill Dana flew the aircraft for the last time in October 1968.
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X-15-1 Add-on Package
This package contains 2 versions of the
X-15-1 with the interim XLR-11 rocket engines and two versions of the aircraft
with the million-horsepower XLR-99 rocket engine.
The North American X-15-1 (serial number AF56-6670) was the
first of three experimental X-15 aircraft built in the late 1950s to
demonstrate the ability of pilots to fly rocket-powered airplanes out of the
earth's atmosphere and back to precision landing. The X-15 was a single-place
research airplane, designed to obtain data on flight at extremely high
altitudes and speeds and on the effects of such flight conditions on the
aircraft and on the pilot. The X-15-1 was rolled out in October 1958, and
successfully completed its first powered flight in January 1960, after a series
of captive and glide flights. The No. 1 aircraft completed 81 missions during
the entire (9-year) X-15 research program. The legendary test pilot Scott
Crossfield was the first to fly the X-15-1 in the spring of 1959 while NASA
pilot Bill Dana flew the aircraft for the last time in October 1968.
X-15-1 for Flight Simulator Key Features
Custom X-15 flight model to simulate rocket-powered high-speed
and high-altitude flight in FS2004 and FSX:
Supersonic flight up to Mach 4.65 in FS2004 and FSX
High-altitude flight up to 354,200 feet in FSX (100,000
feet in FS2004)
Can be launched either from a high altitude like the real
X-15 or take off from an airport runway like other Flight Simulator aircraft
Good maneuvrability at supersonic speeds and excellent
gliding capabilities
Highly detailed 3D models with more than 300 parts, 60
animations, reflective textures and unique markings, based on archive material
Fully functional instrument panels with 240 custom gauges and
systems to simulate almost every step and procedure required in a typical X-15
mission
Spectacular visual effects including rocket engine flames, APU
exhaust and propellant jettison effects
Uses a custom fuel management system with three different types
of propellants (water-alcohol or ammonia, liquid oxygen and hydrogen peroxide)
and pressurized helium or nitrogen, like in the real-world X-15 rocket plane
Includes a comprehensive 100-page user manual inspired from the
original X-15 utility flight manuals, in a printable PDF format (English and
French language versions are included with the software)
X-15-1 Add-on Aircraft Description
This package contains two versions of
the X-15-1 aircraft (serial number AF56-6670) equipped with the XLR-11 rocket
engines (limited-mission configuration) and two versions of the X-15-1 aircraft
equipped with the XLR-99 rocket engine (design-mission configuration).
The X-15-1, equipped with the interim XLR-11 engines, completed 21
flights between June 1959 and February 1961, before it was converted to the
XLR-99 engine configuration. The aircraft completed 60 flights in its
design-mission configuration between August 1961 and October 1968.
Removable wing-tip pods that contained cameras and various
research instruments were attached to the aircraft in the fall of 1964. The
pods and other parts of the airplane were covered with temperature-sensitive
paints of different colors. The second variation of the aircraft also features
a tail-cone box with additional experimentation equipment and a reconnaissance
camera window under the front compartment.
"Clean" rollout version with the NACA vane-type boom nose and the original
(XLR-11) black panel.
"Dirty" version with the NACA vane-type boom nose and the original (XLR-11)
black panel.
"Dirty" version with the NACA/Nortronics ball nose and the original (XLR-99)
black panel.
Dirty" version with the NACA/Nortronics ball nose, wing-tip pods, tail-cone box
and the (XLR-99) light blue-gray panel.
X-15-1 Advanced Instrument Panels
What makes the X-15 for Flight
Simulator series exciting and unique are the advanced fully functional
instrument panels with custom gauges and systems to simulate almost every step
and procedure required in a typical X-15 mission:
Aircraft servicing (all three propellants and gases);
APUs/generators/hydraulic pump operation;
Propellant tank pressurization;
Engine precool and prime;
Turbopump operation;
Rocket ignition sequence;
Monitoring of propellant pressure gauges;
Propellant jettison.
Almost every X-15 internal system has
been integrated into the X-15 for Flight Simulator panels:
Engine propellant and control system;
Engine ignition system;
APUs and electrical power distribution systems;
Hydraulic systems;
Temperature control systems.
The X-15-1 for Flight Simulator comes
with three main instrument panels and eight secondary panels, either in their
original black version or the later light blue-gray version. Included with each
X-15-1 add-on aircraft is:
A main panel;
A service panel;
A "vent, pressurize, jettison" lever panel;
A throttle and speed brake lever panel;
A left side panel;
A right side panel;
A radio panel (ADF panel on some aircraft);
A center pedestal panel with research instrumentation and
stability augmentation system panels;
An RAS (reaction augmentation system) panel on some aircraft;
In addition, the default Flight Simulator Garmin GPS and magnetic
compass panels are available from the main panel.
240 custom gauges have been developed for the X-15-1 for Flight
Simulator and each one has been carefully designed based on the original
instrument found in the real X-15 aircraft.
Note that one variation of the X-15-1 has a revised light
blue-gray instrument panel that replaced the original black panel in the summer
of 1963. The new panel contrasted better with the gauges, light indicators and
flight instruments.
X-15-1 (XLR-99 engine) instrument panels. Note the
service panel at the top and the SAS panel on the center pedestal.
X-15-1 (XLR-11 engines) original main instrument panel
before landing at Edwards Air Force Base.
X-15-1 (XLR-99 engine) main instrument panel. Note the
engine timer at the top.
X-15-1 (XLR-99 engine) revised light blue-gray main
instrument panel. Note the SAS control panel in the lower center section of the
panel.
2 versions of the X-15-1 aircraft
(s/n AF56-6670) with the XLR-11 rocket engines (limited-mission
configuration):
"Clean" rollout version with the NACA vane-type boom nose and
the original (XLR-11) black panel;
"Dirty" version with the NACA vane-type boom nose and the
original (XLR-11) black panel.
2 versions of the X-15-1 aircraft
(s/n AF56-6670) with the XLR-99 rocket engine (design-mission
configuration):
"Dirty" version with the NACA/Nortronics ball nose and the
original (XLR-99) black panel;
"Dirty" version with the NACA/Nortronics ball nose, wing-tip
pods, tail-cone box and the (XLR-99) light blue-gray panel.
FLIGHT MODEL FEATURES
Custom X-15 flight model to simulate rocket-powered
high-speed and high-altitude flight in FS2004 and FSX
Two Reaction Motors XLR-11, 5900-pound four-chambered
liquid-fuel turbo-rocket engines
(or) One Reaction Motors XLR-99, "throttable" 60,000-pound
liquid-fuel turbo-rocket engine
Supersonic flight up to Mach 4.65 in FS2004 and FSX
High-altitude flight up to 354,200 feet in FSX (100,000 feet
in FS2004)
Ground takeoff or high-altitude launch
Good maneuvrability at supersonic speeds
Excellent gliding capabilities
AIRCRAFT 3D MODEL FEATURES
Highly detailed models based on archive material, with more
than 300 parts and 60 animations
Reflective textures
Unique markings and liveries (on each aircraft)
Dynamic frost texture on fuselage (around the liquid oxygen
tank when filled)
Movable aerodynamic control surfaces:
Differential horizontal stabilizer
Vertical stabilizers with movable and fixed sections and
a jettisonable ventral rudder
Flaps
Extendable upper and lower split-flap speed brakes
Landing skids and front gear ("steerable")
Movable canopy
Cockpit details with astronaut/pilot and animated sticks and
levers
Experimental equipment on some airplanes (wing-tip pods,
tail-cone box, etc.)
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Over 15 X-15-specific animated visual effects
Engine flame and contrail effects
Engine first and/or second stage igniter effects
Propellant jettison effects
APU and turbopump exhaust effects
Engine precool and prime effects
Condensation effect near the cold propellant tanks when
filled
CUSTOM AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS FEATURES
Fictional service panel system for external power and
aircraft refueling (water-alcohol or ammonia, liquid oxygen, hydrogen peroxide,
nitrogen and helium gas, liquid nitrogen)
Custom X-15 fuel management system for the three different
types of propellants and gases, like in the real-world X-15 rocket plane
Engine propellant pressurization and control system
Engine turbopump system
Engine ignition control system
Electrical distribution and control system with APUs,
generators, emergency battery and an external power source
Hydraulic systems
Temperature control systems
ADVANCED 2D PANEL FEATURES
Advanced X-15 black (2D) main instrument panels (XLR-11 or
XLR-99 engines)
Advanced X-15 light blue-gray (2D) main instrument panel
(XLR-99 engine)
Service panel
Left white console panel with "vent, pressurize, jettison"
lever and flaps switch
Throttle (or thrust selector switches on the XLR-11-equipped
aircraft) and speed brake panel
Left side panel
Right side panel
Radio panel (ADF panel on some aircraft)
RAS panel (on some aircraft)
Center pedestal with research instrumentation and stability
augmentation system panels
240 fully functional custom integrated systems and gauges
with "tooltips"
X-15-1 aircraft kneeboard reference tab and check list
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