| Texan
II In Detail
Hawker
Beechcraft won the highly competitive Joint Primary
Aircraft Training Program (JPATS) by offering the safest,
most capable, and most affordable trainer in the competition.
Those are attributes that still hold today. The aircraft
offers an unparalleled training experience to the widest
variety of pilots of any trainer in the world. To date,
over 435 T-6A aircraft have been delivered and the fleet
has accumulated over 625,000 hours training pilots.
Overall, the JPATS program calls for nearly 800 deliveries
through the year 2017, with additional international
sales also expected.
The
IRIS Pro Series T-6/A Texan II has been designed from
the ground up based on the Joint Primary Aircraft Training
System (JPATS) Student Guide CNATRA P-872 & P873
(Rev 03-04). The two documents (approximately 400 pages
each!) contain a wealth of information relating to the
T-6/A Texan II, it's systems and operating procedures.
From
the word go, we knew we had something special planned
for the Texan II and we strongly beleive that we have
provided it. The Texan II product accurately resembles
the real aircraft in looks and functionality and a great
deal of the systems work accurately within the limitations
of Microsoft's Flight Simulator Software.
Our
main crititsim in the past has been performance related
and as such, we have paid special attention to frame
rates over a variety of different systems. The FSX version
of the T-6/A Texan II is our first 'Built for FSX' product
which features, self-shadowing, normal mapping and reflective
bloom. Furthermore, designing the FSX version using
the FSX exporter has resulted in our ability to provide
much higher levels of detail in the virtual cockpit
than obtained in previous products.
The
avionics are taken straight from the pages of the systems
guide and as such are faithful to the real aircraft
and T-6 pilots have already commented on the visual
accuracy of the instruments.
Whilst
certain elements remain in development, please rest
assured that this T-6 is a continuing product and that
a number of systems packs will be released in the coming
months as our technical expertise increases and we are
able to provide updated items that enhance your enjoyment
of the product. Our aim is to provide an aircraft which
is identical to the real T-6/A Texan II in performance,
systems and looks. It won't be a quick process, but
it WILL be a worthwhile one!
I
would like to take the opportunity to invite you all
to viewing some of the items in our media center and
on our support forums where the beta test team openly
discuss issues relating to the development of the product.
As always, we welcome public feedback, as it is integral
to the success of this product.
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