Cessna 172SP Skyhawk

The Cessna 172 SP is a four-seat, single engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company. More Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft. Measured by its longevity and popularity, the Cessna 172 is the most successful aircraft in history.

Measured by its longevity and popularity, the Cessna 172 is the most successful aircraft in history. Cessna delivered the first production models in 1956. As of 2015, Cessna, and its partners, had built more than 43,000. Play with all the aspects of this aircraft with our unprecedented interactive features and realism. Have a good flight!

Features:

• Free walk around the aircraft using the controller
• Manipulation with chocks, ropes
• Landing gear service doors
• Oil check
• Baggage loading
• Manual towing of the aircraft
• Control surfaces free movement check
• GPU connect
• Removing engine cowling
• Manual refueling
• Getting in and out of the aircraft

DreamEngine SOUND:

• More than 140 sounds
• Real aircraft recordings
• 3D sound distribution
• Doppler Effect and Atmospheric Attenuation
• Headphones high freq. attenuation
• Different levels of landing hardness
• Engine windmilling, brakes, bumps, AOA wind sound, etc

Flight model main features:

• Very accurate Flight Model. Tested and approved by real world Cessna 172 SP pilots and flight instructor
• Realistic weight and balance - lateral and longitudinal loads placement
• Custom made flight characteristics derived from the real aircraft flight recordings and based on real flight manual performance data
• Calculation of real KIAS based on KCAS according to flight manual
• Realistic stall characteristics
• Climb performance according to flight manual performance data
• Cruise performance data precise match (press alt, temp, power, KTAS, GPH)
• Electrical system derived from the real Electrical Schematic
• Functional Circuit Breakers logic

High quality 3D-model, Textures and animations:

• High resolution 4K textures
• Easy to read, high-resolution panel
• All switches, buttons and knobs animated
• Volumetric side view prop effect
• Realistic 3D night lights effects
• Dynamic loading/unloading of 3D parts and plugin logic for FPS optimization

Sophisticated menu system:

• Quick start panel for easy and quick configuration of the aircraft
• Camera panel
• Fuel and Payload panel
• Settings panel
• Engine Service panel  available in future update

Flight instruments features:

• Pitot static system latency and customized turbulence effect (KIAS, VSI)
• Sideslip KIAS reduction
• Custom annunciator panel realistic behavior
• Avionics panel advanced functionality
• Autopilot is moving with the yoke
• Autopilot disconnected by yoke movement

Enjoy the realistic experience and don't forget to check updates as we are continually developing new features for our 172.

System requierements:
XPlane 11 / X-Plane 10.36 or higher
Windows, Mac or Linux (64 Bit)
8 GB RAM
2.5 GHz CPU
Min. 1GB Dedicated VRAM Video Card
Download-Size: 570 MB

• X-Plane 11 / X-Plane 10.36 or higher
• Windows, Mac or Linux (64-bit)
• 8 GB RAM
• 2.5 GHz CPU
• At least 1 GB VRAM

Note: You can always get the latest version via the included updater!

Version 1.5.1:

• Reshade compatibility
• OpenGL inicalization crashes fixes

Version 1.5 (XP11):

• VR config files errors - fixed
• 3D panel commandsand textures - updated
• Oil consumption - fixed
• Autostart not working - fixed
• Maintenance panel color warning not updating bug - fixed
• Menu text corrections - fixed
  

Version 1.4.1 (XP11):

• Flight model - flaps behavior correction
• Flight model - more stability, less rudder needed when ailerons applied
• NAV 2 radio - small FRQ change behavior corrected
• Radio sound setting - now working from default X-Plane menu

Version 1.4 (XP11):

• Flight model - rebuild from ground up as consequence of big changes in XPlane 11
• Performance - according to tables
• Aircraft is able to spin
• Virtual reality - basic beta VR support introduced (tested in XPlane 11.20VR1)
• All interior manipulators rebuild - for better functionality and for VR
• Mousewheel functionality - corrected for all manipulators
• Instruments flickering bug - corrected
• Sound values now restoring correctly
• EGT values - corrected
• Fuel flow - retuned
• IDLE RPM - retuned
• CDI and NAV/GPS buttons now synchronized
• COM2 radio corrected for 8.33K spacing
• ADF frequency tuning corrected
• Autopilot heading bug now based on main vacuum gyro
• Field of view values can be set from default XPlane 11 menu