Boeing 747-8 Series Anniversary Edition

The SSG B747-8 Series is composed by the Intercontinental and freighter variants with the follow  systems and features.

GENERAL MODELLING AND ANIMATIONS

• The entire mainframe is  modeled as the real one with many details
• Each door can be opened individually and is very detailed
• The parts that can open/move on the aircraft are modeled as many external details such as a satellite antenna, tail camera (Intercontinental) and various vents, drains, passenger windows with, etc.
• The and horizontal stabilizers have added details, such as fuel vent (Intercontinental)
• Very detailed nacelles and engines with many details and animations
• The landing gear and gear doors with proper animation
• Leading and trailing edge flaps, detailed flap mechanisms and proper animations (such as partial retraction of leading edge flaps during reverse thrust)
• Speedbrakes/spoilers with accurate individual panels
• Cabin modelled with seats, galleys, lavatory, crew rest, stairs to lower deck and some animations
• The wing flex and nacelles animations is modelled using the proper forces and phisics
• A separate and animated windshield wipers with accurate timing and rate
• A animated Ram Air Turbine (RAT)
• Pilot figures that  can be hidden
•  Animated Angle of Attack (AOA) vanes
• Fans windmill when engines are off
• Various cargo types on Freighter main deck
• Visible fuel falling particules during fuel jettisoning
• Cockpit and cabin windows rain and thermal effects

COCKPIT

• Detailed 3D cockpit with a highres 4k textures with buttons, switches, knobs, and handles well modelled and functional
• Accurate differences between the Intercontinental and Freighter variants

CUSTOM SYSTEMS
The  SSG B748 custom systems simulates almost areas of the flight procedures and performance that is:

• Electrial system is simulated with, 2 external GPUs and 2 APUs sources, 2 battery sytems, Ram air turbine, system power segregation with automatic switing , detailed display synoptic and associated advisory messages
• Realistic warning and caution with system advisory messages at all 3 message levels with over 120 Messages
• Brake system with Autobrake RTO condition and antiskid, brake temp and hydraulic system dependency, EICAS display information and associated advisory messages
• Gear system with hydraulic dependency, functional tiller system, sensed tire pressure, wheel temperature, detailed display synoptic and associated advisory messages
• Hydraulics with a bottle system pressure simulated for each  four systems plus a idependent bottle press for brakes, system dependences, detailed display synoptic and associated advisory messages
• Fuel and feeding system with all opening and closing pump valves, FUEL TANK/ENG operation, complete fuel jettison system and panel control, fuel imbalance, fuel temperature with mass phisics that reacts with, ram air on edges temperatures, detailed display synoptic and associated advisory messages
• Air conditioning system and logic with with temp control by envelopes for different areas (intercontinental and freighter), detailed display synoptic and associated advisory messages
• Pressurization system with manual and automatic outflow valves control, automatic landing altitude setting, EICAS display information and associated advisory messages
• Engines autostarting system timed and controlled by a custom FADEC system, engines temperature and N1 overshoots protection, fire disch bottle discharges system simulated that empty when been used, UPPER and LOWER EICAS display information, associated panel indicators and advisory messages
• Control surfaces mixed system hydraulic with flaps and inboard aleirons, fly by wire electric parts simulated as the outboard aleirons and spoilers panels, TAIL STRIKE protection, EICAS display informations and associated advisory messages
• Custom timed external lights  with direction, size and volumetric phisics
• Custom cockpit lights with many interaction  with  main panels iluminated and electrical dependences with size and volumetric phisics

CUSTOM FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS AND  EQUIPAMENT LIST

• Radio 3 panel consoles that can be used with any left or right channel COMM 1 / COMM 2 and  a transponder
• Audio console with switches and volume control for COMM 1, COMM 2, DME, MARKS etc.
• Display manager like in the real aircraft that shows over 8 synoptic pages in any MFD side and lower EICAS with electronic normal checklist
• High resolution antreflex  displays with brightness control
• Display PopUps that can be used in any camera state and can be moved to another display
• Detailed Navigation display (ND) with many functions like Airport Map, TCAS and Weather radar (default XP)
• UPPER and LOWER EICAS display with a complete advisory message integration and decluttering function
• Primary Flight display with a bunch of instruments like, EGPWS, clock, FMA (Flight Manager Annunciators) and others
• Realistic baro pressure switch logic (STD, preselected, transition altitude)
• Minimum callouts based on radio altimeter or barometric altimeter
• TAKEOFF FLAP, BRAKE, STEERS  warning and advisory message alert

MANAGEMENT & AUTOMATED FLIGHT (FMC)

• Captain and First Officer idependent CDUs
• Inertial Reference System (IRS) implemented with alignment function
• Complete MCP panel with all functional autopilot buttons and switches
• FMC modeled closely after the real 747-8 ones with most menus and functions implemented
• Custom navigation data supported by Navigraph and Simbref with proper navadata downloadable from Navigraph
• SID and ARR with RNAV/RNP (non-precision approach) and MISSED APP by navigraph
• FMC FIX page, FMC ROUTE 2, ALTERNATE FMC DIVERTION and many others like route OFFSET
• Custom autopilot sytem with all vertical and lateral guidance modes as follow :
  • Sources : CMD, FD, LAND3, NO AUTOLAND
  • Lateral : TO/GA, HOLD, TRACK, ROLLOUT, BCRS,  ATT, HDG, LNAV, LOC, FAC
  • Vertical : TO/GA, ALT, V/S, FLCH, VNAV ALT, VNAV SPD, VNAV PTH, G/S, G/P, GLS, FLARE

FLIGHT MODEL

• The flight model performs almost datasheets  for consumiption, climb, cruise, descent and arrival phases with less then 5% of difference making it a very hi quality representative model
• The models was very well  tested by many real 747 pilots and mechanics along 12 years of it development plus over 1000 beta testers that contributes to the best resulting for this  ACF model quality

SOUNDING

• Custom FMOD sound with, 9 layers and stages of the real  GENX engines recorded and processed by TSS
• Positional external sounds like, AIRCOND, APU, GPU, FLAP with it right distances and directions
• Cockpit enviromental sounding with many anunciators, custom button, switches, handles, airconditioning, avionics fans, call outs and ambient external/ internal controlled with doors affecting the loud

TABLET FOR GROUND PREPARATION, GENERAL FLIGHT SUPPORT AND PREFERENCES

• Realistic fuel loader that load the correct quantity for the respectives tanks with FMC fuel prediction
• Payload options page
• Ground service and door control, cargo main deck light control (Freighter), pushback  that permits joystick control Back and FWD
• Wheel chocks and  GPU calling
• Sound control page
• Preferences page
• AVITAB plugin fully integrated into the tablet

LIVERIES INCLUDED
Intercontinental

• Air China
• BBJ
• Boeing Family
• Boeing Sunrise
• Korean Air
• Lufthansa

Freighter

• Atlas Air
• Boeing Family
• Boeing Light
• Cargolux
• Cathay Pacific
• Silkway Cargo

• X-Plane 12 / X-Plane 11
• Windows 8 / 10 or Mac (Linux not supported for XP12 version at this time)
• 8 GB+ recommended

If you purcahsed one of the parts "Inter Advanced, Freighter or Series" of SSG's Beoing 747-8 series at our Aerosoft Shop, you are entitled to a 40% uprade discount on the Boeing 747-8 Inter Anniversary Edition:

• If you purchased a previous version in the old Aerosoft Shop (before February 2017), please enter the appropriate serial number in the voucher field in the shopping cart.
• If you purchased a previous version in the new Aerosoft Shop, you only need to add the new version 2 to your shopping cart and the discount will be automatically deducted (you need to be logged in).
  

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Version 2.8 RC1:

• TO, TO-1,TO-2 and CLIMB N1% values revised
• Fixes in the VNAV, SIDS, STARS and FIX pages
• Fixed LAT/LONG waypoints entering
• Some others small fixes
• RNAV/LNAV and AT new algorithm (the most important update)
• Antice system  updated to the new model
• Fuel SFC low altitude adjusted
• Flight model improved and tunned roll turns etc. for XP12.1
• SASL new optmised code structure ( better FPS is expected)
• Fixed missed SIDS in certain airports
• FMOD sounds updated
• Fixed altitude target alert 100ft and 200ft
• Many other small fixes like the  PFD speed indicator not shakes anymore

Version 2.7 RC3:

• Updated to  XP 12.08
• New 12.08 engine performance

Version 2.6b1:

• XP12 compatibility
• Performance and flight dynamics for XP12
• New tiler logic
• Rain drops
• New XP hydraulic added
• New XP bleed added
• Nextures for new xp12 model
• New lights model
• FMC with a better ND SIDs and STARs representation