![]() Lower left is the Supercharger Control Switch, Fuel Booster Pump Switch, Oil Dilution Switch, Starter Switch and Engine Primer switch. Lower knee panel has Blinker (Oxygen Flow) and the Oxygen Pressure Gauge lower right. There isn't any instrument back lighting but two positioned (red) lights that illuminates the panel. Staring with the Suction Gauge, Manifold Pressure Gauge, Coolant Temperature Gauge, Tachometer (RPM), Carburetor Air Temperature Indicator, Oil Temperature and Fuel and Oil Pressure Gauge and G-meter. The other main flight instruments are then set anti-clockwise starting at the 9 o'clock position with the Airspeed Indicator (MPH), Altimeter, Bank-and-Turn Indicator, Rate-of♼limb Indicator and top left is a Directional Gyro (compass pointer), and next to that is a clock.Ĭlockwise from the top middle are the engine and systems dials and gauges. so this is because the instrument layout is now a little different, as the Standard Six instruments are now set out in different places.Ĭentre panel is dominated by a horizontal compass and a large Artificial Horizon. One thing stands out though and that is the missing yellow border line that separated the six flying instruments lower left from the rest of the panel, and I miss that though. ![]() Metal again is beautiful, and the dials have real glass and reflections as per XP11 dynamics, and you can almost touch and feel the realism of it all. The differences are more noticeable on the panel. The original P-51D cockpit was excellent, but add in the X-Plane11 dynamics and the quality goes into overload. Glass detail is exceptional, but I will note that 圎nviro in v1.07 form doesn't do the transparency as good as it should do, but that is not X-plane's or the developers issue, take my word for it the glass is perfect in reflections and the highly detailed realistic perspex cracks and scratches.Īgain the metal design is excellent, as these WW2 era aircraft were made of more robust metals and glass than the more modern composites of late.Īt first glance the Mustang cockpit looks the same as the original Khamsin version, it is to a point, but still heavily redesigned for X-Plane11 quality and features.Īuthentic is probably an overused statement in X-PlaneReviews, but that is still the end result of what you are looking for the replication of of a real time aircraft in simulation. so in other words it looks and feels brilliant. The best way to look at this S'tang is in it's X-Plane11 environment as the metal gleams in it's pure PBR reflections and the detail is now into 4K 4096x4096 territory with highlighted rivets and the lovely paneling, the expanded texture format allows far more detail, and even down to the smallest text wording on the aircraft is now highly readable and even in a lower texture resolution setting and it is surprising how much of the smaller details are now present, chrome and steel are certainly far more highly realistic. So a lot of Khamsin's work is very much still on show here and this can slightly confuse you because his signature work is very unmistakable, but when you get close to it, it does also not totally feel like a Khamsin aircraft either. Point is in today's X-Plane development environment you now have to be, and to bring in your strongest strengths and merge with others that have other development strengths, hence Skunkcrafts. well this aircraft is totally built from the ground up by Skunkcrafts to X-Plane11's level of quality and standards, but Khamsin is now part of this larger specialised team and then rather the developer being solo. " so how can this aircraft not be and still have Khamsin's signature design in the same aircraft. So is this THE Khamsin Studio P-51D Mustang. It looks exactly the same, it flies almost the same, but this is also a very different aircraft from the one you flew before. ![]() If you are expecting a straight conversion to X-Plane11 of the S'tang from the original then you will be surprised to hear that, that this is not what has actually happened in this case. Now here comes the X-Plane11 version of the aircraft. Strangely though it seems this iconic aircraft has to have been around in X-Plane for far longer than that, but no it was only released in April 2016. Khamsin Studio's released their version of the P-51D Mustang fighter only over just two years ago. Aircraft Review : P-51D Mustang XP11 by Skunkcrafts
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