Boeing 757 V2 Professional Global Package

The Global Package is the most comprehensive Boeing 757 Professional V2 package and includes:

• Boeing 757 V2 Professional Extended
• Boeing 757 V2 FPDS Avionics

The FPDS variant contains:

• High resolution (768 x 1024 pixels) XGA multi-color LCD flat panel display with integrated standard six – FULL glass cockpit
• All digital electronics with improved accuracy, dependability and responsiveness
• DCP with Speed Reference Settings
• Minimum Selection (Radio or Baro) Units Selection
• Integrated Barometric Altimeter Setting
• Flight Path Vector
• Meters Altimeter

The Boeing 757 Professional  Extended includes 3 variants of the 757:

• 757-200 Passenger
• 757-200SF Cargo
• 757-300

Each plane is available with two different engine configurations (P&W and RR).

Features:

• Officially licensed by the Boeing © Corporation
• Accurate dimensions based on drawings supplied by Boeing ©
• Auto-Update for lifetime of  X-Plane 11
• Suitable for beginners- Tutorial modes and auto procedures
• Great for advanced users - Complex systems are simulated
• Includes both Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney engine types
• VR Compatible

Flight model:

• Accurate flight model, as close as it gets to real performance
• Tested by real pilots
• Dynamic and customizable center of gravity that depends on actual cargo, passenger placement and burning fuel in flight

Fully Functional Professional FMS and EFIS System:

• Custom designed Flight Management Computer, integrated with other plane systems
• Terminal procedures from updatable database
• Two independent analogue instrument sets for captain and first officer
• Two independently simulated EFIS (EADI/EHSI configuration) for captain and first officer
• Dual-FMS with two independently working CDUs
• Working instrument comparators
• Triple IRS and triple symbol generator systems with realistic instrument source switching
• Dual air-data computers with custom failure modes and source switching
• Independent 2 nav and an ils receivers
• Realistic inertial and radio position updating, you can see the individual inaccuracies of those systems
• Triple-channel autopilot with realistic dependencies
• Fail operational and fail passive autoland with mode degradations based on system failures
• Load company routes generated by Professional Flight Planner X (or other compatible programs) directly into the FMC
• FMC can be used on external touchscreen or tablet, optimized for the Retina iPad

Custom cockpit interaction system:

• Adjustable modes for cockpit interaction, you chose what to use for clicks
• Different cockpit interaction modes, with mouse wheel and right button support
• In-cockpit tooltips from the manual - you click on the button and see portions of the manual on display
• In-cockpit life datarefs for cockpit building

Options:

• A very flexible architecture: You chose the set up
• Different options for many avionics instruments including two types of FMC
• Options to composite your own EICAS, EADI and EHSI displays
• Most of the options that the real 757 fleet has are included
• Many additional options for sounds, cockpit interaction, effects etc.

Interactive Checklists, Procedures, and auto-helper (Exclusive feature):

• Full electronic interactive checklists and procedures with automatic action detection
• Automatic mode helper  that performs all the actions for you. You just CHECK the items
• A tutorial which shows the user what to do and when
• An option to have a visual aid on what and when to do in procedures

Custom Systems and Failure model:

• Detailed and deep simulation of almost every system in the real aircraft
• Custom air and pressure system
• Electrical system with all AC and DC busses modelled - see which system depends on which bus
• Hydraulic system that uses a little fluid when treated correctly and a lot of fluid if used incorrectly
• Multistage custom failure system - over 200 more failures than X-Plane (Exclusive feature)
• Ability to fix failure by following proper procedure
• Persistent failure and maintenance system - Aircraft wear and misuse will carry over to your next flight

Warning system and radars (Exclusive feature):

• Fully functional GPWS with all the modes the real plane has
• Fully functional terrain radar, with custom database (just like the real plane), a look-ahead warning system and many other features
• Weather radar that works like the real thing. Including tilt and gain functions, ground clutter, turbulence detection and windshear prediction

3D Modeling:

• Accurate dimensions based on exterior drawings provided by Boeing
• Very detailed exterior modelling with high resolution textures
• Very high resolution 3D cockpit with every switch functional
• Spatial rain simulation with high detail
• Very detailed passenger cabin graphics including galleys
• Additional graphic features: real working oxygen masks both in cockpit and cabin, dynamic window blinds that react to sunlight etc.
• New and improved wingflex

Special effects (Exclusive features):

• Multilayer dynamic reflections on all glass objects
• Glow effects on screens
• Reflective metal and plastic objects in the cockpit
• Glossy exterior that reflects the outside
• XP weather enhancements like custom windshear

Custom Sounds (Exclusive features):

• Two sound pack by BSS for both engines
• Several hundred custom sounds
• In-cockpit custom sounds
• Switches with individual sounds
• Many individual system sound inside and outside
• Airport environment sounds
• Cabin sounds
• 3D stereo sound system for engines
• In flight cabin announcements
• Interactive communication with the cabin crew (reporting misconfigurations and passenger comfort problems)

On Screen menus (Exclusive features):

• An ipad-like menu popping-up from the cockpit
• Custom pages for loading/unloading fuel, cargo and passengers, customizing the CG, calling for pushback and performing maintenance
• Ability to customize the plane with winglets, special effects level, wingflex level and set other options to be saved or default
• Ground equipment and door pages
• Failure monitoring menu

Extra objects and equipment:

• Working push-back truck - Fully controllable with your joystick
• Passenger bus and stairs or optional gate configuration (passengers can be loaded from gate instead of bus)
• Fuel truck, de-Icing truck, GPU, ground-start units both visible and fully functional with airplane systems
• Other ground equipment

Liveries:

• 7 default liveries included in the package : Air France, American, Boeing House, Jet2.com, Lufthansa, Thomson, VA X-Airways
• About 50 additional liveries available separately.

SmartCopilot Compatible

• Download the SmartCopilot files here

• X-Plane 11.50  (X-Plane 10 is NOT supported!)
• Windows 7+, macOS 10.10 - 10.15 (Catalina) or Linux 14.04 LTS (64 bit mode)
• 8 GB RAM (16-24 GB+ RAM recommended)
• 3 GB VRAM minimum (6 GB+ VRAM recommended)

Version 2.5.4:

• FPDS: fixed missed hdg/trk arc and range rings on ND

Version 2.5.3:

• Added new community designed FlightFactor House livery (Thank you community for design, Thank you @Turtle for implementation)
• Added honeycomb BRAVO profiles (improved from Aerosoft website) see DOCs folder
• Added MCP commands for multiselector type hardware (Honeycomb, TCA...)
• Some fixes for 757 winglets
• Changed EMER LIGHTS message priority
• Changed APU self test behaviour
• Changed EXT PWR button behaviour
• Improved color of some gauges flags (RMI, ASA, etc)
• Fixed RMI VOR needles
• Fixed a bug with fire handle discharge angle
• Fixed beacon lights position
• FPDS: fixed from/to triangle pos for from case
• Reduced the number of cases, when product asks for re-activation without product update

Version: 2.5.2

• added saving the amount of fuel between flights with option enabled "interflight data"
• FPDS: added missed MAP Centered mode
• FPDS: added missed vor from/to triangle
• FPDS: added missed tip symbols to nav source blocks
• FPDS: added optional minimums callouts (enabled by default)
• added real actual wind calculation, not just getting from sim weather
• improved GPWS logic to avoid unneeded glideslope event on takeoff
• improved engine shutdown by fuel pressure logic in abnormal spatial position
• fix info from both FMC are displayed on both ND/HSI
• removed async objects loading in attempt to fix rare CTDs
• fixed red 757 winglets at night
• FPDS: fixed vor from/to indication
• fixed vor receivers logic (sometimes you couldn't receive VOR or pure DME stations for no reasons)
• fixed wrong flaps gates
• fixed winglets
• fixed HDG SEL mode for turns more than 180 degrees

Version 2.4.11:

• Added baro setting alert to FPDS variant
• Fixed the introduced issue with slow manual throttle response
• Fixed the introduced issue with rising brake temperature when applying brakes in the air

Version 2.4.10:

• Added some cockpit lamps glow
• Added missed yaw dumper button text
• Added TERR OVRD button
• Made FLCH & VNAV_SPD ap modes sensitivity lower
• A little retuned autoland to avoid possible long landing
• Use AMD video driver > 20.10.1 to avoid possible displays flickering on AMD video cards
• Changed brake temperature logic
• Some fixes for lights and marching ants issues
• Fixed the 757-200 fuselage
• Fixed problems with Cross-Feed/Fuel Balancing
• Fixed cleaning EICAS Messages "AFT FUEL X-FEED"/"FWD FUEL X-FEED"
• Fixed some issues in failure scenarios logic and UI
• Fixed reflections of eicas displays
• Fixed speed trend vector in FPDS avionics
• Fixed unexpected engines shutdown on loading in-sim situations like on-approach with in-sim engines running checkbox checked

THIS UPDATE IS FOR XP11 ONLY, WILL BREAK XP10 PLANE! Note: intermediate versions not present in the changelog were beta or not public versions.

Version 2.4.6:

• Added support for X-Plane 11.50 running on Vulkan
• Added VHF radio info file for PilotEdge
• Added violations in the air-fuel mixture in which the engine can stop if the engine igniter is not turned on: heavy rains, icing of the engine, high turbulence, low fuel pressure
• Deleted an option to enable BULK Temperature EICAS displays
• Turned off sound notification "warning", and light "caution" - during the "Fire detection test"
• Fixed ground service objects drawing in X-Plane 11.50 (Vulkan)
• Fixed lamps for fire extinguishing handles
• Fixed TAI indication
• Fixed radials rendering for tuned navaids and fix info
• Fixed clock display
• Fixed logic of heat exchanging between fuel and environment air when wing anti-ice is active
• Fixed some IRS lamps and states logic
• Fixed DH window on the efis control panel
• Fixed some buttons and lamps
• Fixed THOMSON livery in in-pack livery package

Version 2.4.4:

• Fixed the C-32 VR issue
• Fixed VOR/ILS radial/course range (000-359)
• Changed background color for autoland indication
• Decreased main panel texture size, should increase fps a little

Version 2.4.3:

• Added C-32 variant to Extended and Global packages
• Added popups/popouts for EICASes and original displays
• Added state saving for displays 2D windows
• Added AntiAliasing (AA) slider to the tablet effects page (affects eadi, ehsi and route part for fpds displays)
• Added TO STEP CLIMB and TO E/D lines to progress page (will appear when it should)
• Added TO T/D line to CRZ page (will appear when it should)
• Added shutdown IRS cycle logic
• Added ATT align IRS cycle logic
• Added MAP flag for FPDS displays
• Added scavenger pump logic
• Added engine vibration logic and failures
• Added an option to enable blue colored style EICAS displays
• Improved step climb calculation
• Improved and fixed align and entering IRS pos logics
• Made the magenta color calmer for original displays
• Fixed flap maneuver speed indication
• Fixed cockpit interaction in case of some multi-monitor configurations (with rotational offsets applied)
• Fixed bug with charts window disappearing during if other window is in dragging state
• Fixed incorrect warning level for the EICAS messages from IRS, AP and FMC
• Fixed ISFD to use hdg from IRS in ATT mode
• Fixed some graphical, 3d and lighting issues
• Fixed some incorrect text in cockpit
• Fixed some z-buffer issues

Version 2.3.14:

• Fixed some marching ants
• Small fix for cabin alt logic

Version 2.3.13:

• Added fpds related failures (display, dcu, dcp)
• Added copying mcp alt to scratch pad during active vnav crz (only pip)
• Some fixes for route drawing (fpds)
• Changed how plan mode looks (fpds)
• Changed how pfd/nd look when irs is off or on but not ready (fpds)
• Small fix for eicas carets rendering
• Removed vref bug from speed tape for TO mode
• Fixed loading fpl with disco (internal format)
• Fixed limits for vMin and vMinManeuver speeds
• Fixed flaps animation

Version 2.3.11:

• Added background for nav source symbols on nd
• Fixed ISFD baro setting knob
• Fixed right wxr brt knob (FPDS)
• FPDS will not use vram when disabled
• Disabled AA for some parts (route, fix info, etc) of pfd/nd by default, you can tune it on the effects page in the tablet (FPDS)

Version 2.3.10:

• Added fix info data for new FPDS displays (radials and circles)
• Added alt alert zone option
• Fixed an issue with asymmetric (left/right) behavior on RR engines startup with limited off
• Fixed the way altimeter minimal pressure is set
• Fixed an issue with elapsed time
• Fixed a bug in ISFD with 30 kts minimal speed displayed
• Fixed FPDS specific checklists
• Fixed issues with VTM
• Fixed target speed symbol zoom again
• Fixed right cdu pop-up clickzone
• Fixed possible overlap for terr highest and lowest altitudes
• Fixed little issue in dh&da logic
• Some fixes for VOR MAN/AUTO logic
• Allowed to select efis type with engines running