X-15-1

Fly Mach 4.65 At 350,000 Feet in The X-15! The excitement of high-speed flight at the edge of space with the legendary X-15 rocket plane, now available for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

New Version 1.1 which includes: fully functional 3D virtual cockpits, an automatic ignition sequence, new X-15 custom sounds, 10 new camera definitions for FSX and 12 saved flights based on actual X-15 missions.

This package contains 2 versions of the X-15-1 with the interim XLR-11 rocket engines and two versions of the aircraft with the million-horsepower XLR-99 rocket engine.

The North American X-15-1 (serial number AF56-6670) was the first of three experimental X-15 aircraft built in the late 1950s to demonstrate the ability of pilots to fly rocket-powered airplanes out of the earth's atmosphere and back to precision landing. The X-15 was a single-place research airplane, designed to obtain data on flight at extremely high altitudes and speeds and on the effects of such flight conditions on the aircraft and on the pilot. The X-15-1 was rolled out in October 1958, and successfully completed its first powered flight in January 1960, after a series of captive and glide flights. The No. 1 aircraft completed 81 missions during the entire (9-year) X-15 research program. The legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield was the first to fly the X-15-1 in the spring of 1959 while NASA pilot Bill Dana flew the aircraft for the last time in October 1968.

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• Custom X-15 flight model to simulate rocket-powered high-speed and high-altitude flight in FS2004 and FSX:
  • Supersonic flight up to Mach 4.65 in FS2004 and FSX
  • High-altitude flight up to 354,200 feet in FSX (100,000 feet in FS2004)
  • Can be launched either from a high altitude like the real X-15 or take off from an airport runway like other Flight Simulator aircraft
  • Good maneuvrability at supersonic speeds and excellent gliding capabilities
• Highly detailed 3D models with more than 300 parts, 60 animations, reflective textures and unique markings, based on archive material
• Fully functional instrument panels with 240 custom gauges and systems to simulate almost every step and procedure required in a typical X-15 mission
• Spectacular visual effects including rocket engine flames, APU exhaust and propellant jettison effects
• Uses a custom fuel management system with three different types of propellants (water-alcohol or ammonia, liquid oxygen and hydrogen peroxide) and pressurized helium or nitrogen, like in the real-world X-15 rocket plane
• Includes a comprehensive 100-page user manual inspired from the original X-15 utility flight manuals, in a printable PDF format (English and French language versions are included with the software)

X-15-1 Add-on Aircraft Description
This package contains two versions of the X-15-1 aircraft (serial number AF56-6670) equipped with the XLR-11 rocket engines (limited-mission configuration) and two versions of the X-15-1 aircraft equipped with the XLR-99 rocket engine (design-mission configuration).

The X-15-1, equipped with the interim XLR-11 engines, completed 21 flights between June 1959 and February 1961, before it was converted to the XLR-99 engine configuration. The aircraft completed 60 flights in its design-mission configuration between August 1961 and October 1968.

Removable wing-tip pods that contained cameras and various research instruments were attached to the aircraft in the fall of 1964. The pods and other parts of the airplane were covered with temperature-sensitive paints of different colors. The second variation of the aircraft also features a tail-cone box with additional experimentation equipment and a reconnaissance camera window under the front compartment.

X-15-1 Advanced Instrument Panels
What makes the X-15 for Flight Simulator series exciting and unique are the advanced fully functional instrument panels with custom gauges and systems to simulate almost every step and procedure required in a typical X-15 mission: