NEWS! - Aircraft Updated : B787 Aviator's Edition updated to v1.11.0 by Magknight

[Stephen]

NEWS! - Aircraft Updated : B787 Aviator's Edition updated to v1.11.0 by Magknight

 

 

It has been a year since there has been any updates to the MagKnight B787 Aviators Edition, in fact not much ongoing development at all. First with the announcement with this release of the aircraft v1.11.0 : it now has native X-Plane 12 compatibility!

 

There has been a lot going on behind the scenes as noted by Magknight...

 

"With X-Plane 12 coming, we started working to update the addon to function within the new simulator. This coincided with when life came to meet us resulting in very little work being completed by the time X-Plane 12 was released. This was the start of the dormancy our users noticed. Myself and Matt kept the lights on in the hope of one day forming a new team and making the Magknight great again but with very little idea on who to call."

 

Developments now include joining forces with another development team, again quoted...

 

"Recently we were approached by another team in regards to partnering up to pick up where we left off and create our high-fidelity 787, Of course, we dove at the opportunity. Who this team is will follow in another announcement made by them. While working on this new 787, Matt, in need of a flight model test bed, threw the new.ACF file for the ‘C’ spec rebuild into the old X-Plane 11 787 and to the surprise of everyone, it worked. It fixed our largest issues in bringing the current X-Plane 11 spec 787 to X-Plane 12. With more time and work, This build of the 787 became quite stable completing several UK to Australia test sessions with no issues. As such, This build has taken the place of the long-dead ‘B’ spec or jokingly named Broken spec 787 of our first X-Plane 12 attempt. So where does this take us?"

 

Development notes and other versions are covered here as well.

 

"We will be releasing the ‘B’ spec now called the Aviators XP12 to you, This brings you the 787-9 with the -8 to follow very soon. If Matt and I can get the -10 that was half-finished to a complete stage, that will come too. The functionality is set at the peak of the X-Plane 11 builds with features formerly deactivated making their return such as Hoppie CPDLC and our cabin PA system."

 

Finally the announcement concludes with...

 

"“hopefully little to no extra cost to our existing users”.

 

Notable is that FlightFactor Aero are also developing the Boeing 787 Series of aircraft, if these developers are the new partners then that will make interesting reading, but the FF 787 development has also been ongoing for a while, as the feature set is also going to be as big as the FF Boeing 777, which is absolutely huge...  so the development agendas don't match.

 

Upgrade notes include;

- Repaired EFB W/B
- Reactivated Hoppie CPDLC

- Reactivated Cabin PA system 

- Introduced X-Plane 12 native compatibility

- Minor improvements to performance 

- New ‘C’ spec Flight Model 

- New control logic

- Controls override plugin to fix roll issues. 

- New Wing model

- Interim FBW augmentation mode

 

This v1.11.0 build unfortunately is not perfect, It has a few things to note, These being:
 

- Inaccurate Flaps reading on EICAS

- Unified GE/RR Thrust and performance 

- Functionality within MacOS and Linux can not be verified

- FMOD error on launch, Clicking understood moves past it

 

Work is still underway to rectify these issues.

 

A note to download the v1.11.0 update from the X-Plane.OrgStore, and to NOT run Skunkcrafts Updater. You need a clean version update here. And that there is now two separate versions of the Magknight B787, one for X-Plane 12 and one for X-Plane 11.

 

X-PlaneReviews are going to do a review on the Boeing 787 v1.11.0 soon, so watch this site for a detailed analysis of this upgrade.

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Yes! the Boeing 787-900 Aviator Edition Dreamliner XP12 v1.11.0 by Magknight is now available from the X-Plane.Org Store here :

 

B787-9 Aviator Edition

Price is US$44.95 (You Save:$11.00(20%))

 

Current purchasers can go to their X-Plane.OrgStore account and download the new X-Plane 12 version 1.11.0

 

Requirements

(2 separate downloads included)

Windows, Mac or Linux

8 GB+ VRAM recommended

Download Size:  1.1 GB

Current version : XP12: 1.11 (August 27th 2024)   XP:11: 1.8

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News by Stephen Dutton

28th August 2024

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