Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX

Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX
$30.99

With 11 aircraft supplied in three model types and a complete Flight Engineer's station, radio station and Co-pilot's station, Constellation Professional is the ultimate Constellation package. Models included are the C-69 Military Transport Prototype, the C-69/L-049A, and the L-049A first production type.

A complete Virtual Cockpit is modelled and the flight model has been tested by real-world Constellation pilots. A replica of a typical cabin is included to provide a taste of what life was like aboard these great airliners.

Constellation Professional has been developed by Aeroplane Heaven exclusively for FSX (SP2 & DX10 Preview compatible) and makes use of the all-new FSX graphics features to amazing effect.

"The sharpness, lighting conditions, and the full integration of the many sub panels make it a great cockpit to fly... The recorded engine sound in and outside of the cockpit is really great... Impressive manual" Avsim.com

"The finest rendition of this iconic aircraft ever to grace a PC... One of the most exciting and polished airliners ever released by Just Flight... The aircraft is beautifully detailed with bump-mapped rivets and a glossy shine and is structurally perfect in proportion... All gauge animations are smooth and fluid... The overall quality of the VC is excellent... A flight model that is firm and responsive... It cannot be described as anything other than a joy to fly, with handling characteristics that have set a benchmark that other propliners will have to follow in the future" PC Pilot (Classic Product award, 90%)

Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX
Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX
Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX
Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX
Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX
Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX
Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX
Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX
Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX
Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX
Just Flight's Constellation Professional FSX

Aircraft and liveries

C-69 Military Transport Prototype

Military Green
Later all-alloy finish
C-69/L-049A

Lockheed factory livery, pre-delivery (TWA striping on the tail)

L-049A First production type

BOAC 'Baltimore' British Overseas Airways
BOAC 'Baltimore' British Overseas Airways - with Speed Pack
TWA - Trans World Airlines
TWA - Trans World Airlines - with Speed Pack
PAN AM - 'American Clipper' Pan American World Airways
PAN AM - 'American Clipper' Pan American World Airways - with Speed Pack
AOA - American Overseas Airlines
AOA - American Overseas Airlines - with Speed Pack

Virtual cockpit

This fully functional and detailed Virtual Cockpit has it all!

  • 'Liqui-smooth' gauges
  • All controls such as fuel dump levers, trim controls, autopilot gear and nose-wheel steering wheel (where employed)
  • Complete Flight Engineer's station, radio station and Co-pilot's station with fully functional equipment and gauges, detail animations including outer, middle and inner marker arrays, course deviation meters and prop feathering gear.
  • It is intended that the aircraft be flown from the Virtual Cockpit but a set of pop-up gauges is available in 2D mode, mostly to aid with navigation (VOR, ADF and 'flying six' gauges, radio stack etc.)

    FSX graphics features

  • Constellation Professional has been developed exclusively for FSX (SP2 & DX10 Preview compatible) and uses the all-new FSX graphics features to amazing effect
  • External cast shadow effects and dynamic self-shadowing on aircraft
  • Normal (bump) mapping creating extremely realistic airframe skin
  • Specular material effects replicate the signature metal airframes
  • High definition DDS textures that are frame-rate friendly
  • Numerous custom animations
  • Fully animated exterior models with correct operation 'Fowler' type flaps
  • Highly detailed undercarriage
  • Working fuel dump
  • Windshield wipers (operated from the Virtual Cockpit)
  • Engine cowl flaps
  • Animated extending ground boarding stairs truck
  • CGI style modelled stewardess figure greeting you at the boarding door (L049A civilian model only) and animated pilots
  • All models feature a selectable ground crew member to watch over you starting the engines, along with wheel chocks and fire extinguisher
  • Steerable nose wheels (castoring and power-operated types where used)
  • Opening main door with an appropriately period detailed passenger cabin interior
  • Opening cockpit crew door

    Effects and details

  • Bump maps, reflections and accurate texture schemes
  • Engine start effects
  • Landing and taxi lights
  • Glazed windows with interior detail visible
  • Night textures for lighting effects
  • Interior cabin lighting at night
  • You want smoke? Just start up the engines and you will see clouds of it, along with flames from the exhausts! Under high power you can see the exhaust flames as well as the expected black exhaust trail as you power though the skies.

    If you have to dump fuel watch as it discharges through the wing vents into the sky.

    Custom sounds

  • Full custom sound pack along with the distinctive Constellation brake squeal!

    Cabin interior

  • To complete the period effect there is an appropriate period cabin interior, complete with animated passenger (L049A civilian model only).

    Pro Paint pack

  • The Pro Paint pack contains texture files with registration marks and other aids for correct placement and alignment of textures. Some experience with Adobe Photoshop is assumed and recommended. A flyable 'Paintshop' model is supplied for use in Flight Simulator for testing user-created schemes. This model is exterior only and is designed specifically as a painters' aid.

    System Requirements:
    Flight Simulator X (SP2 and DX10 preview compatible)
    2.5GHz PC or any Dual Core
    512Mb RAM
    128Mb 3D graphics card
    Windows XP/Vista/7
    1Gb hard drive space