Aerosoft - CRJ 700/900 X for FSX & P3D

Includes Version 1.2.3.0 / (Rev 367) - 64-bit/P3D Option Requires P3D v4.3 Or Higher

Most flight simulator fans prefer flights that do not exceed two hours, and for a good reason. The parts of simulated flights considered "fun" are the departure and arrival. That's why commuters are so popular with flight simulator fans.

The Bombardier CRJ 700 and 900 series are some of the most often used regional airliners today -- every 10 seconds, one of them takes off. You will find them at most airports worldwide. Although not very popular with passengers as those seats are indeed very small and you cannot even stand upright if you are tall, airline companies prefer them because they are efficient and reliable. They are still in production, and although the newer models have better seats, larger overhead bins and better sound proofing they will never be really comfortable.

Pilots like to fly them because they are powerful, agile, and a joy to fly manually. It is often described as "sporty". They also demand more flying skill than a modern Airbus or Boeing because the flight management systems are limited, for example: no auto throttle and only advisory vertical navigation.

In our simulators, they were missing for a long time, but the Aerosoft / Digital Aviation CRJ 700/900 X provides the aircraft we have all been waiting for. As with all internal aircraft projects, the CRJ was created with the job of the pilot in mind. It fully focuses on the task of piloting this aircraft. We feel that things that have never happened in real life should not play a major role and that allows us to create a high-end aircraft for a modest price.

Highlights:

• Exquisite modelling with many animations with up-to-date standards


• VAS and FPS friendly because we love complex airports as much as you do


• Extended Flight Management System delivered with August 2017 nav data (compatible with NavDataPro and Navigraph)


• Complete MCDU with full keyboard control option


• All displays available as high resolution 2D windows


• Highly accurate flight model


• Panel State saving/loading


• Standard Sound set done by Turbine Sounds Systems, additional Virtual Cockpit sounds provide by Aerosoft


• Heads-up Guidance system


• Includes Frank, our avatar to walk around the aircraft and airports (Prepar3D only)


• Fully functional (though linked to this aircraft) RAAS provided by FS2Crew


• Complete management tool to load fuel, passengers, and baggage. This tool also allows you to tweak the simulation to your hardware


• Livery manager with drag and drop functionality


• Fully prepared for AES, Chaseplane, PFPX


• Many new options to tweak the product to your likings and your hardware, for example to link a hardware control to the nose wheel steering


• Our Virtual Cockpit tool (DAVE) has checklists, fuel and passenger loading, change settings, etc.


• Five manuals, including detailed step-by-step documentation


• Fully Prepar3D V4 compatible with dynamic lights and several other adaptations to use the newest technology

CRJ 700 models:

• Lufthansa Regional D-ACSB


• American Eagle N508AE


• HOP! Air France F-GRZH


• Lufthansa Regional Star Alliance D-ACPT


• United Express N770SK


• Alaska Airlines N215AG


• American Eagle N508AE OC


• Brit Air F-GRZG


• Conviasa YV2088


• Delta Airways N367CA


• Horizon Air N613QX


• SA Express ZS-NLT


• Styrian Spirit OE-LSF

CRJ 900 models:

• Lufthansa Regional D-ACNN


• Lufthansa Regional D-ACKI


• US Airways Express N247LR


• Air Nostrum EC-JYA


• Delta Airways N806SK


• Adria Airways S5-AAK


• Air Canada Express C-GOJZ


• Air Nostrum EC-JZS


• Air One EI-DOT


• AtlasGlobal TC-ETC


• Binter Canarias EC-MEN


• PLUNA CX-CRA


• SAS Scandinavian Airlines OY-KFI

System requirements:

• Microsoft Flight Simulator X (SP2), FSX: Steam Edition or Lockheed Martin Prepar3D v4.1


• Microsoft Windows 7 / 8 / 10


• CPU: 2.6 GHz, Dual/Quad Core highly recommended


• RAM: 2 GB


• Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce or AMD Radeon, 512 MB VRAM


• Download-Size: 1.1 GB

Changes in version 1.2.3.0 (REV 367) include:

• Pushbutton clickspots in P3D v4 VC models


• Differential Pressure going off limits when lower altitude is selected


• Some changes with Nearest Lists (airports, VORs, NDBs, etc.) updating to avoid CTD on range change


• VNAV issue which cause "above" constraints to be handled as "at" constraints in descent phase


• MFD ADV page ignored L/R setting and only allowed paging for on-side MFD


• No more Nav-to-Nav transfer if a non-LOC approach is selected


• Enabled STAR and transition selection


• Arrivals page now allows to select runways without an approach procedure (VFR)


• High cabin altitude fluctuation at low flight altitudes


• A condition where a waypoint entered on FPLN page 1 would disappear


• A lonely "DIRECT" indication on FPLN page 1


• The "Cabin Secure" callout is now triggered by closing the main door


• Armed vertical mode is now disarmed when ALT is pressed (GS remains armed)


• Entering waypoint as first waypoint of the flightplan on FPLN page 1 is now possible


• Total distance calculation (FPLN page 1) is now available all the time after departure and arrival have been entered


• Active airway is shown on FPLN page 2 and following


• Warning/Caution now comes up when engine is starting with any door open


• FCP ALT light doesn't go off anymore when selected altitude is changed


• Dubrovnik (LDDU) Rwy 12 MOKU4C SID turn second (INTC) now turns into the right direction


• Moved HGS radio altitude indicator further down to not block FPV symbol anymore


• TOC calculation for climb with combination of BELOW and ABOVE constraints (LGAV 03R/VARI1J)


• Improved change from (INTC) to DME Arc/Radius to fix legs (LGSM RW27/URNI1C)


• Improved switching to next waypoint at end of DME Arc

Changes in version 1.2.2.3 (REV 359) include:

• DAVE screen going black after first menu selection.... second attempt ;)


• Other screens going black after InvalidParameter state of Graphics object

Changes in version 1.2.2.2 (REV 358) include:

• DAVE screen going black after first menu selection


• Holding leg distance calculation when time (seconds) is used as distance parameter in navdata


• KSFO 28L OFFSH1 SID display on ND


• PFD attitude indicator vertical alignment


• N1 dropping below idle if power is advanced very carefully


• VNAV calculation now uses CRZ ALT if as maximum altitude if no previous altitude constraint is found


• Function to find previous altitude constraint now skips departure waypoints


• VNAV profile and ToD calculation (special cases with (VECT), discos and constraints)


• Tracking for Heading to DME Distance legs


• A rare condition that could cause auto pressurization system go to descent mode while on cruise altitude


• HUD speed trend indicator stuck


• NAV-to-NAV transfer doesn't block manual frequency tuning any longer


• FMS now loads terminal procedure legs even when RNP field is missing (RNP defaults to 1.0 NM in this case)


• Force FSX/P3D fuel pumps to OFF after loading to avoid FSX/P3D fuel pump sound


• Ground roll sound and bump on nose gear touchdown


• HGS Flare command for AIII mode


• HGS Flare cue for other modes


• MFD ADV page text/map mode switching


• VNAV profile calculation with manually entered waypoints ("step descent")


• Altitude alert is no longer triggered by FCP alt selection knob


• Removed turnover from NAV SOURCE selector (now moves only moves FMS1, VOR/NAV1, OFF, VOR/NAV2, FMS2)


• Active transponder code shown in green on MCDU Radio page


• "Gear Bay Overheat" sound plays completely even if button is released early


• Active transponder code shown in green on MCDU Radio page


• After forced autopilot disconnect (yoke movement), chime sound loops until AP is properly disconnected

Changes in version 1.2.0.0 (REV 347) include:

• Cabin altitude alert after pausing the sim or activating slew mode


• Remove the parking brake requirement for external power to be AVAIL


• APU fuel boost pump color for OFF state changed from yellow to white


• Amber FUEL PUMP EICAS messages fixed


• High bank angles at high altitude (outside SID/STAR/Appr)


• Arrival Runways not showing up after de-selecting a runway


• Brake Temperature boxes showing all the time


• Fuel System rework


• PERF INIT page 3/3 cut off text


• Some code to keep pressurization in control while changing altitude by slew mode


• Engines don't start anymore without fuel boost pumps on and/or other engine running *)


• Pressurization system switching from climb to landing mode immediately after takeoff (under certain conditions)


• DAVE: Mouse clickspots not working on SERVICES page after OPTIONS page subpage has been changed


• Recalculation of CoG/Trim after sending payloads from CRJ Manager used old payload values


• Yoke autopilot disconnect button mapped to "Autothrottle (Arm)" event. That's Shift+R here. Normally there's no button mapped to this event.


• Engine start with only ground power but not ground air no longer possible


• Radius to fix tracking under certain conditions


• CTD in cross track error calculation when no next waypoint is available


• Flightplan drawing stopped one waypoint before missed approach procedure under certain conditions


• Couatl crash!


• MFD TCAS Info vertical location


• Improved detection for missed approach waypoints


• Pressurization: re-worked calculation of current target cabin altitude


• Pressurization: some changes in mode switching (climb to descent)


• Brake temperature cooling efficiency while flying with gear down now depends on airspeed


• Changed ":" in MFD VNAV window to white


• Moved wind indicator position on MFD


• MFD Range-to-Alt ring now shows during descents


• Reduced the maximum possible frequency of ActiveSky WXR update calls to 1 per second


• Aircraft crashes on payload/fuel change in CRJ Manager


• LOC and GS capture and tracking (work in progress, but comments would be very welzcome)


• PFD speed trend vector made less jittery


• Brake temperatures increase a little faster


• Pressing APPR sometimes only switched LOC or GS and not both


• Cabin altitude going back to airport altitude after landing


• 3-state switches now all work like this: Left mouse button = down/backwards and right mouse button = up/forward


• New model exports for P3D v4.3


• Frame rate issue


• Removed course and distance above FROM waypoint on LEGS page


• MFD TCAS altitude rounding issue


• IRS instant alignment after loading/selecting a panel state


• Main and Scav Ejector EICAS messages when engines are shut down


• Temporary power loss when switching from APU to external power


• LOC/GS capture and holding


• Flightplan loading and saving of SID->Enroute, Enroute->STAR and STAR->ApprTrans transitions


• Crash when loading Navigraph database on 32 bit platforms


• Flightplan clearing after landing: ground speed changed to less than 15kts


• Flightplan clearing after landing now also clears flight number


• Forward and aft cargo weights now separately settable in DAVE


• Pressurization controller rework (less fluctuation)


• Waypoint sequencing inhibitted on ground


• Waypoint sequencing condition added that requires the aircraft to fly roughly towards a waypoint before any sequencing can happen


• Unwanted level off when changing the autopilot altitude selector through 28000ft


• Flightplan is now cleared after landing (ground speed less than 80kts)


• NAV-to-NAV transfer function


• Early glideslope capture indication in PFD FMA


• Direct-to not following course


• Direct-to leg labels on MFD


• Couatl.exe crash on loading the CRJ (experimental)


• SEC FPLN page (and sub-pages)


• ToD calculation after Direct-to


• UP/DOWN arrow keys now only change PLN mode centered waypoint while on ACT LEGS page


• Selecting ACT LEGS page while in PLN mode now resets the centered waypoint to the current one


• Changed colors for HGS throttle hint


• Re-arranged airspeed and altitude to zero degrees pitch


• EGPWS terrain warnings now inactive until 60 seconds after takeoff


• Landing elevation is no longer set by the FMS (wrong assumption of automatic functionality on my side)


• FMS Status load and save functions


• Top of descent location on MFD flightpath display corrected


• Flight path angle calculation (fixes VNAV "snowflake" indicator on PFD too)


• Support for Mark Foti's Remote CDU


• Passenger count information support for FSDT's GSX


• MCDU DATABASE pages


• Several issues with pilot defined waypoints


• Number of FIX pages increased to 10


• VNAV altitude contraints between -1300 -1 and 500 65000 are now accepted without a leading slash


• VNAV snowflake and VS indicators


• Audio panel selector/volume switches were inverted


• "Save Flight Data" button not working in CRJ Manager x64


• Wheel blocks and ground power and air cart functionality now independent of model state (workaround for those users where they wouldn't show up)


• Reverser armed EICAS messages not disappearing


• Duplicate TOD markers on flightplan display


• Pressing Engine START button while engine is running makes engine shutdown impossible


• Missing waypoints on KDEN SID FOOOT3 from rwy 17R


• Holding draw routine for holdings that are loaded with procedures


• LEGS page distance to waypoints following a holding


• FMS bearing pointers now point to the next waypoint instead of just pointing to the current course


• Flaps movement trim correction does not activate after takeoff anymore

Changelog Apr-17-2020

• RAAS has been updated to Version 3.0


• RAAS now supports P3Dv5

 




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