The A400M has been built to the specifications of the Belgium, French, German, Luxembourg, Royal Air Force and Turkish Air Forces and is due to go into service with several other air forces. The A400M combines high cruise speed with fast transit times as well as good short and soft field performance. Equipped with four high-speed turboprop engines, it features a cargo capacity of 37 tons that can be carried over 3,550nm at a maximum cruise speed of mach 0.72. The A400M design allows the aircraft to operate in areas with minimal infrastructure and on short/unpaved runways. 180 A400M have already been ordered.

Aircraft features

• Unique flight characteristics
• Super sound effects
• Numerous animations; Flight surfaces, hydraulic action suspension, flaps, landing gear, cargo and pilots doors
• Simulated Fly-By-Wire Flight Control System: bank angle limiter and automatic stall recovery system
• Load manager for cargo and vehicles
• Animated 3D pilots in the virtual cockpit
• Unique 8-bladed propellers
• High-resolution reflective textures with dynamic shine and realistic night lighting

Instrument panel features

• Mouse Hotspots on the panel to access multiple 2D panels
• High technology Vector gauges for the Primary Flight, Navigation, Engine/Warning and System Displays
• Head-Up Display (HUD) with basic navigation instruments in 2D cockpit
• Realistic MCDU - New generation Airbus style with large clickable digital screen
• SID’s and STAR’s included in the FMS database
• Navigation Display with arc, rose, nav and plan modes
• Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) with multiple audio callouts
• Pop-up EFIS screens for multi-monitor displays
• Resizable and detachable gauges for additional monitor use
• Traffic and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) system
• Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) simulated
• IRS (Inertial Navigation System) shows latitude and longitude
• Warnings and caution messages
• (MFD) Multi Function Display including NAV, Plan, Rose, Radio modes
• Accurate Autopilot control panel simulating the following features: Speed, Heading, Altitude, ILS approach, Autoland and Flight Path Angle modes
• Battery and generator switches fully operative with corresponding actions
• APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) startup/shutdown sequences simulated with corresponding EICAS messages
• Anti-ice and lights sub-panels with active switches
• NAVDATA database compatible.

System Requirements

• Flight Simulator X or FS2004
• Pentium IV 1.7 GHz+ (2.5GHz for FSX) 
• 512Mb RAM (1Gb for FSX)
• 64Mb 3D graphics card (128Mb for FSX)
• Windows XP
• 1.2Gb hard drive space
• DVD-ROM drive

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