What is Accu-sim?

Real pilots will tell you that no two aircraft are the same.  Even taking the same aircraft up from the same airport to the same location will result in a different experience.  For example, you may notice one day an engine is running a bit hotter than usual and you might just open your cowl flaps a bit more and be on your way, or maybe this is a sign of something more serious developing under the hood.  Regardless, you expect these things to occur in a simulation just as they do in real life.  And under the hood, you expect your aircraft systems to respond accordingly.  This means no more one minute engine warm-ups. This is Accu-Sim - it puts the gauge back in the game.

While Accu-Sim is created by pilots, it is built for everyone.  Realism does not mean you have have to have a difficult time with your flying.  In fact, realism can mean an easier time with your flying as things react as you would expect in real life.   Common sense thinking applies with Accu-Sim.  For example, if you are exceeding your maximum allowed speed with your flaps down, there will likely be warnings.  You may hear and odd rumbling telling you, the pilot, "hmm, something is not right".

Introducing our first Accu-sim Expansion Pack for the Wings of Silver Boeing 377 Stratocruiser

Here are some movies created with a stock version of Microsoft Flight Simulator X with the Wings of Silver Stratocruiser and this Accu-Sim expansion pack:

MOVIE 1
I:  The Turbo-Supercharger
II:  The Pratt & Whitney R4360
III:  The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser

MOVIE 2
IV:  B377 Basic Cockpit Familiarization
V:  The Accu-sim Experience

B377 Accu-sim Expansion Pack FEATURES

• Piston combustion engine modeling

  • Real-world conditions affect system conditions, including engine temperatures.  Manage temperatures with engine cowl flaps and oil cooler flaps.

  • Use intercooler flaps to cool Carburetor Air Temperatures (CAT) as high temperatures can adversely affect engine performance while low temperatures can lead to gradual carburetor icing.

  • Spark plugs can clog and eventually fowl if engines are allowed to idle too low for too long.  Throttling up an engine with oil-soaked spark plugs can help clear them out and smoke will pour out of exhaust as oil is burned off.

  • Serious overheating can cause scoring of cylinder head walls including ultimate failure if warnings are ignored and overly abused.

  • Realistic water injection (ADI) turns on gradually when enabled.  Pushing the engine too hard without water injection automatically injects more fuel to keep cylinders cooler, creating realistic black smoke from unburned fuel.

  • Experience authentic asymmetrical drag when operating various flap systems in flight.

  • On hot summer days you will need to pay very close attention to your systems, possibly expediting your takeoff to avoid overheating due to radiant ground heat.

• Systems are influenced based on real world conditions.

• Experience a realistic startups with an engine that can cough and sputter until it catches and turns over.

• Naturally speaking crew (American and British crews included).  Your crew can help you, the captain, fly the plane by giving you critical information when you need it.  For example, the Stratocruiser has a built-in takeoff flap warning system that sounds if you apply more than 3/4 throttle and the flaps are not set to takeoff position.  If you apply throttle with flaps not properly set and hear this warning, your copilot will make a comment like, "Captain, you need to set your flaps to 25 degrees for takeoff."  Your flight engineer gives you advanced updates on systems, giving you time to react.  Crew speech is not robotic but quick and natural.  This system was created to help you fly the plane, just like a real crew, and to make your experience more pleasurable.

• Environmental sounds including everything from passengers to brakes squealing to the aircraft creaking.

Please note: Due to the in depth simulation of the Boeing 377, shared cockpit multiplayer is not supported

To truly understand Accu-sim one must experience it.  However the next best thing is to click below to download the .pdf manual for the B377 Accu-sim.

 
$24.99 - Instant Download
(Wings of Silver B377 Stratocruiser required)