SKU: VRS-FA18E

The VRS F/A-18E Super Hornet, or "Superbug", is the first  true 3-axis fly-by-wire combat aircraft designed for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The flight model is not "fly-by-wire-like", it's a dynamic, fully control-law-dependent proportional control system driving a single (ordinance independent) neutrally-statically-stable base flight model. Crafted by a small, dedicated team of developers who also happen to be engineers in real life, the VRS F/A-18E seeks to provide what we believe is by far the most comprehensive overall simulation of ANY combat aircraft ever created for the Flight Simulator franchise. VRS has created a truly remarkable and faithful reproduction of the U.S. Navy's newest strike fighter.

• Study-level simulation designed based on U.S. Navy NATOPS flight manuals.
• The only true fly-by-wire control augmentation system (CAS) available for MSFS.
• A single, dynamic (changes in real-time based on current loadout) base flight model.
• Highly efficient and detailed external modeling recreating every nuance of the F/A-18E.
• Every weapon and store individually modeled with weight, asymmetry and drag characteristics which are shed after release.
• Dozens of custom keystroke commands.
• State of the art virtual cockpit (VC) with high resolution textures, HUD collimation, dynamic shadow effects.
• 2D panels available in native resolutions up to 1920x1200. An easy-to-use “Panel Navigator” may be used to quickly bring up any of a dozen sub-panels.
• Mutiple Panel configurations (via ACM): 2D+VC, VC-only and 2D-only.  
• Thousands of combinations of firing and droppable ordinance.
• Built-in carrier operations (catapult and arresting mechanisms only. No carrier included).
• Built-in aerial refueling using any AI aircraft. Receive (IFR) or deliver (buddy tank) fuel.
• Fully animated canopy and full NACES 0/0 ejection sequences.
• Procedural animation system including firing missules and droppable bomb animations.
• Over 70 22K 16-bit discrete cockpit sound samples.
• Engine Sounds licensed from Turbine Sound Studios.
• 3D landing lights licensed from A2A.
• 400 pages of documentation including a 100 page tutorial.
• Simulated combat capability including A/A missiles and SAM tracking and evasion.
• 40 official liveries including all active USN E model squadrons, CF, Swiss, and RAAF.
• Comprehensive failure and battle damage system.
• Multiple aspect ratio support (via ACM) including 4:3 (standard), 16:10 (computer widescreen) and 16:9 (HD video).
• Sharp vector graphics and advanced lighting techniques (no more dark VC lights).
• Custom 12-mode autopilot which mimics the actual F/A-18E AFCS:
• Professionally designed Aircraft Configuration Manager (ACM):
• Comprehensive, custom primary systems modeling:
• World-class tech support via official support forums.

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