Aircraft developer Felis has released a significant update to his Tupolev Tu-154.

In this update, an assortment of fixes, additions and improvements have been made to better the aircraft, which has a US $5.00 discount as of time of writing.

The following is what has changed in this update, versioned 2.06.

• Fixed gear animation during replay
• Radio compatible with 8.33 kHz standard
• Changed logic for toe brakes axis handling
• Nosewheel can be controlled via nose tiller. set on GND panel
• Added Better Pushback compatibility
• Changed throttle threshold for "deploy landing gear" horn
• Landing gear will be extended after crash
• DH signal is now OFF, when radioaltimeter is OFF
• RMI gauge needles will remain in last position, if ADF or NAV source is OFF
• Courses on HSI are saved correctly between flights
• Compass system latitude setting is now saves between flights
• APU failures added to failures tab and can be fixed there
• Engines will turn off, if no fuel boost above 9500m

The aircraft is available to purchase now for US $45.00 at the x-plane.org store.

Though Felis’ Tu-154 has been around for a few years now, many users know the developer by his work on a Boeing 747-200 for X-Plane 11.

Much of the work undertaken on the 747 recently has been systems-based, such as a fuel and load calculator and EFB.

Threshold will publish a summary of progress since our last publication of this aircraft soon.