TorqueSim's Pocket Rocket to release this weekend
TorqueSim, the collaboration between Attitude Simulations and Advanced Flight Modelling is finally wrapping up the development of their first aircraft; the Pocket Rocket! To be exclusively released on the X-Aviation store, their first venture is to be released the coming weekend and the exact release date is to be confirmed.
A lightweight aircraft with sporty performance, the Pocket Rocket are equipped with a beastly 715 ESHP PT6A-28 engine. Two variants has been recreated; one with a retractable-tricycle configuration and one with a fixed tailwheel version. Both models have empty weights of near 1,000 pounds. With the equipped Oxygen system, you can take this plane to FL250 and cruise for hours! In the retract version, cruise speeds of up to Mach 0.6 can be reached.
Feature List:
- Retractable Tricycle Gear Variant and Fixed Tailwheel Variants
- Highly detailed 3D model
- Full PBR 4K Texturing
- Custom Systems, including:
- Fully custom electrical system
- Custom engine start system
- Custom fuel manager
- Custom lighting
- Customized G1000 with:
- Custom Engine parameter sidebars
- Custom annunciators
- Integrated checklists
- Synthetic Vision – licensed from HotStart
- Custom G5 Backup Attitude Indicator (PFD only)
- Custom Tail Number config utility
- High-fidelity FMOD sound pack
- Maintenance and Failure simulation
- Custom Load Manager
- Persistent systems
- Fully custom C++ Plugin using the X-Plane SDK
- Includes 11 liveries, a Blank Livery & Paint-kit
Pricing and further release details will be announced soon. The join venture between the two aircraft developers won't stop here, the folks are relentless in their development with new projects with recent previews of their upcoming Citation jet being just published yesterday exclusively through us. Heres looking forward to what their tenacity will surprise the community in the future!
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