Monday, May 10, 2021

Starship, Starhopper, Boca Chica scenery for X-Plane

The first public version of SpaceX Starship has been released for X-Plane. So those who are not afraid of experiments have a chance.You can try to make test flights like a real starship. It can fly vertically, hover, flip to a horizontal position, free fall, land with  maneuver "belly flop" and land with deployed landing legs.

Download links at X-Plane.org:

SpaceX Starship SN15
Boca Chica Texas SpaceX Launch Site
Boca Chica Texas Ortho4XP Scenery

Download links at Flightsim.com

About the X-plane model:

Model is tested and tuned in X-Plane 11.53 with standard flight model.

Keep in mind that this is not a standard aircraft model. It is a kind of experiment, what could work in X-plane and what could not. When I started creating this model, I did not know if it would work in X-Plane or not. Something works and something does not as I expected. But in the end I was quite surprised that I can recreate many features of real Starship test flights.

But nothing will make it easier for you. With this model you can experience what it's like when automation doesn't help you, and you have to think about everything in advance and control it manually. During development I tested some working procedures, so be sure to read the included documentation for tips and settings.

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