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No piece of equipment appears in a Black Square aircraft without a real-world unit as reference.\n\nRadio navigation systems are available from several eras of the Duke’s history, so users can fly without GPS via a Bendix KNS-81 RNAV system or with the convenience of a Garmin GTN 750 (PMS50 or TDS). Other radio equipment includes KX-155 NAV/COM radios, KLN-90B, GTN 650, KR 87 ADF, KDI 572 DME, GTX 327 Transponder, Century IV Autopilot and a Bendix RDR1150XL Weather Radar.\n\nA 160+ page manual provides instruction on all equipment and 50 in-game checklists with control/instrument highlighting are included for normal and emergency procedures. This product includes two versions of the 1974 B60 Duke: with and without the 'Grand Duke' performance package (winglets, vortex generators, strakes, extra fuel, increased speeds and increased MGTOW).\n\nFour distinctive interiors and seven paint schemes are included from four decades of flying.\n\nPrimarily analogue instrumentation augmented with modern radio navigation equipment is still the most common aircraft panel configuration in the world. Challenge your piloting skills by flying IFR to minimums with a fully analogue panel and no GPS. You’ll be amazed at the level of skill and proficiency you can achieve to conquer such adversity and how it will translate to all your other flying. You may also find the analogue instrumentation much easier to read with the limited number of pixels available on a computer monitor, and even more so in VR.\n\nFor more information on the aircraft's capabilities and a list of all included avionics and equipment, see the Detailed Description below and the extensive PDF   Operating Manual .\n\nIf you'd like to know the differences between the Piston Duke and the Turbine Duke models,   this summary   lists all the main features.\n\nSHARED FEATURES\n\nBlack Square’s best aircraft yet will challenge you with unapologetically realistic systems such as:\n\n160-page manual   with your complete guide to flying the Black Square Dukes, including systems guide, tutorials, operating limitations, performance tables and electrical schematics.\n\nNEW TABLET INTERFACE!   for configuring options, payload settings, failure management and real-time visualisers for engines, electrical schematics and environmental systems.\n\n12 hot-swappable radio configurations , configurable via tablet interface. Inc. PMS & TDS.\n\n130+ random, scheduled or performance-triggered failures , settable via the tablet interface, including engine damage, compatible with third party UIs and instructor stations.\n\nFully simulated environmental control and pressurisation system   for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and ram air cooling. Cool things off by opening a door or watch the aircraft heat up in the sun. Monitor via the new tablet interface.\n\nNEW engine preheating   required for cold starts, with heater and ground power cart.\n\nNEW voltage-based light dimming , an immediately recognisable effect to night-time pilots.\n\nNEW gyroscope physics simulation   for electric and pneumatic gyroscopes with precession and partial failures, based on a coupled quadrature oscillator.\n\nNEW KLN-90B vintage GPS . Download from   https://github.com/falcon71/kln90b/releases\n\nNEW strobe light system   causes realistic distracting flashes in clouds.\n\nNEW St. Elmo’s Fire   and static discharge on static wicks and windshields in severe weather.\n\nNEW KNS-81 RNAV now supports autopilot   with No-GPS configuration.\n\nMathematically accurate VOR and ADF signal attenuation and noise degradation.\n\nPhysics-based instrument needles   bounce and respond to aerodynamic forces.\n\nImproper engine management will slowly   damage engines to failure .\n\nCompletely simulated electrical system , with 100+ circuit breakers and failures\n\nFunctional exterior elements:   chocks, pitot covers, engine covers, propane preheater and external power cart. Pitot cover flags blow in the wind.\n\nCarbon Monoxide leaks are possible, and can be detected with the CO detector.\n\nState saving for fuel, radio selection, radio frequency memory, cabin aesthetics etc.\n\nCrew/Passenger oxygen depletes according to pressure altitude, passenger occupancy.\n\nUltra-custom dynamic registration number system for livery creators.\n\nPISTON DUKE SPECIFIC FEATURES\n\nTwo aircraft in one:   the factory B60 Duke, and the 'Grand Duke' performance package.\n\nNEW physics-based engine simulation   with compression, magneto impulse couplings, blade angle, oil temperature and pressure, cylinder head temperatures and preheating.\n\nNEW propeller hub and unfeathering accumulator , with feather locking pins.\n\nNEW physics-based sound system.   Sounds such as engine starting are not mere recordings, but are instead many layered sounds, constructed based on the underlying simulation.\n\nNEW instrument needle stiction and friction.   Analogue instruments can become sticky without engines running. Tap the glass to free the needles and get a more accurate reading!\n\nThe most advanced turbocharger simulation in MSFS.   Turbocharger sounds reflect the simulated turbine RPM and pressurisation is dependent on turbocharger performance.\n\nFuel injected engine simulation with fouling, vapour lock, flooding and backfires.   Even the magneto impulse couplings are simulated (clicking when the propeller rotates).\n\nJPI EDM-760 Engine Monitor   with engine leaning optimization 'Lean Find'.\n\nCHECKLISTS\n\nOver 500 checklist items are provided for 50 Normal, Abnormal and Emergency procedures in textual form in the manual, and in-game, using the MSFS native checklist system with control and instrument highlighting. If it’s in the checklist, it’s settable in the aircraft!\n\nSOUNDS\n\nBlack Square’s Duke features a custom sound set created by Boris Audio Works with care to the unique operating aspects of this classic aircraft. High quality engine and cockpit sounds will immerse you in the simulation. Sounds such as engine starting are not mere recordings, but are instead many layered sounds, constructed based on the underlying simulation.\n\nFLIGHT DYNAMICS\n\nThe Turbine Duke features a flight model with performance to match the real-world aircraft based on real Duke owner feedback and in-flight data. Engine and aerodynamic performance should be within 2% of POH values, though no two engines are ever the same. The flight model uses the most up-to-date features available in MSFS, such as CFD propeller and stall physics, and SU15 improved ground handling and flexible tyre physics. Engine damage and fouling produce a rough-running engine and decreased performance.\n\nINSTRUMENTATION/EQUIPMENT\n\nMain Panel\n\nAnnunciator Panel\n\nTrue Airspeed Indicator\n\nCentury 1U367 Steering Attitude Indicator\n\nCentury NSD-360 Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI)\n\nBendix/King KEA-346 Encoding Altimeter\n\nCollins RMI-30 Radio Magnetic Indicator (RMI)\n\nVertical Speed Indicator\n\nBendix/King KI 206 Localizer\n\nMid-Continent Turn Coordinator\n\nBendix/King KRA-10 Radar Altimeter\n\nEngine Instrumentation\n\nFuel Quantity Indicators\n\nBTI-600 Battery Temperature Monitor\n\nDuplicate Co-pilot Instrumentation\n\nAvionics\n\nIntegrated Audio Panel\n\nGarmin GTN 750/650 (COM1/COM2)\n\nBendix/King KLN-90B\n\nMid-Continent MD41-328 GPS Annunciator Control Unit\n\nBendix/King KX-155B (COM1/COM2)\n\nBendix/King KNS-81 RNAV Navigation System\n\nBendix/King KR 87 ADF\n\nBendix/King KDI 572R DME\n\nCentury IV Autopilot\n\nCollins PRE-80C Altitude Preselector\n\nJPI EDM-760 Engine Monitor\n\nBendix RDR 1150XL Colour Weather Radar\n\nGarmin GTX 327 Transponder\n\nElectrical/Miscellaneous\n\n70+ Circuit Breakers\n\nVoltmeter and Ammeters\n\nInstrument Air Indicator\n\nDe-icing Boot Pressure Indicator\n\nOxygen Pressure Gauge\n\nYoke-Mounted Digital Chronometers\n\nTach Timers\n\nCarbon Monoxide Detector\n\nCabin Pressurisation Controller\n\nCabin Environmental Control System\n\nLow Thrust Detector",
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