Echo 19 has launched its Cessna 172 Precision Audio Pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and 2024, bringing a rich, reactive soundscape to the world’s most-flown GA aircraft. 

Built on the developer’s new EchoFX system, the pack layers sounds that respond to airspeed, angle of attack, weather, and pilot inputs. Expect ground and cabin life cues like fuel slosh, seat and interior creaks, and airframe squeaks in the wind; exterior touches, such as refined control-surface stops, battery contactor clicks, and heat exchange; plus aircraft-specific details, including an accurate N-model flap motor, prop flutter in high winds, and a stall horn that varies pitch with angle of attack.

Inside the cockpit, 96 kHz ambisonic captures place every switch, knob, and lever in true 3D space, for headphone and Spatial Sound users. Engine behaviour shifts with mixture and temperature, and there is also airflow noise once the air is moving, with wind layers built naturally as you accelerate. In addition, there are some handy customisation switches, such as toggling vintage-style gyro sounds via the Marker Sensitivity switch. You can also enable an alternator whine, if you fancy a little retro buzz.

As a small bonus, Echo 19 also includes five liveries: four for MSFS 2024 (Classic “Ruby”, USAF Academy, Echo 19 House, and House Alt), and one for MSFS 2020 (Echo 19 House Alt).

You can read the full feature list below:

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🔉 ECHOFX Immersive Features

🌎Real-World Ground & Cabin Life

• Dirt swirl FX for grass, gravel, and paved surfaces • Airframe squeaks when parked in wind • Fuel slosh that reacts to movement and fuel quantity • Seat and interior creaks synced to cockpit motion

🛩️ Deeply Modeled 172 Characteristics

• Accurate N-model flap motor position • Prop flutter when stationary in high wind • Stall horn with pitch variation based on AOA • Dynamic wind layering based on airspeed and angle of attack

🌬️Rich Exterior Ambience

• Audible air/heat exchange and battery contactor clicks from outside the aircraft • Reworked control surface stop sounds (rudder, elevator, aileron)

🎚️Smart Customization Controls

• Toggle vintage-style gyro sounds via the Marker Sensitivity switch • Choose your soundscape and personalize your flight experience

🎙️Full-3D Cockpit Interactivity

• 96kHz ambisonic captures for a complete 360° spatial soundstage • All switches, knobs, dials, and levers placed in true 3D space • Yoke hide/show SFX and optional alternator whine toggle via SPKR • Designed for best results with Spatial Sound enabled

🔥Engine Behavior That Reacts to You

• Rough-running effects when mixture is pulled or temps are cold • Internal engine layers change dynamically with airspeed and flight phase

🌡️Environmental Control Audio

• Cabin air/heat knobs bring in realistic airflow sounds once airspeed is alive

🎨Bonus Content:

• 4 MSFS 2024 Liveries — Including a Classic “Ruby,” USAF Academy, Echo 19 House, and House Alt • 1 MSFS 2020 Livery — Echo 19 House (Alt)

Echo19’s Cessna 172 Precision Audio Pack is available now on the Echo 19 shop for $12.23, as well as the in-sim Marketplace, Contrail, iniBuilds, and Orbx.

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