TorqueSim and RealSimGear have teamed up and have been working in tandem over the past several months to produce a new aircraft rendition for X-Plane 11: the SR22 G3 GTS.

The aircraft is due to enter a testing phase soon, and includes a heavily modified default G1000 with synthetic vision, as implemented in the HotStart TBM 900 and TorqueSim Pocket Rocket.

"The SR22 will be entering internal testing in the coming weeks, with a release to follow currently forecasted to be in late Q1 2020," TorqueSim told us.

"The SR22 is the culmination of months of work to revamp all our development practices to ensure the highest level of fidelity and accuracy!"

As aforementioned, the aircraft is to include G1000 Perspective customizations to the Laminar X1000, which will contain:

• Synthetic Vision (using Saso Kiselkov’s Synthetic Vision, as implemented in HotStart’s TBM900 and TorqueSim’s Pocket Rocket)
• Custom engine page and engine sidebar
• Lean-assist functionality
• Checklists
• Top-bar customizations (% Power, Distance, etc)
• Custom boot sequence including “Know Your Limits” and fuel adjustments
• Designed to interface with RealSimGear’s G1000 hardware, especially their G1000 Perspective Package

In addition, the SR22 is to feature a fully custom electrical system. This includes:

• Dual-battery and dual-alternator simulated
• All 11 electrical busses individually simulated
• All 48 circuit breakers functional

Further features the developers will incorporate into the aircraft, with more to be announced soon, are as follows:

• High-fidelity flight model created by Austin Meyer of Laminar Research
• Insanely detailed 3D model
• Full PBR 4K Texturing
• Highly immersive custom captured FMOD
• Custom Tail-Number configuration utility
• Persistant systems
• Fully custom C++ plugin using the X-Plane SDK for maximum performance

The SR22 is one of the most-produced aircraft of this century, having delivered 5,194 examples to customers.

Like the SR20, the aircraft is equipped with a Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS), which is able to gently land the aircraft in an emergency.

Up to mid-September last year, CAPS has been deployed 107 times, with 92 "saves" that has involved 186 survivors. (Source)

The G3 variant upped the fuel capacity by 40 litres for a total of 350 litres, and is built with a lighter and stronger carbon fibre wing spar.

RealSimGear produces hardware products - including a G1000 suite - for X-Plane and Prepar3D, designed to help pilots familiarise themselves with the hardware units.

Their full range of products is available to view on their website.

For further screenshots of the aircraft, be sure to check out the aircraft on TorqueSim's website here.

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