May I ask, is this considered a first party plane, and does it have a designation (ie, Famous Flyer, or one of the other groups?)
New XB-1 video on Youtube by MSFSOfficial
I’m sitting atop a skyscraper in downtown LA right now, and as I pan around, it seems like 1 in every 3rd person that I can see from here is flying the XB-1 right now.
Everybody enjoying the shiny new toy.
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I watched the video. No night lighting because apparently there wasn’t any in the aircraft. That’s too bad.
Also, can the sim really simulate that kind of speed?
Have you seen the Flying FrieS Quasar? 
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And what happens if you go full supersonic, then add x2 sim rate?
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At sea level? I wonder.
I mean, we had the darkstar which was a lot faster. F-18, F-22, etc. If we’re talking accurately, I don’t know.
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managed to get M1.28 in level flight at 14,000. not sure how accurate it is as I don’t think they’re done testing the real thing
They are actually done flying the real thing.
Well shows how up to date I am… Are they moving on to the Overture?
Wow! i’ve never seen such detailed landing gear and undercarriage area! amazing bar to set for all future addons. love the art direction and realism.
(sorry for colors it’s an HDR screenshot)
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Personal Comments and Observations - Disclaimer, I am a Flight FX QA Staffer.
It’s a Dev Partner plane, Flight FX built it for Microsoft, but yes it has the weight of Microsoft publishing and support - all tickets go to Zendesk for it.
Yep, we sure did. It’s going to take some very finesse flying though. The Q-Feel system has dampened the responsiveness (it’s quite accurate - we had Boom’s Chief Test Pilot Callsign Geppetto himself flying it for feedback during testing).
The hardest part will be to keep the jet straight and level - use the Velocity Vector Indicator - the pilot induced oscillations because of the dampening effect will eat away at your speed buildup.
Also - you’ll be using AB a lot - most test flights for the XB-1 didn’t last more than 45 minutes all told, and it’s pretty challenging flying out of KMHV, with all that restricted airspace Edwards to the East, Ridgefield population center to the Northeast and beyond that China Lake NAWC and the Electronic Combat Test Range.
The XB-1 is strictly a VFR daytime aircraft, no lights, the only cockpit illumination is from the Avidynes and the custom Center MFD.
Not recommended - it is very easy to depart straight and level in the aircraft at speed and build a four digit negative VVS rate at 1x. You will be trimming a lot. And there’s no autopilot.
Landing it is fun and challenging - there’s near zero outside forward FOV from the seat. Oh and no flaps. 170-180 knots approach speed. There’s two cameras mounted 12 degrees nose down on the NLG. You can only see the runway when the NLG is fully down. Once you make nose wheel contact, all you can see is the runway tarmac because of the camera angle. You have to maintain a 12 degree AoA all the way to touchdown for the cameras to portray a conventional pilot field of view during the approach.
I created a short tutorial video - hoping to get it published soon so everyone can jump in and try flying the same test hops Boom did.
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Fairly certain it was introduced in the last Dev Q&A as Famous Flyer 14 - which makes it first party.
That’s actually cool to hear that yall had Gepetto testing out your product. Cheers 
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is there a trick to getting the AB to engage? i’m full throttle but no flame
additional: is there a way to get the map to actually show what direction the plane is facing and follow it? as of now it’s always facing North and does not follow you. I have to keep manually scrolling the map
Theoretically they are.
Realistically, the XB-1 was likely intended largely to convince investors that Boom had a viable business model, since it made for some very nice photos and video, but doesn’t actually resemble the Overture, and doesn’t address the significant issues of promising to build a completely new engine on a very short timeline, or the fact that it’s unclear that there’s a significant market for what’s basically a supersonic CRJ-700, or how airlines would make them profitable.
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United, American, and Japan Airlines at least seem interested enough to pre-order 15-20 each. I’m sure there are some contingencies and deadlines included in those orders though.
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We don’t have a channel for it yet on Discord - so I’m trying to avoid providing Technical Support here since I’ll be breaking forum rules, but you have to bind a key or control to Toggle Afterburners. Put your throttle at Full Military (Dry) Thrust, invoke the ABs and as Ray Arnold (played by Sam Jackson) said on Jurassic Park - “Hold on to your butts!”
We sent off the manual for inclusion, so hopefully it will be up on the page here in the forums soon. Lots of info and well written - our newest add to staff is a great manual writer.
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that worked! …and don’t worry your secret’s safe with me 
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The Boom seems like a fun plane to faff around in but it’s kind of a one-trick pony. If people want to play around with supersonic flight in the sim, the Heatblur/IndiaFoxTecho F-14 Tomcat is probably the most deeply-simulated and accurate supersonic aircraft in the sim in terms of systems depth, complexity and aerodynamic performance. The DC Designs Concord isn’t simulated as deeply but does off a rather fun and unique experience of 2 hour trans-Atlantic crossings.
So while I’m glad this is out, especially if it attracts new folks to the sim, I’m not particularly excited about it personally.
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