X-15-1 VC (v1.1) for Flight Simulator Video - Long Version

[kcartesius]

It could take off from the ground if it had wheels and a long enough runway. Would be very risky, major unneccesary waste of power, but possible. "Google and see..."

[derTommy]

The X-15 has only fuel for 3 Minutes and it doesn't start vom the ground. Fail!

[Ozzy101ification]

Hard landing, hehe :-\

[johnsergei]

...and in the few years since FSX and X Planes 9 what's changed.

Not much???

This is a cool cartoon but that's all it is.

It the same with train, road vehicle and watercraft simulators, none are especially accurate in their dynamics. But their aproximate dynamics are better than nothing.I'll replicate accurate X15 flights on my sim when I get the X15+ play about ,such as supersonic flight at very low altitude ( which of course is totally unsealistic)THAT'S HOW YOU SIM in 2011(in 2050??)

[GPMSharpCommand]

I raced one of my friends in one of these on multiplayer. He was in a F-16 and I was in the X-15. I kicked his ass, I did 2894 KIAS while he only did 1003 KIAS. Lol.

[adriaansmit81]

go to 3:40 for takeoff

[Applesoop24]

everybody talkin about that sound at 6:00 that is the fuel exhausting

[topspuikko]

@Applesoop24 sounds like a fart exhausting

[xoio]

It's a shame that the absolute velocity hard coded limit of 2666kts imposed in at least FS2002, was STILL kept in place in FS2004 AND now FSX - means that a plane like the X-15 cannot be accurately simulated.

2666kts was barely mach 5 if the air temp was really cold, or on average M4.9ish.

Seeing a the X-15 went well in excess of M6 !!! That was a bit of a cop out by Microsoft. Also, in the 'engine type' in the cfg & air file, a rocket engine could be specified, but no params exist to work it.

[yungjay112]

man uu needa get laid

[yungjay112]

how do uu get the afterburners

[kimbelljm]

Umm, behind the 'steel' pilot compartment is two large fuel tanks, one with hydrogen peroxide the other with liquid oxygen. solid rocket motors cannot be throttled. oh, shit, that's right... it's a game... I know, I'm just being a dick. sorry, X-plane nerd here. I am probably on of da jerkweeds who'd whine that it was dropped from a B-52, not a B-22. (damn, I am a jerkweed, aint I?)

oh well, it is cool that the pilots got their Astronaut Wings when they went beyond the atmosphere, aint it

[kimbelljm]

i agree, the closest the X-15 came to achieving a ground take off was Scott Crossfield's explosion during engine tests of the XLR-99 engine at a test facility at Edwards AFB. The pilot compartment was thrown about 30 ft along the ground; not a very succesful take off, eh? :-)

[kotonizna]

This simulation is very unrealistic. In x-plane 9 you can't take off at the runway since x-15 has to be drop by b-22 at 45000 feet. plus the fuel finishes in a couple of minutes. x 15 is actually like a power glider or a rocket glider..

[glory777]

That was awesome!

[Armigo91]

The X15 is a rocket!!! period. All the way from the back to the glass cockpit its a hollow tube with solid rocket material and within 8 minutes your a highspeed glider.

The only difference is that the X15 is launched horizontally and uses small wingtips to accomodate to the changed lift-off procedure.

And theirfore the machine is quikly confused as a plane.

[Armigo91]

The x15 isnt a plane. A plane is defined as a plane when it got wings, uses retainable propulsion. And when its propulsion is air abundant.

It has to takeoff, (just like a bird) and it cant. It needed a B52 bomber to carry the X15 to 40000feet altitude before it was launched.

The X15 shares non of these characteristics. Apart from the wings perhaps.

But the wings are lost in bulk shape of the ""Äircraft"" aswell, so it hardly has no wings, its barely aerodynamic. Which is good if you need speed

[TheBlocklander]

at 6:00 what was the sound?!

[Alex41119]

Maaan, what are you thinking?? THE X-15 isn't a normal plane...he has to be launched by another plane...like bombers...nooob

[PS3CRAZY96]

@Alex41119 u cant exactly make it airdrop like the glider so he aint a noob u fuck so shut it u smelly prick

[FyreMunky69]

there is no Afterburner on a rocket motor....they are on jets..this a Rocket Plane

[TheDeltaFlight]

Is this plane Laggy?

[DanceroidCPTV]

I hav tht on mah ipad!

[3ofheartswill]

WTF?!?! 3 minutes of preflight checks?

[3ofheartswill]

Where did you get this aircraft? And is it payware?

[sonicfan1996]

6:00 Afterburner shutting off = NASA's idea of comedy through toilet humour

[ederphantom2]

What is the name of the simulator?

[MrJai800]

@ederphantom2 fsx

[TheDeltaFlight]

@ederphantom2 Flight Simulator X

[cjellwood]

would be better if launched from a B52

[tifranpilote]

@cjellwood well it's kinda complicated in FSX but try X-plane, it has the X-15 included, you can drop it from B52 at your choice of speed, altitude or whatever. oh and if you like dogfight, you can take a f-22 and shoot some planes with your missiles or guns.

[Wisallis66]

what for a flight simulator is it?

[MrMoshenavy]

nice video 5*

[dietrichian]

What!!!!... no cup holder? :) Seriously though this is pretty cool. Better than the X-plane version.

[pilotman123321]

hi can u do a work throught at wt do do with comenterry?

[sumthingdum]

lol look at that dial at 5:03 is that ur speed or sumthin lol

[xxjpxxdeluxe]

@sumthingdum that is the altimeter, it goes crazy in those kinds of planes becasue they're going at like mach 5

[awesomemagickid]

@sumthingdum no its altitude

[FSXmaster100]

fuck up!

[DarkWarrior450]

Being able to fly one of these things in real life would have to be the ultimate feeling of freedom.

[OsanBlackCat5RS]

just imagine hauling ass over all those desert mountain ranges leaving that white contrail!

[DarkWarrior450]

Hell yeah!!!

[RocketSciRick]

Now that was a lot of fun, in spite of take-off from the ground. (Normally carried aloft and released from a B-52.) BTW, the X-15 was built by North American Aviation, not Northrop.

[OsanBlackCat5RS]

lmao

[HarrisonsChannel]

That was an odd sound a 6:00

[benni2804]

YES:)

OOOAAAAHHHUUOO

[Loxleiev]

@HarrisonsChannel plane just farted :P

[fanandfan2]

@HarrisonsChannel dfjtfkfzukz

[halowraith1]

@HarrisonsChannel he had a massive fart in the water. lol

[noni15081998]

@HarrisonsChannel Yes, like a Music player going PARP!

[MrNinjaman63]

@HarrisonsChannel It was the engine shutting down XD.

[RieJuStudios]

@HarrisonsChannel I think it farted :S

[HarrisonsChannel]

The video description says "takeoff". I think the guy who made the video knows that it's not the way it takes off.

[schmooze13]

this is a good fun thing to do!

stuff the high altitude and see how low you can get at mach 5! it great fun!!!

[lanceke]

i used a blackbird to get in space but most of the time my engines just shut down and then i get a 30 Km stall XD

(sry for my bad english)

[FSXmaster100]

no bad english at all dude!!!

[cisco7890]

first of all its droped from a plane like a gyder it doesnt take off

[FSXmaster100]

not all teh time ralley they are taken up by a b-29

[FSXmaster100]

no i ment normally

[TheRAMPAGE233]

@cisco7890 actually it was droped by an airplane, you could probably find it -------> that way on the suggestion videos

[B1Studios]

@cisco7890 First of all, learn how to spell. Second off all, you don't say "First of all" when you don't have a "Second of all". And last of all, who the $@!# cares? It's a freakin' game!

[HondaH100A]

The X15, built by Northrop, I think, was a rocket powered experimental aircraft built in the 1950s and was released from the B52 bomber. The idea of the mission was to fly as high and fast as possible. Speeds in the regions of mach 5 (hypersonic) were achieved and flying altitudes of about 354 000 feet or there abouts. To this day, the X15 is and has been the only hypersonic aircraft. Flying time was minimal due to the thirst of the rocket motor. But thrust was huge.

[lukefasss]

what if u accidently deploy parachute :D ?

[AstatineMime]

Its looks more like a rocket

[Dominoes282]

it is it has a rocket engine

[AstatineMime]

Yeah but its weird if we start on the ground cuz the thing is supposed to be lift off from a commercial jet kinda thing

[FSXmaster100]

no it can take off from the ground and really it is lifted off form a b-19 superfortres

[AstatineMime]

i thought it took off from a jet

[capguy356]

what view mode are you in

[Dominoes282]

VC (Virtual Cockpit)

[JMRabil675]

no accualy 5/5

[TheLastWord1978]

4/5