A navigator’s milestone belongs to the whole crew story
A congressional announcement identifies Steve “Thirsty” Smith as a 93rd Bomb Squadron navigator when he reached 10,000 B-52 flying hours in March 2017.
机型库Boeing B-52G Stratofortress
Airman 1st Class Victor J. Caputo · Public domain · A B-52 of the 307th Bomb Wing; family photograph, not the catalogue B-52GBoeing B-52G Stratofortress
A long-range strategic bomber with a swept wing and eight jet engines in paired pods.
Military jet配置文件选项：1 个
了解飞机
The B-52 entered US Air Force service in 1955 and became a central aircraft of the Cold War bomber force. Its large wing, paired engine nacelles and bicycle-style main landing gear give it a distinctive shape. Later upgrades changed its missions and equipment over a long operational life.
The simulator product represents the historical B-52G. The B-52H and its later upgrades have different equipment.
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress · Specifications (B-52H) · real aircraft; source units retained
- Length
- 159 ft 4 in (48.5 m)↗
- Wingspan
- 185 ft 0 in (56.4 m)↗
- Height
- 40 ft 8 in (12.4 m)↗
- Wing area
- 4,000 sq ft (370 m² )↗
- Empty weight
- 185,000 lb (83,250 kg)↗
- Gross weight
- 265,000 lb (120,000 kg)↗
- Max takeoff weight
- 488,000 lb (221,323 kg)↗
- Powerplant
- 8 × Pratt & Whitney TF33 -P-3/103 turbofans , 17,000 lbf (76 kN) thrust each↗
- Maximum speed
- 650 mph (1,050 km/h, 560 kn)↗
- Cruise speed
- 509 mph (819 km/h, 442 kn)↗
Development milestones
First flight: 15 April 1952 ( 1952-04-15 )
Learning to manage the bomber’s inertia and its crew
Coming from instructing in the T-38, Shiban found the B-52’s size and inertia a major adjustment. The aircraft responded more slowly than the trainer he knew, and after his first training flight he was astonished to look back at the bomber and realise he had landed it. Aerial refuelling took several sorties before it began to feel manageable.
Command also meant listening to a much larger crew. Navigators and electronic-warfare specialists could have different immediate concerns, leaving the aircraft commander to weigh their advice while keeping the aircraft flying. Shiban was clear that success belonged to the whole crew. His account makes learning the bomber a combination of physical coordination, patience and trust in the people at the other stations.
Watching aircraft outside the laboratory leads to a cockpit career
Jensen already held a private pilot’s licence when she began work as a project engineer at Edwards. Watching the aircraft outside the laboratory helped turn flying from a hobby into a career ambition. Pilot training and a period instructing on the T-37 eventually led to B-52 conversion and command qualification in 2004.
By the interview, she had about two years on the bomber and was flying over Afghanistan. She valued the connection with controllers on the ground, whose calm voices helped the crew understand situations that looked very different from high above. Jensen also reflected on the women whose earlier service had made her own path possible.
Jet power changes a bomber pilot’s working day
Of the large bombers Potter had flown, the B-52 was his favourite. He appreciated the reduction in engine-management tasks compared with the B-36, where descent preparation involved several systems and a carefully ordered sequence. The jet still kept the crew busy with checklists, but he remembered its quicker pace as enjoyable.
A Pacific assignment also left a vivid memory of flying over Manila with crowds below and a senior officer in the jumpseat. Potter recalled the visitor’s enthusiasm at a first ride in the bomber. His later interview mixes that public occasion with the demands of Strategic Air Command life, including long working hours and separation from family. The dates of some recalled events are uncertain.
公开来源 8
- Boeing B-52 StratofortressResearch background · Wikipedia revision 1374248432 · retrieved 2026-09-12
- X-Plane 11 Desktop Manual
- X-Plane aircraft and avionics manuals
- The Empire’s Ironclad: flying and fighting in the B-52Keith Shiban · 11 June 2016
- B-52 pilot shares her Air Force experience and contributionsMaster Sgt. Scott King interviews Andrea Jensen · 20 March 2006
- Interview with Col. Francis Potter, March 1990Interview published by Ben Phillips · 10 January 2014
- Steve Smith reaches 10,000 B-52 flying hours3 March 2017 · explicitly identifies Smith as a navigator
- ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsPublic search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03
配置文件如何建模
Boeing B-52G Stratofortress
Free + ProX-Plane 11
The B-52 entered US Air Force service in 1955 and became a central aircraft of the Cold War bomber force. Its large wing, paired engine nacelles and bicycle-style main landing gear give it a distinctive shape. Later upgrades changed its missions and equipment over a long operational life.
This starting point selects Boeing B-52G Stratofortress. Its aircraft-level settings do not select a particular developer’s custom systems.
Spring resistance builds with the selected airspeed response. A separate aerodynamic term adds speed-dependent control load.
Valid trim provides the configured pressure relief. Autopilot following is off.
Controls and trim
This reference selects the historical B-52G rather than modern B-52H equipment or current upgrade plans. Its paired engine nacelles and bicycle-style main gear define the bomber's configuration. The retained aircraft background supplies identity and history without an exact cockpit-force, trim or autopilot-output specification for this selected model.
About the values
The gains are normalized profile settings. They describe the chosen effect balance; hand force depends on the device and its output limits. IAS references are tuning values rather than operating limits. Physical acceptance of this revision remains pending.
Master gain & control system
Master gain85%
施加于模型产出的一切、在设备上限之前的最终整体输出缩放。
调高: 一切(弹簧、载荷、效果)一同增强。
调低: 一切一同变柔。
设定理由: Scales overall profile strength while preserving effect balance, subject to device and output limits.
Forces
Spring strength80%
把摇杆拉回中央的基础回中力。其他所有力都叠加在它之上。太低,正常飞行中摇杆会发软;太高,它会与你的手较劲,并掩盖叠加其上的细微提示。
调高: 更硬的回中,更抗手。
调低: 更软的杆,只靠气动载荷。
设定理由: The configured control response is a nominal B-52G starting estimate; its size and engine count do not establish a cockpit force schedule. The baseline spring is 0.8. Its low-speed blend reaches baseline strength at 90 KIAS.
Spring deadband4%
中央附近弹簧保持安静的小中立区,让静止时的微小移动不会咔嗒作响。更宽更安稳但更松,更窄更精确但可能在中央附近抖动。
调高: 更安静但更松的中央,旷量更大。
调低: 更紧的中央,静止时可能抖动。
设定理由: Sets travel around the centre before the baseline spring resists. Smaller values engage it sooner.
Overall aerodynamic load25%
作用于两条持续轴载荷的主缩放,在它们各自的独立平衡之前施加。配置文件通常不动它,而是调校两条轴载荷。
调高: 两轴载荷一同加重。
调低: 两轴一同减轻。
设定理由: The aerodynamic-load gain is 0.25 with an indicated-speed reference of 260 KIAS. The hydraulic-load factor of 0.35 scales that modeled term; it is a selected artificial-feel approximation.
Airspeed blendingTrue
启用低速弹簧介入窗口(上面的起始/全强度节数)。关闭时弹簧在所有速度下恒定。
设定理由: Allows baseline spring strength to rise with indicated airspeed where the control law permits it.
Low-speed spring floor55%
在静止、空速尚未产生气动力之前,弹簧还剩多少。下限高,停机时摇杆结实;下限低,则是停放轻型飞机那种钢索松弛的感觉。
调高: 停机和滑行时杆更结实。
调低: 停机时杆发软,只随速度苏醒。
设定理由: Sets low-speed spring strength as a fraction of baseline when blending is enabled. One keeps full strength.
Spring engagement start20 kt
弹簧从低速下限开始向全强度攀升的空速:起飞滑跑中操纵面"苏醒"的那一刻。
设定理由: Sets the IAS where the low-speed spring blend starts rising. This is a feel threshold, not a flight limit.
Spring engagement full90 kt
弹簧达到全强度的空速。从起点到这里,随着气流在操纵面上增强,回中逐渐变硬。
设定理由: Sets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it.
力反馈调校速度260
气动载荷达到设计满值的指示空速。它把整条载荷曲线锚定在飞机真实的速度范围:172在110节就载满,喷气机要晚得多。
调高: 载荷来得更晚;杆轻到更高速度。
调低: 载荷来得更早,巡航更沉。
设定理由: Sets the IAS reference for aerodynamic loading. It is an estimate, not published cruise TAS or a flight limit.
Centre firmness vs speed0%
在偏转载荷之外,回中本身随速度变硬的程度。零则中央手感恒定;越大,巡航时回中越硬,起落航线上越松。
调高: 中央随速度明显变硬。
调低: 任何速度下中央手感恒定。
设定理由: The high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 0. No additional speed-driven stiffening is added; this does not disable independent aerodynamic loading.
Centre stiffening cap5
速度驱动的中央变硬上限,防止高速飞行把弹簧无限上紧。
调高: 高速允许更多总硬化。
调低: 硬化更早封顶。
设定理由: Limits the squared airspeed ratio used for high-speed spring stiffening; it is not a device-force cap.
Aileron load65%
由副翼偏转和空速产生的持续横滚载荷,独立于俯仰调校。与升降舵载荷一起,决定评测中常说的操纵协调比。
调高: 横滚力更重。
调低: 副翼更轻更灵。
设定理由: Roll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.65 and 0.65, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled.
Elevator load65%
由升降舵偏转和空速产生的持续俯仰载荷,独立于横滚调校。这是决定机型俯仰重量的主杠杆。它不影响副翼、弹簧、配平或抖振力。
调高: 速度下持续俯仰力更重。
调低: 升降舵更轻,握持更省力。
设定理由: Scales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings.
Max output force55%
每个稳态俯仰或横滚力到达设备前的上限,防止猛烈机动中砸击或饱和硬件。
调高: 削波前更高的稳态力峰值。
调低: 更柔的上限;猛烈机动更早被抹平。
设定理由: Caps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate.
Trim
Trim relief (elevator)30%
升降舵配平缓解持续俯仰力、移动杆的安定位置的强度。在100 %时,配平得当的飞机不需要保持压力——正是真实飞行中"用配平消掉载荷"的流程。
调高: 配平消掉更多持续力;100 %时满配平可完全抵消。
调低: 即使配平也仍要持续用力。
设定理由: Pitch relief is a selected software approximation, with no exact trim-to-hardware relationship established by the retained background source. Pitch authority 0.3 relieves permitted loading; hydraulic centre movement is off. Roll authority is 0.09.
Trim relief (aileron)9%
横滚配平的同类缓解。多数通航机型没有真正的副翼配平,所以保持为零;有横滚配平的机型获得相应的值。
调高: 横滚配平消掉更多持续力。
调低: 横滚配平作用更小。
设定理由: Scales supported roll-trim relief and permitted centre movement. Zero removes roll response.
Effect gains · Ground
Runway rumble40%
由轮速和地面类型(铺装、草地、砾石)产生的滚动振动。
调高: 杆上更强的地面质感。
调低: 更平滑的滑行。
设定理由: Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration.
Gear bumps32%
来自伸缩缝、车辙和粗糙地面的短促离散颠簸,为持续隆隆声打上标点。
调高: 接缝与车辙的冲击更清晰。
调低: 更柔的地面细节。
设定理由: Sets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact.
Effect gains · Airframe
Stall buffet30%
接近失速及失速警告响起时的机体抖动:这副机翼宣告不满的音量。断失干脆的机型抖振收敛,让喇叭承担警告。
调高: 更强的失速前颤抖。
调低: 更含蓄的机翼;警告交给喇叭。
设定理由: Sets stall-buffet strength. Zero removes the cue without changing simulator stalls or warnings.
Mach buffet22%
接近马赫极限的跨音速抖振。对接近MMO的喷气机有意义,对到不了那里的活塞机和涡桨机为零。
调高: 接近马赫极限时更强的跨音速抖振。
调低: 高马赫下更平滑的飞行。
设定理由: Sets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate.
Flap buffet14%
襟翼伸入气流后机体的低频振动,发生在它们真正做功的速度窗口内。
调高: 襟翼做功时更粗糙的飞行。
调低: 更柔的进近襟翼。
设定理由: Sets flap buffet at the configured position and speed gates. Flap movement texture is separate.
Gear buffet10%
可收放起落架悬在气流中引起的机体鼓振。固定起落架机型为零,它们的机体外形从不改变。
调高: 放起落架时更多鼓振。
调低: 放起落架飞行更干净。
设定理由: Sets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate.
Stick shaker90%
由飞机自身失速警告系统触发的专用抖杆器振动。只有真有抖杆器的机型才有值;其余全靠气动抖振和喇叭。
调高: 更硬的抖杆器。
调低: 更含蓄的抖杆器。
设定理由: Sets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled.
Effect gains · Engine, mechanical & drag
Touchdown thump90%
机轮触及跑道那一下的单次冲击,按下沉率缩放:轻柔着陆是耳语,结实到达是一记闷响。
调高: 触地时更硬的一击。
调低: 更柔的到达。
设定理由: Sets landing-impact strength; landing telemetry and response shape determine the pulse.
Reverse rumble50%
反推或桨叶beta区工作时的滑跑振动。无反推机型为零。
调高: 反推下更粗糙的滑跑。
调低: 更含蓄的反推。
设定理由: Sets reverse-thrust vibration with valid reverser and engine conditions. Zero removes the cue.
Engine rumble6%
从慢车到全功率跟随转速的持续动力装置振动——前方有东西在烧油的永恒提醒。
调高: 杆里更多发动机。
调低: 更含蓄的发动机。
设定理由: Sets estimated engine vibration using configured telemetry and response, not measured cockpit vibration.
Flap motion12%
仅在模拟器报告襟翼舵面确实移动时的持续振动。它跟随真实作动器的运动和故障,而非估算的计时器。
调高: 襟翼移动中更多振动。
调低: 更含蓄的襟翼行程。
设定理由: Sets texture from observed flap movement; a command without movement does not establish the cue.
Autopilot follow
AP follow authority10%
自动驾驶指令可以让杆实际移动多远。在MSFS中保持极小,因为移动的轴可能被读回为飞行员输入;零则完全禁用跟随。
调高: 自动驾驶让你的杆移动得明显更多。
调低: 几乎察觉不到的跟随。
设定理由: Sets admitted AP-follow gain, not a percentage of travel. Runtime ownership and input limits still apply.
Stick feel
StickFeel · Trim feel enabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
设定理由: Retained for compatibility and group membership. Trim relief, rather than this flag, controls centre movement.
StickFeel · Trim relief enabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
设定理由: Allows trim relief with supported control law and valid telemetry. Axis authorities set its amount.
StickFeel · Force trim enabledFalse
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
设定理由: Enables local force trim, separate from aircraft-owned trim and add-on integration qualification.
StickFeel · G load enabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
设定理由: Allows load-factor changes to modify permitted spring laws. Passive fly-by-wire feel can suppress it.
StickFeel · Rate damping enabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
设定理由: Enables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law.
Autopilot
Autopilot · Follow enabledFalse
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
设定理由: Autopilot following is off; the configured spring and load retain the hardware feel.
Autopilot · Neutral hold enabledFalse
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
设定理由: Permits centering hold during a supported AP state, separate from following a moving target.
Autopilot · Neutral hold strength0.6
设定理由: Sets admitted AP neutral-hold strength; inactive while neutral hold is disabled.
Aero
Aero · EnabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
设定理由: Enables aerodynamic cues; each still needs nonzero strength and its simulator conditions.
Aero · Max flap index2
Where this effect reaches full strength (or has fully faded, for washouts).
调高: a more gradual build to a later peak.
调低: a quicker build.
设定理由: Sets the final flap index for detent normalization. UP plus three detents uses maximum index3.
Aero · Min flap index2
Where this effect begins fading in.
调高: the effect begins later.
调低: it begins earlier.
设定理由: Sets the first flap detent that admits buffet; this is a handle index, not degrees.
Aero · Shaker enabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
设定理由: Permits shaker at supported warning conditions; the switch does not establish aircraft equipment.
Ground
Ground · EnabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
设定理由: Enables ground effects; each still needs its own strength and contact or motion telemetry.
Engine
Engine · EnabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
设定理由: Enables engine cues with nonzero settings and valid running-engine telemetry.
Mechanical
Mechanical · EnabledTrue
Whether this feature is active in this profile.
设定理由: Enables accessory cues with configured strengths and observed accessory movement.
Mechanical · Gain0.12
The strength of this effect.
调高: a stronger effect.
调低: a weaker one.
设定理由: Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects.
全部配置文件设置
| 参数 | 数值 | 控制作用及原因 |
|---|---|---|
| Spring strength | 0.8 | The configured control response is a nominal B-52G starting estimate; its size and engine count do not establish a cockpit force schedule. The baseline spring is 0.8. Its low-speed blend reaches baseline strength at 90 KIAS. |
| Spring deadband | 0.035 | Sets travel around the centre before the baseline spring resists. Smaller values engage it sooner. |
| Force gain | 0.25 | The aerodynamic-load gain is 0.25 with an indicated-speed reference of 260 KIAS. The hydraulic-load factor of 0.35 scales that modeled term; it is a selected artificial-feel approximation. |
| Master gain | 0.85 | Scales overall profile strength while preserving effect balance, subject to device and output limits. |
| Dynamic-pressure blend | True | Allows baseline spring strength to rise with indicated airspeed where the control law permits it. |
| Minimum spring factor | 0.55 | Sets low-speed spring strength as a fraction of baseline when blending is enabled. One keeps full strength. |
| Spring wake-up speed | 20 kt | Sets the IAS where the low-speed spring blend starts rising. This is a feel threshold, not a flight limit. |
| Spring full-strength speed | 90 kt | Sets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it. |
| 力反馈调校速度 | 260.0 kt | Sets the IAS reference for aerodynamic loading. It is an estimate, not published cruise TAS or a flight limit. |
| Airspeed spring stiffening | 0 | The high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 0. No additional speed-driven stiffening is added; this does not disable independent aerodynamic loading. |
| Airspeed stiffening cap | 5 | Limits the squared airspeed ratio used for high-speed spring stiffening; it is not a device-force cap. |
| Aileron force scale | 0.65 | Roll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.65 and 0.65, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled. |
| Elevator force scale | 0.65 | Scales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings. |
| Maximum output force | 0.55 | Caps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate. |
| StickFeel · Trim feel enabled | True | Retained for compatibility and group membership. Trim relief, rather than this flag, controls centre movement. |
| StickFeel · Trim relief enabled | True | Allows trim relief with supported control law and valid telemetry. Axis authorities set its amount. |
| StickFeel · Elevator authority | 0.3 | Pitch relief is a selected software approximation, with no exact trim-to-hardware relationship established by the retained background source. Pitch authority 0.3 relieves permitted loading; hydraulic centre movement is off. Roll authority is 0.09. |
| StickFeel · Aileron authority | 0.09 | Scales supported roll-trim relief and permitted centre movement. Zero removes roll response. |
| StickFeel · Force trim enabled | False | Enables local force trim, separate from aircraft-owned trim and add-on integration qualification. |
| StickFeel · G load enabled | True | Allows load-factor changes to modify permitted spring laws. Passive fly-by-wire feel can suppress it. |
| StickFeel · Rate damping enabled | True | Enables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law. |
| Autopilot · Follow enabled | False | Autopilot following is off; the configured spring and load retain the hardware feel. |
| Autopilot · Follow authority | 0.1 | Sets admitted AP-follow gain, not a percentage of travel. Runtime ownership and input limits still apply. |
| Autopilot · Neutral hold enabled | False | Permits centering hold during a supported AP state, separate from following a moving target. |
| Autopilot · Neutral hold strength | 0.6 | Sets admitted AP neutral-hold strength; inactive while neutral hold is disabled. |
| Aero · Enabled | True | Enables aerodynamic cues; each still needs nonzero strength and its simulator conditions. |
| Aero · Gain | 0.3 | Sets stall-buffet strength. Zero removes the cue without changing simulator stalls or warnings. |
| Aero · Gain | 0.22 | Sets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate. |
| Aero · Gain | 0.14 | Sets flap buffet at the configured position and speed gates. Flap movement texture is separate. |
| Aero · Max flap index | 2 | Sets the final flap index for detent normalization. UP plus three detents uses maximum index3. |
| Aero · Min flap index | 2 | Sets the first flap detent that admits buffet; this is a handle index, not degrees. |
| Aero · Gain | 0.1 | Sets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate. |
| Aero · Shaker enabled | True | Permits shaker at supported warning conditions; the switch does not establish aircraft equipment. |
| Aero · Amplitude | 0.9 | Sets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled. |
| Ground · Enabled | True | Enables ground effects; each still needs its own strength and contact or motion telemetry. |
| Ground · Gain | 0.4 | Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration. |
| Ground · Gain | 0.32 | Sets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact. |
| Ground · Gain | 0.9 | Sets landing-impact strength; landing telemetry and response shape determine the pulse. |
| Ground · Gain | 0.5 | Sets reverse-thrust vibration with valid reverser and engine conditions. Zero removes the cue. |
| Engine · Enabled | True | Enables engine cues with nonzero settings and valid running-engine telemetry. |
| Engine · Gain | 0.06 | Sets estimated engine vibration using configured telemetry and response, not measured cockpit vibration. |
| Mechanical · Enabled | True | Enables accessory cues with configured strengths and observed accessory movement. |
| Mechanical · Gain | 0.12 | Sets texture from observed flap movement; a command without movement does not establish the cue. |
| Mechanical · Gain | 0.12 | Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects. |
公开来源 8
- Boeing B-52 StratofortressResearch background · Wikipedia revision 1374248432 · retrieved 2026-09-12
- X-Plane 11 Desktop Manual
- X-Plane aircraft and avionics manuals
- The Empire’s Ironclad: flying and fighting in the B-52Keith Shiban · 11 June 2016
- B-52 pilot shares her Air Force experience and contributionsMaster Sgt. Scott King interviews Andrea Jensen · 20 March 2006
- Interview with Col. Francis Potter, March 1990Interview published by Ben Phillips · 10 January 2014
- Steve Smith reaches 10,000 B-52 flying hours3 March 2017 · explicitly identifies Smith as a navigator
- ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsPublic search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03
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