Microsoft Flight Simulator | First Officer Airline Edition

Flight Simulator First Officer is a generic copilot designed to work with Microsoft Flight Simulator’s (i.e. MSFS2020) A320, B737, and 787 aircraft; in short, it adds a touch of realism while providing a copilot to share cockpit responsibilities. FSFO does not require strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (i.e. scripts), reading lengthy manuals or precise speech. To that end, it can be as complex or simple as you want.  FSFO also contains Boeing and Airbus specific checklists, which can be activated/responded to via voice or be completely autotmated.  Just hit connect and fly with confidence that your First Officer is helping you fly these aircraft. MSFS SDK is currently very limited; as a result, FSFO is limited with how it can interact with MSFS. However, we will update this FSFO Airliner as MSFS progresses

Features:

• Voice Integration
  • Command the First Office to set the heading, speed, altitude, flaps, gear, autopilot, takeoff thrust, and execute the flows and checklists. See the Voice Command section for a full list of commands
  • Checklist can be controlled via voice or automated
• Flight Deck Announcements 
  • Welcome Aboard (message depends on weather conditions)
  • Flight Attendants “Prepare for Takeoff”
  • 10,000 ft chime
  • We’ve reached our cruise altitude (message depends on turbulence)
  • Descent Announcement
  • Flight Attendants “Prepare for Landing”
  • Welcome to our destination (message depends on weather conditions)
• Integrated Flows and Checklist 
  • Flows - When activated, the copilot will check each system to ensure its set correctly for a specific flight phase; if it's not set correctly, he will configure said system.
  • Checklist - When called, the copilot will call the checklist item; if it's set correctly, he will proceed to the next item; if it's not, he will wait for the pilot to configure the system before proceeding to the next call. If using ‘voice mode’, you can simply speak the required response to move to the next item (e.g. checked, set, on, off, etc…)
• Speed Calls:
  • Copilot call Power Set
  • Copilot calls Speed Alive
  • Copilot calls 80 Knots on takeoff and 100, 80 and 60 Knots on landing
  • Copilot calls V1, Rotate, and V2
  • Copilot calls ‘400 feet’
  • Copilot calls “acceleration altitude”
  • Vref monitoring (i.e. copilot will advise the captain when the airspeed falls below the imputed value on landing)
• Engine Callouts
  • Calls “Engine 1 and 2 Started”
  • Calls "Engine 1 and 2 Cutout"
  • Calls “All Engines Stable”
• Safety Checks:
  • Before Takeoff - Copilot checks the flaps, trims and autobrakes; if they're incorrect, he will warn you
  • After Takeoff - Copilot checks the landing gear and flaps; if they're incorrect, he will warn you
  • Before Landing - Copilot checks the landing gear, flaps and spoilers; if they're incorrect, he will warn you
  • Doors – Copilot will warn you anytime the engines are running and the main door is opened

• Copilot Options:
  • Manages Autopilot – Copilot can turn on/off, A/T and Master Autopilot; Copilot can also set heading, speed and altitudes values via voice command (e.g. set speed 240)
  • Manages Gear – Copilot can raise/lower the gear at the designated altitudes or via voice command
  • Manages Flaps – Copilot will raise/lower the flaps at the appropriate speeds or via voice command
  • Manages Altimeters - Copilot can set altimeters based on flight parameters
  • Call Vspeeds - Copilot will call V1, Rotate and V2 at the appropriate speeds
  • Speed Warns - If selected, Copilot will:
    • Advice you when the Indicated Air Speeds (IAS) goes above 250 knots; if the aircraft is below 10,000 feet MSL.
    • Advice you if your ground speed exceeds the knots established via the Profile screen, “GS Warn” option. The default is 30 knots
  • Manages Lights - Copilot can turn on/off ALL lights at the appropriate altitudes and time of day
  • Manages ILS Freq – Copilot will automatically tune the ILS frequency and Course to prepare the aircraft for landing
  • Systems monitoring - Copilot can also callout flap changes, parking brake, landing and spoiler status.  For example, if you retract the flaps from 10 to 5, the copilot will call “flaps 5.”  If the landing gear is extended, the Copilot calls “landing gear down”

• Aircraft Systems (FSFO Includes critical systems to your freeware/default aircraft):

• Altitude Alert – Audible “beep-beep-beep” is heard when the aircraft is within 1000 feet of the programmed altitude
• Bank Angle Warn – Audible “bank angle-bank angle” warning is played when the aircraft bank angle exceeds 35 degrees
• Stall – Audible stall warning is heard when the aircraft falls below the stall speed, as read from the aircraft.cfg
• Overspeed – Audible stall warning is heard when the aircraft is above the maximum operating airspeed, as read from the aircraft.cfg