BlueBird Simulations B757

Compatibility: MSFS 2024, MSFS 2020
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BlueBird Simulations present the most faithful 757 simulation
ever created for Microsoft Flight Simulator!

This initial release includes the 200 version with both PW and RR engine types. The 300 will be available soon after release as a free addition. This release is based on the 2020 SDK and will be compatible with FS2024. A native FS2024 version will arrive soon after release, also as a free addition. 


AIRFRAME AND SYSTEMS - ENGINEERED TO THE RIVET

Every panel, flex point and powerplant modelled from source data - not photographs.

Wing Flex and Aerodynamics
Real-time wing flex simulation driven by accurate aerodynamic load calculations. Watch the wings respond to turbulence, G-loads and fuel weight changes exactly as they do on the real aircraft.

Structural and Surface Detail
Physically-based rendering captures every rivet, dirt streak and paint imperfection. Dynamic lighting reveals the subtle curvature of the fuselage with stunning photorealism.

Engine Variants
Choose between the thundering Rolls-Royce RB211 and the refined Pratt & Whitney PW2000. Each engine is individually modelled with distinct performance characteristics, EGT profiles and sound signatures.


STEP ONTO THE FLIGHT DECK - SYSTEMS YOU CAN ACTUALLY OPERATE

Flight Management Computer
Built from the ground up. LNAV and VNAV follow authentic airliner lateral and vertical path logic. SimBrief integration loads your flight plan directly into the FMC with full route validation.

200 Working Circuit Breakers
Every breaker is mapped to its exact bus. Pull one and watch the precise cascade of systems lose power. Restore and see them illuminate in the exact troubleshooting sequence.

Authentic CRT Displays
High-refresh-rate CRT simulation with realistic phosphor glow, scan-line effects and dynamic brightness. Every display behaves exactly like the real equipment.


ULTRA-HIGH FIDELITY FROM NOSE TO TAIL - DEEP SYSTEMS SIMULATION, IMMERSIVE ACOUSTICS AND MULTIPLE LEGENDARY VARIANTS - ALL PART OF ONE AIRCRAFT

FMC & ARINC 424 Navigation
Custom LNAV/VNAV implementation adhering to ARINC 424 standards. Includes complex turn anticipation, altitude constraint management and authentic AFDS logic.

Bleed Air & Pneumatic Architecture
Fully thermodynamic ECS and pneumatic simulation. Accurate mass flow, multi-zone differential pressure management, and bleed air demand integrated with thrust.

Triple-Redundant Architecture
Complete simulation of Left, Right, and CentrE hydraulic systems interfacing with independent electrical buses. Features stand-alone RAT deployment and actuator degradation.

Avionics & Situational Awareness
Custom IRU alignment, detailed EICAS message logic and EGPWS terrain display.

Wwise 3D Audio Architecture
Multi-layered Wwise event-driven engine featuring fully spatialised, position-aware external and internal profiles. Simulates aerodynamic shear and cabin environmental variance.

Acoustic Propulsion Signatures
Bespoke frequency-mapped audio profiles for Rolls-Royce RB211 and Pratt & Whitney PW2000 powerplants. Captures exact N1/N2 spool characteristics, high-bypass hum and localised thrust reverser deployment.


See the Detailed Description below for more details of the aircraft's systems,
EFB features, model, flight model and sounds!

SYSTEMS

Air Conditioning

  • Air Condition Packs, Pack Valves and Trim Air system fully coded with associated circuit breaker logic modelled. Air Condition Packs have integrated pack controllers that allow for low/high automatic flow. Standby controllers are also simulated and functional for malfunctioning auto controllers.
  • Passenger Count from boarding is directly tied into and simulated in cabin temperature control logic. Cabin has a natural tendency toward ambient temperature or worse depending on passenger count etc.
  • Many factors influence cabin temperature, from door and window combinations to wind and weather, to pack effectiveness and pack quantity.
  • Air conditioning will feel like an actual component of flight simulation for airline operations. It’s not a by-product of just turning the packs on, but managing an actual aircraft cabin.

Autopilot

  • Fully custom-coded autopilot built from the ground up
  • All three flight control computers simulated with all their electro-hydraulic servos and connected systems
  • Autopilot bound by control laws
  • Auto-trim system
  • Full LNAV/VNAV with RNAV legs
  • Accurate autoland behaviour
  • FMS communication to mobiflight and others for CDU hardware is fully implemented and simulated
  • HOPPIE ACARs integration is built into the FMC. HOPPIE can currently be used for: DCL, Air-To-Air ACARS messaging
  • Other ACARS functionalities are simulated with full SimBrief and Navigraph integration or local ACARs simulation (e.g. custom dispatcher, maintenance control response/messaging)

Communication

  • Fully custom-coded cabin communication and flight interphone system
  • All three flight attendant zones can call flight deck including cabin alerts for requests and reminders for things such as uncomfortable cabin temps, cabin secure announcements or response to two sets of cabin chimes (cleared for departure signal from flight deck); they might even remind you to turn on the fasten seat belt sign if descending in range and cabin securing is being completed.  Emergencies use cabin alert calls from flight attendants for events including  passenger oxygen deployment and cabin altitude warnings/depressurisation (with more to come later).
  • GND CALL simulated and will call to remove ground power. Uses SimBrief flight plan and integrated EFB boarding controls to determine external power disconnecting.
  • Cabin Chimes and Alert Cabin Call Triple Chime simulated
  • Flight attendants can be called
  • Transponder simulated
  • All three radios simulated

Electrical

  • Full implementation of all aircraft buses
  • Over 500 circuit breakers mapped to their correct electrical bus (200 will be initially functional with more added over time)
  • Accurate simulation of relays and contactors
  • Accurate simulation of power transfers
  • Hundreds of relays and contactors simulated also in their corresponding ATA chapter
  • Dynamic schematic diagram of the electrical system in the EFB
  • Accurate load shedding simulation

Fire Protection

  • All detector logic cards simulated
  • All loops and loop power sources simulated
  • Detector faults and fire detection
  • Fire and fault injection (random and user requested)
  • AFOLTS two-loop voting for fire indications
  • FIRE/OVHT system
  • FIRE/OVHT latching and resetting
  • Testing and detection for wheel well fires
  • Testing of Overheat loops (strut and nacelle)
  • Testing of Eng/Cargo/APU (fire and specific turbine cooling overheat)
  • Fully implemented circuit breakers and circuit breaker logic

Flight Controls

  • Fully custom-coded surface movement logic according to the aircraft diagrams
  • All flight controls are accurately controlled by their associated hydraulic lines
  • Dynamic interaction between flight control systems and hydraulic systems (surface movement changes hydraulic pressure)
  • Fully custom-coded elevator trim
  • Accurate spoiler simulation (ground, air, spoilerons)
  • Custom-coded auto spoiler system
  • Custom-coded flap system with accurate indication system
  • Fully decoupled flaps leading edge and trailing edge simulation
  • Rudder ratio system
  • Drooping control surface simulation and rudder weather vanning
  • Real-world flap timings

Fuel

  • Accurate simulation of all fuel pumps, lines and junctions
  • Fuel Config system logic
  • Realistic start-up and transfer fuel pump delay logic
  • Integration with CBs for controllers vs indications
  • Accurate fuelling logic (wing tanks fuel before centre tank)

Hydraulic

  • Fully custom-coded hydraulic systems, including lines, pumps, valves etc.
  • Accurate L/C/R hydraulic systems modelled with their associated lines
  • C hydraulic Elen 1 and 2 inhibition and shedding logic
  • Accurate hydraulic pump logic / flow / fluid output / pressure
  • Reserve fluid and quantity for reserve brakes
  • Accurate ram air turbine (RAT) simulation. RAT provides pressure to correct systems

Ice and Rain

  • Fully simulated probe heating using air/grnd relay logic and engine speed card/relay logic
  • Probe heat EICAS/discrete light also simulated 1:1 with separate air/gnd relays and engine relays
  • Probe heat indication circuitry also simulated and supported
  • Engine probes are simulated and heated and provide correct indications for failure lights/messages
  • Probe heat testing simulated via P61 and correct electrical logic
  • Custom TAT probe features conductive properties and bleed aspiration. Custom Pneumatic system feeds correct bleed to the TAT probe from correct duct and source. On hot calmer wind days with no bleed aspiration (no bleed air available to TAT probe) the TAT may heat beyond the ambient OAT. This feeds into TO PERF calculation in CDU which may cause a limitation of  Assumed Temp Derated Take-off calculations (because CDU will now have a higher OAT than reported METAR/ATIS source weather. This is a mostly rare, but fully simulated, corner case scenario in the B757.
  • Fully separated and simulated windshield heating and ice build-up. Window heat testing is simulated via P61.
  • Anti-Ice valves have correct pneumatic input requirements. All EICAS lights and discretes hooked up to correct relays and pressure switch checks attached to correct pneumatic ducts.
  • Anti-Ice valves have all relays from air/gnd and engine logic and exhibit real-world behaviours
  • Wing Anti-Ice valves pull from correct sources in the custom pneumatic system. Pilots will need to ensure correct real-world operations to ensure structural anti-ice is available during icing conditions.
  • Icing modelled on windshield blades and windshield wiper components that provide real-world indications of icing build-up and cues to pilots for visual icing condition confirmation.

Indication and recording

  • Ultra-efficient custom-coded CRT displays coded in C++
  • Full simulation of the EICAS system (independent L & R EICAS systems)
  • Full simulation of all displays including INOP flags (PFDs, NDs, EICAS, analogue gauges etc.)
  • Full TCAS II simulation
  • Complex and Robust Warn Elex and EICAS combination work together to provide correct warning, alert, chime, bell, siren, owl behaviours
  • Warning Electronics Unit fully simulated. Master Caution/Warning light and button behaviours driven by WEU/EICAS.  EICAS and WEU work together to provide real alerts/bells/chimes etc. to pilots in the cockpit
  • All warning inhibits and logic simulated
  • All caution inhibits and logic simulated
  • All time delays for each warning completed to manufacturer spec
  • EICAS behaviours (alert and caution message inhibits during start, et al.) simulated
  • All electric components are connected to their respective circuits. WEU has two independent circuits. Speakers are also simulated.
  • Radio Altimetry is simulated with inoperative and failed component logic passed into configuration warning errors
  • Over 300 EICAS messages simulated

Landing Gear

  • Custom-coded landing gear system with alternate extension simulated
  • Nose gear tiller steering with full hydraulic system integration
  • Custom braking system with accurate brake temperature simulation
  • Custom-coded brake temperature monitor system
  • Custom physics simulation for brake efficiency based on temperature
  • Custom-coded AUTOBRAKE system featuring multiple selectable deceleration rates to maintain a constant braking profile regardless of runway conditions or aerodynamic drag

Lights

  • Accurate exterior and interior lighting simulation
  • All lights are powered by correct electrical circuits and buses
  • Cabin lighting with ground handling bus and panel
  • Functional emergency lighting
  • Dynamic virtual cockpit lighting adjusts to sunlight for realistic backlighting effect

Navigation

  • Fully custom coded VOR/DMEs, localizers, glideslopes and other navaids integrated with Navigraph data.
  • Custom CDU based on the 'Pegasus' version with all pages simulated. This includes:
     - INIT/REF key behaviour
     - APP/DEP key behaviour
     - ACTIVATE and EXECUTE functionality
     - Missed approach loading with APPROACH SELECTION
     - Holding
     - ALTN page including DIVERT NOW functionality
     - PRE FLT COMPLETE logic for PERF pages
     - Extended centreline
     - LEGS page functionality
     - VNAV CLB, CRZ, DES pages including all associated labels, behaviours and functionality
     - NAV DATA page (ability to look up waypoint information)
     - Approach ref 
     - Take-off ref
     - PERF INIT page
     - FIX page behaviour
     - Fuel prediction calculations
     - RADNAV inhibition and position calculation simulated
  • Accurate IRS system simulation with realistic alignment times or the ability to set alignment time/instant align.
  • Gyro drift simulation.
  • Full SimBrief performance AND weather through custom airline ACARS.
  • ACARS will allow: Digital ATIS fetching with real-world and online sources. METAR and TAF fetching. Flight OOOI time tracking and time management using delay menus. Performance uplink from ACARs for both perf init and take-off ref pages fully integrated and supported. 
  • Some ACARS messaging supported including delay time sending, direct company messaging with auto-generated and some custom responses. Flight close-out using ACARS to gauge actual flight metrics against planned from SimBrief.
  • Full EGPWS simulation including the terrain display on the ND.
  
Oxygen

  • Crew Oxygen Tank fully simulated. Tank has simulated reservoir behaviour. It can be filled and drained, and exhibits changes due to temperature around the bottle (conductive properties). Indication on Lower EICAS is responsive and a live value. If you use O2 during tests and during wearing, O2 will drain from the tank. Having a full set of pilots and observers will also impact the O2 usage.
  • Crew Oxygen Masks fully functional. All tests and modes are simulated. The masks can be 'worn' which will actively drain O2 from the tank at various rates depending on pilot workload. Workload criteria are predicated on environmental considerations and pressurisation values amongst other considerations. All tests for crew checklists are supported and simulated (test/reset slider, emergency pressure O2, N/100% dilution rate selection).
  • Emergency mask wearing behaviours set onto observers and crew members based on real-world QRH direction.
  • All O2 indications are connected to their respective electrical components.
  • O2 system has built in failures (closed valves, leaks, empty tanks, low (undispatchable) O2 volume).

Pneumatic

  • All valves and lines simulated.
  • All PRSOV behaviours are simulated per AMM including automatic logic.
  • Fully simulated cabin pressurisation system with two auto modes and one manual mode. Cabin pressurisation logic fully simulated with AUTOSCHEDULE and all controlling automatic modes: GROUND, TAKEOFF, CLIMB, CRUISE, DESCENT, LANDING.  
  • Modulating bleed valves with each engine’s PRSOV.
  • PACK SWITCHES do allow you to switch the packs from AUTO to STAND BY modes (Normal [24°C] / Cold [18°C] / Warm [30°C]).
  • TRIM AIR valves and trimming behaviours simulated.
  • Accurate DUCT PRESSURE simulation.
  • All Pneumatic indications (duct pressure, zone temp controllers and zone temperature indications, EICAS messages, STATUS messages etc.) are hooked up to their appropriate circuits and fully simulated.
  • OUTFLOW VALVE DOOR simulation.
  • All pneumatic ducting temperatures will change over time and react to ambient temperature changes.
  • All ducting fans have been simulated, so switching from the PRIMARY SUPPLY to the ALTN SUPPLY FAN will actually switch over if the primary fan fails.

APU

  • Fully custom-coded APU system
  • Precise start-up and shutdown sequences including BITE test
  • Simulation of all relays and solenoids
  • Accurate DC fuel pumps during cold and dark start-up
  • Real-world fuel dynamics. APU pulls fuel from the left tank 
  • Ultra-realistic APU heat blur/ignition as well as sound simulation
  • APU shutdown delay simulation. The APU will delay shutdown after a certain period of time running in order to allow proper cool down. 
  • APU fault light logic

Doors  

  • Door sensors fully simulated.
  • Door indications both electrically and systematically simulated via discrete lights and EICAS messages featuring consolidation EICAS messages for multiple on-side door open indications.
  • Interfaceable with EFB for opening and closing. Opening and closing times closely match real-world values.

Engine

  • Accurate engine tuning for both RB211-535E and PW2000 engine model
  • Realistic EGT
  • Windmilling simulation
  • Custom-coded EEC

EFB (ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG)

Aircraft

  • Cockpit presets page to load predefined aircraft states including Cold & Dark, Turnaround, Ready for Taxi, Ready for Take-off, Cruise, Approach and Final Approach.
  • Cockpit utility controls for saving/loading aircraft configuration, APU quick start, engine quick start, IRS rapid align, circuit reset, battery toggle and external power toggle.
  • Fuelling page showing current fuel quantity, tank distribution, fuelling/defuelling controls, and SimBrief/load-sheet fuel loading support.
  • Weight and balance page showing detailed aircraft weight, payload, fuel and CG information alongside operating limits.
  • Ground services page to request and manage GPU, chocks, jetway/stairs, catering, cargo service, fuel truck, pushback tug and service removal.
  • Cabin and doors page to control aircraft doors, cargo doors, service doors and cabin lighting.
  • Maintenance page showing main gear brake disc sensor temperatures with reset, plus RAM Air Turbine status and stow/reset control.

Navigation

  • ACARS Dashboard page for retrieving and displaying relevant flight, dispatch and flight plan information.
  • Operating FP page showing detailed operational flight plan data.
  • Weather & NOTAM page for flight planning weather and NOTAM information.
  • Map page for route and flight planning visualisation.
  • Charts page to demonstrate the flight plan charts.

Systems

  • Simulation pages showing the operation and live state of the electrical, fuel, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
  • Interactive system synoptic pages for monitoring system configuration, pressures, quantities, valve states, pump states and related system logic.

Settings

  • General EFB settings for keyboard input capture, display brightness behaviour, EFB appearance, notification behaviour and SimBrief account ID management.
  • Aircraft settings for realism and aircraft behaviour options, including tiller behaviour, display boot-up behaviour, and parking/chock-related options.
  • AIRAC Data page for Navigraph/AIRAC cycle status, update checks and database management.
  • Livery options to modify each livery aircraft options.

Flight Data

  • Ground Proximity page using recorded flight data to review/monitor GPWS-related flight data.

MODEL

Exterior

  • Highly detailed model with over 100,000 rivets and screws throughout the fuselage and wings.
  • Hundreds of decals and panel lines for added realism.
  • Custom animations for the landing gear bogies and compression, RAT, outflow valve.
  • High-resolution textures throughout without sacrificing performance.
  • Accurate control surface movements. 
  • Various vibrations and rattles of the tail and flaps.
   
Interior

  • Highly detailed VC with over 1,000 animations from the windows, shades, buttons, switches and knobs.
  • Two different cabin configs (for the 200) based on door exit type.
  • High-resolution textures throughout without sacrificing performance.

FLIGHT MODEL

  • Realistic flight model tested by 757 pilots.
  • Variances in performance based on wing type (winglet vs standard wings).
  • Accurate ground effect simulation.

SOUNDS

Interactions

  • Over 450 samples taken from the cockpit using professional equipment.
  • Hundreds more samples taken from the cabin and exterior of the aircraft. 

Systems

  • Systems have been depicted, with accurate locations and attenuation, including fuel and hydraulic pumps, packs, recirculation and cooling fans, and others.
  • Electrical system state has an effect on system sounds, with a subtle pitch change depending on the generator frequency.
  • Electrical contactors and relay sounds connected to the complex system logic.
  • EGPWS warning/landing call-outs.
  • TCAS warnings.
APU

  • Accurate APU sounds on the interior and exterior created from quality recordings, reacting to bleed valve position and with proper fall-off distance.

Engines

  • Complex and dynamic simulation of the RR RB211, in high detail using many hours of real recordings.
  • Engine audio changing depending on airspeeds and proximity to the ground, as well as temperatures.
  • Both interior and exterior audio that changes depending on angle from the engine, where the engines will sound different depending where you are in the cabin, and in the exterior fly-bys will sound dramatic.

Miscellaneous

  • Announcements by cabin crew and captain, triggered automatically (can be disabled).
  • Passenger chatter in the cabin (can be disabled).
  • G force, acceleration and jerk-based turbulence, braking and strain sounds.


BlueBird Simulations B757 BlueBird Simulations bring you the most faithful 757-200 simulation ever created for Microsoft Flight Simulator, with Rolls-Royce RB211 and Pratt & Whitney PW2000 engines, an FMC built from the ground up, 200 working circuit breakers, authentic CRT displays, deep systems simulation, realistic flight model tested by 757 pilots, fully custom-coded autopilot and authentic sounds. 

The 300 variant will be available soon after release as a free addition, along with a native MSFS 2024 version - both will be free for existing owners!