Aerowho...?

Project Credits
Jason L. Terry
(All versions)
Brady Duros
Paint Schemes for FSX

Design and development
The ARX-1 began as a nameless dual-fuselage glider concept first created in early 1998 with aircraft factory 5, and I had no intention of actually releasing it to the public, it was just something I fooled around with from time to time. I never had a particular interest in sailplanes, but I was really into RC flying at the time and I knew several people who were building RC sailplanes, and the glider concept for flightsim sort of grew out of that. After I had released some Extra 300's and Christen Eagle mods under the name Aeroworks in 1999, I decided to release some of my own designs, starting with what would become the ARX-1.

The ARX-3 Raptor is actually the first concept plane I designed, but since it was more complex, I decided to tackle the glider and Tri-Star first since they were simpler to build and easier to finish, given the limitations of the Aircraft Factory design program.

The ARX-1A was released for FS98 and the ARX-1B powered version for FS2000 in the fall of 2000, followed up by the release of our base of operations Rio Palm Isle, in early 2001 where all of our early files were developed.

In 2001 we moved on to Malibu, and bigger and better things...

In 2006 we began working on the ARX-1 again, this time at Malibu, and it remained basically as a behind-the-scenes project coinciding with the first ARX-6 near the end of our FS9 days. After switching to FSX, other projects that had already been completed took precedence for updates into FSX, as they were further along. But now, the ARX-1 is back and better than ever.

 

ARX-1 Package for FSX 14.4MB

Specifications
 

TYPE: ARX-1A LENGTH: 26.6ft HEIGHT: 7.2ft WINGSPAN: 71.4ft TOP SPEED: 157kts PRODUCTION: 3

TYPE: ARX-1B LENGTH: 26.6ft HEIGHT: 7.2ft WINGSPAN: 71.4ft POWERPLANT: Lycoming O-235 CRUISE SPEED: 110 TOP SPEED: 157kts PRODUCTION: 8

	N1AX First flight: 3-29-00 Original release date: 11-26-00 Prototype aircraft in factory scheme
	HB-SWS First flight: 6-25-07 New for FSX
	N104X First flight: 12-1-12 New for FSX

Powered models

	N1BX First flight: 4-2-00 Original release date: 11-26-00 Prototype aircraft in factory scheme New 2007 scheme added for FSX
	N101X First flight: 5-30-07 New for FSX
	N102X First flight: 11-10-12 New for FSX Day-glo scheme Sister ship to N601X and N502X
	N103X First flight: 8-13-08 New for FSX Red Bull sister ship to N51RB and N170RB Pilot Josh Nyhus
	N151X First flight: 11-19-12 New for FSX Sister ship to N51MR Pilot Josh Nyhus
	D-COMI First flight: 6-9-07 New for FSX Pilot Brady Duros
	HB-ARX First flight: 12-1-12 New for FSX Sister ship to HB-SWS
	N101BX First flight: 7-21-12 New for FSX Factory paint kit (Photoshop PSD files included)

See Also
Rio Palm Isle - Scenery where the ARX-1 was developed in FS98/FS2000.
Malibu MotorSports - Where the ARX-1 was developed for FSX.
Hawes AOF - Where the ARX-1 partially flight tested in FSX.
ARX-6 Roadrunner - Formula One concept evolved from ARX-1 fuselage.

ARX-1A For FS98 97kb

ARX-1B for FS2000 110kb