Meet Boom XB-1
Boom's XB-1 is an experimental aircraft, not a passenger-carrying version of Overture. Its slender fuselage and highly swept wing are paired with three General Electric J85 engines. The demonstrator first flew in March 2024 and reached supersonic flight during its 2025 test programme.
Its value in a simulator is the chance to examine a specialised experimental cockpit and an unusual flight envelope. The developer's guide describes conventional flight controls and specific pitch-feel and roll mechanisms; the aircraft should not be described as fly-by-wire simply because it is modern.
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Pitch feel and roll response are different mechanisms
The XB-1 guide explicitly states that the aircraft has neither an autopilot nor fly-by-wire. It distinguishes pitch Q-feel scheduling from a roll-ratio changer: the latter changes control-surface response without changing feel. That is a useful technical distinction in a modern-looking experimental aircraft.
Microsoft / aircraft developers · MSFS2024 – Microsoft – Boom XB-1 – User Manual – 1.0 ↗MSFS2024 XB1 manual1.0 · PDF pp.6,27-28
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