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Meet the aircraft
TorqueSim's Pocket Rocket is a simulated lightweight PT6-powered aircraft inspired by Thomas Dietrich's project. It includes retractable-tricycle and fixed-tailwheel configurations. The systems and performance figures describe TorqueSim's aircraft, not a certificated real-aircraft type.
Aircraft background
TorqueSim · Read more ↗Synthetic vision has a dedicated softkey menu
On the PFD, select PFD then SYN VIS to control terrain, heading marks, airport labels and flight-plan pathways.
TorqueSim Pocket Rocket · TorqueSim · X-Plane 11
TorqueSim / Advanced Flight Modeling Simulation · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
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X-Plane 11 | Pocket Rocket by TorqueSim | Review
A review of TorqueSim's turboprop Pocket Rocket for X-Plane 11.
Simulator · TorqueSim Pocket Rocket, X-Plane 11; modified Impulse concept
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Meet TorqueSim Pocket Rocket
TorqueSim's Pocket Rocket is a simulated lightweight PT6-powered aircraft inspired by Thomas Dietrich's project. It includes retractable-tricycle and fixed-tailwheel configurations. The systems and performance figures describe TorqueSim's aircraft, not a certificated real-aircraft type.
TorqueSim Pocket Rocket
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TorqueSim Pocket Rocket
TorqueSim · Pocket Rocket ↗TorqueSim · X-Plane 11 →Aircraft type designators
A model-specific ICAO or FAA designator has not been confirmed in the references reviewed for this aircraft.
History & design
A builder’s project behind the name
In a 2017 forum post, Thomas Dietrich identified the Impulse 100 as the basis of his Pocket Rocket and described a turbine upgrade then underway. That brief builder comment concerns his real project, rather than TorqueSim’s later PT6 simulation.
Pilot und Flugzeug · Thomas Dietrich on his Pocket Rocket project ↗Original German post read; predicted speed and power figures not presented as independently verified results
TorqueSim turns the inspiration into an X-Plane aircraft
Cooper LeComp announced TorqueSim’s Pocket Rocket in March 2019, identifying Thomas Dietrich as its inspiration. The simulator release offered retractable-tricycle and fixed-tailwheel versions, modified G1000 avionics, a G5 display and maintenance features. These describe the developer’s product.
AFM Simulation · The Pocket Rocket has landed ↗Original developer announcement; simulator designs are not established real-aircraft configurations
Systems & details
Power, weight and maintenance state
TorqueSim’s operating manual emphasizes the combination of high power and low weight, describing an aircraft that needs attention both on the ground and in flight. Its maintenance manager tracks component condition, offers repairs and can create a new airframe. Some failures, including propeller strikes, remain under X-Plane’s own failure system. The load and settings menu also controls whether the add-on’s failures are enabled, so two flights can start with different simulated mechanical conditions.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
X-Plane 11TorqueSim Pocket Rocket
TorqueSim · Released
TorqueSim Pocket Rocket
TorqueSim · Released
Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
Synthetic vision has a dedicated softkey menuTorqueSim Pocket Rocket · TorqueSim · X-Plane 11
On the PFD, select PFD then SYN VIS to control terrain, heading marks, airport labels and flight-plan pathways.
Pocket Rocket 2019 manual · PDF pp.23–24 · X-Plane 11 edition
TorqueSim / Advanced Flight Modeling Simulation · Read the source ↗The two fuel displays use different unitsTorqueSim Pocket Rocket · TorqueSim · X-Plane 11
The engine sidebar displays fuel in gallons. The SYSTEM sidebar uses pounds and includes a totalizer for fuel used and remaining.
Pocket Rocket manual · PDF pp.26–28; source units checked
TorqueSim / Advanced Flight Modeling Simulation · Read the source ↗The starter hides beneath a capTorqueSim Pocket Rocket · TorqueSim · X-Plane 11
The starter switch sits under a cap on top of the fuel-control lever; its lower position aborts a start.
Pocket Rocket manual · PDF p.31
TorqueSim / Advanced Flight Modeling Simulation · Read the source ↗Maintenance and simulator failures have separate repair controlsTorqueSim Pocket Rocket · TorqueSim · X-Plane 11
Open maintenance through the left-edge sidebar. The guide directs X-Plane-originated failures, including prop strikes, to X-Plane’s Repair All control.
Pocket Rocket manual · PDF pp.37–38
TorqueSim / Advanced Flight Modeling Simulation · Read the source ↗Work through checklists on the MFDTorqueSim Pocket Rocket · TorqueSim · X-Plane 11
CHKLIST opens the checklist page. The FMS knobs select groups and items; ENT checks an item and advances the selection.
Pocket Rocket manual · PDF pp.28–29
TorqueSim / Advanced Flight Modeling Simulation · Read the source ↗The custom G5 supports its PFD modeTorqueSim Pocket Rocket · TorqueSim · X-Plane 11
The guide limits the G5 to PFD mode. Its right knob selects barometric-pressure or altitude-preselect adjustment.
Pocket Rocket manual · PDF pp.29–30
TorqueSim / Advanced Flight Modeling Simulation · Read the source ↗Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Aircraft background
Pocket RocketTorqueSim · Developer description of the simulated aircraft; real-aircraft equivalence not established The Pocket Rocket has landedAFM Simulation · Cooper LeComp · 23 March 2019 · developer release announcement Thomas Dietrich on his Pocket Rocket projectPilot und Flugzeug · Forum post · 28 February 2017 · German-language builder commentDeveloper documentation
Pocket Rocket operation manualTorqueSim / Advanced Flight Modeling Simulation · 2019 copyright · forty-page developer guide · retrieved September 2026Built-in force-feedback profiles
Read the documentary basis, editable starting settings and remaining questions for the aircraft you fly. Each explanation refers to the exact profile revision shown.
Catalogue programme-20261022-v1 · 2 profile choices
TorqueSim Pocket Rocket
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
X-Plane 11
TorqueSim Pocket Rocket: The profile supplies its chosen turboprop-rendition resistance.
iniBuilds Impulse 100 Pocket Rocket
iniBuilds · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
TorqueSim's Pocket Rocket, a simulated PT6-powered light aircraft with two gear layouts.
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