Meet Shorts 360
The Shorts 360 is the larger civil transport represented alongside the 330 in BlackBox’s Regional Series. Twin turboprops, a high wing and a rectangular cabin give it a utility-oriented shape, with a flight deck built around yokes, engine and propeller management, trim and retractable landing gear. Its systems tables distinguish it from the smaller 330.
Primary control rods and cables carry pilot commands directly, and tabs provide pitch, roll and yaw trim. The manual lists three nonzero flap positions for the 360. Both control columns have stick shakers, adding a warning function to the manually controlled cockpit.
History & design
Six more seats and a new tail
The 360 developed the 330 through a fuselage stretch, redesigned tail and more powerful engines. NASA's contemporary review describes room for two additional seat rows, raising capacity to thirty-six passengers. It also identifies reduced tail drag and a revised propulsion installation as parts of the development. The 360 was a further step in the Shorts regional family, rather than simply a different seating layout inside the same 330 airframe.
ntrs.nasa.gov · Dornier 228 — aircraft background and systems ↗Systems & details
The 360’s configuration table
BlackBox’s systems manual lists the 360’s flap gates as 0, 5, 15 and 30 degrees. Its separate tutorial mentions an intermediate 10-degree setting, a difference between the two documents. The systems table is the source for the flap positions presented here.
Custom automatic flight
The rendition uses a Collins FC65 flight-director/autopilot and Garmin AS400 navigation system. The developer packages that cockpit with separately described 330, 360 and military C-23 variants.
The family manual still separates the airframes
BlackBox supplies different main and overhead panel diagrams for the 330 and 360. The shared description covers the turboprop controls, electrical and hydraulic systems, while the general-aircraft chapter keeps their dimensions separate. Those differences remain relevant when using one profile from the combined Regional Series package.
BlackBox Simulation · BlackBox Shorts Regional Manual ↗In your simulator
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Manuals & resources
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Manual
BlackBox Shorts Regional ManualBlackBox Simulation · Systems manual p. 90; tutorial contains a different intermediate value. BlackBox Shorts Regional 360 TutorialBlackBox Simulation · Aircraft equipment and developer product details.Aircraft background
Shorts Regional Series – Product Home – BlackBox SimulationBlackBox Simulation · Aircraft equipment and developer product details. Shorts Regional Series – Product Features – BlackBox SimulationBlackBox Simulation · BlackBox Shorts Regional product features.Aircraft documentation
Dornier 228 — aircraft background and systemsntrs.nasa.gov · NASA Small Transport Aircraft Technology, early-1980s review, printed page 20.Built-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 2 profile choices
BlackBox Shorts SD3-60 (passenger / cargo)
BlackBox Simulation · Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The Shorts 360 is the larger civil transport represented alongside the 330 in BlackBox’s Regional Series.
Shorts 360
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 12
The Shorts 360 is the larger civil transport represented alongside the 330 in BlackBox’s Regional Series.
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