XP CF-105 Arrow v1

A Classic Addon Available for Download for a Limited Time

Over the years, some of our products have become legacy due to the constant evolution of the simulation platforms or because they are being replaced by better, up-to-date products with much more features. By popular demand and for a limited time, we are now please to offer these products a very special price.

Please note that the CF-105 Arrow v1 addon is a legacy product for which we can no longer offer technical support. It is offered to collectors as is.

Experience the Dream, Fly a Legend!

The Avro CF-105 Arrow remains the stuff legends are made of many years after all prototypes were ordered destroyed just before the aircraft could fulfill its intended role as a new type of high-altitude interceptor against long-range enemy bombers during the Cold War. The Arrow was a revolutionary aircraft and one of the most advanced of its time. It used computer control and fly by wire technology, and was capable of flying over Mach 2.0.

The Xtreme Prototypes CF-105 Arrow addon contains five variations of the Avro Arrow Mark 1 and one variation of the Arrow Mark 2. The highly detailed exterior model features more than 600 parts and 60 animations. The two fully functional virtual cockpits contain over 900 parts and more than 200 back and front-lit 3D gauges, lights, switches and flight instruments. A custom flight model was designed to simulate supersonic flight at high altitude in the simulator.

This addon will allow Arrow fans to fly at high altitudes at twice the speed of sound, simulate the procedures required during test flights or reconnaissance and interception missions, and even test the anticipated performance of the mighty Orenda PS-13 Iroquois engine that was being installed in the Arrow Mark 2 at the time the Arrow program was cancelled.

Download the Manual

Download the full 61-page flight manual
(54 MB, PDF format)

Manuals are updated frequently, make sure you have the latest version.

What you Need to Know

• You must accept the end-user license agreement before you can download, install and use this software.
• Please read Minimum System Requirements, below.

This legacy addon was originally designed for FS2004, but is compatible with FSX and Prepar3D®. Boxed FSX requires SP2 with Acceleration Expansion Pack (FSX Gold fully installed). No FSX Steam® installer is provided. Installation in FSX Steam® requires changing the path to your FSX Steam® folder during installation. This addon can be installed in Prepar3D® but has not been thoroughly tested on this platform. No Prepar3D® installer is provided. Installation in Prepar3D® requires changing the path to your Prepar3D® folder during setup.

IMPORTANT: Xtreme Prototypes addons are complex and require better graphics cards and more processing power and RAM than other more conventional addons. Increased performance will be noticed on more powerful systems. Before purchasing this product, make sure you have the minimum system requirements or better. For obvious reasons, downloads are not refundable.

• Flight Simulation Platform: Microsoft® Flight Simulator 2004 (FS9) or Flight Simulator X with Service Pack 2 (FSX Acceleration Expansion Pack or FSX Gold optional). Compatible with Lockheed Martin Prepar3D® (please read note below).
• Operating System: Windows® 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP SP2 32-bit (64-bit recommended), depending on your simulator's requirements*.
• Processor: Dual Core 3.0 GHz (Quad Core 3.0 GHz or better recommended)
• Hard Drive Space: Downloaded ZIP file size approx. 300 MB, addon size approx. 500 MB when installed*
• Graphics Card: A high-end graphics card with at least 8 GB GDDR5 or better is highly recommended*. Installing this addon in Prepar3D® requires a DirectX® 11-compatible graphics card*. Make sure you have the latest driver for your operating system.
• Graphics: DirectX® 12, 11, 10 or 9 (depending on your simulator's requirements)*
• Other: Wheel mouse, joystick (pedals optional), sound card and speakers, Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. A wheel mouse is required to actuate 3-position switches and some knobs.

*: Refer to your simulator's documentation for more information.

Note for FSX/FSX Steam® users with DirectX® 10 or later : This addon was designed for FS2004 but is compatible with FSX SP2. However, the current version of the software does not support DirectX® 10 or later. The "DirectX® 10 preview" option box and the "Light bloom" option box in the FSX Display Settings page must be unchecked for proper aircraft display.

Note for Prepar3D® users (all versions): We have not thoroughly tested this native FS2004 addon in Lockheed Martin® Prepar3D®. However, we have been able to fly our CF-105 Arrow addon in Prepar3D®. Please note that there is no installer for Prepar3D® available for this addon. To install the addon in Prepar3D®, simply change the path to your Prepar3D® folder during installation. Select the "FSX with Acceleration Expansion Pack" option if asked.

Note for FSX Steam® users: Please note that FSX Steam® Edition is installed in a different way to the boxed version and occupies a different location on your computer. There is no FSX Steam® special installer provided with this addon. To install the addon in FSX Steam® Edition, simply change the path to your FSX Steam® folder during installation. Select the "FSX with Acceleration Expansion Pack" option if asked.

General Features

Contains six variations of the Avro CF-105 Arrow high-altitude jet interceptor:

• Five variations of the Avro CF-105 Mk. 1 (RCAF serial numbers 25201 to 25205; RL-201 to RL-205)
• One variation of the Avro CF-105 Mk. 2 (RCAF serial number 25206; RL-206)

Flight Model Features

Custom Arrow flight model to simulate supersonic flight at high altitude on your simulation platform:

• Two Pratt & Whitney J75-P-5, 18,500-pound turbojet engines (Arrow Mark 1)(or) Two Orenda PS-13 "Iroquois", 26,000-pound turbojet engines (Arrow Mark 2)
• High-altitude flight up to 60,000 feet
• Supersonic flight up to Mach 2.3
• Functioning afterburners
• Delta wing flight characteristics
• Good maneuverability at supersonic speeds

Arrow Aircraft Systems

The following aircraft systems are simulated to conform as closely as possible to the operation of the real aircraft, within the present limitations and capabilities of the available simulation platforms:

• Flight controls
• Electrical system
• Hydraulic system
• Landing gear
• Fuel system
• Power plant
• Fire detection and suppression system
• Pneumatic and environmental control system
• Automatic flight control system
• Caution and warning system
• Radio and navigation system
• Oxygen system

Aircraft Exterior 3D Model Features

• Native FS2004 3D models
• Detailed models based on archive material, with more than 600 parts and 60 animations
• Reflective textures
• Unique markings and liveries (on each aircraft)
• Movable aerodynamic control surfaces:
  • Elevator
  • Ailerons
  • Vertical stabilizer/rudder
  • Extendable ventral speed brakes
• Steerable front gear with mobile landing and taxi lights
• Main landing gear
• Fully animated engine turbine and compressor disks
• Animated engine exhaust nozzles (petals)
• Two movable canopies
• Cockpit details including pilot/navigator and animated stick, levers and parts

Aircraft Interior 3D Model Features

• Two highly detailed virtual cockpits with over 900 parts and nearly 200 full 3D animated gauges, switches, levers, light indicators and flight instruments with "tooltips"
• Advanced fully functional back/front-lit 3D instrument panels:
  • Main panel
  • Left console
  • Right console
  • Radio/ADF panel
  • Autopilot panel
  • Fully functional warning (annunciator) panel
• Cockpit spotlights (VC and exterior model)
• High-altitude (red) lighting
• "Invisible" canopy mode to fly the Arrow without her clamshell-type canopy on for more visibility during landing and a spectacular view from the VC

Visual Effects

• Engine smoke effects
• Engine afterburner (flames and shockwaves) effects
• Contrail effects
• Aircraft lights
• Mobile landing lights (on front gear)
• Steerable/mobile taxi lights (on front gear)
• VC lights (main white and high-altitude red lights)
• Wing vortices

Sound Effects

• Arrow custom sound sets

Miscellaneous

• 14 camera definitions or views (FSX only)
• Ten saved flights based on Arrow test flights (real or imaginary) and fictitious but anticipated reconnaissance and interception missions
• Arrow aircraft kneeboard reference tab and check list
• A comprehensive 60-page user manual inspired from original Avro flight manuals, in a printable PDF format (English and French language versions)

Stephan Schneider, Plein Vol Magazine:
"I give this product (Arrow) a 90% grade especially for its realism and the quality of its design."

Computer Pilot Magazine:
"Avro CF-105 Arrow gets "Xtreme" treatment. This one should be high quality with maximum realism factor built in!"

Laurie Aston, Avsim.com:
"It faithfully reproduces the six (Arrow) prototypes that existed, and does it accurately."

Don Wilson, CF-105 Arrow fan:
"I want to thank you for such a great (Arrow) addon; I sat in the cockpit of the first Arrow and so it means a lot to me. I'm now 79 and the Flight Sim is a great thing to enjoy."

Listed below are the latest available patches for your Xtreme Prototypes CF-105 Arrow v1.x addon - for registered users only. To download these files, please login to your Xtreme Prototypes online account.

(2009-01-01) Version 1.01 of the CF-105 Arrow for Flight Simulator FS2004 & FSX (improved flight model, compatible with FSX with Acceleration Expansion Pack and FSX Gold). If you have purchased the download version of this software after January 1, 2009, you do not need to download this update. Free for registered users of version 1.0.