FSExpo 2026: Vector Further Discusses the 787-9 for MSFS 2024
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Vector showcased their in-development 787-9 addon at FSExpo 2026, focusing on how systems interconnect and influence one another — hydraulics, electrical systems, and avionics working in concert. The team demonstrated their approach to 'schematic-level' simulation, where every system behaves as documented in technical manuals. The 787 will support three EFB variants (Boeing integrated, Vector's vPad tablet, and Microsoft's EFB) with detailed mapping of every page and function, plus a comprehensive 700-page checklist system with 3,366 checkpoints covering normal, supplementary, and non-normal procedures. Typography and UI fidelity are receiving significant attention to replicate the real aircraft's hand-crafted design.
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Vector has shared another look at their upcoming 787 project for MSFS 2024 during the Saturday Seminars at FlightSimExpo 2026.
New systems insight was provided, and Vector also reiterated points from previous presentations, notably the ambition for a living, interconnected and dynamic aircraft.
After giving us an introductory presentation at FSWeekend in March, the team wanted to focus on how the aircraft’s systems come together to form a cohesive product.
They specifically noted how every system is interconnected, one system influences another, and that all components should be connected and respond to one another.
Cockpit
Starting in the front, a lot of time was spent walking the public around the flight deck and all systems implemented here.
Vector set up an operational scenario, using this to demonstrate various aspects of the cockpit environment, including the EFB (or EFBs – more on that later), and CDU.
As we got a preview of the Electrical System last time [at FSWeekend], Vector showcased the Hydraulic System this time, visualised on the Synoptic and Maintenance pages.
In the presentation, Vector noted that they have physically modelled fluids moving through a circuit and, as the hydraulics were pressurised, pointed to the system turning pumps on and off in response, with realistic timings and measurements.
Vector again puts a lot of effort into describing the “Schematic Level” simulation they want to achieve, roughly paraphrased as the team wanting every system to behave as it would on a technical schematic or document, and that it checks out with such documentation.
Electronic Flight Bag(s)
The Vector 787 will support three EFB variants, including the integrated Boeing EFB, Vector’s own vPad tablet solution, and Microsoft’s EFB.
Here, you’ll find the usual suite of charts, operational data and aircraft-specific tools.
Vector says they’ve mapped and documented the Boeing-built-in EFB in detail using in-house tools, and that their version will strive to replicate “every page, every menu, and every available function”.
Checklists
Vector shared some insight into work on the Boeing integrated checklist system, which in real life features 700 pages and 3366 “Checkpoints for Normal Procedures (NP)”, “Supplementary Procedures (SP)”, and “Non-Normal Procedures (NNP)”.
Typography
Vector noted that they have spent much time replicating font sizes and styles, and that the 787 features “hand-crafted” typography that replicates the…
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