JRollon Planes Blog

Development Journal

X-Plane development updates, aviation technology, and flight simulation insights

March 26, 2026

AI in Aviation — How AI Is Changing Flight Forever

From DARPA dogfights to cockpit copilots, AI is reshaping aviation faster than anyone expected. A flight sim developer breaks down what it means.

March 25, 2026

Best Military Simulation Games for PC

From submarine warfare to fighter jets, a developer's pick of the most realistic combat sims. DCS, Silent Hunter III, Arma, and more.

December 2018

Development Blog — December 2018

X-Plane particle system tutorials, Piaggio Avanti progress, and development updates from the studio.

November 2018

Development Blog — November 2018

CRJ-200 updates, Jetstream 32 development diary, and behind-the-scenes aircraft modeling work.

December 2018 Entries

3 Dec 2018

Today is the 3D day, and I want to share with you some secrets of the new particle system in Xplane11.30. Hope you can modify the particles of your favorite planes.

12 Dec 2018

After the release of the plane, we continue working (and still we are) for releasing better stuff for free for our costummers. Here you will see the different avionics you can choose from, and the option to fly in the right side of the cockpit as the 90% Siai Marchetti are.

13 Dec 2018

This one is really cool! and it is an idea that I had long ago. We all make flights and then if we have a maintenance system as REP or other you could have, if you favorite plane simulate it, when you have a failure of something, you just click "fix" and it will be fixed inmediatelly.
This is not true in real life. Fixing needs time. And need money.
We introduce you the economic-mechanic feature in the Siai Marchetti thanks to Simcoders. Still is under development but now is on Beta, so soon you will be able to have fun with it.
Here there is a video making the presentation but in Spanish. Soon I will make another one with more advance features en English.