GentsDownloaded 85MB worth of Airbus 2-days ago (take @2hrs to download due to system traffic). Despite its price tag ($50), in my view well worth the investment. This is not the overly simplified PSS version Airbus--this is the real deal.I've flown the 318 and 319 versions for nearly 10 hours now with Active Sky 6.5 and Squawkbox 3.1 with no interface problems at all.The Airbus Vol 1 comes with a voluminous operating manual (which is required reading before lighting the fires). I'm a proud Boeing driver but really appreciate the detail and system complexity associated with the Airbus (318-321)--some won't.As with most glass cockpits--but especially with Airbus--the pilot (or human interface object) is more of an extension of the system rather than the other way round.Wilco has made the basic complexity level selectable from beginner (don't let the name fool you), to expert. The basic difference is whether you start from a "warm" cockpit (most systems on) to a cold/dark one. THe Flight Management and Guidance Computer (FMGC) is the brain of the entire operating system and requires hefty study up front and several flights to get use to--but once you've got it down--your reluctant to go back to a simple FMS.The parametrics and modeling are superb--though one minor thing I've noticed is insufficient drag coefficient with speed brakes deployed--therefore, manage you descent power early because speed is tough to bleed away with idle and boards.Vol 1 comes with 318, 320 and 321--if you buy the $18 upgrade to deluxe you get the 319 plus numerous videos. The liveries are a bit skint up front. With deluxe you'll get a United 319, a Private Jet 319 and a British Airways 320--the rest are Feelthere logos (I may have forgot one). Wilco promises "soon" more liveries. Lastly, I haven't figured out how to import FS flightplans or FSBuild so I've been hand jamming flight plans and storing the routes via the FMGC.All in all--a PMDG-esque Aibus we've been waiting for.RakeAMD FX-60Nvidia 7950 GX2 (1GB)4GB ultra low latency DDRRaptor HDDell 24" wide

You should have kept this to yourself. People don't want to hear anything positive about this add-on right now. More like they want Vic and the gange under a jail cell... I'm glade someone's got it. I'll be next in line...Do you have the FSX or FS9 version???

Please, don't say such things. FeelThere and Vic are not responsible for the Wilco server problems. FeelThere developed this product, and Wilco makes the distribution.I fully understand your frustration, but please don't blame Vic for this.Eric

Hi Eric! nice to see you here! from a vendor to vendor, and I may even say from a friend to a friend, congratulations with your release! Whatever the distribution issues mentioned over here, you are to be commended for trying to raise the bar in the addon market and from a technical standpoint, you do have realized some nice innovations.Jean-Luc

If FeelThere do not want such negative publicity from this, then maybe they should consider using a different distributor. They chose to use Wilco - they're going to have to take the flak for doing so.Plus the fact the for some unexplained reason, FeelThere are currently refusing to provide support for the Airbus until next week (maybe they fancy the weekend off??), is quite unacceptable. People have forked out decent money for a product that has a number of bugs and currently isn't supported by anyone.All you need to do is look at the FeelThere forums - The Airbus one is currently locked, and it seems the 'Off Topic' forum has now been turned into the unofficial Airbus support one.I didn't think I would see PSS surpassed in terms of fudging initial releases of aircraft - looks like FeelThere/Wilco have come up trumps.

>The Airbus Vol 1 comes with a voluminous operating manual>(which is required reading before lighting the fires).Is what you get when you purchase the product different then the "manual" you can download from their website?

Gage refresh rates?

>Please, don't say such things. FeelThere and Vic are not>responsible for the Wilco server problems. FeelThere developed>this product, and Wilco makes the distribution.>I fully understand your frustration, but please don't blame>Vic for this.>>Eric>Eric, is the reason you had project airbus remove your work from their freeware offering because you were working on this project?

I hear that the grassy knoll mesh scenery is gonna be very nice.

Does not look too bad but I'm waiting on the Airliner XP product before making a Scarebus decision! :( Btw...I think PMDG should skip this plane...they haven't even delivered the XP redo of the 744 or the MD11 (promised for at least a year). :(

>>The Airbus Vol 1 comes with a voluminous operating manual>>(which is required reading before lighting the fires).>>Is what you get when you purchase the product different then>the "manual" you can download from their website?There is no other manual; what you get with the download are a few performance tables. The tutorial flight is about 5 pages long and not very informative.ricardo

>Does not look too bad but I'm waiting on the Airliner XP>product before making a Scarebus decision! :( >>Btw...I think PMDG should skip this plane...they haven't even>delivered the XP redo of the 744 or the MD11 (promised for at>least a year). :( PMDG aren't even working on their announced airbus, which i said long ago won't ever come if AXP delivers theirs in proper form.

Hello Guys,Please let me answer to all of you, I had no time to do it earlier:@Jean-Luc:Thank you for your nice words. I'm happy that all the people on this forum can see that even if we work on competitor products, we are good friends ;-)@Philbrown:I totally agree with you. I can't talk in the name of FeelThere. The only thing I can say is that Vic is not blind, and he is not an idiot. You can imagine some things will change in the future.Regarding the support, there was a problem with Wilco, I can't tell you more about it. The problem is now solved, and this is why the product will be normally supported by FeelThere. The fact that the support begins on monday has nothing to do with the weekend. In the meantime, the product IS SUPPORTED by Wilco.@Alex:I didn't remove the Airbus freeware from my site because of the feelThere/Wlico product. The reasons are explained on my web site. These panels will soon be back online in a new version that will be FSX compatible. I didn't have time to work on this before...In conclusion, please stop playing this guess game. Talk about facts, about things you know, instead of trying to guess what is happening in the feelThere/Wilco business.Eric

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I don't understand the price for european customers... 40 euros - that's insane! The product should be available for all markets. O well... What can I do. Just start saving the money...