Iim going to give my review on this evolution upgrade, i actually got ONLY the update for the vol.1 edition (whats a little around $20 worth of a small investment?)I did a small test flight around frankfurt, except heres the catch, i did it with the project airbus model (i never, ever, fly with the wilco model), yes, i just copied the panel and put it in the PA airbus A320(no merge at all, and it flies near-perfect).First impression: absolutely nothing newSo here is what i thought while flying:-not even a adequate difference from deluxe model-the HUD is a bit hard to read-the FMGC will draw curves only on the SID-Still a lot of work to do on this model-not an evolution if nothing is really changed-needs more features in systems, esp. in FMGC-where oh where is the weather radar?:Confused:i bought this also because i do believe that there will be a service pack sometime in the near future, i dont see how people say the A/P is screwed up, because i flew it and the A/P works fine, speed also holds great, and i never ever had a 6000ft dive(maybe in the wilco model, its screwed up, but i dont know). i personally dont care for a VC, because neither wilco or PA have a good one, and it will be a while if we ever get a good one. i just care about systems and getting from point A to point B. As i have probably stated before, wilco are the only ones who have pulled a legitimate airbus plane and it works(OK), so even if everybody loathes them, just remember, making an airbus simulation is a lot harder than it sounds, i even have my doubts about them. So there you have it, my advice is: if you are just trying to get a small taste of what the so proclaimed "evolution series" has to offer, get ONLY the update and not the whole pack. and if you dont want anything to do with this so-called legitimate upgrade, then continue flying your 737's and 757's.:(

I suggest anyone on a 64-bit OS (WinXP or Win7, perhaps Vista as well) do this simple test: launch any situation with Airbus(318-321) on the ground in the windowed mode (you may repeat the test in full screen later). Leave the plane alone as it is (dark&cold or running, doesn't matter) and open up the task manager. Find fs9.exe 32bit process and watch the memory used counter. Soon you'll unfortunately realize that this plane is leaking - the counter never stops until the game crashes in a couple of hours. For the reference, iFly737 and PMDG737 stop at about 600Mb use, all other FeelThere's planes are ok below 600Mb. I used to fly A320,A319 and A318 quite a lot under WinXp SP3 32bit, and I can say I liked the plane with Eric Marciano's upgrade and airbrake mod. But after transition to Win7/WinXP 64-bit I found this memory leakage problem and grounded my Airbus fleet completely. I wish the gauge developer of Airbus series fixed this specific problem and I would be happy with what I got. There are no good Airbus alternatives to Wilco's Airbus anyway, but this specific problem kills Wilco's Airbus for me completely.Dirk.

Go try airsimmer and see how it handles, right now, there are more doubters (more like and angry mob) in that project of theirs than wilco. Perhaps, maybe they will launch a service pack, im sure they can see their faults. they launched a SP with the deluxe version.

Forget Airsimmer, it is crap. The basic version was nothing more than a cash grab when they ran out of the money that the extended team gave them. I have the basic and have flown it, or attempted to, quite extensively - it looks pretty but has major issues in flying. Airsimmer are dishonest and and deceitful to deal with.

Whilst I cant fail to disagree that the fraudulent re-marketing of the Feelthere Airbus is a disgrace and Wilco deserve to be very severely smacked, lets not forget that the original, faux-Airbus-behaving, probably rushed-to-finish-and-release package was a Feelthere product - and the only thing we can blame Wilco for in that regard is continuing to push a product that the market told them was sub-standard. The "support" - often rude, often blaming the customer for not "understanding" the product, and mostly useless - was Feelthere´s responsability and not Wilco´s, surely.So yes, lets bash Wilco for their shameless attempt to trick people and make more money from a poor product, but lets not forget - as others have mentioned here in recent posts - that the Feelthere E-Jets were really pretty darned good right out of the box and apparently the Embraers even better. It would be a shame that newbies might be put off from checking out these two products just because the publisher is a ****.And their new site? I suppose if you give enough monkeys enough computers and time they will eventually be able to produce a website. Its a shame that Wilco forgot to tell the monkeys to keep their eyes open and their brains working. Well done chaps - you shot yourselves in the foot again.

I would agree, the E-jets all of them are way ahead of the Airbus series, still I wish a few things had been implimented better....the lighting system for example, all of it, Feelthere continues to cut corners here, their graphics have gotten better and I have more then a few of their products. The real ERJ's/ E-jets, I love them all, great ride and state of the art, wish a PMDG type could really do justice to these jets. I really perfer the 170 and up to any Boeing 737 and I have not touched the PMDG 737's since buying these jets.Too bad PMDG have tossed the NG 737 product strickly to FSX, I am sure I would have bought the thing just for the realism if nothing else. I have FSX and FS9, and really cannot find much I like about FSX, sorry I ever got it..........sorry I ever got the Airbus Vol. 2 as well.

I tried your suggestion and I could not find any kind of memory leak.I leave it for 15 min, and memory goes up from 690Mb to 740Mb then goes down to 700Mb. Fluctuating around this numbers.Tested on KJFK. W7 64bit. With Engines running.Anyway , I don't fly this a/c. FMS disaster.Edin

I suggest anyone on a 64-bit OS (WinXP or Win7, perhaps Vista as well) do this simple test: launch any situation with Airbus(318-321) on the ground in the windowed mode (you may repeat the test in full screen later). Leave the plane alone as it is (dark&cold or running, doesn't matter) and open up the task manager. Find fs9.exe 32bit process and watch the memory used counter. Soon you'll unfortunately realize that this plane is leaking - the counter never stops until the game crashes in a couple of hours. For the reference, iFly737 and PMDG737 stop at about 600Mb use, all other FeelThere's planes are ok below 600Mb. I used to fly A320,A319 and A318 quite a lot under WinXp SP3 32bit, and I can say I liked the plane with Eric Marciano's upgrade and airbrake mod. But after transition to Win7/WinXP 64-bit I found this memory leakage problem and grounded my Airbus fleet completely. I wish the gauge developer of Airbus series fixed this specific problem and I would be happy with what I got. There are no good Airbus alternatives to Wilco's Airbus anyway, but this specific problem kills Wilco's Airbus for me completely.Dirk.

Honestly, I've flown the A340 Evolution for more than 30 hours just in the last two weeks. I love it.I am not quite sure what the issues are, as I didn't ever use the original deluxe - but the Weather Radar works, the models are pretty good, and the systems seem good. I am a Boeing expert, not an Airbus expert, so I openly admit I am not as picky with FS Airbus aircraft. I really don't think it's a waste of money, especially for a first time buyer of it.

It is the best available, but there are two issues, at least for me, the CG is messed up and the tendency to dive or roket in to maintain speed managed mode. However, I still fly it.

I have just made a test flight, I just want to tell you that this addon is the worst ever made FS9 addon.

I have to disagree with you slightly, having tried the Wilco A380 for FS9. Now that really was rubbish, but I actually managed to get my money back from Wilco. This add-on's just about bearable, but only because I can't find any better Airbus add-ons at the moment.I wish they could also have made it a bit clearer on their website that there's no support for 64-bit users...

HiDid anybody read AVSIM review of Wilco Aib Evolution http://www.avsim.com/pages/0711/Wilco/Evo.html ?.It is contradictory to comments written here.I don't have a product, but could somebody of the owners comment review.Just curious :( Thanks

HiDid anybody read AVSIM review of Wilco Aib Evolution http://www.avsim.com.../Wilco/Evo.html ?.It is contradictory to comments written here.I don't have a product, but could somebody of the owners comment review.Just curious :( Thanks

Most of the review is correct. Except for the FBW errors.I don't have a problem with the airplane holding altitude while hand flying it. As for the high pitch on take off, yes there is a problem. The trim will change to 4.9UP after pushing the throttle to FLEX, so after rotation, the plane tends to pitch to a very high angle while you are pushing the stick to maintain a lower angle. Actually, this happens if you are not on expert mode. So if you are setting the Wilco Configurator to Bignner or intermediate modes this will happen. Using the expert mode will eliminate the problem on the expense of not getting any hints when entering data to the FMC. You will have to look up the performance charts provided with the plane or you can use this free app http://www.fsip200x.com/tpc.htm to make the calculations for you.One thing the reviewer didn't mention is, the CG. It is way off in all variations. Fortunately, there is a fix. Here: http://airbustakeoffsetings.blogspot.com/2009/01/airbus-a320-cg-correction.html. That is for Volume one only. Volume two's planes' CG is correct for the A340-300 only the rest of the variations have an uncorrect CGs but the planes fly OK by the way.I hope that helpsCheers

HiSo, there is no problem with FMGC and pseudowaypoint recalculation, like it was in original version?And how about speed restrictions?A/C follow speed restrictions or?Thanks in advance

HiSo, there is no problem with FMGC and pseudowaypoint recalculation, like it was in original version?And how about speed restrictions?A/C follow speed restrictions or?Thanks in advance

No problems with pseudo-waypoints. As for speed restrictions, honestly, I have never noticed it, so I don't know. Maybe someone else can answer this one. It does, however, follow altitude restrictions.

HiI have to admit that I'm one of the mugs who purchased the Airbus Evolution vol. 1&2 (upgrade) from Wilco without first searching and reading reviews. As a result I feel myself to have been swindled out of my money. I'm having proplems with the FMGC. I usually import the FSX flight plans with no proplems whatsoever but with this Evolution. I find that I cannot enter the take off runway as when I call up the entered flight plan the departure ICAO is not on the flight plan in the FMGC, the first "waypoint" I see is a DECEL value. When I actually I can't get the aircraft to follow the nav track. I'm doing absolutely nothing different from the old incarnation of Airbus. The weather display and HUD are a joke. Oh well, my own fault for not doing a bit of research first. :(

Yeah, this happens after the upgrade but it is not a big deal. Just select the dep runway before you enter the zfw and it will be ok. I really don't know why you can't get the plane to follow the plan. It is working perfectly with me. As for the weather radar, it works. I can prove it by uploading some videos, let me know if you want me to do it.

Yeah, this happens after the upgrade but it is not a big deal. Just select the dep runway before you enter the zfw and it will be ok. I really don't know why you can't get the plane to follow the plan. It is working perfectly with me. As for the weather radar, it works. I can prove it by uploading some videos, let me know if you want me to do it.

Hi and thanks for the reply. Perhaps it doesn't follow the route because of the missing departure in the flight plan in the FMGC. I'll give it another go with your advice and see what happens. :)