April 29, 201313 yr The Simcheck A300 was one of those planes that I was going to buy several years ago, but I told myself I was going to wait for a Service Pack. That came and went, but my interest drifted in other directions. It looks like a nice plane, but I never hear anybody talking about it, or putting it on their must-have lists. How does this rate in realistic systems modelling, accuracy, and overall experience compared to some of the top addon airliners out there today? Would it ever get any use when you have a hangar full of PMDG airplanes?
April 29, 201313 yr Overall, the Simcheck A300 is one of the better airliners available. It has very accurate systems modeling, fuel, air, hydraulics etc. It has a very good flight model, and is a real pleasure to fly. There doesn't seem to be any quirks in any part of it. Some folks do not like the virtual cockpit textures, as they are not current quality. It is a first generation electronic flight deck, and does not have an FMC, ( although that is being made - albeit quite slowly). It uses a delco carousel for lateral navigation, and can be used with the default FSX GPS nav. The external model is not bad, and there are quite a few repaints available. I haven't flown on a real A300, but I have been on it's younger little brother the A310 many times, and the sound pack seems very close to that. If you like planes of this era, this one is very nice. In case you didn't know, it won the Avsim "Bravo Zulu" award in 2010. - Roger
April 29, 201313 yr It is a fantastic, very underrated add-on. Feels great to fly, has good systems simulation, can thoroughly recommend it. Will Reynolds Flight Sim Addict
April 30, 201313 yr FMC? Why? God. No reason.This plane have very easy to use INS.. if you just dont want to insert still new waypoints, you can simply load FSX flight plan (even with more waypoints than 9 and it will work)This plane fly the radio navigation totaly best.. you just let autopilot on and changing CRS or VORs according to charts.. its 100% accurate, not like captainsim classic planes..Simcheck A300 is best classic airliner to FSX Jaroslav Kolesnikov
April 30, 201313 yr I am actually flying it right now. Love it. Nick Hatchel "Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see …" Charles A. Lindbergh, 1953 System: Custom Watercooled--Intel i7-8700k OC: 5.0 Ghz--Gigabyte Z370 Gaming 7--EVGA GTX 1080ti Founders Edition--16GB TridentZ RGB DDR4--240GB SSD--460GB SSD--1TB WD Blue HDD--Windows 10--55" Sony XBR55900E TV--GoFlight VantEdge Yoke--MFG Crosswind Pedals--FSXThrottle Quattro Throttle Quadrant--Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS--TrackIR 5--VRInsight MCPii Boeing
April 30, 201313 yr Commercial Member I agree with what others said. Very nice addon, with good FM, systems simulation, sounds, and very good autopilot, that works smoothly and guides the plane without jerks. And of course the auotpilot has all custom modes implemented, like IAS, CWS, autoland. No FMC, but INS is easy to use and you can load FSX flightplan into it in 3 clicks. Or you can enter coordinates of every waypoint of the route step by step. At the initial release some people complained that the Flight Engineer's panel is 2D and night lightning is too bright, but both issues have been fixed in Service Pack. Apart from FSLabs Concorde and Project Tupolev Tu-154, it's the best '70s era airliner out there. And the easiest to operate of the three. Michael A2A Simulations
April 30, 201313 yr Yes, I agree with all posts, the A300 is a great classic. I put it alongside the Mad Dog when it comes to immersion. System: MSFS2024, ASUS Rog Stryx Z790-A, Intel i9-14900KF, Asus ROG Ryujin III 360 , Asus Hyperion Case,Rog Stryx 4090 OC, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 SSD, 1Tb Samsung 860 EVO SSD,64Gb G Skill Memory, Asus Aura 1200W Gold PSU,Win 11 ,LG C4 48" 4K OLED Screen., Airbus TCA Full Kit, Stream Deck XL. WinWing FCU, EFIS, MCDU
April 30, 201313 yr I am not a big Airbus fan at all, but the A300-600 is close to my heart, amazing aircraft! I will now have to go and check this out LOL! Kind regards Werner Gillespie CYB2400Proud member of Cyber Air Virtual AirlinesAVSIM Staff Member
April 30, 201313 yr FMC? Why? God. No reason. This plane have very easy to use INS.. if you just dont want to insert still new waypoints, you can simply load FSX flight plan (even with more waypoints than 9 and it will work) This plane fly the radio navigation totaly best.. you just let autopilot on and changing CRS or VORs according to charts.. its 100% accurate, not like captainsim classic planes.. Simcheck A300 is best classic airliner to FSX Why? Because that's how I fly airliners, the way they fly today. All A300's flying today have FMC's not INS'. I am not a big Airbus fan at all, but the A300-600 is close to my heart, amazing aircraft! I will now have to go and check this out LOL! Kind regards It's not a -600, it's a B4-200
April 30, 201313 yr Does the INS work completely on its own? I ask, because like the Captain sim 707 it has an INS in the VC but doesn't actually work. You have to download and manually add the CIVA INS. I see Fedex fly the A300 out of SFO almost every day, it sure would be nice to get this addon. Luis Cortez
April 30, 201313 yr Commercial Member The INS is built into the model, works perfectly fine in the VC and of course it can drive the autopilot. It's not CIVA INS but it is a simulation of the same Delco Carousel INS. Wing flex AFAIK is not implemented. Something about rigid wings that don't flex so much. Michael A2A Simulations
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