One review I saw said that this plane had very light documentation.   Another review said the documentation was a hardcore simmer's dream.  Meanwhile I've seen links to customer made spreadsheets or calculators for Vspeeds. This puzzles me. Are basic things like Vspeeds or flap schedules not included in the documentation?

I believe Bjorn who developed the SimCheck is now with FSL for the upcoming A320X series?

He worked with us for a short period of time but asked to leave for personal reasons. 

 

I can certainly vouch for the Simcheck A300 though, a very well made simulation. 

He worked with us for a short period of time but asked to leave for personal reasons.

 

I can certainly vouch for the Simcheck A300 though, a very well made simulation.

 

Please come with more news about the FSL A32X!!!

Excellent simulation. Go get it, for all the reasons mentioned above.

 

And if you choose origin-destination with an RNAV SID-STAR, you will never need to (semi-)manually fly a VOR course, and it will be just as if you had an FMC.

 

 

 

PS: Do not put - and you do not need - the CIVA.

 

The self-contained INS does the job very well.

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tombeckett2285, on 30 Apr 2013 - 1:44 PM, said:

 

The addition of an FMC would ruin it in my opinion, it's totally unnecessary. The INS is so simple to use its frightening, and as long as you RTFM then you will have no problems. Probably the same sort of people who will break down in tears when they need to fly a raw data VOR approach or realise you have to disengage the auto throttle during climb above FL290 and set thrust manually to maintain M0.78. I love it and haven't set foot in the NGX since!

I disagree. I love the A300 too, but there are no, I repeat no, A300s flying in the air today that still use an INS. As I like to fly even older planes like the A300 or DC-9 as they would be rendered in the present day, I would love to have an FMC in my A300. Not because I quake at 70s technology of VOR navigation and approaches, but because I'd love the option of an A300 as it would be retrofitted today.

I disagree. I love the A300 too, but there are no, I repeat no, A300s flying in the air today that still use an INS. As I like to fly even older planes like the A300 or DC-9 as they would be rendered in the present day, I would love to have an FMC in my A300. Not because I quake at 70s technology of VOR navigation and approaches, but because I'd love the option of an A300 as it would be retrofitted today.

  I am sure one could use the ISG gauge set for FMS and EHSI until the official SimCheck FMS update comes out.  I've not tried it it myself but the gauges are highly adaptable in everything else.

 

Your DC-9 comment is interesting because as far as I am aware most present DC-9s, like Delta's for example, are retrofitted with a Garmin 165 GPS and nothing more.  Why I say this is interesting is because no one has yet suggested just installing a simple GPS into the SimCheck A300 and having a completely viable and realistic solution the modern navigation problem.

I am sure one could use the ISG gauge set for FMS and EHSI until the official SimCheck FMS update comes out.  I've not tried it it myself but the gauges are highly adaptable in everything else.

I've used the ISG gauge with no issues in this aircraft, and if you look in the panel folder for the Simcheck airbus, you'll find a panel.cfg for the ISG to try out. ISG needs to be installed of course.

 

tombeckett2285, on 30 Apr 2013 - 1:44 PM, said:

 

 

The addition of an FMC would ruin it in my opinion, it's totally unnecessary. The INS is so simple to use its frightening, and as long as you RTFM then you will have no problems. Probably the same sort of people who will break down in tears when they need to fly a raw data VOR approach or realise you have to disengage the auto throttle during climb above FL290 and set thrust manually to maintain M0.78. I love it and haven't set foot in the NGX since!

 

I disagree. I love the A300 too, but there are no, I repeat no, A300s flying in the air today that still use an INS. As I like to fly even older planes like the A300 or DC-9 as they would be rendered in the present day, I would love to have an FMC in my A300. Not because I quake at 70s technology of VOR navigation and approaches, but because I'd love the option of an A300 as it would be retrofitted today.

There are quite a few around Europe which are INS only, and they have no problems flying SIDs and STARs. I flew jump seat a few times in Australia in B2s with INS only and they flew the full procedure without an issue.

 

I love the old iron, and with the ins you just enter the waypoints for the SID or STAR and look after the vertical component manually, no big deal really, but it is really good fun.

 

tombeckett2285, on 30 Apr 2013 - 1:44 PM, said:

 

 

The addition of an FMC would ruin it in my opinion, it's totally unnecessary. The INS is so simple to use its frightening, and as long as you RTFM then you will have no problems. Probably the same sort of people who will break down in tears when they need to fly a raw data VOR approach or realise you have to disengage the auto throttle during climb above FL290 and set thrust manually to maintain M0.78. I love it and haven't set foot in the NGX since!

 

I disagree. I love the A300 too, but there are no, I repeat no, A300s flying in the air today that still use an INS. As I like to fly even older planes like the A300 or DC-9 as they would be rendered in the present day, I would love to have an FMC in my A300. Not because I quake at 70s technology of VOR navigation and approaches, but because I'd love the option of an A300 as it would be retrofitted today.

I'm pretty sure there are; maybe Iran Air and maybe Mahan - to be honest I'm not sure about Air Contractors or MNG. An FMS isn't a prerequisite for RVSM operation AFAIK, so there is nothing that prevents INS only equipped aircraft being used - on VATSIM short flights I often fly below FL280 and don't even bother with the INS. Anyway, that's not really the point. I suppose I've found myself going through the full circle of add ons, from garbage produced by big name developers to the undoubted technical achievement of the NGX, but I've just never enjoyed myself as much as I have in the Simcheck A300, because the SOPS aren't to plug LNAV and VNAV in at 500ft and that's it till minimums, it is all about planning, concentrating and thinking 5 steps ahead. That's what I missed so much before, hell I even use the amazing freeware BAC 1-11 by Dave Maltby a lot now, and I just personally get so much more pleasure from flying old metal. Different strokes for different folks I suppose, maybe I could have worded it less harshly but it would be interesting to see how many people could actually fly the NGX without the FMC at all, just raw data only.

 

Just £0.02

 

Tom

 

 

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Your DC-9 comment is interesting because as far as I am aware most present DC-9s, like Delta's for example, are retrofitted with a Garmin 165 GPS and nothing more. Why I say this is interesting is because no one has yet suggested just installing a simple GPS into the SimCheck A300 and having a completely viable and realistic solution the modern navigation problem.

Hey, that would do me just nicely! :smile: ..... As I say, the aim being to replicate modern day retrofitting, rather than flying the plane as though it's 1975 (which can of course be fun too!).

 

There are quite a few around Europe which are INS only, and they have no problems flying SIDs and STARs.

Sorry I don't agree that that is true at all.  I am in Europe, and am confident that no aircraft are flying with INS fitted, in 2013. They no longer meet JAA / EU requirements for most flight types that a 'heavy' would make. Can you reference evidence of these 'INS-equipped planes flying around Europe today' ?

 

As said in an earlier post, the most basic BRNAV capabilities of an INS can be met with a simple GPS unit, that costs a fraction of that of an INS, with almost no maintenance (the INS units used to cost many thousands to service, do the complex hundreds of moving parts, used by the gyro systems. Compare that with GPS satellite referencing, and virtually no moving parts).

 

I am not putting down old classics, and their nav kit - I am merely saying that having retro-fitted classics, that represent how these planes fly today is fun too.

 

Anyway, not to worry - what really matters (with reference to the OP's post) is that we all agree the Simcheck A300 is a winner!

 

 

at 70s technology of VOR navigation

 

I told you before:

 

The A300 INS does not need VORs to fly, if you have all 3 procedures (SID, STAR, approach) of RNAV type.

 

So, it is far more advanced than the DC-9 for example.

I told you before:

 

The A300 INS does not need VORs to fly, if you have all 3 procedures (SID, STAR, approach) of RNAV type.

 

So, it is far more advanced than the DC-9 for example.

 

Chill out. I don't need the "I told you before" angle;   you don't need to ram your views down people's throats.     People here are going on like I am attacking the classic stuff, which I was never doing ..... all I was ever pointing out is that a A300 with retro-fitted modern avionics would be fun too.

 

(And seeing as Simcheck are making a retro-fitted version, the appear to agree).

 

There's a bit too much male chest-beating going on in this thread now, so I'll leave you guys to it.  

 

As I said in Post #42 :-

 

Anyway, not to worry - what really matters (with reference to the OP's post) is that we all agree the Simcheck A300 is a winner!

A bit late to the thread but ever since getting this plane last week I'm not flying anything else. I'm also not a hardcore simmer as am intermediary in ability but because Airbus made the plane easier to fly than its contemporaries it's ok to pick up an learn. I have Aivlasoft EFB and that makes it easy to fly SIDs and STARs using radials etc and in some ways its nicer to know exactly what is going to happen rather than an FMC that decides that it wants to fly off to god knows where.

 

In case no ones realised I can recommend this aircraft thoroughly and don't worry about the INS you'll be fine and enjoy this aircraft to the max!!!