I am flying the Project Airbus a380 at the moment - and it flies pretty nicely, with a smart VC panel and all..

 

The only thing (and this is mentioned in several threads) is that it seems a little underpowered, even given its size and weight. OK, when climbing above FL300 I expect to climb slowly to maintain speed, but even between 10,000 and 20,000, I cannot get the climb rate much above 1500ft/min without the autothrottle being unable to maintain my inputted IAS (around 290 KIAS above 10,000'). If I shut down the ATH and apply manual thrust, things are better. Overall though there's less climb power than I am used to with FS9 airbuses, (but maybe that's more like the real aircraft.).

 

I don't want to increase the thrust_scalar value as taxiing on the ground is about right, I don't want the plane to race away. (I like the fact that it takes some time for the throttles to take effect on the ground, you get the feeling of a really heavy aircraft!).

 

I have read through the AircraftContainerSDKFS2004.doc. I am not 100% sure if changing these values would help.. The numbers given are as I currently have them (PA default):

 

[turbineenginedata]
fuel_flow_gain        = 0.00135
inlet_area        = 35.00
rated_N2_rpm        = 9750.00
static_thrust        = 80214.00

 

[autopilot]
autothrottle_max_rpm            = 90

 

I'm flying well within fuel and weight limits...

 

I only need a small tweak I think - I am not expecting totally unrealistic performance!

 

Thanks,

 

Martin

 

PS. Any smart payware a380s in the pipeline, does anyone know? Only interested in FS9, so probably not!!

This is relevant:

 

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/tech_ops/read.main/28708/

 

Maybe the real-world a380 is just as sluggish as my FS9 version! Just a tiny tiny increase in the thrust_scalar might help (I don't want the plane stalling if I leave it on AP/ATH for two minutes to get a cup of tea!).

 

Would still like to know more about the other aircraft.cfg lines though, quoted above.