August 3, 201510 yr I've been getting into the Black Box Simulations A330 and A340 addon in it's latest version (0.81.5)... The developer has a bit of a history and the addon was mediocre at best in it's earlier versions. But it's pretty damn satisfying right now in P3D V2.5... Here are some shots from random flights. A340-300 Circuit Emirates A330-200 leaving Dubai RNZAF A330-200 MRTT flying Auckland to Christchurch Hope it's not an overload of Airbus .
August 3, 201510 yr These look great, thanks for sharing! -Jim Engage, research, inform and make your posts count! -Jim Morvay Origin EON-17SLX - Under the hood: Intel Core i7 7700K at 4.2GHz (Base) 4.6GHz (overclock), nVidia GeForce GTX-1080 Pascal w/8gb vram, 32gb (2x16) Crucial 2400mhz RAM, 3840 x 2160 17.3" IPS w/G-SYNC, Samsung 950 EVO 256GB PCIe m.2 SSD (Primary), Samsung 850 EVO 500gb M.2 (Sim Drive), MS Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit
August 3, 201510 yr Great shots! Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
August 3, 201510 yr Commercial Member Does not have a weather radar? Paul Grubich 2017 - Professional texture artist painting virtual aircraft I love. Be sure to check out my aged cockpits for the A2A B-377, B-17 and Connie at Flightsim.com and Avsim library
August 3, 201510 yr Does not have a weather radar? Nope, not yet at least. Greg Montey "Because with great power, comes great responsitriligence..."
August 3, 201510 yr Thanks guys, glad you liked them. And as mentioned, no WX radar in this one (don't know if it's a planned feature either). It's pretty decent in my opinion now though, so if you really want an A330 or A340, it might be the one for you.
August 3, 201510 yr This almost makes me wanna find my download link and give it another try. My faith in this duo has been dwindling by the month and, history aside, I'm almost just wondering if 2 guys in Malta without any real or material connection to Airbus can finish this job. But hey, apparently the Aerosoft (or DA, rather) CRJ is being done by one guy alone so who knows... Greg Montey "Because with great power, comes great responsitriligence..."
August 3, 201510 yr Haha, just in case, I will clarify "pretty decent"... I was able to get it running from cold & dark by pressing the buttons and switches you expect to need to press. I was able to program the FMGS in the way I was expecting, though it's not full-depth sim stuff. The aircraft was then pleasant to taxi with the tiller, the displays looked good, handling on takeoff felt believable and after that the autoflight system performed as I was expecting it to do. No strange missed turns or deviations off course etc. It is not up there with PMDG naturally, but for my personal kind of use, it was quite adequate and satisfying. I just love the A330 and A340 as planes as well, so at the moment I'd say it's a pretty decent addon
August 4, 201510 yr I got it a while ago. Definitly improved with the latest version. What it badly needs now is the FMC rewrite which is very basic. When that gets done, it will be a whole lot better. But as mentioned it flys pretty good now. CYVR LSZH I7-14700k 64gb 6000Mhz DDR5 ASUS z690 ROG STRIX Gaming RTX 4080 Super,
August 4, 201510 yr Lookin good mate! Seems strange seeing the wing shots as compared to what I usually post because you don't see a whole lot of A3/A4 pix period Chris Sunseri
August 4, 201510 yr Lookin good mate! Seems strange seeing the wing shots as compared to what I usually post because you don't see a whole lot of A3/A4 pix periodAbsolutely, that's why it's so nice to have these two come along and finally be somewhat decent .
August 4, 201510 yr Can't speak for the OP but I'm surprised at the positivity of this thread: I think we can all agree how badly proper widebody Airbuses are needed. Maybe that desperation has kept me from being one of the BBS naysayers but, then again, I have little clue and no experience with these guys and their past dealings... By the way, the screenies are really good. FT Dubai is simply a masterpiece. And why won't anyone redo NZAA?? The "upgraded" NZAA that comes with ORBX NZNI is certainly fine (and, to be honest, the only stock airport that I use) but I can't believe no one has come in and redone it... Greg Montey "Because with great power, comes great responsitriligence..."
August 4, 201510 yr By the way, the screenies are really good. FT Dubai is simply a masterpiece. And why won't anyone redo NZAA?? The "upgraded" NZAA that comes with ORBX NZNI is certainly fine (and, to be honest, the only stock airport that I use) but I can't believe no one has come in and redone it...ORBX are actually working on NZAA again apparently.
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