Waiting for something like FS2Crew for this though....

This airbus is totally awesome I highly recommend it. It's as realistic as it gets I just bought Mike Rays A320 Airbus book to help me get used to it even more.

Dont get me wrong im just curious can you explain a little bit more? Everybody now saying its uber realistic etc.. but in what aspect? The flight model? or the system behind those buttons? Im not a Bus driver so thats why im asking in the old days i had PSS which was not bad that time,my only worries its made for Dual pilot operation but in the sim you are doing alone everything which is not the ideal way of doing those.

Dont get me wrong im just curious can you explain a little bit more? Everybody now saying its uber realistic etc.. but in what aspect? The flight model? or the system behind those buttons? Im not a Bus driver so thats why im asking in the old days i had PSS which was not bad that time,my only worries its made for Dual pilot operation but in the sim you are doing alone everything which is not the ideal way of doing those.

 

 

It's the sum of the many parts which have all been simulated incredibly well, and it becomes apparent the moment you crank the thing up. There are loads of little touches which you notice that show they've really gone for it in simulating everything to the Nth degree, and if you know the real aeroplane then it becomes even more apparent. Some things are very obviously better than most simulated aeroplanes you can get for FS, a good example would be the ground handling, which is vastly superior to any other FS airliner; FS is notorious for things such as unrealistic ground friction and so even many expensive payware aeroplanes aren't at their best when taxying, but not the FSL Airbus, it's in a league of its own where taxying it to the runway is concerned, and so before you've even got the thing off the deck you can see what a brilliant job FSL have done with it.

 

Then of course you have the very complex FBW system the A320 is famous for (and also famous for having stumped every other developer that has tried to emulate it for FS). The numerous modes and 'laws' which the A320 operates in and follows are all replicated faithfully in the FSL A320. The FBW laws is where other simulations have tended to fall down, some attempts have had a half decent stab at it with much of what they have done being okay if not perfectly accurate, but the FSL A320 gets them all absolutely correct.

 

Then you have all the under the hood stuff; the hydraulic systems, electrical systems fuel systems and such. These have all been completely (as in one hundred percent accurately) replicated and simulated, meaning these systems interact with one another absolutely realistically, thus anything you do which is weird or out of the ordinary, or (hopefully) anything you do which is correct in terms of operating the thing, is never a 'canned scenario' to get the FSL A320 to exhibit a certain behaviour, instead it does exactly what the real aircraft would do under those circumstances, because it effectively is a virtual version of the real aeroplane in terms of where everything is inside the thing, right down to the electrical wiring and the hydraulic, fuel and lubrication plumbing layouts.

 

I know some other FS add-ons have done some of this sort of thing, but FSL have taken this methodology to obsessive levels, and it shows in how realistic their A320 is in FS.

 

 

I know some other FS add-ons have done some of this sort of thing, but FSL have taken this methodology to obsessive levels, and it shows in how realistic their A320 is in FS.

 

+1

 

 

It's the sum of the many parts.....

 

Great summary.  

 

I'm not really an Airbus fan, but as someone else mentioned, not having the A320 severly limits your choices of routes and airlines in Europe.   But on the basis of the positive reviews I am now seriously considering flying a tray table.

 

I use a PFC yoke, so for me, switching to a joystick aircraft is somewhat unrealistic - another reason for having stuck with PMDG Boeings.  Trying to configure the Aerosoft Airbus (when I had the urge a few months ago) on my controllers using FSUIPC was a really difficult exercise.  Has anyone had any trouble configuring the FSLabs setup?

Yes. It is/was worth it.

 

Very immersive. Wonderful VC. Runs very well for me. Not Boeing, for a change.

my only worries its made for Dual pilot operation but in the sim you are doing alone everything which is not the ideal way of doing those

I too am waiting for comments on this aspect .... you can't fly it with pf mouse clicks surely or can you ??

Ok i'm getting it today. Still at work for another three hours

Thanks Chock for the summary very informative!!!!

I too am waiting for comments on this aspect .... you can't fly it with pf mouse clicks surely or can you ??

 

The Airbus is even more automated than the newer type Boeings. So the workload can be easily managed alone. Actually, I don't even use FS2Crew on the Boeing aircraft anymore, because it just get's too boring having a co-pilot which does most of the work. And other than in real life, in the sim you are allowed to operate these aircrafts on your own...

 

And on the OP's question: Yes, the FSLabs A320 is absolutely worth its high price. It is even more detailed than the PMDG birds.

Dont get me wrong im just curious can you explain a little bit more? Everybody now saying its uber realistic etc.. but in what aspect? The flight model? or the system behind those buttons? Im not a Bus driver so thats why im asking in the old days i had PSS which was not bad that time,my only worries its made for Dual pilot operation but in the sim you are doing alone everything which is not the ideal way of doing those.

Basically it's the flight dynamics that's realistic like panels, FMC, systems it simulates like the real thing. Everything works. I'm still reading the book and so far everything in the book compared to the plane is real.

Waiting for something like FS2Crew for this though....

 

Same here.

 

Dirk.

Does anybody fly this one with TrackIR? Is it flyable? I ask because I find it very difficult to fly with TIR if frames are below 30 - it gets very laggy and choppy.

+much

 

Simply fantastic, absolutely my favourite aircraft atm! The devs should be seriously proud of their 6+ years work on this. 

The enviromnent is in a whole different level from everything i've experienced. It does "feelThere" except it's not