Anyone else think the A-321 has too much thrust? Not to mention, not enough drag on the flaps for approach? I'm not an Airbus guy here, so maybe someone can shed some light onto this?

I am not an Airbus Aexpert either, but you DO realize that (unless I'm mistaken) the A321 has the most powerful engines of any A320 variant, don't you?The iFDG A320's used 90% N1 for climb, 78-79% N1 for cruise...The iFDG A318 climbed with just 82% N1 and cruised at 70-something N1.The Microsoft A321 climbs and cruises with about 75% N1.You have a keen observation though...no question, if you take off, and if you don't throttle way back, you will Overspeed your A321 pretty easily.On landing, I have used the spoilers for a few seconds to bleed off excess airspeed. I don't know if this is done in real life. I know in DC-8's, they don't use the spoilers in flight.I think Microsoft has captured the "flat" trajectory Airbus landing pretty well in FSX.RhettAMD 3700+ (@2.5 ghz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (94.47), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8, WD 250 gig 7200 rpm SATA2, CoolerMaster Praetorian

I thought it may due to the increased weight. Whenever I've flown on an Airbus, specifically the A-320; it has no power compared to a Boeing. I did notice it takes around 3-4,000 of runway with around 90% N1 which is way to short for a full load. You're definitely right about how it overspeeds right away as well.I've only seen them open the spoilers on decent, not on final approach. The flaps just have no drag at all, or very little which makes it almost next to impossible to maintain Vref on approach.

It has been my experience on 319's that they deploy spoilers below 10,000 feet and retract until finals.

Yes, but the real question is, is the default A321 too powerful? Or is that how the A321 is in real life?RhettAMD 3700+ (@2.5 ghz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (94.47), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8, WD 250 gig 7200 rpm SATA2, CoolerMaster Praetorian