They picked off the low hanging fruit early, now they hit the hard stuff.  It'll be awhile I suspect if they don't go broke first.

10 minutes ago, WestAir said:

Has IniBuilds said anything on the Airbus recently? I haven't seen any new posts about them on the forums lately. Their airbus is one of the planes I was most excited about, because they're so dang realistic and they love non-normal events just as much as I do.

Looks awesome, I am expecting the A310 even more than the A320. On Discord, MJ posted 2 or 3 screenshots sometime ago, then said it was too early to show/tell more and we will get more info later on.

They managed it quite well, didn't let the hype grow too much.

14 minutes ago, bendead said:

Looks awesome, I am expecting the A310 even more than the A320. On Discord, MJ posted 2 or 3 screenshots sometime ago, then said it was too early to show/tell more and we will get more info later on.

They managed it quite well, didn't let the hype grow too much.

That's what I'm looking forward the most to be honest the A310. I was never really an Xplane guy so never got to experience it in all its glory. 

I've noticed throughout many forums that several people like to compare planes to the Fenix A320, like it's already been released. "Oh, that plane looks good, but it's nowhere near the complexity of the Fenix A320". Or, "Yeah, it's a middle ground representation of the systems of the plane, but nowhere near what Fenix is offering". I'm not going to lie, if I ran Fenix, I'd love all the praise. But the real question is, how does an unreleased product get so much praise, to a point where it's compared to actual products that are for sale? I've seen all the videos and screenshots and agree it does look good, but how it became the standard of "study level" planes and the pinnacle of payware straight-up confuses me, considering it's still in development.  

going  to be  interesting  to compare  it  to  fsl  version  when it  comes out

My guess is Fenix uncovered a lot of bugs after more beta testers joined the testing team.  If the Fenix A320 is one of the most complex airliners to ever come out for a home market flight simulator, it makes sense that it also has the most bugs, if they are simulating all that complexity.

And for those who expect it soon, I think their beta test will take the longest among the BAe 146, PMDG 737, and Leonardo Maddog.

if you are new to software development, if you double the amount of code in your software, the number of bugs doesn’t just double.  The number of bugs if you double the amount of code in your software will probably go up exponentially.  This is because doubling the code usually means there are many more combinations of output, therefore the number of bugs goes up with the combination of outputs, which is probably an exponential factor.

I would be really surprised if they released it before June. I wouldn’t even be surprised if it took them to August or longer.  I think they are going to have a very long beta test phase because of the complexity of their aircraft.

1 hour ago, pete_auau said:

going  to be  interesting  to compare  it  to  fsl  version  when it  comes out

FSL is the pinnacle of flight simming. Too bad 2 of their beta testers dropped out and joined the Fenix team. Take that for what its worth. These guys are going for the jugular. 

Edited April 23, 20224 yr by jbdbow1970

34 minutes ago, abrams_tank said:

I would be really surprised if they released it before June. I wouldn’t even be surprised if it took them to August or longer.

One of the issue if Fenix takes too long to release, is the A320 from FBW.

I could not fly on MSFS for the past month and a half, after that time, I updated the FBW and found that VNAV was working reasonably well, the new EFB looks awesome, the revisited texture look as good or better than the 737 from PMDG and the sound keeps improving. What will this freeware team be able to achieve over the next 2,3 or even 6 month?

1 hour ago, bendead said:

One of the issue if Fenix takes too long to release, is the A320 from FBW.

I could not fly on MSFS for the past month and a half, after that time, I updated the FBW and found that VNAV was working reasonably well, the new EFB looks awesome, the revisited texture look as good or better than the 737 from PMDG and the sound keeps improving. What will this freeware team be able to achieve over the next 2,3 or even 6 month?

That's true too, even more so if FBW decides to drop the CEO airframe ha! (pretty sure Fenix is doing the CEO)?

The Fenix A320 is currently under extensive beta testing. I've heard extraordinary things from the lucky few who have access to the airplane (some well-known content creators are among the beta testers). It's very actively under development and I'm pretty sure we're in for a treat!

I'm sure they'll get the hype train running full steam once they are even remotely close to release. Which they aren't, obviously.

Folks let's wait for Aamir to update on this before jumping into conclusions and theories. 

I think @abrams_tank above has put it in a very concise way of interpreting of the delay on this Fenix Project.

It's way way better to see something appear from almost nowhere, and almost PERFECT, than to be flushed with useless marketing-like stuff ending in something that after all doesn't fulfil our expectations... ( no pun intended !!! Honestly !!! )

I just hope at the same time the Fenix A320 evoilves, the EXTRAORDINARY FBW continues to evolve if not for other reason because for me it is the reason why I use MFS ! 

Edited April 23, 20224 yr by jcomm

8 hours ago, jbdbow1970 said:

FSL is the pinnacle of flight simming. Too bad 2 of their beta testers dropped out and joined the Fenix team. Take that for what its worth. These guys are going for the jugular. 

Those two beta testers probably use MSFS these days, rather than P3D.

Edited April 23, 20224 yr by Christopher Low

12 hours ago, Bdub22 said:

But the real question is, how does an unreleased product get so much praise, to a point where it's compared to actual products that are for sale? I've seen all the videos and screenshots and agree it does look good, but how it became the standard of "study level" planes and the pinnacle of payware straight-up confuses me, considering it's still in development.  

I suppose there are good clues as to the complexity and high levels of fidelity in the aircraft they're developing, which then understandably leads to extrapolations by others like what you observe. Apart from their deep-dive previews of various features on https://fenixsim.com/blog/, I'd say the fact that it is based on https://prosim-ar.com/prosima320/ is a good indication of high fidelity (which is a term I much prefer to "study level")... as always, proof will be in the pudding. And given that it is Fenix's first ever release of an aircraft, they're going to be extra careful in getting it right for first impressions given the tough simulation crowd that usually purchase high fidelity aircraft.

Edited April 23, 20224 yr by lwt1971