2 hours ago, lzamm said:

While I'm eagerly looking forward to this release, I'm not totally sure it's a good idea to have a "study-level" aircraft as a default.  I used to help out in the Zibo forums and the number of repeated simple questions from even experienced but non-airliner simmers is staggering.  I can easily see a backlash from the multitudes claiming that it's a dud because the engines don't start, the autopilot doesn't engage, and a host of similar trivialities that only require (shock, horror!) reading a manual.

I see questions regarding the PMDG and the Fenix on forums and Discord that show that some  users don't  bother to learn much about the aircraft before flying it. Strange, because for months all we heard was " we need study level aircraft"...

16 hours ago, espent said:

Their overlord has told them to have no other God than Austin, so none of them have dared take a peak.

peek

12 hours ago, CIKSSFMO said:

If you want some sort of structure and the ability to find real world flights, that's why I made FS Dispatch. I

Why am I just discovering this now. That is awesome!

More from the iniBuilds discord (from dev/leads like "Gumby", etc)... will as usual try to keep updating here with any interesting/noteable tidbits 🙂

Starting off with the usual overused and laughable talking point about MSFS physics...

https://discord.com/channels/535246634448191499/784467650612822016/985865824634028072:
Dani Zijlmans, Today at 06:26
"MSFS is really good now with the planes we have/coming"
𝕀𝕋𝔸𝕃aviation, Today at 06:43
"Msfs physics suck"
Hugothester, Today at 07:12
"I have flown a professional a320 simulator and MSFS physics are surprisingly superb, though some elements such as wind currents and strong gusts are still missing from "real weather" they are coming in the near future."
Gumby, Today at 07:18
"everyone who says it sucks has either not flown in the sim for 2 years or has never flown an aircraft irl"
 

Edited June 13, 20224 yr by lwt1971

20 minutes ago, lwt1971 said:

Dani Zijlmans, Today at 06:26
"MSFS is really good now with the planes we have/coming"
𝕀𝕋𝔸𝕃aviation, Today at 06:43
"Msfs physics suck"
Hugothester, Today at 07:12
"I have flown a professional a320 simulator and MSFS physics are surprisingly superb, though some elements such as wind currents and strong gusts are still missing from "real weather" they are coming in the near future."
Gumby, Today at 07:18
"everyone who says it sucks has either not flown in the sim for 2 years or has never flown an aircraft irl"
 

In my view, anyone who makes a simplistic and childish comment like that - "Msfs physics suck" - doesn't deserve a response.  Probably only 12 years old by the look of it. 

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

I see questions regarding the PMDG and the Fenix on forums and Discord that show that some  users don't  bother to learn much about the aircraft before flying it. Strange, because for months all we heard was " we need study level aircraft"...

I purchased my first airliner (the Fenix) last week and I have spent all my spare time watching the complete series of the a320 Sim Pilot videos! Now over the learning hump curve and well on my way! I can tell you that users who don’t learn much about the flight deck operations are missing out on the capabilities of this a/c BIG TIME.

21 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

In my view, anyone who makes a simplistic and childish comment like that - "Msfs physics suck" - doesn't deserve a response.  Probably only 12 years old by the look of it. 

As a novice to the airliners, the Fenix to me is like a masterpiece! The detailing is impeccable and the smoothness and accuracy of the panel blew my mind the way this aircraft handles. To say that about the physics is 100% inaccurate (as we all know). 

8 minutes ago, Doering said:

I purchased my first airliner (the Fenix) last week and I have spent all my spare time watching the complete series of the a320 Sim Pilot videos! Now over the learning hump curve and well on my way! I can tell you that users who don’t learn much about the flight deck operations are missing out on the capabilities of this a/c BIG TIME.

As a novice to the airliners, the Fenix to me is like a masterpiece! The detailing is impeccable and the smoothness and accuracy of the panel blew my mind the way this aircraft handles. To say that about the physics is 100% inaccurate (as we all know). 

I have owned many Payware Airliners for over a decade, nothing comes even close to the Fenix. 

Edited June 13, 20224 yr by Bobsk8

19 hours ago, 737_800 said:

If you fly online on VATSIM, you probably will see all the standard asobo liveries, but anyway, I am happy this came supricing!!

I did the following to have an almost neutral livery for all the A310s on VATSIM:

0) make a backup of your AIGAIM community folder!!!!!

1) via AIGAIM, download ULS Cargo.

2) go to your community folder - aig-aitraffic-oci-beta - SimObjects - Airplanes - AIGAIM_TFS_A310-300F_GE

3) open "texture.KZU-ULS Airlines Cargo"

4) open "TFS_A310_GE_T.PNG.dds" with gimp. check "Load mipmaps" and "Automatically decode ..." are ticked.

5) repaint the livery to your liking. I for example have just removed "ULS CARGO" on the fuselage. i've kept the tail, engines and winglets in grey/orange.

6) when finished, hit "file", then "overwrite TFS_A310_GE_T.PNG.dds"

7) in your .vmr file your A310 entry should look like this: <ModelMatchRule TypeCode="A310" ModelName="AIGAIM_ULS Airlines Cargo Airbus A310-300F" />

8 ) test it if it worked

9) if you don't see some models in your sim anymore or AIGAIM says "model missing or corrupt", just hit verify setup and you're good.

 

And most important to not loose your paint job: never ever update the ULS cargo package

20 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I have owned many Payware Airliners for over a decade, nothing comes even close to the Fenix. 

perhaps not in MSFS. The FSLabs does a way better job in simulating an A320. The Majestic q400 is the most complete simulation. To the best of my knowledge, its the only one to be used for actual flight crew training.

Just now, ha5mvo said:

perhaps not in MSFS. The FSLabs does a way better job in simulating an A320. The Majestic q400 is the most complete simulation. To the best of my knowledge, its the only one to be used for actual flight crew training.

I never flew XP so don't know about FSLABs but I owned and flew the Majestic for a couple of years. I like the Fenix much better than the Q 400, which the airlines are phasing out completely.  

1 hour ago, lwt1971 said:

Starting off with the usual overused and laughable talking point about MSFS physics...
 

Since you seem to find so much and so many to be "laughable" , mind enlightening us on what basis do YOU determine the accuracy (or lack thereof) of say the physics?

33 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

 I have owned many Payware Airliners for over a decade, nothing comes even close to the Fenix

Yep same. This aircraft just gives you those feels I've been flying it non-stop the bar has been raised. Q400 in P3D was garbage there was a bug with it flying RNAVs and they never bothered to fix it. It was good in FSX.

Edited June 13, 20224 yr by VBHB

 

3 minutes ago, VBHB said:

Yep same. This aircraft just gives you those feels I've been flying it non-stop the bar has been raised. Q400 in P3D was garbage there was a bug with it flying RNAVs and they never bothered to fix it. It was good in FSX.

I agree, after flying it for a long time in P3D, I just dropped it. 

11 hours ago, abrams_tank said:

i wonder if Jorg and Microsoft saw a jump in MSFS purchases and increased spending in the MSFS marketplace (from the new MSFS purchases) in the last 1.5 months with the release of the study level airliners in MSFS over the last 1.5 months.

This move to pay a developer like iniBuilds for their A310 (assuming their A310 will be a study level airliner too) makes a lot of sense if Jorg/Microsoft saw a jump in MSFS purchases and increased marketplace spending, from the introduction of the study level airliners in MSFS,

If they saw a jump in MSFS purchases over the last couple weeks, I don't think this is the reason for the A310 deal.

Inibuilds had their last A310 dev update in OCT21 (?) or so where Ubaid said something alike "hopefully we're able to share further previews with you over the next months".

My guess is, MSFS and Inibuilds have signed an agreement somewhere 6-9 months ago (fall/winter 2021) and this decision has nothing to do with the recent releases of good payware aircraft addons.

 

When the "free" A 310 is released, I wonder how long it will be before someone on Avsim demands that the Developer also  provides a 350 page A 310 manual in full color, spiral bound, Fed Ex's to their home. 😉