New Fenix update out

[SierraDelta 1,342]

A320 v1.0.5.139

[SYSTEM]

- Adjusted custom low speed friction model

- Adjusted G/S mini logic

- Fixed beacon/strobe desync

- Fixed flap 2 to flap 3 excessive nose-down ballooning in manual flight and autoflight.

- Adjusted tuning for G/S hold for better tracking of G/S in autopilot modes

- Autoland told to stop mucking about and do the job properly, should flare a little more aggressively now.

- Fixed issue with loss of ILS signal in the FMS autotuner. This causes lack of yaw control during ROLLOUT, leading to grassy excursions. Please note, it's possible this issue still exists in specific sceneries that do not have their guidance beams set up properly.

- ISA fixed.

- Small tweaks to FLARE mode behaviour.

- Introduction of LIGHTER/HEAVIER sidestick option in CONTROL CONFIG, default changed to "lighter" for desktop hardware. 

- Changed amount of force needed to disconnect autopilot with stick pressure. Now a user needs to apply roughly 60% of travel before the AP will disconnect. This is the best way we can emulate a "control lock" which requires a fair amount of force to disconnect.

- Disabled brake temperature simulation for GSX pushbacks.

- Reduced sensitivity of yaw when nose wheel is in contact with the ground, leading to significantly smoother yaw control during crosswind landings and at high speeds.

- Minor refinements to initial VNAV descent angle calculations. 

- Fixed issue where the flat deceleration segment for 250kts was missing when a "at or above" altitude constraint was present.

[FM]

- Slight bump to flap full lift, aircraft should feel more responsive in flap full configurations, ergo FLARE feels slightly more energetic now as opposed to throwing elevator up into a bowl of porridge. All in, this should be more consistent, simply put. The prior the lack of lift was causing inertia issues. Please be aware of this on your next approach, some refamiliarization might be required.

- Made a small adjustment to lateral friction values

- Made a small adjustment to ground spoiler effectiveness

[ART&SOUND]

- All exterior lights now volumetric

- Added back missing antennas

- #bringbackcontrails

- Volume bug resolved preventing some sounds from playing at their intended volume

- Fixed nose gear retraction sounds

- Brighter cockpit

- Sound fixes and improvements (flaps/slats/fuel-pumps/AEVC/packs)

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Edited October 25, 2022 by SierraDelta

[sniper31 639]

This is encouraging news! I will have to download and run the update when I finish my current flight in Australia 🙂 

[F737MAX 5,609]

17 minutes ago, SierraDelta said:

- Autoland told to stop mucking about and do the job properly

[...] ergo FLARE feels slightly more energetic now as opposed to throwing elevator up into a bowl of porridge.

- #bringbackcontrails

😄 I like this team.

A lot of areas of improvement that will hopefully make their A320 really enjoyable again and some notable small additions that will make it shine even greater.

[Aamir 2,907]

The reworked lights are cool, if you manage to find some nasty weather. You can actually see, if you look closely, that the volumetric "effect" shows that the strobes aren't one bulb doing two flashes, it's actually two bulbs doing one flash each, one after the other. Loved this video during one of the beta test flights I did. 

https://streamable.com/a65xs1

[wain 182]

Nice one, have to download later...

[lwt1971 7,419]

Brilliant, just keeps getting better and better.

[fakeflyer737 992]

Hopefully this means I won’t bury the 320 every time I land her. 

[Wise87 1,281]

I'm at work so I'm waiting to hear some feedback on how it lands now. 

[Bobsk8 12,743]

Can't wait to get home and try this out. 

[Beardyman 604]

For many years PMDG was number one developer for tube liners, but i see that a new king is FENIX 🙂

[fluffyflops 1,858]

38 minutes ago, fakeflyer737 said:

Hopefully this means I won’t bury the 320 every time I land her. 

ditto

Edited October 25, 2022 by fluffyflops

[rlashier 95]

I just recently added the Fenix A320 to my MSFS hangar, and am very pleased so far. Just downloaded the update minutes ago. 
Is the proper update procedure to run the update and install it over the previous version, or should I first uninstall the previous model? Hopefully, the former as with PMDG, but the user guide was silent on this. Thanks!

Rich

[SierraDelta 1,342]

Just now, rlashier said:

I just recently added the Fenix A320 to my MSFS hangar, and am very pleased so far. Just downloaded the update minutes ago. 
Is the proper update procedure to run the update and install it over the previous version, or should I first uninstall the previous model? Hopefully, the former as with PMDG, but the user guide was silent on this. Thanks!

Rich

Just install over previous version.

[Aamir 2,907]

Just now, rlashier said:

I just recently added the Fenix A320 to my MSFS hangar, and am very pleased so far. Just downloaded the update minutes ago. 
Is the proper update procedure to run the update and install it over the previous version, or should I first uninstall the previous model? Hopefully, the former as with PMDG, but the user guide was silent on this. Thanks!

Rich

Hey! You can do either, so feel free to just download the file, and run it. We'll take care of the rest.

[Jeff Nielsen 1,386]

1 minute ago, rlashier said:

I just recently added the Fenix A320 to my MSFS hangar, and am very pleased so far. Just downloaded the update minutes ago. 
Is the proper update procedure to run the update and install it over the previous version, or should I first uninstall the previous model? Hopefully, the former as with PMDG, but the user guide was silent on this. Thanks!

Rich

Just update over the existing one and you should be good.

LOL--we all three just replied at the same time 🙂 

Edited October 25, 2022 by Jeff Nielsen