21 minutes ago, Vitold69 said:

Is there Emi "Now" ThePilot YouTube video with final verdict already? 🤔

Won't be too long I guess. Now he's an "expert" on a plane he still can't fly cause not type rated for it and only type rated for a widebody with different performance etc. Confirmed Monday or Tuesday he will test.

Edited November 19, 20232 yr by carlanthony24

4 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Someone who ferries planes around the world on behalf of companies, they're type rated on several aircraft at once. One day they're in Spain flying a 787, the next in Peru flying an A320... etc etc 

He’s type rated on both a B787 and an A320? What else? 

Which company is this he works for? 

 

53 minutes ago, Vitold69 said:

Is there Emi "Now" ThePilot YouTube video with final verdict already? 🤔

It's still in beta, hard to give a 'final' verdict.

5 hours ago, MrFuzzy said:

I am testing this a/c right now with a 2 h flight. 

I can't say it has any game-breaking (edit) issues, however personally I still prefer the FBW for the sounds (during taxiing this one sounds more "hollow", especially when simulating concrete irregularities) and the general look of the cockpit (more realistic button and surface textures on the A32NX IMHO). Performance seems OK.

Only it's annoying that it does not import the full flight plan from Simbrief and one has to insert waypoints and airways manually in the FMC. I was checking XP72 video and he does the same. 

Let's see if WE manage to get the RNAV08 approach at LOWI right 🙂 For now it's managing a brutal sidewind above Germany without issues.

How do you get the Traffic displayed at "even" numbers on the ND? No matter what plane i fly, my traffic is always shown like "+43", "-27" and so on. Like they fly on their own altimeter setting.

1 hour ago, B777ER said:

Possibly a Streamdeck XL & + profile to come?

Sorry, do not see it in the league of high fidelity addons in combination that we have already good other A320s.

Maybe if IniBuilds make a hell of an addon out of it, but thats not the case currently. We will see

When they fix the T/D and VNAV calculations, this will probably replace the FBW for me.

Apparently this build is not the current build, Which isn't surprising, that's how testing works.

Edited November 19, 20232 yr by Tuskin38

22 hours ago, JYW said:

As with all inibuilds aircraft, in my experience, it's very heavy (compared to it's peers) on performance. 

Firstly thanks for your thoughts throughout your post 🙂 Secondly (and you're not the only one to comment on performance) this seems to be an area that iniBuilds struggle with throughout their entire catalogue, be it Aircraft or Airports. I won't go into the semantics & possibilities in this thread about it, but there does seem to be a trend developing with them and this area.

Anyway back to the aircraft itself, whilst it's not entirely my cup of tea I'll be sure to try it out when the Public update comes along with this included.

5 hours ago, MrFuzzy said:

Only it's annoying that it does not import the full flight plan from Simbrief and one has to insert waypoints and airways manually in the FMC.

Have you reported this on the beta forums?

6 minutes ago, guenseli said:

Sorry, do not see it in the league of high fidelity addons in combination that we have already good other A320s.

Maybe if IniBuilds make a hell of an addon out of it, but thats not the case currently. We will see

I am going to push back on this a little. The ini addon has:

- a correct glare shield

- Dual MCDUS,

- Full RNAV approaches

- (I think Missed Approaches, but I can't verify).

None of these the FBW have, and are areas I think the ini exceeds the FBW. So I am curious given this why you wouldn't create a profile for it?

1 hour ago, g-liner said:

He’s type rated on both a B787 and an A320? What else? 

Which company is this he works for? 

 

https://x.com/jttsteve?s=21&t=iwRk6s_tOFsyzwEZB31yYw

That’s him. He’s those rated on all sorts of planes. 

Edited November 19, 20232 yr by Ianrivaldosmith

11 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

When they fix the T/D and VNAV calculations, this will probably replace the FBW for me.

Same for me as well. I was briefly on the beta to test it out, but had some stutters I didn't feel like sorting out. The few streamers I caught flying it the plane looks impressive.

And this is what he said about A320:-

As you all know by now, we bounce around from type to type a lot, but after a few straight days of flying patterns, approaches, maneuvers in a 1986 IA-1124A, jumping right into an Airbus is wild. Bob and I each looked at each other on the climb in the A320 and said: “*******, this isn’t even piloting!” 

It’s really not. The contrast between the two experiences in the space of an hour is truly something else. Being completely honest here, piloting an Airbus is not truly piloting. It’s so unbelievably easy and stress-free, which is a great thing in some respects, is also frightening when you think about the fact that ANY modern airliner can require the same sort of flying skills when the 💩 hits the fan! 

I realize an 80’s era jet isn’t exactly accessible to most bus drivers, but I strongly encourage you all to get checked out on a GA aircraft locally and try to make time to buzz around town a few times a year with a 6-pack and no moving maps. I promise - it’s not only good for you, but it’s fun as hell and will remind you why you got into this in the first place! 

Long-live the steam gauges!

https://airlinegeeks.com/2022/02/08/opinion-automating-away-basic-airmanship/
 

And this was my argument yesterday. I never said the A320 was unsafe. I said it breeds complacency. It applies to any modern jet airliner. I just personally think the A320 is all button pushing. 

Edited November 19, 20232 yr by Ianrivaldosmith

4 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

It’s so unbelievably easy and stress-free

Yeah until some circuit breaker pops and you're out of normal law. Then the huge amount of training shows off. In normal procedures, yes, the Airbus is relaxing and has a very low workload. But when something goes wrong, I'd rather be flying a 737, because you don't suddenly have to completely switch all your flying patterns because things are quite diffently in another "law" (i.e. suddenly having to manually trim on an Airbus).

That said I consider the Airbus "safer" in a statistical way because the pilot's just can't mess up that much on their own. E.g. something like the Helios ghostflight (the pilots didn't check if pressurization mode selector is set to AUTO [which it wasn't] and became inconscious during the climb out together with everyone else on board) would not be possible on an Airbus.

3 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said:

Yeah until some circuit breaker pops and you're out of normal law. Then the huge amount of training shows off.

That’s what he said 👀. but yeah the 737 is more hands on definitely. That’s why I purchased a Yoke and not a side stick. But to each their own, it clearly has a big following so fair play. 

Edited November 19, 20232 yr by Ianrivaldosmith