iniBuilds A300-600 has been released! (reopened)

[Farlis]

12 hours ago, mikeymike said:

Any routes available? cant seem to find any on flightaware for UPS FEDEX AND DHL

thanks

mike

I didn't reply at first because I thought you were talking about flightplans instead of routes.

But now that this is clearer to me I recommend you use FlightRadar24 instead. It has this neat feature where you look into the database of Aircraft of a specific type and then you can see where a specic aircraft has been in the last 3 years. That is if you have a subscription, if you don't it's just the last week. I use this to see where the aircrafts I have liveries for are in the real world.

 

Here is the list of ALL the A306's registered. 

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/a300/a306

 

As an example, iniBuilds has a liveries for multiple UPS aircraft. 

N143UP is currently in SDF and has not been moved since December 29.

N149UP is in ROA and has also not moved since the 29th. (It flew there from SDF via GSO, a flight which I recreated live in the sim the day it happened)

N173UP is in MCI and last flew on the 30th. 

None of them have currently any upcoming flights scheduled.

Edited January 2, 2024 by Farlis

[Cognita]

It is immediately post holidays, consumer product shipments will be low and business has not fully resumed so very little is moving right now cargo wise so these planes are not flying. Likely toward the end of the week or next week they will begin to move to more regular schedule again, but remember most of them will fly in the very early morning, 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.

You can see the same information on FlightAware, just search the registry number you are interested in and you can get 2 weeks of its flight details.

[BrammyH]

Usually what I do is google "flightaware FDX" and then sort on aircraft type. That usually brings up the filed flight plans. As Cognita mentioned, tracking cargo flights is hard. Honestly, if you take any of the major UPS/DHL/FDX hubs and pick a destination flight it's plausible. And, your sim, your rules anyway.

The other one is something like the app Flight Sim Dispatch. You can sort on A306 there. Now, his schedule is about 2 years out of date but if you narrow the range to 2021-2022 you can get some good flights.

 

[Benjamin J]

Something that I do is to search by airline in Flightradar24. Go to the hamburger icon on the top right and select airlines, then search for UPS or FedEx, and click the Routes tab. It should show you a map with all the airports where flights have been filed. You can have it display all routes and then search for A300 flights. I like doing things this way sinceI often want to fly a particular carrier from or to a particular airport. This method gives a nice overview of all the possibilities.

[longhaul747]

I got this plane pretty much on the day of release.  I sincerely want to enjoy it but it has some pretty big issues at the moment.  Performance is absolutely atrocious.  Especially when I try and pan around the outside of the aircraft and around airports etc.  I tried the enhanced texture option but it made little if any difference.  For the life of me I can't steer the plane on the ground.  The FMS on my A300 seems completely broken and can't input anything.  When I add fuel and import it to the aircraft my gauges show nothing and I think its kind of silly the engines have to be turned off just to add payload.  I understand the desire for absolute realism but its just a flight simulator.  The worst thing is I get a CTD 9 out of 10 times I attempt to load the aircraft!

I am confident IniBuild's will get it right but its definitely only half baked at the moment.  For now I shelved it!     

[Tuskin38]

I've done 6 flights now (5 cargo 1 passenger) with zero issues. 

 

  

6 minutes ago, longhaul747 said:

The FMS on my A300 seems completely broken and can't input anything.  When I add fuel and import it to the aircraft my gauges show nothing

Sounds like an issue on your end, I've not seen any other people report this.

But you should still go to the official ini forums and report the issue, maybe someone can help.

Edited January 2, 2024 by Tuskin38

[longhaul747]

37 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

I've done 6 flights now (5 cargo 1 passenger) with zero issues. 

 

  

Sounds like an issue on your end, I've not seen any other people report this.

But you should still go to the official ini forums and report the issue, maybe someone can help.

That is good to know it works for some but judging by many reports it definitely has issues on many systems.  My system is actually upper mid level currently and runs MSFS like a dream on just about everything so a bit shocking the A300 is so rough!

I am not ruling out user error on the FMS but its a bit strange.  I can change pages and key an airport in but when I try to create a flight by hitting the buttons on the side it won't import that airport into the screen.  It just says Invalid Entry.  You should at the very least go to Direct and input an airfield and have it show that.  Still tinkering with it trying to get it to work.  This was actually today's project but my MSFS keeps on CTD every time I try and load a flight with the A300.  CTD's never happen literally when I load anything else or taking a long flight.

A friend of mine who also purchased the A300 found that his MSFS lags and stutters with everything since installing the A300 whether he is flying it or not.  Once he uninstalled the A300 all was well again.  So it appears the A300 installs some sort of run time file that causes issues with MSFS itself.  I have not noticed this myself but possible I guess.  

I think the plane looks nice and flies okay I guess but definitely needs some polishing.  I think its a bit overpowered but when you have zero payload in a cargo version and only 40K pounds of fuel it will be overpowered.  If you check out A300 takeoff videos they tend to climb like a homesick angel anyway so likely not actually over powered.  They can land and stop on a dime as well.  Impressive airplane!  

[Swe_Richard]

The inaugural flight from GCLP to LEMD went without issue. No stutters or nothing. Perfectly fine. Would actually go out on a limb and say performance was slightly better than in the Learjet (although I've never done the same flight in that). 

[bennyboy75]

Got it, nice texturing and it feels a more complete product than the A310. Performance is patchy but my rig is mid tier at best now (9900kf and 2080ti) so will reserve judgement until I’ve upgraded at least the CPU. Only issue I had is the nose wheel steering stopped working mid turn and I ran off into the grass. This issue also affects the PMDG 737 and Fenix to a certain extent so I’ll pin the blame on Asobo. From a bit of digging around it seems if you have a tiller assigned (I use the twist on my Airbus joystick even when using my yoke for the A300 and Boeings) and you push any rudder input, the nose wheel steering stops working. Anyone else ran into this? 

[rick celik]

41 minutes ago, bennyboy75 said:

Got it, nice texturing and it feels a more complete product than the A310. Performance is patchy but my rig is mid tier at best now (9900kf and 2080ti) so will reserve judgement until I’ve upgraded at least the CPU. Only issue I had is the nose wheel steering stopped working mid turn and I ran off into the grass. This issue also affects the PMDG 737 and Fenix to a certain extent so I’ll pin the blame on Asobo. From a bit of digging around it seems if you have a tiller assigned (I use the twist on my Airbus joystick even when using my yoke for the A300 and Boeings) and you push any rudder input, the nose wheel steering stops working. Anyone else ran into this? 

Not sure if its the same issue, but my tiller response was unavailable also after a flight or two, but then once i clicked the autopilot off, authority returned. Surely has to be a bug right.

 

[Rene_Feijen]

1 hour ago, bennyboy75 said:

Got it, nice texturing and it feels a more complete product than the A310. Performance is patchy but my rig is mid tier at best now (9900kf and 2080ti) so will reserve judgement until I’ve upgraded at least the CPU. Only issue I had is the nose wheel steering stopped working mid turn and I ran off into the grass. This issue also affects the PMDG 737 and Fenix to a certain extent so I’ll pin the blame on Asobo. From a bit of digging around it seems if you have a tiller assigned (I use the twist on my Airbus joystick even when using my yoke for the A300 and Boeings) and you push any rudder input, the nose wheel steering stops working. Anyone else ran into this? 

There is a tiller automatic on/off option in the tablet I believe? I did not touch that option and use rudder pedals for ground steering .

[regis9]

I have separate tiller hardware and have the same issue with the A300 as I had with the A310 where the nose wheel direction will jump around while I’m turning, I think it snaps back to centre,  I saw someone on discord saying it was like the tiller would reset to centre if any rudder deflection was applied.  If that’s the case it would make sense as when applying brakes (or even resting my feet on the rudder pedals) I’d be inputting some small amount of rudder deflection.

[Luis Hernandez]

On 12/30/2023 at 8:42 PM, Bob Scott said:

The panel won't allow changing the fuel load once engines are running, so using Quantum Leap to skip ahead inflight wasn't an option.

 

On 12/31/2023 at 9:04 AM, Luis Hernandez said:

 if I remember well, the A310 could do that using the EFB (but I had to obtain the post-leap quantity from the OFP, not the MCDU). I can't check right now, my A310 is grounded because of the blank screen issues.

I could finally check: the A310 can change fuel load inflight. Being from the same developer, it's strange the A300 can't... but well, iniBuilds has given me the strangest issues ever in my sim history 😂

Edited January 2, 2024 by Luis Hernandez

[mikeymike]

12 hours ago, Farlis said:

I didn't reply at first because I thought you were talking about flightplans instead of routes.

But now that this is clearer to me I recommend you use FlightRadar24 instead. It has this neat feature where you look into the database of Aircraft of a specific type and then you can see where a specic aircraft has been in the last 3 years. That is if you have a subscription, if you don't it's just the last week. I use this to see where the aircrafts I have liveries for are in the real world.

 

Here is the list of ALL the A306's registered. 

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/a300/a306

 

As an example, iniBuilds has a liveries for multiple UPS aircraft. 

N143UP is currently in SDF and has not been moved since December 29.

N149UP is in ROA and has also not moved since the 29th. (It flew there from SDF via GSO, a flight which I recreated live in the sim the day it happened)

N173UP is in MCI and last flew on the 30th. 

None of them have currently any upcoming flights scheduled.

Perfect 👌 

thank you very much.

mike

[longhaul747]

I uninstalled and reinstalled the aircraft and this time the FMS is now working and I no longer have CTD's when loading a flight.  I don't know and can only speculate that when I updated from version 1.00 to 1.01 something went haywire.  This has not been reported by anyone else and could just be a fluke on my system but I think the reinstall fixed it. 

Still have issues with the Rudder.  I have a simple set up and use the keyboard for a lot of stuff and a CH Flight Stick.  I can get proper rudder when I select "Rudder Control Tiller" option to YES but it won't center using the 5 Key on the keyboard (I know old school basic setup but probably still fairly common out there).

Also for some reason the payload is a bit odd?  I selected the Package Freight option.  Payload is loaded and select 70,000 lbs of fuel just as a test.  Yet my FOB shows 32,000 lbs on takeoff but 1 hour into the flight it shows 34,000 lbs.  Its either a weird A300 thing I don't understand or something is wacky.  Also the engines needing to be off is a bit unnecessary in my opinion.  Obviously following total realism they would have to be off but it eats a lot of prep time which is precious time for some of us!

Also it seems like its running smoother after the reinstall.  Still a bit of the stutters but not as bad.  It will likely be further refined in future updates.  Also the landing gear take a long time to go up.  Maybe its an A300 thing but I don't think so.  Seems fairly normal retraction from videos I have seen! 

Other than the above I am liking it. 

Edited January 3, 2024 by longhaul747