In my case i need glasses to read a book and don't use  them when using  the  sim and  have no issues  between  the pmdg and  fenix  fonts to able to read  them.

FWIW, I'm way more interested in completely different manufacturer's aircraft than multiple variants of the same series. And I can't for the life of me understand anyone who gets excited / upset over different engines or wing-tip devices.

I at least need different series, e.g. 737, 767, 747. The differences in handling there are, of course, significant, and they've been around so long that you can even have steam gauge 3 pilot cockpits & hydraulics all the way thru full glass 2 pilot cockpits and fly-by-wire. Those are true differences...

I'll just go back to my "I wish I didn't have to buy the A320 and the 321 just to get the 319...".

Different strokes, and kudos to Fenix!

Edited August 23, 20241 yr by UrgentSiesta

2 hours ago, UrgentSiesta said:

FWIW, I'm way more interested in completely different manufacturer's aircraft than multiple variants of the same series. And I can't for the life of me understand anyone who gets excited / upset over different engines or wing-tip devices.....

I agree regarding the winglets, but different engines have unique sound sets. Whilst I have never experienced that with the 737 or 777 (I only had the LR/F in P3D), the 747 package had P&W/GE/RR options, and these all sounded (and behaved) appreciably differently. That was rather satisfying 🙂

A fool argument but anyways:

The Fenix A320 was underpriced when you realize the quality of this add-on and the fun it is going to give us for many years to come

So buying the extension, which is again at a fair price give Fenix the money they deserved at first glance.

 

Great question. I bought mine to enable me to fly into smaller regional airports. The A319 for example in real life, EasyJet now flies in and out of my local Southampton (EGHI) to e.g Geneva, Glasgow, Faro, Belfast, whereas the A320 is to big for that runway; plus Edinburgh to Reykjavik which I also like. 

As a bonus for me, the 4,000nm+ range of the A321 will also provide me with medium-range capability (e.g. trans Alaska/Canada and USA) as well as other medium haul-routes which I can't get to with the A320. I had considered the PMDG 777 but decided as I am not type rated in the sim on the 777 but already am on the A320 (joke) that this would be a great compromise. 😉

Just in case someone still wants to be convinced:

The A319 offers a lot new destinations the A320 can't go to because of too short runways.

I just flew the A319 (not fully loaded) from ENBO to ENSH and back, which involves a 3114 ft runway at ENSH. Not sure if this would be legal IRL (a Dash8 is used for this flight IRL) but it is doable in the sim (give your brakes some time to cool down after your full manual braking before departing again...).

 

On 8/23/2024 at 6:02 AM, rayharris108 said:

As a bonus for me, the 4,000nm+ range of the A321 will also provide me with medium-range capability

That's one of the specially configured 321s, or the XLR.

Bonus is that the 319 also has 4k+ range 🙂

eta: love this video on short field ops from FlightDeck2Sim 😂

 

Edited August 25, 20241 yr by UrgentSiesta

10 hours ago, UrgentSiesta said:

love this video on short field ops from FlightDeck2Sim 😂

I saw that one quite a while ago, one of his best. I flew the -600 a lot after that 😁

I probably won’t get the A319 though. Nothing wrong with it, just happy with the 320.

Edited August 25, 20241 yr by Cpt_Piett