1 hour ago, ATRguy said:

and it's the first time I've seen it modeled in FS.

I see this all the time in GA aircraft too. What aspect of reflection is new for the A380?

10 hours ago, ahsmatt7 said:

Seeing reports like this bother me. Are we now in the era where add on planes can’t even run without the highest hardware?

Ive seen others mention it’s not at all optimized. Hopefully you’ll be able to enjoy it at some point.

it's an alpha release

2 hours ago, ATRguy said:

Okay the reflections in the windscreen at night are amazing.   The ATR does this too, and it's the first time I've seen it modeled in FS.  They're dynamic, change with the brightness of the displays, your POV, etc... well done!

they're pretty but I turn this off as I find it distracting and it must affect performance

same with disalbing graphical options that reflect what you would see through a camera lens and not the naked eye

Edited November 1, 20241 yr by EGLD

I’ve never been a fan of the A380 but I figured since it was free I’ll give it a try. Since downloading it I am on my third flight, this time a long haul from KJFK to OMDB. I must admit, I’m having a lot of fun with this plane. What I like so much about it is the process of learning something new. I’ve flown tons of Airbus before but there is something about the A380 interface that I just enjoy using.

I still find it hard to believe this is just an Alpha and it’s free. I’ve purchased payware planes that weren’t this complete. I’m looking forward to flying it more and it can only get better from here. It has its bugs and still needs to be optimized but my system seems to handle it pretty well. Great job to the FBW Team. Can’t wait to see how 2024 handles this plane. 

Edited November 1, 20241 yr by Wise87

Well, now it is even more obvious how below standards the jetway system of MSFS is, allowing only a single jetway per plane. Hopefully this limitation will be gone in MSFS (dream on...) or at least fixable by 3rd party like GSX. 

11 minutes ago, AnkH said:

Well, now it is even more obvious how below standards the jetway system of MSFS is, allowing only a single jetway per plane. Hopefully this limitation will be gone in MSFS (dream on...) or at least fixable by 3rd party like GSX. 

It's also hard to believe that this isn't an easy fix on ASOBO's side. I can't imagine it taken it longer than a day to implement and get working properly.

Love the plane. Performance is good for me at 1440p@ULTRA (40fps at airport 60fps in air). It uses up all my VRAM on my 4070ti. If they sort that out it'll be even better.

Edited November 1, 20241 yr by MikeH99

Short question how can I activate the Reverser? 

24 minutes ago, mobiel said:

Short question how can I activate the Reverser? 

There is a thread for that already

 

Edited November 1, 20241 yr by DAD

The good:

• Fantastic attention to detail everywhere
• Better in alpha state than some payware

The bad:

• Feels a bit too easy to experience PIO on final
• Tight turns when taxiing are difficult, even at 2 kts

The ugly:

• Had issues with zoom climbs leading to stalls on departure, despite correct flap, speed and THS settings
• VRAM hog (even using 4K textures) that often crushes FPS

Needs some more refinement for my taste before I take it out of the hangar again. Though there is much to like, even at this early stage.

Edited November 1, 20241 yr by F737MAX

9 hours ago, edu2703 said:

Climb performance needs some work. I took off near MTOW and it climbed straight to 34,000 feet at 3500 fpm. There is no way the real A380 would be this ridiculously overpowered.

Looking at the FBW discord, it seems the devs are already aware of this.

Yes, I just did a QF1 from YSSY-WSSS after spending most of the day working out throttle profiles etc (and I only did the first hour just to experience the new aircraft in the sim) and I was at cruising altitude before KADOM after a 16R departure where IRL I would be at about FL130! Apart from that I have to say I have paid over $100 in the past for an aircraft in the sim that never got this good after 23 updates.

Well done team.

Found my first issue with the flight management system. Did an approach that ended with a vector. So after the last fix the aircraft should simply keep that heading indefinately until you command something else. Instead the autopilot wanted to do a 180° to the last waypoint.

KLAX to OMDB flight simbrief initial altitude FL330 but the FMC shows FLOPT at FL365 

Also I'm at MTOW with only 100 passengers for that flight, I doubt in real life that flight can only carry 100 people ?

7 hours ago, eslader said:

 The seat adjustment buttons even work. 

 

You can also verify they are using the correct electrical AC bus phases to function 🙂

2 hours ago, Farlis said:

I can't imagine it taken it longer than a day to implement and get working properly.

Your imagination needs a bit of tuning regarding the efforts caused by the complexity of large scale software projects.