24 minutes ago, Farlis said:

CEO of Aerosoft is new

Well, the guy on the left of this vid with the expensive musical instruments in the background isn't exactly 'new': Winfried Diekmann is Aerosoft's Managing Director since 1991. See also: https://www.aerosoft.com/us/company

 

Edited March 14Mar 14 by MrLamb

I really do not understand why anyone would release a product that is supposed to be PRO level with poor modelling and textures. As a bare minimum, the texture and modelling quality in the VC needs to be very high. I mean, this is where most virtual pilots are for 99% of a flight. Aerosoft may not care, but I do. It will stop me from buying the product. How many other potential customers will be pushed away?

The Pro refers to the depth of the simulation, not the quality of the modeling. And you are being over dramatic. Sure the modeling and texturing is not at INI or Fenix standard, but it's not dogword not allowed either.

 

I noticed a few bugs that need adressing in the meantime:

- On the Take Off Performance page per default the Thrust Reduction/Accelleration and Engine Out reduction altitudes are reversed. They should be 1000ft above ground for the Thrust Reduction and 1500 for Engine out per default NADP2. But here they are reversed and the Engine Out sits at 1000ft AGL and the normal reduction at 1500.

- Traffic display is not working.  At least not when I use BATC's traffic injection (Edit: Forget it. It is working, I'm in cruise now and I have returns)

- I'm either too stupid to operate it correctly or the Flight Deck Door does not open. It has a click spot on the the handle, but that doesn't do anything.

 

It is also missing some vital NAT MCDU functionalities that the INI A340 has: Constant Mach and Offset. That to me is a far greater oversight for a "Pro" product than subpar texturing. After all north atlantic crossing is the daily bread of this type of aircraft and not having all the functionality needed to do it properly is a real headscratcher.

I even googled it and found out that these features have been missing in the TOLISS aircraft for X-Plane as well and the developers were asked two years ago to include them. That they didn't take the time to do that now, for the MSFS release is really not something I understand.

Edited March 15Mar 15 by Farlis

Despite this product is very good, it needs some updates to be more "pro".

- No logo lights when NAV switch is 1

- Logo lights should light up when slats are different from 0 in flight (If the logic is the same as for the A320).

- APU start/stop procedures are not as they shoud be.

- Slats are far from the wing when extended.

- Wing flex not enough realistic for me (adding nacelles flex should be a good thing too).

Not really in love at all with it for the moment. Waiting for some improvements soon, I go back to the TFDI MD11. 

26 minutes ago, Farlis said:

- On the Take Off Performance page per default the Thrust Reduction/Accelleration and Engine Out reduction altitudes are reversed. They should be 1000ft above ground for the Thrust Reduction and 1500 for Engine out per default NADP2

No, it's 1000/1000 (minimum) for NADP2. Airlines can vary that though. Indeed Ryanair does what you describe as a bug: 1000 for accelaration, 1500 for thrust reduction.

28 minutes ago, Farlis said:

t is also missing some vital NAT MCDU functionalities that the INI A340 has: Constant Mach and Offset

Uh what? Is that true? I find it hard to believe. How can they call this "Pro" when it's missing two of the most basic Airbus long haul functions?

28 minutes ago, Farlis said:

- Traffic display is not working.  At least not when I use BATC's traffic injection

- I'm either too stupid to operate it correctly or the Flight Deck Door does not open. It has a click spot on the the handle, but that doesn't do anything.

Im using BATC too and the traffic display works. If anything, the traffic alerts are too sensitive with what I would consider too many false alerts.

The door will only open after you have unlocked it on the pilots pedestal. Note too that the open status seems to time out and it locks again if you do not physically open the door after unlocking.

8 minutes ago, Vel said:

Im using BATC too and the traffic display works. If anything, the traffic alerts are too sensitive with what I would consider too many false alerts.

You are correct. I'm in cruise now and now I see traffic. I corrected it in my post. Thank you for the tip with the door, that did work.

Edited March 15Mar 15 by Farlis

27 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said:

No, it's 1000/1000 (minimum) for NADP2. Airlines can vary that though. Indeed Ryanair does what you describe as a bug: 1000 for accelaration, 1500 for thrust reduction.

That's what I said. But it defaults to 1500/1500 for thrust reduction and 1000 for EO. That makes no sense. It should be reversed.

EO reduction has to be higher, because climb performance is reduced and obstacle clearance has to be guaranteed. Sometimes you will even set EO reduction to MSA. But it being lower than normal thrust reduction is just... no!

Edited March 15Mar 15 by Farlis

1 minute ago, Farlis said:

That's what I said. But it defaults to 1500/1500 for thrust reduction and 1000 for EO. That makes no sense. It should be reversed.

Ah yes sorry, didn't read correctly.
As for the offset function - I just asked someone who has bought it and he said it does have offset (wasn#t sure about constant mach, but he thinks yes)

5 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said:

Ah yes sorry, didn't read correctly.
As for the offset function - I just asked someone who has bought it and he said it does have offset (wasn#t sure about constant mach, but he thinks yes)

I'm someone who has bought it. And it has neither. I know my way around airbus MCDU's. It's not there. I'm looking right at it. Nothing on the LAT REV page where OFFSET should be nothing on the VERT REV page where CMA should be.

Edited March 15Mar 15 by Farlis

8 minutes ago, Farlis said:

I'm someone who has bought it. And it has neither. I know my way around airbus MCDU's. It's not there. I'm looking right at it. Nothing on the LAT REV page where OFFSET should be nothing on the VERT REV page where CMA should be.

Hm okay. Maybe it bugs out sometimes, I don't know. I don't have it, still on the fence

Aerosoft_Toliss A346 First Impressions and Observations

I purchased the Aerosoft/Toliss A346 yesterday (Saturday 03.14.2026) and took it on a flight EGLL - LTFM. I do not use VATSIM, I flew it using a SimBrief flightplan. To be clear, I am not nor have I ever been an airline pilot in the real world. I was a GA pilot for over 30 years as a Flight Instructor/Charter Pilot/Crop Duster. Never flew anything heavier than an Air Tractor and cabin class piston twins.

These are my impressions:

1.  Pushback didn't work (non-GSX). To be fair, I had forgotten to remove the chocks prior to engaging pushback. That might have been the problem.
2.  Sounds are good, both interior and exterior.
3.  Exterior model/lighting is OK.
4.  Cockpit textures definitely need improving.
5.  Cockpit lighting is, well, overall sub par compared to the Ini A343. In particular the Map and Console lights are way too bright.
6.  EFB is good overall. However, the Navigraph interface seems "clunky" to me. I couldn't see how to "pin" Navigraph charts like in PMDG/Inibuilds/Fenix. This could be due to Operator Error on my part.
7. Couldn't get the cockpit door to open.
8.  Performance on my system was good.
9.  Green Dot never appeared on PFD during managed descent which still proceeded without any issues.
10. Hand flying during takeoff/departure, approach/landing was pleasant.

For me, at least, I'd say overall it is "meh". It will probably go back to my virtual hangar until these and items others have noted are addressed.

19 hours ago, Farlis said:

...Case in point about not reading the manual... 

Although I really think it's funny, that 80% of the Aerosoft manual is about the EFB. 

That's how planes are flown these days. You have to know your tablet!!!   😂

 

43 minutes ago, ndflieger said:

Aerosoft_Toliss A346 First Impressions and Observations

I purchased the Aerosoft/Toliss A346 yesterday (Saturday 03.14.2026) and took it on a flight EGLL - LTFM. I do not use VATSIM, I flew it using a SimBrief flightplan. To be clear, I am not nor have I ever been an airline pilot in the real world. I was a GA pilot for over 30 years as a Flight Instructor/Charter Pilot/Crop Duster. Never flew anything heavier than an Air Tractor and cabin class piston twins.

These are my impressions:

1.  Pushback didn't work (non-GSX). To be fair, I had forgotten to remove the chocks prior to engaging pushback. That might have been the problem.
2.  Sounds are good, both interior and exterior.
3.  Exterior model/lighting is OK.
4.  Cockpit textures definitely need improving.
5.  Cockpit lighting is, well, overall sub par compared to the Ini A343. In particular the Map and Console lights are way too bright.
6.  EFB is good overall. However, the Navigraph interface seems "clunky" to me. I couldn't see how to "pin" Navigraph charts like in PMDG/Inibuilds/Fenix. This could be due to Operator Error on my part.
7. Couldn't get the cockpit door to open.
8.  Performance on my system was good.
9.  Green Dot never appeared on PFD during managed descent which still proceeded without any issues.
10. Hand flying during takeoff/departure, approach/landing was pleasant.

For me, at least, I'd say overall it is "meh". It will probably go back to my virtual hangar until these and items others have noted are addressed.

I find the A340-600 to be a great release. I think the cockpit modeling very well. On your Item #7 if you read the manual, you would see that you have to unlock the door to open it. The door unlock switch is on the pedestal. GSX worked perfectly for me. Ini 340 would allow you to pop out gauges individually, I thank Aerosoft for allowing this in their release. It took me a while to figure out throttle calibration, but I think I got a handle on it. After a 4 hour flight from KMIA to KSLC (PacSim for 2024) it handled perfectly. I would rate it on the same level of the Ini A350 which is awesome. The performance is excellent. I would give the initial release 2 thumbs up!!!