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New dev update on the synaptic A220 - looking quite detailed! iniBuilds ForumSynaptic A220 Development Update - June 2026Now that FSExpo 2026 has wrapped up, we’d like to thank everybody who came to the Synaptic & iniBuilds booth to try out the A220; the support and excitement we’ve seen validates the hard work and long

At least for the the A350 is significantly better performing than the A380 (20-30+ frame difference). If the A380 performs even as well as the A350 it will be far more flyable than the FBW is in it's current state even on 4k textures.

Given their A350 has full FLS/GLS/SLS approach abilities I'd be shocked if the A380 didn't.

It's a huge upgrade.

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Better to have a 2026-current ORD than whenever FSDT last updated theirs :)

But DFW looks like word not allowed in real life. I think they captured that pretty well!

In fairness though, that one country buys more business jets than every other country combined.

No timeline or official roadmap but we know for sure hes working on a few aircraft at the moment that include: Commander 114 Commander 685, 690B King Air (variant unknown) I think he mentioned on his forums that the 114 is probably the next plane to release, but don't quote me on it.

Definitely worth it, they've added the new control tower and all FBOs have been completely remodeled with full interiors. All considered it took TEB from being a pretty good rendition to the best GA airport in the sim. It's also slightly required as if you stick to V1 you have a big ugly photogrammetry version of the new control tower encroaching on the scenery.

The Skyward should be quite high quality, similar level to the Phenom I would think. the C680 is a bit different from a longitude, better short field performance so can fly into some more interesting/challenging airports. Also has Auto throttle unlike the Phenom which I'm sure will sway some users.

For most developers I think it's become a full time job for them. Certainly for the bigger devs like inibuilds and MK Studios. Regarding google earth, these days it's not enough. Certainly a helpful tool but without site visits it's very hard to achieve the level of quality of the top developers.

Nothing sad about it Ray, what was considered "top tier" in P3D is all available in MSFS - FSDT KORD and KIAH, FlyTampa EHAM and KLAS, etc. But it's just not the standard anymore. Devs like iniBuilds, Pyreegue, Dreamflight and others have pushed the boundaries and shown us what can be done. Compare FSDT KORD with iniBuilds KJFK, X-Codr KDEN, MK Studios KSEA though and you can see why people want a new O'Hare scenery. Some P3D devs like Flightbeam have met the challenge and produced even better work than they did in P3D, and UK2000 have produced a lot of respectable smaller airports. On top of this the library of excellent freeware sceneries from people like Cat3d, Danielsjam, Vincent Bazillio, Bullfrog, Vortex, and others are at a level that would have commanded top-tier prices in p3D and we're lucky enough to have hundreds of airports around the world at this standard for free. It's truly a blessing and more proof that we are in a new golden age of flightsim.

Just wait for the Skyward C680+ which is coming very soon.

Sometimes I feel like people are so traumatized by the PMDG forums that they ascribe that level of petty censorship to every dev. There are people posting WASM crash memes on the inibuilds discord and they don't get banned, do people really think they ban people for constructive feedback?

For more explanation, RNAV SID/STARs are a post-GPS invention. SID/STARs existed before GPS of course, but they were defined by radio navigation aids like VORs and ADFs. See this chart from Kai Tak for example - as you can see these procedures are easily flown using only dual VOR receivers. There are also still many non-RNAV procedures still out there, I've also attached a chart from JFK showing a non-RNAV arrival that again is easily flown using only your nav radios. INS was purely used for flying across the ocean or other areas where there was a lack of navigation aids. They were never used, nor meant to be used, as a means of terminal guidance. Once the aircraft was back within range of a radio beacon, radio navigation would be resumed.