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And Fenix is feature complete and great, no doubt about this! But I'm just always a bit sad to have this general feeling that "FBW is lower fidelity of course because it's free", while tons of stuff is simulated way deeper than anything else you could find in any other sim (LEVEL D included because that's not the point of even a level D to simulate this stuff). A small exemple of the interaction of a physically modeled hydraulic PTU system, electrical pumps and mechanical gear system using rigid body physics: Of course you'll have aerodynamic forces impacting gears, resulting in sequence always different, you can also help gravity extension by doing steep turns, as stated in SoP of the real plane. And of course the 380 is getting all of this ported into it, now or in the close future 🙂 Hope you'll enjoy it anyway 😉

Failures are available in FBW, and there you go on features that are not yet implemented on FBW side, which I of course agree. I’m talking about implemented features that are generally an order of magnitude deeper simulated. But you have to know a lot on the plane to even notice those details.

Kidding why? Can’t see fluid quantity moving when Fenix moves. Gravity gear would extend way too slow on the Fenix and would extend even if plane is reverted. Gear system is all physically modeled on FBW. All control actuators are physically modeled as hydraulic actuators which correct hinge torque, and if you shut aileron control you’ll see surfaces going up sucked by lower pressure over wing in the FBW. Which is not simulated at all on Fenix. Looong is the list.

The FBW is not feature complete, but what’s done surely is study level, and on par or above even Fenix standards. I mean the fluid in hydraulic reservoirs move, the pitch of the RAT changes and it’s visibly moving, seats are connected on correct electrical bus, and the passenger farts impacts cabin temperature, electrical pumps are physically simulated and their rpm is controlled by a current controller like the real pumps, you can grab the gear lever on ground and try raising it: you’ll see it moves a tiny bit before hitting the lock mechanism looooong is the list of features that are not even their in Fenix level aircraft’s it will be hard to get more study level than this 😉 Now it will only improve by getting those features missing added after some time.

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

Nothing to clash with: the FBW flex system is all from scratch, and following Asobo recent interviews, don't expect anything of the new 2024 "flex" stuff be available on plane, beside funny stuff like ad banners, ropes, firefighting stuff. Planes won't have any new flex system in 2024 and for at least couple of years as they said. So enjoy this on the 380, first time you'll get wing bending affected by fuel load and position in a sim.... and for quite some time I'd bet 🙂 Also for all the new systems SDK they will provide, it's really nice for integrated planes and small third parties that will definitely benefit from this, but what FBW simulate for bleed/pressure/hydraulics is way beyond what's coming for 2024 anyway, and also totally from scratch.