Aircraft Features
* NEW: Crew and ground dialogs.
* NEW: Flexible wings.
* NEW: Flight Simulator X only : Jetways and luggage trucks connection animations.
* NEW: Three realism levels available: beginner, intermediate and expert. Beginner users won't have to read tons of documentation to fly, intermediate users will have more realism while enjoying some FS "shortcuts", while expert users will have to follow actual procedures.
* NEW: Flight Simulator X Viewpoints : Gear, Wing, Cabin, ...
* NEW: Ability to save your flights including ALL FMC programmed parameters.
* GMax exterior/interior models with High resolution reflectives textures, dynamic shine, realistic night lighting,...
* Numerous international liveries and Airbus’ house livery available.
* Detailed interiors (economy/business class) with superb details, including seats, screens, catering,...
* Ultra realistic digital 'FLY-BY-WIRE' technology.
* Flight dynamics by Rob Young created and tested by active Airbus pilots and instructors.
* Real simulation from complete Cold & Dark cockpit to full auto landing.
* Truly immersive sound experience - Exactly as the real aircraft : engine, APU, batteries, air conditioning, passenger signs, clicks,...
* Detailed passenger's view.
* Numerous animations : hydraulic suspension, flaps, slats, spoilerons, speed brakes, thrust reversers, passengers door, cargo hatches, ...
* Load Manager and Fuel Planner.
* Frame-rate friendly.
* Technical support provided by Wilco Publishing and by FeelThere.com.
* Easy-to-use Paint Kit to create your own airline and share them on the net (Photoshop required).
Panel Features
* Glass cockpit with advanced digital avionics, CAT II and III landing certification.
* Photo-realistic 2D panel with multiple subpanels : overhead, pedestal,...
* Interactive 3D Virtual Cockpit - Exactly as the real aircraft !
* Day and night lighting.
* Aircraft flyable from the Captain or First Officer's seat from the Virtual Cockpit.
* Hotspots on the panel to ease access to 2D panels.
* Screen resolutions from 1024x768 to 1600x1200 (!) for perfect instrument readability .
* Pop up EFIS screens for multi-monitor displays, resizable and detachable for any additional monitor use.
* Vector graphics displays (GDI+ technology) for nicer and smoother graphics.
EFIS Features
# All the Airbus EFIS are available: Primary Flight Display (PFD), Navigation Display (ND), Engine/Warning Display (E/WD), System Display (SD), with all the system pages available
# All the EFIS screens are developed with vector graphics technology that makes them detachable and resizable without any quality loss, and their brightness is adjustable.
* All the Airbus EFIS are available: Primary Flight Display (PFD), Navigation Display (ND), Engine/Warning Display (E/WD), System Display (SD), with all the system pages available
* All the EFIS screens are developed with vector graphics technology that makes them detachable and resizable without any quality loss, and their brightness is adjustable.
* All the EFIS screens use GDI+ technology for optimal rendering (anti-aliasing)
* PFD provides all the Airbus specific flight information: Flight Mode Annunciator (FMA), reference speeds, altitudes, heading and ILS information.
* ND provides all the navigation information:
--- o All modes available: Rose, Arc, Plan, Nav, ILS
--- o Range from 10 to 320 NM
--- o Airport, Navaid, VOR, NDB and Waypoint around the aircraft
--- o FMS route display
--- o TCAS display
* E/WD provides essential engine information, alert and status messages, and landing and take off check-lists.
* SD provides many pages for monitoring the aircraft systems: Engine (ENG), Bleed, Pressure (PRESS), AC Electric (EL/AC), DC Electric (EL/DC), Hydraulics (HYD), Fuel, APU, Air Conditioning (COND), Door, Wheel, Flight Controls (F/CTL)
Advanced Configuration Module
* User Experience: allows the user to select the realism level of the systems
* Weight systems: European virtual pilots can use the metric system (KG) and US/English pilots can use the imperial system (pounds).
* Sound volume setting for all the sounds played by the panel
* Keyboard setup for the use of the keys on the MCDU
* Cold & Dark startup
Systems Features
* Inertial Reference System (IRS) - Fully working Navigational System
* Fully featured Fly-by-Wire system:
- Bank angle management
- Auto-trim for the pitch control
- Flight envelope protection
- Bank angle management :
a) Pitch and bank angle limitations
b) Alpha-prot system against stall
- Integrated in Flight Simulator : no need for a specific joystick configuration
* Fully featured autopilot system, with ALL the Airbus specific modes:
- SRS mode for initial climb
- Open Climb (OP CLB) and Open Descent (OP DES) modes
- Selected and Managed modes (for speed and heading)
- Link with the FADEC for fixed and variables thrust modes
- Airbus specific flight director
- Accurate autoland system with flare and roll out modes
- Integrated in Flight Simulator : the standard AP keys are still usable.
* Fully featured FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) system:
- Completely re-written autothrust system to handle the complex engine management, with a better accuracy than the standard FS autothrust.
- All the fixed modes available: managed climb and descent modes
- All the variable modes available: speed and Mach modes
- Speed protection system
- Airbus specific flight director
- Alpha-lock specific mode (linked to the Alpha-protection implemented in the fly-by-wire system)
- Advanced modes: autothrust limitation and thrust locking
- Integrated in Flight Simulator : no need for a specific throttle device configuration, and validated with multiple throttle devices
* Alert system:
- Alert management with aural warnings
- Check-list management
* Complete and ultra-realistic FMGS, including regularly updated SIDs & STARs
* Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) with multiple callouts
* APU startup/shutdown sequences fully simulated and linked to fuel consumption.
* IRS display
* Overhead electricity management (linked to the corresponding SD page)
* Overhead hydraulics management (linked to the corresponding SD page)
* Overhead fuel management (linked to the corresponding SD page)
* Overhead air management (linked to the corresponding SD page)
FMS Features (Flight Management System)
# The flight management system is composed of :
- The Multi-Control Display Unit (MCDU): interface between the pilot and the system
- The Flight Management and Guidance Computer (FMGC): the heart of the flight management system that calculates the route, the appropriate speeds, …
- Auto-trim for the pitch control
# Basic features :
- Flight plan entering
- Flight plan following
- Decision Height/Minimum Descent Altitude management
- Optimal engine management
# Advanced features :
- Calculation of the managed speeds
- Holding pattern
- SID/STAR management