Aerosoft airbus x extended review series#

And the engine fans or blades move and rotate as if they're being blown by the wind (on the ground, after the engines are off, of course) The exterior model is very accurate and detailed although not as pretty as maybe Wilco's A320 but it still looks very good. The ND (Navigation Display) showing the route Flap and spoiler levers are accurately modeled and engine starter switches look good too. The throttle quadrants have detents or gates and they work very well in flight. I find the representation very accurate and I can vouch for that because I have been in a real A320 cockpit before. Shows information regarding the wheels status, temperature and brakes. The two blank screens will come to life and display information after the IRS has aligned which typically takes about 5 minutes to do so. Waiting for the IRS (Initial Reference System) to align. Aerosoft left out some knobs and did not simulate them because they wanted to focus on the user as a captain which is mainly to fly the aircraft and other necessary tasks will be done by the virtual co-pilot (yes there is one and that's why I love this plane and Aerosoft!) Majority of the knobs and switches are operational. The one on the left is the main MCDU which is used to program flight routes, etc etc and the one on the right is for aircraft functions and settings such as the doors, external power and aircraft state. The aircraft comes with two MCDUs ( Multipurpose Control Display Unit).

I'm going to let the pictures (and the captions) do the talking from this point :) (because I'm too lazy to type too much)Д¬old & dark state. (The A330 is coming in 2014! Yayerrrrrss!!) And I would daresay I will never use another A320 or Airbus aircraft if it's not developed by Aerosoft. But Aerosoft (the FSX add-on developing company) has done an amazing job with this aircraft. In a desktop simulator, there are very few aircraft add-ons that realistically simulate and accurately represent the real world aircraft.

Aerosoft airbus x extended review series#

It can carry up to almost 200 passengers and is one of the world's widely used medium haul passenger jet, next to Boeing's 737 series of aircraft, It features Airbus' brilliant innovation, the Fly-By-Wire system which increases safety in all aspects of flight and maximises efficiency and decreases workload by a tremendous amount. The A320, manufactured by European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus is a short to medium range jetliner. Before that, a brief intro of the Airbus A320. It has a very high level of in flight detail,В cockpit simulation works very well and it really centers your focus on being a captain of the aircraft. And let me just start with 'I love this aircraft and it is a joy to fly'.