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Shalom and greetings all, The April Screenshot Contest will focus on celebrating the recent release and debut of Aerosoft's newly released A340-600 Professional. Compliance for this month's contest is simple! The screenshot MUST contain any variant of the A340 - 600/500/300/200, the aircraft must be in motion and or there is some action taking place with the aircraft which includes images of the aircraft during pushback, taxiing, takeoff roll, in-flight, configured for landing, and landing - there MUST be some sort of visible motion. Providing context for the image may add to the creativity for the scene being captured. Entries for the A340 can either be freeware or payware - whether it be FS2004, FSX, Prepar3D, X-Plane 11/12 or MSFS 2020/2024. Good luck!!! Note from Kroswynd: I would like to thank Aharon for assisting with the monthly screenshot contest for the past few months. This month's theme was also his suggestion which I think was fitting. I know most of the participants are tube-line pilots so I am expecting to see some creative work. So come on and let's see what magic can be captured by pressing the screenshot shutter button. Most of the images used for illustration this month are of the Aerosoft A340-600 Professional (taken from the sales page) Taxiing to the active during a foggy morning Preparing to shutdown after an evaluation flight TOGA takeoff at Max Gross Takeoff Weight Fully configured for final approach Enjoying the scenery moments for making the final right turn for landing at Kai Tak Kroswynd's images Greasing the mains on runway 07 TAPA Aircraft: IniBuilds A340 - 300 Scenery: LatinVFR's TAPA Simulator: MSFS 2024 Rolling out on runway 07 Aircraft: IniBuilds A340 - 300 Scenery: LatinVFR's TAPA Simulator: MSFS 2024 Pushing-back from gate 1 at V.C.Bird International Airport, taxi instructions for runway 07 Aircraft: IniBuilds A340 - 300 Scenery: LatinVFR's TAPA Simulator: MSFS 2024 Initial climb-out from runway 07 TAPA, enroute to CYYZ Aircraft: IniBuilds A340 - 300 Scenery: LatinVFR's TAPA Simulator: MSFS 2024 Final cruising altitude of FL0350 Aircraft: IniBuilds A340 - 300 Simulator: MSFS 2024 Hazy approach into CYYZ (Toronto) Aircraft: IniBuilds A340 - 300 Scenery: FlyTampa's CYYZ (not yet visible in image) Simulator: MSFS 2024 As Always - All participants are ONLY allowed 1 image if you post more than one - ONLY the first entry will be judged and the others deleted. Users are allowed to change their posted image up until the time frame allowing you to do so expires. If you fail to post an image based on the theme of the month, it is very likely that the image will not be considered during "judgment day". This a multi-sim platform for your "FLIGHT" images as we welcome FS2004, FSX, Prepar3D, MSFS 2020, MSFS 2024, X-Plane 9 - 12, DCS, Infinite Flight and even AeroFly images. Good Luck to ALL.

The new A340 does not appear to respond to turbulence, nor does it seem to generate any internally, likely due to its external flight model implementation. While developers such as A2A (for example, with the Comanche) also use external flight models, their aircraft still properly interpret and react to simulator-driven turbulence. To verify this, I conducted a controlled test using historical weather with severe turbulence conditions. I compared the A340 against aircraft from iniBuilds, PMDG, and Fenix under identical settings. All of these aircraft exhibited significant movement, as expected in severe turbulence. However, the A340 remained completely unaffected and showed no visible response. You can test by yourself and its 100 producible since it really does not move at all. Please consider fixing this as a priority, as it effectively breaks the simulation. Turbulence is a core element of everyday flying, and without it, the experience feels incomplete and unrealistic.

Mittlerweile klappt die Arbeit mit Blender ziemlich gut. Das Inventar der Eisenbahn wächst deutlich. Es fehlen noch ein paar Waggon-Typen, z.B. Selbst-Entlader. Leider habe ich EPDA so verhunzt, dass jetzt erst einmal Aufräumen angesagt ist ... dabei die Erzeugung der neuen Kacheln für das Update anlaufen kann.

Hi Heinz.... I remembered that the FF767-400 is an upgrade from the Boeing 767 Professional Extended, and in order to use the X-updater.exe, it seems it not use the FF767-400ER key code....... it used the Original B767-300 extended..... is that normal? .... I put the Original Boeing 767 Professional Extended key code, and now it works.... Then, when I use the plane.. ask me for the FF767-400 key code... only used the B767-300ER to update the aircraft... I think FlightFactor did not know that..... I told them...... and ask to close the ticket I just told you as general knoledge, cause it is posible that will be other people in the same situation. Thank for your support...

It seems like Aerosoft has big lack communicating with customers. I never seen anyone from developres to react on community posts, requests or issues. Only Tom sometimes responds to some posts but many are still stuck without answers. I tried to contact Toliss directly but was given answer that all support is entirly on Aerosoft side. So we literaly have no support. I give you another example: I created a ticket on 26 of March but still didn't get any answers on it. So pity that such a product with great possibilities left unsupported. @Tom

I am an MSFS plugin developer. I was unable to find the LVARs related to V1, V2, VR, and VREF for this aircraft. Could you please provide the variable names for these values? Thank you.

This is absolutely true, and I still can’t wrap my head around how no one noticed this during testing, including ToLiss, because this is not exactly subtle. You only need one flight to realize it and a second one to confirm it. The flight model behaves as it should, but it doesn’t seem to be affected by any conditions other than wind direction and wind speed. Leaving aside the fact that the weather in MSFS is quite a meme, there’s a huge difference between that and absolute nothingness. Where are the thermals? Where is the cloud turbulence? Where is the CAT? This is a €70 product (a price which as far as I understand, will increase soon), and it lacks the most basic features that any default aircraft has. This is not acceptable under any circumstances. An exquisite flight model and rich system depth are of no use to me if I’m flying inside a vacuum chamber. If I wanted to fly on rails, I would reinstall P3D. I hope these issues are addressed in the next patch, because this makes absolutely no sense. This is a huge oversight.

Also noticed the same. At first I thought that this big bird is just really stable in the air but quickly noticed that independent of the wheather conditions, it does not react at all to turbulence. Please fix this with your upcoming updates as it is essential for a realistic sim experience.