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Attached to this post is a free copy of the Aerosoft Flight Calculator. It is an ideal small tool to help you navigate your route and perform all the calculations a pilot of a small aircraft will have to do. It is based on the Jeppesen flight calculator that has been used by tens of thousand of pilots. It is NOT freeware and you are NOT allowed to share this with any other person. It is a gift from Aerosoft to the registered users of this forum. TIME / SPEED / DISTANCE Calculate Speed Calculate Distance Calculate Time Enroute Calculate Fuel Endurance Calculate Fuel Flow Calculate Fuel Needed ALTITUDE / AISRPEED Calculate Calibrated Airspeed Calculate True Airspeed Calculate Density Altitude Calculate Mach WIND Calculate Wind Direction, Wind Speed Calculate Ground Speed and Heading Calculate Wind Correction, Cross Wind Component, Tail Wind Component Calculate Runway Crosswind Calculate Magnetic Variation WEIGHT & BALANCE Calculate Center of Gravity Calculate Weight Shift Calculate Percentage Mean Cord CONVERSIONS TIMER, STOPWATCH Volume: LTR, GAL, IPG Weight: KG, LB Weather: °C, °F, MB, HP, IHG, MHG Distance: MTR, YRD, KM, FT, IN, NM, SM Local time / GMT time shown Calculate time enroute Calculate departure time Calculate arrival time Count up timer Count down timer Runway / Descent Landing Runway Length Needed Takeoff Runway Length Needed Tailwind Landing Runway Descent Profile Descent Rate Begin Descent Point Connection with FS Aerosoft Flight Calculator can be linked to FS to retrieve data that you would otherwise have to enter manually. Doing it automatically saves you time and ensures the data is accurate. To connect to FS FSUIPC is used, this means that the Flight Calculator can be run on a separate computer if WideFS is used. A license for FSUIPC is included in the product so you will not have to buy a separate license for FSUIPC. Please note that FSUIPC is NOT installed with this product. We choose to do so as most users will already have it installed. Features: Stand alone application, NOT a gauge to be installed in aircrafts (this also holds the limitation that the calculator can not be started from within FS and on most systems will not run on top of a full screen (FSX / FS2004). Works with all aircraft, from ultralights to Airliners. Eight memory locations, stored between sessions. Gets all data from FS via FSUIPC, saving you entering the data manually. Extreme low system requirements. Skinnable (6 skins provided). Runs on top of FS in semi transparent mode. CalculatorTutorial.pdf Flight Calculator_201.zip

Dear forum user, 2011 was a good year for Aerosoft. We think, no let me correct that, we KNOW, this is because of the customers we got. You see, we never try to sell one product; we try to get a customer who likes us and wants to buy more than one product. And to do so we got to sell good products for a good price and above all support them as good as possible. We also need to communicate with customers and our forums are a very important medium for that. Our forums have grown fast, right now we have around 1,5 million page views every month. They are lively, friendly and informative. And that’s because of the people who participate. As a way of thanking them we will offer all registered users a free copy of the Aerosoft Flight Calculator. Every pilot knows that flying means doing a lot of calculations, wind angles, ground speed etc. And most pilots will use a special calculator for that. The Aerosoft Flight Calculator is a detailed simulator of such a device. It will connect to FS (FS2004 and FSX) to make it easier to input the required information. It’s a true gift, no strings attached. Just a way to show we appreciate the people who make our forum what it is. We wish you a superb 2012. Liebe Forum-User, 2011 war ein sehr positives Jahr für Aerosoft. Wir denken - nein lasst es mich so sagen - wir wissen dies ist nur durch euch möglich. Wir versuchen nicht unsere Produkte zu verkaufen, wir möchten eine Bindung zu unseren Kunden aufbauen um Sie in Ihrem Hobby zu unterstützen. Diese Strategie erlaubt es uns unsere Produkte an euch zu einem fairen Preis und ausgezeichneten Support weiterzugeben. Auch ist es für uns wichtig mit unseren Kunden in Kontakt zu bleiben, hierfür nutzen wir unter anderem unser Forum, unsere Support Hotline und auch den direkten Kontakt auf Messen und in unserem Shop. In letzter Zeit können wir ein großes Interesse an unserem Forum feststellen, derzeit haben wir über 1,5 Millionen „Page views“ im Monat, auch hierfür danken wir euch. Natürlich sind unsere Dankenden Worte nicht alles, wir möchten uns bedanken indem wir jedem Mitglied des Forums die Vollversion von „Flight Calculator“ bereitstellen. Jeder Pilot weiß, dass vor dem Start viele Dinge erledigt werden müssen, so auch Berechnungen. Genau hierbei hilft der „Flight Calculator“, dieser wird mit dem FS2004 oder FSX verbunden und hilft bei wichtigen Berechnungen in allen Flugphasen. Hiermit möchten wir, das Team von Aerosoft uns noch einmal bedanken und wir wünschen Ihnen ein gutes neues Jahr 2012

I am still considering if it makes sense to continue the way we did things up till now (be as open and honest as possible) because as you have seen it makes us highly vulnerable to abuse. Perhaps we should just do as other companies do and say it will be released when it is done and that questions will have to wait until things are close to releasing. However I did make some new images. These are VERY much work in progress and absolutely nothing should be considered as final, not modeling, not shading, not texturing, nothing...

I am happy to announce it is now 90% certain we'll have a simplified EFB in the A330 that will initially be used to show the geo-referenced charts. Both the Jeppesen (Navigraph) and LIDO (NavDataPro) should be supported. As soon as more information is available we'll share that of course.

My fellow pilots, Time to state something here. I am about and will proceed to finalize Innsbruck somewhere in autumn this year. We are trying to deliver a high-performing scenery with an adequate coverage of the sourroundings which perfectly fits to the upcoming ATPX (photoreal) scenery issued by "flugwerk-design". I saw the two products and at least one them is impressing. But as stated in other posts: the market is free and I as a developer have to accept from time to time that the business has it's own rules. So I do not blame anybody for anything from a pure fact-based point of view. It is another story that the current design-industry is changing since a couple of years and that 'old-fashined' approaches for design come under pressure (saying this I mean that developers who are working more or less 'for fun' in parallel to their main-job increasingly are getting into troubles). When I did LOWK and LOWS in the FS2004 times and then LOWI for FSX I did it because I loved it. Personally speaking this is my main motivation. And I see no reason to change this approach to scenery design. Time is too precious and life is too short to waist these resources by fighting and moaning.

Mega Airport Singapore X (by Antti Haka), It's still some way off but we thought it would be nice to share some first images!

Time to give this one it's own topic (I'll make one for the A320/A321 as well but for some reason that won't load at this moment). As explained while the graphical work on the A330 is progressing nicely we want to have the A320/A321 out first and have the A318/A319 on the same system status (SP1) as well. So we are not thinking about dates. But so many of the systems have been done already and so many others are the same as in the smaller busses we do not see major issues at this moment. It's just a lot of work, not a lot of unexpected surprises. As you can see from the images, the modeling standard is VERY high, on the same level as the A318/A319 Virtual Cockpit. You can see what the advantage of doing an aircraft directly for 64 bits is, If we would work with a 32 bit model we would never dream of this level of detail and in P3d V4.3, compiled with the very latest compilers the framerates are simply fine. It's a new dawn for the simulator if you start fresh! The images that follow are renders from the 3d tools. in the sim that rendering engine smooth things out a bit and generally makes it look better. Keep that in mind. The prices have not been fully set but should be in the same ballpark as the A318/A319/A320/A321 and there will be a modest discount for people who own any of the current busses because we reuse some parts from the current project (and you know we never ask you to pay more then one time for a file).

All tentative and subjects to change. The price will be roughly 58 Euro (plus VAT when applicable). If you own any of the Airbus Professional products it will be roughly 40 Euro (plus VAT when applicable). I am now working with an early December release date. There will be no paid livery packs or anything like that. There will be NO additional charges when (if) more models or engine types are added NO DRM so you can install as many times as you want on all the machines that you own. A note on the update price. This is slightly higher than we anticipated because it shares so much code with the A320 series. But those customers have gotten a lot of the new code already without paying anything so we feel it is justifiable. The addition of the EFB and updated textures will be a (modest priced) paid update for the A318/A319/A320/A321) Should you visit the show in Lelystad we'll gladly show you the product (next to the CRJ pro, and OnAir)

It is a long time since I written one of my Friday evening chats where I try to explain what is happening with our projects while drinking a glass of wine. Well, it is Wednesday but after 1700 so I got my glass, the new album of Joe Jackson (yes I am that old) on the stereo and some information to share. Basically, it was very hard to keep you fully in the loop because there were a lot of things I could not speak about, and there are still a few I can't, but today we had a big meeting to align all eyes and it's time to explain some things. First of all, we do not have new images of the A330 because modeler Stefan is working on another project. That's one of the things I am not at liberty to speak about. It might come to your sims, but it just as well might not, time will tell. In the timing, it all does not matter a lot as I will explain. The 'not to be named project' is a big deal for us, both in growth for Aerosoft in new ways and also financially. The developers Baylan, Frank and Robert were still basically working on the A320 platform. Now, this is a fuzzy statement because 95% of the code they are doing for the A320 series is part of the A330. But apart from some issues, I will discuss later, the issues they were working on were getting smaller and smaller. Bugs with the chrono starting at every startup tweaks to the many printouts we now have etc. All stuff we like to close but not things that spoil the flights. So today we decided to switch the focus fully on the A330. When Frank installs the chrono in the A330 he will solve the open issue. So all these smaller issues will all be picked up and solved in the ongoing process. We have a solid bug tracker that has over 500 issues we like to look at. When these fixes are done they are automatically exported to our A320 series. Almost all of our code is built so it works for A318 all the way to A330 exactly the same and uses config files to set different parameters (just as Airbus Industries does it). When they are more than just a tweak we'll send them to you. For example, the moment the PFD we want to rewrite for many reasons is done you'll get it. This means the idea of a fixed SP1 is gone. I much rather send out what we have and not keep it on our systems until it is all done. For example, Connected Flight Deck, one of our core developments, has started performance testing today ( we need to know how many servers we need worldwide), the moment PMDG open up their server for Global Flight Operations we will have the client and share it, etc. You will hear a lot about Connected Flight Deck btw, not just from us. So what does this mean for 'the schedule'? Well in my calendar it means we are fully on track but my calendar is rather fluid, it has to be. What it means for you, customers is that you will see a rather steady flow of new features added to the busses, slowly a lot of smallish issues solved and hopefully some large issues solved soon. Because for some issues we have not changed focus. We are slowly getting a better idea on the causes of the big issues that happen to some people and we are hard at work trying to think up ways to solve them. These are mainly related to the vertical path following at this moment. We now can recreate most of these issues so we finally can get serious about them. These issues are not moved to the A330 development path, they are on the front burners now. In my experience, a post like this will make almost nobody happy. I don't give a date for the A330 and the bug you find almost impossible to live with seems to be shifted forwards. We know that if you take off from a high alt airport, at high temps at the southern hemisphere things are not as they should be. But if there is one thing we learned in this looong development it is that a real Airbus is not the near perfect machine many simmers seem to think it is. You know what pilots do when the aircraft does not slow down as it should at a waypoint (could be a database error or a logic error)? They switch off the AP and AT and fly the aircraft. Show me any Airbus pilot who thinks the computers can fly better then he/she can and I show you a pilot who needs more experience. We have hundreds of photographs of ECAM pages that are just whacky or ND displays that show a path not even an F35 would be able to fly. Now please, do not ask for a release date of the A330 because I have no idea. Honestly, no idea. We release when I feel comfortable and when my CEO does not kill me and my devs do not tell me I am out of my freaking mind. At least you now know as much as I am able to share. If you have questions you think I can answer, please ask! My answers will be as open and honest as possible. Just not about a date, week, month, quarter, year, decade ok?

What is the actual status of the current product? You spoke a lot about some of the odd bugs, but where is the project at? I feel like it's been done 'from the ground up' numerous times. There appeared to be a functional aircraft many years ago according to YouTube videos posted by a beta tester. The actual status is 'in development', often people ask for a percentage and I always say 77.5%. It has never been done from the ground up and indeed we have had 'something' flying for a long time. But that was all A320 code in a different jacket. I heard rumours that multiple developers had left the project. Any truth in that? If yes, how has this impacted development? Total and utter nonsense. Nobody left, we only added people. Have you considered hiring more developers if having only 3 people on the project will continue to delay the development further? I did add more people, it's a team of six and not three. Adding more makes no sense. would not speed up things at all. I appreciate that the project Stefan has been pulled on is of importance to Aerosoft, but does that mean the A330 isn't as important? Who made that decision? Doesn't feel very community orientated. (P.S. I understand that things happen and priorities shift...) I am not sure what you mean with community orientated. Our staff works for Aerosoft, not for the community. While it is of course none of your business, the decision was made by me as the project manager. Service Pack 1 was promised "weeks" after the original release of the A320 Family. Now you're saying that it's not going to happen but instead have sporadic updates. What progress was made on SP1 in the first place and why haven't they been issued already before announcing this type of statement. (https://i.imgur.com/snG0C8V.png) Will you be issuing any kind of refund or apology to those expecting to see the updates previously promised? We have added a lot of what was intended for the SP1 and a lot more will come soon. I did not say sporadic updates. The choice was to keep it all on our disks or to release it the moment if was ready. We decided the latter. You have previously mentioned in the past that PBR will come but at a cost to the consumer. How do you respond to that when other aircraft developers are releasing PBR content free of charge? Leading on from the previous question - PBR is being treated by other developers as enhancements, not whole new paid for packages. It concerns me that we'll start seeing the aforementioned updates charged for in the future. How do you respond to that? A lot of the PBR released I have seen does not impress me at all. If and when and under what conditions we'll add PBR to existing projects is something we will discuss internally. If a 'config' file is all you need to change, why haven't we seen the A330 released at the same time as the 320 Family and then you issue updates as mentioned? Or you inferring there are still over 500 bugs in the A320 series as well? Because for example it does not look the same? And indeed a lot of the issues are in the A320 series. These are more things we like to fix and not su much bugs that have been reported by customers (90% of them has NOT been reported). Do you think that Aerosoft's reputation as a reliable aircraft developer will be impacted by the continued delays and still unfixed issues with the aircraft? Actually no, sales are fine and we feel the issues are being dealt with. As the project manager, what are your KPIs / goals for delivering projects in a timely fashion? To satisfy my CEO first of all and to make customers happy. How I actually do that is our business. I am not sure what you actually mean with being accountable. Nobody paid for the A330 yet and I am not accountable to anybody except my CEO. I am not sure why you feel entitled to information that we conder internal. And to cust things short these are the last comments I make in this kind of posts. If somebody wants to know about the product I am more than willing to reply (as always). If people wanty to know how I run the over 30 projects I am running I am afraid that's not public. So follow up discussion in this line will be deleted. And you will probably see that as unacceptable, but that is something I will live with.

Today I had an installer made so we could make it a bit easier for the external testers to get the files in the right location. Of course, we told them serious testing really should be done on the A318 platform (we use that for all systems that are the same on the Airbus platform) but that did not stop them taking the big bus up for a spin. So why not share some of the images they shared on the beta skype group. Please do not read the fact there is an installer as a sign of an imminent release. As explained there is one other project that has partially priority at this moment. But things are moving smoothly. Over 200 hours testing on the Connected Flight Deck server the last few weeks and we are learning a lot about how it could affect framerates etc. I am sorry that this topic remains closed for comments at this moment. But if you see that my post about the EFB that could not possibly offend anybody still managed to get three downvotes it is clear, an open discussion will still lead to problems. I am simply not willing to spend time on managing that kind of behavior.

Thanks for the kind words hunteral. You are welcome! Also time for a small friday update. Lufthansa satcom fairing has been done and so also the rest of the livery. Wasn´t that easy to get info on that pieces. The next one will be a VirginAtlantic A330, WHICH ISN´T COMPLETELY PAINTED YET on the images posted. Also those its seems have been fitted with some kind of internet antenna fairing. As i not found detailed info on that, you are free to help and document from what company that maybe and pictures of it would be even better! Sadly any airline seems to use its own system or at least fairing...

Time for a small friday update: Works on the A330 continue and I am currently doing addtional liveries. The first one is the first A330 with the new Lufthansa paint, D-AIKO. Note that the works are still underway at this paint: Work is just done on the EMER DOOR3, which is much more narrow than on DragonAir aircrafts. So there we got the first option already. Additionally with that another window layout comes, which is also added next week. The most prominent change will be addition the FLYNET fairing at the aft section of the aircraft. Collecting data was needed, to be able to model that first. They differ from the ones used with A320 aircraft, so its sadly not only "copy and paste"-job here. Images are taken out of the 3dsoftware. The looks in the sim will be better with all the lighting, reflections and shadows there...

Maybe they destroyed our national airport and the subway in Brussels, but they are never going to destroy our way of living and thoughts.... It was a very sad day today and I was privileged that I could help some of the victims in the hospital where I work! Sorry for this off-topic post...

At Aerosoft we are all too aware that everything we do depends on the customers. Though we got a fine professional department, the majority of money we make comes from you, the customer. It keeps us in business, it pays our rents and lets us do what we do. So it is actually not more then normal we say thanks in the best way we can think of, with a gift. Bei Aerosoft sind wir uns nur allzu bewusst, dass alles, was wir tun, von unseren Kunden abhängt. Wir sind zwar eine professionelle Firma, haben auch professionelle Auftraggeber, aber der Großteil unseres Umsatzes kommt von unseren privaten Kunden. Von Euch! Ihr haltet uns "auf Trab" und haltet uns im Geschäft. Ihr tragt dazu bei, dass wir "unsere Miete" zahlen können und unseren Lebensunterhalt mit allem, was dazu gehört. Deshalb halten wir es für selbstverständlich, daß wir uns bei Euch bedanken. Mit der Sache, die wir am besten können: Mit einem Addon als Geschenk. This time we got a superb little aircraft for you. It's a Mitchell Wing U2 and you will have so much fun flying it. It is designed for FSX and it has not been tested in FS2004. This is NOT a freeware aircraft, it is copyrighted by Dave Rowberry who has donated it to us to give to our registered forum users. Anybody can download it, you just have to make an account.If you want to get an ultra light that is even better (we think it is BY FAR the best ultra light for FS ever done) check out the Falcon Ultralight. Even Chuck Yeager owned one. Just imagine, for a few bucks you can be as cool as Chuck! Dieses Mal haben wir an ein kleines Flugzeug gedacht. Es ist ein sogenannter "Nur Flügler": Mitchell Wing U2. Es macht sehr viel Spaß, ihn zu fliegen. Das Addon ist für den FSX programmiert worden und wurde nicht im FS2004 getestet. Es ist KEIN Freeware-Flugzeug, sondern es wurde von Dave Rowberry zu dem Zweck gespendet, es unseren registrierten Benutzern des Forums zu überlassen. Das Addon ist aber trotzdem urheberrechtlich geschützt. Jeder kann es herunterladen wenn er/sie einen Account im Forum besitzt. Wenn ihr ein Ultraleicht fliegen wollt, welches NOCH besser ist (wir meinen, es wäre bei Weitem das beste Ultralight für den FS), dann ist es die Falcon Ultralight. Chuck Yeager ist im Besitz so eines Flugzeugs. Man stelle sich vor, für ein paar Euro besitzt man auch so ein Gerät!! You can download this file from two locations. From Europe select this: http://www.aerosoft2.de/downloads/AS_MITCHELL-WING-U2_V101.exe From the rest of the world select this: http://www.aerosoft4.com/downloads/AS_MITCHELL-WING-U2_V101.exe Happy flying! Ihr könnt Euch die Mitchell Wing U2 von zwei Servern herunterladen: Für Europa: http://www.aerosoft2.de/downloads/AS_MITCHELL-WING-U2_V101.exe Für den Rest der Welt: http://www.aerosoft4.com/downloads/AS_MITCHELL-WING-U2_V101.exe Guten Flug!

In addition to Tom's instructions with pictures showing you where to go on this site, if you're still struggling to find what you're looking for...you can do a Google® search. Try typing "Aerosoft repaints" as see what you come up with. The top hit was the correct one when I tried it....and took less than .38 seconds (It took me longer to open the page and type in the search) I remember in 7th grade I had to do a report on the sulton of butan...I had to go to the library, break out the Encyclopedia Britannica, etc. Took me HOURS and hours to find a few tidbits of info on the subject. As you can see below, I got six million, four hundred and thirty thousand results on the subject in a half a second. I even spelled Sultan and Bhutan wrong above (on purpose) just to point out that I didn't even have to know how to spell it and this wonderful machine in front of me instantly knew what I was looking for....and didn't even make me break out a paper dictionary to get the proper spelling (anyone remember those?) Anyway.....just trying to point out that Google search is your friend when looking for anything if you don't like to explore within the vendor's website specifically, and it is uncanny how fast and accurate it can be. Yeah....it might take you a few MINUTES to find exactly what you're looking for on a slow day...but imagine if you had to go to a library to find the same info like my example? Here.....I can even give you a one-click solution if you're in a hurry and seconds count: Click here to get the Google search for Aerosoft repaints Amazing technology. This whole post took less time to compose than it took me to ride my bike to the library that day looking for info on the Sultan. Perspective.

Dear Aerosoft team, First of all, I'd like to say a huge THANK YOU for releasing such a nice aircraft as the A330. I can fully appreciate the immense effort that was put into this project. This aircraft has a lot of potential, and despite the initial bugs below described, I believe that after a few service packs, this could be a very good simulation of a great airplane. Let me introduce myself. I'm a RL A320 Captain, with about 2000 hours previously flown as an A330 F/O. I have even wrote a tutorial for the PSS A-330 for FS2004, back in those days. I've been flying your A330 strictly according to the Airbus Industries' A-330 SOPs, so some differences may exist between the SOP you're using and the one that I'm using. Nevertheless I think that these differences are quite minor. I'll write about the aircraft operation itself, I won't get in detail about EFB, connected flightdeck, external model etc. My focus is in the day-to-day operation of the aircraft from the captain's seat. After half a dozen flights here are my first impressions/comments/suggestions about the A-330. Before engine start: 1 - FMGS programming: A- The INIT B FUEL PLANNING function is not working. There seems to be some confusion in the fuel planning algorythm. Basically the block fuel should be the Dest Fuel + Route Reserves + Alternate Fuel + Final + Taxi. B- When setting the payload using MCDU3 AND GSX2, I can't set a pax quantity above 255. If I set, for example, 280 pax, it loads only the quantity above 255 (in this example 24). If I type a full pax quantity (300) it will load only 44. However, if I disregard GSX it loads the right amount of pax. C - It's not possible to set a derate takeoff/climb D- After engaging the FDs, the FCU should go to an "all dashes" configuration, except, of course, the altitude window. As the FDs are engaged on ground, the default modes are managed for both NAV and ALT. There's no need to push the altitude selector to engage the Managed CLB when on ground 2- Engine start A- I'm aware that the objective is to replicate the day to day normal operation of the A330, but it would be nice to allow the engine start using an external pneumatic source. I've noted that the External Services Menu has both an Ext Pwr GPU and an Ext Power. Should this Ext Power be the Air Start Unit ? 3- Taxi out A- The plane should start moving without any need of power application other than Idle, and it should slowly accelerate during taxi out. I feel that it's accelerating to 20 Kt quite quickly, meaning that either the idle thrust is high or the ground friction is low. I'm using a joystick axis as a steering tiller (Assigned STEERING SET in FSUIPC) and found the turning radius slightly wider. But it may be my setup. B- If you check the takeoff config without turning the Pred WS system on, there should be an amber memo PRED WS OFF in ECAM memo display. 4- Takeoff/Initial Climb A- Takeoff is quite good, the plane accelerates as it should. B- The flap retraction problem was also described in a previous post. Basically I'm able to retract the flaps from either full or 3 to 2 using the assigned flaps joystick axis. The problem occurs when retracting the flaps from 2 to 1, the flap lever jumps from 2 to zero and so the flaps move accordingly. The only way to set flaps 1+F after takeoff is to assign a "flap retract one notch" button. It should be noted that I can select flaps 1+F on the ground, for a Flaps 1+F takeoff. The problem only happens after moving the flap lever past the Flaps 1 detent. C- The plane was able to fly perfectly a SID, flying all speed/altitude constraints precisely. However, when manually flying a SID, after capturing either an FCU selected altitude or a FMGS Altitude Constraint, if you don't keep the altitude precisely, the FMA reverts to V/S ZERO, and commands the Flight Director to maintain V/S=0 instead of maintaining the ALT or ALT CSTR mode. In case of an alt deviation after the vertical mode (ALT or ALT CSTR) is active, the Flight Director should smoothly command guidance to re-capture the selected altitude. D- During an altitude capture phase (ALT *) or (ALT CSTR*) iF I select another altitude, the AP/FD should enter in the reversion mode, meaning that it would change the vertical mode from (ALT/ALT CSTR *) to V/S and keep the vertical speed the aircraft was maintaining at the time the FCU altitude was changed. 5- Cruise Flight/ Systems behaviour in flight A- ECAM Control Panel / ECAM Handling A1- During ECAM pages change, there should be a brief "please wait" of around 0.51 second while the Display Management Computer generates the page graphics. This was common in the older 330s, not in the 320s. I'm not sure if the newer 330s have this feature. A2- Engine Page - No issues in normal flight. During an engine restart in flight it didn't show the Starter Valve open, but nevertheless the engine started normally. System operating normally on ground. A3- Bleed Page - No major issues, system works accordingly, however, when I switched one Bleed 1 OFF, there was no corresponding ECAM BLEED OFF displayed. The corresponding pack was correctly considered inoperative, generating the ECAM AIR PACK 1 OFF. I wasn't able to clear this ECAM using the CLR button. The STATUS page should display in the INOP systems PACK 1 and BLEED 1. I'm fully aware that you don't intend to replicate system failures, BUT since you can make a "packs off" takeoff and forget to switch them on after takeoff, it would be nice to at least show the appropriate ECAM warnings. A4- Pressurization Page - I've noted that the plane will remain pressurized even if you witch both packs or bleeds OFF. In real life, the cabin should slowly climb at about 300-700 ft/min (depending on pressure diferential and door seal condition). Same thing here. If you perform a "packs off" takeoff and forget to turn them on, you would not pressurize. Regarding the other indications, there's not much to say, since the Mode Selection is AUTO only. Once again, it should be nice in a future update to allow at least the use of the Man LDG ALT selector, since we can fly to an out of database airport (I can think of Beijing's new airport and also the old Kai Tak). But this is not a priority. A5- ELEC AC page: The IDGs indications are in amber and its temperature is low. Generator load is quite low also. A6- ELEC DC page: No further comments A7- HYD page: No further comments A8- APU page: No further comments A9- COND page: Very nice. Temperature variation should be slower, but it's acceptable. I have only another minor comment. If the HOT AIR pushbuttons are set to OFF, the trim air valves should go to the full closed position. The temperature is still controllable (at a slower variation rate) via the packs. A10- DOOR page: No comments. A more realistic SLIDE arming sequence would be the following. The slides should start to arm (one at a time, in a random way) around 10 seconds after last pax door closure. The slides disarming (one at a time also and in a random way) after both engines are OFF AND the seatbelt sign has been switched to off (this is the command for the Flight Attendants to disarm the slides, sometimes we forget to switch it off and they don't disarm them until they call the cockpit and ask us to do so). A11- Wheel Page: No further comments A12 - Fuel Page. Since I only have an A330-200 FCOM and its fuel system is slightly different (it has a center tank and being shorter, the target CG for the aft transfer is different) I can't get right now into much detail about it (a friend of mine has promised to send me an A-330-300 FCOM and as soon as I get it I can provide more info about the trim tank transfer system). However AFAIK it seems to be working properly. X-Feed is working nicely. It should be noted that when there is fuel in the trim tank, the FMGS is "losing" this fuel for its predictions. As soon as there is a forward trim tank transfer, the EFOB in the FMGS fuel pred page starts to rise. The fuel quantity indication should be amber in case of low level (Fuel L(R) WING LO LVL ECAM is triggered when fuel quantity in inner tank is between 1100 and 2520 kg, depending on aircraft pitch attitude). During outer to inner fuel transfer the ecam memo should be OUTR TK XFR, turning into OUTR TK XFRD after outer tank fuel has been transfered. B- Performance in cruise seems to be good. I have found the plane to be burning slightly less fuel for a given weight (keep in mind that I am using the A332 tables, but since I'm using it for a given weight, the fuel figures shouldn't be too far away. Once again, as soon as I get access to the A333 data I can check it with more precision. 6- Navigation Display: A- When in ROSE VOR/ROSE ILS mode, no VOR or NDB icon should be displayed in the ND. Auto or Manually tuned VOR/NDB should be displayed (in blue) only in ROSE NAV or ARC modes. B- ROSE VOR has a small arrow in the Course Deviation Indicator that is a TO/FROM indicator. When the aircraft is in a course TO a VOR station, it should point upwards in the upper part of the deviation indicator. If the plane is flying in a course away from the VOR, it should points backwards in the lower part of the deviation indicator. C- If flying in NAV and if you rotate the heading knob, the selected heading should be displayed (for a max of 45 sec IIRC), even if you don't pull the knob. The HDG mode will be active only after pulling the knob. 7-Primary Flight Display A - Flight Path Director behaving incorrectly, specially in managed modes. Also, the Flight Path Angle calculation is using the True Airspeed (instead of groundspeed) to determine the required vertical speed. B-Enlarged 2D PFD has the pitch attitude marks variating/oscilating during flight. 8 - FMGS/Autoflight A- Most of the FMGS functions are working accordingly. However there are some minor bugs. The fuel Prediction was already discussed in previous posts and need a complete overhaul. They are absolutely wrong during climb/cruise. During the descent phase they seem to get back to normal. B- Holdings: This is an important feature, specially for those who fly online. Whenever I insert a holding, it draws some strange circles over the holding fix This usually happens when a holding is inserted less than 20 miles from the holding fix, or inserted in the TO waypoint. Sometimes if the holding is the TO waypoint the plane gets lost in the holding entry . Sometimes the plane doesn't decelerate to holding speed. B1 - I have found that if the holding entry is a direct one, the FMGS is correctly calculating and flying it most of the time. Minor correction. The FMGS computes as default a 1.5 minute holding whenever the aircraft is above FL140. B2. - In a paralell entry to a holding, the plane is usually turning to the wrong direction, acting like it's flying a direct entry, but eventually getting estabilished in the hold. B3 - In teardrop holding entries the aircraft seems to be flying the correct pattern, but is slowing down to holding speed only after overflying the holding waypoint. C- In general, the plane is quite able to fly a fully managed approach, but if you make any vertical revision, in particular at the TO waypoint, the vertical profile will be messed up sometimes. D - ATSU is allowing the receiving of only one airport in each METAR. E- If you start a managed descent before the TOD, the V/DEV should start slowly increasing to show the actual altitude below the profile, then this "below profile alt" will gradually reduce as the aircraft nears the optimum descent profile. Currently when you start the descent, the V/DEV is showing instantly what I believe is the "below profile alt" for a given distance. F- In some STARS, if there is a speed constraint below green dot and the aircraft is not already at approach phase, the speed bug is commanding that speed, meaning that the plane will fly well below green dot. In real life, if there's a waypoimt with a speed constraint lower than green dot, the DECEL point will be located before that waypoint, in order to allow proper deceleration. G- Autopilot is disconnecting upon touchdown in an autolanding H- Rudder trim should be automatically handled when autopilot is engaged. I have noted that in AS A330 if you leave the rudder trim in other than neutral position, the Autopilot doesn't ajust it to fly straight and level. You must turn the AP off, reset the rudder trim and then re-engage the AP. The AP should t=automatically trim the aircraft when engaged. 9-Aircraft handling/Protections A- I found that if I'm using the OLD Airbus_ECAMD2D.dll file AND IF I'm using either the default control assignments OR FSUIPC option "send to FS as normal axis" the plane is almost unflyable in manual flight. If I'm using the FSUIPC option "send direct to FSUIPC calibration" the plane is flyable with minor control slope adjustments. If I'm using the new Airbus_ECAMD2D.dll the plane gets very responsive to flight control inputs in either FSUIPC option. Checking the F-CTL ECAM page showed inconsistencies between the sidestick orders (neutral position) and the actual aileron and elevator positions. I strongly recommend using FSUIPC "send direct to FSUIPC calibration" and ajust the slopes to your particular hardware. B- Pitch envelope protection seems to be working, but Bank protection is not working properly. The plane is limited to 67 degrees in bank angle, but it's not returning to 33 degrees max bank when sidestick is released. C- Alpha Floor is engaging accordingly, however, TOGA LOCK can be disengaged by the pilot, using ATHR OFF instinctive disconnect pushbuttons. D- There's a safety valve that closes above 280 KIAS and prevents the crew from lowering the gear above this speed. It's not modelled and I was able to lower the gear at VMO... I'm sure that there are some more issues that I haven't noticed/don't remember right now. There are some issues that other users may find, but overall the plane is quite flyable and enjoyable. As I have said, it has a lot of potential and I hope these issues get fixed. Thanks for the attention! Best regards, Paulo M Soares

We will consider the issue. Today I completed the Lufthansa PBR paintjob that will join the default liveries coming with the A330 product...

ICAO: KSEA NAME: KSEA - Seattle International Airport TYPE: Payware FS: FSX DESIGNER: Taxi2Gate LINK: http://secure.simmarket.com/taxi2gate-ksea-seattle-tacoma-international-airport-fsx.phtml AES 2.39

And here comes the next default livery for the package...

And the second post...

Keep in mind that there was a bit more history between FSL and Aerosoft that explains that. Sections of our VC modeling were stolen by FSL and only after we complained very loudly for some time replaced by their own modeling. This issue was solved to our satisfaction between Aerosoft and FSL without legal actions. Next to the other notable events (illegally including malware, threatening Reddit etc) nobody should be surprised this created little love towards FSL. Personally I find the actions of FSL to be highly irresponsible, damaging to the whole small FS add-on scene and offensive. They do a fine Airbus, no doubt about that. We do not share their basic idea of what an add-on should be but my problem was never with the product but with the company. And this concludes this line of discussion.

ICAO: VHHH NAME: Hong Kong International Airport TYPE: Payware FS: FSX DESIGNER: Taxi2Gate LINK: http://secure.simmarket.com/taxi2gate-hong-kong-international-airport-vhhh-fsx-p3d.phtml AES 2.38

As I explained, Stefan is back on A330 as 'the project we are not able to discuss' is delivered. The first thing I asked him was a complete export of one model to the latest P3D (released version) to show why a model that has PBR included from the start looks better then a model where it is added as a layer. You end up with a very realistic surface.

Auch wenn Du mit T2G schon im Kontakt stehst für Istanbul requeste ich es dennoch:-) ICAO: LTBA NAME: Istanbul Atatürk TYPE: Payware FS: FSX, FS9 maybe DESIGNER: taxi2Gate http://secure.simmarket.com/taxi2gate-istanbul-atatuerk-airport-ltba-fsx-(de_8266).phtml AES 2.35

As we slowly moving towards the beginning of beta testing, it's time to announce a major upgrade to the CRJ. Here's what you can expect: - CRJ-1000 - CRJ-550 - All exterior models (CRJ-550/700/900/1000) reworked with full PBR - Completely new HD Virtual Cockpit with full PBR for all models (CRJ-550/700/900/1000) - Trueglass Integration - Fully dimmable cockpit lights - Coupled VNAV as standard for the CRJ-1000 and optional for the CRJ-550, -700 and -900 - Electronic Flightbag with full NavData Pro Charts and Navigraph Charts integration - Customizable views - Numerous other improvements and bug fixes *) The CRJ Professional will only be available for Prepar3D v4.5 (Hotfix 2). The release date depends on the progress of beta testing. If you want it urgently, the best way is to look out for my upcoming call for testers in the CRJ support section of this forum. *) Any bug fixes that have been made during the development of the CRJ Professional will also be made available as a free update for the CRJ 700/900X (for FSX, FSX-SE, P3Dv3 and P3Dv4). Even if some people's pulse has probably risen above 200 already: we're not trying to sell bug fixes! 😉 Some features will be part of the product but will have to be added after release: - PMDG's Global Flight Operations support will be added as soon as the GFO SDK is available - Connected Flight Deck (CFD) support will be added after release and tested separately. Some answers to questions that will pop up for sure: - Price and upgrade costs have not yet been decided. - New Microsoft Flight Simulator: As long as it is technically possible, we plan to do a cross upgrade for the new Flight Simulator. This, however, depends very much on Microsoft. - CRJ-550: We got enough information on this variant to build proper flight dynamics, load sheet and also to create the GoJet United Express livery. However if you look inside through the windows, you will still see more or less -700 interior. This is due to time constraints and the very late decision to add the -550. Please post comments and questions here. Pretty much everything is allowed except for the question for the release date 🙂 Some screenshots 1) New HD Virtual Cockpit with full PBR (all lights off. light shining in from the front, so the panels look pretty dark) 2) New CRJ-1000 model 3) Exterior PBR effects 4) Dimmable Cockpit Lighting a) Dimmable back light (dark on the left, medium on the pedestal and maximum on the right) b) Dimmable Flood lights c) Dome and Floor lights EFB Chart Display with moving aircraft symbol EFB Chart display with moving aircraft symbol and other traffic (should work with VATSIM etc. as well) EFB Performance Data Page Automated weather information for FMS flight plan (requires Active Sky) EFB Checklists I also have two small videos which demonstrate the lights and the aircraft moving over the map. Please be aware that they are already six weeks old at the time of this post and do no represent the actual state of the product. The creator was nominated for the 2020 Razzie Awards for Worst Camera, Worst Screenplay and Worst Director! 😉 Moving Map https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPyXiI008QQ Cockpit Lights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE4XSHxRXGk

Today the CathayPacific livery was finished. I added one nice Lufthansa view too again for your viewing pleasure...

ICAO: ZGGG NAME: Guangzhou Bayun TYPE: Payware FS: FSX DESIGNER: Bridge LINK: http://secure.simmarket.com/bridge-guangzhou-baiyun-airport-zggg_fsx-p3d-(de_9406).phtml AES 2.45

Prague was already posted, but this is a new version! The fingers should now work... ICAO: LKPR NAME: Praga Ruzyne LKPR TYPE: freeware FS: FS9/FSX DESIGNER: Jindrich Machalinek LINK: http://www.avsim.su/f/fs2004-scenarii-44/scenariy-aeroporta-goroda-pragi-praha-ruzyne-lkpr-1230-v1-0-dlya-fs9-i-fsx-46149.html

ICAO UUDD NAME Moscow Domodedovo International Airport TYPE Payware FS FSX DESIGNER MDesign !!!NEW VERSION: Moscow Domodedovo 1.1!!! LINK: http://secure.simmarket.com/mdesign-moscow-domodedovo-airport-uudd-fsxp3dv1.phtml ...finally the famous Domodedovo Airport in high quality!!!! ;-) AES 2.37 (Version 1.1 of Scenery needed)

ICAO: EGLL NAME: London Heathrow V3 FS: FS9/FSX Type: Payware Designer: UK2000 Gary Summons Link: http://www.uk2000scenery.org/forum/index.php?topic=7462.45 AES 2.35

Today a little Friday update from me. I hope you like the painting.

The landing gears in the recent images are in transition state, they just go into upward position. The mechanics of the mainlanding gear, so levers and joints, are extremly near the original and we work also on a correct physical behaviour of that system. Regarding the PBR shaders i can say that they make quite some more work than they old shading system, but they also bring a lot of advantages, mostly visually with them. The FSX shading system consisted of the so called Phong-Blinn system. Phong and Blinn are names of real people. Mr. Phong, a vietnamese exilant, created the Phong-shading algorithm in the mid 1975. This was a very important event in computer generated imagery, as on his work relied much of CGI in the coming 2, almost 3 decades. The new thing introduced was the reaction of polygon surfaces on simulated light, as before polygon were only simply filled with a single color. This needed also in the 1980s high performance computer to generate, like SiliconGraphics provided them in that time. The most famous usage was maybe the movie TRON. The first flight sims used the simple shaded version still til the mid 1990s, when graphics accelerators came into usage for home PC systems. Then this model ruled the "gaming" industry as efficient way to generate very acceptable realtime 3d output. But the demands in visual fidelity grow all the time and so all disadvantages become visible: The phong/blinn shading works best in a single lighting situation only and in our flight simming environment we have usually quite fast changes of daytimes. Especially in midday FSX produced pretty suboptimal results resulting in much to bright reflections, where you often got simply overexposured, featureless surfaces. This could not be controlled by the graphic dev. The physical based shaders go a different way. They not accept that more energy leaves the surface again, than penetrates it in the first way. Then we get features like metalness, which lets us simulate the difference between nonmetals (plastic, wood, rubber) and metals in a much better way. Additionally we get a smoothness parameter which also blurs the environment reflections, adding to the feeling of getting rough structured surfaces. Ontop the icecake we have now also a dynamic behaviours of the diffuse shaded AmbientOcclusion. Those technique creates darker zones in deep edges and cavings of surfaces which almost dominant leads to realistic looking materials, as i lets us prebake pretty complex physical behaviour of light. This reacts now to direct light contact and diminishes there how it does also in reality. This was the leap the game engine graphics was ahead of our flight simming engines before the introduction of PBR shaders in our sectors. But we have still go a certain way, as we still got not the same flexibility a game engine like Unreal got, but that may change with coming new competitors in that field. I am too open for kind surprises there. One guy wrote that our bird looks like "any other PBR bird out there". This is not only logically not coherent, because if this claim would be true, only Aerosoft A330s would be out there or at least only a single type of product which isn´t, already trivially thought, not true. To these people i can only say: Please make constructive claims, not only ventilate your personal frustrations here.

Probably, but is totally against my nature to do so. But it's hard to sit here and see 6 forums users reluctantly click the minus button and not even caring what was written. I know some of them are youngsters and more of the Facebook generation where that's all normal but I am 59 and insist that discussion and being as open and honest as possible is the only way to go. That clashes with people who communicate via up/down votes (how many sim fora have the downvote active?). As I did last week I'll close this topic so things will calm down. If people want to stir up a shitstorm they can do so elsewhere. If they want to win the up/downvotes race here, ahh well.

Time for the friday update: The VirginAtlantic livery has been finalized now. Inspect the winglets please for not being mirrored and freely paintable ;-). Also the images should answer the question if DOOR2L and R are openable. It contains the whole galley there too for the exterior view. At the end comes a little preview for next weeks livery...

After the release of the smaller busses package, now there is more time for me to work on the A330 again: So time for a friday update again!!! To show what has been added to the plane, there will be some "walkaround" the plane. As it is over a dozen images, i will split the image post in the separate items. Images are take out of my 3d software, but the texture content is those, which you will see in the sim later too. Note that all is still work in progress, usage traces are also added later.

ICAO: EPWA NAME: Warsaw Chopin Airport TYPE: Payware FS: FS9/FSX DESIGNER: Drzewiecki Design LINK FS9: http://secure.simmarket.com/drzewiecki-design-epwa-warsaw-chopin-airport-2015-fs2004.phtml LINK FSX: http://secure.simmarket.com/drzewiecki-design-epwa-warsaw-chopin-airport-x-fsx-p3d.phtml AES 2.40

ICAO: ULLI NAME: Pulkovo ST. PETERSBURG TYPE: Payware FS: FS9/FSX DESIGNER: DIGITAL DESIGN LINK: DIGITAL DESIGN - ULLI ST. PETERSBURG X FSX P3D AES 2.41

This day AES is available for 5 years now, the time goes always faster in my feelings. I want involve you to the next steps of AES on the way to a new generation of AES. First same organisational things, before I explain the new version in details: The official released version of AES is still AES 2.14 and will be the available version at the Shops of Aerosoft and Simmarket. Who wants to stay on that version can do that until a new official release is available. Version 2.20 is full compatible to all Airports released in AES 2.14, all this Airports and all Credits and assignments will be supported by AES 2.20. No new airports are part of this release, AESHelp, AESConfig and AES Remote has not been changed. Why is his not an official released Version and only available via the Aerosoft Forum, could be a good question: Even, when this Version does most things like the version before, there are significant internal changes and the new vehicle models are much more complex, so I want first get some feedback about performance and handling, before it can switch to the “standard” update process. Anyway, this version is not a „Beta“, it has all functions of the version before and should be usable same as older versions. There are only some smaller limitations in the variations of the models, like: • Only two different bus models are finished at the moment • There is only one type of under floor Fuel Truck included yet • The Deicing will not simulate the fluid steam Let me now explain the new parts and features of this version: 1.) New detailed vehicle models All vehicle models simulated by AES are new replaced by more detailed and complex animated models. At the moment, they all have a neutral texture, but repaint-kits will follow later, when we are know, that the models not need any changes. The code is prepared already to support the selection of service different service provider deliveries per Airport or global. There are also more different variations (like US stile Trucks) planed for the future. The Catering Trucks are already available in 4 different Types inclusive the upperdeck support for the Airbus A380. The door will be calculated based on the door 2L, like the jetways connect. With a good Model the door should fit were well. 2.) Changed ramp agent movements and pushback process In the past, the ramp agent gets sometimes in conflict with the jetways or stairs, when he keeps his position beside the nose wheel. Now he will be move to the other side of the aircraft to monitor the loading process, until the pushback preparation starts. This is a temporary solution, until a more complex animation of human stuff is possible. While tow bar push processes he will handle the Connect and Disconnect process. 3.) More realistic driving animations of the vehicles The animation of the driving process of the vehicles in now more realistic, the wheels are rotation, the steering is simulated and all the related signs are included. So far the short overview for the new features, i think it is better to check it your self, then reading long text. Ok, as normally all is more interesting, what you not have, here some words about the next steps There are many new features on my list, for example the support of cargo airplanes, simulation of the load process and better animations of human stuff. But, all needs to be in the correct order, as for some parts, first more parameter of the airplane are needed to be able to handle the movements on the limited space around the airplane. Therefore the aircraft configuration is one of the next steps. If you have Feedback or Comments, please post them here: AES 2.20: Feedback or Comments For Bugreports use this one: AES 2.20: Bugreports An now, the most important Link: AES 2.20d Installer download only here Here some Screenshot of AES 2.20 (many thanks to Rainer Duda)

The A330 is what we call a 'stepping stone' release. It incorporates a lot of new code that is the base for several new product for several platforms. That means that even though we use a continuous test cycle there will be issues. We guarantee it. A lot will be fixed soon after release as we have a bit more time and more feedback. If this would be on steam we might consider calling it 'early access'. If you are somebody who gets easily annoyed by bugs we strongly advise you to simply not to buy when the product is launched. Give it two more weeks to mature. Important notes: You need the very latest version of P3d V4.5 plus Hotfix 1 and Hotfix 2. Do not forget to disable AV software, we have seen some false positives. You absolutely need to reboot after installing. If you see a problem after installing, the chances are pretty big any of these three could be the reason! There are some rather tricky sim settings that are very important. These are described in Vol 1 of the manuals. Do us a massive favor and read, the manual is attached. We use a rather aggressive update scheme where we push out almost anything we alter immediately to the Experimental update channel. Make sure you have that activated! ========================================================================================================= Some loose comments on things we are still working on. Electronic Flight Bag See more: https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/forum/940-electronic-flight-bag/ We found two users for whom opening the DOCS section crash the sim. We do not know yet what causes it but we are talking to the developer of the module to see if he has any idea. If this happens to you avoid the DOCS and LINKS section for now. Although we have done a lot of what was intended we are left with some open issues. The calculation module is currently just a placeholder. We have got good ideas for it but they are a tad complex. Will be done though. The links did not work out as well as we hoped. As the core of this module is basically Chrome running in an iFrame not everything runs there without issues. This is not a solvable problem at this moment. If you have any sites that do work and are useful, please share them! But basically it is and will always be the worst web browser you have ever seen. Navigraph chart support is missing at this moment due to some technical issues, we are working with our friends at Navigraph to solve that. The first person to say this is because we want to push NavDataPro charts will be banned from this forum. Nothing further from the truth. Ask them. CPDLC We are not too happy with the CPDLC options and decided to wait until the ATC organisations can offer us a solid service to connect to. You will see some preparations for that in the some menus, these options are not yet active but are planned to be made active later. It is important to have these menu option in the menu at this moment. Connected Flight Deck As Connected Flight Deck is basically a huge load of parameters send around it is always very tricky right after a release. As parameters are changing to fix issues or to change behavior they might break CFD. As the product matures this will slowly be solved. Light Artifacts As you might know P3d V4.3 and up do not want to play nice with the superb Real Light technology we have been using when PBR textures are used. So another technic has to be used (one that most add-on builders now use). But it has drawbacks. Not only does it not look as good, it can also have artifacts. It also makes some displays very very hard to manage in brightness. At this moment this cannot be totally avoided. Here is a possible artifact you might see: Checklist FO BARO checks and settings still need to be included. The ViewFocus option is not compatible with view add-ons that change the aircraft files (like ChasePlane). This probably can't be changed. Manuals Because our Test Manager is on sick leave I had to take over those task. This causes some delays with the manuals. The final one (Step-By-Step) can normally only be completed at the very end of the development but that will now be pushed beyond the release 3rd party shaders Full PRB products (at this moment only the CRJ pro, the Madddog and the A330 can be seen as such, all others have partial PBR or have PBR added) can be highly problematic with third party shader because the PBD settings from Lockheed are highly linked to the colors chosen by the modeler. If the colors are changed by a shader unpredictable effects can happen and we are utterly unable to assist. We strongly advise you to see the product as it was designed. Only then will you see all details and effects. LIvery Manager We are working on a pretty special livery manager but it will take some time to get ready. To make your livery work with it the standards are the same as for our smaller busses. For now just manually install them. Vol1-In P3D.pdf

Apart from the fact we still need to add the tweak to make it not flare out in colours (we do that at the end), the EFB is coming along nicely. Now this is NOT the most comfortable browsing experience, but heck, it works. Sort of fun to read about the aircraft inside the aircraft. We also have pretty big news on the total development. As you know we had massive issues with the latest compilers from Lockheed when we combined RealLights with PBR. Issues like it simply not working. We spend weeks trying to solve this, with help from TDFi and Lockheed but alas this did not lead to a satisfactory solution. We are not the only ones, all major aircraft developers are facing the same problems. That's why you have not see any new aircraft being released with PBR and RealLight in the last few months. We now took the difficult decision to drop RealLight and use another solution that is not as cool and has some limitation, but at least it works, is fast and not too had to implement. At least we can move forward and not circle around for weeks on end getting more and more frustrated. We thank other aircraft developers for suggesting this and will assist others where needed.

Dude, you are never paying for any of our aircraft again, if you see one released just drop me a mail at mathijs.kok@aerosoft.com and you get it for free. Thanks!!

ICAO: EGSSNAME: Stansted Airport v4TYPE: PaywareFS: FS9 FSX P3DDESIGNER: Uk2000 scenery Link: http://www.uk2000scenery.com/newsite/My_Homepage_Files/Page12.html AES 2.40

ICAO: YSSY Name: Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport Type: Payware FS: FSX Designer: FlyTampa Link: http://www.flytampa.org/yssy.html AES 2.39

ICAO: SKBO Name: El Dorado Intl Airport, Bogota, Colombia Type: Payware FS: FSX+P3D; FS2004 Designer: VirtualCol Links FSX+P3D: http://secure.simmarket.com/virtualcol-skbo-bogota-for-fsx-p3d.phtml FS2004: http://secure.simmarket.com/virtualcol-skbo-bogota-for-fs2004.phtml Thanks and regards, Harald AES 2.45

ICAO: OEJN NAME: King Abul Aziz International TYPE: Payware FS: FS9 version DESIGNER: BDOAviation LINK: http://www.bdoaviation.com/scenery/scenery.php?ID=21 Original link to simMarket was correct link but at their end somehow directed to Jennasoft scenery. A situation which still obtains. Apologies on behalf of simMarket. Present link to BDO aviation is for the FSX version but at least it's the right airport. AES 2.43

ICAO RPLL NAME Ninoy Aquino International Airport TYPE Payware FS FSX DESIGNER Pacific Islands Simulation !!!FINALLY RELEASED!!! LINK: http://secure.simmarket.com/pis-manila-ninoy-aquino-intl-rpll-fsx-p3dv2-(de_8496).phtml ...Such a stunning paradise and a good destination for a T7 ;-)...! AES 2.36

My my, what a load of post and what negative comments. Mind you were are used to that by now, if you try to be open and honest and most certainly if you try to include potential customers into projects most will like it and participate, some will expect more then you can show/tell or are willing to show/tell and will be pissed off. We see exactly the same pattern for any project we handle that way. But it's okay. Now honestly and without any derogatory idea behind it, I got no idea what you mean. Could be we got a language issue here, "stuffing around" is not something I am familiar with. If you mean that we tell people that we are seriously thinking about a new simulator and like to discus that with our customer? Well sure, that's how like it. I mean if you don't like it, simply don't read it! It's not like telling people a new simulator is coming helps us sell what we are doing right now, right? Let me update you as much as I can. This is a multimillion dollar project and without signed contracts and the marketing girls having done what the like to do my hands are tight. But we made great steps. Money is strangely enough not a major issue, we got some, Aerosoft is a very healthy company. We also got the partner we wanted, if you are going to bump heads with Mama Microsoft you better have some muscle. We also think we know what you, the customer, want. A simulator that is fast, open (fully documented) and above all a solid base for further developments. Currently we are in the stage of going from paper to coding and for a project of this size that's always a major step. Contracts need to be signed, people got to change jobs, move country etc. Are we going to do a new simulator? Personally I think so, my CEO pays me to push it. Is it going to happen? Yeah sure it is, but now you know why I say that. Lol. Things look good but that's all I can say. Is it going fast enough? Hell no, we are calling it AFS2013 already. Now on to samples shown and links given. We know all those and we smiled a lot about the three days. See we actually USE these kinds of files for the US cities series. Just check Google Earth Building Maker and you got a good idea how these things work. We got similar but professional tools that we use for professional projects. But they are far from anything that could be used in a flight simulator that we need. Believe me we look at all these things, all these engines. all these demos. But when we ask these companies to show something on a round earth, with sight lines of 100 miles, using DX11 and not using more then 30% of resources (we also got to do flight modeling, weather, user interface, online stuff etc etc) you will get a lot less enthusiastic responses. If at all. We spend a whopping lot of money on trying to find what we need and so far it seems it just does not exist (professional sims most certainly can't). So we got to adapt something. I am sorry you feel 'stuffed around'. But that's all I am willing to say right now.

Small off topic comment. There was one kind reader (and yes we know who) that felt it needed to give my post a -1 vote. Now for the love of God, why would anybody have a problem with what I wrote? We even showed images of this aircraft in professional sims! If you feel I written something that I should not have written or that was stupid, do vote me down. I do mess up like everybody. But that post was most certainly not one of those. From this moment on we'll simple remove people who do such things from our forum and block the IP. The voting system is a great way to let each other know what you think of a post. But a few people can mess up the whole system and we'll simply not accept that. Vote posts up when you think they help the discussion, ask good questions or when you see somebody helping another person. Be careful with voting down, it should only be used when a post asks for something hat has been answered a few times, or somebody who is just a pain in the ass. You know it as well as I know it and there is a wide margin of interpretation that we will not mess with. Most certainly vote something up when you see a negative vote that is not right.