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  1. 34 minutes ago, Zocopeta said:

    If is an a320, why would you like to fo that when we got the fenix that is study level and is cheap, just i want to know what is your opinion about this. @Mathijs Kok


    Can‘t you just wait till the announcement next week? Or do you also want to know what Mathijs thinks about releasing an hypothetical AS B738 when PMDG already have one?  

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  2. 1 hour ago, Chris J. Ratnam said:

    The A330 is being developed to simulate normal ops. That being said, you could always “accidentally” flip an engine master switch off inflight and *tada* engine failure😌


    Or just never switch on the fuel pumps. A friend told me the engines can not run like that inflight. 🤣

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  3. 4 hours ago, ahmed2003 said:

    Don't think about it in this way. See which one of them can serve your needs on training and being in a full knowledge of it definitely as much you can, you will never be 100% aware of the aircraft you are simulating but the more the DLC can provide you for training, pick it up. 


    That sounds a lot like a recommendation for the 777 product as the AS Bus will only do normal SOP stuff. Just buy the AS A333 some weeks after release. It will be available way sooner and we can finally fly some Airbus longhaul flights in MSFS. And let‘s not kid ourselves, we will probably all buy that 777 (with or without EFB ;)) anyway when it is out. 

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  4. 33 minutes ago, Tobias Nome said:

    the presence of a human being in the cockpit would increase the sense of scale and size of both the cockpit as a whole and its elements. 


    If PMDG would model an FO in their 737, every simmer would complain about the cockpit being too small. ;) 

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  5. 20 hours ago, TomReborn said:

    737NG Driver on YouTube who is known for making his in-depth tutorial style videos on the 737 is converting over to an A330 type rating. A new tester incoming? 👀

     

     

    737NG Driver has been on the AS (Test) Team since he was four or something. It was really interesting and a joy to see how he went from simmer to RW ATPL pilot. It was also very unfortunate that he was forced to fly 1950s tech in his first few years as a ReAL pilot. But now he will come back to the fold and fly modern aircraft like you would expect in 2023... ;) 

     

    As he was a tester from day one for the FSX Airbus it will be interesting to see what YT content he will make when he has a RW Airbus Typerating and talk about his experience!

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  6. No need to watch A330 CBTs, if you can fly the A320 in MSFS you can also fly the A330. (Sure, tell that the unfortunate pilot that wrecked his A330 during landing at an high altitude/high air density airport 😪)

     

    From a pilot‘s perspective the aircraft are basically the same. What is different though is the ops. Best thing to do to prepare for A330 flights, imo, is to visit those far away airports you are going to fly to and do some „local“ sectors there with an A320 to get a feel for ATC/topography/procedural side of things. This will pay out dividends when going there with the A330 later on. Visiting some of those far away EDTO (ETOPS) airports with an A320 will also make you a more proficient future A330 longhaul pilot. 
     

    Happy landings!

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  7. 5 minutes ago, Cpt.Ronin said:

    ut regarding the statement that a dual engine failure has never happened on the A330, well the crew and passengers on Air Transat 236 who glided for almost 20 minutes disagrees

     

    Not taking enough fuel with you on a trip does not constitute an engine failure... ;)

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  8. 1 hour ago, YAG said:

    But If there is a beta test it might be much easier for example 30 beta testers all of them has different systems and will get different issues. Also you can consider it 30 times takeoff/landing and all other procedures.


    Those poor devs. Doing a beta this way will ensure delay after delay to get to a release candidate because of all the new bug findings. 
     

    But in all seriousness; I think Mathijs has this handled pretty well as it is. 

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  9. 8 minutes ago, ahmed2003 said:

    But do actually they will let me go for an introduction flight. I see most of the airports are so restricted even some airports don't allow you to enter if you don't have a flight. 

     

    Just to close this off-topic branch; but yes. Anyone can go to a flightschool and buy themselves a flight in an GA aircraft with an Instructor.
     

    And if you took Mathijs’s mention of learning to fly an airliner as actually being in an airliner then there are many opportunities to also buy you some time in an airliner Simulator with an instructor. 
     

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  10. On 10/27/2022 at 8:46 PM, Frap 99 said:

    Is this how you avoid constructive critics? By using irony?


    Where do I avoid constructive critics? Let alone use irony?


    I find the notion to switch on hydraulic pumps when on ground to check for leaks „interesting“ from a pilot‘s perspective. I just assumed you are a real world Airbus pilot when you stated that. There are so many different ways of doing things that I was just interested to know which airline does something like this…

     

    Airbus recently changed it‘s checklists for example and I was scratching my head why I should check if the landing lights are switched off in the parking checklist. It happens that some pilot forgot to switch them off and the heat of the landing light cooked off the emergency slide and it deployed into the jetway. You hear something new almost every other day in the aviation world…

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  11. Aerosoft Airbus X Normal Procedures 02: Preliminary Cockpit Preparation video now available: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=XKLT4SDTcek

    Note the sounds. What you hear is NOT the engines starting, it's just the cooling fans in the panel. They are very very loud. In fact, while in cruise you hear more cooling fans then wind noise or engine noise. Just try explaining that to new customers.. archhhh.

    Hi Mathijs,

    first of all, thumbs up for doing an exellent job. I have to correct you on the cooling fan soundset though. I have the pleasure of sitting in an A320 Family cockpit almost 10 hours a day. The noise the cooling fan(s) make is spot on for the older models of the Bus. The one Aerosoft is modeling, newer generation with LCD's and such, are actually quite silent. Only during electrical power switching do the fans, low speed/high speed, make some noise. But I am just nitpicking here. Keep up the good work!!!

    Cheers, Jean

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