FlightFactor

Tommaso Felici
Now all Navigraph subscribers can update their FlightFactor’s A320 AIRACs without thinking about purchasing Aerosoft’s.

It’s about time to smile, for all the Navigraph and FlightFactor’s A320 users since the AIRAC provider released a compatible cycle for the Airbus.

As I wrote in my short tutorial about AIRAC installation I use Aerosoft’s so I couldn’t predict when the plane could be fully supported by both Aerosoft and Navigraph, but the moment has come.

After many development hours, and many hours in testing, we are proud to announce the release of FMS Data for the Flight Factor A320 Ultimate for X-Plane. The FMS Data Manager will automatically detect the addon and update the dataset. Press the “Scan” button under the “Addon Mappings” interface. Don’t have the manager? Get it here: Link

As you can read from Navigraph official sources it’s adviced to have the AIRAC manager installed as it’s easier to install new updates without extracting every package manually (that can lead easily to installation mistakes). Please, be aware of what you are installing, as the files name must suit with FlightFactor’s ones. But, again, you can find more information on my old tutorial.

Read more

Tommaso Felici
The most advanced Airbus simulation was released today by FlightFactor. Go get your copy for $89.95 while you’re still able to access the .org store!

Yeah, finally! The wait for the FF A320 is ended a hour ago as FlightFactor released the plane while the testers, also me, received some days ago the RC. This is quite a surprise as most of us were expecting the ToliSS A319 to come out first, but FF worked quietly and released one of the best plane for X-Plane today.

A good news also for Tom’s Cockpit. We told you it would have released around the middle of February, and that’s it. Ok Auto-Celebration is finished :).

The full features of the plane are listed below while you can get your plane here:

“The model has its own flight model and a system depth never seen before on any flight sim. The goal was to provide an experience as close to the real aircraft as possible.
Custom Flight model
  • Flight developed by professional to mimic the real aircraft
  • Precise aerodynamic model with unique features like transonic effects, hi speed stall etc
  • Specific engine model with realistic performance and dynamics
  • More than 10,000 simulated objects like computers, sensors, units, data buses, busbars, relays, etc. with its own logic and behavior
  • Simulation of data exchange in ARINC data protocol between aircraft computers with precision loss and delays
High-Definition Model
  • Hi-quality and realistic interior and exterior visual model
  • Hi-quality and realistic sound pack with hundreds of sounds from the real aircraft
  • Hi-quality display graphics (4K panel)
  • Unique rain effects
  • Fast access popup panel system
  • Precise aerodynamical model with unique features like transonic effects, hi speed stall etc
  • Specific engine model with realistic performance and dynamics
  • More than 10,000 simulated objects like computers, sensors, units, data buses, busbars, relays, etc. with its own logic and behavior
  • Simulation of data exchange in ARINC data protocol between aircraft computers with precision loss and delays.
  • Realistic simulation of transition effects, self-tests and other real aircraft undocumented features
  • Physically based implementation of electric, hydraulic, fuel and pneumatic systems with realistic responses and state transitions
  • Precise flight management system with full profile predictions and modes of operation
  • Autopilot, indistinguishable from real aircraft, with all modes, transition effects and undocumented features
X-Updater
  • The model come with the X-Updater for easy update of your aircraft. The X-Updater will easily update your aircraft to the latest version without having to re-download the entire file.”

I advice you to avoid the livery packs as some of the liveries are way less detailed than the one you can find for free on the forums, like the ones done by MB Liveries who’s working right in these minutes to release Alitalia New.

Read more