Sharklet Hype

[Robin Locher 280]

Normal Procedures will be: No smoking signs on auto.

The lights will always stay on in the cabin but the exix lights goes off. 

Fslabs modelld it correctly!

[phil highton 224]

And this thread is stiiiiillll going lol 

[Jake Timandi 30]

Didn't expect it to end, SL's aren't out yet.

[Marc Stanford 281]

It's gonna be fun flying the Sharklets this winter! Expecting some good climb performance especially with those new wings.

[Klaus Schmitzer 82]

Sharklets are nice and all, but I hope there is also Lateral Offsets in the update.

[Pascal Wagner 84]

On 9/10/2020 at 4:43 AM, Klaus Schmitzer said:

Sharklets are nice and all, but I hope there is also Lateral Offsets in the update.

It could be a feature already. Ok. The sharks are having more range, so an atlantic route is more obvious. Btw. You got the news, that an A321 LR (Air Astana) flies Almaty to Frankfurt. So far i know of the longest A320 family nonstop flight so far. I know its a NEO version, but I thought its worth to mention it. Cheers guys. 

[Darren Howie 284]

As many airlines use the "No Contact period" for comms to the flightdeck a lot of air;lines opt for the chime at gear down which marks the start on approach and gear up on departure which marks the end of that period.

Depending on where you are in the aircraft you cannot tell from sound if the gear is fully up or going down so a chime is used to indicate it to the entire crew that the gear is up after take off or going down for landing.

Its also an attention getting for landing ie you should be seated. Many airlines allow crew to be on their feet while the seatbelt sign is on and if the tech crew forget to instruct the cabin crew to be seated for landing its an extra warning that landing is imminent.

[Pascal Wagner 84]

And back home. This time a bit closer to the point of interest. Have a nice weekend. 

[Pascal Wagner 84]

10 hours ago, Darren Howie said:

As many airlines use the "No Contact period" for comms to the flightdeck a lot of air;lines opt for the chime at gear down which marks the start on approach and gear up on departure which marks the end of that period.

Depending on where you are in the aircraft you cannot tell from sound if the gear is fully up or going down so a chime is used to indicate it to the entire crew that the gear is up after take off or going down for landing.

Its also an attention getting for landing ie you should be seated. Many airlines allow crew to be on their feet while the seatbelt sign is on and if the tech crew forget to instruct the cabin crew to be seated for landing its an extra warning that landing is imminent.

Dear Darren, thx for this explanation. 

[Darren Howie 284]

As an explanation the no contact period where crew are not permitted under any circumstances to try to contact the flightdeck starts at the start of the take off roll and finishes at gear up and on landing is from the gear extension to turning off the runway. You also have as a visual aid the emergency exit row lights illuminate as well with the gear down for landing and turn off when the gear is up as well.

[Koen Meier 1357]

We must be close.

[Marc Stanford 281]

The A319 is in the final stage of testing so hopefully not too long now and then finally we can have real hype about the Sharklets!

[David Norfolk 1831]

I honestly can't wait to get views like this in p3d with sharks

[Marc Stanford 281]

4 minutes ago, David Norfolk said:

I honestly can't wait to get views like this in p3d with sharks

I'm hopeful that FSL will bring the buses to MSFS but like all good things in life they will take time, especially for a replica-style simulation that FSL goes for.

[Jorge L Rodriguez 3]

Bluesharks

[Darren Howie 284]

SOme old work pics to stir up the sharklet pot a little..

[Pascal Wagner 84]

9 hours ago, Darren Howie said:

SOme old work pics to stir up the sharklet pot a little..

Are you flying Jetstar? Stupid question. Is the song drunk on a plane the real jetstar boarding music or is it kind of easteregg joke from FSL? 

[Darren Howie 284]

The CM has multiple channels of music to select from..normally its like walking out and hearing Spotify going..

 

[Steven Silva 78]

Jetblue Germany ???

[Koen Meier 1357]

test registraion from airbus which is also why a german flag.

[Jean-Claude Bailly 32]

And like all good German "blue" (energy efficient) cars everything - or almost - is optional, in this case: engines, so as to save fuel.

[Pascal Wagner 84]

Hi guys, i m pretty sure it has been answered already, but please bare with me not going through 77 pages of this thread. 

Lefteris said on april 16, that the SL will be of the 320 and 321 with both engine versions as one package. So do i need to own the actual 321 to buy this package then? Or will be the 320 still be kind of core version for all. 

Thanks for the answers. 

 

Cheers

[Norman Blackburn 3394]

1 hour ago, Pascal Wagner said:

Lefteris said on april 16, that the SL will be of the 320 and 321 with both engine versions as one package. So do i need to own the actual 321 to buy this package then? Or will be the 320 still be kind of core version for all. 

If you only have the A320-X then after purchase you will have the regular Wing Tip Fence (WTF) and Sharklet (SL) variants of the A320-X.  

You only get the A321-X SL if you already have the WTF variant.  So yes, you need to "own the actual 321" too.

[Robin Locher 280]

Yea But you can also buy the Sharklets if you only own the A320. Then you only get the A320 with Sharklets....

[Pascal Wagner 84]

Thanks for the replies, this wasnt clear for me up to now. 

[Steven Silva 78]

[David Norfolk 1831]

Hello me again, just here to on my weekly rounds to see if they've released yet....they haven't, see you sooooooooooooon

[Marc Stanford 281]

Is the team back from vacation, everyone doing well?

[Jeremias Marco Harsono 33]

On 9/17/2020 at 11:20 PM, Norman Blackburn said:

If you only have the A320-X then after purchase you will have the regular Wing Tip Fence (WTF) and Sharklet (SL) variants of the A320-X.  

You only get the A321-X SL if you already have the WTF variant.  So yes, you need to "own the actual 321" too.

The A320 and A321 SL is said to come as one package, but if we only have the A320 base package then we'll only get the A320 SL. Would the SL price be the same or less then considering it's only for the A320? Hoping for flexibility in the pricing

[Norman Blackburn 3394]

3 hours ago, Jeremias Marco Harsono said:

The A320 and A321 SL is said to come as one package, but if we only have the A320 base package then we'll only get the A320 SL. Would the SL price be the same or less then considering it's only for the A320? Hoping for flexibility in the pricing

The SL package is a single product with a single price.  

[Stefan Nirschl 12]

Flew with the FSL Bus after some legs with MFS2020. Oh man, happy to be back in real sim. Cant imagine how it will be with SL and EFB installed! 

[Marc Stanford 281]

So when the Sharklets is released do we scrap some of the older wingfence A320s to make more of the Sharklets or does FSL have our back?

[Norman Blackburn 3394]

39 minutes ago, Marc Stanford said:

So when the Sharklets is released do we scrap some of the older wingfence A320s to make more of the Sharklets or does FSL have our back?

Say what?

[Marc Stanford 281]

1 hour ago, Norman Blackburn said:

Say what?

Can FSL supply us at least 130+ Sharklet A321s on the release date? Or do we have to sell some of our older A321/A320s to makeup?

[David Norfolk 1831]

1 hour ago, Marc Stanford said:

So when the Sharklets is released do we scrap some of the older wingfence A320s to make more of the Sharklets or does FSL have our back?

What you do is, once you get the sharklets, you fly the wingfences to the scrapyard & watch them get cut up to tiny pieces. Rumour has it that FSL is making a airplane graveyard DLC

[Marc Stanford 281]

4 minutes ago, David Norfolk said:

What you do this once you get the sharklets, you fly the wingfences to the scrapyard & watch them get cut up to tiny pieces. Rumour has it that FSL is making a airplane graveyard 

Perfect because the lavatory from one of our A320s fell out in flight! So that one is going to the yard. It was old, delivered to us in 1989.

I do hope the new Sharklets will have Wifi installed on them, a 50 inch HDTV would be nice too.

[Christoph Sebek 687]

Must be a Saturday night thing. 

[Norman Blackburn 3394]

12 hours ago, Marc Stanford said:

Can FSL supply us at least 130+ Sharklet A321s on the release date? Or do we have to sell some of our older A321/A320s to makeup?

You can make believe whatever you need to do Marc  

[Timm Rehberg 2275]

Did anyone notice, we have a new forum design?  
Must mean we are close to a huge release! A319 + SL shortly after? 

[John Barnes 965]

It just means the forum had a software update. 

[Timm Rehberg 2275]

11 minutes ago, John Barnes said:

It just means the forum had a software update. 

[Robin Locher 280]

20 minutes ago, John Barnes said:

It just means the forum had a software update. 

Your Beta tester image in the signature is not showing up

[John Barnes 965]

6 minutes ago, Robin Locher said:

Your Beta tester image in the signature is not showing up

Meh. Who needs it anyway. 

[Timm Rehberg 2275]

1 hour ago, John Barnes said:

Meh. Who needs it anyway. 

Beta test? Or the signature? Think about the answer otherwise I will inform Lefti that he needs to look for a new tester  

[Koen Meier 1357]

What is more frustrating than seeing this thread expand is not being able to fly the fslabs for a prolonged period and not being able to enjoy the sharklets on release.