First Impressions...

[Robert Sutherland 860]

On 1/4/2020 at 4:39 PM, Michael Leuck said:

CTDs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aircraft is unflyable currently.

You might have to go into a bit more detail if you're seeking support the issues you're having

 

[peter kelberg 91]

1 hour ago, Robert Sutherland said:

You might have to go into a bit more detail if you're seeking support the issues you're having

 

seems  that  he  has posted  this issue  on  several   threads  already  bit  hard  when  he  does  this  to keep  track of  things,  looks like he  has  solved  his  issues  by  re installing the  320

[phil highton 255]

yep scott iam getting the batteries cycling as well 

[John Hawksley 0]

Hi, I've come to the FSL A320-X for the first time in the last couple of weeks.  Here are my first impressions.

The price is very expensive, and sets expectations, which unfortunately haven't been met (yet), though I am hopeful.

I've had this aircraft about a week and I fly with VATSIM.  I've performed about 10 short-haul (1.5hr) sorties.  8 of them were offline while I sorted out how to fly it and not embarrass myself in the (incredibly busy) London and Scottish Radar regions.  One online was successful from start to end and one ended in a CTD.

So what I've found so far that seems very disappointing is this:

• Saved scenarios seem to be flakey.  I've deleted them.  The one I did have (cold and dark, parked at stand) regularly:
  • Would not power up avionics even with both batts on, APU avail.
  • Would not start a/c pack 1 (even tried the 'enter/exit slew' workaround) under any circumstance.
• CTD turning onto finals (LOC/GS capture)
• Holding
  • Hold at PPOS accepts data for the hold but never generates it.
  • Hold at fix:  entered data for the hold; a/c proceeded to fix but never entered the hold; continued ploughing onward off track, still in NAV mode.

Obviously I'm not discounting user error, and overall my experience has been okay.

[Tom Stagg 3]

After literally years of being on the fence about buying the A320X I finally took the plunge. So far the level of immersion has simply blown me away!

I flew the basic tutorial yesterday and had no problems at all. At this very moment I am working through the ATSU tutorial (waiting for boarding to happen) and the way it integrates with PFPX, GSX and Active Sky is brilliant. I'm going to find it difficult dealing with other aircraft that don't have this level of integration from here on out. I can't claim to be knowledgable enough to comment on the systems accuracy as I'm quite new to Airbus.

Performance wise it definitley hits my system harder than most other add ons but not bad enough to make things un playable. I'm looking forward to seeing the improvements that will come with P3Dv5 in this regard.

Excellent work FSLabs!

As an additional note, I would also like to thank your support team for being so prompt in helping me find my old forum account so that it could be merged and I could access livery downloads.

 

[Robert Koolstra 3]

What a great plane! After years of flying PMDG and even have a setup for a 737, was hesitating to spend the money.

After a rough start with CTD with the last update it fixed everything.

Really loving this plane, what a immersion with ATSU / GSX etc.

A wish for me would be a remote overhead panel also, have a touchscreen hanging above my head for the 737 would also love to have the Airbus there!

Great job guys!

Gr.

Robert

[Norman Blackburn 3648]

Hi Robert

If your Touchscreen is on the same PC you could press shift 3, undock and drag the overhead there.

[Robert Koolstra 3]

2 hours ago, Norman Blackburn said:

Hi Robert

If your Touchscreen is on the same PC you could press shift 3, undock and drag the overhead there.

Thanks for the tip! Already have two extra screens for Pfd ND Ecams. I don’t know if my build can handle more screens but will try later. 

[Norman Blackburn 3648]

Ive not tried but have it on good advice that low load screens should be USB C.  

[Robert Koolstra 3]

Aviaworx would like to make a remote overhead panel. Is there a interface  to create that?

[Sam Feinstein 5]

Bought the FSLabs back in October but never got around to posting in this thread so here it goes:

 

WOW! I had flown other Airbuses in other sims before and the switch to P3D UI took a little bit to get used to, but I knew it was 100% worth it when I completed my first flight in the FSLabs. Everything I've ever learned about the Airbus from reading, pilots, and irl videos was reflected perfectly in the FSLabs. Not to mention that when hand-flying the FSL, it handles exactly how I would imagine the real airplane does. The beautiful integration with Simbrief and GSX makes it my favorite P3D plane. I love how immersive it is that I can start doing my preflight, confirm the fuel and weights via the AOC menu, and the ground handling automatically opens doors and fuels/loads the airplane before "sending" the load sheet. Overall, the FSLabs is worth every penny and I can't wait to see the plane with sharklets as well. 

[Ajit Sidhu 13]

Bought the A320 a few days back, Having flown the A320 before the Pandemic I decided I needed to invest to stay in the loop and keep the passion for flying alive during these difficult times. 

If anyone is one the fence, get it. It’s about as close to the real thing as it gets from little “Airbusisms” to quirks its all there, the handling is very good and the ecam logic is spot on thus far. I’ve bounced from sim to sim over the years looking for an A320 to practice on before sims and this is as good as it gets. The AOC Features are phenomenal, the waiting around for everyone else to do their stuff is accurate . For enthusiasts looking for the most authentic experience FSLabs takes the cake, you might find yourself impatient and twiddling you thumbs waiting for loadsheets waiting for pax, thats all apart of the job. The performance FPS wise is great, it’s my best preforming aircraft even with Orbx and everything installed. I haven’t been disappointed thus far.

Thank you FSLabs For reminding me why I love my Bus and making me miss flying.  

[Daniel Dupuis 666 0]

Just bought this beauty after getting a PC upgrade. I am speechless. I had to order the Thrustmaster TCA officer edition.

 

Amazing job friends.

[Tom van der Elst 18]

Well,

I have bought this thing a while ago after sitting on the fence for about 6 months.

Curiously, I did buy it after I had brain surgery and needed a lot of time to recover.

Now, I do not know if it wás the brain surgery that did make me buy it, but still, it is remarkable.

 

Anyhows, I have made the first flights offline with the A320 and after a few I just knew I had to have the other ones too.

So I bought them too, and life really coudn''t be any better right now.

I do not fly anything else, I did do a short flight in a well known 737 but that one doesn't do it for me anymore,

even though thát does have an EFB and this one doesn't, yet.

I love my job( it is more of a hobby, too!), but I'm dreading going back to work as I will not have time to fly this extraordinary piece of software anymore,

and that in and of itself should tell you how good this thing really is.

It is a brilliant piece of software that almost changes that other bit of software into fooling you

you're in the real thing.

It is so easy to handfly, so easy to set up, it has so many options to and 1 : keep you in the sim and 2 :

also enhance immersion and realism.

I just love it, and now, just a few days ago I learned there'll be sharklets too, supposedly, someday, sometime,

sommewhere, over that rainbow, or something.

in short, it is now, after flying, no surprise why the price is what it is.

I think it should be more expensive, really.

 

thank you for reading this ramble and for the planes,

they have proven to be the best I've ever seen for a sim, and I, too, have been around since FS5,

know that famous 767, that brilliant 737's, etcetera.

 

 

Tom.