Peter's Aircraft : A320/A321 3D Cockpit Preview

[Stephen]

 

Peter's Aircraft : A320/A321 3D Cockpit Preview

 

 

If you have purchased any one or all of Peter Hager's A380 series, and added the 3D cockpit option. Then you would be excited by these pre-release pictures of the 3D option for Peter's A320/A321 series.

 

Without doubt the addition of 3D cockpit in the A380 gave the aircraft a dimension to the simulation that is breathtaking. Now the same option is coming to the A320/A321 series and you can see the coming quality and design is as though and as good as the A380 option.

 

 

The 3D design is by Roman Berezin of Flightfactor (as was the A380 design). But you have a different dimension in the way that Peter Hager programmes his designs into the 3D cockpit that creates the differences and with highly integrated aircraft references that makes his machines so lifelike and the perfect simulation. These references are there in the 2d Cockpit now. But somehow the 3D cockpit makes them more accessible. Having the full visual experience (certainly on the A380) just lifts the simulation to another level that compliments Peter Hager's already fine detail and systems management.

 

 

The Autopilot systems will be comprehensive and in 3D now with hand manipulation, although I admit the tolerances on the A380 are very tight and can make the aircraft a handful when you have to make quick adjustments.

 

 

Peter Hager notes that "Graphics of all display units (DU) are new designs in very high resolution." And that is certainly noticiable.

 

 

And very important, and more so on Airbus displays.

 

 

To a point you can get away with average markings on a 2d display. But with the zoom factor on the 3D versions that is not acceptable.

 

 

The PFD (Primary Flight Display) is very dense with information. So clarity is very important.

 

 

Peter Hager has noted he would like the 3D option delivered by Christmas, But the release might slip into 2014. Whatever the time of the release it will well worth the wait.

 

30th October 2013

 

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3D and panel design images courtesy of Peter Hager.