Stephen Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 When the A320neo was released in December 2012 it was a revelational, but a slightly incomplete release. Revelational because the package was so complete with not only an excellent 3d cockpit, but also the great features of ground support and a huge list of liveries (60+) to chose from. But on the flight model it was a little bland. A difficult one to fix because the Airbus fly-by-wire system is very complex, and although implementation of the systems in the aircraft was very good, it was in the actual flying model the A320neo came up short. If any developer has given more updates to the A320neo than JARDesign then I would like to meet them, usually in one or two months another update would always be available. I have exchanged more version numbers on the JARDesign A320neo than any other aircraft released in X-Plane. Is that a bad thing?... No not really, because in fact it has created in the opposite effect in that with all the changes to the A320 it has not only been developed into one of the very best aircraft available in X-Plane and fully featured, It is now certainly positioned clearly in the top ten and also now notably in the top five of one of the best value aircraft for your money (around US$40) that in reality it is now also sitting in the US$50-$60 price category with the amount of quality and features it now delivers. But JARDesign is not stopping here. Due soon is v2 (version 2) with even more added features and enhancements. As noted the earlier A320neo was not the most perfect model of Airbus systems flying. However now with the many updates it is very good to excellent with still more enhancements to come. v2 will now have a full custom PDF (Primary Flight Display). And an authentic ISIS (Integrated Standby Instruments System) A fully customisable Autopilot and the DCDU (Datalink Control and Display Unit) will show the Departing and Arrival Weather (metar) information. And a racetrack "Hold" function will be added to the FMGS (Flight Management and Guidance Computer). Other features coming are "Dynamic" Rain and Camera Shake effects. And the Followme car will now be part of the package and not as now an option. Release of v2 will be (hopefully) before Christmas or certainly very early in 2014. The Airbus A320neo is now available from the X-Plane.Org Store: Airbus A320 Neo - There will be a free upgrade to v2 when available for users that already have bought the A320neo or will purchase the aircraft before the upgrade. Price is US$39.00 Announcement of JARDesign's next project : Airbus A330 I was excited on the news of the Airbus A320 v2 upgrade, but I was simply overwhelmed on the announcement by Eugeny Romanov of JARDesign in their next project : An Airbus A330. The Work-in-Progress pictures are excellent in how the aircraft was conceived. But even more interesting is the work that is now progressing past that stage. Most developers do and come close in completing the external design first, then set about the really difficult process of inserting the 3d cockpit into the design. Here the design is to complete the 3d cockpit first into a basic external design. Already the 3d cockpit is showing its form and the effect is going to be overwhelmingly good. Excited. Absolutely! Certainly the choice of the A330 to follow their A320 is a masterstoke in that as the A320neo approaches maturity. Then the experience and skill will be passed directly into the A330 and making it in a shorter time frame an aircraft that is as good as if not better than the smaller Airbus in this family of aircraft. For us pilots the A330 will open up many medium-long routes in the 7,400 km (4,000 nmi) - 13,400 km (7,200 nmi) range. No notes on what version is planned but my guess it is the -200 version. For me the announcement of the coming A330 already sets up 2014 as another big exciting year for X-Plane in aircraft releases. The A330 will fill out a niche of designs that will keep us wanting even more in the future. Stephen Dutton 11th November 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 i think you meant to put 11th november 201 A330 will be nice, but will v2 of the A320 and the new A330 have the feature to just load and go with engines running, without having to go into the menu on x-plane to turn the engines on each time. thus so + the in ability to set up for landing situations keeps me from using this plane I bought, wish I knew the limitation before hand. stunning plane but I'm not a procedure kind of flyer, just load and go, have fun, land etc with a nice eye candy plane. Hope this comes because I would get the A330 for sure then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joe Harvell Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Too bad they don't support Linux. As far as I can tell from their site they have no plans to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Excellent airplane, looking forward to the next a330 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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