News! - ToliSS319 goes officially licensed Airbus

[Stephen]

News! - ToliSS319 goes officially licensed Airbus

 

Did you wonder in the fact the ToLiSS319 was spelt that way? it is an Airbus A319-112, so why not call it an Airbus A319? In the world of licensing it is a complicated business, and getting the authorisation it is even more complicated.

 

The original Airbus licensing was to be in place for the original release of the aircraft last year 2018, but things sort of...  we got complicated. But now the ToLiSS A319 is officially a licensed product (under the home entertainment license) and not for professional market, that does not mean to say any budding Airbus pilot couldn't learn a thing or to on this study grade aircraft.

 

Notably is the point that from now on ToLiSS may have access to real Airbus documentation in future aircraft upgrades and changes... the official stuff. There are benefits for Airbus here as well, access to study grade aircraft is a great way to promote your products, certainly if they are of a higher grade, as not everyone has access to a multi-million dollar simulator, don't write off desktop simulators...  they are pretty good nowadays.

 

 

The last update for the ToLiSS A319 was only a few weeks ago: Aircraft Update : ToLiSS319 v1.3 by ToLiSS

 

The aircraft is now very good, if not excellent....

 

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Yes! the ToLiSS319 (A319-122) v1.3.1 by ToLiSS is available from the X-Plane.Org Store here :

ToLiss A319

 

Price is US$69.00 (currently on sale for US$62.00)

 

Also available is the internal IAE Sound Pack that can be purchased here:

IAE Sound Pack for Toliss A319

 

Price is US$9.95

 

Features:

 

Highlights:

• FMGS with SID/STAR, Airways alternate flight plans, performance prediction, etc.
• Out of the box with TSS (Turbine Sound Studios) custom sounds for the CFM engine
• Realistic FBW with Alternate and Direct law reversions
• Fault injection interface with support for roughly 90 different failures and probability-based random failure injection
• Choice of CFM and IAE engine, and wingtip fences or sharklets. Choices affect aircraft performance and FMGS predictions.

 

Detailed list of features:

 

FMGS:

• Support of SID/STAR, including all leg types (Arc, course or heading to intercept, Radius to Fix, Holdings, etc.)
• Temporary and alternate flight plans
• Full VNAV guidance with TOC, TOD, Deceleration point, speed limits, fuel prediction, etc.
• Altitude and speed constraints as the real aircraft deals with them
• Ability to change the selected STAR while already in the STAR
• Support for go-arounds and diversions
• Step altitudes
• Airway support
• 2 independent MCDUs and autopilots

 

Top-notch aircraft systems

• ToLiss uses the QPAC Fly-by-wire and autopilot module, augmented to support Alternate and Direct Law
• Unique feature: Control Surface hinge moment modelling allows the surfaces to float to the appropriate position after loss of all actuators on a surface.
• Fault injection interface allowing to inject custom selected failures, or randomly selected failure based on fault probabilities.
• Custom TCAS with resolution advisory function.
• Terrain on ND and Weather radar available (WX radar works with default X-plane weather engine)
• Brake temperature model based on the detailled physics of heat transfer between the individual brake components
• Hydraulics model in which the pressure is dependent on usage. This is most notable when dropping to RAT mode
• Detailed model of each ADIRU including alignment, small pressure sensor differences between the units, switching of sources for PFDs
• Custom air conditioning model supporting high altitude operations at airports like Cusco in Peru or La Paz in Bolivia without spurious warnings
• Flight warning system with ECAM actions supporting numerous system failure scenarios, e.g. engine failures, generator failures, hydraulic failures.

 

Eye- and ear-candy

• Detailed 3D cockpit
• 3d exterior model with CFM and IAE engine
• Choice between classic wingtip fences or modern sharklets (controlled via livery names)
• Custom sounds from Turbine Sound Studios (TSS) included for the CFM engine. IAE engine soundpack available as addon for a small fee.

 

Usability features

• Situation loading and saving. It is possible to save the flight at any point in time and resume it another day. This can also be used, e.g., to save the position just before approach and practice just the approach many times.
• Autosaving allows recovering where you left off, should the X-Plane session end unexpectedly.
• Jumping waypoint-to-waypoint through the cruise phase: Shorten your flight to focus on the more interesting parts as you like.
• Integrated takeoff performance calculator supporting the use of flex temperature.

 

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News by Stephen Dutton

25th March 2019

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