Reviews (by Angelo)

I thought that with the lack of failures modeled and simplified flight model, this would be a relatively bug free add on but no. Speed controlled by the MCDU, will on some flights, decide to plummet and stay there unless a new speed is selected on the FCU. Sometimes the sim will just crash by itself and looking over at the aerosoft forums, these are not new issues. Aerosoft is unable to recreate them and thus it remains unsolved. The fuel planner for the A321 doesn’t tell you if the CG it calculated for a given payload is within range. It is only when the numbers are inserted into the MCDU that “an out of range” message appears and the fuel planner needs to be loaded again. Those are the bigger issues that get in my way of flying the product. The minor ones are just criticisms of some stylistic choices. When electing to use aerosoft’s pushback system, the camera will suddenly cut to the parking brake and then the engine ignition switches. This is quite annoying in my opinion and it doesn’t go away even if their view system is turned off. I have to pushback with shift+p to avoid it. I have used addons more expensive and cheaper than this one and they all, despite some saying they *require* joysticks, still work fine with keyboard and mouse. This is the first time I had a product that outright *needs* hardware, or at least mouse and yoke, in order to move the control surfaces. Which is frustrating because this isn’t a highly technical add on that should have that requirement. Finally, some sustained wing flex akin to what’s modeled on LSH’s FlythemaddogX for P3D, would definitely make this a better looking product and justify the high number of external camera angles aerosoft bothered to model.

Plane didn't descend from T/D point even though VNAV was on and an altitude lower than cruise was set in the MCP. Quite disappointed with the product, thought it would have just the basic features for automated flight but the FMC is missing some key components. There is no way to insert a STAR and an approach at the same time and runway does not show up in the legs page at all.

RR535C: When engines are off and looking from the rear of the aircraft, the fans are gone and you can see what is ahead of the aircraft through the bypass duct. The FMC ident page does not state the correct engine variant. Spinner decal has a white stripe akin to PWs and not the RR535C. FMC: Flaps 1 is not an available option in the take off page for the 757-200 despite the manual saying it is only unavailable on the 757-300. When programming STAR into LAX via ILS25L, CRCUS runway transition, ANJLL3 STAR, HAMKN transition; runway 25L is not listed in the legs page, and the FMC will only input the waypoints for ANJLL3 and HAMKN, or CRCUS. It cannot seem to load both. Attempting to execute each pair separately also didn't solve the problem. Progress page only seemed to show estimated Fuel at destination when the plane was airborne. RTE DATA button doesn't show ETA at waypoints or wind, it just takes you back to the RTE page. Fuel: Fuel temperature cools too fast. It's lower than TAT, -32 vs -10, This is shortly after take off while climbing. At level off, it dropped to -52 degrees C and TAT was -21. MCP: Arming VNAV on the ground wipes out the speed selector and changes selected speed to 250. Arming FDR sets v-speed to 4,000 FPM and I am unable to scroll it down to zero unless I turn them off. Load Manager: Cannot type in specific fuel and payload amounts, you have to use sliders multiple times to get close to the amount you want. There is no CG indicator showing if ZFWCG or TOWCG is balanced. Suggest removing the option to adjust payload by zone and just let us adjust the overall ZFW. Although there is an option to use kilograms in the load manager, the fuel gauges within the plane itself remain in pounds. Repaint Kit: Is not located in the QualityWings folder. Can't find it anywhere. Pre-load Cold and Dark panel state option: Aircraft loads with engines running. Position lights stay on when there is no power. This is all observed for now.