ilankrt wrote:laohu314 wrote:I hope you are wrong. I have the beta version of the FF A320 and the MCDU/FMGC is superb. Fully modeled Smith-Thales v1.
Since I cannot compare between the two A320 versions, can you tell us about what are the significant differences between them comparing all the flight phases from practical point of view? (start from cold and dark, MCDU programming and usage during flight, flight behavior under real weather conditions etc.)
@ilankrt I can't tell yet what's different when flying because I haven't gotten her off the ground yet on my MacBook/Bootcamp/Windows rig. The biggest difference is that the entire acf is modeled separately from XP and most of the systems are basically implemented as a plugin. It also has a fantastic EFB including a fully functional web browser allowing us to log into Navigraph cloud charts etc. That is really cool! Also, Ground Services and complete checklists in the EFB. Another really valuable feature is the ability to save a complete aircraft state (this is possible because of the independence from XP). So you can save a state any time and get back to it later which is really useful for training purposes, like repeating a certain approach over and over until you get that crosswind landing right...
However, that different way of implementing the aircraft model also generates issues such as no usable datarefs for external devices. Also, the Mac version may take a while and in my most pessimistic mood I can even think that it may never come if there are substantial problems with generating it (i.e. if the cost of producing a Mac version outweighs the projected revenue from Mac users). That would be a major bummer. Let's hope that will not happen.
But even if the Mac version materializes I will still continue to fly the JD A320, simply because it works perfectly and I like it a lot and it allows me to use my external devices to control buttons and switches.
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