• Plugin by Torsten Liesk, QPAC, version March 2011 •
After extensive flight tests the Lufthansa's A380 full motion flight simulator, roll response and rotation mode have been revised, so we now achieve - within tiny tolerances - extremely realistic flight characteristics and performance. I believe, with the right hardware installed, this A380 could possibly pass a certification for manual flight training. However, real pilots should not rely on that, since it is NOT a certified flight model, and we do not take any responsibility or liability in any aspect.
The new A380 is widely independent from XP limitations, enabling authentic flight simulation at a new level, during manual and auto flight. You need to forget how the AP and A/THR worked in the A380 model you know. The new release provides one of the most realistic simulations of the Airbus auto flight system available below the Multi Million Dollar tag, if not the best. A complex tutorial, consisting of several sample flights, with each step and action explained and illustrated.
Video with kind permission by Lukas Staub.
The new plug-in features:
- Full FBW with all Protections
- Custom A/THR
- Custom AP and Flight Mode Indicators
- Custom Engine Thrust Modell and Start Procedure.
- Custom Wheel Brakes and Parking Brake.
- Custom FMS (not yet complete and still integrating the XP FMS)
- Waypoint flags (FLY AT / AT or ABOVE / AT or BELOW / OVERFLY /FAF)
- Cost Index (CI)
- T.O Speeds and other Performance Data
- Authentic animation of flight control surfaces, in the 3D Objects AND the XP flight model, enabling deflections which XP does not support.
and much more.
Multi Function Display with FMS1 INIT page, ENGINE page, and FMS2 NAV AID page.
Performance T.O page (left) and F-PLN progress page, with flags for altitude constraint and OVERFLY (right).
The custom AP flies P-RNAV approaches at arcs and constant glide path angle, with RNP 0.1. Below the Final Approach to Queenstown, NZ, followed by practising a missed approach.
ILS Approach Active (Above).
PFD and ND indications for FLS Approach Armed (left), FLS Approach Active (Right).
PFD during P-RNAV approach. The FPA indicator is not yet realized.
The plug-in enables flight control deflections, which X-Plane® does not support, like the new A380 feature, where the Ailerons join the Ground Spoilers in cutting lift.
