Airsimmer A320 Hits the Market ......Opinions ?

[short_hopper]

Well, at long last the curtains have parted and the Airsimmer A320 is now available for purchase by the public outside of the Extended (Beta Test) Team.

Called the "Basic" edition, the current release evidently does not include FMGS functionaLity in the Climb/Cruise/Descend modes, meaning that the PROG page of the MCDU is disabled.  With that limitation in mind, I thought I'd go ahead and ask here if anyone has yet acquired this A320 and put it through sufficient flight testing to form an opinion as to how this product compares with say the much-ridiculed Wilco or Arianne Airbus renderings.

I am also curious to learn if there are any obvious CTD issues that occur during a normal flight regime.  Regarding the FMGS, I would appreciate hearing if conditional waypoints can be plugged in, and how precisely the Airsimmer A320 follows the green flight path so created, within the limitations of the features currently enabled.

Also, how accurately does the Airsimmer A320 capture and follow the glide slope in ILS approaches ?  Can this bus perform smooth coupled autolands with no surprises ? Personally I would be content for now with the facility to program the MCDU for short flights, and to execute nice autolands or hand-flown ILS approaches.

I do realize this product has only been on sale for a couple of days now, but still there is no harm in asking for some early user sneak previews of this Basic Edition, in the interim before the fully functional Advanced Version is ready for sale, now that the veil of secrecy has been lifted on the Extended Team program.

Well, has anyone here tried her out yet ?  I would like to think that even the Basic Edition Airsimmer A320 is preferable to the other mass-produced A320 flight sim offerings already available, but it sure would be nice to hear from anyone who has already experimented enough to arrive at an informed comparison and product review.

http://www.airsimmer.com/products.htm

[alexei]

Yes very good news however there are some hardcore simmers on this forum therefore I am sure they will want the advanced version. But at least we are making good progress with the bug fixing, not long now, should be by christmas!

[short_hopper]

Thanks for the reply, Alexei.   Looks like Airsimmer has finally silenced the doubters, myself included.  I'm going to hit that buy button now, fer sure, and get started on the Basic AS320 version right away.

[captainadam777]

I'm getting the advance version when it get's out. Do you know the date?

[short_hopper]

The Airsimmer 320 Basic Edition ( with a few features incomplete ) went on sale today.  Here is the product description link again.

http://www.airsimmer.com/products/FundamentalAircraftSystems.htm

Mayebe you could read their forum before you buy, as there are some who prefer to wait for the full deal.

[alexei]

The advanced version is still in development, us extended team are going to receive a completely new model before the end of the month and start testing it, to find more bugs, but the advanced version should be ready by January some time, that is a complete assumption so don't go posting that everywhere. I have to say that when you aren't getting CTD and error messages, the bus flies like a beauty, (however there are many bugs that I am having to deal with)

[short_hopper]

Sounds like the Airsimmer A320 is on the home stretch now.  I sure do look forward to heariung that those CTD's have finally been exorcised for good.

[captainadam777]

Any-news with the advance product?

[alexei]

Im afraid that the Airsimmer team are still in discussion about it. They are saying at the moment that they want to make sure that the Basic edition is put to bed first. Then they will focus on the advanced version. So I think that it should be some time in March I should think. I am a bit frustrated as well but they are a new company so I think we should give them a chance.

[Leffe]

Ha ha, one year ago, I comment your post about Airsimmers Airbus,I replied it would take a long, long time before it will be finally finished. Well I was right, wasn´t I?

I also guess it will never be so advanced, as the predicted in the first place. My 2 cents only.

/ Leffe

[alexei]

I think you are being a bit harsh, they are a new company so give them a chance. I too am annoyed that we haven't had a update, but thats life.