Pilot in Command

Airbus A320 for FS2004/2002)

* Good Airbus flight sim packages historically have been scarce. This new A320 package corrects this problem! Airbus twin-engine aircraft have all been designed with a common pilot interface so that a check-out in one type is valid for all other types. Therefore, this is more than simply an A320 simulator; it covers all Airbus twins (A318 to A330). Except for the throttle quadrant, it's also works for the A340. Developed and tested by Airbus pilots, this exciting add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 gives you the meticulously detailed panels, the true-to-life Flight Management Computer (called the Flight Management and Guidance Computer in Airbus-speak), malfunction simulations, and many other flight sim (as well as Airbus) firsts: These firsts include:

ACTIVE 3D COCKPIT
Enabling you to control the aircraft directly from FS2002's virtual cockpit without switching to a 2D flat panel. Pan and zoom around the flight deck to your heart's content, then click any button or switch to activate the autopilot, grab the throttle, access the FMGC, or perform any other operation right from the 3D view.

Complete Cabin Navigation
Allowing you to move anywhere in the aircraft. Leave the cockpit, walk through the cabin, take a seat, activate the TV monitor, go to the kitchen, open the overhead luggage bins, and more. No more halfway measures that leave you trapped at the cockpit door or a few feet beyond.

Interior Turbulence And Turning Effects
Allowing you to watch their flight panels shudder and shake during turbulence and heavy turns for the first time. Everything in the pilot's field of view will move in response to the aircraft's motion, whether in the cockpit or outside the windshield. See it - feel it - and enjoy the ride.

Multiple Monitor Display With One PC
Making it possible to display the active 3D panel on your main monitor and drag Electronic Flight Instrument Systems (EFIS) screens to supplementary machines for quicker access and/or better readability. User preferences can be saved for future use.

Realistic Fly-By-Wire Simulation
Modeling the behavior of the A320's digital flight control system more accurately than any other add-on to date. If you pull the nose of the aircraft up too far, for example, the program will immediately refuse your command. Other sims faced with a similar situation will wait for the jetliner to reach stall speed before taking corrective action - something a real A320 would never do. Other flight controls ranging from ailerons to all gear, flap and brake circuits will also be realistically simulated.

AIRCRAFT SYSTEM AND PANEL FEATURES:

System Elements :

  • Engines
  • Electrical Batteries, Generators, CSMG (Constant Speed Motor Generator),Transformer/Rectifiers,Busses, Contactors
  • Bleed Pneumatic pipe, Valves (pressure, status, etc&),Packs (Air conditioning)
  • Hydraulic Hydraulic pipes, RAT
  • Instruments Pitot ports, Static ports,AOA ports (angle of attack), TAT ports (total air temperature)
  • Computers ADIRU Air Data and Inertial Reference Units
  • ADM Air Data Modules
  • BMC Bleed Monitoring Computers
  • CFDIU Centralized Fault Display Interface Units
  • DMC Display Management Computer
  • ECMU Electrical Contactor Management Units
  • FADEC Full Authority Digital Engine Control
  • FCC Flight Control Computers
  • FMGC Flight Management and Guidance Unit

Panel Areas :

  • Front Panel PFD - Primary Flight Display
  • ND - Navigation Display
  • E/WD - Engine / Warning Display
  • SD - System Display
  • Standby Artificial Horizon
  • Standby Altimeter
  • Standby HSI (Horizontal Situation Indicator)
  • Break Pressure Indicator
  • Chronometer
  • Gear Lever and Indicators
  • Autobrake Switches
  • FCU - Flight Control Unit (Autopilot)
  • Navigation Display Control Panel
  • TCAS
  • Floor panel ECAM Control Panel, EFIS Source Knobs,MCDU - Multipurpose Control and Display Units (2 for A320), Navigation and Communications Frequency Panel, Flaps Leve, Speed Brake Lever, Throttle Lever and Engine Switches
  • Overhead Panel External Lights Control Panel, Interior Lights Control Panel, APU Control Panel, Anti-Ice Control Panel, Window Heat Switches, Cabin Pressure Control Panel, Air Conditioning Panel, Eletrical Control Panel, Fuel Control Panel, Hydraulic Control Panel, Fire Control Panel, GPWS Control Panel, Flight Controls Panel, ADIRS Control Panel

System Requirements:
Microsoft Flight Sim 2004