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Abacus Fly the Airbus A380 PAYWARE

The Abacus Airbus A380 package contains the aircraft model, 2d panel, virtual cockpit and passenger cabin, 15 liveries and is using the default 737-400 sound. In addition, scenery of the Toulouse (France) Airport plus an AI A380 and AI flights are included. The exterior model looks all right, but the liveries can be better. For example, the clearly visible grey lines are not very appealing, the top-side of the wing is too dark and there is no registration on the bottom of the wing. Also, some animations are off or are not present at all. All 4 engines are equipped with thrust reversers (should be only the two inboard engines). The landing gear is not at the right angle and doesn't have suspension. The flight dynamics are not bad, it is not very difficult to handle this A380. The 2d panels and the virtual cockpit are simple and don't look like the real A380 cockpit. Instead of typical Airbus systems, flap settings, auto brake, etc, many buttons and handles do look like (and work like) the ones used in the FS2004 default (Boeing) panels. Don't expect systems like TCAS and GPWS, those are simply not modeled. A simple FMC can be used to load FS flight plans and execute them in order to auto navigate on IFR flights. Some nice features are: A passenger cabin which is fully modeled into the virtual cockpit, both floors. If you own the 'Fly The Airbus Fleet' package, you'll be able to set the viewpoint in the vc mode with the 'Cabin Views' program. That way you can access the 'Upper Rear' and 'Lower Forward' sections of the aircraft in the vc mode. The wings and engines however, are not visible from the cabin windows. With the wing fold command, air stairs, a fuel truck and baggage carts show up around the aircraft.

Panel [?] : Yes Compatibility [?] : FS2004 Virtual Cockpit [?] : Yes Wingflex [?] : No Wingview [?] : No Landing gear behaviour [?] : Unrealistic, no suspention. Sound [?] : No Rudder effectiveness [?] : Realistic Pros : - Virtual passenger cabin - Dynamic scenery like air stairs, fuel truck, etc Cons : - Crappy liveries - Outboard engines shouldn't have thrust reversers - The landing gear is not at the right angle and doesn't have suspension - Simple panel and vc: doesn't look like the real A380 cockpit Product location : Abacus website Liveries : AVSIM Library (search for "abacus airbus" in Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications)

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