Overland A320

 

review

Simmer's sky is a label of the japanese company Overland Co.,Ltd. Along with a few other products, they sell the Fly into the sky! package, which contains many Airbus and Boeing aircraft.

This Airbus A320 is a beautiful designed aircraft. The Fly into the sky! package contains four A320 liveries: British Airways, China Eastern, Finnair and Star Flyer. The 2d panel is framerate friendly, but doesn't have a FMC. For full IFR flights, you need to use the default Carmin GPS unit. ILS Approaches are no problem, just enter the course/ILS frequency and use the LOC and APPR buttons. The virtual cockpit is a bit simple, only the most important systems are modelled. But it looks nice and is framerate friendly too. There is also a wingview model for even better framerates.

The flightdynamics are ok, but the ground effect is minimal, which can result in bumpy landings due to the little effect of the flare. Another thing is the main landing gear. Like almost all other overland aircraft, the main landing gear seems to float for a bit over the runway upon landing and finally sinks to the ground when rolling out. This is a common problem in FS, especially landing gear sets with four-wheel bogies or even more wheels. In this case the problem is present with two-wheel bogies.














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Added on: 07/15/2008 • Views: 6141 • Clicks: 243 • User rating: 4.08 (12 Votes)
 

the good

  • Detailed model
  • Frame rate friendly
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    the bad

  • Simple panel and virtual cockpit
  • Floating main landing gear on touchdown
  • Ground effect is minimal
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    specifications

    License
    : Payware
    Price Indication
    : �19.95 - �49.00
    Panel
    : Yes
    Virtual Cockpit
    : Yes
    Wingview
    : Yes
    Sound
    : No
    Developed for
    : FS2004
    Compatibility
    : FS2004 FSX
    Wingflex
    : No
    Landing gear
    : Realistic, but floating
    Rudder effect
    : Realistic
     

    frame rate index

    FS2004
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    FSX
    :
     

    Links

    notes

    Simmer's sky released an update for FSX on March 28, 2008. Click the product location link for the url.

    Comments

    Posted By: Andrew

    on 04/16/2009 at 7:13:21

    Dear Chris

    in the 2nd and 3rd screenshot what airport is that and what airline?
    Posted By: Chris

    on 04/16/2009 at 11:58:32

    Sorry I don't know...
    Posted By: Nathan

    on 10/18/2009 at 11:09:00

    Hey Andrew,

    The airport in those screenshots was Quonset State Airport in Rhode Island

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