Bird strike situation should also affect outside TAT probes and windshield

These probes such as AoA, airspeed, ice detection and static are located below the windshield and should have a random chance of failing due to bird strike to the cockpit since they could be located near the impact point. Interestingly, according to the virgin atlantic FCOM below, bird strike can affect the data that feeds to the ADRs and the current way of failing it other than turning those off is not available in the EFB, nor the bird strike situation.

Another thing is window strike damage which will need the ABN COCKPIT WINDOW CRACKED checklist which is available in your ECAM but not in the bird strike simulation.

Some engine systems such as engine relight simulation, EGT and vibration need work

I am no engineer, but crosscheck this with other Airbus engineers. Bird strike doesnt necessarilly cause the engine to fail, but, when they do, its ingestion to the compressor might cause turbulent airflow into the compressor leading to a stall or surge. This should show the telltale signs such as high fluctuating egt, n1, fuel flow and abnormal vibration while the engine bangs occur. However, the eng page does not reflect to your external engine failure animation due to bird strike. It could be recoverable provided that the compressor returns to its normal airflow configuration ehich recovers the imbalance vs combustor.

I also noticed that your engine failure in the efb induces it in such a way that it still windmills and has no abnormal vibration, which can consider a relight in flight. However, recovery cannot be done for some reason? Because, in that case, I would love an option for a recoverable (and unrecoverable) engine failure option in the efb, while showing the key differences between the two failures.

In some FCOM documentation, unrecoverable ones could show a reason:

The oil low pressure should gradually trigger high vibration and abnormal egt first before engine seizure, which should give off a more authentic engine simulation, as well as FADEC shaft failure trigger, any of these in order.

You also forgot about the situation for lithium batteries too. This is also from real world operations:

I look forward to the update of the a350v2, but please do a C check of your failure and system depth.

I am a very big fan of the L1011 Tri star I would really like to see this added to career mode on passenger airlines and heavy cargo like the md11 . Do you plan to add it to career in the future ?

Many thanks

Steve

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Thank you, INIBUILDS.

Hola a toda la comunidad. Sé que este tema ya se ha debatido ampliamente, pero me gustaría asegurarme de que no quede en el olvido. Creo que todo el equipo de INIBUILDS debería, en nombre de todos los aficionados a la aviación y la simulación, mejorar el modelado del A350 para dotarlo del realismo que echamos en falta, tal y como hicieron con el A340-300 al ajustar correctamente la posición del ala. Lo que entiendo por mejorar el modelado es que los winglets tengan el tamaño correcto y sean largos —ya que los actuales no son tan largos ni tan verticales como en la realidad—, así como que los carenados de los flaps estén a escala con su tamaño real. Además del modelado, sería estupendo que las luces BEACON y STROBES se ajustaran a la realidad.

Gracias, INIBUILDS.

1. Advanced ECAM Logic with Limited Failure Access

The issue that the a350 has is that the A350 features rich, highly accurate ECAM procedures and conditional logic for complex system failures. Yet, the current EFB failure menu only offers a very basic, high-level subset of failure toggles (e.g., basic engine failures, basic A-Ice valves, and simple TCAS/XPDR faults).

This is quite a missed potentional, because the EFB lacks toggles for core system nodes (like individual ADRs, IRs,), a huge portion of the complex ECAM logic and procedural depth you built cannot be intentionally simulated or trained for.

2. Example: Air Data & Unreliable Speed Indication

As a clear example, the ECAM contains full interactive checklists and switching logic for NAV UNRELIABLE AIRSPEED and NAV ADR 1+2+3 FAULT (complete with flight control law degradations, Backup Speed Scale options, and pitch/thrust memory item steps).

However,s a resul looking under ATA-34 Navigation in the EFB, there are zero options to induce pitot/static blockages or individual ADR faults. At, one of the most vital non-normal training scenarios in modern Airbus flying can't actually be triggered by the user.

• I would hope Inibuilds will expand the EFB Failure Manager across the ATA chapters to allow triggering granular failures that feed directly into these built-in ECAM states such as in this example:

  • ATA-34: Pitot/Static probe blockages, individual ADR/IR faults, Air Data switching failures.

    But this isnt specific for the UNRELIABLE SPEED, more overall. Because the ecam pages exist but cant be used realisticly. The system have so much potentional

I hope you'll consider adding more liverys to the marketplace for the xbox players.

Some notable examples include Japan Airlines (A350-1000), Air China, Swiss, ITA Airways, Malaysia Airlines and the new Lufthansa 100 Years anniversary liveries. These are well-known airlines and liverys that many Xbox users would love to fly.

I completely understand that bringing every available livery to the Marketplace may not be practical, but even adding a few additional packs over time would make a huge difference. Since Xbox users cannot access the iniManager, the Marketplace is our only way to obtain liveries.

Thank you for considering this suggestion, and thank you for your continued work on such a fantastic aircraft.

My suggestion is to add more liverys for the a350 to the marketplace, since release we have the same livery packs which are also lacking some liverys like the the Japan Airlines a350-1000, ITA Airways, Air China, Aeroflot, Swiss, Edelweiss, Malaysia, the new Lufthansa 100 years anniversary liverys, Egyptair, Starlux and Asiana Airlines just to name a few, the problem ist that inibuilds is the only source for a350 liverys for us Xbox players and you already have the liverys finished and available in the ini manager but not in the marketplace. You don't have to add every single airline livery to the marketplace, but many of those missing are big and well known Carriers that are just not available for us.

I would be happy to get an awnser

I really enjoy flying your A350. Great product, works very well for me.

I would suggest a minor improvement to the way we interact with the FMS and other systems. I find it more convenient to give inputs through my keyboard rather than virtually. Now, you have to click on a data field, click the CTRL key, type your entry, tap the ENTER key, and then go back to your mouse, click on the next data field, re-click on the CTRL key and type again.

It would be great if:

• We wouldn't have to click CTRL for every data field we want to populate, but the keyboard input would be persistent (you'd have to press CTRL again only to stop typing inputs).

• If the field selection would directly jump to the next data field without having to use our mouse. At the moment, this only works if you type your inputs through the 3D Keyboard and Cursor Control Unit (KCCU), but not when keyboard input is activated (e.g. on the INIT page: FROM, then TO, then ALTN).

There is probably a reason as to why this was not implemented until now so maybe this can be added as an option?

Thanks!

All the best!

I've been simming for a very long time but with years, the better the simulators became, the less time I had to sim (work + kids + ... life, you know). But I still very much like it, and I really enjoy flying your A350 and A340 (and looking forward to your A380).

In order to try to balance both aspects, I must admit that I sometimes quickly fire up the simulator, load into the A350 (sometimes even with the engine running, hardcore simmer will be offended), and quickly load the FMS with a departure runway and an approach to the same airport. I then fly a circuit, just for the fun of handflying one of these beasts, enjoy a nice sunset view of London or Hong Kong, and then try to butter a landing. Quick and dirty, but doable within less than an hour.

There are a few thing that could improve this kind of experiences for simmers like me (I don't know whether we represent a large part of the customer base or not. Definitely not the most vocal online). I already mentioned one with time acceleration in an existing topic (https://forum.inibuilds.com/topic/37033-skip-to-waypoint-feature/ ) but there might be another one which would simplify the flight preparation.

For such short circuit, I don't prepare a simbrief flightplan. As such, I have to load my aircraft with a ZFW in the EFB. And I don't have a good notion of what is a low, medium or high ZFW. Sure, I could look it up (and forget it the next day), but it would be more convenient to have a slider for PAX and a slider for cargo. I would push them all the way to the right if I want a fully loaded plane, maybe full load of passenger and but not much cargo for a holyday flight and it's all good, I have a plausible load. Same for the fuel. If you have a slider, it's easier to guestimate what you want compared to a value in KG (e.g. full load if you want to quickly simulate a take off for a SIN-EWR flight, small fraction if you just want to simulate a landing).

Another nice trick would be to be able to send these weight and centre of gravity data directly to the "Fuel & Load" page of the FMS from the EFB (like you can do now for the takeoff data). Not realistic, but efficient to quickly fly.

Beside simmers with time constraints, that might also help newcomers to the world of airliners, and maybe even people that want to quickly test a specific system in flight.

I fully understand that this will not be a high-priority addition, but maybe you still like the feedback and the idea.

All the best!

I would like to see the implementation of the Autopilot TCAS system. The A350 has the feature equipped as standard and is a major part of the Airbus TCAS philosophy. This is also a feature I would love to see on the upcoming A380 as it has the same system. 

First of all, I'd like to thank you for your hard work in bringing this aircraft, as well as many others, to the simulator and for continuing to work on them every day.

I would like to know if you are planning to add ANF and VSD Terrain to the Xbox version in future updates, as they would make the experience even more immersive and authentic. I truly look forward to having these features.

The aircraft is already excellent, but I believe it could be even better with these options.

Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to my question. Best regards.

🛫😁

Hello iniBuilds Team,

I would like to report a bug regarding the hydraulic and braking logic on the Airbus A350 in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 during a dual engine failure scenario.

Issue description:

After experiencing a dual engine failure, I correctly started the APU. On the ECAM, the hydraulic pressure drops to the minimum allowed, but brake pressure is still indicated as available. However, when trying to brake after touchdown, the brake pressure fails to reach its maximum level. The aircraft accumulates almost no braking force and slows down very little, making it impossible to stop safely.

Temporary workaround found:

If I manually turn ON the Ground Electric Pumps (Emergency Ground Hydraulics) from the overhead panel, the system forces the hydraulic pressure back to high levels, and the aircraft is finally able to brake normally.

Real-world behavior:

With the APU running and available, the aircraft's electrical network should fully power the normal electric hydraulic pumps, restoring proper high pressure to the Green/Yellow systems and allowing full braking capability without needing to touch the ground maintenance switches.

It looks like the system logic is not correctly restoring full hydraulic pressure to the brakes when running on APU power alone during this emergency.

Could you please investigate this for the next updates? Thank you for your amazing work on this aircraft!

When the Heavy cert was pulled out last minute from SU4, I was disappointed, but decided to go ahead and purchase the A350 on the Marketplace, so it was ready to go. With any luck, it might even work already, given the wording of the v1.1.0 update says "Our full FS24 career mode is now live" so I hoped it would be available like the A330 was.

Alas no. It also, doesn't appear for purchase in the list, so if Heavy planes got unlocked tomorrow, it wouldn't be available... The default 747 and 787 are there, but locked out. The A350 isn't listed at all.

Would I be able to get any confirmation that it will be made available for the career mode when possible? If it's not coming, I'd have much rather bought it direct...

And would I be able to suggest (as this is the Suggestions section!), assuming it's still fully compatible as that update would imply, that it temporarily be flagged as not-heavy (like the A330), so it could be flyable now? I believe the A330 was let through because it was good to go (and I've been flying it a lot), so if the A350 is ready, any chance of that?

Aerosoft shows with their A340-600 that it is possible, and its working quite good, making precise taxiiing a little bit easier 😃

Chris

I am a big fan of your work, and I've been really enjoying the A350. It’s an incredible long-haul addon for MSFS. However, I have a couple of questions regarding its future updates and the promised variants:

1. Regarding the OIS/SMS Taxi Camera (ETACS):

As we know, the real-world A350 features a very advanced external taxi camera system (tail and belly cams) integrated into the cockpit displays. Currently, this screen remains static or unfunctional in the sim. I completely understand that Picture-in-Picture rendering can be a huge performance killer in MSFS, but I was wondering if there are any plans or experimental work being done to bring a functional Taxi Cam to the A350 cockpit in future updates?

2. Regarding the A350-1000, ULR, and A350F variants:

I am eagerly looking forward to the rest of the A350 family! Could the team share any recent status updates, timelines, or development progress on the -1000, -1000ULR, and the A350 Freighter variants? Will they be released together, or in separate stages?

Thank you so much for your hard work and for keeping us updated. Can't wait to see what's coming next!

Best regards,

Operating the EFB on computer screen can be quite inconvenient. I sincerely hope you could consider adding external device support, such as allowing the EFB to be projected to a personal tablet via local network port mapping (similar to how Fenix implements it). This would enable users to interact with the EFB directly on their own iPad or tablet using touch controls, which would greatly improve usability and the overall experience.

Thank you for considering this suggestion. I truly hope it can be taken into account in a future update.