iniBuilds A300-600 Airliner Development Update 3!​ On the final approach!

[iniBuilds]

Hello all, and we hope you are enjoying the iniBuilds Winter Wonderland special event so far! If you haven't heard about it yet - let us explain! Each day we release new products or have super sales (that are only available for 24hrs) 🥳



A warm welcome to Day 2 - The official trailer of the iniBuilds A300-600R Airliner for Microsoft Flight Simulator, given the product's soon arrival to the iniBuilds store! Not only do we have a fantastic trailer to showcase, but an update on the project, some cool new features not previously showcased and some screenshots of the near-to final product as we undergo a rigorous beta testing process! 

We hope you are excited after watching the official trailer, and hope the information below will get you even more excited 😉



Over the past few weeks the team have been extensively testing and refining some of the features launching in this product and we have finalized what will be available on the Day 1 Launch of this product which we will cover a bit later! 🔥



However, given the busy year we have had at iniBuilds and some of the cool announcements and products yet to come for the main Winter Wonderland event 😉 we have a revised outlook from when we last updated you in the summer where we went through specific elements of the product including some of the artwork - highly recommend you read that first to learn more about the product here. 

Updated schedule for the project: 

• Version 1.0 product release before the end of 2023 - features list below 😉 🥳
• Stage 1 -  Hotfix sometime in January 2024. We will submit the iniBuilds A300-600 for PC and an optimized Xbox version in January too. 
• Stage 2 - Pratt & Whitney Engine variant added free of charge along with full CPDLC/ACARS simulation (the modern radio unit option) and another host of bug fixes and improvements - target is Q1 2024. 
• Stage 3 - EPIC Mod variant (paid expansion) sometime late 2024.

We hope that provides some clarity to the schedule previously communicated, so let's jump into the features and some of the latest images of the aircraft that you can expect in the next few days! 😍

Version 1.0 Features List

Authentic Systems

• Detailed custom FMS with SIDs, STARs, SEC flight plan, custom VNAV and LNAV, altitude and speed constraints and holds
• Independent FMS with state-of-the-art high-resolution cockpit displays
• Custom system rendition including bespoke hydraulic, electrical, pressurisation and fuel operation including unique A300-600R trim tank functionality
• Cautions and warnings triggered by poor maintenance
• Realistic RNAV and autoland capability modelled
• Unique behavioural characteristics of the A300-600R simulated throughout each system for the most excellent immersive experience
• Extensively tuned flight model to capture A300-600R characteristics including accurate performance; landing and takeoff behaviour
• Accurate rendition of General Electric GE CF6-80C2A1 [Pratt and Whitney PW4158 variant engine coming soon!]
• Custom maintenance functions: Engine oil levels, APU oil level, Hydraulic fluid level, wheel brake wear and tire wear

Outstanding Visual Fidelity 

• New and optimized PBR textures up to 8K quality. With performance texture packs available for lower-end systems via iniManager.
• A reworked cockpit 3D model and new exterior of the A300-600R (Passenger) and A300-600RF (Freighter) variants.
• A plethora of Easter eggs and eye candy associated with maintenance options and other abnormal situations. (brake wear indicators, fueling panel, openable APU cowling, openable engine cowlings [GE ONLY], APU Mechanic, visible tire wear, RAT, reactive windshield rain)
• Realistic door arming simulation with emergency slides modelled on passenger variant only. 
• A contemporary set of realistic and fictional liveries courtesy of the iniBuilds Painting Team available for free. 

Immersive sounds:

• Authentic WWise soundset with full 3D environment using recordings from the real aircraft
• Advanced implementation of sound environments for the exterior, cabin, and cockpit, creating an immersive audio experience.
• Authentically modelled the CF6s "Buzzsaw" sound dynamically balanced depending on N1

Additional features:

• Pre-set cargo loads with visual models (racing team charter, horse stable transport, cargo transport, aero parts, humanitarian charter, postal freight)
• Basic iniBuilds ground handling set (freighter stairs, chocks, ground power unit)
• Feature-rich onboard Electronic Flight Bag (EFB); including Navigraph and SimBrief integration, performance calculators and load manager 
• Panel State functionality 
• The most critical and important feature of all: Fally Blocks! 

Please note the PW, IDC (CPDLC/ACARS functionality) will come in an update and is not present on launch V1. 

This project has been a labor of love and we hope it shows in some of these images! What a beauty 😍

We hope this gets you excited for the next few days! Enjoy the rest of the iniBuilds Winter Wonderland event whilst we prep introduction videos, liveries and the store page! ✍️❤️ 

[Tuskin38]

As someone who has a couple dozen hours in the A310, how familiar will it a feel when going to fly this for a first time?

[EFriseer]

Now please tell me that the A380 in the trailer is not a model of the airport or something like FSLTL. I want to know it.

[planespotter_bln]

14 minutes ago, EFriseer said:

Now please tell me that the A380 in the trailer is not a model of the airport or something like FSLTL. I want to know it.

I don‘t see any a380. Am I blind?

[EFriseer]

9 minutes ago, planespotter_bln said:

I don‘t see any a380. Am I blind?

Minute 0:49

[planespotter_bln]

23 minutes ago, EFriseer said:

Minute 0:49

Looks for me like FSLTL but I don’t know

[gekkoguy82]

1 hour ago, Tuskin38 said:

As someone who has a couple dozen hours in the A310, how familiar will it a feel when going to fly this for a first time?

I'm wondering this as well, but I guess I'm wondering moreso in terms of the polish of the 3D & flight models and depth of the systems. The avionics and flight deck look essentially identical since they are, for all intents and purposes. Like will I just be buying a longer A310 with a freighter variant and cars/horses to tote around, or is there a noticeable improvement in the plane and difference in features from what we've got already?

Edited December 19, 2023 by gekkoguy82

[iniBuilds]

We will have a 'Welcome to the A300' video published before release, where you can find out more on features and differences. 

Thanks for all the positive comments!