A320 and X-Plane Home cockpit

[asessa]

I did test jeehell last year. I dont think there was an instructor station yet nor sure how complete the FBW system is.

No instructor station, is a choice of the author.
FBW is complete.

You can try again , many users use it.

[patur96]

Hi Ian!

I think you should use "Prepar3D"!

We're a team in the Faroe Islands, and we're about to build a A320 simulator

We're gonna use Prepar3D

[Bou24]

Patur96, what kind of Prepar3D license do you plan on using?

[patur96]

Hi Ian

I think that we'll use the "Professional Plus License"

I'm not the one, who works on the softwere area! It's my friend, Simon Nordendal, founder of the company called Azurafiles

If you don't mind, then I would like to be in contact, while we build this simulator

PJ

[Bou24]

Just to make things clear, I hijacked this thread with my own question instead of making a own thread of the same topic. I'm not Ian

Andreas

[patur96]

Ohh!! haha! :P

It's okay! Do you also build an airbus simulator? Would love to get in contact with people, who are building a320 simulators

PJ

[Bou24]

I'm just starting my build and yes, a320. Looks like it's going to be based on FSX

[SSO]

X-plane lack prof Airport designs.
Further if you plan to fly online there is a descripancy between scenery ground levels, which can be quite irritation seing the planes around you hovering or partly in the ground.

/Stephen

[xplanematt]

Couple of notes, X-Plane *does* have a built-in instructor station/console which can be run on a second PC. I will probably be using this myself for my Sabreliner, if I don't decide to make my own instructor console software.

I would recommend anyone trying to replicate any reasonably complex aircraft to just go ahead and roll their own software/plugins for it, whether they are using FSX or X-Plane. It just gives you so much flexibility and control for interfacing to your own custom hardware in your own sim. (Of course, it would be really great if someone already has a decent set of plugins for your aircraft type, assuming they are open-source.) Fortunately, plain old software-only programming is easy compared to the software-to-hardware interfaces and the mechanical & electrical engineering required to run flight controls, move gauges, read synchros, put the right devices on the right circuits, run your 400hz stuff without causing too much EMI, etc.

With that being said, I *highly* recommend X-Plane for cockpit builders. The X-Plane SDK is mature, well-documented, stable, and beautifully integrated with X-Plane. It's a joy to work with. Interfacing to FSX/P3D is a big ugly kludge, because it was never designed to be "talked to". X-Plane also has a vastly superior flight model, and is much prettier.

[GodAtum]

Unfortunately I know nothing about programming so will have to wait for more knowledgeable people to development software.