FlyByWire Simulations A380 Demo (With Commentary): FlightSimExpo 2024

FlyByWire gives us a deep-dive into the A380 coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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[@lazo5784]

This will definitely slip into 2025. I dont fault FBW but volunteer work means they are doing this whenever they can.

[@LunnarisLP]

Idk I think they will probably aim to release it alongside MSFS 2024. And it looks really close to being finished. Maybe just some minor polishing and a couple Liveries.

[@umbreonpokemon8190]

Still looks like they are blowing away that group that is working on the A220 though. This vid has actually operating footage of it taxiing, flying and exterior model. Meanwhile that A220 was announced back in 2021 and we haven't seen any of that. Even the 757 that is being developed looks further along than the A220. Also if FBW can release the A380 before Flightsim Labs releases anything in MSFS then that is commendable because as you said they are simply volunteers... (but somehow still working faster than even payware devs lol)

[@mememachine5244]

@@LunnarisLP It really does not look "really close" to being finished.

[@fsx-legend4602]

@@mememachine5244 yeah he is only dreaming if he thinks its coming out in 2024

[@SN57ONE]

​@@mememachine5244 Yeah well, I don't think you're credible either because your username is "meme machine"

[@zombie176]

Hope it will be released for MSFS 2028 🙏

[@terzicelmedin9103]

🤣

[@themorethemerrier281]

True, but I'd happily try the version they showed now....

[@williammcdonald2392]

You guys are awesome, I really appreciate all you've given to the FS community. Makes a huge difference in immersion, your traffic alone is great & I love A320 also. Looking forward to you're A380 whenever that happens, but I know it will be worth the wait great !

[@JustAnOrdinarySimmer]

What have they given? nothing much really apart from an A320 mod

[@joshfredr7846]

respect to FBW. nothing but great respect.

[@kianoush7294]

They’re taking the same time as developing an actual A380 lol

[@HERD599]

*producing

[@fsx-legend4602]

@Kianoush7294 Maybe you can contribute to the team with your knowledge and time to help them get it out faster. You ready?

[@Big_Sierra]

Kind of makes sense if you think about it that way!

[@user-ez1fe4bm1u]

They are doing this in their free time and the A380 is completely free which makes it a non profit project you should instead thank them for it and donate if possible

[@Nour-pv6ee]

its fucking ready to be released, its not being developed to be used in real full motion simulator comeon FBW its only for sim Enthusiasts Stop wasting time developing system that no one gotta even see

[@elumntsa]

As a retired Qantas A380 engineer, I agree 100% I changed to many fuel pumps. Super work guys!👍👍👍💯

[@mathiastynor9401]

Impressive a "PMDG quality" addon completely for free. I am totally impressed.

[@freewayfive7142]

They claim they will have time compression support. I doubt it will be anything like PMDG. "The A320 has time compression support" Uhh... no it doesnt

[@McAero08]

@@freewayfive7142 as if time compression is the most important part. Is that you Robert?

[@mathiastynor9401]

@@freewayfive7142 I believe it will be. Sometimes it happens that Freeware projects are better than payware. These guys truly do it from passion and their hearts. What you you mean with a320? This is a380 project?

[@jean-marctibbo1398]

Graduation, respect développeurs

[@anttrak240]

RESPECT to FBW team !!!

[@talal7180]

Amazing!! Thanks to all Flybywire team for this marvelous work

[@graupnergiulien4142]

Can I dock 3 passenger bridges to the aircraft like in real life?

[@albin.photography]

In hangars high, where dreams take flight, The A380 waits in night, A giant bird with wings of white, In shadows of the morning light. Mechanics' hands, with gentle care, Touch metal wings, precise and fair, Each rivet placed, each bolt aligned, A symphony of heart and mind. The whispers of the past they hear, The echoes of the skies so near, In rivets' click and engines' hum, The future calls, the day will come. Oh, mighty bird, we’ve dreamed of you, In azure skies of endless blue, We’ve waited long, with hopeful eyes, To see you soar, to touch the skies. In every wire, in every seam, You hold the promise of our dream, To glide on air, to breach the clouds, A silent roar, a winged shroud. And as we wait, with bated breath, For your first flight, defying death, Our hearts, they beat, with hope so pure, For in your wings, our dreams endure. So rise, oh giant of the air, With elegance beyond compare, We wait for you, with hearts afire, Our Airbus A380, you inspire.

[@oguntungul9872]

AMAZİNG !!!!

[@Captainjos972]

Goog job to FBW 🔥🔥

[@user-lm5wo4kd4x]

I hope Simrate works with it because in the a32nx there was only 2x possible

[@freewayfive7142]

Yeah they totally dismissed this question. I highly doubt they will have anywhere close to the amount of time compression support PMDG has with their 777. I can run 8x time compression and the plane flies perfectly. I also doubt they will add pause at TOD.

[@marvinshepherd6727]

Great job guys keep it up

[@tiemji]

Awesome addon. It looks awesome. thanks for sharing

[@felipedelbosque1]

By the way, there is no such MCU. It’s called MFD (Multi Function Display)

[@markstoll4795]

did you purposely not listen to what they were saying? The MCU is the new name for the MCDU, not the MFD.

[@animaxima8302]

donate to FBW, they deserve all the support

[@lennylennington]

FBW gonna make me buy a PC real quick

[@simgamelab3034]

Will there be an electronic checklist?

[@fabianwarren9197]

Wow 😮🥰😍

[@olliestrains841]

Any ideas when this is arriving?

[@Apilot-yo6ex]

Even FBW don't know but my predictions is mid 2025

[@Heliwizard36]

Another year? Damn, it looks pretty well done. What else would they need to do on it?

[@jay-rus4437]

Cmon…..you know the answer! SOON 😁

[@Apilot-yo6ex]

@@Heliwizard36 I think some systems are not done yet .. for example, look at the lower PFD panel.

[@FlyingGlace]

my prediction maybe they'll release it as a christmas gift(?) idk but let FBW work this masterpiece. when it's ready it's ready

[@salah852]

why the demo on low performance PC !

[@forzaspeedster]

why did they upload this so late lol

[@LunnarisLP]

There were def. some uploads without commentary before.

[@ScorpinNZ]

More tech and innovation than PMDG 😅 These guys are awesome!

[@VlRUSOFFICIAL]

You'd wish this was better done than PMDG.

[@freewayfive7142]

I highly doubt they will have anywhere close to the amount of time compression support PMDG has with their 777. I can run 8x time compression and the plane flies perfectly. I also doubt they will add pause at TOD.

[@McAero08]

@@freewayfive7142 if that's you main feature I think fidelity is not for you.

[@freewayfive7142]

@@McAero08 no i definitely understand and fly using all aircraft systems however I do not have 13 hours in a day to sit at a computer. Proper time compression is becoming a valuable tool for simmers to fly real world routes in the time that they have to dedicate

[@VlRUSOFFICIAL]

@@freewayfive7142 yep I agree. I can run x16 and its still working out pretty fine as long as its not turning. great plane. waiting for the inibuilds a350-1000

[@nemesiiskiller1651]

Where I can get that plane??

[@ct8152]

Toulouse

[@fsx-legend4602]

In your dreams. Its not ready yet

[@RobloxObbyfan2929-ct6ij]

Tried the airplane at FSexpo here are my notes for it: FBW A380X NOTES MAY 2024 (FLIGHT TIME 0.7 HOURS) MODEL: UPPER DECK PARTIALLY MODELED, YOU'VE SEEN PLENTY OF VIDEOS OF THE MODEL ALREADY. HANDLING: AIRPLANE IS A LITTLE MORE SLUGGISH THAN THE A320, BUT STILL VERY RESPONSIVE (LIKE FLYING A BIG A320). FBW SYSTEM WORKS AS IT SHOULD. BE CAREFUL DURING THE FLARE, YOUR DEPTH PERCEPTION WILL BE DIFFERENT THEN OTHER AIRPLANES DUE TO THE COCKPIT HIGHT (SIMLIAR TO FLYING A 747). SYSTEMS: AUTOLAND STILL WIP A LOT OF SYSTEMS STILL INOP, FMS WORKS, SEC FPLN, DIVERSIONS, ETC STILL INOP ECAM PAGES WORK, CHECKLISTS ABSENT, AUTOPILOT AND RNAV STILL HAVE SOME ISSUES (EX ATHR NOT WORKING SOMETIMES, PITCH UP TENDENCY FOR THE A/P), 30% BUTTONS WORK ON OVERHEAD, A380 RELEASE SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND 1 YEAR LATER. OIS AND TAXI CAM NOT PLANNED AT THE MOMENT, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE AFTER A380 RELEASE, SAME FOR DIFFERENT CABIN OPTIONS. PERFORMANCE: FUEL FLOW 7T/H PER ENGINE AT TOGA AT SEA LEVEL, 4T/H AT FL250, MAX TIME ACCELERATION 2X FLIGHT PLANNING AND NAVIGATION: SIMBRIEF WORKS LIKE THE A32NX AFTER LOGGING ON WITH MY OWN ACCOUNT ON THE EFB, TEST FLIGHT PLAN KSFO-VIDP, FLIGHT PLAN LOADED FROM SIMBRIEF WITHOUT ISSUES (SINCE THIS IS A LONG FLIGHT THE PLAN TOOK ~30-50 SECONDS TO FULLY LOAD AFTER PRESSING F/PLN REQUEST ON THE INIT PAGE), W & B AND FUEL LOADED WITHOUT ISSUES FROM SIMBRIEF, LOADED TO 556T FLAPS 2 TOGA PWR, BARELY ROTATED OFF OF 28R NEAR THE THOUSAND FOOTERS, VR IS 165 KNOTS, FUEL FLOW IS A LITTLE LOW COMPARED TO SIMBRIEF. ALSO MADE A FLIGHT PLAN LOCALLY NEAR KLAS, MANUALLY PROGRAMMED THE FMS TO FLY THE HOOVER8 DEP AND THE ILS 01L APP, THE AIRPLANE FLEW THE DEPARTURE AND APP WITHOUT ISSUES (TESTED THE AUTOLAND, STILL NEEDS WORK, LANDED AT -700FPM).

[@janmlynar7889]

Release date 31.2. 2089😂😂

[@mrama5830]

just fukin release it already

[@CactusBravo42]

I’m surprised LVFR isn’t using this open source code for their planes. They need it BADLY!

[@shinkicker404]

Probably can’t because of the license it operates under, which iirc means you can’t charge for it.

[@CactusBravo42]

@@shinkicker404 ah makes sense

[@CAG2]

It's the GPL license I think, which allows commercial use. However, the caveat is that if you use GPL licenced code in your product, you will need to share the source code of your entire project to the end user under the same license, and they are free to distribute the product and source code as long as they retain the GPL licensing. Obviously this is not ideal for distributing a payware aircraft

[@CactusBravo42]

@@CAG2 Interesting!

[@CAG2]

​@@CactusBravo42 Yeah licenses are a huge rabbit hole. Basically, if you wanna open source your code, use the GPL or AGPL license if you want to ensure your product remains free and open source. Use MIT, Apache or BSD if you don't care about that

[@BAH_Tokito]

Pls, add the fbw paint on mfs2024.

[@scotty258]

We slowly become a LOL factor.

[@AlexisGarcia-lw7uc]

le doy minimo un mes para que este a380 vea la luz

[@graupnergiulien4142]

when is the release??

[@fsx-legend4602]

When it is ready they always say this.

[@r5_gamer-pro242]

They are taking their time because if they release it, no one will be interested as if it is not released.

[@juancho420]

Huge accomplishment for fbw. Agreed hopw this is stable with sim rate 4x

[@drewpoteet1708]

is the a380 going to be free like the a32nx?

[@CrazyDoug17]

They said it will be.

[@drewpoteet1708]

@@CrazyDoug17 sweet....this is by far the greatest dev team ever in the flight sim history

[@fsx-legend4602]

@@drewpoteet1708 its not a developer its an open source project built by the community. Developers charge money big difference.

[@neth77]

@@CrazyDoug17 Lots of planes were going to be free then didn't. A220, A350. etc

[@NoNamerMr]

⁠@@neth77which a350 isnt going too be freeware anymore? I only know about two A350, the dfd and the one by ini. Ini will most likely be payware but dfd always stated to make it freeware. Shouldnt have changed, cause the dfd one will use code from fbw (fmsv2 i.e.).

[@payt01]

Awesome stuff! Maybe FBW should reconsider making this a free addon, and get paid for their hard work. I wouldn't mind forking out some cash for this at all! especially if that means they can dedicate more time to the development and the completion of this and other planes :)

[@jungleboy1]

doesnt stop u donating i guess?

[@fsx-legend4602]

It's open source and that is always going to be freeware but you can give a donation if you want. Kind of like Linux .

[@freewayfive7142]

I disagree unless they started properly scheduling staff and meet deadlines. Currently they are just doing things whenever they want which means this will likely be pushed to 2025.

[@payt01]

@@freewayfive7142 Exactly, so it would be beneficial if they could give up their dayjob and dedicate all their time to making MSFS planes. The A380 wil probably be in even higher demand than the 777, so I imagine they could make a good bit of money out of it, as well as being able to release it sooner. I'd be all for it

[@freewayfive7142]

@@payt01 agreed, an 70-80$ price would be well worth it so long as it’s near the same level of pmdg which I don’t think the current version will be. It will be similar to the 320 being not as good as fenix

[@ChristyKrohne]

Is this coming out on Xbox Series X?

[@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882]

Sadly no

[@Bank_Angle]

🤣🤣

[@LufthansaDAIGO]

The backup attitude indicator looks unreadable.

[@Louis_Delgres]

Il will be better on X-Plane 12

[@fsx-legend4602]

Nope. Not coming to XP12

[@joeynuggetz]

Looks a bit janky if you ask me. They used their phones to scan the cockpit on the way back to economy. :-)

[@NoNamerMr]

What do you mean? I think it looks close enough and good enough for freeware

[@enfantterrible4868]

nobody asked you though

[@leloginquitu]

You cannot be more wrong lol

[@AlohaRaceTeam]

eh ill skip on this one. PMDG777 is just too damn good.

[@Bacteriod]

It's Free!

[@YoniGames-od8sj]

anticuado

[@photoeducationbydaniel]

Please guys, charge for your work!!

[@BlueMax717]

or just let them do what they want? I'm sure they knew money exist prior to deciding to do free open source work.

[@bahijmazloum1326]

You can donate if they have anyway to do so.

[@photoeducationbydaniel]

@@BlueMax717 I meant this is a good light!! It's incredible work they are doing and deserve so kind of remuneration!!

[@JOEM747]

You can donate! I plan on $40 USD as that seems reasonable for me.

[@MathijsKokPMDG]

The PMDG 777 is by far better than this FBW A380. Waste of time.

[@Murciielago]

This is free though so you shouldn’t compare them, knob

[@martijn9568]

Wij van Wc-eend adviseren Wc-eend

[@elliott7268]

Why you mad bro?

[@Bacteriod]

It's free, dink!

[@Nightskyzz_]

pmdg 777 landing gear isnt even proper, and its payware, fbw is free and has verification from 400 pilots!

[@jpasiu9999]

i don't like the livery, it's too clean

[@joshfredr7846]

I'm sorry I just flew the A320 Neo and perhaps it's an issue with the latest EXPERIMENTAL version, but there's an issue with the taxi.. the plane would accelerate to 50+ KNOTS while the thrust levers are on idle...

[@holland7862]

The A320neo, when light, can accelerate quite fast on idle. This was confirmed by real-life pilots as being realistic. On a side note - the experimental version hs been discontinued for a while. Do you perhaps mean development version?

[@joshfredr7846]

@@holland7862 Yeah, development version.

[@VlRUSOFFICIAL]

maybe your thrust is stuck just apply full thrust and then go idle it might not show but you're probably not in idle.