The Incredible Details of Fenix's A320 with a Real Airbus Pilot! MSFS

Today I show you some of the many details we can find in the Fenix A320 for MSFS, and compare them to real life!
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I am a real world Airbus pilot with thousands of hours flying the real aircraft and thought it would be fun to have a look at the new detailed simulation of the longest baby 'bus by Toliss as well as the new MSFS a320 NEO. Hopefully you find this useful and it brings another perspective to your simulation. Any thoughts or comments are welcome!
This video is intended for home entertainment only and does not reflect or represent any real world aircraft or airline procedures. It is for home flight simulator enthusiasts only and has no real world application. All views expressed are my own.
0:00 Exterior
04:19 Cockpit/EFB
18:22 Signs/Bleed
21:12 HYD
25:00 Lights & Takeoff
28:53 Sun Visors
32:00 Flap Shake & Landing

[@valet2972]

You are as much a blessing to the flight sim community as this incredible addon from fenix. A huge thank you for everything you do for us all, from all the simmers.

[@deanbavister]

Hear hear!

[@Justathought81]

Indeed i so prefer this to the “streams”

[@infinite2246]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the real future of flight simulation! Still can’t believe everything I see. The level of detail and fidelity is incredible! Thanks 320simpilot for the videos you keep pushing out regarding the Fenix. Keep it up!🙌

[@GeorgeLumkin]

Unbelievable, just incredible stuff

[@themetalicious7195]

The future is with PMDG ;)

[@sushimello7524]

@@themetalicious7195 too

[@infinite2246]

@@themetalicious7195 can’t wait for the 777!

[@fsx-legend4602]

@@themetalicious7195 Well If that's true they need to step up. Their 737 is not on the level of fidelity as the Fenix A320 just like their products in P3D was not on the level of FS Labs.

[@marksmith2913]

Absolutely stunning! Rumour has it that upon it's release Airbus will be purchasing it to make their A320 more accurate to real life.

[@Usermwaoeuw28181]

hahah!

[@wong2230]

哈哈..hahaha🤣

[@hjr2000]

That's classic!! 🙂

[@CactusPHLyer]

WOW, there is a phenomenal level of detail here. Fenix has surpassed my already very high expectations, I can already tell this will feel like a living, breathing Airbus within our sims. And you've done a phenomenal job showcasing her, thanks for all you do.

[@CrashEd1664]

Just an insane level of detail! Fenix have done an incredible job by the looks of it. I heard that even the orange cones outside appear in slightly different locations each time! And that the standby compass deflects when the engine ignition fires up. Just incredible!

[@cretanpilot]

For another detail on realism, take a look at the EFB. When the window is closed it has the cable attached to it. Notice that the battery level of the tablet is at 82%. When you unlock the window, the cable is detached and you can move the window. When you close it again, the cable is attached again. Notice @5:32 the battery level dropping 1%. When the battery of the aircraft comes on then is charging again the EFB and the battery level goes up! Just perfect, just speechless...

[@pranshusabharwal6738]

The level of detail in this aircraft is just insane. I never expected to watch the whole video but not only did you make this educational but also very entertaining. I'm excited for this aircraft and I'm glad you reviewed it.

[@ShadowSix]

This project appears to be to be the very definition of a labour of love. Details included not because they add much to the day to day user experience, but simply because they exist. Incredible. On a personal note, I don’t know if you’re part of your operators training department, but you seem well suited to it regardless! I’m trying to get myself into the A320 as a type that I might find myself on should airlines ever start recruiting again, even if it’s just for the sim assessment! I’ve subbed enthusiastically and look forward to some tutorials!

[@TWCHHK]

Recruitments will start sooner or later. It's just a matter of time. :-) The Fe ix Bus for sure should help gibe a good feel for the sim part of any assesment.

[@MattBerks]

Hi Captain - as a long-time viewer who has learnt pretty much everything I know about Airbus from you, firstly thank you for everything you have done for the community. If you can find the time at some point, it would be great to have a video showing the differences between the CEO & NEO versions of the 320 that we need to be aware of.

[@MrGyngve]

I am out of words! I have been a flight simmer since the 90s and this is the stuff I have been waiting for. I'm shaking from pure excitement!

[@holobolo1661]

This virtual depiction of the plane is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen

[@deanbavister]

Just.. wow! At 6mins I wondered if the brake fan would actually rotate..... lo & behold 2 minutes later, it did! Just brilliant!! 😁 Can't wait to fly this! 🛫

[@somil07]

This is the benchmark now for any future addon developers

[@terryt5512]

My mind is officially blown! In all my years of flight simming I've NEVER seen anything like this! My expectations have been blown past. And having an experienced Airbus pilot and excellent teacher to walk us through it is delicious icing on the cake. Thank you, thank you!

[@LaurenV2500]

She continues to impress! Cannot wait to see you live with her finally!

[@danielhatami]

I love how excited you get at doing your actual job virtually on a computer! Its infectious and your videos are incredibly informative. Thank you for everything you give to this community. PS. I also love this livery, brings back very fond memories! I wish I still had the models i begged my parents to buy me on the flights back home.

[@markgr1nyer]

PMDG - We are releasing the most advanced aircraft for MSFS FENIX (one week later) - Hold my beer I really hope FENIX develop the A350 next. Already an A330 and A380 in development On the flap buffet clip the engines create heat haze as well. Gavin at EZYsimpilot said if you have the standby compass down and start the APU the compass will spin due to electrical interference from the APU starters

[@McAero08]

Hole my sidestick

[@scottfranks6362]

@@McAero08 is that an innuendo? 🤣

[@WhiteHawk77]

@@McAero08 that’s how babies are made. 😁

[@junrenong8576]

Actually in the very beginning I alr know Fenix will offer a better product than the PMDG. The C/Bs actually work on the Fenix. at 2/3 the price of the PMDG

[@richardsuttill54]

Your illuminating, knowledge, passion, joy and excitement shine through for this product as it has done for many other quality products. When I listen to your descriptions I feel like have been let into your work place to share secrets I will find difficult to get elsewhere. Thanks again.

[@Arkid77777]

Now this truly is the next generation of flight simulation

[@707liner8]

Seriously cannot believe how good this aircraft is, flight simming is now reaching the levels that were once dreamt of and where we need videos like yours to get to understand how to properly use the thing!

[@infinite2246]

Don’t know if you’ve seen this, but the magnetic compass actually moves during APU start due to the electromagnetic interference.

[@deanbavister]

omg 😁

[@bikeguy3034]

Yea the wires run up the central pillar to the overhead panel...right past it.

[@ramis4594]

Absolutely amazing, really excited about this aircraft, also this is one of my favourite airports! Hopefully the release will be soon. Thank you so much for this preview and great work on the video and external views demonstrating this beautiful aircraft :)

[@alimsh2680]

There is going to be SO MUCH to learn, but I can't wait. Thanks for the video.

[@tarquinbryce6616]

Fantastic simulation all round. The newly raised quality standard for MSFS airliner add-ons. One tiny concern, and that is the lack of wing flex. Although beautifully modelled and drawn, the wings seem to be made of concrete! They remained pretty rigid throughout the flight!

[@Justathought81]

Prefer this kind of content far more then the Streams, thank you so much… I feel like a kid a before Christmas…. Can’t wait!!

[@nakedcellist]

You're the person who makes us fall in love with Airbus aircraft..

[@320SimPilot]

Very kind!

[@raykrislianggi]

That CFM56 sound is absolutely spot on!

[@hjr2000]

Holy smoke, Aamir and the team have done a brilliant job. Cracking video as ever. I CANNOT WAIT to get this aircraft!

[@rubz133]

Was going to get the PMDG 737.... not anymore.. this beauty is next level what a plane!

[@scottfranks6362]

I bought the dam thing and then this got announced. Slightly gutted as once this comes out I’ll never really use it again haha.

[@rubz133]

@@scottfranks6362 Hahaha yeah mate same here this is gonna be my primary plane I'm itching for it... and I'm a 737 fanboy so that shows the quality Fenix has brought to sway me

[@onetimecloud5219]

Thanks again for such a wonderful video! Loving the features of this aircraft.

[@ralphconnell8163]

Thank you so much. I'm thinking of getting this aircraft, but was wary of its complexity. You've explained it very well. Thank you again.

[@liljahjay]

I'm currently still an X-Plane user but seeing all these new releases for MSFS has really motivated me to consider upgrading my PC.... Excited to see whats coming next in the future.

[@dreamliner5112]

Luckily I’m part of the beta team and I only can say it’s a labour of love for the Fenix team to build such an amazing product. You can’t do that kind of quality without passion and love. It’s not all about making money it’s also a question of personal aspiration.

[@bikeguy3034]

I have a funny feeling they will be making a lot of money! lol - looks amazing and will even drag a few die-hard Boeing lovers kicking and screaming into the A320 I reckon!

[@dreamliner5112]

@@bikeguy3034 Hopefully this will be the case but making good money starts with making a good product first. At least most of the times😉

[@GeorgeLumkin]

I love how we can hear the excitement about this product in your voice 😍🙂🛫

[@Mike.Rowphone]

Excellent video 320 SimPilot , I use the FBW aircraft .. Being a novice to Flight Simulation i love MSFS . Everytime i watch your video content i learn so much more about how to pilot this plane .. i would love to go back in time and choose being a pilot as a career path . Thank you

[@TheGadgetbadger]

Never have I wanted to spend £49.99 more in my life. Can not wait to try this. Yet another great video!

[@TopgunB]

Consummate professional and a good articulate teacher! Agree a blessing to the Flight Sim community!

[@320SimPilot]

Thank you, very kind!

[@mickg0756]

Just to mention another level of detail is that if you zoom in on ANY sign externally you can read every word perfectly...just outstanding in every aspect...I'd buy it as is! seems perfect now!

[@MatthewCEBamber]

Absolutely love your vids 🙏

[@kam_a3216]

what an amazing product. Another Great video captain. Love your work

[@petersilie7472]

It's amazing what flight simulation has come up to. So immersive, I almost felt the G-load during take-off, while watching XD. And amazing video - very well done, sir!

[@JamesGoodwin1994]

This looks incredible! Happy to pay when the quality is this high

[@anbrod1]

Just going to love this plane /addon!!!! Big Hurra for Fenix Sim!!!

[@ElitistMagi]

Hey man if you start doing daily uploads, I'm going to get use to them!!!! xD Awesome stuff ! :D

[@andysim232]

I love that the EFBs are independent so you can have one for charts and one for loading etc

[@philipg6463]

The level of detail is just insane. Regarding liveries wouldn’t be great if we can get grime built up the more the plane is flown, starting with a brand new shining livery straight out of the paint shop.

[@Pilot-2020]

Cant wait to have it!!!

[@LuisRicardorynne]

Wow, just wow!!! A am flying the A32NX by FlyByWire and wondered why I would be bothered with another A320 model but Fenix certainly has added some incredible details that make me seriously wonder now. And what to say about SimPilot? Your fantastic knowledge of the aircraft and amazing videos are the best one can wish for when discovering MSFS 2020. A huge thanks on my behalf.

[@juankaramirez]

The level of realism is just impressive, can't even imagine what we are going to have in the next 5-10 years. Exciting times we live in!

[@hpharold23]

wow amazing video as always! Well done sir!

[@bobboulden]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who forgets to turn on the fuel pumps sometimes.

[@dohe521971]

This is unbelievable, real crazy, amazing plane and amazing video as well

[@freddielo4330]

There's so many candy for us simmer in this video❤️ absolutely love this.

[@Galf506]

Alright, I'm impressed. FINALLY a true study level aircraft for civ sims. Took long enough!

[@laurentbeaujour9528]

Whatched it all incredible 🔥🔥🔥

[@romeowhiskey846]

Great video!!!

[@cw_uk]

Top video mate! I am so glad I couldn't buy the pmdg 737 when it came out because I'm gonna wait for this instead.

[@krsans78]

Cant wait to buy this great addon! Thanks for making this movie :)

[@airspeed_alive]

Cool af,I'd probably overlooked most of these details

[@Chikyel]

Thank you for the video

[@PluckyUnderdog]

Very nice indeed. Now I'm not the world's biggest Airbus fan (I find them boring to fly in the sim, akin to babysitting) but I can certainly appreciate the complexity and attention to detail here, it's absolutely unparalleled in it's execution.

[@Silva-hf8rn]

Thank you captain for showing us another video of how this magnificent aircraft is doing. FENIX has already convinced me with this A320 and now my only question is whether this plane is light on MSFS. PMDG's 737-700 is very light on MSFS. So I would like to know if this A320 is too? Taking the opportunity, I would like to know if in the future we will have the A319 and the A321? Thanks.

[@donnellsmith7635]

Traditionally I’m not an Airbus fan but you’re making me one very quickly. Thank you so much for your wonderful insight I will purchase this product today.😉

[@user-sw7wh5tl3e]

Well, I'll be buying this...RIGHT NOW!

[@sticknrudder1903]

That flap shake is really well done and it's something fslabs missed. Lovely!

[@mattwalker5289]

Looking forward to adding this to my hangar! I just hope my PC can run it reasonably well!

[@mohamadjawad4618]

If you want the camera to follow the plane on landing go to 200 - 100 feet above runway in replay pause and go to showcase then remove follow mode but keep lock mode then travel to the place where you want to spot the aircraft and turn the drone speed slider to 0 then play and it should automatically follow the aircraft on landing hope it helped

[@juliashenandoah3965]

Absolute incredible. And I am still hoping for a cargo version :) But now I am curious: Is that brake fan really spinning inside that small fan housing when switching it on in the cockpit? This amount of detail even animating such tiny things not visible when using the normal camera would not only be incredible insane amount of realism! Oh - 7:53 haha this is absolute CRAZY awesomeness they have animated the brake fan!! Thiy Airbus is beyond. It´s probably the original model the Matrix uses for real flights converted for Flight Sim 20. But.... can you fly with that camera through the APU air inlet and see the APU inside? ;)

[@christopheratkinson1690]

Absolutely stunning thanks for all your real world knowledge being put online with your great easy to understand tutorials. Does this version of the A320 by Fenix model the Ram Air Turbine or was it to early.🤗

[@ComdrStew]

Wow! This is really a great module. MSFS is so realistic, they modeled the guys out front correctly, just standing there talking, lol.

[@MrAshleyR]

The detail whereby the NotAniPad draining battery when cold and dark is mind blowing.

[@alainthiry3965]

thank you

[@320SimPilot]

You're welcome!

[@unkreativertoast2618]

I hope that if it is modeled that well, it also has a proper rain drop simulation on the windscreens and not the wipers running for nothing

[@bh2022]

another small detail: when starting the apu if the standby compass is out you can see the compass swing around from the apu starter magnetic field.

[@jamc666]

i find these videos very therapeutic as passenger 😀

[@budguy21]

Nice to see the Manta make a cameo in the background.

[@sailwesterly5444]

Fantastic!

[@madriditunes7021]

This Airbus A320 is amazing :)

[@tothemax9850]

This aircraft is so detailed, a real a320 pilot is finding out things about the aircraft that even he didn't know about

[@chendavid9582]

lmao this can't be more detailed than the real plane. It's a sim.

[@tothemax9850]

@@chendavid9582 Great obversvation bud. The real plane doesn't have fucking creative mode where the pilot can fly around the plane and zoom in on every nook and cranny.

[@chendavid9582]

@@tothemax9850 You'd be high if you thought a $50 plane models every detail of a real multimillion dollar commercial jet..

[@apogee9973]

@@chendavid9582 The point is, its a 50$ plane that is modeled so well, that while exploring the craft in external view someone very familiar with the real plane can still observe or learn something new. Remarkable feat and all given at a low price. Why the passive aggression ?

[@andyholmes9485]

Staggering!

[@CMDRRustyDog]

Amazing. You must be so so happy with this. :) Can't wait for the release. BTW, how are you getting that external replay landing shot where the camera just sits by the runway? I use Sky Dolly for the replays, is it done with that?

[@nouse3771]

Incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DutchLaurens]

You should really get FSrealistic, it offers camera shakes upon touchdown both with the main and front gear. Great for immersion!

[@skypiratez]

Such a beautiful add-on... 737 killer I would say...

[@bRad96699]

Just a note: an accumulator is usually a cylinder with half of it containing a membrane/bladder like a balloon that is filled with nitrogen then it is filled with hydraulic fluid compressing the nitrogen filled bag to a certain pressure then closed. When needed you can then open the accumulator and pressurize the system with the pressure stored in it. Just to clarify for whoever wanted to know. This is one type of accumulator not sure if it's what Air planes use but it is on life boat launch systems that I work on. Cheers!

[@jmcc2275]

So….the cockpit EFBs are there to play noughts and crosses on? Lol. Great video.

[@scottfranks6362]

Absolutely awesome aircraft and video from yourself as always. I did however notice there was no tyre smoke on landing. Is that something they are aware of and will implement do you know? Many thanks again.

[@flyusa24]

It’s ALL in the details

[@r00tyschannel52]

They even modelled the fact you don't hear the buzzing sound in the engine at takeoff power if you're sat at or behind the engine. Compare the cockpit and the first cabin view which is in front, and then the one from the A seat further back behind the wing. The sound is not present in the latter but clearly audible in the first two. This definitely is the case on the real thing.

[@tvflight7858]

28:18 Dang, you can even hear the ding when you put the gear up. Or is it the gear? I'm not sure 28:25 I love how you can see that the nose is starting to go up but it takes like a second or two for the plane to start climbing and you can tell the alpha angle is high

[@flighterer]

PMDG have some catching up to do when it comes to sounds and modelling but I'm sure they will

[@vyper883]

The FBW Neo Surprisingly enough also deploys full speedbrakes when autopilot disconnects. At least on the Experimental version. Goes to half again when engaging autopilot.

[@tomstravels520]

Same for development

[@rangerrick8220]

Excellent video as always! I have been staying away from FS2020 for awhile but this may bring me back. Question - are you using an xbox controller for panning around the aircraft?

[@echosierrakilo2089]

Just look at that moonwalking on 1:26 😁

[@steffan632]

Hi Captain. Have been a subscriber of yours since I started flying the Toliss 321 in XP11 and learnt a heck of alot from your tutorials. Seeing now that you have been on the Fenix Alpha/Beta team has been exciting to hear and then see with your subsequent tutorials. I can tell by the excitement in your voice, that you truly believe this to be the most realistic simulation of the real aircraft. I would love to hear your thoughts on the flight dynamics compared to the real aircraft given the Asobo limitations on ground effect and how the aircraft appears to float somewhat on landing, even with the fbw A32nx. Also I'd be curious to know if the seats can be moved forward and backwards and up/ down to adjust to your liking at all? Love your work Captain, as always, keep providing us with content of this amazing aircraft and with your real world context . Thanking you.👍

[@budguy21]

He already did a video on the flight dynamics of the Fenix.

[@ppcfoc]

Looking forward to flying this! Would love to see the plane at night with its lights and cabin features. 🙂

[@benjaminmathon7417]

Cheers ;) Do you plan to start over the Airbus tutorials for this plane?

[@madsib5187]

This would be really awesome

[@DharynSimmerX]

You are a great pilot !

[@felipeturbayr]

thank you very much, so full of interesting comments, excellent review, really looking forward to learning how to flight this plane with your tutorials :-) i would be interested to know what are the points that are not accurate to the real aircraft. From 1 to 100% how would you rate this product when compared to the real stuff? i have the feeling this is almost accurate to the real airbus!

[@ooof5281]

One of my pet peeves is the inner wheels being chocked haha. Irl it bugs me and it bugs me they chocked em on the fenix 😂😂😂