Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - AIRBUS SERIES 1 - By Wilco

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | AIRBUS SERIES 1 - By Wilco - Give us your input !!!

DVA2524
Captain, B757-200

Joined on August 14 2005
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"F.D.N.Y. New Yorks Bravest"
Yonkers, NY USA

39 legs, 83.3 hours
39 legs, 83.3 hours online
24 legs, 52.5 hours ACARS
5 legs, 9.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 22:19 ET by Manuel Rivera

Purchased the Airbus A320 by Wilco.Now I have numerous payware Airbuses, For example PSS, Aerosoft etc.
Here are my scores.
Rated 1 thru 10 , 10 been the best.

FMC = 10
Flight Dynamics = 8
Frame Rates = 8
Systems friendly = 5
Textures = 4
Sounds = 4
Virtual Cockpit = 2
Wilco technical help = 0

Overall I give this plane an F for effort.
You are better off downloading the IFDG with a panel and some good sounds.

In other Words save your money !!!

Sad but true.

DVA2482
Chief Pilot, B777-200

Joined on July 16 2005
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Everett Millennium Club
Six Million Mile Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

"Master of Gravity"
Boston, MA USA

1,909 legs, 11,955.3 hours
228 legs, 1,400.0 hours online
1,752 legs, 11,085.1 hours ACARS
7 legs, 57.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 22:31 ET by Oliver McRae

"Systems friendly = 5 " How do you rate something system friendly?

and you gave the VC a 2?

LOL You can barely call the Aerosoft Airbus payware.

Oliver McRae (DVA2482)

DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200

Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
Flying Colonel
Everett 1500 Club
Four Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"guiding you home..."
Denver, CO USA

1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs, 715.0 hours online
1,891 legs, 8,382.8 hours ACARS
18 legs, 67.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 22:48 ET by Daniel Hodnik

ooooh good times.

Daniel Hodnik (DVA3355)

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:22 ET by Manuel Rivera

Hey Oliver can you press any buttons on the horrible looking cockpit.......NO I DIDNT THINK SO..... So therefore I compared it to other Payware aircraft out there. The virtual cockpit looks like one of those
Freeware planes.

Systems Friendly are just that , How friendly are the systems in conjunction with the aircraft.
For example
Wipers dont work
pressurization system and knobs dont work
plenty of DUMMY knobs.

Give me some more realism and I will work with ya !!!

I have to tell you the PSS so far is a better Airbus, And yes it was reccommended by the one and only YOURSELF !!!

DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV

Joined on January 30 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Coastal Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Online Eight Century

Charlotte, NC

1,287 legs, 1,796.9 hours
841 legs, 1,048.5 hours online
1,269 legs, 1,774.9 hours ACARS
31 legs, 49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:22 ET by Andrew Vane

Manuel,

Just asking if you can provide a link to your recommended panel and sounds? Avsim?

How does what you're proposing compare with the AFVA fleet installer?

Thanks,
Drew

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:25 ET by Manuel Rivera

I LOT better Andrew..... I will post all the links to your very own FREEWARE Airbus .

Highly reccomended !!!

If you donot want to drop your money on a very expensive payware.

DVA2348
First Officer, MD-11

Joined on May 18 2005
Century Club

Overland Park, KS USA

132 legs, 397.4 hours
11 legs, 18.5 hours online
94 legs, 270.9 hours ACARS
3 legs, 5.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:27 ET by Mike Roth

"
FMC = 10
Flight Dynamics = 8
Frame Rates = 8"

So you're saying if those are the only things I care about, I should pick it up?

Mike Roth

First Officer, MD-11

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:28 ET by Manuel Rivera

Here you go Andrew hope you can enjoy it !!!

These whole package is absolutely unbelieavable when put together the right way , If you need assistance drop me a line !!!

Here is my previous thread - http://www.deltava.org/thread.do?id=0xB0D6

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:34 ET by Manuel Rivera

Sure Mike goa ahead...

But I will wait for Mr.Oliver McRae's Input on how he finds the bird. After all he is the Airbus GURU here.
Just dont take my word for it. Along time ago I wasnt sure about and Airbus and Oliver helped me out with the PSS.

At first I hated the thing , Because I couldnt figured it out, But once I learned how the Airbus works and programming, I enjoyed it.
This Aircraft takes time to learn and lots of reading, Once you are comfortable with it becomes enjoyful.

Iam just a little upset becuse I expected alot more than what I already have.
The PSS is very similar and probably better than this a/c.

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:36 ET by Oliver McRae

I am not posting anything too judgemental on this plane until the weekend when i get a chance to put it through its paces. Going to start KLAX-MKJS with the A320 now.

Oliver McRae (DVA2482)

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:36 ET by Manuel Rivera

Ok Wait are you serious ......... Oliver

I cant get any of the knobs to move on the virtual cockpit view.....and on the overhead panel alot of DUMMY knobs.

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:37 ET by Manuel Rivera

Ok Can we do that flight together....Online do you mind ????

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:38 ET by Oliver McRae

No i'm not joking, the knobs and switches of the overhead work for me, The real problem is that Wilco rushed the most important part, the packaging of the software. It seems that everyone got a different Aircraft lol.

Oliver McRae (DVA2482)

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:39 ET by Manuel Rivera

Oliver we can do VATSIM will wait by KLAX hopefully we can see each other !!!

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:39 ET by Oliver McRae

Sure loading up at KLAX now.

Oliver McRae (DVA2482)

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:39 ET by Manuel Rivera

Hahahahahhah....Different aircraft

Posted onPost created on January 31 2007 23:40 ET by Manuel Rivera

See you there !!!

DVA3119
First Officer, A350-900

Joined on May 08 2006
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Everett 250 Club
Million Mile Club
Six Century Club
Online Triple Century Club

Sioux Falls, SD USA

665 legs, 2,625.6 hours
321 legs, 908.9 hours online
619 legs, 2,500.8 hours ACARS
6 legs, 17.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 01 2007 00:16 ET by Justin Taylor

The only thing disappointing to me so far is that I only fly by VC and with the exception of being at cruise this thing is dominating my machinge FPS wise and I have: C2D 6600, 2GB DDR 800, Raptor hard drives and 7900gt 512mb version. Kinda bummed.

Justin Taylor

First Officer, A350-900

DVA057
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM

Joined on June 02 2002
Events Century Club
Six Century Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

"We Are ... Penn State!"
Atlanta, GA USA

672 legs, 1,338.4 hours
531 legs, 1,076.4 hours online
392 legs, 786.1 hours ACARS
190 legs, 406.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 01 2007 13:07 ET by Terry Eshenour

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Terry Eshenour

Senior Captain, B777-200

Posted onPost created on February 01 2007 16:36 ET by Oliver McRae

Sorry, i didn't realise the C word was a bad word.

Oliver McRae (DVA2482)

DVA2945
Captain, B737-800

Joined on March 03 2006

CM Spain

70 legs, 100.7 hours
12 legs, 14.6 hours online
64 legs, 94.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on February 02 2007 11:24 ET by Carlos Gonzalez

Once I get it downloaded, I´ll give my opinion, it's being the thirth time I have to writte Wilco in order to have my account reseted due incomplete downloads mad

Carlos Gonzalez

Captain, B737-800

DVA2097
Senior Captain, B777-200

Joined on January 20 2005
Online Century Club
Double Century Club

Kentriki Makedonia Greece

222 legs, 432.9 hours
151 legs, 305.1 hours online
168 legs, 355.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on February 02 2007 11:26 ET by Terry Doumlas

Found this:

http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=121&topic_id=385083&mesg_id=385083&page

A lot of it is too technical, but I see a couple of serious items in there...

Terry Doumlas (DVA2097)

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