Thank you!!
Looking forward to your aircraft, the A350 is my favourite airliner!
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So whatâs the status now?
Not wanna sound too negative, especially when someone offers something for free. But talking from my experience, when someone mentions âStudy Levelâ and âFreewareâ in the same sentence it usually is not going to happen.
EDIT: Looking at the discord, everything they have (for the public to see atleast) is a WIP 3D Model. And the guy who models the plane is not involved in the discord anymore. So, id assume, it confirms my statement above. It went from daily previews of the slightest little progress on the basic 3D model to dead silence since months.
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Iâm not anymore into the project involved, so the link is an old one and I have no idea what the status of the current A350 is. Iâm a developer at Ouroboros Jets from the beginning 
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That discord is abandoned basically.
Here is the active one:
And some pics:
Avionics
Overhead
Current cockpit (obviously nowhere near complete):
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omg this is amazing, not because its free, but because it is study level. 
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Big updates tomorrow on their youtube channel.
https://twitter.com/DFD35X/status/1494692880656617476?t=q5ZjPUzzRwo5HKxvAGAdbQ&s=19
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No news since February?
this like the other âstudy levelâ A350 is dead as well , correct?
Oh! Just found their last update posted on YT in last july : Discover350 Ep 2 | DFD A350X Progress Update - YouTube
It is still going forward!
I am currently enjoying the newest train simulator âTrain Sim World 3â and I have noticed that in all engines every single circuit switch / circuit breaker is fully functional (sometimes there are even two big circuit breaker cabinets that can be opened and operated).
And this is a standard in the train simulation world having all the electrical systems fully simulated.
The Fenix Airbus wanted try to set a new standard in the flight simming world too and enhancing the experience for all of us by having all the circuit breakers fully simulated and functional too - but still 99% if third party development teams seem not to care in the slightest way about that feature (and the community is guilty either mmhm don´t try to deny it 
whenever I mention that this or that function would be cool, how about that system feature, visual detail, realism boost would be very important, I´d love to have this MCDU sub-menu and that flight computer function, ALWAYS the same standard answer comes: âThat is not needed for flying, that is not necessary for normal flying, this is unimportant, no one cares about that, simple up-down-left-right controls with a simple autopilot for levelling and more is not needed for normal flying, 99,99% of all people don´t care about that strange stuff you want having simulatedâŚâ etc. )
So I guess the sad trend leaving all the interesting electrical systems ignored will continue in all other study level airplanes - except the Fenix?
How is the situation in this oncoming A350, this might be a very promising project. Are at least a few most important interesting electrical systems with simulated functional circuit breaker planned to be integrated?
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Greetings pilots,
awesome look what I have found on YouTube right now!
Absolute impressive, top-notch quality, on par with the FlyByWire Airbus 380!!!
And seeing N3 on the ECAM is absolute wow⌠I don´t know any words to describe this.
This project will probably become a challenger for the FlyByWire 380, vive le France
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not even a challenge, at about 10 minutes he mentions the FBW team is helping them with the FMS/MCDU. In fact itâs great to see developers helping developers given the a350 will also be free. Iâm not even a fan of airbus and i look forward to both big boys
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The FlyByWire team helping with this project makes it even more awesome!!
AAA quality flight deck system realism and overall cockpit quality guaranteed
This is so awesome finally someone is doing my all-time favorite aircraft the A350!
These seats are clearly a highlight among all cockpit seats (only the lamb fur 757 seats are better).
Even Jean-Luc Picard would be amused and muble to himself ânot bad for 21st century, not bad!â while flying it on the Microsoft Holodeck Flight Simulator 2482 Captain´s Edition because turns out he really is into several hundred year old retro planes.
OK I just invented this new Star Trek canon but⌠
ehm whatever, back to topic, I read the A350 and the A380 have almost the same cockpit systems, this makes the challenge which one of these Airbusses will turn out better and more realistic even more exciting
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We are still one or two years away from release, but I´m really happy to see my favourite aicraft moving forward.
Good to see they are cooperating with the FBW team, it was only logical, since the A380 and A350 have a lot in common.
It´s going to be tough waiting until this gets releasedâŚ
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The most important thing is another top notch quality aircraft DLC in the making! Take your time as long as you want because perfection and quality are the most important aspects of true aircraft DLC greatness 
Hereâs your post from last September. Looks like youâre getting old
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ltâs great to see the ambition and contribution to bring new airliners to the hobby. I also always wonder when I hear âhighly detailedâ and âaccurateâ used to describe an aircraft that has very little publicly available data to truly build a close representation.
Modeling is one thing, representing how the plumbing works underneath to make âaccurateâ representations of systems is where I wonder about the details. Thereâs nothing wrong with an emphasis on modeling and âlook alikeâ functionality of systems, but the video calls out something of interest: modeling of the âproprietary Airbus OIS systemâ. How do you create the SYSTEM functionality of a proprietary system? Maybe they have access to this kind of information? Using the FBW MCDU is one thing, thatâs a proven unit - With lots of data available on how it works. The OIS is part of the heart of the A350 and A380 and its proprietary. Just curious how they can simulating the SYSTEMS functionality of this and other critical components of the Airbus environment?
Freeware or not, this is a project that will be years in the making. Perhaps sharing details on what will and will not be simulated will help manage expectations. Narrated, speculative videos are nice, but mostly just serve to build interest without answering any of the questions Iâm sure many have about an ambitious project like this. Using terms like âhigh fidelity instead of run of the millâ donât provide any real meaning.
You reverse engineer it. Thereâs two ways to do this, you either get the running code (not source code) and study it to see what it does, or you use the device and study how it behaves and reproduce the behaviour. Either approach can give excellent results, given enough information and time. I canât speak for how this project is approaching it but if theyâve got real A350 pilots and engineers helping out they might get it to a good place.
As to the project it looks amazing, I really canât wait. Unfortunately weâll have to. Nearly 3 years and great progress on what is a very complex freeware project, but Iâm guessing it still looks like a couple of years away. I hope the project lives to fruition.