iniBuilds hasn’t said much about their payware aircraft and Career compatibility officially, other than (early on in 2024’s lifecycle) that it’s something they wanted to do. The A350 is an interesting one because they’ve not said anything about it (that I’m aware of), it shows as not Career compatible in the Marketplace, yet it appears in Career mode as purchasable - just not unlocked due to the still-unavailable Heavy Airliner specialization.
INI website states that it is released, can anyone confirm? How do you like it?
Seriously, can’t remember the last time I clicked “Buy” on a Marketplace screen where the price was not $0.
I buy all my airports on Marketplace, but rarely aircraft. don’t care if Airports are updated right away, but with planes, I do.
The sounds in the cockpit are just white noise. The letters on the MCDU and center console still disappear when you lean back. It’s just another Airbus, and not even a good one. Not worth the price.
I think I’ll wait. I’ve been caught out too often buying on first release and then having to wait for fixes. When it’s available for purchase directly I’ll consider it.
Where did they confirm that the marketplace purchases are transferable? I had not heard about that…
So the review videos are all made up are they? are you sure you purchased the right one? I think I’ll make my own mind up, thanks….
Echo 19 sounds are very very over-hyped IMO compared to other sound engineers.
I will check this because in the videos the sounds were ok, thank you for the report appreciated!
Go into Settings in the EFB, Audio, and drag the Environment slider down to 10 or less. Much better. In fact, drag it down to zero. Improves the external sounds as well.
Why do you say it is not a good one, please share so we don’t spend if it really is not optimal?
Spoilers do not seem to have any effect on airspeed. It takes forever to lose speed.
I did not hear any landing gear sounds as I touched down. Perhaps this is in the Environment sounds which I have turned off.
I did notice the engine fan blade sound of them windmilling never stops even when the engine blades are stationary, hopefully that will be fixed…
I noticed the continuity of the blade windmill sound too. And they are very loud in the mix, and on the other hand, the engines seem to be very quiet in the mix (with all sliders to 100).
And I also miss gear touchdown sounds (interior and exterior).
Have to say found it a lot more robust even than the A350 is now despite that being out for months with numerous updates.
Only found 5 bugs so far. Though I am only about 45 mins into the first flight, but one encounters way more than this in the A350 in this time.
Scratch that, make it 6.
Just completed KLAX to EGLL. A couple of GSX quirks but otherwise a really nice plane. Very complete and polished. Looks and flies great. Good performance. PMDG needs to step it up. Fenix and IniBuilds are top of the stack in my book now.
Make it 7.
Testing anyone?
First flight.
Impressions so far really good - it handles like the heavy aircraft it looks like but is stable.
Sounds are actually very good - as A330 driver says in video, you are some way forward of the CFM engines so it isn’t going to sound like a 777. Inibuilds have introduced sliders for you to adjust the sounds anyway.
Flight planning and simbrief import are all working and the CRTs are beautifully modelled. There are also sliders you can tweak to change overall appearance of the aircraft - including snow loading? And a comprehensive and customisable failures section on the EFB. Lots to play with to get this jet set up the way you want it to be.
Also there are three “curated” livery packs on MP which are free to download for first week, after that you have to pay for them. I flew a nice Lufthansa livery last night. - PMDG, please take note that somehow Inibuilds have found a way to do this - hopefully MS/Asobo could allow you a similar mechanism for the 777s?
Aircraft performs more smoothly than the A350 and my flight was almost flawless from start to finish (couple of stutters on ramp at KDFW)
It’s early days but very good first impressions - this looks to be up to a very good standard and I’m going to enjoy flying it.