According to this article from FSNews:
“iniBuilds Teases Lockheed L-1011 TriStar in Development”
https://fsnews.eu/inibuilds-teases-lockheed-l-1011-tristar-in-development/
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I hope it’s true and i also hope that iniBuilds properly implements its DLC.
That’s a great news!
I hope InIbuilds can finish their current fleet to a level of playability. They start and then force their products out unfinished, unflyable, and ‘second hand’
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Outrageous statement. I don’t own all of their output, but the A300 and the T-33 are great. And the A320Neo they did for Microsoft really isn’t too bad either. I look forward to all that they’re doing for the MSFS2024 default aircraft!
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Outrageous? Nah!
What Inibuilds aircraft are not in the level of playability? I’m curious because I fly their A300 and A320neo quite often and they’re spot on.
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Been waiting for a Tristar-this will be worth the wait!
Could you provide an example of such an “unflyable” aircraft released by iniBuilds?
Also, could you elaborate on what you mean by “second hand”?
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Awesome! Have always loved the L-1011, such a unique bird
I have been waiting years for this aircraft, I have a lot of fond memories as a young traveller flying on the AC L1011 and the L1011-500. Hopefully they will do both variants 
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Be still my beating heart!
Between this and the PMDG 747 classic in the works, I’m in heaven.
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They are far from being unplayable but if checked against the fcom, the a300 is not spot on. It is an enjoyable experience. But spot on…nah
Still… The 1011 is my favourite airliner and since PMDG or Fenix never ever are going to make one: Take my money inibuilds! 
A300 has broken VHS audio since July, so yes it’s unflyable for me because I use default ATC for all IFR flights.
no ATC voices - Sounds - iniBuilds Forum
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I rest my case m’lud…..
I’m curious what prevents you from flying the A300 following the FCOM…
Didn’t say anything would “prevent” me from flying it. I do enjoy flying it it’s just lacking correct implementation of certain systems. AFS overspeed protection, for example which just wasn’t there last time I checked. 
(FCOM 1.03.13)
But it’s forgivable, given the price tag.
Nowadays developers do claim all the time how their products are created with exquisite detail. Until you look a bit closer, that is.
I’m not talking abscure oil viscosity and temperature simulation, I’m talking basic and defining Automation, especially for an airbus)
regards
You could nitpick like this with any addon for the flight simulator and object my “spot on” adjective every time. A300 is imho a great airplane and arguably their best. So if they are going to make an L-1011 and A350… gimme gimme.
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Well just for the sake of context:
I did say exactly that when pointing this out on the forums, adding that I thought this particular point about the overspeed protection might be a bit too nitpicky and out of scope since at 40 euros or so I would not expect it to be modelled.
The guy told me shortly afterwards that he felt a bit offended by me implying something like that
With the a300 it just felt as if they really only started building the plane after release buy using customer feedback. I mean it had and has a few REALLY gaping holes, sometimes to a degree I wondered if they had a pilot or even an FCOM at their disposal.
But I’m as excited as you about the tristar!
And I’m happy with almost whatever they come up with 
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I sincerely hope that this L-1011 is high-fidelity.
The L-1011 Tristar was a unique aircraft. By 1970s standards, it was an aircraft way ahead of its time. Over-engineered with a series of innovations and systems never seen on any commercial aircraft at the time.
As for the controls, instead of using a trimmable horizontal stabilizer, as most airliners use today, it used an all-flying-tail, called ‘stabilator’. When the pilot pulled or pushed the yoke, the entire horizontal stabilizer moved up and down instead of just the elevators.
There was also ‘Direct Lift Control’. When the aircraft was in landing configuration, the spoilers would extend 7° when the controls were in neutral, and could retract fully to 0° or extend up to 14° depending on the control input up or down. This allowed pilots to control the aircraft’s rate of descent on landing without needing the stabilizer and without having to change the aircraft’s pitch, allowing fine adjustments without abruptly changing the aircraft’s configuration, increasing safety.
And from 1977, it was equipped with an electronic FMS. This FMS had the following features: a Mach/IAS cruise control, an automatic Rough Air Mode that detects turbulence and adjusts the engine power setting accordingly, and a descent mode that figures out the optimum location to start a descent by ‘back computing’ from a preselected point, allowing ‘on-altitude and on-speed’ arrival. Yes, it had TOD and VNAV in 1977.
Among other innovations and peculiarities, it had the most modern autopilot of the time, which allowed full Cat III-c autoland and also had 4 independent hydraulic systems, named A to D.
To this day, there has never been a decent L-1011 for flight simulator. The best quality one ever released was Captain Sim’s L-1011 for FSX, from the days when Captain Sim still made decent aircraft, but I don’t remember it accurately simulating any of these innovations. I hope iniBuilds does, because the L-1011 really deserves a high-quality version.
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