I think this all-electric aircraft deserves attention. It’s truly unique and looks like a well modeled, fun, mid-range fidelity add-on with some great features. This is a model that hasn’t actually flown in real life yet but may enter service in the next few years. Definitely something we haven’t seen yet in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Review flight by A330 Driver:
First look by AvAngel:
First look by Jonathan Beckett:
Skip to 39 minutes into Mr. Beckett’s video - but don’t blame me if you spew coffee all over your monitor!
I think forum issues ate my post here. Anyway…
This plane has had an interesting development, according to Wikipedia. The page is worth a read, I think.
I won’t be buying this because LivToAir isn’t exactly known for quality, but it’s certainly unique.
The Alice is a fantastic concept I’m very happy to see in MSFS.
Having said that this rendition in particular is not very appealing, the exterior model is quite bad, there are low res areas, low polys. Interior is very amateurish, again low polys, very very poor quality in the switches, levers, etc both in the modeling and textures.
The G3000 avionics are nice but from what I could research unrealistic, it’s a quick way to get the plane out without putting much effort into it.
I don’t think this is worth the price, it is borderline freeware quality to my eyes.
The devs surely gave some copies away to streamers for attention and unsurprisingly the reviews are very biased and lack the criticism that all simmers would appreciate about a new product.
There are even worst details in the reviews like backup instruments, that apparently don’t exist in the real plane being on without any source of power available. Those will be easy to fix but the model will probably stay low quality.
I have it, I like it, but I have a few questions/concerns/quibbles.
In Range mode with the power at max (500 KW each engine), I can’t make the clamed 370 KTAS cruise speed at FL200.
Is there any way to change the FLC speed from magenta to green so that I can change it from the default 165?
And for the love of all that’s holy, what file do I need to edit in order to clean these NASTY screens???
Fun fact: the former President and CEO of Eviation who oversaw the successful first flight of Alice is an avid MSFS player. We wrote a Community Spotlight article about him two years ago here:
I think the solution to this battery problem is to have a C-130 Hercules stuffed full of batteries flying alongside the Alice, with a long cable attached. Then the Alice could carry 18 people and have a few more windows 
That’s still eco-friendly, right?
Might as well burn more fuel and carry more batteries by using a C-5 Galaxy instead.
That takes aerial refueling to a whole new level!
Really there needs to be a seismic change in the way energy is stored or how much is needed to power stuff for any of this (+ cars, boats whatever other vehicles, phones & tablets, other mobile electrical devices) to be really useful in future.
At the moment it all feels like trying to crack an egg with a sledge hammer.
There are a lot of clever folk out there so something will come but there is too much potential being held back by corporate greed and their vested interests in the status quo of their current way of business.
My phone barely lasts a day even if I’m not really using it. Fair enough tiny battery, but tiny screen and mostly it’s just in standby. Steam Deck lasts only about 2 hours in a modern game. Crazy.
People had tried heavier-that-air flight for a long time before the Wright brothers got it right.
I agree battery powered aircraft are still a ways off from viability, but it’ll probably be a thing eventually.
You have to start somewhere. Early iterations are normally not the best.
To change FLC speed (default is 0) go to Flight Plan → VNAV → Profile → FMS Speed
For the G3000 over scratched screens, you can edit the GLASSTEXTURE_COMP.PNG.DDS file with Paint.NET or any software reading/writing .dds files. Make it completely orange (the exact same orange) and save it as a DDS file, not PNG. The file name must be the same: GLASSTEXTURE_COMP.PNG.DDS (.DDS being the extention), then update the layout.json file with a tool like MSFSLayoutGenerator.
I have Gimp and Paint . net, so I’ll have a look this weekend. Thanks!
I don’t know any self-respecting pilot that would allow their displays (or exterior glass) to get that dirty in the first place.
I picked this up simply because it’s something very different and that was interesting. On the whole I like it. Sure it’s not as polished as some for textures but I’m never one to fuss too much over that. It’s more about how it flies and how the systems work. Information on a cutting edge project like this is likely very hard to get so I’m sure some of this is not realistic but that said what’s there is nicely thought out and implemented. Glad to say that external control of switches etc is also straight forward and I was able to setup everything so good effort there.
Some notes for the dev on things that need fixing and should hopefully be quite easy fixes. These would all certainly be value added.
The gear indications on the lower portion of the EIS strip are lit red when the gear is up and locked. Red is a warning state and for gear generally indicates an unsafe state. The should just go out to say just a dark grey outline when up and locked, red when in transit or unsafe and green when down and locked.
There is no DME distance readout on the PFD when tuned to a VOR with DME. Haven’t tried an ILS yet but that may also be worth checking. Other G3000 equipped sim aircraft have this working.
You can’t use the scroll wheel on the GMC 710 autopilot mode controller to adjust your FLC speed because it seems to be stuck in FMC managed mode. This functions correctly in the default TBM930 which has the same G3000 system and autopilot mode controller.
Some instrument and key backlights are permanently lit. Cold and Dark is certsinly not Dark if you spawn in at night with the power off.
See the post directly above my last one. I haven’t tried it yet, but that’s next on today’s agenda.
THANK YOU!!! File edited, now off to test that and the FLC function.
OK… I’ll call this a workaround. What I’m really looking for is a way to turn the magenta speed green so that I can control it with the roller on the autopilot control panel.
Yeah I know that already but that’s not how it works in the TBM 930 which has the same autopilot mode controller. The Logitude controller has a switch to change between FMS and manual so it needs to be like one or the other. This is just stuck in FMS from what I can tell.
Any thoughts on coordinated turns in this bird? I am of the impression it’s backwards, you need opposite rudder to stay coordinated. Is this a T-Tail thing in the sim?
