TFDi even talks about ‘beyond study level’ for their upcoming MD11:
A new airliner for Flight Simulator is always something to be excited about, especially knowing how few they are. TFDi has very high hopes for its project, which they say is being developed up to a quality standard that is “beyond study level“. Bold claims, although it’s unclear what that means. TDFi says they are about 50 to 60% through the development, with the FMC and various other systems already working inside MSFS.
To justify the “study level” claims, the MD-11 will come with the simulation of failures, abnormal procedures, circuit breakers, and other things that are not usually available in other similar products in the market. An example that was given was an instance where there’s a system overload, which leads to a popping circuit-breaker and a cascading of failures to the rest of the airplane. TFDi says that most of the MD-11’s code is actually being run from outside MSFS, therefore circumventing some of the existing MSFS SDK limitations.
Working out your unexpected troubles with the actual QRH and abnormal procedures checklists on your lap. Yeah, that constitutes (beyond) study level for me. 