Did anyone see the WinWing presentation at FSExpo 2024?
New A320 products:
MCDU - $130
EFIS - $85
Also radio and transponder - TBD
These compliment their very competitive FCU. There are 737 MIP, EFIS, CDU products at similar prices, in the pipeline.
Basically, there’s no point in (expensive) DIY or kit builds anymore.
For the 16 million users of MSFS they are leveraging their large scale manufacturing for the military gaming market and commercial flight simulators.
Did they provide any advice about when they might be available?
As per video no details on availability.
The WinWing FCU is available - the guys at MobiFlight have interfaced it to the 3 popular A320s. Check WinWings website for volume shipping in your area.
I don’t mind waiting, their products will save me a lot of effort and I probably would not take on the hassle of making an MCDU.
Agreed - Its likely worth the wait, just wasn’t sure if they had announced something somewhere I missed.
Cheers
Its insane line of product and prices, a pure gift to humanity. They have killed all competition except from the highest end.
I will likely buy everything for A320 and 737 except from the 737 MIP&EFIS, which I already paid 3-4 times the price from a competitor…
This almost makes me want to start flying the A320 or 737.
For those of you who love that experience, this looks a godsend.
Yes it is a godsend, and for me a very pleasant surprise.
I’m printing an EFIS, I have a miniCockpit FCU (although they sensibly scaled it 80% for laptops, its now too small with WinWing and everyone else at full size. They should seriously consider their ECAM and compact overhead to be full size.). The WinWing MCDU is what I want next, then transponder and radio.
The competitive manufacturers like WinWing will succeed in these difficult times for inflation and the economy. Bamboo labs are shaking up the 3D Printer market with advanced fast performance at lower cost.
well i was flying on XBOX but switched to PC and have not regretted it, when i was on XBOX i was flying the 737 as all i had was the honeycomb ALPHA and BRAVO, but seeing all the bits ii could get for PC Hardware and Software i decided to make the change and fly the A320 from Fenix which i love flying so seeing all the items that Winwing are going to be putting on the table is awesome, i will also be getting all the A320 bits, the FCU is already on pre-order just can’t wait to get it
I’ve just put an FCU on pre-order, but I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it… without the MobiFlight support (and, hopefully, Spad.neXt support to come) I wouldn’t have considered it. I don’t even fly Airbus yet, but given it’s so cheap I wanted to have the option.
I previously purchased the 3D printed SimpleFCU. Honestly, I admire and respect the good will of the guys who designed it, but the final quality of the product is truly embarrassing even if I have to say that it worked.
Now it has ended up in the corner of useless things after I purchased the WinWing FCU about two months ago, at a third of the price of the SimpleFCU!
The quality is more than great and it works very well, I’m just waiting for the EFIS module to be available.
WinWing did an incredible job for us enthusiasts!!!
Naturally I’m going to assume that this is not intended for XBox users?
I don’t know the XBox world but from what I understand it is not capable of running other programs outside games.
When I run MSFS on the PC, I also run MOBIFLIGHT to manage the WinWing FCU.
It could run the WW, if somebody wrote an Xbox driver.
Joysticks and throttles work on the Xbox.
I got my order within a week to the UK great service from WinWing
I’m guessing they’re out of UK stock since I’ve not heard a peep out of them since and I’ve not been asked for payment yet. IIRC it did say 45 days lead time so I’m not worried!
My order for an FCU was in mid April. Still waiting…
UK
Aww I hope it arrives soon - I got a second delivery today the airline joystick that was quick too
That’s terrible - I placed an order for one on 6th July and it arrived 15th - 10 days
Mine is a pre-order, so no money has changed hands. I’ve got one reserved and when stock is available in the UK (and others ahead of me in the queue have gotten theirs) they’ll email me to pay. I’m honestly in no rush. Had I paid money I would be more bothered.
Mine is also a pre-order so I haven’t paid anything yet. It’s still frustrating though.
Just checked April 17 was pre-orderd.