Author Topic: Choosing loader type (AKH ULDs) - from transporter to old loader  (Read 829 times)

massivetree

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i like the idea of transporters but sometimes it breaks immersion as the airport i work at still uses cargo wagons + loader for ULDs. any way to revert back to the old loader with the fenix a320?

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kien569

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Re: Choosing loader type (AKH ULDs) - from transporter to old loader
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2024, 05:16:16 am »
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Re: Choosing loader type (AKH ULDs) - from transporter to old loader
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2025, 05:05:26 pm »
Same here, Looking too see the old Commander 15's with the dollys rather than this transporter. It doesn't fit many airports realistic configuration, is it possible to atlest have the option?

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Re: Choosing loader type (AKH ULDs) - from transporter to old loader
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2025, 03:41:01 pm »
The Commander 15 is way too large for the A320 family, the loading platform is too wide and in some models like the A319 is too close to the engines so no, the new loaders are the correct choice for the A320 family, because in real life they have been designed for the A320 family.

We might add newer models in future updates.

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Re: Choosing loader type (AKH ULDs) - from transporter to old loader
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2025, 08:13:36 pm »
Not true, I use Comander 15's on the Airbus narrow body in Canada, it has a feature to reduce the width of the platform allowing for narrowbody and widebody use. Ideal for Stations like Ottawa YOW, where we get 2 widebodys a day and the rest is Airbus 320's with Containers.

For the A319 is bulk only, always.

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Re: Choosing loader type (AKH ULDs) - from transporter to old loader
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2025, 05:24:53 pm »
Not true, I use Comander 15's on the Airbus narrow body in Canada, it has a feature to reduce the width of the platform allowing for narrowbody and widebody use. Ideal for Stations like Ottawa YOW, where we get 2 widebodys a day and the rest is Airbus 320's with Containers.

I was of course referring to OUR rendition of the FMC Commander 15, which doesn't have the variable width platform, which is an option. The platform we had WAS too wide even for the A320/321.

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For the A319 is bulk only, always.

That's why I said it was too large for the A319 in particular.

In any case, that's not really the point, the point is that is wrong restoring the old FMC models, because we haven't replaced them "just" because we have a new loader that has been designed for the whole A320 family (including the A319), so as an immediate solution IS the most correct one for the whole line, but we replaced them because the existing loaders started to look dated, because they were converted from P3D, and we are progressively retiring all converted models to replace them with new ones.

So, the correct solution is the correct one, while we are adding new ULD loaders, made from scratch in a similar level of detail than the new CCS loaders, and those not only will use the traditional "train of carts" method, but they will also feature 3 variations: Standard platform, Narrow platform and double scissors, so we can adapt to a wider variety of airplanes with an higher quality model.

They'll come in the next major update.

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Re: Choosing loader type (AKH ULDs) - from transporter to old loader
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2025, 03:27:12 pm »
Awesome Thabk you!