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Silverbird

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Whats your favorite A330 A340 package??
« on: June 05, 2009, 09:22:15 pm »
Hi guys after hearing so much about the Airbus 330 lately with the horrible airfrance tragedy, I was wondering what are your favorite a330 a340 package so far I only know theses out there.

1: Wilcos A330 A340 package
2: Commercial Level Simulations A330 A340 package
3: Overland Airbus package
4: Pss

I  mostly fly Boeing and McDonald Douglas aircraft, from the reviews I know that the wilco bird is ok but it has some bugs and no more service packs will be made, the cls is also good but it is a lite package more simple then the wilco one, the pss I don't know and the overland is just mostly about the model and vc no systems at all just default I just one know your personal opinion on the one you like the most.
Cesar

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Re: Whats your favorite A330 A340 package??
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2009, 11:53:52 pm »
Well as I have both, I find the CLS and Overland A330 to be basically the same. Only the panel is different but they are simple fly by GPS basic panels, nothing real... I tried out the Wilco, in a word... Sucks... So I would recommend you get the Overland package  which include several aircraft types both Boeing and Airbus. Or wait for the AirSimmer A330 which should be released in 2016 at their pace...

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Re: Whats your favorite A330 A340 package??
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2009, 01:20:01 am »
Hi Cesar,

You're free to make your own purchase decisions but I’ll give you my opinions anyway. I don't recommend the Wilco a330 -- the exterior model is a random, unrealistic piece of crap and the virtual cabin hurts fps. The CLS a330/a340 and the Overland package (which are not the same models) are fs9 ports (don't know which sim you use btw, but you said pss, so fs9?...) but good models. One plus is there are tons of liveries for both of them. I don't know much about pss a330 but it's quite dated and the model doesn't look that accurate IMO. Don't forget Project Opensky's Airbusses as well.

Also, besides the a330/a340s you mentioned, there are a couple of fsx-only options (only applies if you do or will use fsx). There's the great freeware A332/A333/A342/A343 by Thomas Ruth, which you can find on flightsim (avsim when its library is back) and other major sites. It’s a beautiful model that is fully fsx-native with default aircraft/Overland level functionality. There's a handful of liveries for it already, maybe more to follow. He said the A345/A346 would be released at a later date as well. And I thought Aerosoft is developing the a330 along with their a320 but not 100% sure, don’t quote me on that.

But again, the ones that advertise accurate systems – wilco and pss – have crap models, while the lite simulations are beautifully done model-wise, so it comes down to your own preferences.
« Last Edit: June 06, 2009, 03:32:41 am by JFKpilot »
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Re: Whats your favorite A330 A340 package??
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2009, 02:17:42 am »
The BEST A330/340 you can get for FS2004/FSX at this moment would be the Wilco A330/340 package and merging it with the Project Opensky, CLS, or Thomas Ruth models. The wilco A330/340 has the best panel available when compared to those crappy CLS and overland panels.

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Re: Whats your favorite A330 A340 package??
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2009, 02:44:17 am »
Thanks guys I appreciate your thoughts.  ;)
Cesar

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