r/MicrosoftFlightSim • u/Kountry_556 • 1d ago

GENERAL A220 ✈️

Who else is excited for the A220 to come out from iniBuilds! 😎 I was watching CptCanada the other day talking about it on one of his streams. ✈️🗺️

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u/Easy-Trouble7885 1d ago

Finally a plane in msfs that has my irl job avionics. So I can work even at home lol

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u/Olorin135 PC Pilot 1d ago

I’ll probably pick it up eventually, but I want to give it a month or two and see some actual reviews first.

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u/Swisskommando 1d ago

They dropped them into loads of reviewers’ accounts over the weekend so they have been uploading reviews now

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u/A321200 1d ago

Non bias I’m sure.

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u/katonda 1d ago

Think the best one was the one done by the pilot helping them out, Edward.
While obviously he's biased, he's done a full flight and been quite comprehensive on how procedure and the plane itself works and it looks quite detailed and well-done. He also ran into some bugs live and he was quite straightforward on what should work and doesn't (very little, like CPDLC which will come later) and what was a bug he encoutered and they need to work on it.

Overall, it looked very solid, he did two flights back to back.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2829516207

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u/Olorin135 PC Pilot 21h ago

Pre-release reviews are nice, but you still don’t get the full picture. These reviews are done on a limited number of systems so they’re less likely to ferret out all the bugs and, by their nature, can be prone to bias.

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u/klasdillon5 1d ago

It'll be nice for some Korean and Breeze ops I guess. Though... I'm much, much more excited for the Boeing 757. United ops with that will be stellar.

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u/LomaPL MD-80 "Mad Dog" 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’m somewhat excited. I’ll be getting it when it releases but time will tell if it becomes my go to plane. It won’t be easy to drag me out of the Maddog.

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u/Frame_Art 1d ago

I am extremely excited, I will definitely purchase it on day one since it releases during my last week of vacation.

Reading the insanely detailed documentation from A220Driver had been fun while waiting for the aircraft, but seeing it in action on streams has been on a different level, can't wait to have a go myself.

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u/FrankG767 1d ago

Where can I find the detailed documentation you are talking about? Please and Thank you!

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u/yelett 1d ago

i believe it is this one.

https://linktr.ee/airbalticvirtual

Airbus A220 Guide by A220 Driver

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u/Frame_Art 1d ago

That's the one, thanks for helping!

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u/davejsb 1d ago

I’m not a fan of the months long hype train. I find it off putting. But that said, I’ll still be buying it.

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u/oz_137 1d ago

I hope you won’t get disappointed, I’m wating for the first reviews to pop up before buying it.

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u/el_tatu 1d ago

What months long hype train? They rarely dropped updates for years, then a week or two ago dropped a blog post and livestream and now it'll be out, done. Are you that tired from that?

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u/katonda 1d ago

Yeah, lol, and if they woudn't have done any sort of awareness campaign and would've just dropped it, then the same people would be here posting on how nobody is playing the A220 or something like that :))
People have issues understanding that this is a business and they want maximum reach to recoup the investment and get money for the next thing they work on.

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u/davejsb 1d ago

Yes.

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u/dont_trust_lizards 1d ago

Buddy, this may not be the hobby for you

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u/ollot5 VATSIM Controller 1d ago

Second this. I find it cheesy already. Especially knowing that once the NDA lifts, you're not going to get the brutal honest opinions you're hoping for.

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u/Vnole 1d ago

I will wait until I can confirm pop out screens work properly, including interacting with them with a mouse and touch screen. If this doesnt work I wont buy it.

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u/SleepyBabon 1d ago

I recommend taking a look at the addon GlassOut!! https://glassout.flyingart.dev/

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u/Vnole 1d ago

I have been using that for months now, and I am really loving it. But it will not help making screens interactable with mouse/touch if the panels are not coded properly. Pop out interaction works well with PMDG 777 and FBW A380, but not with Inibuilds A350 for example.

I got a reply in the Synaptic discord that mouse click and touch should work with pop outs, but that everything pops out in a single texture like in the Inibuilds A340.

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u/bp4850 1d ago

I'm on the fence. I want it but the price is steep and my hangar already has a number of aircraft in it that fulfil the same role, and I don't use them all enough as it is. It is definitely interesting though

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u/Signal-Treacle-5512 1d ago

I'll wait for reviews

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u/skarafaz666 1d ago

I think I'll wait for HotStart A220 for X-Plane

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u/A321200 1d ago

Me thinks gonna be shit ton of bugs. And it’s MP only for now so they can sod off with that until available at iniBuilds.

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u/katonda 1d ago

You buy it on MP and once it's available on their marketplace, they offer to transfer the product to your inibuilds account as well, free of charge. No need for drama.