Toliss Simulations has recently released their rendition of the Airbus A330-900 for X-Plane 11 and 12, bringing the popular new widebody to the simulation realm with a vast feature list.
The A330-900 is the largest widebody in the A330neo family. It retains the fuselage length of the A330-300 while offering unparalleled fuel efficiency and range. It also yields the lowest seat-mile costs among midsize widebody aircraft.
Toliss’ rendition includes a list of A330-900 specific features, such as the HUD (X-Plane 12 only), DRAIMS (Digital Radio and Audio Integrating Management System), ATSAW (Airborne Traffic Situational Awareness), ROW/ROPS (Runway Overrun Warning and Runway Overrun Prevention System), and TOS (takeoff surveillance). Their ISCS is now built into the EFB.
It also includes a detailed Flight Management Guidance System with three independent MCDUs, two independent autopilots, SID/STAR and airways support, full VNAV guidance, altitude and speed constraints, equitime point computation, and more. Furthermore, it also sports a full-fledged fly-by-wire system with reversion between normal law, alternate law one and two, and direct law. The full feature list follows below:
Detailed FMGS:
- 3 independent MCDUs providing real life FMGS programming capability
- 2 independent autopilots
- SID/STAR and airways support in a fully custom FMGS backbone supporting all A424 leg types (Arc, course or heading to intercept, Radius to Fix, Holdings, etc.)
- Support for all approach types present in real life A330-900s, including GLS, ILS, SLS, FLS, LOC backcourse, etc.
- Full VNAV guidance with TOC, TOD, Deceleration point, speed limits, fuel prediction, etc.
- Altitude and speed constraints as the real aircraft deals with them
- Support for Go-Arounds and diversions
- Nav Aid autotuning
- Pilot item database, such as pilot fixes, pilot navaids etc.
- Flight plan saving via the Pilot routes page
- Equitime point computation and nearest airports page
Accurate systems:
- Fly-by-wire system with reversion between normal law and alternate law 1, alternate law 2 and direct law as per real life logics.
- Hydraulic model for flight control actuators computing hydraulic flow through the actuators, the control surface hinge moment, maximum feasible deflection etc. This gives realistic surface floating angles if a control surface is lost due to combinations of hydraulic and computer faults.
- Quantitative hydraulic model considering the maximum hydraulic flows of the different pumps as a function of engine speed. This is most noticeable when flying on RAT or with wind milling engines
- Quantitative bleed model considering the bleed mass flow for engine start, wing anti-ice air conditioning packs etc.
- High fidelity fuel system including inflight CG control by pumping fuel to and from the tail tank, fuel jettison, manual and automatic transfers between the different tanks
- Detailled model of each ADIRU including alignment, small pressure sensor differences between the units, switching of sources for PFDs and autopilot inputs
- Fault injection system allowing to trigger over 250 system faults either at a specific point in flight or randomly during a flight phase
- Cockpit display system simulating the dependency of the displays on the Display management computers resulting in real life display limitations
- ECAM system with over 30 warning and over 200 caution messages including associated ECAM actions.
- Backup Speed Scale (BUSS) to provide an estimated speed based on Angle of Attack data and an estimated altitude based on GPS data.
3d modelling
- Detailed 3d cockpit with animated switches
- Mouse gesture system for interaction with push-pull knobs emulating the motion on the knob with the mouse
Detailed cockpit lighting with reading lights, console light, tray table lights etc. - 2 class passenger cabin
- Custom particle effects for engine heat trail, Fuel jettison etc.
- Custom landing gear model for bogey touch down.
- Animated tray tables, HUD, cockpit window, cockpit seats, front window shades
Usability features
- Situation loading and saving. It is possible to save the flight at any point in time and resume it another day. This can also be used, e.g., to save the position just before approach and practice just the approach many times
- Autosaving allows recovering where you left off, should the X-Plane session end unexpectedly
- Jumping waypoint-to-waypoint through the cruise phase: Shorten your flight to focus on the more interesting parts as you like
- 4 different startup configurations from Cold and Dark to engines running and ready to go
- Ability to set each of the startup configurations at the click of a button without reloading the aircraft.
- In-screen popup displays or use of x-plane windows for popups
- Adjustable Wingflex via a slider in the ISCS
- Adjustable sounds via a slider in the ISCS
- Possibility to turn the screen reflections on and off
- Auto-updater by Skunkcraft Included
It’s available on X-Plane.Org’s Store for $89.99, requiring at least 1.2 GB of free hard disk space to install.
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