![]() ![]() The overhead bins are for once crafted very well and the whole three classes of cabins look realistic, there are a few gaps though with the wall panels were you can see outside that needed not to be there. Most developers create very basic interiors for passenger aircraft, but these seats look the best of the lot and are very well detailed for the filler items they are, so for the users that like the cabin window views it is a nice (if lonely) place to be. Only thing that is not on the aircraft are any opening doors in passenger or cargo hatches, and they are sadly missed here. Only the slightly too shiny tyres are a visual note. Its not detail, detailed in the extreme if you know what I mean but it is still well done, and all the fixtures and fittings in the wings and undercarriage assemblies are well designed and close up you can find the small stuff that you like to look at while kicking the tyres on a walkaround. But in the last few years as competition grew (Virgin Australia) in the East coast (BNE/SYD/MEL) to West Coast (PER) market these aircraft have been refitted and used on these long domestic hauls, and now as Jetstar is receiving its first B787 Dreamliners the aircraft is now also replacing the already departed Boeing 767's that were for decades the backbone of the twin-aisle domestic fleet on the "Golden Triangle" of BNE - MEL -SYD that are some of the most heavily populated routes in the world. My familiarity with the A330-300 is with Qantas in Australia, and until recently it has been used mostly on the international routes and mostly to Asia. So the aircraft may look the same as before but it is significantly different. The aircraft has been gutted and rebuilt around Torsten Liesk's Airbus plugin system which is symbolic with all the best Airbus aircraft available in X-Plane from Peters Aircraft A380/A321/A319 series of aircraft, FlightFactor's A350 has the same input as does QPAC's original A320-232. v2 is otherwise a very different aircraft than the "original release" version. Because it is still the same and there was nothing really wrong with the external and internal design anyway. Outwardly the Version 2 (v2) Airbus A330-300 looks exactly the same as the original release. But they decided not to choose that route and that is brave but ultimately a more clever thing to do. Make no doubt that Jetsim could have easily reacted and just quickly patched up this aircraft and made it work. It is the reaction of the developer to deliver a good aircraft that can be the making of their reputation and credibility with their users, It is not that things can go wrong but in the way you react and fix them when they do that makes you a great developer. Having said that the aircraft has to still show that it has what it takes as an investment and the developer can fulfill that investment with upgrades.īut was the A330 - 300 too raw? To a point it was and it felt untested and slightly underdeveloped, but as I noted in the review it did have great qualities as well, but overall the expectations of the market overall were not met. I always give a developer a little leniency on a first ever release because they don't have the background and experience to understand everything that it takes to develop and deliver a top flight aircraft to a demanding audience. I noted the A330-330 as raw and slightly quirky on release, and that summed it up correctly. Until that time Airbus A330 series aircraft where quite rare or poor (except the converted FS versions from Samen) and the aircraft certainly had a needed presence on our X-Plane airways, because the A330 Series was one of the best medium range aircraft on the market until the A350/Dreamliner B787 came along and now it is still a market winner because its base cost is quite low, efficient and airlines will purchase on that basis. On the 1st October 2014, Jetsim (now RW Designs) released their version of the Airbus 330-300. Aircraft Review - Airbus A330-300 v2 by RW Designs
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