A340-500/600 - FSX/FS2004

Detailed features

• Highly realistic exterior model
• Full virtual Cockpit
• Wing view included
• Virtual cabin
• 3D pushback truck
• Tyres stay flat on ground while takeoff or landing
• Detailed undercarriage including brake lines
•  Dynamic wing flexing (wing flexes during turbulence)
• Individual special effects attached to the physical properties of the aircraft
• Superb soundset recorded from actual A340 models
• Printed manual with additional information in PDF format which includes:
  CLS / A346 Flight Operations Manual with full flight procedures
  Full CLS / A346 Checklist
  Full CLS / A346 Reference Charts
• Animations abound; Passenger doors, cargo doors, flaps, rudder, elevators, undercarriage, engine fans, thrust reversers, control surface droop when engines are not running, high and low speed ailerons, spoilers
• Unique switchable Easy or Normal flight characteristics
• Unique viewpoint switching utility 'AeroView'
• Super realistic and detailed textures
• Dynamic texture shine
• Night textures
• Layered paint kit included to help create your own liveries (suitable additional paint program such as Photoshop required)

Included liveries

A340-600 - Eleven in total:
Airbus Industries.
Cathay Pacific
China Eastern
CLS house livery
Iberia
Lufthansa
Manufacturer's primer (unpainted materials)
Paint kit (all-white livery)
South African Airways
Thai
Virgin Atlantic

A340-500 - Fourteen in total:
Airbus Industries.
Air Canada - latest livery
Air Canada - Older livery
Air Canada - hybrid of new livery
CLS house livery
Emirates Airlines
Emirates Airlines - FIFA 2006 and belly logo
Emirates Airlines - FIFA 2006
Emirates Airlines - belly logo
Emirates Airlines - Dubai shopping fest 2006
Etihad Airways
Paint kit (all-white livery)
Singapore Airlines
Thai Airways

Instrument panel features

• A340-600 and -500 panel with realistic gauges
• Full virtual Cockpit with mouse clickable operations
• Overhead panel comes complete with air conditioning packs, fuel pumps, fire,
  fuel dump, Auxiliary Power Unit and lighting controls
• Realistic ND (Navigation Display) with limited waypoint display based on MSFS flight plans
• Realistic EICAM displays, covering many systems such as hydraulic
  pressure, flight controls, electrical power and many more
• Individually adjustable brightness for EICAS, PFD and ND displays
• Limited function FMC (Flight Management Computer) that allows for SIDs and STARs that are in the MSFS database, Radio and Navigation frequency entry, v-speed calculation, "direct to" waypoint features, progress display, estimated fuel on board and more
• Numerous pop-up sub-panels including large versions of the PFD and NFD
• EFIS (Electronic Flight Information System) displays complete with Constraints, VOR, NDB, waypoint and Airport overlays
• Realistic PFD (Primary Flight Display) with limited Airbus Laws Logic and Alpha Protection.
  Working TCAS (Terminal Collision Avoidance System)

Flight Model Features

• Highly tuned A340-600 and 500 flight model based on highly detailed real World documentation and experience in Airbus full motion, 6-axis simulators
• CLS 'True Feel' performance and feel based on FAA Level D simulators
• Unique switchable Easy or Normal flight characteristics

Additional features

• Uses the default MSFS payload and fuel editor for ease of use and reliability
• Uses the default MSFS flight planner and Navigation Log for accurate flight/fuel planning for ease of use and reliability
• Use of true A340-600 landing gear footprint as default gear points
• More than 60 individual contact point definitions and damage profiles throughout the aircraft
• Special effects:
  Tyre/wet runway water effects
  Engine start smoke
  Touchdown tyre smoke effects
  Fire/sparks from the rear underbelly when you over-rotate
  Burning rubber effects
  Inspection lights
  Dynamic wingflex
  Unique switchable Easy or Normal flight characteristics
  Unique viewpoint switching utility

Watch a video of A340-500/600