----------------------------- FSX AIRBUS A330-300 ----------------------------- Aircraft Author: Thomas Ruth. Flight Dynamics: Philippe Marion. Lights and Effects: Philippe Marion. Repaint: A330-303 XL Airways France F-XHLF (GE) by Philippe Marion. Sounds (flightdeck environment & exterior sounds): Original GE Package: GE CF6-80-C2 Engine sounds by Patrick Cramer. Updated by Philippe Marion. VC/2D Panel & Gauges: Based on the default A321 panel. A330 Panel Original Author: Thomas Ruth. A330 Panel updates by Louis Quintero and Chris Evans. A330 Panel and Gauges updates by Philippe Marion. Aircraft Characteristics: ----------------------- Air File: PhmA333.air Model File GE: TomA333.mdl - New Air file! - Model with Full animations. - High definition DDS DXT5 textures. - High quality engine & environment sounds. - New Textures, Lights and Effects. - New NEO Virtual Cockpit and 1024px 2D panel. - Improved A330-300 flight dynamics. - Realistic ATC type and model. - Animated jetways ready (Ctrl-j). - Extended V1 speed gauge. - Airbus Altitude Callout gauge. - 9 exterior camera views. NEO Virtual Cockpit and 2D Panel features: ----------------------------------------- - New gauges: Backup Altimeter, Backup Airspeed. - New sounds: for all buttons, knobs and switches. - Integrated Head-up Guidance System (HGS). - Honeywell FMC by Garret Smith (modified). - TCAS V2 by Dietmar Loleit (modified). - Improved night lighting. - New 32x32 panel icons. - Cabin view. Aircraft History: --------------- This Airbus A330-303, registration F-XHLF, made its maiden flight on October 25th 2012, and was delivered to XL Airways France a month later, on November 30th 2012. Recently, it has mostly been assigned to the Paris CDG - Newark Liberty Intl. route, but occasionaly it also flies to Nice Cote-d'azur. The XL Airways fleet also features three A330-200s but F-XHLF is currently the only A330-300. INSTALLATION: --------------- 1 - Extract the zip archive in the folder of your choice. In the folder you should find 5 folders: "Airplanes", "Effects", "Gauges", "Sound" and "Manuals". 2 - Copy/Paste the complete "Airplanes" folder in your FSX \SimObjects folder. 3 - Copy/Paste the content of the "Effects" folder in your FSX \Effects folder. 4 - Copy/paste the content of the "Gauges" folder in your FSX\Gauges folder. 5 - Copy/paste the content of the "Sound" folder in your FSX\Sound folder. Note: You may need Administrator's permissions to do the above. 6 - Launch FSX/P3D, Select your new Airbus A330 and go flying! 7 - The "Manuals" folder contains further documentation on the A330. TESTING ENVIRONMENT: ------------------------ This aircraft was tested in Windows 10 x64. Microsoft Flight Simulator X Steam Edition. Microsoft Flight Simulator X + Acceleration Pack. DX9 and DX10 Preview Mode with SteveFX DX10 Scenery Fixer v4.0. DESIGN TOOLS: --------------- Textures painted with Paint.net. Textures converted with MWGraphic's DXTBmp. Lights and Effects created with FXEditor. Air file edited with Aircraft Airfile Manager (AAM). --------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or criticisms about this package, please contact me at marionphilippe@hotmail.com This package and repaint are intended for FREEWARE use only. It may not be redistributed for profit. ---------------------------------------------------------------