ToLiss - Airbus A319 for X-Plane 11

Officially licensed Airbus product!

The Airbus A319 by ToLiss is a 120-140 seat single-aisle mid-range modern state-of-the-art FBW aircraft with a high focus on detailed system modelling.
 
Highlights:

• FMGS with SID/STAR, Airways alternate flight plans, performance prediction, etc.
• Out of the box with TSS (Turbine Sound Studios) custom sounds for the CFM engine
• Realistic FBW with Alternate and Direct law reversions
• Fault injection interface with support for roughly 90 different failures and probability-based random failure injection
• Choice of CFM and IAE engine, and wingtip fences or sharklets; choices affect aircraft performance and FMGS predictions

Detailed list of features:
FMGS:

• Support of SID/STAR, including all leg types (Arc, course or heading to intercept, Radius to Fix, Holdings, etc.)
• Temporary and alternate flight plans
• Full VNAV guidance with TOC, TOD, Deceleration point, speed limits, fuel prediction, etc.
• Altitude and speed constraints as the real aircraft deals with them
• Ability to change the selected STAR while already in the STAR
• Support for go-arounds and diversions
• Step altitudes
• Airway support
• 2 independent MCDUs and autopilots

Top-notch aircraft systems:

• ToLiss uses the QPAC Fly-by-wire and autopilot module, augmented to support Alternate and Direct Law
• Unique feature: Control Surface hinge moment modelling allows the surfaces to float to the appropriate position after loss of all actuators on a surface
• Fault injection interface allowing to inject custom selected failures, or randomly selected failure based on fault probabilities
• Custom TCAS with resolution advisory function
• Terrain on ND and Weather radar available (WX radar works with default X-plane weather engine)
• Brake temperature model based on the detailled physics of heat transfer between the individual brake components
• Hydraulics model in which the pressure is dependent on usage. This is most notable when dropping to RAT mode
• Detailed model of each ADIRU including alignment, small pressure sensor differences between the units, switching of sources for PFDs
• Custom air conditioning model supporting high altitude operations at airports like Cusco in Peru or La Paz in Bolivia without spurious warnings
• Flight warning system with ECAM actions supporting numerous system failure scenarios, e.g. engine failures, generator failures, hydraulic failures

Eye- and ear-candy:

• Detailed 3D cockpit
• 3D exterior model with CFM and IAE engine
• Choice between classic wingtip fences or modern sharklets (controlled via livery names)
• Custom sounds from Turbine Sound Studios (TSS) included for the CFM engine; IAE engine soundpack available as addon for a small fee

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 XPlane session end unexpectedly
• Jumping waypoint-to-waypoint through the cruise phase: Shorten your flight to focus on the more interesting parts as you like
• Integrated takeoff performance calculator supporting the use of flex temperature

• X-Plane 11 (64 bit only)
• Windows 7 / 10 (64 bit), (OSX 10.11+) or Linux (tested on Ubuntu 14.10)
• CPU i5 or i7 4th generation or newer or AMD equivalent
• Graphics card GTX 950 or higher (or Radeon equivalent)
• 16 GB of RAM

Version 1.5.1:
Major new features:

• Complete rework of PFD and ND drawing to improve representation accuracy and drawing performance (time required to draw cut in half on our test platform)
• Complete rework of the RAD NAV page, including custom VOR and NDB reception and decoding routines, appropriate ID vs frequency NavAid tuning and FMGS messages when performing manual ILS overrides.
• Big improvements to the SmartCopilot support: Both sides can brake, sidestick inputs are used simultaneously with Airbus style input priority logic, Popup MCDU is now useable

Minor new features:

• Main landing gear compression sounds are now faded in accordance with 3d sound fading option
• Improved flight phase logic for serial traffic circuits with full stop landings in between.

Bug fixes:

• Corrected outside engine volume and propagation distance
• Better touch down detection sounds even with 3d sound fading switched on
• Display of minima in the FMA now starts at 250NM from destination even when in phase cruise
• Fixed Landing Gear extension/retraction bug
• Miscellaneous FMGS and AP bug fixes

Version 1.5 (Build 1238):
Major new features:

• Sound system fully transitioned to FMOD sounds including new sounds such as door opening/closing, electric hydraulic pump, brake fans, and many more
• Joystick command support for TCA Sidestick and Thrust levers
• Addition of the Bottom of Descent and Descent profile intercept indicators
• Added simplified rain effects that also work under Vulkan/Metal

Minor new features:

• Added Stay-out zone for IAE engine on ground
• Adapted TCAS to new XP11.50 interface - now supporting up to 63 other aircraft
• Adapted TCAS to not issue alerts when flying parallel approaches, e.g. in KSFO
• Fine tuning of engine start timing to better reflect the differences between CFM and IAE engine
• Fine tuning of engine auto ignition logic
• Activation does not required aircraft reload anymore
• Idle factor on MCDU status page can be used to stretch or shrink the descent
• INIT page values CRZ TEMP and TROPO enter into the vertical FMGS predictions
• The pilot can now overwrite the ALTN fuel on the MCDU INIT B page
• Added functionality on OHP maintenance panel, like Blue pump override and FADEC ground power

Bug fixes:

• Improved landing gear strut absorber deflections for more realistic ground attitude
• Fixed SD page displayed after landing after engine shutdown - it's back to DOOR/OXY as it should be
• Reduced time to disarm slides after landing when engines shut down and beacon off
• Fixed numerous replay issues
• Fixed ISI reset issue on power transients
• Fixed TCAS panel CLR button behaviour
• Fixed cockpit brake pedal animations.
• GPWS does not issue glide slope warning anymore, unless you are on a ILS approach
• LAND ASAP is now displayed above secondary failures, as it is in real life
• Fixes to automatic SD page selection logic when ENG mode selector is set to IGN
• Improvements to the display logics of the MCDU flight plan page
• Corrected load assignments between generators to avoid generating power out of nothing
• 3D cockpit model fixes

Version 1.4.1:
Minor new features:

• FMGS now provides the extended runway centerline when selecting a runway without SID
• Engine parameters shown on the ENG SD page are now routed through SDAC1 + SDAC2 rather than the FADEC

Version 1.4 (build 1197):
Major new features:

• Complete rework of the flight path computation backbone for more accurate computed path
• Addition of the FIX INFO page
• Addition of the SECONDARY FLIGHT PLAN
• Addition of standby compass and opening cockpit door
• Reorganization of the ISCS for more intuitive operation
• Addition of ToteDeMacs Textures as baseline

Minor new features:

• Rework of PFD colours and Landing system symbology
• Added a warning, if experimental flight model is on, to ensure you switch it off and get the right performance
• Adapted aircraft to allow sounds and ground vehicles when using XP11.50 Vulkan including frame rate improvements
• Pause at T/D now stops one minute before reaching the T/D
• Smoother FD and AP behaviour in managed descent
• Sound balancing rework
• Allow brake pedal function with a single joystick axis
• FMGS now supports runways with two different ILSses and selects the appropriate one according to the FINAL data
• FMGS now supports computing the intersection between two airways when entering subsequent airway IDs
• ISCS TO performance calculator can now be forced to use TOGA thrust

Bug fixes:

• Too many to list all, as this version is a major rework of the aircraft

Version 1.3.3 (August 5th 2019):
New features:

• Improved APU GEN representation on the APU SD page
• Added background lighting to displays, FCU digits, RMP frequencies, clock, etc.
• Reworked the ECAM flap indication to match latest standard
• Reworked ECAM F/CTL + HYD page to match latest standard
• Added Delta ISA temperature information to SD permanent data; TAT and SAT on SD now depend on data source availability
• Added Datarefs to set the door modes: AirbusFBW/PaxDoorModeArray and AirbusFBW/CargoDoorModeArray - 0: Closed, 1: Auto, 2: Open
• FMGS initialization is now possible in flight using DIRTO and subsequently NEW DEST
• Flare law reworked based on new information
• Improve Autopilot ALT* law
• Rework of the Airbus house livery textures by Christopher Tantow
• Rework of the external model normals by MattDesigns
• SmartCopilot improvements by MaxWaldorf
• Improved landing gear ground contact noise
• Added sounds for the spoiler lever, the brightness rheostats, avionics ventilation startup, electrical DC relays
• Fixed a sound database bug, reequalized the engine sound volumes

Bug fixes:

• Fixed marching ants under PFD
• Fixed marching ants in wing
• Improved flap animation
• Fixed a bug with the FD button of the copilot side. (It now removes the FD bars from the copilot PFD)
• Correct AP mode reversions and AP disengagement logic during non-precision approaches with MDA defined
• Corrected maximum aileron deflection up when flaps/slats are extended
• When entering a RWY only approach, the FMGS adds a CF point 5NM before the runway as it should
• Fixed the MCDU key interaction delay to be a constant 300ms
• Fixed a bug with the use of Place/Bearing/Distance type points on the lateral revision page
• Yaw trim reset now goes all the way to zero, even if you release the push button