Now THIS is "Study Level"! | Real Airbus Pilot | Fenix A320 - Full Flight Review | MSFS

Well here is one 320 pilot not raving. For a sim hyped and marketed to be better than the best ie FSLabs lets just casually take a look at a few things. Has any CFM-56 powered jet ever achieved 1600Kg/hr in cruise? I mean its only an error of 50% but hey Fenix said it would be better than FSLabs. Have you ever in your career on the 320 flown an initial take off pitch angle of 19 degrees? Empty with Toga maybe.This thing flexes and climbs at 19 plus its rate of climb is way out of kilter.
How about 15 degrees nose up on one engine? Try that in your next cyclic and let me know how that goes lol.
Fenix inability to get the external flight model to work has left them with inaccurate power, drag, lift etc creating a 320 that flies nothing like any 320 i spent 10500 hours flying.
Throw in an overhead panel thats circa 1998 and technically unable to fly an RNP AR because of drift rates and inability to fly RF yet somehow Fenix does.
Remember I didn’t claim it was to be the most accurate A320 ever released.
They also coukdnt get the fints correct.
Throw in a performance calculator not using optimised runway data so the calculations are pure fiction for 2022.
When a dev starts throwing out claims about how amazing there product will be and it ends up a hodge podge poorly performing mish mash of parts from 320’s from the last 25 years at what point do guys like you actually hold them to account?
This not only doesn’t compete with the FSLabs it barely competes with the distant fiurth place Aerosoft offering.
Fenix told us they would deliver the best 320 on the home pc market but its far from that its barely usable as a tool as its so inaccurate as to be unusable.
Wrong pitch settings, wrong thrust values yet in the FSLabs i can use the QRH Unreliable Airspeed values for pitch and thrust and get results within 3% which is as good as a Thales full motion sim.
Fenix failed to deliver what they said they would and there is years of work to fix the heavily broken Vnav, flight model, cockpit textures, systems but most of these will be unable to be fixed because Prosim is based on 20 plus year old A320 just look at the overhead.
One day it might be an “accurate” A320 as they claimed but thats not today and not anytime soon.

It’s very nice indeed! By the way, do you play in VR or something? How do you make the camera move around so smoothly?

so fenix a320 or pmdg 737 ? i have a top end computer rtx 4090 i9

Man you sound like paid add. You may be a real pilot but i dont think this is a honest first time review looks like you have already been in it for a while and you were paid for this add

Thanks I have been using the Aerosoft Airbus in FSX/P3D for a long time and I've been looking to upgrade to FS20. From what I can see this looks like the best Airbus option for me. I appreciate the time and effort that you put into this video.

Great video! I really liked the unexpected surprise on departure. Wonderful training experience. Thank you for sharing.

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Whats the recording software used to record your gameplay?

I will say this, being it’s a year old, I had bought this aircraft in the spring time and I have literally been taking time to like really learn how the aircraft flies as well as the flight plan set up is all new to me being that I’ve got simbrief and I’m very used to the flight plan set up on the PMDG products, now I was wondering this, could you by any chance explain how to properly go through the flight plan set up on the mcdu system, because that’s where I was confused most times on how to put everything in the right way, and do you use VATSIM to get all the clearances of climbing to certain altitudes, gaining confirmation on what speeds to go at?

Why don't ever speak to atc? Asking flight height reductions, increases, landing takeoff permissions etc?? Great videos btw

Fantastic video, well done. The MCDU programming is excellent, and better than a lot of real world training devices (not sure about ACARS though). I noticed the CPDLC unit, but didn't see it operating in the video. Is this operational? Again, hats off to the Fenix developers, and the commentator for this fantastic video, wonderful job in all respects!

Do footrests extend? N laptop on tray table extends? N compass can pull down? Thx

Excellent video and analysis.
Do you have an opinion of X plane 12 in comparison to MSFS and do you recommend or not X plane 12 for someone looking to get into flight sims

I just purchased this and I must say I love it. I love it for the fact that it is indeed an early model A320. One person in particular seems to feel it's invalid to model something that is now 30 years old. It replicates the flights I made on this aircraft in the mid 80's.
I dearly love hearing the gyros wind up, it brings back fond memories and even smells. I appreciate this model for what it brings and its VERY reasonable price. The best model on MSFS I have found.

After flying Airbus helicopters for the last 9 years you’d think I would like Airbus airplanes. Nope. Just can’t get myself to like them. Guess I’m a Boeing guy haha. Great videos though. Love your aircraft reviews.

Can i get the Fenix on xbox marketplace?

ryanair pilot by the looks of it

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us, Captain. I have just purchased the fenix. Thanks to you. Take care, and please continue sharing your amazing videos

Is it the one from fs2crew?

Sometimes I can’t get discontinuities to delete or clear.

Are you online? Or how does that work to get the real people sounding radio chatter. Dude I'm so jealous I'm in flight school right now. So I'm super anal with the 172 stuff lol. I'm new to the sim still trying to figure things out.

Wish I had this aircraft, quite broke for it but the FBW will do! This A320 definitely does excel in texturing, interior modeling, and cockpit design though

During my flight my autopilot is deactivated what is the cause

'Flight Controls Check' should be checked before Taxi. No I'm not a Captain just someone that knows the FSLabs A320 is the very best and cannot be faulted. So treat yourself to the best and you' know what you have missing. Checkout 'Blackbox711' channel. He IS a Captain.

If you was a real Captain?, you would not refer to 'real world' but instead you would refer to REALITY. You would not call it Phoenix but Fenix. Where was you dragged up?

Hello. I have a question! In the EFB setting, the airframe can be set both analog and digital, but if I set it to digital ISIS without DDRMI, the EIS 2 display shows exactly like the newer A320 versions. But along with it, the Adirs panel did not have to be changed in the new, simpler version without the alphanumeric keyboard. I hope you understand what I mean. Only when configured with digital ISIS without DDRMI?

I would have paid £100 for this - I feel like I’ve robbed fenix for the level of detail and how much I adore this sim.

Where can I find checklists?

Is this add on available on the Xbox version?

What are your camera settings?

What are you using to calculate the flex temp et al? Topcat perhaps?

For me this looks so real. What addons do you use ? Thanks!

What a beauty she is!!

Hi, thanks' for tour vid. I'm actually on Xplane 11 with the flightfactor and I'm thinking for moving on to MSG's with febix. Do you think it's worth the upgrade. As I look on it it seems good but what do you think ?

I fly an A320 IRL for JetBlue… and let me tell you that FENIX NAILED IT!!! Such a cool aircraft in the game

Fenix's rudder control on take off run too twitchy; no visible sign of rudder moving on take off roll; auto throttle miles too quick; ground steering too sensitive; N1 fan too fast spool up on start; engines way too powerful in climb; manual pitch control looks a bit twitchy. Cannot see much of an improvement on the free FBW A320.

Interested to find out before I purchase this aircraft if there is RNAV capability in this version (FINAL APP, brick and stick etc)

Nice video! Has this A320 got an IAE engines within the game as well?

Could someone do a livery for me for my virtual airline…? I will pay the necessary?

Ok, that engine sound in the cockpit is top notch!

you who are a real pilot, I ask you, what do you think of those who say that fs 2020 is not realistic?

Great Video May I ask what you were using for the ATC chatter in background sounded really good?

I play on Xbox when will this be available on consoleeee

Honestly looks virtually identical to the free, fly by wire A320.. Is it really worth paying 50 dollars for?

What graphics settings are you using and what resolution monitor?

A fantastic review that showed me everything I wanted to know like and a sub from my end. Very clear very detailed and obviously fantastic to hear a real a320 pilot give it a good run through would you say this is a close as it gets to real life?

Well done man what a great vidoe! what are your graphics settings?

What kind of ”camera mod” do you use.? Looks so much more realistic!:)

I just bought this today thanks to your review. I couldnt find any manuals. Does it bring any documentation like other add ons. If yes, where would someone find it? Thanks