Make A380 heavier

1st Official Post

    I think the A380 is quite light as of right now as It can land in almost every airport while in real life it needs quite some runway like 3/4 of WSSS while rn it only needs like 1/2 with M/FSX and at this rate i jst use 50% throttle for it to be realistic

    Best,

    War

    Aerofly Global (IOS) Iphone 12 Mini

    I checked the maximum landing weights and gross weights in Aerofly and here is the result:

    AircraftMLW *GW in AFin %
    A319 62,558,594%
    A32066,060,091%
    A32177,869,589%
    A380394,0480,0122%
    B737-900ER71,468,596%
    B747-400295,7285,497%
    B777-300ER251,0252,4101%
    B787-10202,0221,5110%

    *) wikipedia

    So some of the aircraft are already heavier than allowed. Especially the long-haul aircraft. And I think it was made to reduce the climb rate.

    Jet-Pack (IPACS)

    Perhaps it is a good idea to set the GW to 100% of the MLW in all the Airliners, so that the climb rate is not like a rocket (e.g. in the CRJ-900). And for the long-haul aircraft, you can add another 20-30%, like the A380, or reduce the thrustpower by a certain percentage? So it is not realistic, but a compromise between power, GW and climb rate.

    • Official Post

    The weight displayed in the A380 isn't correct. It's more like 390t as physical mass. This displayed number will change in an update.

    Increasing the weight by just 6% or so won't make that much of a difference. Adding 30% of weight in form of fuel very well might. But that only makes the takeoff realistic. The landing then will be overweight and unrealistic. With a mass below the max landing weight both the takeoff and landing can be realistic, even though the takeoff would not be a very typical load and lighter than usual.

    Quote from AHD

    And when will we get the option change the weight and fuel?

    I think the core and advantage of Aerofly is its simplicity.

    So you can load a flight, push the thrust forward and enjoy flying. Without all the calculations of fuel consumption (especially in windy or bad weather conditions).

    In Simbrief, MSFS or in Xplane there is an option to set the fuel and payload. But I think most users keep the calculation very simple and by far not as in real life. So you don't waste any unnecessary time with Aerofly and can concentrate on flying.

    Quote from WAR_Capybara

    I think the A380 is quite light as of right now as It can land in almost every airport while in real life it needs quite some runway like 3/4 of WSSS while rn it only needs like 1/2 with M/FSX and at this rate i jst use 50% throttle for it to be realistic

    Maybe as a workaround: Reduce the thrust by entering a higher flex temperature or by setting a thrust limit.

    In the Airbus:

    On the Airbus you can reduce the thrust by setting a higher number for the flex temperature.


    In the Beoing:

    In Boeings there is an option called "Thrust Limit". This allows you to reduce power by up to 20%!

    The derated function on the A380 did not work. I think this is the equivalent of the "Thrust Limit" function on the Boeings.

    Edited once, last by iFlyHigh (October 5, 2024 at 1:42 PM).

    • Official Post

    You never know what we are brewing behind the scenes or not. We have a long to-do list and are working on many things behind the scenes. Please don't expect features to come out the next day but we are also not ruling out the possibility that this the next thing we will be working on.

    One thing that we can say is that our goal is to keep things user friendly even if we add complex things such as weight and balance. If experienced users want to change the fuel or weight they should be able to do so but for the simple use case it should be set correctly and realistically by default. And a feature like fuel and load is likely going to be added to all aircraft at once, not just one aircraft.