Airbus A321 by Toliss

Version 1.3 (June 2nd 2021)

Minor new feature:

- A321 NEO now features the FLAP/MCDU and PITCH TRIM/MCDU DISAGREE caution messages

- FMGS can now compute predictions across discontinuities

Bug fixes:

- Engine Fire now also works with engine at idle

- When performing a DIRTO with Radial In or Radial Out, the heading does not resync anymore upon insert, if already in Heading mode

- FIX INFO is now available again during PREFLIGHT Phase.

- RNP departures from NZQN RW23 work now as they should.

- Reduced speed trend and vertical FD jitter occuring during high accelerations

- Fine tuned AP altitude tracking and capture

- Improved LEAP and PWG startup sounds

- Brakes will not stop working below 2kts anymore.

- Removed aileron anti-droop on A321 NEO, as that feature does not exist IRL

- Livery control strings now work, if there is no livery config file present.

Minor new features:

- Oil quantity now decreases when the engine is running and increases when engine is stopped and all the oil accumulates in the sump.

- Crew oxygen is now consumed if you breath through the oxygen mask.

- Added AP TCAS mode for the A321 NEO

- Added Soft Go Around mode for the A321 NEO

- NEO specific cockpit changes: DDRMI disappears and ECON FLOW switch is replaced by Pack Flow switch, if a NEO engine is selected.

- Aircraft registration is now in a separate object (selcal.obj) with separate texture to easily adapt the registration to custom liveries

- Added Minimum and 100 above callouts for MDA/Baro minima

Bug fixes:

- PW Dual Cooling: The engine start will now only resume once both engines finished the cooling cycle

- A321 NEO will deflect ailerons up with ground spoilers independent of the Florence Kit setting.

- Rollout mode will now only disengage once you leave the runway

- Availability of ENG data on SD page depends on FADEC for NEO engines (on CEO engines, these pass directly through SDAC, on NEO they pass through FADEC)

- Aural alert volume does not reset to full on its own anymore.

- Added dry cranking sequence to LEAP engine

- Nosewheel animation deflects correctly now when using better pushback

- Unless in SRS mode, managed speed target cannot be less than green dot/s-speed or f-speed anymore even if there are flight plan constraints requesting less - it's the same in real life.

- 3d model fixes.

- Reduced crackling sound on NEO engines, improved whale and external startup sound for the PWG engines

- Windshield wiper volume now blends with cockpit sounds slider as it should.

- Major new features: Support for the NEO package addon featuring the PW1100G engine and the LEAP 1A engine, including 3 new fuselage exit configurations, A321 LR and XLR fuel tank configurations, A321LR and XLR weight envelopes, accurate fuel burn and climb performance, custom TSS sounds etc.

- Option to use imperial units for FMGS, weights and cabin temperatures

- Complete rework of engine failure handling: ECAM actions and speed target rework, beta target added

Minor new features:

- Improved lateral control laws for better handling during engine failures

- Added injected faults to the situation save.

- Complete rework for the managed speed computation for a given CI during the climb phase

- Retuning of the fuel burn for the existing engine types (IAE + CFM)

- Rework of the EWD for better accuracy of the representation

- Livery specific configuration items can now be done via a livery configuration file

- Added support for approaches with MA route points between the MAP and the runway, like e.g. LOWI RNP-Y for Rwy 08

Bug fixes:

- Fixed issue with disappearing LOC indication when flying the LOC backcourse

- Fixed issues with Minimum callouts when they did not coincide with Radio altitude callouts

- Fixed issue with inconsistent runway naming between procedures and scenery

- Improved smart copilot synchronization of the MCDUs

- Fixed a bug leading to x-plane freeze when changing runway after a go around (under certain conditions)

- Hydraulic brake accumulator pressure does not change anymore when changing from yellow supply to accumulator supply without changing amount of braking

- Fixed an issue with alternate flight plan loading if alternate plan is in "fms" format.

- Cabin chime queue is fixed so that no chimes are lost anymore.

- Corrected the logic for AC power supply to the system 1 fuel pumps. Direct supply from GEN1 now depends on the GEN 1 LINE switch as it should.

- Corrected vertical guidance for LOWI RNP RWY08 approaches. (You have to make sure to be at flaps 2 when crossing WI750/WI810, the subsequent 3.77deg slope cannot be flown clean without accelerating)

- ILS tracking retuning in LOC and G/S

- BSCU failures now actually do something.

- Limited alternate braking pressure to 1000psi

- Fixes to the VOR cone of confusion model - you do not lose DME or identifier anymore

- Improvements to ILS auto tuning

- Standby DDRMI now uses the same datasource as the VOR/ADF needles on the ND.

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

- 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:

- 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

- 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:

- 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

- Display of minima in the FMA now starts at 250NM from destination even when in phase cruise

- Improved Glide Slope tracking performance

- Improved GPWS mode 2 performance to reduce occurance of false warnings

- Fixed behaviour of FIX INFO page when two radials are entered and the first radial is cleared

- When copying the active FPLN into the SEC FPLN, the SEC FPLN page is now called automatically

- In DES phase, when extending flaps or slats, the managed speed target remains unaffected now, as it should

- When moving the thrust levers into reverse prior to touch down, the associated ECAM warning now self-clears upon touch-down

- Speed target in GA phase reduced to Green dot (rather than 250kts/CI speed)

- During TO, in SRS mode, the magenta bug now remains on the V2 mark, but the AP controls pitch to achieve a speed between V2+10 and V2+20 when all engines are operating

- KEDW is now available as an airport again.

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.

Bug fixes:

- Fixed an issue with entering a plan point in MCDU if alternate and active plan are both shown on FPLN page.

- Fixed issue with full deflection flight director just after take-off

- Fixed issue with popout windows changing size and position everytime they are closed and reopened.

- Fixed some ECAM text colors

- Fixed an issue with AP2/FD2 in any CLB or DES mode.

- Fixed an issue that can lead to the aircraft climbing in DES mode, when below minimum econ speed

- Fixed an issue with the temporary flight path not aligned when they should be.

- Fixed erroneous scaling of the vertical AP command in pitch speed control modes.

- Fixed order of MACH and IAS on PERF DES page

- Fixed sound player issues leading to crackling noises

- ISI backup power supply only available about 50kts CAS