The FREE A380 for MSFS: FlyByWire A380X Full Flight with a Real Airline Pilot

FlyByWire ahve released their long awaited A380 for Microsoft Flight Simulator. In this video we will go on a full flight and try it out, including cold and dark through to landing!

I am a real world Airline pilot with thousands of hours flying the real aircraft and thought it would be fun to have a look at the detailed simulations of airliners in MSFS and X Plane. Hopefully you find this useful and it brings another perspective to your simulation. Any thoughts or comments are welcome!

This video is intended for home entertainment only and does not reflect or represent any real world aircraft or airline procedures. It is for home flight simulator enthusiasts only and has no real world application. All views expressed are my own.

0:00 Intro & Exterior
12:29 Power Up
22:34 MCDU/FMS Setup
34:12 Brief/Checklists/Map
40:05 Cabin
42:00 Engine Start/Pushback
54:34 Takeoff
1:00:15 In Flight
1:07:45 Descent Preparation
1:15:50 Descent
1:21:25 ILS Approach
1:25:06 Landing/Replays

[AndrewSanderson]

If you’re not an instructor already, you should be. Superb tutorial with no rushing and clear explanations. Many thanks.

[adam]

58:25 love how the engines are wobbling with the wingflex! Amazing free product

[TheCessnaGuy]

I used to commute on an a380 regularly. The accuracy of this FREE aircraft is absolutely uncanny, they have done an awesome job

[DarkSwordsman]

It seems they got the right people on the project. In my opinion, a lot of this detail isn't hard, it just takes a lot of time. Time that is usually compensated for with money. I'm pretty sure they've been working on this for at least 3 years? But with the free modeling tools of today and the mass of people involved in FBW, I am not surprised they managed something of this caliber. Not to discredit the work, but to emphasize that it's possible with community sourcing and good management, and that their work is stellar.

[Jojos]

You're so calm and relaxed, love your videos, you're a pilot by nature. The best aviation channel by far!

[oelph]

Fantastic video! Because of all your previous a320 videos, I was well placed to get up to speed in the a380, and knew your first video on this behemoth would not disappoint! Thank you!

[CrashEd]

What a treat - so exciting to see this in the sim! Thanks for the review Capt! 👍

[dandare]

As we all know, thousands of simmers worlwide have been waiting 4 years for this release, and likewise waiting the last couple of days for the definitive intro flight from "The Boss". Always informative and I never cease to learn, though I do have to slow you down a cog or 2; I'm only a mere mortal. However, once again my hat's off to you sir, well done and thanks!

[stevoone]

As a sim pilot I’ve been loving flying the king of the skies, and been learning and improving a lot and really looking forward to each flight. I am shocked this is free… this puts a lot of pay wear to shame, im looking at you aerosoft with your a330 and some others. The team at flyby wire need a massive thanks from the community, fantastic product and it ant finished yet.

[steveokinevo]

Thanks for the video! Looking forward to flying this amazing aircraft around the world in flight sim.

[KnightlyTruth]

These are some of the best free planes I have ever used. Great video captain!

[ITMann]

Wonderful showcase of the FlyByWire A380X. Many thanks. Incredible work from the FBW team. I flew this yesterday, but unless your hardware has been upgraded you will struggle in the 8K version, users beware !. There is a big FPS hit initially. You will need a beefy CPU and GPU for the 8k version to make headwind in some of the more detailed airports. VRAM usage is very high even on the 4k version, well over 80% at some points for me. Apart from that this is truly amazing for a freeware product. I am sure that in the coming months we will see continued updates to further improve upon this Alpha release. Thank you.

[Fmify]

Beautiful Aircraft, Beautiful Scenary, Beautiful Landing 🧈🧈🧈

[DP-xzxr]

Wow - full credit to the FBW team, that looks awesome and if they continue to improve, fix and add to it as they have done the 320, it will be amazing. Absolutely fantastic work and kudos to all the team involved.

[prawns]

I really appreciate the time you put into your videos - so many great details that I would have completely overlooked on this amazing project - a absolute treat !

[brianharris]

“All Hail FlybyWire Team” tremendous work!!! Bourbon 🥃 for all!

[kendalley]

… brilliant and thank you too for going through this for us … so good to have an experienced commercial pilot taking time out to demonstrate this wonderful simulation of an iconic aeroplane while obviously having fun too👏

[WB-kxjw]

I was able to get this monster powered up, get in the air and land an ILS approach just from your work on the fenix a320. Tip of the hat to you captain!

[ConcordeFan]

According to FBW, the keyboard in the tray table only works for the OIT, which isn't (yet) modelled in the A380X.

[dougalmctavish]

Just the one I've been waiting for. Many thanks Captain.