Meet Airbus A330 family
Airbus developed the A330 alongside the four-engine A340. The two programmes shared substantial airframe and cockpit work, but the A330 used two engines. The initial A330-300 entered service in 1994; the shorter A330-200 followed in 1998.
The family includes several engine choices, different fuselage lengths and later A330neo developments. These distinctions reach inside the cockpit: engine indications and fuel arrangements are not identical across every version. The simulator catalogue brings the variants together while keeping each developer's description attached to its own aircraft.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
A330 (-200, -300, 300P2F)
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Edition / package Standard
The -200 and -300 have different fuel arrangements
The iniBuilds A330 guide distinguishes the -200's centre-tank configuration from the -300 and describes the horizontal-stabiliser trim tank. It also covers hydraulic preparation and engine-specific indications. The family contains different engine and airframe combinations, so the manual's variant labels are useful throughout the systems reference.
Microsoft / aircraft developers · Airbus A330 ↗Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.77,114; variants
A330-743L Beluga XL
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Edition / package Standard
The BelugaXL has a dedicated operating guide
The BelugaXL's oversized transport role comes with a separately published cockpit and operating guide. It includes its own hydraulic-system preparation. The relationship to the A330 provides family context, while the developer's XL guide identifies the actual simulated aircraft and its specialised configuration.
Microsoft / aircraft developers · Airbus Beluga XL ↗Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF p.77; engine-start preparation
Airbus A330-300
Laminar Research
Edition / package Desktop
Sidestick commands and automatic trim
Laminar's A330 guide explains load-factor-related sidestick behaviour, automatic trim and its relationship to bank and load conditions. It also identifies three hydraulic systems. These descriptions apply to Laminar's implementation and are not substituted for ToLiss or iniBuilds documentation.
Laminar Research · Airbus A330-300 POH ↗Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.18,24; FBW behavior
A330-900
ToLiss
Flight-control laws, hydraulics and fuel transfer
ToLiss documents normal, alternate and direct control laws for its A330, alongside hydraulic-flow and surface hinge-moment modelling. Fuel transfers can change centre of gravity. The v1.1 change log also distinguishes simulator branches, retaining X-Plane 11 support while adapting weather-radar behaviour for X-Plane 12. Internal force calculations are not automatically exported control-force telemetry.
ToLiss · A330-900 change log ↗A330-900; release sections versioned independently · Systems and change log; v1.1
Manuals & resources
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