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A321ceo / A321neo · Flight Sim Labs · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A dated simulator-support announcement
Flight Sim Labs's A321ceo v11.0.1.302 announcement, dated 4 June 2025, introduces initial MSFS 2024 support. This is a specific release statement. The current product and update pages remain the reference for later support changes.
document snapshot; exact installed package not observed · A321ceo v11.0.1.302 announcement, 2025-06-04
A321ceo / A321neo · Flight Sim Labs · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A dedicated hardware-interface resource
Flight Sim Labs hosts a separate MSFS hardware-interface download area. That is the developer's entry point for the integration material, rather than inferring a supported interface from a generic MSFS variable list.
MSFS hardware-interface listing · Hardware Interface for MSFS download category
A32NX · FlyByWire · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manuals
A32NX · FlyByWire · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A32NX systems API
A319 / A320neo / A321 family · ToLiss · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
X-Plane aircraft and avionics manuals
A319 / A320neo / A321 family · ToLiss · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
ToLiss developer explanation of sensor-model datarefs
Airbus A320 family
The original A320 first flew in 1987 and entered service in 1988. Airbus subsequently stretched the design into the A321 and shortened it into the A319 and A318. The family made digital fly-by-wire and sidestick controls familiar to a large part of the airline world.
Family resemblance does not erase the differences between an A319, an A321 and an A320neo. Fuselage length, engines, fuel arrangements and equipment vary. In the simulator, the original bundled A320neo, the later V2 aircraft and independent developers' products also have their own systems and documentation.
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A330 (-200, -300, 300P2F) · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
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.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.77,114; variants
A330-743L Beluga XL · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
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.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF p.77; engine-start preparation
Airbus A330-300 · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
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.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.18,24; FBW behavior
A330-900 · ToLiss · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
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.
A330-900; release sections versioned independently · Systems and change log; v1.1
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.
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