Airbus A320 family ↗Pilot account
Eastern promise – interview with Rola Hoteit
Rola Hoteit · 2015, issue 4, pages 28–29
SourceEastern promise – interview with Rola Hoteit ↗Career Flightpath, Royal Aeronautical Society
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Airbus A330 family ↗Simulator documentation
A330 (-200, -300, 300P2F) · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Takeoff performance depends on completed loading
The A330 tablet can calculate takeoff references and transfer them to the flight-management system. The user selects dry or wet runway conditions, and the tablet can calculate the takeoff stabiliser setting only after loading finishes. A loading-in-progress message therefore points to a specific prerequisite.
iniBuilds A330 manual v1.0.1, 17 September 2024; documented simulator behaviour · PDF p.34
SourceAirbus A330 ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
Airbus A330 family ↗Simulator documentation
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. Engine and airframe combinations are identified by variant throughout the manual.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.77,114; variants
SourceAirbus A330 ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
Airbus A330 family ↗Simulator documentation
A330-743L Beluga XL · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Loading a large object also changes the weights
The BelugaXL's cargo page loads and unloads visible cargo, with assigned weights for some objects. Starting that load can override a previously entered zero-fuel weight or SimBrief payload. The manual calls for checking the final weights on the payload page after cargo loading, including when a plan was imported first.
iniBuilds BelugaXL manual v1.0.0, 16 September 2024; documented simulator behaviour · PDF p.31
SourceAirbus Beluga XL ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
Airbus A330 family ↗Simulator documentation
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 XL guide covers its specialised cargo configuration.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF p.77; engine-start preparation
SourceAirbus Beluga XL ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
Airbus A330 family ↗Simulator documentation
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 systems are documented for Laminar's aircraft.
Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.18,24; FBW behavior
SourceAirbus A330-300 POH ↗Laminar Research
Airbus A330 family ↗Simulator documentation
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
SourceA330-900 change log ↗ToLiss
Airbus A330 family ↗Simulator documentation
Aerosoft A330-900neo · Aerosoft · MSFS 2024
Product and edition scope
Aerosoft lists Aerosoft A330-900neo for MSFS 2024. The linked listing was captured 28 September 2026.
Product listing captured 28 September 2026; A330-900neo, MSFS 2024
SourceAerosoft Aircraft A330 neo ↗Aerosoft / Just Flight
Airbus A330 family ↗Simulator documentation
Aerosoft A330-900neo · Aerosoft · MSFS 2024
Documented product features
Aerosoft describes an A330-900neo simulation with custom Normal and Direct flight-control laws. Its product page also describes flare trim logic and an optional automatic take-off trim setting. These are Aerosoft product features, separate from the default MSFS A330 and ToLiss A330 entries.
Product page · flight-control and trim features
SourceAerosoft Aircraft A330 neo ↗Aerosoft / Just Flight
Airbus A330 family ↗Research-based aircraft background
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 products cover different variants, each with its own developer documentation.
Aircraft / family
SourceAirbus A330 ↗Wikipedia contributors
Airbus A330 family ↗Pilot account
Captain’s log: landing the first Airbus A330 in Antarctica
Carlos Mirpuri · 5 December 2025
Airbus A330 family ↗Pilot account
The flight test of Airbus’s refreshed widebody – the A330neo
Mike Gerzanics · 2019
SourceThe flight test of Airbus’s refreshed widebody – the A330neo ↗Flight International