Airbus A350-900 XWB Advanced (FlightFactor)

The FlightFactor Airbus A350-900 XWB Advanced brings commercial aviation’s premier extra-widebody composite flagship into X-Plane 12. Engineered by Airbus to set new standards in long-haul aerodynamic efficiency, passenger comfort, and structural weight reduction, the real-world A350-900 features more than 70 percent advanced materials (composites, titanium, and modern aluminum alloys) paired with twin Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 high-bypass turbofans delivering up to 84,200 pounds of thrust apiece. Flown across flagship intercontinental corridors by leading global carriers—including Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa, Cathay Pacific, Air France, and Finnair—the A350 represents the pinnacle of contemporary transoceanic airline operations.

On the flight deck, FlightFactor delivers an expansive recreation of Airbus's next-generation avionics architecture across six massive 15-inch LCD displays. Crucially, the aircraft’s Flight Management Guidance System (FMGS) and primary flight display drawing routines were developed in direct partnership with ToLiss. This collaboration ensures rock-solid fly-by-wire stability, reliable lateral and vertical navigation (LNAV/VNAV), full ARINC 424 leg handling (including holdings and procedure turns), and fluid screen rendering. Cockpit interactions mirror modern airline workflows: pilots interface with an integrated Onboard Information System (OIS) on the outer displays to manage ground servicing, fuel and payload staging, passenger boarding doors, and digital documentation.

Under the skin, the aircraft models custom electrical, hydraulic, and environmental conditioning packs alongside triple Air Data Inertial Reference Units (ADIRU). In the air, the A350 exhibits the stable, heavily automated flight characteristics of modern fly-by-wire engineering. The aircraft incorporates automated pitch trim, bank angle limits, overspeed protection, and high angle-of-attack alpha protection. Long-range oceanic performance is backed by an automated fuel cross-feed system and high-altitude cruise efficiency up to Flight Level 430. While certain legacy visual textures and secondary cabin meshes reflect its evolution from an updated X-Plane 11 codebase rather than a clean-sheet native XP12 scratch build, the FlightFactor A350 remains an essential, capable widebody cruiser for long-haul line captains.

Primary Missions & Operational Roles

• Global Ultra-Long-Haul Intercontinental Flights: Flying long-range 10-to-16-hour transpacific, transatlantic, and Eurasian flagship sectors connecting primary global hub gateways (e.g., Singapore to Newark, Doha to London Heathrow, or Tokyo Haneda to Frankfurt).

• Modern Glass Automation & Fly-By-Wire Mastery: Operating a six-screen contemporary flight deck featuring keyboard-and-trackball cursor controls, automated normal flight control laws, and high-altitude step-climb profiles.

• Disciplined VATSIM / IVAO Oceanic Operations: Conducting transatlantic and transpacific crossing procedures with reliable FMGS waypoint sequencing, step-climb fuel monitoring, and coupled CAT IIIb autolands.

• High-Efficiency Widebody Fleet Rotations: Recreating scheduled modern airline rotations for carriers that anchor their international long-haul passenger networks on the A350-900.