Fenix Simulations has recently issued a new update—and a subsequent hotfix—to their Airbus A321, part of their A319/A321 expansion from a few months back. The update replaces the CFM engine option from a CFM56-5B2 to a CFM56-5B3, offering 2000 lbf of extra thrust, making it the most potent CFM variant fitted on any A32X CEO.

Besides the new engine, the update also brings a series of EFB fixes and improvements, along with tweaks to the avionics, systems, and flight model to accommodate the new engine option. The complete changelog follows below:

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• Avionics and Systemssome text
  • Added an lvar for whether jet pumps are installed
  • Switched loadsheets from using the SimBrief planned aircraft registration to the actual aircraft registration
  • Fixed CF track intercept bug
  • Fixed MCDU THR RED/ACC values not being rounded correctly
  • Fixed certain characters breaking the formatting on the DCDU
• EFBsome text
  • Added persistence of chart zoom levels and positions (just within the current session)
  • Added CFM56-5B3 takeoff performance data
  • Added ability to switch between CDU1 and CDU2 in the Web MCDU
  • Added highlights to mass and balance fields when they will exceed MZFW and MTOW
  • Improved readability of pop-up dialogs in dark environments
  • Made error messages less ambiguous (less “server error”)
  • Fixed differences between system- and EFB-reported green dot speed
  • Fixed map and charts using magnetic heading
  • Fixed incorrect landing wind component in regions with high magnetic variation
  • Fixed flights showing as diverted after a turnaround
  • Fixed callsign being padded to four digits rather than three
  • Fixed malformed UI on planned numbers dialog when cargo input is clicked
  • Fixed EFB charging when PILOT OUTLET CB is popped
• Flight and Engine Modelssome text
  • Replaced CFM56-5B2 with CFM56-5B3 engines on the A321
  • Attempted an autorotation fix

A few hours later, they released a quick hotfix (2.2.0.426) to address an issue with contact points causing the A321’s nose wheel to sink into the ground and a preventive bug fix for low thrust output from the new engines under certain conditions.

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The A320 Family is available on their website for roughly $104.81.

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