Popular X-Plane promotional and cinematic video producer, Thomas Rasmussen, has released a video showcasing the new SIDs and STARs update, coming to the Flight Factor A350.

The video description also showcased a new changelog for the update. New features to come with the update include the highly anticipated SIDs and STARs, many bug fixes, and official Vulkan support.

Also included in the changelog, and also mentioned in a Tweet on the Flight Factor Twitter page yesterday, was confirmation that the update would also make the aircraft compatible with the new Thrustmaster TCA Airbus Throttle Quadrant. The new hardware offering from Thrustmaster, part of its new TCA Range is due to release in late September this year.

During the video, showcased items included entering a departure runway and SID into the flight plan, the onboard EFB (although there seemed to be no major changes with this) and the updated cockpit textures.

Also demonstrated was a full approach and autoland in KLAX on runway 25R using the ANJLL4 STAR, with a transition.

Full Update Changelog:

v1.6.5

• Fixed the fuel temperature 
• Added pause on TOD

v1.6.4

• Added 8.33 radio
• Fixed flap level issue

v1.6.3

• Added options for thrust lever usages
• Fixed several visual bugs in the cockpit
• Fixed engine contrails 
• New FMGC plugin

v1.6.2

• Added particles
• Fixed fuel consumption
• Fixed many minor texture bugs
• Fixed bugs reported by testers in navigation and in MFD
• Added some Thrustmaster support

v1.6.0

• Added SID/STAR support
• Added Wind and other pages to MCDU
• Added alternative flight plan
• Fully new cockpit textures
• Input improvements
• Fix ground service objects drawing in X-Plane 11.50 (Vulkan)

The Flight Factor A350 is currently available to purchase for $49.95, with the price increasing to $64.95 after the update has released.

Thanks to Discord user awfsiu for tipping us off to this news in the Threshold Discord Server.