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Synaptic A220 Available on the iniBuilds Store, Updated to v.1.0.7 for MSFS 2020/2024

Threshold1w ago

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The Synaptic A220 is now purchasable through the iniBuilds Store, with license-transfer options for existing Marketplace buyers. Version 1.0.7 addresses nose-wheel steering jitter that caused landing flips, removes a wing-fold workaround, fixes FMS and FCP behavior, corrects checklist and datalink audio, and adds Echo 19 sound improvements including retuned engines, new gear/touchdown effects, and updated GPWS callouts.

Excerpt from Threshold

Synaptic Simulations and iniBuilds have announced that the Synaptic A220 is now available through the iniBuilds Store and iniManager.

Since its release in July, the aircraft has been available exclusively on the MSFS in-sim Marketplace, so you could only purchase it through the sim itself.

If you previously purchased the A220 through Marketplace, you can use this form to transfer your license over to the iniBuilds Store.

Alongside the new storefront release, Synaptic has also updated the A220 to version 1.0.7, which is available now.

The new update has delivered a set of system fixes and sound improvements, for example, improvements to localiser capture and nose-wheel steering jitter.

The fix for nose-wheel jitter should reduce the risk of the aircraft unexpectedly flipping during landing, although Synaptic says the fix is not a complete solution.

A previous workaround that used the simulator’s wing-fold function to reproduce the large arrest in lift when the ground spoilers deploy has also been removed.

Synaptic says this may itself have contributed to some of the landing behaviour issues previously discussed above.

Moving on, the Flight Management System (FMS) preview indication will now remove itself after navigation is transferred to the localiser, several inactive menu items have been hidden, and VHF 3 audio should no longer be received when the radio is operating in data mode.

The Flight Control Panel (FCP) manual speed selection will now remain visible for 5 seconds, and the heading pointer will be hidden on the Primary Flight Display (PFD) when heading selection is in automatic mode.

Version 1.0.7 has also corrected checklist logic and datalink audio behaviour, as well as missing contrails and heat-blur effects from the engines and APU.

Update to Echo 19 sounds

The A220 has received new ground-roll and touchdown effects, and the developers have retuned the overall engine audio, reduced broadband noise and revised various higher-frequency characteristics of the engine sounds.

Sounds associated with nose-gear deployment, extension, retraction, and tyre scrub after take-off have also been adjusted.

Some cockpit interactions will now also use more spatial positioning, and most GPWS callouts and configuration-related aural warnings have been replaced with new recordings.

An updated custom checklist package for airBaltic liveries has also been added to the aircraft’s electronic checklist system.