Aircraft support · MSFS 2024 · Free
FlyByWire A380X in FlightFabric: limited controls and live data
This integration offers a smaller set of controls alongside live aircraft data. It is not on the homepage’s alpha support list. Testing is incomplete; start with the setup and limitations below.
Testing and limitations
The aircraft-specific controls are mapped from the aircraft’s documented cockpit variables and events. The project has not yet confirmed them one by one in a live simulator session. Treat this integration as something to try and help test; listing a control does not establish that it works in every variant or flight condition.
Check the result in the cockpit, even when the app reports success. Confirmation depends on the control and the data available from the aircraft. If something does not respond as expected, report it on GitHub with your aircraft and version.
Aircraft profiles
The app includes profiles for this aircraft. Inclusion does not mean every variant has been tested. Check that FlightFabric identifies your loaded aircraft correctly.
- FlyByWire A380X
Vendor: FlyByWire Simulations. Other A380 products from other developers are not covered by this page.
What you need
- FlightFabric 0.13.2 on the Windows PC that runs Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, with the aircraft installed. MSFS and the aircraft are separate products; FlightFabric is free and needs no account.
- Some controls use the separately installed MobiFlight Event Module, enabled in MSFS 2024 My Library. Aircraft data stays viewable without it; the affected controls, marked below, stay disabled until it is detected.
- Voice control is optional and runs offline in the desktop app; the voice-control guide covers microphone and push-to-talk setup in five steps.
Try saying
These examples match phrases in the app’s command catalogue. Recognition and the aircraft’s response still need checking on your setup. Hold push-to-talk, speak, release, then check the result in the cockpit. Numbers are spoken as digits, so 270 is “two seven zero”.
Browse the app catalogue and preview
These entries describe the app’s intended controls and data. They are generated from its catalogue, and listing an entry does not confirm it has been tested on your setup.
How the app labels it: A380X controls
Its Aircraft page describes the integration as “Compact FCU, exterior-light and flight-configuration controls with live aircraft readback.”
When connected it reports: “Controls ready. Set FCU targets in the matching SPD/MACH and HDG/V/S or TRK/FPA mode. AP2 and runway-turnoff lights remain read-only.”
Command mappings
Commands listed by the app, grouped by cockpit system. Descriptions state the intended action; they do not establish a successful simulator test. Check current availability in the Aircraft page or Control library. Setting a heading or altitude target does not engage the autopilot.
Flight guidance
| Control | Say | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Localizer mode | “localizer value”or 1 other phrasing | On / off |
| Approach mode | “approach mode value”or 2 other phrasings | On / off |
| Selected speed | “set speed value”or 1 other phrasing | 100–399 kt · step 1 |
| Selected Mach | “set mach value”or 1 other phrasing | 0.4–0.99 Mach · step 0.01 |
| Selected heading | “set heading value”or 1 other phrasing | 0–359 deg · step 1 |
| Selected altitude | “set altitude value”or 3 other phrasings | 100–49,000 ft · step 100 |
| Selected vertical speed | “set vertical speed value”or 1 other phrasing | -6,000–6,000 ft/min · step 100 |
| Selected flight path angle | “set flight path angle value”or 5 other phrasings | -9.9–9.9 deg · step 0.1 |
| Autopilot 1 | “autopilot one value”or 3 other phrasings | On / off |
| Autothrust | “autothrust value”or 3 other phrasings | On / off |
Altimeters
| Control | Say | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Captain standard pressure | “captain standard pressure”or 7 other phrasings | One action |
| First officer standard pressure | “first officer standard pressure”or 7 other phrasings | One action |
| Both standard pressure | “both standard pressure”or 13 other phrasings | One action |
Flight controls
| Control | Say | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Landing gear | “gear value”or 1 other phrasing | up · down |
| Flaps one detent | “flaps value one”or 1 other phrasing | increase · decrease |
| Parking brake | “parking brake value”or 1 other phrasing | Set / release |
| Spoilers | “spoilers value”or 7 other phrasings | retracted · half · full |
| Ground spoilers | “ground spoilers value”or 6 other phrasings | Arm / disarm |
Exterior lights
| Control | Say | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Nav lights | “nav lights value”or 7 other phrasings | On / off |
| Beacon lights | “beacon lights value”or 7 other phrasings | On / off |
| Strobe lights | “strobe lights value”or 7 other phrasings | On / off |
| Landing lights | “landing lights value”or 9 other phrasings | On / off |
| Taxi lightsNose taxi light only; runway turnoff lights are controlled separately. | “taxi lights value”or 9 other phrasings | On / off |
| Runway turnoff lights | “runway turnoff lights value”or 43 other phrasings | On / off |
| Wing lights | “wing lights value”or 1 other phrasing | On / off |
| Logo lights | “logo lights value”or 1 other phrasing | On / off |
Engines and thrust
| Control | Say | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Throttle detentUses the MobiFlight Event Module. | “set throttles value”or 3 other phrasings | idle · climb · flex · toga |
Presets
Presets group several intended switch changes. Testing an individual switch does not establish that the whole preset works in every situation. Review its settings and check the result in the cockpit.
Presets
| Control | Say | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Takeoff lightsLanding ON · Taxi ON · Strobe ON · Navigation ON | “set lights for takeoff”or 8 other phrasings | One action |
| After-takeoff lightsLanding OFF · Taxi OFF | “set lights after takeoff”or 10 other phrasings | One action |
| Lights for landingLanding ON · Taxi ON · Strobe ON · Navigation ON | “set lights for landing”or 5 other phrasings | One action |
| After-landing lightsStrobe OFF · Landing OFF · Taxi ON | “set lights after landing”or 5 other phrasings | One action |
| Start APUAPU master ON, allow 3 seconds to settle, then request START. Requires aircraft electrical power. | “start apu”or 7 other phrasings | One action |
| Panel backlighting4 dimmers · panel backlighting · flood/task lights and flight displays unchanged | “set cockpit lighting value”or 9 other phrasingsFor example: “panel lights fifty percent” | 0–100 % · step 1 |
| Flood and task lights4 dimmers · Flood and table lights · panel backlighting and flight displays unchanged | “set flood lighting value”or 5 other phrasingsFor example: “flood lights zero percent” | 0–100 % · step 1 |
| Flight displays10 dimmers · PFD, navigation and engine displays · cockpit lighting unchanged | “set display brightness value”or 17 other phrasingsFor example: “displays seventy five percent” | 0–100 % · step 1 |
| All cockpit lights8 dimmers · panel, flood and background lighting · flight displays unchanged | “set all cockpit lights value”or 3 other phrasingsFor example: “all cockpit lights fifty percent” | 0–100 % · step 1 |
Live cockpit data
Values listed in the app’s aircraft profile. Coverage, freshness and accuracy depend on the aircraft and connection; not every value has been checked in every variant or flight condition.
Flight guidance 12
- Speed value
- Heading deg
- Altitude ft
- Vertical value
- Mach mode
- Trk fpa mode
- AP 1
- AP 2
- Autothrust
- Autothrust status
- Localizer
- Approach
Altimeters 4
- Captain active
- Captain STD
- First officer active
- First officer STD
Exterior lights 12
- Strobe
- Beacon
- NAV
- Logo
- Wing
- Landing
- Taxi
- Runway turnoff
- Individual landing 2
- Individual taxi 1
- Individual runway turnoff 2
- Individual runway turnoff 3
Cockpit lighting 18
- Glareshield percent
- Glareshield lcd percent
- Main and pedestal percent
- Overhead percent
- Main flood percent
- Pedestal flood percent
- Captain table percent
- First officer table percent
- Captain PFD percent
- Captain ND percent
- Captain weather percent
- Captain MFD percent
- First officer PFD percent
- First officer ND percent
- First officer weather percent
- First officer MFD percent
- Upper display percent
- Lower display percent
Engines and thrust 4
- Throttle lever 1 angle
- Throttle lever 2 angle
- Throttle lever 3 angle
- Throttle lever 4 angle
Aircraft systems 20
- APU master
- APU master fault
- APU start
- APU available
- Engine 1 N1
- Engine 2 N1
- Engine 3 N1
- Engine 4 N1
- Engine 1 running
- Engine 2 running
- Engine 3 running
- Engine 4 running
- Fuel total pct
- Fuel total weight lbs
- Gross weight lbs
- Cabin altitude ft
- Cabin vertical speed fpm
- Cabin delta pressure psi
- Outside air temperature C
- Mach
Controls 8
- Flaps index
- Spoilers handle
- Spoilers armed
- Parking brake
- Gear handle down
- Gear nose pct
- Gear left pct
- Gear right pct