Supported Aircraft Profiles
Supported Aircraft Profiles
ACARS uses aircraft profiles to interpret telemetry safely. Unknown or unreliable telemetry should not become a penalty.
Status legend
Validated / mostly reliable
Profile confirmed by live flights and tests.
Detection validated / telemetry partial
Detection is correct, but not every signal is confirmed by live flights.
Partial
Some signals work well, others still need evidence.
Evidence-gated
Profile path exists, but debug bundles are needed before expanding mappings.
Unknown-safe
Unknown or unreliable signals are skipped or treated as limited evidence, not penalties.
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Current support map
| Aircraft / Profile | Sim | Status | Detection | Gear / Flaps | Lights / Signs | Engines / N1 / Reverse | Stable approach | Notes / Needed evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenix A320 | MSFS | Validated / mostly reliable | validated | reliable / unknown-safe | reliable | partial | reliable / partial | Best validated MSFS profile. Engine finish/cooldown evidence still being confirmed. |
| FBW A32NX | MSFS | Detection validated / telemetry partial | validated | needs live evidence | code-proven decoders | needs evidence | needs evidence | Need 1-2 full FBW bundles with approach, landing, reverse and shutdown. |
| PMDG737 | MSFS | Partial | partial / reliable | gear unknown-safe, flaps partial | partial | N1 usable, reverse missing | partial | Generic gear 0 without PMDG confirmation is treated as unknown, not gear-up fail. Need reverse raw evidence. |
| PMDG777 | MSFS | Partial | partial | needs evidence | taxi lights partly validated | needs evidence | needs evidence | Need full PMDG777 bundle with gear/flaps/N1/reverse/shutdown. |
| FSLabs A321 | MSFS | Evidence-gated | strong identity can resolve to fslabs_a321 | needs evidence | selector tables need evidence | needs evidence | needs evidence | Do not expand mappings without live FSLabs debug bundle. |
| iniBuilds A359 | MSFS | Evidence-gated | A359/A350-900 can resolve to inibuilds_a359 | needs evidence | INI selectors scoped, values need live validation | needs evidence | needs evidence | Need full A359 bundle with reverse and shutdown tail. |
| Zibo 737 | X-Plane | Partial / stable in recent testing | partial / reliable | needs formal validation | partial | needs evidence | partial | Recent tester feedback is positive, but a formal validation report is still needed. |
| FF777 | X-Plane | Partial | partial | needs evidence | landing lights fixed / scoped | needs evidence | partial | Landing lights use sim/cockpit/electrical/landing_lights_on, scoped to FF777/FF767. |
| ToLiss A320/A321 | X-Plane | Partial / needs evidence | partial | needs evidence | needs evidence | needs evidence | plugin/dataref limitations | Need fresh full bundle on current client. |
| Generic / default Airbus / Boeing | MSFS / X-Plane | Fallback / limited | fallback | generic only | generic only | limited | basic | Used when an aircraft-specific profile is not confidently detected. |
Fenix A320
Validated / mostly reliable
MSFS · validated
Best validated MSFS profile. Engine finish/cooldown evidence still being confirmed.
FBW A32NX
Detection validated / telemetry partial
MSFS · validated
Need 1-2 full FBW bundles with approach, landing, reverse and shutdown.
PMDG737
Partial
MSFS · partial / reliable
Generic gear 0 without PMDG confirmation is treated as unknown, not gear-up fail. Need reverse raw evidence.
PMDG777
Partial
MSFS · partial
Need full PMDG777 bundle with gear/flaps/N1/reverse/shutdown.
FSLabs A321
Evidence-gated
MSFS · strong identity can resolve to fslabs_a321
Do not expand mappings without live FSLabs debug bundle.
iniBuilds A359
Evidence-gated
MSFS · A359/A350-900 can resolve to inibuilds_a359
Need full A359 bundle with reverse and shutdown tail.
Zibo 737
Partial / stable in recent testing
X-Plane · partial / reliable
Recent tester feedback is positive, but a formal validation report is still needed.
FF777
Partial
X-Plane · partial
Landing lights use sim/cockpit/electrical/landing_lights_on, scoped to FF777/FF767.
ToLiss A320/A321
Partial / needs evidence
X-Plane · partial
Need fresh full bundle on current client.
Generic / default Airbus / Boeing
Fallback / limited
MSFS / X-Plane · fallback
Used when an aircraft-specific profile is not confidently detected.
Important safety note
Unknown-safe
Important: when ACARS is not confident in an aircraft signal, that signal should be skipped or shown as limited evidence. Unknown should not become OFF, FAIL, or a penalty.
What we need from testers
FSLabs A321: full debug bundle from cold/dark to shutdown, with reverse.
iniBuilds A359: full debug bundle with approach, landing, reverse, shutdown.
FBW A32NX: 1-2 full flights with approach/landing/reverse/shutdown.
PMDG737: reverse raw vars/LVars around landing and shutdown.
PMDG777: gear/flaps/N1/reverse/cooldown evidence.
Zibo / FF777 / ToLiss: fresh full bundles on current 2.4.42+ client.