Aircraft name change options as advanced customisation

[fringe gyro]

So you know in real life, certain planes have been renamed after the manufacturer got bought out or merged (example the Avro RJ/BAe 146, or the Bombardier C-Series/Airbus A220). We already have variants as advanced customisation (example ER/LR) being able to change aircraft name, would be nice for some people who maybe want to fly their plane under its pre-merger name instead of post-merger for whatever reason

[random pendant]

The Bombardier A-220 doesn't exist, the Airbus A220 does.

[trim rampart]

senior mod making suggestion????

what the fuck????

[fringe gyro]

Bombardier CS

You don't change just the manufacturer yk

[trim rampart]

mm yes i love me the boeing md-11

[fringe gyro]

It never got called Boeing because it got discontinued by then I'm talking about actual planes that had been in production

[trim rampart]

also isnt the avro rj and bae 146 different

as in engine'

[fringe gyro]

In that case, that can be done too, we already have options for engines

[fringe gyro]

What?

We make suggestions too yk

[trim rampart]

didnt expect mod team to make suggestion

[fringe gyro]

Just because we are mods doesn't mean we can't pitch ideas

Granted we can pitch ideas in staff chat technically but that can get lost in conversation and the public can't speak about said idea so

Mfw prople forget that mods are players too and not just people who join to ban someone then leave

[trim rampart]

i thought you guys were like bots

[fringe gyro]

[inland crater]

lmao what

[dusk breach]

I recall Rice said no because it will quickly turn into regional variants pithole

If it doesn’t have anything different stat wise or visual wise

[fringe gyro]

Oh

So you default to the new name rather than the old one

[surreal ice]

@fringe gyro MD-95

[vivid trellis]

just es the plane and set your own nickname

(this is a joke i know the suggestion is different)

[indigo imp]

Enclaved is correct yeah; it looks good on paper, but actually implementing it would be quite painful

the A220 isn't really the worst one, but moreso older airliners like the 737 that have hundreds of customer codes

At the end of the day, it also doesn't really impact gameplay in a positive meaningful way; if anything it could cause extra confusion as those names would not be listed in the database (for now at least)

thanks for the suggestion regardless

[fringe gyro]

It's not about unique codes but just planes that were branded before the company merged into another, as I said bombardier CS300 becoming thr A220 yk?

[indigo imp]

We only do the most current name for the reasons above

[fringe gyro]

Fair

Funny thing... The A220 in game is labelled as a Bombardier CS300 lmao

[past parcel]

well the code is still BCS3 irl no?

[steel cargo]

I mean that is it's IRL ICAO

[vivid trellis]

when airbus renamed the Cseries the icao didnt change

[steel cargo]

BCS1 for the A220-100 and BCS3 for the A220-300

[fringe gyro]

I believe so

I just found it funny that it didn't get recoded lmao

But hey it's a throwback to its origins

[past parcel]

I assume recoding takes far too much paperwork for it to be worth it

[vivid trellis]

the question is

theoretically if there were to be a new a220 variant would the icao be recoded

[past parcel]

excellent question

we'll probably find out sooner or later

[fast adder]

With this logic the A330 neo could be renamed to the A350-800

[past parcel]

well not really

[past parcel]

yea but the A330neo was never built with the name A350

[fast adder]

true

[fringe gyro]

^

[simple sedge]

https://discord.com/channels/820044095535185951/1346108163866493030 would this one actually work in the game?

[fiery widget]

no the variant would get its own code

[quasi pier]

First smod suggestion denied

[simple sedge]

roles ain't matter

though I think it gets easier to talk with one of the devs when you're a staff

[vocal barn]

the thing is, suggestions are made for the public people to talk into and have a discussion about a particular topic
may that be on how it does things, why it's good, or if this is worthy for the public to add the suggestion

[simple sedge]

fair point

[fringe gyro]

Yeah we have direct contact with the devs

We chat together like homies

[shadow oxide]

CS300 was never made tho wasn't it?

nvm turns out it was

i always assumed airbus bought it before the first delivery

[shadow nymph]

Kinda weird hearing it being referred to as a different plane

When it’s really the same thing

[shadow oxide]

i meant like, i thought they changed it to the A220 before the first delivery

which I then googled and found out is false

it was delivered as the CS100/CS300

[indigo imp]

It wouldn’t for the reasons described below the message you replied to

[sonic crescent]

Sir

The RJ and 146 are technically two separate aircraft

Though

Exterior wise they’re identical

Afaik

[surreal ice]

Different avionics and whatnot iirc right?

[simple sedge]

well uh, now that there are multiple specs of the DC-8 that's linked with the engines, is there a chance for the same to be applied on airbuses?

take for the example the DC-8-12 in the viewer

one of the engine options was RR Conway 509 which is considered a -41 spec

now it would be nice to see something like these on airbuses:

A330:
P&W PW4000-100 (-X23)
RR Trent 700 (-X43)
GE CF6-80C2 (-X03)
A320:
CFM56 (A32X-214)
V2500 (A32X-232)

[fringe gyro]

Rice already denied these alternate name options

[simple sedge]

[fringe gyro]

Literally in the very message you replied to

And the message he replied to