3D Model of A319 Air Berlin By PerspectX (Browse This Publisher's Products) (View Profile)

A detailed model with a low poly count of an A319, complete with texture sets. Most components pivoted and parented for animation 

All major surface textures are 2048 in greatest dimension. Photoshop templates for each detail are available for download. 

First delivered in 1988, the A320 pioneered the use of digital fly-by-wire flight control systems in a commercial aircraft. With more than 3,000 aircraft of the A320 family built, it is the second best-selling jet airliner family of all time after the family's primary competition, the 737.After the initial success of the A300,began developing a new model aimed at replacing the world's most popular aircraft at the time, the 727. The new would be of the same size, yet offer improved operating economics and various passenger capacities. The digital technology in the A320 would herald a two-generation technological leap over the all-analogue 727 and be a generation ahead of the737-300/-400/-500 series. The A320 was targeted at the global fleet replacement requirements for the 727 and early variants of the 737.After the oil price rises of the 1970s,needed to minimise the trip fuel costs of the A320. To that end,incorporated advanced features including fly-by-wire flight control, compositeprimary structures, centre-of-gravity control using fuel, glass cockpit (EFIS) and a two-person flight deck. The end result was that the A320 consumes 50% less fuel than the 727.Bernard Ziegler was the initiator of the aircraft's then revolutionary fly-by-wire flight controls with sidestick cockpit controller and full glass cockpit. He successfully convinced aviation authorities of the concept's validity.