Radio altitude callouts are misplaced in the most recent versions of the A20N. I have found myself repeatedly floating down the runway when this has never really been an issue for me. I recorded my last landing and observed that the 50 callout came at 60 on the PFD, the 40 callout came at 50, the 30 came at 40, the 20 came at 30, and the 10 came at 20. But then to make matters worse, it got to zero and stayed there for the remaining time that I was visually around 5-10ft off the ground and remained there through the final drop, touchdown and roll-out
The callouts should match the display and I believe the displayed altitudes are also set a little high. The main gear should touch at zero and the radio altitude should then reduce to -2 as the aircraft sinks on the shocks and rolls down the runway
FREQUENCY OF ISSUE
Every time on SU4 beta
REPRODUCTION STEPS
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Do a flight in the A20N and observe the radio altitude on the PFD while listening to the callouts
YOUR SETTINGS
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The A20N itself has been updated a few times throughout the past few weeks and I have only really noticed this issue since perhaps 1 or 2 updates ago of the aircraft rather than the beta. I am unsure if the version of the A20N in the beta is the same as the one on SU3. But there was a very definite change at some point in all of this where I started to think “really?” when I heard the 30 callout at which point I would normally begin the flare
Had this issue the other day. Definitely floating a lot a more then it should be. Also, even tho I set CONF3 on the overhead and MCDU, I kept getting “Terrain” GPWS alerts over and over as I got closer to the ground. Which shouldn’t be thecase by
Nearly all landings I do are config 3, set on both the MCDU approach page and the overhead GPWS panel and I’ve never had a warning. Normally it would be “too low flaps” you’d hear if you had it set wrong
I did another flight and this time I hit pause and grabbed a screenshot the instant that my PFD showed zero for radio altitude. Based on the A20N tyres being almost 4ft in diameter, I’d say I was probably still 10ft off the ground when the zero appeared. So if the radio altimeter is 0 when it should be 10 (and thus 30 when it should be 40) and the call outs are happening 10ft too early (says 30 at 40), then starting a flare at the 30 call out means actually starting the flare at closer to 50ft which is how it felt. A gentle flare after 20 felt much better and gave me a much better touchdown
