When taxiing, isn’t Idle Reverse supposed to slow forward momentum more than Idle, when on a downhill incline, for example?
I might be doing something wrong, but idle reverse appears to make the aircraft go faster than it does in Idle.
Why are you using reversers while taxiing? That’s used only in extreme cases if you lose control of the airplane in extremely contaminated taxiways.
But yes, idle reversers should do nothing at taxi speeds. Not decelerate nor accelerate. It’s just an idling engine with the reverser cowls open.
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I must be confusing it with the beta-range on turbo-prop aircraft, which i was sure i remembered using to avoid picking up too much speed in taxi.
Either way, as you say, surely you wouldn’t expect the aircraft to accelerate forwards when in idle reverse, whatever it is used for? Of course, as i pull the levers back beyond idle reverse, the aircraft will eventually come to a halt. Maybe it’s a balance thing, with me using my throttle levers to select the reversers?
Yeah, maybe you should submit a report ticket for that. Idle reverse shouldn’t provide more fwd thrust than idle idle.
Reversers above idle detent aren’t used below 60kts (SOP depending). In fact after landing, at 60knots (SOP depending), the reversers are brought to idle and only when taxi speed is assured they’re stowed fully. I’ve only used reversers on taxiways in the simulator when they throw at us taxiways so slippery that it’s hard to imagine that the airport would be open.
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Ticket submitted thanks
Thank you very much for helping make the Fenix Airbus PERFECT!
Now when adding a custom waypoint in the MCDU even adding the runway number and orientation fully works, I have seen in YouTube videos that this detail was not functional a month ago.
Very good Fenix is also enhancing the MCDU to make it more realistic.
But I could find a little bug in the EFB Flypad. It is not possible to add departure airports, arrival airports and waypoints - simply because the virtual keyboard to type the airport code does not appear when clicking in the empty field or the + to the right end of the empty field.
I simply cannot enter any data on this page to create a visible flight plan:
Airliners don´t have a moving map in the default cockpit but I love seeing a nice moving map with all the countries and cities labelled, that´s why I love a nice EFB in the side window - this is kinda important to me just for personal reasons to have this moving map and the flight plan visible in the EFB.
I am not using Navigraph and Simbrief because I still need to learn to read Jeppesen charts, but my virtual CPL license is taking good steps forward and I would like to type the departure and arrivel airport, and the SIDS and STARS waypoints in manually 
Ah and there is another minor bug (or feature not finished yet). The overhead panel has a cockpit door video switch, but it does not have an “off” light illuminated when being switched off:
Hm it would be nice if Fenix would add some nice generic passenger cabin PNG picture showing up in that small screen when switching on cockpit door video similar to the Aerosoft CRJ.
The Fenix is a lovely plane a perfect plane with only a few small things to improve left. Adding some nice generic A320 (empty and clean) cabin photography showing up on this small surveillance screen when switching it on - epic cool feature for the extra plus of immersion!
Looking to understand something related to flighplan.
When I´m departing from KJFK and go straight to a star like shown in the pics.
Should i leave the discontinuity on the FLPN or delete it?
Just looking to understand how to proceed in cases like that.
Departure, should be on HDG mode until hitting the first STAR?
Cheers
Hi, the Flight Plan Discontinuity should be deleted by pressing CLR and the function button right to the left of -------------F-PLN DISCONTINUITY.
The problem just disappears and everything is cool.
As far as I have seen on Youtube some people use HDG mode on autopilot after starting and taking off, to level the plane in the exact direction the runway is heading, and switch to managed flight mode afterwards after raising the gear and stabilizing the plane.
Have a great flight!
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thanks for the reply.
At least i was almost right 
cheers
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Hia,
You don’t seem to actually have a STAR there (and since it’s a departure you’d be looking for a SID, right? ), just JFK 22R direct CESID. Since it doesn’t know the routing for how you expect to get there (no RNAV departure) it’s expecting that you’re using radar vectors and (I think) goes to HDG mode until you tell it to go direct CESID, or use HDG to follow your ATC given vectors. Also in this case I can’t find a SID that includes CESID as a waypoint when departing on the 22s, so you’d be in HDG mode getting vectors until ATC gives you a “proceed direct (something in your plan), resume own NAV” instruction at which point you’d go DIR and pick the waypoint, push the HDG knob to give NAV to the airplane and go on your way.
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Thanks a lot. I´m always messing with SID/STARS 
Those are the available SIDS from JFK 22R?
Free FAA Charts here;
You can then see which departure procedure best matches your takeoff runways and direction of flight.
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I was able to delete de discontinuity but unable to add CEVIS & COVIR
thats means that i need a departure ?
i was trying to find how to add those CEVIS AND COVIR to the flightplan
OK, that’s strange then - I would have thought the importer would have picked them up since they’re in the Simbrief plan. You don’t necessarily need to use a DP if you don’t have ATC requiring you to do it.
You should be able to insert those waypoints manually (I think you can click on the 1513 and then in the next page use the ‘next waypoint’ field to put in CESID and then do the same with CESID and insert COVIR).
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Done. Worked. Appreciate the replies.
Yaaass! Got this challenge sorted out and managed a full Autoland into EGLL/27L.
The key was to get to 180kts by the bottom of the ‘S’ bend of the Biggins approach, and drop to Flaps 1 before that first turn.
After that, the AP remained on and stable, and the rest of the approach worked as brilliantly as others I’ve flown.
Got terrific help and tips here, and over at Discord, which I’m thankful for as it was a situation I wasn’t understanding properly.
This is how forums are meant to work.
Help each other out, build each other up.
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Who is in the mood for a little Airbus texture enhancement?
Are you living in the Airbus and thinking “I wish Captain Eighties was here, bringing me a can of Fanta and a David Hasselhoff tape with cassette player, and enhance this and that in the cockpit a little bit!” 
Hm I am not sure anymore how “eighties” the A320 CEO really is because when looking through the pictures of my previous flight I have found out that I have flown in one in autumn of 2020.
But I still like to pretend it´s from 1989 or so because… I also like the eighties mood a Tomcat has!
https://flightsim.to/file/36502/fenix-airbus-a320-cockpit-texture-enhancements
And I have a stupid question please about programming the MCDU.
In all YouTube videos they are using Simbrief and Jeppesen charts. Thats interesting but I am not there yet to understand Jeppesen charts because I am learning to fly airliners since Friday last week.
How is a “top of descent” programmed into the MCDU without having access to Simbrief/Navigraph and only with Flight Sim 20 and with using this free website?
To make the ILS autoland function it seems to be necessary to program a top of descent into the MCDU. But I don´t exactly know how this is done.
Thank you very much for your help!
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Simbrief is free to use but you won’t have the latest AIRAC available. However, it is still a great tool to create your flight plans. After creating the flight plan, import it in the Fenix using the INIT page in the mcdu. TOC and TOD are calculated automatically once you fill out the INIT and INIT B pages.
One stupid question to real pilots, it seems I saw the pedal disc button on real cockpit photos, what does it actually do in a real plane?