So I’m a real lover of GA aircraft. Pretty low level flying around POIs and with BushTalk Radio yammering in the back ground.
I did purchase the CRJ700 and really like the tech aspects of it. Also love the DC6.
SO with the latest updates thought it’s about time I tried an airliner. never had the appeal as wasn’t sure the point of good scenery below and not seeing it and just letting the AP do everything.
But! It’s a joy to get involved in all the technical aspects of flying this thing. The FBW mod is just amazing to me. Also using P2A so have to config the aircraft for speed and altitude restrictions.
After a load of videos, nailed the start-up, take-off and cruise; created my own check list that seems to be fine.
My first non AutoPilot ILS approach went really well, but had a very heavy landing. Now on my way from LSZH to EGMC.
It’s one of my favorites also! It is constantly being improved and easily kept up with FBW’s Installer. It quickly checks if you have the latest version before you start FS2020. Installation - FlyByWire Simulations Guides
S is the Slats speed, if you deploy the flaps lever to position 1, it will deploy the Slats (the front part of the wings). On that configuration, the Auto-Thrust will target the S speed on the PFD.
When you pull the flaps lever to position 2. The Flaps will extend to configuration 2. And in this position, the Auto-thrust will target a new speed, the F speed shown in the PFD.
If you set your approach to FULL flaps configuration in the MCDU APPR PERF page, when you pull the flaps lever to position 3, the F speed will change to a slower speed while extending the flaps even more to position 3.
When you pull the flaps lever once more to FULL position, the F speed will disappear and will be replaced by the triangle airspeed, which targets the VApp speed on your MCDU APPR PERF page.
The clean (green dot), S, and F, as well as VLS and VApp speeds are all automatically calculated by the MCDU by taking into account your aircraft weight, centre of gravity, fuel load, QNH, Temperature, and Wind direction and speed. Which is why these parameters are required to be entered before you take off and before your approach to have the aircraft calculate these speeds correctly.
Once they’re correctly calculated the aircraft will be able to target the correct speed on approach, allowing you to have a safe and comfortable approach and landing.
Southend nice!! I was a fueller there. Fuelled a ton of airbus jets and gained a lot of knowledge from the pilots too. Incrsdible aircraft the airbus are.
For the FLAPS/THS thing I just put “1” and leave the THS bit blank. The FBW starter guide says something about looking at the CG figure and comparing it to the guide by the trim wheel but I don’t think it’s a working thing yet.
I usually just use FLEX TEMP 58
And THS is depending on the Center of Gravity and how the Pitch trim is position on take off.
Usually, I always set my FBW A32NX on Default Payload. Then shift my CG to 50.10. This will bring the center of gravity as far back as possible. Then I pick my fuel load according to my flight. The amount of fuel will shift the current CG around, that’s fine.
When I’m in my flight. I entered the ZFWCG into the MCDU, for example, the CG is 37.6. Then I turn my pitch trim to match the CG number on the scale. Usually it becomes 2.0. So I entered the THS as DN2.0 as it is a nose down trim for takeoff.
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