I am not surprised of broken autopilots in this game anymore. The most incredible thing is that this game has managed to destroy the most stable aircraft that i use to fly until now… I honestly don’t know what else to say…
Hello @BruskSole66556
The #bugs-and-issues category is for bugs in the core sim that aren’t about add ons (i.e. the PMDG 737) These can be posted in the Third Party Discussion category, however it is recommended to contact the developer directly via their discord, support email, etc.
I have moved your post into #third-party-addon-discussion. Thank you.
Had a nice flight with the Fenix from KMIA to KMSY tonight and the autopilot was fine. What problem did you have?
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Perhaps you could start by stating what has broken? Share an issue so perhaps others can share similar concerns or they can perhaps provide a solution. Unless you just wanted to vent.
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I have about 20 hours in the Fenix since SU10, and I haven’t had any issues with the autopilot. Are you in the SU11 beta? I’m not sure if that’s supported or not. Outside of that give us some details or try the Fenix discord as someone can probably help you work through the issue.
The latest Fenix update also helps with some of the handling of the aircraft too!
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I’m in SU11 beta and no problems with autopilot.
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I never had issues too until tonight after the last update of the aircraft. Suddenly while i was flying from LGAV to LGSA above KEA and although the pilot was engaged the aircraft started making circles around this point. I disengaged the AP and activate back but it didnt follow the flight plan according to MCDU. Also i am not a beta tester for SU11. Until that moment everything was perfect as always with fenix which i thing is the best aircaft for the sim until now.
the truth is that in the past the team in its effort to improve something, destroyed something else. Personally, I faced problems mainly with the autopilot, which followed the flight plan whenever it wanted to and sometimes it didn’t. My goal was not to enter the forum and start protesting just to vent. Like all of you, I want to start a flight without thinking every time if everything will work correctly. Piloting the Fenix A320 all this time and finding out how reliable this aircraft t is, I considered that the Asobo team is responsible for any malfunction of this aircraft as well.
Thanks for sharing a bit more. Of course everyone’s experience with the Fenix, and all aircraft may be different so you may have a legit issue. I can only share my experience that I’ve really never had a route following issue so it would be great to know how you’re setup to get a better idea into what’s going on.
The first thing I always ask when someone is looking for an answer to a “what’s it doing now” question is. What are your FMAs at the time of the issue? Those are there to tell you, the pilot, exactly what the aircraft is doing at all times. Can you share that? In the airbus the “autopilot” is a very generic way of stating the dozens of computers that are working to execute your flight. Sharing a bit more of the specifics is helpful. Starting with your FMAs.
I use simbrief for my routing and through the flypad i import it in MCDU. I always check my flight plan for discontinuities and if there are i make the corrections manually through mcdu. I dont understand the meaning of FMAs. I never heard it before so i would appreciate if you could provide some clarifications.
When this happens again. Take some screenshots and post here so we can assist you better. A screenshot of the MCDU with Flightplan page open. Also a screenshot that includes the primary flight display and navigational display.
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The FMA is the Flight Mode Annunciator and it is the heart and soul of the Airbus automation systems. It is critical to understanding what the aircraft is actually doing vs what you’ve “requested”. Here is a brief link to a great document that describes it in summary. Plenty of resources on line as well: http://www.airbusdriver.net/airbusnotes.pdf. Go to page 61.
Here is another breakdown of the FMA modes: https://www.flyfmo.com/fma.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=9?__blob=publicationFile&v=5
As @BAW303 mentioned, sending a screenshot of your PFD will include the FMA which will help us translate what the aircraft is doing to help figure out what’s going on. Shots of the other interfaces, the Flight Control Unit (FCU) where you dial in your inputs to the autoflight system, the Navigation display (ND), and the MCDU will form a full picture.
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Thank u very much. Although its s familiar instrument i didnt know the terminology. I will try to fly again asap and i will let u know if something happens again by providing pictures this time.
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Thank you very much for the help.appreciated.