I am using SimBrief to create flight plans for the FBW A320NX. I have a Navigraph subscription and am using the current Airac cycle. SimBrief, Navigraph and LittleNavMap are all displaying that they are using the same cycle. The SimBrief plans are not creating a TOD and have incorrect constraints for the Descent phase. For instance, the charts require one waypoint to be at 9000ft, but SimBrief has me passing it at FL220. The result is that I am flying too high and too fast to land if in Managed mode. On the other hand, if I import the SimBrief plan into LittleNavMap, all the constraints are correctly shown, and I find that strange. It is happening on flights in Europe but I have not experienced it in flights within Australia. I realize that I can use Selected mode to descend and land, but I should not have to. I would appreciate any thoughts.
Sometimes you gotta manually change them to match the charts. Dont think the fbwa320 does Rnav approaches which are commonly used. I may be mistaken
My system is a little cumbersome but it works. I create a Simbrief plan and then import it to LNM. Then I choose the same SID and STAR as Simbrief and add the approach and runway (usually the ILS). Then I import the plan and set a gate for start up cold and dark. Then I send the LNM plan back to Simbrief so I can open it from the FMS of the FBW A320. When in MSFS I open the saved flight plan, and program the FMS to match the flight plan. It’s cumbersome and assumes ATC will always assign the runway I’ve selected but it works.
Hope this is useful.
Isn’t that overly complicated? The flight plan is just what it says - a plan created by the dispatcher. At the end it’s the pilots responsibility to enter it into the FMS and verify its correctness and if it’s flyable. You should always double check what you entered with the charts anyway and correct it (in the FMS).
You don’t have to blindly depend on what simbrief spitted out. Especially in the context of SIDs and STARs. The departure runway might change while you taxi, the destination runway even more likely because of winds or something similar.
Yes. Sometimes just export directly from SimBrief to MSFS and choose the approach from the world map. But I like my method since I can follow my flight in LNM. I occasionally have to change the departure after receiving taxi instructions but seldom. If something changes on arrival and approach I can change it enroute.
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