There is also an excellent tutorial flight to get started from a cold and dark cockpit, from the Airbus base in Toulouse to Paris Orly. Models available:. One of the first things I noticed was the aircraft was nose high at cruising altitude and it was struggling to maintain the correct altitude.
After adjusting the configuration files in the Wilco Publishing load manager utilities I was able to correct this. The cockpit layout was not hard to get used to, since I had used the Phoenix Simulation Software A already. There are three difficulty settings, beginner, intermediate and expert, the main differences being in the initial setup of the flight plans and MCDU setup.
One issue I had with the cockpit loading was the fact that the cockpit displays were black when the aircraft was running. A quick check with the FAQ in the manual revealed that it is by default and simply scrolling the mouse wheel over each display made it brighter.
In the virtual cockpit the switches are moved by the mouse scroll wheel which is not quite intuitive, I only found out by accident! In true keeping with the Airbus control systems, the throttle has several "preset" positions of which the computer prompts you to use when in flight.
So don't treat it like a Boeing aircraft. You will constantly get reminders on the pilots Primary Flight Display telling you to set the throttle to the desired position.
I loved the flight plan loader on the FMC, which loaded the flight plan from the current one In memory. On top of Airbus Series Vol. The route and the moving map are still visible as they are displayed on top of the weather radar display. The Weather Radar can be activated from the 2D cockpit only. Your aircraft can land in any visibility conditions, whatever the weather.
All the necessary flight informations are displayed on the HUD so that no other instrument is needed. You can look through the window while flying the aircraft on the right trajectory.
The HUD is useful to manually fly low-visibility approaches. It even allows the lower the minimal visibility distance. The HUD is designed to be used in full-screen mode and can be displayed in the 2D cockpit too. The information management contained in the database has been improved so that all the waypoints that describe a SID or STAR procedure are no taken into account, whatever their type.
This is especially visible for waypoints that describe a turn to a waypoint or a radial interception because a nice curved route is then drawn on the navigation display ND. In order to take advantage of these improvements, getting a recent version AIRAC of the navigation database is strongly recommended. You can get a more recent database at Navigraph. A temporary flight plan is created like for any flight plan modification and requires a validation.
In addition, the trajectory is drawn as the aircraft flies, with a curved route when appropriate. Holding Patterns The aircraft flies the holding pattern trajectory almost perfectly. Flight tests have also been conducted with crosswind. Target Altitude The target climb or descent altitude is shown on the route with a blue arrow and its position is updated in real time.
It is very important if the ATC asks for a level during the climb. If it happens, the TOC point is moved accordingly instead of being wrongly positioned. On the navigation display, 2 different green needles can show the 2 ADF signals. Flight Plan Edition When a new waypoint is inserted on the F-PLN page immediate waypoint insertion at the place of a discontinuity, the discontinuity is shifted down and no discontinuity is added.
Flight Plan Display As the aircraft flies toward the next waypoint, the displayed distance to the next waypoint is updated in real time. Approach Speed The managed speed on approach depends on the flap handle position instead of depending on the flaps position, like in the real aircraft. This makes the approach the approach smoother with less variation of engine power.
This database is up-to-date and contains much more information than the database originally provided with the Airbus Series. Fly-by-Wire auto-coordination The fly-by-wire system provides auto-coordination.
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