Airbus Pilots Question...
 

Hi there...

Just wondering if someone could help me.

Downloaded an Airbus 318 on Flight Sim, panel is really realistic and looks almost 100% identical. Design made by Aerodesigns.

Well, my question is the following. On the default FS9 planes, once the flight plan has been set, during the flight, you can set the Autopilot and press the NAV button instead of the HDG button, and this will actually make the plane follow the flightplan. On the Airbus, I cannot see the NAV button. The Autopilot is quite different, in order to activate the Heading, Speed or Altitude, you must press on the button which actually sets the value desired, and a white dot appears next to the AP Altitude, HDG or speed, when it is activated. There is no NAV button, and was just wondering if there is such a function on Airbus that allows you to follow your flight plan, meaning that you don't have to set a different heading after each waypoint on the flightplan.
Many thanks for your help on this one ! Much appreciated.

Regards

On an Airbus, you PUSH the HDG button on the glareshield to follow the lateral flightplan route (Managed Navigation). This results in the HDG window becoming dashed and a white dot appearing alongside, but the real place to look to find out what's going on (as with most EFIS aircraft) is the FMA along the top of the PFD, where "NAV" should appear in green.

The aircraft will then follow the green line flightplan route.

If you PULL the HDG button, the heading window opens allowing you to dial in a heading to fly, just like a Heading Select knob. The FMA will then say "HDG".

Hope I remembered correctly, perhaps a 'bus driver can confirm?

Press ctrl (control) and n at the same time on the keyboard. This will activate the NAV setting on the Autopilot.

Make sure that GPS is set instead on the NAV on the autopilot panel or the aircraft will take a different route. Most likely a ILS lock on or something. It is on the 737 anyway!

I am interested in getting the Airbus for my sim e-mail me the link or the place you got it.

Also if you have any questions I am fairly quick to reply.

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(M)ashing the Knob = M for Magenta and managed mode i.e flown by FMGC in ECON CRZ etc etc
(P)ulling the knob = P for Pilot interaction or selection of whatever required.

hi, just emailed you to [email protected] the A318 file for you to check out !! Let me know if you like it !

No NAV button on the AP panel, altough there is an option whee you can change from HDG to TRK.
Option HDG disappears from AP window and COURSE is now active with default setting of 340. I am a bit confused as the COURSE can be set exactly like the HDG ! This makes me believe that I am still doing something wrong. any ideas please ??

Any ideas ?? Also wondering ? Any way of creating Landing Gear or Hydraulics Failure with FS9?

or even wondering if a cabin depresurization is possible? thanks for your help with this. All the best.

If the sidestick goes bonkers, we're all screwed or what?
Boeing or bus? I wanna have control over my aircraft.

The Bus has two ways the pilot can manually control lateral and vertical modes.

1 - Heading / Vertical Speed

This is the default mode. When you pull the heading knob you can steer the aircraft by heading. When you pull the VS knob you get.... vertical speed.

So, for example, approaching LGW under vectors, where you are required to make a constant descent with no level-offs, you might make a vertical speed selection to avoid that happening. The reason for this is that when you are in 'heading', the aircraft will not manage the descent profile for you; you will go into 'open descent' mode, the engines will be idled and you may be coming down too fast to avoid a level off.

2 - Track / Flight Path Angle (FPA)

Pushing the button next to the heading knob switches to TRK/FPA. Now when you select a course, the aircraft flies exactly that.. the track you asked for. Or, in other words, a wind-corrected heading.

The selected vertical mode now becomes FPA and can be selected in 0.1 degree increments.

Very useful for flying a VOR approach - lock onto the final approach track in Track mode, and just before the top of descent mode, select -3.0 degrees (or whatever is appropriate for your procedure) and you will commence a continuous descent at that angle, without having to step-down, as done by light aircraft.

You cannot mix modes.. i.e., you cannot have Heading and FPA, or Track and V/S.

There are many ways to skin a cat - LOC only approach for example - some guys prefer V/S, some prefer FPA for the vertical mode.


Push the heading knob for NAV mode. Pull it for Heading/VS or Track/FPA.

Push the alt knob for managed climbs / descents and cruises - the profile will be controlled by what is in the FMGS and the engines will spool up/down as required to maintain your profile and speed.

Pull it to go into open climb (max climb thrust, v/s controlled by speed) or open descent (idle, v/s controlled by speed).


The real aircract goes into NAV mode automatically, fairly shortly after departure to follow the programmed SID.

So, the PF after finised his/hers approach briefing finds out that
we got plenty of time to fly this STAR.
Not high and hot, so i just push this bottom.
And all of a suddon HELL brakes loose.
AIRBOOSE activates a mode that noone has ever heard of
before, NOW we can see the difference between the
Airbus pilots and those who is flying the real stuff (BOEING)