Raw data ILS A320
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Raw data ILS A320
Hello folks,
pretty new on the bus. have a question for the experienced jockeys: i fly often raw data. Very nice aircraft,handling is good especially in windy conditions. But anyhow sometimes in nearly calm winds or shifting variable i experience that the track rhombe doesnt match with the localizer. Some kind of 2 or 3 degrees of to keep tracking. in the sim it works perfect. Also i experience sometimes that the aircraft counteracts my inputs. Coming from the 737 it feels like untrimmed. over all that happens not often and i just want to know you have experience like that or i just cant fly;-) i was talking now of a a321.
thanks guys
pretty new on the bus. have a question for the experienced jockeys: i fly often raw data. Very nice aircraft,handling is good especially in windy conditions. But anyhow sometimes in nearly calm winds or shifting variable i experience that the track rhombe doesnt match with the localizer. Some kind of 2 or 3 degrees of to keep tracking. in the sim it works perfect. Also i experience sometimes that the aircraft counteracts my inputs. Coming from the 737 it feels like untrimmed. over all that happens not often and i just want to know you have experience like that or i just cant fly;-) i was talking now of a a321.
thanks guys
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From: Krug departure, Merlot transition
I used to hand-fly raw data ILSs on the 319/320/321 on a regular basis, and I remember that -even in smooth air- some aircraft used to slowly but surely pitch up when left untouched, even though with no input on the sidestick the FBW should have theoretically maintained a constant one-G flightpath. Most noticeable when clean and quite annoying.
As far as the displayed aircraft track not quite matching the ILS QFU (final approach track), this was also common and a bit annoying, but for whatever it's worth I see it happening on the B744 as well. I suppose the track information comes from the ADIRUs/IRUs and of course after some hours of flying some errors are introduced...
Still beats letting the autopilot fly!
As far as the displayed aircraft track not quite matching the ILS QFU (final approach track), this was also common and a bit annoying, but for whatever it's worth I see it happening on the B744 as well. I suppose the track information comes from the ADIRUs/IRUs and of course after some hours of flying some errors are introduced...
Still beats letting the autopilot fly!
