After over 5,000 hours in the Air and mainly flying this Bird! I guess your demonstration is the very best I've seen here on the UA-cam. Thank you so much for showing me what's right what I've been doing it and not the least where you filled up few items to keep in mind what means and how they work
You are fun to listen to. I hope you continue to make videos for each plane with each difference. Maybe a tutorial on editing and changing flight plans in-flight. Maybe a video highlighting the differences between systems between planes. Maybe even how to use flight charts and approach plates. Thank you for these tutorials, they are a big help
Ah..so great to stumble across this - THIS is a proper tutorial - explaining the why's, the option's, the if's and but's - great content - keep making these videos!
Check the deadzones on your controller or gamepad. They default to 0% in MSFS for some reason. It solved my problem. Its located in sensitivity in the controls options screen.
What really has me thinking is why the trim keeps making it way to 100% up on its own. I trim it back to neutral and immediate it goes 100% trim up on the neo. Another annoying thing is I adjust the heading just a little and it starts turning fast on its own.
This has been the best video that best explained everything. The fact that I’m in Connecticut also helped with your references. I love this sim and I’m working hard to get better. Thank you again.😊
I am sure you have much knowledge but you are going 100 mils an hour and moving to fast your mouse cursor all over the screen. Slow down remember this is a tutorial video for us to learn. Thank you for putting this video.
I too think he speaks and move a bit fast - but having seen many so called "tutorials" about this (FMC on A320), he actually does a great job explaining things. I feel that the "general" parts, turning on the apu, turning on the engines, on so on, he does not explain much and does it to fast for it to be a tutorial - but those are not the subject matter, the FMC is.
Turn up your anisotropic filtering in your graphics options. It's almost no extra processing but it'll make runways look to much better at shallow angles when you're landing.
Well now so much makes sense. I couldn't get the autopilot to work to save my life. I wish they had added the 737 that was my go to plane. I suppose ill adopt this one for now. Thanks!!!
Absolutely great tutorial. I have one problem and that is getting my A32NX (or default 320neo for that matter) to track the GPS heading. In the AP section I do not see the up and down arrows on either AC. I know this is my problem, but why aren't they showing? I am determined to master this AC, but so new right now. I am used to Boeings!
You know what some may find funny - or not. I found it easier to set up this system as well as the one in the 747 then the Garmin units (which I'm now getting okay with thanks to your video's - I do need more practice).
Really good video with a good in-depth look in the FMS. I'm trying to learn the FMS in the A320 so i can plan in my own SimBrief plans. I have a question though: When i look in my SimBrief routeplan, i see 2 types of data. Waypoints and Airways. I saw when you entered in the Waypoints in the F-PLN page, you did not enter any Airways, only Waypoints. Does the FMS grab those Airways without entering them in manually on the FMS?
This is very good video. I just want to fly with minimum rules. This is the only video showing me what I need. However, it will be much more helpful when you perform something, turn the view to the instrument. Thank you so much.
@@Nicholas-ce5tm I figured it out there is an option somewhere in the game. For some reason the function is off by default. When I get home I'll look it up for you.
@@Nicholas-ce5tm Dang man it took me a minute to find that option. They sure do bury it. Okay so navigate to general options/accessibility/user interface/cockpit interaction system (change that to LEGACY). That should get you going!
I hope you'll do one on the 747 autopilot too! I'm super comfortable flying the Airbus autopilot now after watching this and flying around with it, but the 747 system's speed control and VNAV stuff is a little confusing after being so used to the autopilot on Airbus.
Very helpful. Unfortunately my plane seems to enter a 90 degree left or right turn when I engage autopilot. I can only assume it's a bug as even following your instructions here doesn't make a difference.
@@tuna3875 There are some invisible "detents" that are not visually shown as "pushed in and pulled out" and only shown with the dash-dash-dash-ball indicator
Great video ! I just don't understand why the managed altitude doesn't fallow the Flight Plann.. the Heading and Speed works fine, but when I select Altitude to Managed Altitude it just fallows the altitude selector, not the altitude set on flight plann
I can’t stress enough how much you helped me out with this comment. I’ve watched about a million tutorials and not a single one even MENTIONED NAV mode. Thank you so much
Super video. Don't sweat the comments about moving too fast - that's what the video pause button is for. I think I have spent about 3 hours with your video and I'm still learning new things.
How do you go about changing the flight plan mid flight? What I mean is let's say you miss the airport and need to land at another. I can not seem to find a way to "enable" or select a specific way point for the AP to follow. I realize from what I can tell the current waypoint it is going to is rather easy but what if I wanted to edit that waypoint or let's say I wanted to go to a different waypoint on the flight plan. Would I use the Direct? Then when it gets there how do I get back on the flight plan? Can you do a video of mid flight alterations to the MCU? Thank you!
Autopilot is useless in FS2020. The plane always enters a banking turn and goes into a dive when I turn it on. I know I’m not to blame, despite not being a pilot in real life, because in FSX the autopilot follows my commands to a T. I program the autopilot to climb to 35,000 feet at a climb rate of 1,800 feet per minute at a heading of 065, it does exactly that. FSX = Obedient autopilot FS2020 = Suicidal autopilot
@@kiefergeorge Maybe you've tried this, but in my case, I had to set a higher deadzone (6%) on my aileron axis, in the sensitivity window. AP was trying, but the drift on my yoke was a bit too much for it. You can check to see if the center point is actually in the middle or not in the same place, too.
@@kiefergeorge Hope it helps, good luck! If you haven't, also check out the flybywiresim a32nx mod, it's free and fixes a bunch of issues with the default plane.
I don't get it, literally the second I hit AP the plane decided to bank hard to the right and just do 360's forever. I followed the guide exactly. What did I do wrong????????
If you're using a Xbox or PS controller, make sure to check your joystick dead zones. I had the same problem and it turned out to be stick drift on my xbox controller. Adjusting the dead zone helped.
@@23100Battlefield Go to options>controls>controller. There is a button in the top left called sensitivity. There you can adjust sliders for the y and x axis of the sticks and for the triggers. The deadzones are default set to 0% meaning there is no buffer before they register input in game. I set my sticks' deadzones to 10% to give a little buffer zone before inputs are registered. That might be too much or not enough depending on how bad the stick drift is in your controller.
I've experienced this kind of strange behaviour too. Banking, never trying to level off, ignoring everything, it seems. Also, sometimes, turning off the AP, I'm all of a sudden unable to stear the plane manually, it just crashes to the ground, ignoring my joystick inputs. I think the A320 FMC is controlled by evil, psychotic AI.....
Extremley helpful video. My only question is how do I find details of airport using FMS? In the G1000 I can use the Nearest feature and it tells me the runways and freq.
I've been trying to land but I'm struggling a bit at the very end because something is not mentioned, so the question is: When is the right time to cut or lower the throttle? You say on the video: "we are responsible now for the throttle and the brakes" but not sure when and how we go from the previous throttle position "CL" to a different one. Thanks!
Is it only me having problem with latest update? AP seems no more working and this plane start flying in circle and going down. Before it was totally fine with same procedures. IFR A quick question also.. I've seen a lot of video and everybody use different throttle settings for take off, here flex, someone toga and others climb, what's the truth?
@@MarkRiddellRacing in fact I solved the problem. Increases the joystick dead zone.. There was an axix giving little input underneath and so it was turning the plane without dusengaging AP at all, solved now. 😉
This is by far the best tutorial I’ve seen. One question, when I enter “selected” air speed for climb/cruise, it does not overwrite the “managed” speed. Also, when you enter the speed it’s green, when I enter the speed it’s white, not green. Any thoughts?
Okay, something must be bugged. I've attempted to land after flying from Niigata Airport (RJSN) to Tokyo Haneda (RJTT) about 5 times now. Flying to RJTT with approach ILS 23-Z. Which goes SMILE > SALVO > RJTT. According to both the approach plate and the game you need to be at 4000ft at SMILE and SALVO to pick up the localizer and glide slope. I'm 100% sure I've done the same steps as you have in this video, I've tried multiple times to make sure. AP1 is on. I reach SMILE at 4000ft, ILS info display is on with the LS button, I see the localizer but nothing for vertical. Vapp is 150kts so I slow down to that, set flaps to 3rd step. _(Also max brake medium, speed brakes armed etc.etc.)_ I reach SALVO at 150kts, 4000ft... still no diamond indicator for the glide slope. The diamond indicator for the horizontal is off on the screen to the right somewhere, plane isn't adjusting. Plane isn't descending either. AP1 is on, APPR is on. Speed is in managed mode, Heading hasn't been used all flight as it's all IFR on AP but it's on managed. I _would_ put Altitude on managed, except if I do the plane goes UP. And while the runway is on heading 232, the autopilot that's supposed to head to the runway is aiming somewhere more 229. *What's going on!?* 😩😵 _((Not too mention that while I was already within 40NM of the airport and pretty much done with my descend to 4000ft for approach, ATC was still yelling at me to expedite my climb to FL290.))_ 🤨
I think some of the autopilot functions are bugged for the airliners...I read somewhere that only the 787 can reliably use all the AP functions? I've mainly been trying to use the 747 and the V-NAV seems pretty wonky at times. L-NAV seems ok, but I'm still not completely sure about the LOC and APP stuff for landings...they work sometimes for me but not others.
@@XiaNaphryz - But it seems to be working in this (and other videos), so surely it can't be a bug for the plane? I'll try a few other airports today, see what happens.
Seems to definitely be a bug on specific airports/ILS approaches. Just did a flight into San Fransisco (KSFO) ILS 19L. Did all the same steps I did for landing at Tokyo Haneda, but this time it worked as expected. Localizer picked up correctly, glide slope picked up. And autopilot landed me perfectly. _(...Well, if some deaf idiot wasn't taking off from the runway I was cleared to land on. And if you ignore that ATC still kept telling me to climb to 14,000ft when I was at my final approach at 5,000ft.)_ 🤣
@@TheMrVengeance I recall watching a 747 ILS tutorial vid from Drawyah who specifically called out VNAV as not working properly yet for this particular aircraft as of this time in MSFS2020.
@@XiaNaphryz - Except you can see in the video that it does work, and I've seen other videos of the A320neo auto-landing just fine. And like I commented I've now landed on autopilot just fine in San Francisco twice. With the approach picking up the localizer fine and getting LNAV and VNAV to guide the plane down. And on my multiple attemps at Haneda that _didn't_ happen. So if it's specifically the plane, how does it work in San Francisco but not Haneda?
I seriously thought it was me being bad at flying the A320 but i am not alone. I had an IFR plan filed and I had went into AP and it would not at all engage AP or follow the plan. It literally circled 360 degrees and if i had not taken control it would've spiraled into the ground. This plane is broken right now. Use the 747.
Nav button center console ON, Knob on Dash set to NAV , and heading button hover mouse to see Engage Managed heading mode...Your plane will now follow your set FP in the FMS!!!
@@palaia1974 Nav button center console ON, Knob on Dash set to NAV , and heading button hover mouse to see Engage Managed heading mode...Your plane will now follow your set FP in the FMS!!!
Every time i follow this guide i cannot get the plane to follow the line. It keeps drifting left. Even selecting a heading always drifts it. What am I doing wrong?
@@moderngheddie5996 it shows 'nav' on the window, AP is on, it drifts left. I set heading to a certain spot and activate it and still does the same thing. Hope this explains a bit more.
try hitting the app button (approach button) and if that dont work make sure your on the same frequency as the air port. if u have the frequency then the app will lock on at a certain distance
Realy helpfull, thank you for making these videos it helps the community a lot and love the way you explain things I learn a lot. You andswerd a lot of question I had thanks again :)
As always, you're videos are great. I'm hoping you can answer I question I have. When getting approach/runway assignments from the ATC (using automatic assignment), as soon as I enter it into the nav computer the autopilot wants to head back to the previous waypoint first, then onto my first approach point. How do I skip to the correct waypoint, or can I delete the current one? Right now, I simply steer manually until I get close enough for the ILS approach to take over. Thanks in advance.
Great tutorial, a touch fast but very easy to get going. Can you please tell me how to set / change the Transponder frequency? I can't find the button? Cheers from UK.
When you hit the APPR (approach) mode button, will nothing happen unless it has captured the ILS? And after it captures, does can you overwrite it in any way (for instance, it was ignoring your previously selected altitude you still had enabled and was descending on the ILS capture path)?
the heading is the MOST troublemaker to me. When I try to land at O'Hare the heading just's goes for the airport not the runway. I am frustrated and I need someone to give advice.
When you set up your flight, change to high altitude airways and choose an ils approach. Will basically lead your plane right to the runway but you still need to control your speed and attitude
Brilliant video!!! Thank you very much! Best of the best. I will be looking forward for the next so amazing videos from you. You helped me so much. Once more thank you! :-)
Great tutorial! Really enjoyed that. But during the video I saw you turn a few notches here and there without explanations. Are they important? I want to follow this tutorial to do a, flight from Melbourne to Sydney. 😊
seems the select speed in the FMC is not working for me :( not sure why it isn't might be broke now having a tough time getting the aircraft to fly the speed I want it to. Even with setting the button down on speed it still doesn't want to adjust very odd.
Could be speed or something else. I've noticed it wont descend if I'm at a high speed like 300 knots unless I remove speed. Obviously make sure autopilot is on.
Thanks so much for the great video ! By the way how come you move both throttle with your mouse ? I can only do one, did i missed any particular tips ? :)
I have the feeling, that if you enter the flight plan, that the calculated Flighlevels (if it works) and the Top of Descent aren't correct. And I missed the Minimum call-out ;(...
Hi ... Thanks a lot for the video ... its very usefull ! I have a question about the input of the fuel in the field TRIP/TIME ... is it in KG of Lbs? Thx
"If you are sitting there thinking I missed a step or" Im like no, I wouldnt even know... I just push stuff on my gamepad and it still flies lol. But im learning, starting up and flying the propeller planes have gone ok so far.
hears a ez als approach around 10 miles out you want to be around 2500 dropping to 2200 in alt speed 186 flaps 1 then around the 7.5-7.4 mile mark you want to reduce speed to 170.and be already at 2200 (generic approach) turn on ILS / LS turn on appr flaps 2 set navs to ILS / LS do a PFD transfer with the little black button turn on both autopilots ap1 and ap2 then once close to glide slope reduce to 123 lower your gear once closer flaps to 3 then 4 arm ground spoilers set auto break to lo or med (dependent on runway size) and make sure to set lights up for landing (nose T.O and RWY on)
When you select a departure airport from the main menu, it wants to put you on a runway by default. Just click in the box under the airport that shows the runway info and scroll down to select any gate or parking spot. You can also zoom in on the airport on the map and click on the different little white spots to select one of them as your start point. When you start at parking or a gate, the plane will automatically be "cold and dark." If you start on a runway, it will be powered up and have the engine(s) running.
That is an excellent question (I think, because I've been asking myself the same thing...). Please answer here if you resolve the answer to it! And, I think you're asking the question "Can the AP control altitude according to flight plan in FMC", right? The AP option of "managed mode" on speed and heading, both removes the manually entered speed and heading, and now the AP will control it according to flight plan. But "managed mode" on altitude does not remove the manually entered altitude...so must be some difference? I have absolutely no idea why it doesn't, or if it cannot. May the reason be that the altitude is an ever changing variable and not really part a full flight plan, because flight control continually makes altitude changes because of other air traffic? Anybody?
I've had better luck flying the Flybywire A32NX-mod (flybywiresim.com/), it seems to be following the altitude as well. However, it's a bit confusing when my flight plan's waypoints have certain altitudes, and ATC just overrides them. Why would ATC tell me to go to, say 7000 feet when I'm a couple of minutes away from reaching the waypoint where I'm supposed to catch the ILS at say 3500 feet? Ignoring ATC seems to do the trick ;)
They seem to have tweaked this. I am able to change the mode (equivalent to push pull) by pushing SIDEWAYS on the mouse wheel to basically do the same thing he is doing by mousing over and getting an alternative cursor.
Finally figured-out using the scroll wheel on the mouse. It is the "mid" click that keeps getting referred to. Press it twice on each autopilot parameter to get out of "managed" mode. This let's you set your own parameters. Aside from the autopilot, pressing the scroll wheel once on the mouse also gives you the freedom of views both inside the cockpit and externally. Press it again to disengage.
You know whats annoying atm ? Small airports from small cities, even international ones, lack approaches, you cant do ils for example, not sure why but ive done some research myself and people confirmed its missing, all large airports have them for example
I have not tried complete approaches in airliners but direct ILS with the frequencies works well in the regional airports I tried in mid-northern Canada. I have to find the frequencies on external sites though if I decide on a destination in the air. ILS frequencies are also available on the world map before a flight when going in the filters and showing the navaids.
This guy makes learning the autopilot systems enjoyable. Thanks for sharing.
You are a legend, a real gem i found on UA-cam. Keep it up
Was waiting for you to do an airliner before I touched them, now I can jump down this rabbit hole.
After over 5,000 hours in the Air and mainly flying this Bird! I guess your demonstration is the very best I've seen here on the UA-cam. Thank you so much for showing me what's right what I've been doing it and not the least where you filled up few items to keep in mind what means and how they work
You are fun to listen to. I hope you continue to make videos for each plane with each difference. Maybe a tutorial on editing and changing flight plans in-flight. Maybe a video highlighting the differences between systems between planes. Maybe even how to use flight charts and approach plates. Thank you for these tutorials, they are a big help
Ah..so great to stumble across this - THIS is a proper tutorial - explaining the why's, the option's, the if's and but's - great content - keep making these videos!
Why the autopilot not always work......i need to turn on -> off -> on....many times to make it really working...............
For some reason whenever I press engage the autopilot on the a320 it goes into a very steep bank and flies in circles until it overstresses
Check the deadzones on your controller or gamepad. They default to 0% in MSFS for some reason. It solved my problem. Its located in sensitivity in the controls options screen.
What really has me thinking is why the trim keeps making it way to 100% up on its own. I trim it back to neutral and immediate it goes 100% trim up on the neo. Another annoying thing is I adjust the heading just a little and it starts turning fast on its own.
I appreciate your videos and your in depth explanations of everything, most people aren’t as clear in their descriptions as you.
This has been the best video that best explained everything. The fact that I’m in Connecticut also helped with your references. I love this sim and I’m working hard to get better. Thank you again.😊
Beautiful . Just enough to get you started and take an iFR flight in A320. Very crisp and great vide. Kudos!
I am sure you have much knowledge but you are going 100 mils an hour and moving to fast your mouse cursor all over the screen. Slow down remember this is a tutorial video for us to learn. Thank you for putting this video.
I too think he speaks and move a bit fast - but having seen many so called "tutorials" about this (FMC on A320), he actually does a great job explaining things. I feel that the "general" parts, turning on the apu, turning on the engines, on so on, he does not explain much and does it to fast for it to be a tutorial - but those are not the subject matter, the FMC is.
This has been thee best flight tutorial I have seen on MSFS 2020. Thank you. I am anxious to see more!
Turn up your anisotropic filtering in your graphics options. It's almost no extra processing but it'll make runways look to much better at shallow angles when you're landing.
Thanks, but it's not working for me, everytime I activate auto pilot my plane starts nose diving.
Well now so much makes sense. I couldn't get the autopilot to work to save my life. I wish they had added the 737 that was my go to plane. I suppose ill adopt this one for now. Thanks!!!
Excellent tutorial. You made it look very simple, but I have a lot of practicing to get.
The plane is fundamentally broken. Had the game since launch and have viewed tons of videos and everytime something doesn't work.
Same. It just doesn't work and I don't know how to fix it
Absolutely great tutorial. I have one problem and that is getting my A32NX (or default 320neo for that matter) to track the GPS heading. In the AP section I do not see the up and down arrows on either AC. I know this is my problem, but why aren't they showing? I am determined to master this AC, but so new right now. I am used to Boeings!
think they might have changed with updates, now you have to press the knob and you get option to fly managed or selected mode. hope this helps
none of this happens for me. I must be doing something wrong. none of my speed or alititude settings work when engaging auto pilot.
You know what some may find funny - or not. I found it easier to set up this system as well as the one in the 747 then the Garmin units (which I'm now getting okay with thanks to your video's - I do need more practice).
Ye same. Idk why but it just feels easier
Really good video with a good in-depth look in the FMS. I'm trying to learn the FMS in the A320 so i can plan in my own SimBrief plans.
I have a question though: When i look in my SimBrief routeplan, i see 2 types of data. Waypoints and Airways. I saw when you entered in the Waypoints in the F-PLN page, you did not enter any Airways, only Waypoints. Does the FMS grab those Airways without entering them in manually on the FMS?
This video cleared up a lot of questions I had and showed me where I was going wrong! Thank you very much for taking the time to post this vid!
Awesome tutorial!! Thanks for running through everything
This is very good video. I just want to fly with minimum rules. This is the only video showing me what I need. However, it will be much more helpful when you perform something, turn the view to the instrument. Thank you so much.
Why am I not getting two options for the inputs on the knobs and switches? I just have a little hand icon that shows up?
yeah I'm trying to figure out the same thing
@@Nicholas-ce5tm I figured it out there is an option somewhere in the game. For some reason the function is off by default. When I get home I'll look it up for you.
@@Nicholas-ce5tm Dang man it took me a minute to find that option. They sure do bury it. Okay so navigate to general options/accessibility/user interface/cockpit interaction system (change that to LEGACY). That should get you going!
Good video! Thank you! Looking forward to seeing the 747 and 787 versions!
I hope you'll do one on the 747 autopilot too! I'm super comfortable flying the Airbus autopilot now after watching this and flying around with it, but the 747 system's speed control and VNAV stuff is a little confusing after being so used to the autopilot on Airbus.
Dude!! You make these tutorials VERY ENJOYABLE!!!! Thank you!!!
Very helpful. Unfortunately my plane seems to enter a 90 degree left or right turn when I engage autopilot. I can only assume it's a bug as even following your instructions here doesn't make a difference.
Mine does same did you fix it somehow?
my a320 doesnt even follow fpln heading when engaged
@@tuna3875 There are some invisible "detents" that are not visually shown as "pushed in and pulled out" and only shown with the dash-dash-dash-ball indicator
@@WarrenPostma thx for the response, it came out to be an issue on my xbox controller
29:50 why did it preselect a course of 314 when it's 328 ?
You're so entertaining to watch
Good video instruction, a little bit too fast for me though. I have to watch a couple of times to get it.
Great video ! I just don't understand why the managed altitude doesn't fallow the Flight Plann.. the Heading and Speed works fine, but when I select Altitude to Managed Altitude it just fallows the altitude selector, not the altitude set on flight plann
My god. This is such an amazing tutorial. Much appreciated!
I agree that you get a lot of pushback from these ground crew guys but in their defense you bring it all on yourself.
Wow thanks, atleast auto land is support by default and dont need any 3rd party.
Thats very nice,
Thnka for the video
There is a (NAV) button next to the trim levers u have to press it so it can follow ur ways points When u turn auto pilot on
I can’t stress enough how much you helped me out with this comment. I’ve watched about a million tutorials and not a single one even MENTIONED NAV mode. Thank you so much
@@muhammadfawzi1145 no problem nan glad to. help it took me awhile too honestly. No one ever mentions it
Super video. Don't sweat the comments about moving too fast - that's what the video pause button is for. I think I have spent about 3 hours with your video and I'm still learning new things.
How do you go about changing the flight plan mid flight? What I mean is let's say you miss the airport and need to land at another. I can not seem to find a way to "enable" or select a specific way point for the AP to follow. I realize from what I can tell the current waypoint it is going to is rather easy but what if I wanted to edit that waypoint or let's say I wanted to go to a different waypoint on the flight plan. Would I use the Direct? Then when it gets there how do I get back on the flight plan? Can you do a video of mid flight alterations to the MCU? Thank you!
Wow thank you! I'm a total noob to fs, second day. But this explained everything in a way easy to understand!
Autopilot is useless in FS2020. The plane always enters a banking turn and goes into a dive when I turn it on. I know I’m not to blame, despite not being a pilot in real life, because in FSX the autopilot follows my commands to a T. I program the autopilot to climb to 35,000 feet at a climb rate of 1,800 feet per minute at a heading of 065, it does exactly that.
FSX = Obedient autopilot
FS2020 = Suicidal autopilot
im facing the same problem!
@@kiefergeorge Maybe you've tried this, but in my case, I had to set a higher deadzone (6%) on my aileron axis, in the sensitivity window. AP was trying, but the drift on my yoke was a bit too much for it. You can check to see if the center point is actually in the middle or not in the same place, too.
@@IRON-V tks! i will check my deadzone! Now my FS is crashing after 30 min gaming! Everything is updated but still crashing!
@@kiefergeorge Hope it helps, good luck! If you haven't, also check out the flybywiresim a32nx mod, it's free and fixes a bunch of issues with the default plane.
Yes, the AP in FS2020 is totally broken.
I don't get it, literally the second I hit AP the plane decided to bank hard to the right and just do 360's forever. I followed the guide exactly. What did I do wrong????????
You probably want to use the flybywire mod, its free and improves the model greatly
If you're using a Xbox or PS controller, make sure to check your joystick dead zones. I had the same problem and it turned out to be stick drift on my xbox controller. Adjusting the dead zone helped.
@@mightytroy1 can you please explain more of what you mean? i think I have these issues but don't know what deadzone is or how to configure it.
@@23100Battlefield Go to options>controls>controller. There is a button in the top left called sensitivity. There you can adjust sliders for the y and x axis of the sticks and for the triggers. The deadzones are default set to 0% meaning there is no buffer before they register input in game. I set my sticks' deadzones to 10% to give a little buffer zone before inputs are registered. That might be too much or not enough depending on how bad the stick drift is in your controller.
I've experienced this kind of strange behaviour too. Banking, never trying to level off, ignoring everything, it seems. Also, sometimes, turning off the AP, I'm all of a sudden unable to stear the plane manually, it just crashes to the ground, ignoring my joystick inputs. I think the A320 FMC is controlled by evil, psychotic AI.....
Thank you that was one of the best Tutorial I’ve seen for a while thank you very much
Extremley helpful video. My only question is how do I find details of airport using FMS? In the G1000 I can use the Nearest feature and it tells me the runways and freq.
you make it fun to watch......Hal
you are very clear and specefic. very helpful!
Can you explain how to do an RNAV approach in the a320? Can't find one anywhere?
I've been trying to land but I'm struggling a bit at the very end because something is not mentioned, so the question is: When is the right time to cut or lower the throttle? You say on the video: "we are responsible now for the throttle and the brakes" but not sure when and how we go from the previous throttle position "CL" to a different one. Thanks!
Cut the throttle at 100ft and pitch back at 20 ft, apply brakes and reverse thrust on touchdown and use the rudders to keep it straight.
Thanks. Great video. Interesting system. Still think Boeing as a more straightforward autopilot.
Help pls it won't let me select engaged heading altitude ETC it just says mid click but when I do that it doesn't work.
Love the fact that you flew out of my home airport.
This answered SOOOOO many questions!! Thanks, very good Tut!!
Loving your fs videos! Learned a ton
Is it only me having problem with latest update? AP seems no more working and this plane start flying in circle and going down. Before it was totally fine with same procedures. IFR
A quick question also.. I've seen a lot of video and everybody use different throttle settings for take off, here flex, someone toga and others climb, what's the truth?
Yeah I only got the game 2 days ago and I'm having issues with it too... the speed indicator only displays mach not knots
@@MarkRiddellRacing in fact I solved the problem. Increases the joystick dead zone.. There was an axix giving little input underneath and so it was turning the plane without dusengaging AP at all, solved now. 😉
Really Helped me alot Love the way you explain
everything
perfect video didnt knew anything before watching that now i will try to autoland
Again another awesome video. Now hoping that I can apply what you did to help me land. Thanks
This is by far the best tutorial I’ve seen. One question, when I enter “selected” air speed for climb/cruise, it does not overwrite the “managed” speed. Also, when you enter the speed it’s green, when I enter the speed it’s white, not green. Any thoughts?
Okay, something must be bugged.
I've attempted to land after flying from Niigata Airport (RJSN) to Tokyo Haneda (RJTT) about 5 times now. Flying to RJTT with approach ILS 23-Z. Which goes SMILE > SALVO > RJTT. According to both the approach plate and the game you need to be at 4000ft at SMILE and SALVO to pick up the localizer and glide slope.
I'm 100% sure I've done the same steps as you have in this video, I've tried multiple times to make sure.
AP1 is on.
I reach SMILE at 4000ft, ILS info display is on with the LS button, I see the localizer but nothing for vertical.
Vapp is 150kts so I slow down to that, set flaps to 3rd step. _(Also max brake medium, speed brakes armed etc.etc.)_
I reach SALVO at 150kts, 4000ft... still no diamond indicator for the glide slope.
The diamond indicator for the horizontal is off on the screen to the right somewhere, plane isn't adjusting.
Plane isn't descending either.
AP1 is on, APPR is on.
Speed is in managed mode, Heading hasn't been used all flight as it's all IFR on AP but it's on managed.
I _would_ put Altitude on managed, except if I do the plane goes UP.
And while the runway is on heading 232, the autopilot that's supposed to head to the runway is aiming somewhere more 229.
*What's going on!?* 😩😵
_((Not too mention that while I was already within 40NM of the airport and pretty much done with my descend to 4000ft for approach, ATC was still yelling at me to expedite my climb to FL290.))_ 🤨
I think some of the autopilot functions are bugged for the airliners...I read somewhere that only the 787 can reliably use all the AP functions? I've mainly been trying to use the 747 and the V-NAV seems pretty wonky at times. L-NAV seems ok, but I'm still not completely sure about the LOC and APP stuff for landings...they work sometimes for me but not others.
@@XiaNaphryz - But it seems to be working in this (and other videos), so surely it can't be a bug for the plane? I'll try a few other airports today, see what happens.
Seems to definitely be a bug on specific airports/ILS approaches. Just did a flight into San Fransisco (KSFO) ILS 19L. Did all the same steps I did for landing at Tokyo Haneda, but this time it worked as expected. Localizer picked up correctly, glide slope picked up. And autopilot landed me perfectly.
_(...Well, if some deaf idiot wasn't taking off from the runway I was cleared to land on. And if you ignore that ATC still kept telling me to climb to 14,000ft when I was at my final approach at 5,000ft.)_ 🤣
@@TheMrVengeance I recall watching a 747 ILS tutorial vid from Drawyah who specifically called out VNAV as not working properly yet for this particular aircraft as of this time in MSFS2020.
@@XiaNaphryz - Except you can see in the video that it does work, and I've seen other videos of the A320neo auto-landing just fine. And like I commented I've now landed on autopilot just fine in San Francisco twice. With the approach picking up the localizer fine and getting LNAV and VNAV to guide the plane down.
And on my multiple attemps at Haneda that _didn't_ happen. So if it's specifically the plane, how does it work in San Francisco but not Haneda?
I can’t seem to get the airbus to follow my gps flight plan can I not do that
I can’t either, it’s driving me insane
I seriously thought it was me being bad at flying the A320 but i am not alone. I had an IFR plan filed and I had went into AP and it would not at all engage AP or follow the plan. It literally circled 360 degrees and if i had not taken control it would've spiraled into the ground. This plane is broken right now. Use the 747.
Then I'm glad I'm not the only one having trouble with the AP here, thought i was really bad at understanding the damn plane
Nav button center console ON, Knob on Dash set to NAV , and heading button hover mouse to see Engage Managed heading mode...Your plane will now follow your set FP in the FMS!!!
@@palaia1974 Nav button center console ON, Knob on Dash set to NAV , and heading button hover mouse to see Engage Managed heading mode...Your plane will now follow your set FP in the FMS!!!
Great video. This is for gamers! Some of these “real pilots” are not doing a good job helping flight simers
Every time i follow this guide i cannot get the plane to follow the line. It keeps drifting left. Even selecting a heading always drifts it. What am I doing wrong?
set the heading and press to make it work, OR maybe you didn't engage autopilot maybe...
@@moderngheddie5996 i'm doing both and still the same. People keep saying activate LNAV but that isn't there at all.
@@moderngheddie5996 it shows 'nav' on the window, AP is on, it drifts left. I set heading to a certain spot and activate it and still does the same thing.
Hope this explains a bit more.
try hitting the app button (approach button) and if that dont work make sure your on the same frequency as the air port. if u have the frequency then the app will lock on at a certain distance
@@moderngheddie5996 i used the 'dead zone' fix and all is fine now.
Exactly how I like to be taught! Nice Job!
this was a SUPER helpful video for me, thank you very much
Thanks for the video! Great job!
Realy helpfull, thank you for making these videos it helps the community a lot and love the way you explain things I learn a lot. You andswerd a lot of question I had thanks again :)
Thank you so much for this video - are you doing a similar vid on the 787?
As always, you're videos are great. I'm hoping you can answer I question I have. When getting approach/runway assignments from the ATC (using automatic assignment), as soon as I enter it into the nav computer the autopilot wants to head back to the previous waypoint first, then onto my first approach point. How do I skip to the correct waypoint, or can I delete the current one? Right now, I simply steer manually until I get close enough for the ILS approach to take over. Thanks in advance.
Great tutorial, a touch fast but very easy to get going. Can you please tell me how to set / change the Transponder frequency? I can't find the button? Cheers from UK.
thanks so much, i learned how to program the altitude in flight
Too funny. Seriously though your video helped out a lot. I was flying this with a Boeing mindset. Lol
Wow this really helps thanks
When you hit the APPR (approach) mode button, will nothing happen unless it has captured the ILS? And after it captures, does can you overwrite it in any way (for instance, it was ignoring your previously selected altitude you still had enabled and was descending on the ILS capture path)?
This guy must be an actual airbus pilot
the heading is the MOST troublemaker to me. When I try to land at O'Hare the heading just's goes for the airport not the runway. I am frustrated and I need someone to give advice.
When you set up your flight, change to high altitude airways and choose an ils approach. Will basically lead your plane right to the runway but you still need to control your speed and attitude
@@jarrettcrich7710 ok thanks now its helping me
Awesome instructor. Great video
Brilliant video!!! Thank you very much! Best of the best. I will be looking forward for the next so amazing videos from you. You helped me so much. Once more thank you! :-)
Great tutorial! Really enjoyed that. But during the video I saw you turn a few notches here and there without explanations. Are they important? I want to follow this tutorial to do a, flight from Melbourne to Sydney. 😊
seems the select speed in the FMC is not working for me :( not sure why it isn't might be broke now having a tough time getting the aircraft to fly the speed I want it to. Even with setting the button down on speed it still doesn't want to adjust very odd.
is there any way to bind the SPD, HDG, ALT knob PUSH and PULL on a HOTAS?
Your videos vides are amazing and informative!
Why sometimes i clic do climb or descent managed or selected plane don't climb or descent ?
Could be speed or something else. I've noticed it wont descend if I'm at a high speed like 300 knots unless I remove speed. Obviously make sure autopilot is on.
Thanks so much for the great video ! By the way how come you move both throttle with your mouse ? I can only do one, did i missed any particular tips ? :)
I have the feeling, that if you enter the flight plan, that the calculated Flighlevels (if it works) and the Top of Descent aren't correct. And I missed the Minimum call-out ;(...
Hi ... Thanks a lot for the video ... its very usefull ! I have a question about the input of the fuel in the field TRIP/TIME ... is it in KG of Lbs? Thx
Shouldn't the flaps thing on the FMS be set to 2/UP1.0 for the trim settings and such on the PERF page?
You don't need flaps 2, 1 is enough unless the runway is short
"If you are sitting there thinking I missed a step or" Im like no, I wouldnt even know... I just push stuff on my gamepad and it still flies lol. But im learning, starting up and flying the propeller planes have gone ok so far.
hears a ez als approach around 10 miles out you want to be around 2500 dropping to 2200 in alt speed 186 flaps 1 then around the 7.5-7.4 mile mark you want to reduce speed to 170.and be already at 2200 (generic approach) turn on ILS / LS turn on appr flaps 2 set navs to ILS / LS do a PFD transfer with the little black button turn on both autopilots ap1 and ap2 then once close to glide slope reduce to 123 lower your gear once closer flaps to 3 then 4 arm ground spoilers set auto break to lo or med (dependent on runway size) and make sure to set lights up for landing (nose T.O and RWY on)
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How do you start at the gate?
Also it would be great if you set times in the video, so its easy to skip to parts to rewatch :)
When you select a departure airport from the main menu, it wants to put you on a runway by default. Just click in the box under the airport that shows the runway info and scroll down to select any gate or parking spot. You can also zoom in on the airport on the map and click on the different little white spots to select one of them as your start point. When you start at parking or a gate, the plane will automatically be "cold and dark." If you start on a runway, it will be powered up and have the engine(s) running.
Thank u so much ur awsome ur videos are brilliant
i dont understand, my aircraft wont follow my filed flight plan, pls help
i got a fix, i set the deadzone to 20%
@@MrMule-vw1lq omg it took me forever to figure this out, thank you.
@@daboxownsall you welcome
Can you please tell me how and where you changed the dead zone?
@@michaelakaw.i.e.8693 it should be in controls and in sensitivity
I want the plane to follow the altitude from the FMC. Not me doing it manually. Did I miss it in this video or does anyone know how to do this
That is an excellent question (I think, because I've been asking myself the same thing...). Please answer here if you resolve the answer to it! And, I think you're asking the question "Can the AP control altitude according to flight plan in FMC", right?
The AP option of "managed mode" on speed and heading, both removes the manually entered speed and heading, and now the AP will control it according to flight plan. But "managed mode" on altitude does not remove the manually entered altitude...so must be some difference?
I have absolutely no idea why it doesn't, or if it cannot. May the reason be that the altitude is an ever changing variable and not really part a full flight plan, because flight control continually makes altitude changes because of other air traffic? Anybody?
I've had better luck flying the Flybywire A32NX-mod (flybywiresim.com/), it seems to be following the altitude as well. However, it's a bit confusing when my flight plan's waypoints have certain altitudes, and ATC just overrides them. Why would ATC tell me to go to, say 7000 feet when I'm a couple of minutes away from reaching the waypoint where I'm supposed to catch the ILS at say 3500 feet? Ignoring ATC seems to do the trick ;)
@@bjoernf73 managed mode follows the inputs in the FMC. Selected mode makes the aircraft follow what you input in those dials.
Thanks, found this very helpful
I cannot push or pull the autopilot knobs at all. Also when i adjust the altitude the plane does not go to that altitude
I think it it because you have to press right click and scroll wheel in on the mouse. I have the same. If that doesn’t work I’m not sure
Try going into your settings and changing to legacy. Then you should be able to push or pull depending on where you hover the mouse
@@karlschultz4138 It worked for me! Thank you so much!!
They seem to have tweaked this. I am able to change the mode (equivalent to push pull) by pushing SIDEWAYS on the mouse wheel to basically do the same thing he is doing by mousing over and getting an alternative cursor.
Finally figured-out using the scroll wheel on the mouse. It is the "mid" click that keeps getting referred to. Press it twice on each autopilot parameter to get out of "managed" mode. This let's you set your own parameters. Aside from the autopilot, pressing the scroll wheel once on the mouse also gives you the freedom of views both inside the cockpit and externally. Press it again to disengage.
Can u tell me How i set the auto speed at crusing bc it dosent really work for me it just goes as fast as my throttle choces
if you hold the knob it tells you. but it should be middle mouse once you input your speed
You're awesome! Just slow down bit. lol
You know whats annoying atm ? Small airports from small cities, even international ones, lack approaches, you cant do ils for example, not sure why but ive done some research myself and people confirmed its missing, all large airports have them for example
I have not tried complete approaches in airliners but direct ILS with the frequencies works well in the regional airports I tried in mid-northern Canada. I have to find the frequencies on external sites though if I decide on a destination in the air. ILS frequencies are also available on the world map before a flight when going in the filters and showing the navaids.
Thanks for this, good tutorial.