IN DEPTH: EGKK GATWICK | MSFS2020 & VatSim | Real Airbus Pilot | Tips & Tricks | A320 Sim
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Hello everyone,
Something a little different today.
I recently have started flying on VatSim for most of my home cockpit sim flights. The level of immersion when having other aircraft and real human ATC is unparalleled.
I decided to make this video for a number of reasons. I know a lot of people strive to get their sim experience “As Real As it Gets” and I thought this little in depth look at daily ops/tricks and tips would benefit people in their quests. Call it a little bit of a briefing for Gatwick Airport.
Gatwick is regularly almost fully staffed on the VatSim Network and always seems to have a good number of people flying in and out. For that reason I thought it may be beneficial to cover its “do’s and don’ts”
To help with this I have personal real world experience of operating at the airport which I feel could be invaluable.
The video is for
+++ FLIGHT SIMULATION ONLY +++
Disclaimer:
This is in no-way supposed to be a training tool for real aviation.
No real airline specific procedures are covered and you should always consult your own real world manuals for SOPs, and AOIs for Aerodrome info.
I recommend checking Gatwick out on VatSim if you can. It is a bustling hub with many European short haul and domestic routes as well as further afield routes to the Caribbean and Asia to name a few.
Covered in this video:
Delivery/Ground ATC Gatwick specific
Ground Movement, OETD + Planning
LAM6M Northerly Departure SID
KUNAV1G Arrival Star
The Gatwick CDFA
Runway 26L ILS
MROT, Runway Vacating
Parking Locations
Of course it’s by no means an exhaustive list of everything at the airport but it gives ideas which you can implement to your simulated Gatwick Departure and Arrivals!
I recommend the brilliant Gatwick Freeware Scenery by MKVY on FlightSim TO:
flightsim.to/f...
I also recommend LIDO charts, now available for flight simulator with AviaPlanner:
aviaplanner.com/
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Any specific aviation content you wish to see? Let me know!
Enjoy.
Cheers
My320Sim
About the constraints on the SID's when there is no controller online and you decide to ignore the alt cstr and continue climbing and then ATC comes on most of them yelling at you that you was supposed to maintain the altitude given by the SID ... i did it once now i follow the cstr strictly ... nevertheless atc nearly always let you "climb now"^^
@@VonycBln if the ATC isn’t online though it is just uncontrolled airspace which would just be class G. I get they might get funny but they weren’t there to control you. So as long as you are monitoring something like a VatSim map I see no issue. IRL I can count on probably 1 hand how many times I have fully followed a SID from LGW
@@My320Sim But it happens on vatsim when they come online that they advise you to maintain the constraints :)
@@VonycBln I guess it can be a risk. Personally I rarely continue the SID on MSFS if there are no controllers online because to me it’s uncontrolled airspace, once handed from tower to Unicom I will do my own thing, ie climb to cruise unrestricted and take a shortcut if possible, being aware of other passing traffic to not cause issues.
If ATC then choose to come online I will just advise them what I am doing. I find VatSim takes itself way too seriously. More seriously than real life, which sadly ruins the experience at times. Don’t let the flight simulator ATC bully you out of flying the aircraft when you’re perfectly right to fly where and how you like in uncontrolled airspace!
Remember that you are the pilot flying the aircraft and ATC is there to help you. Ultimately it is up to you what and where you fly ;) if they want something different when they log on, they should advise you after you tell them your current intentions. In the case of the LAM6M SID shortcut I would advise ATC when they log on, on initial contact “XYZ climbing FL120 direct BPK” and let them issue you a different clearance if needed.
I hope this helps, wishing you blue skies and happy landings!
Cheers, Sam
Thanks for the insightful video! 😊 Do you know whether LGW approach speeds and configuration differ much from other airports? And you demonstrated the downwind-base-final circuit style of approach, are the speeds and configurations (flaps down X NM from THR, etc) much different for a straight-in approach? But maybe this is a good topic for another video ;)
@@mr.airspace hi! Thanks for the comment. For the LGW speeds etc, it varies I guess with what aircraft you are flying but director will generally get you back to 220 knots and then 180 until established on final, at which point it’s 160 to 4. I see in the Airfield AOI that it says speed between 180-160 knots.
There was a NOTAM enforced late last year though requiring 160 knots by 7DME and maintained til 4. I can’t vouch if this is still current - not yet at least.
Gatwick does vary a bit from other places. The AOIs for some airports demand speed management and the ATC will just expect it, places like Barcelona or Amsterdam for example, but other airports like Pisa or other smaller places, they don’t tend to have published speed management so it comes down to pilot preference.
You may find going into these places that one crew may wish to do an ILS at 160 to 4 or they may wish to do 180 to 6, or just fly it fully speed managed on the Airbus and decelerate with it. I personally prefer 160 to 4 but it’s not something you can always do.
For Gatwick though and especially in the Airbus 319/320 you would be looking to fly clean at the 220, then decelerate to 180 taking flaps 1, if your S speed is just above 180 then you can select 180 and fly just under S speed but if managed in terms of speed it won’t go below S speed. Anyway, I digress.
Then they keep you 180 to turn final, so to plan ahead you take flap 2 when the Glideslope indicator is 1 dot above, then take 160 when told. For straight in, I have only had it once or twice but they say to keep high speed, so we ended up doing 250 knots down to an established base leg to like 3000’, speed brakes out and it still wasn’t enough, so we dropped the speed off and got to flaps 2, took the gear and it was all good all before even turning localiser, sometimes they will push it when they try to give you a quicker arrival, but it’s key to remember that if it isn’t something you feel is going well then fly the plane first and relay it to ATC. After all we are the ones flying it and not them!
That said it’s always been a well run and efficient experience into LGW and the same can be said on VatSim, they do a great job of controlling it and it’s very close to reality!
@@My320Sim Super thanks a lot! Love your comprehensive answer ☺