A320 Takeoff Tutorial (FSX - Aerosoft A320)

[@davidemery974]

I'm just setting up my flight simulator and would like to thank you for your videos. I don't know what you do for a living but your a great teacher. thanks again and don't stop.

[@Doofer911]

You're welcome, I'm really glad the videos could help!

[@waynelamey9417]

@@Doofer911 oh

[@hermitsingh6813]

I can never thank you enough for helping me learn so much about a hobby that I could never afford when I was young. Your videos are a joy to watch. The time, effort and sincerity you have put into all this is simply commendable. Thanks for giving wings to this wish from my bucket list.

[@gary4188]

Been using flightsims for years and as time goes on the aircraft get more and more complicated,wich is what most of us want, however is can get very frustrating if you have to learn via the supplied instructions.people like this fella are a life saver.Thanks for all you've time and effort.The best instructional video I've ever seen.Gary

[@megalifts]

9:40 "Lift the plane gently" Me: lifting up to 45° stalling and then crashing

[@ForzaBantams]

One of the best tutorials I’ve watched. Covers pretty much everything important to know.

[@benvanboom8907]

Since i fly Boeing aircraft for more then 30 years in Flightsimulator, i bought my first Airbus (Aerosoft A320) for P3Dv4.4 last week. When i first loaded the aircraft i couldn't find the LNAV and VNAV 😅.....so i decided that it was a good idea to look for some information on the internet first. I ran into your YT channel and now have seen your first 5 Airbus video's. After this i was confident enough to make my first full flight on IVAO (LICJ - LFKJ) wich went just fine. I want to thank you for your video's and your clear and straight forward explanation of things, i learn a lot from you.👍👏 Regards, Ben

[@Doofer911]

Hey Ben, I'm really glad my videos could help you :) thanks very much for watching!

[@Geek_26]

These are the tutorials that we need as avgeeks. Thank you sooooo much Doofer 911!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Doofer911]

You're welcome, thanks for watching :)

[@ColeTheVII]

Thanks Doofer for these tutorials, they help a lot. 🙂

[@gonzalopinedacarmena8938]

Hi Doofer, Really good video tutorial, congrats as always. Just one point, after setting the TCAS to TA/RA mode you have to tilt the radar to "Above" when taking off and climbing phases. you forgot it to put it in your checklist. Take care bud, Gonzalo.

[@maurocampos8611]

Great video tutorials! They have helped me so much to fly properly and gently. Thanks again!

[@jankin880]

This is day by day now becoming best A320 series out there on You Tube ...I warn you Doofer

[@Doofer911]

Warn me?! lol

[@jankin880]

Thanx a lot

[@victordelceppo185]

Thanks for this Professional Video with explicit explanation step by step

[@winstonmutafungwa8895]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! THE BEST SIMULATOR INSTRUCTOR IN THE FLIGHT GAME.

[@simonharris1110]

Really loving your A320 tutorials. I have always flown the PMDG 777 and want a change. For me the FSLabs is to advanced and this tutorials are fantastic and very detailed. Love your checklist set up as well. So thank you...

[@sebastianjacobs2369]

Wow!This is the best video ever I did not know how to do: FMC, Read Taxiways, And program Aircraft FSX default and most add-on planes are not realistic at all thank you so so much! Subbed!!

[@Doofer911]

Welcome to the channel, glad my videos could help :)

[@sebastianjacobs2369]

Thank You for replying! :p

[@Bilako]

by far one of the best channels on this subject!!

[@charlesabela9934]

Great approach to presentation. Equals the Best I have seen.

[@Doofer911]

What would make it better than the best?

[@zidanez2011]

Hello...Helooo, too.. I Miss your best ever tutorial so much, man

[@piyushsingh1985]

Very nicce video.All engines operating (AEO), TO power can be used for 5 minutes, OEI(one engine inoperative) TO power can be used upto 10 minutes

[@nizamuddin6580]

Nice guidelines.

[@flyingfred152]

Beautiful video Many thanks for taking the time to put it together! Looking forward to the landing.

[@DLX_Pilot]

Great Video, especially for someone not rated on the aircraft. I hold an EA32 rating (319/320/321) and noticed a few items that differ slightly in real life from your explanation, not required, but if you want to make this as real as possible I have a few pointers that may help. If you are interested let me know. Again, great work!

[@Doofer911]

Hey DLX, thanks for getting in touch! Yeah I'd love to revisit this aircraft and do some new A320 tutorials with a more complex product... this was my first foray into commercial aircraft so I'm definitely older and wiser since when I made these videos but nothing beats expert and professional input so I'll certainly be in touch if I get the time to do that in the future :)

[@DLX_Pilot]

@@Doofer911 Keep up the great work and I appreciate you getting back to me. I look forward to hearing from you in the future and I am excited to see your new releases. Cheers!!

[@genspringvisuals]

Thank you for uploading this! I've been waiting for it :)

[@moritzhoewer]

Just one small comment about the TCAS - the integrated checklist tells you to set it to TA/RA and set the Tilt (the little knob on the left) to above (then to normal in cruise and to below in descent). I am guessing that is for compensation similar to how you tilt the weather radar

[@Doofer911]

Yeah exactly. I left some steps out because it looks like the documentation talks about manual control of the Weather Radar etc rather than just letting the automatic function do the work. In the documents, the flight is also out of Innsbruck as well so there may be special concessions made for flying in/out of mountainous terrain.

[@valdemarmarquez8852]

You're the best! Thank you for making this tutorial!

[@ericc7936]

great and terrific series. thanks so much, Doofer!

[@stefanbeatnik]

Great vids. I downloaded the A319 from Aerosoft for FSX and these videos are helping as I have previously been flying the Boeing 737. I am having some issues though, the autopilot is not sticking to the flight plan vertically and speed wise. Laterally it seem OK but I seem to have to control decent and speed myself, is this correct? It also doesn't seem to be staying within minimums so getting a lot of errors. Lastly on my approach to Glasgow just now I had to complete the last turn myself to initialise the localiser. Any help would be great.

[@nubbuka]

These videos are amazingly helpful! you did a wonderful job on explaining all of it and related information as well. It would be amazing if you can do the same tutorial on the NGX 737 as well - I know these take a lot of time but I think you will have the best tutorial available on youtube if you keep this same format Anway, thanks a lot!

[@sjwasho]

Good videos. Great work you've put on these videos. Well explained. I can now fly this plane with easy.

[@Doofer911]

I'm glad my videos could help :)

[@dashotter]

Just watching this now! I'm looking to find a new and hopefully better flight simulator after the one I've been playing (GeoFS - the free web one) keeps on glitching to the point that most of the commercial jets are frequently unflyable. I have been finding third-person flying fun in particular. FSX sounds like a great option especially considering that I like a good variety of commercial jets, which is what drew me to GeoFS in the first place (besides its convenience of course). Just wondering, in this game, is there a way to "replay" your takeoff, so you could watch what it looked like from a third-person view (e.g. from the perspective of spotters somewhere on the ground)? Or even control the plane takeoff while showing it from a third-person camera (or some external camera other than the cockpit one shown in this video)?

[@Exploratorium360]

Best presentation vid ever....as always. Thanks.

[@Doofer911]

Thank you for the kind words, glad you liked the video :)

[@johnnyholmes5688]

Hey, doofer! Good to see you again Bro....

[@licoesdedireitoportugues4886]

Brother congrats on the video and all, but (sure I may be dumb) but followed you like three times and something is totally wrong---G lets see starting with the flight plan and the damn speed. It keeps pushing and slowing. Any thoughts? The flight plan? bollocks. doesnt work at all and the plane is not climbing and not following the designated speed.

[@georgsenders1207]

Just started at the same moment like you (from EGGW haha)! Thanks for sharing your videos, they helped me very much to learn how to steer that Airbus X. Before I used freeware 😂😜

[@Doofer911]

Haha what a coincidence! I'm glad my videos could help :)

[@DavidAmmerlaan]

Great series. How about the T.O config button. I recall you have to press that before taking off?

[@garvmehdiratta8898]

Hi Doofer! I just want to start off by saying that I love your videos and always wait eagerly for your next ones. I had a question regarding the takeoff thrust. When I'm setting the takeoff thrust, is there some sort of a hidden clickspot like there is with the PMDG aircraft to set TOGA thrust, or do I have to set the thrust manually with my throttles and hope that it reaches the correct thrust amount? Overall, however, I love your videos and can't wait for your 777 tutorials!

[@jos33333ek]

Hey doofer911, I find the small checklist boxes that you put in these A320 tutorials very useful, I'd really appreciate it if you can provide me a download link of all the checklists (Especially the MCDU setup tutorial because I always miss some steps), thank you for the tutorial they are really helpful.

[@alfrerobles3]

Thank you Doofer, this vid is awesome, I learned a lot

[@Doofer911]

I'm glad this video could help, thanks for watching!!

[@jacqueslauzon9329]

I just boutht the Aerosoft A-320 bundle. I didn't know how to program the FMC and all the checklit. With your videos and explanation, it's really easy to follow. Have a questin: how do you open the interactive windows while doing your tasks? Thanks a lot!!

[@Doofer911]

Unfortunately the interactive windows are simply graphical overlays that were added in during video editing, they're not an add on or anything like that.

[@benjaminwhite9073]

ur vids are amazing thx they help so much!!!!!!!!!!

[@richardohughes]

You were very late on the flap retraction, when the FMA flashes LVR CLB you are in the acceleration phase, flaps 1can be selected when the airspeed is above F speed and accelerating. Not all airlines that operate the Airbus has an after take off checklist but those that do certainly wouldn’t action it before flap retraction.

[@Doofer911]

The Acceleration Phase STARTS when LVR CLB is displayed. Also, the Autothrottle system will only accelerate up to the little yellow = bug on the speed tape. If I reduced the flaps immediately at the start of the acceleration phase, I risk losing lift and putting the aircraft nearer to a stall condition. Please also remember that this is a relatively basic tutorial in a simplified version of the A320. The documentation that came with this aircraft isn't the best and doesn't mimick FCOM/AOM procedures. Also, the video was being run in slow motion which also makes it seem like it was late.

[@richardohughes]

Doofer911 yes acceleration phase starts with LVR CLB that what I meant. Once the acceleration phase starts you can retract flaps 2 to 1 when the speed is above F speed and from 1 to 0 when the speed is above S speed. There is no risk of losing lift and stalling as the stall is a function of angle of attack and nothing to do with speed. You were late retracting flaps as your speed was approaching the barbers pole (200kts) and you were still flaps 2, in the real world flaps zero would have been selected when accelerating through S speed, which is usually about 190-200 knots. The auto thrust does not hold the speed on the yellow = bugs, they are just there to highlight Vfe next i.e. the limiting speed for the next flap setting down. With the speed in managed mode the auto thrust will accelerate the aircraft through the barbers pole as it’s trying to get to 250kts. If you ever experience a flap jam then you have to manually select the speed by pulling the knob this will prevent any further acceleration so you don’t overspend the flaps. Maybe the recreation is limited but I have this on my FSX and I have found it pretty a pretty accurate representation of the real world aircraft.

[@albertoravasini9072]

Fantastic video, highly professionally made! I've one small question. I normally fly with the Aerosoft A318/319 and probably there could be slight differences from the A320 which I'm not aware of. During the Before Take Off Checklist, on the A319 at the TCAS call, we set it on TA/RA and also move the adiecent knob on TILT ABOVE because the radar has to scan straight and over the aircraft path since we are taking off and climb (on the other hand, before T/D we will switch it to SET BELOW). Is it something that is automatically configured on A320 or it's just a little step you forgot to mention in your tutorial? Thanks.

[@Doofer911]

I think your procedure is correct. The documentation that came with this aircraft was a little confusing with some procedure guides and the order of actions not matching the order of items in the checklists so the procedures that I feature in this series are my own design. I always thought that the Weather Radar automatically tilted for Takeoff but I may be wrong.

[@albertoravasini9072]

Yes, if WX is set on Auto (as in most cases) there's no need for direct it up or down but for the TCAS things are different because receiving an alert even few seconds ahead of time is vital in avoiding collisions. The fact that on the Airbus it's kind of squeezed into the Transponder doesn't help either. We'll see with the upcoming new Ground Anti Collision System...maybe they will merge it with the TCAS and give both a different location.

[@mostrosticator]

I just emailed Aerosoft about purchasing this A320 with American currency. I hope they tell me good news. With current currency exchange rate it isn't really that much compared to the PMJ 737 at $70 USD. 😑

[@bilbocrackers3246]

Doofer911 - a cracking tutorial!

[@DaGrumpyTaco]

What's the difference between climb mode and open climb mode? Also does the nav hold arm itself automatically before takeoff?

[@perfectcelery]

Beautiful work again, thanks!

[@Kevci4]

Great tutorial! My friend wants to get the Aerosoft A320 but he is afraid it won't run on an Icore 5 what do you think?

[@ellisjames7192]

I just bought this airplane and I cannot run it. It is a memory hog. I have an I core5. They say you need 8G of memory, make sure you have that amount.

[@kevinsingh8035]

@@ellisjames7192 I use it fine on an i5 with 8gb RAM.

[@antoniopafundi3455]

Great video! What is the flight simulator that you use?

[@mojitoz2211]

Hi Doofer! Just have a question : how do u switch nav to gps on the a320 aerosoft ? PS: I love your videos so much this is really helpful and I just bought aerosoft A320 without your videos I wouldn't know how to use it. I just have some bugs in the graphics like sometimes the aircraft is transparent do u have an idea to fix it? Thank u so much

[@Doofer911]

You don't really switch between Nav and GPS in this plane. It kind of amalgamates Radio and GPS instruments all into one.As for the bug, you would need to contact the developer for assistance with that.

[@mojitoz2211]

Doofer911 ok thank u so much for your fast answer

[@opensesame525]

Thanks for these videos...really useful. Any chance you could show us how to add a Pseudo waypoint for a specific Flight level at a point before a VOR where the Lat/Long and/or place/bearing is/are known!

[@luisevidal]

Great video and great series too! One question, I'm starting on Flight Simulator on Steam, any joystick you would recommend for flying Airbus mainly? Thanks.

[@Doofer911]

It's hard to say because there are several out there but I would recommend any joystick which has a rotation or twist feature which allows you to control the rudder and also a separate throttle control. I personally use a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro but there's a few others which will do the job.

[@luisevidal]

Thanks for the reply. Great streaming last night.

[@user-lt7wm1hw3r]

My plane has trouble climbing. I tried on flaps 2 & 3 and would lift off at 180 knots and I still have trouble climbing, the plane feels like a flying rock with an anchor on its tail.

[@ngd931]

Maybe you mistakenly put a large number of cargo or fuel in the right MCDU

[@hectorzambrano4092]

I thought takeoff thrust was like 91% N1 the whole time! Probably the overpowered flight dynamics in the default A321 was right!

[@pappinr]

Another great tutorial...thank you!

[@aaron791]

Fantastic video thank you very much! I do have a question though. How do you make the plane look visually amazing? Every time I load a plane it looks very pixelated as if I had no plugins and I was playing in 2004

[@okhouri]

This is not the standard plane that comes with FSX. This is the "Aerosoft A320". It is an add-on.

[@mostrosticator]

Aaron Gill It takes kick ass processors, video cards, and sound cards and RAM . I don't have either of myself. But I'm planning on getting or building the proper PC just for FSX and the new X-Plane 11. I'll probably have to sell my soul though 😂😂😂

[@NotTheRambo]

@@mostrosticator Did you get it? 💀

[@richardohughes]

The white cross on the PFD is not an indication to put on the green horizontal line. It’s a sidestick position indicator, it’s so the pilot monitoring can see the pilot flying is making a sidestick input during rotation. Also, stop referring to the thrust levers and autothrust system as throttles! Jets don’t have throttles!

[@lucashurst4191]

What does the loc button do

[@moussa1886]

YR The Best 👍😊👍

[@sofie7373]

Hello doofer, great videoes man! Keep it up. Arw you making landing and approach videoes as well for the aerosoft airbus aircraft ?

[@Doofer911]

Of course! Approach and Landing video will be out Saturday 18th.

[@ketanmestry7116]

hii doofer awesome video ....plzz do some other aircraft tutorial too(787,777, 350,380)

[@infiniteflightsc_6711]

Ketan Mestry a350 and a350 will be mainly similar

[@infiniteflightsc_6711]

*a350 and a380

[@ketanmestry7116]

HelloItsGrant _ yaa but Boeing 777 and Dreamliner are different

[@infiniteflightsc_6711]

Ketan Mestry I was only saying dor them two😂 all Airbus are simmilar and same with Boeing of course not perfectly the same but only a few diff ranches wether as Boeing and Airbus are completely different

[@ketanmestry7116]

yaa😅

[@lrn2415]

I have a question,this is the aerosoft a320 or aerosoft a320 professional or airbus x? because i want to buy the steam edition and buy the a320/a321 from steam and idk

[@circuitmoon137]

I have this weird problem in which the flight director is completely messed up and displays wrong information even though I entered the correct route, flt level and fuel in the FMS. It constantly goes down to an altitude of around 300 ft and the heading is completely wrong. I can't even engage the autopilot to follow the flight plan, the jet just keeps pitching down and starts doing spins. Not sure if this is a bug or if I'm missing something. Any help would be appreciated! EDIT:- Spelling error

[@grillodon]

Doofer, icing issues and general failures are simulated in A320 from Aerosoft?

[@Doofer911]

I don't know I'm afraid... I'm pretty sure you can set failures using the default failures system in FSX but I'm guessing.

[@Ankit_Patel-sg9mb]

Hey man i did everything that you had done however my plane does not stat at 5000ft and it does not follow the flight path that i entered when the autopilot is on.

[@mauro2176]

Hi!! Once you go to flex does the Auto Throttle automatically arm? Or do you have to arm it?

[@Doofer911]

AutoThrottle is Armed automatically when you go to Flex or TOGA throttle setting.

[@harryloraine4690]

Doofer911 Hi, when I apply autoflight and use alt hold I keep getting a master warning and the aircraft doesn't hold the alt. I've tried both manual and selected flight but it never holds an altitude, it just keeps on climbing until I disarm auto flight. Could you please help thanks.

[@BlueCodeTuber]

Very well done.

[@ee-sj8qr]

Hi bro when will u need to use the vertical speed beside the altitude knob? I see a lot of tutorials and real life Pilots using this but in your tutorial I don’t see much of it being used

[@Doofer911]

I'm not sure I'm afraid, I would imagine that different airlines have different Operating Procedures for their pilots.

[@AshleyReinhardt]

I still couldn't figure out how to control the autopilot. I know it's supposed to be automatic, but I didn't mean by automatically going 90 degrees up and stall the plane 😭

[@gragarse5612]

What are your settings / keybinds for the Logitech joystick?

[@Jetpusher]

I thought i was doing something wrong when my A320 was climbing so fast. but now i see thats just normal lmao

[@AliasdHacker]

Also, the main reason you check brake temp is degraded performance! You mentioned the rejected takeoff part, you forgot that.

[@heronmuneymne57]

Congratulations!!!

[@fathialalimbakkai9354]

May I ask about the screen under the gear stick? What is it?

[@EMAFlights]

I really struggle with the A320/21's, not sure why, just cant get thrust for takeoff.

[@PeadarBoc]

Hi Doofer, quick question. I see that the airspeed is fixed at 250, yet I do not see 250 dialled in on the glareshield panel. Do you have the airspeed limiter option selected within the MCDU?

[@Doofer911]

It's a common speed restriction in use all over the world I think. Any plane under 10,000ft can fly at 250 knots maximum. Once you pass above 10,000ft the plane will automatically accelerate to cruising speed. Same on descent, the plane will descend but just before 10,000ft, the descent will slow to allow the speed to drop to 250 knots.

[@sfsinverted5175]

Dude your amazing

[@Doofer911]

So are you... all Kerbals are amazing! :D

[@solomonrider07]

Hello sir, what camera addon did you used?

[@RiethAndalStuff]

i learned soo much though good video

[@aviatorrene8136]

Thanks Doofer911

[@mostrosticator]

By the way, great video sir 😊

[@Sturmmie]

Is there a way to turn off the RAAS voice while on the aircraft? It gets so annoying sometimes when you have to hold or you take long to run trough the checklist....

[@Doofer911]

Yep, the RAAS voice is actually an additional piece of software which comes with the aircraft so simply don't install it. Alternatively, if you look in the "Add ons" menu when in a flight, you should be able to find it and disable it from there.

[@tubzvermeulen]

Thanks for the video

[@a0981921289]

excuse me, how do you change your point of view? did you do that by your mouse or joystick?

[@Doofer911]

You can select different cameras by right clicking and selecting a different view from the drop down menu. To move the current view, hold Spavebar and move the mouse. To zoom, hold the Spacebar and roll your mouse scrollwheel

[@a0981921289]

@@Doofer911 Thanks for your reply! it helps! appreciated!

[@iceproteus]

Best tutorial video )

[@thelastpilot4582]

Surely taking off without ATC is a bit unrealistic? How do you know that no one is going tp land on top of you?

[@Doofer911]

I'm flying offline and have all AI aircraft turned off, they interfere with recordings.

[@nubbuka]

Who ever said "About damn time" You shuold be ashamed of yourself! sit down and learn like a real boy! lel #ungrateful xD

[@CaptainJadenAR]

Sir, I have a doubt. Can I ask?

[@prathsachdev]

Why isn't the A320 equipped with VNAV? Its very irritating to select the altitude again and again.

[@Doofer911]

It does have VNAV, it's just not called VNAV in an Airbus ;)

[@Anpraska]

Hi there, would you share how you have set up your joystick?

[@Doofer911]

It's just a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro which sits on my desk infront of my mousepad. When I need to use it, I pull it forward onto the mousepad.

[@nelevander8787]

My plane doesn't follow the flight plan after a couple of minutes from takeoff. Is this a bug or just an error data input on the MCDU?

[@Doofer911]

Have you left clicked on the Speed, Heading and Altitude controls to "push" them into the autopilot panel? That should display an orange circle next to those controls which is giving Speed, Heading and Altitude control to the flight computers based on the route that was entered in the MCDU.

[@mro9466]

Flying the A320 in FSX, managing a computer within a sim, within another computer :D

[@Doofer911]

Same could be argued for Boeings lol.

[@plantoplane1457]

Can anybody tell me the shortcut of nose up in this aircraft.??????...as i am not able to do nose up with down key on keyboard

[@nicolassitzmann8038]

When I turn on the autopilot, it does not fly according to my programmed plan. Do you know why that is???

[@Doofer911]

Have you pushed the autopilot controls towards the panel by left-clicking them? This should bring up orange circles next to the Speed, Heading and Altitude. This pushes control of the speed, direction and climb/descent to the onboard computers.

[@roffpoff8221]

does the flight attendant bring you coffee?

[@mro9466]

you need the a2a L-049 CoS for this

[@stefanocozzi8188]

Awesome ! Very very helpfull!!!!!

[@brad727]

Nice video, any idea why my aircraft goes into 'speed mode' when i select 'climb thrust'?

[@vjc3818]

Yeah you probably have auto throttled engaged

[@chrzacho]

Nice vid ... ***** .... keep them comming 8)

[@davidemery974]

please show how you get the take off check list on your screen.

[@Doofer911]

It's a graphic which was added during video editing. It's not an add on or part of FSX.

[@kathy13volpe]

Loved it! 💜💙❤️✈️✈️

[@mcshiggitypilot5901]

Excellent! Thank you. ✈️ ✈️