Airbus A320 RNP AR Approach - Fenix A320 MSFS Tutorial

🛬 *Airbus A320 RNP AR Approach - Fenix A320 MSFS Tutorial* 🛬
Learn how to perform an *RNP AR Approach* in the *Airbus A320* using the **Fenix A320 in Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS)**. This tutorial covers setup, procedures, and landing techniques.
📌 *What You’ll Learn:*
✅ What is an RNP AR Approach?
✅ How to set up and execute RNP AR in the Airbus A320
✅ Fenix A320 autopilot techniques & best practices
✅ Common mistakes and pro tips for smooth landings
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[@christopheratkinson1690]

Yep, very useful. Great explanation of RNP. I now find the workload much easier now I fully understand this type of approach. Thanks so much I am definitely subscribing to your channel👍

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

I'm pleased the video helped, thanks very much for your comments and support! 👍

[@sritzalboomyt4818]

Some of us will go on to fly IRL soon and all the future Airbus pilots will thank you from the bottom of their heart. Great videos

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Thanks for the kind words 👍✈️

[@johnmaguire2185]

A lot of content out now for airbus and MSFS. Only a few really stand out. You will be one of them, I’m sure. Great content.

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Appreciate the kind words John, thank you! 👍

[@DarkDogAV]

Loving these short tutorials, thank you. Please can you do one explaining how to do an approach with TRK FPA / Bird?

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Thanks Rob! Check out the RAW Data ILS video and the visual circuit livestream for some Track/FPA guidance but I will be doing more on that 👍

[@DNModels]

Good example airport!

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

👍 Challenging but scenic!

[@irenemengouli590]

Nice! Could you at some point do a tutorial explaining the various AP modes used for a NPA ? Thx!

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Sure, will put it on the list. Thanks for the suggestion 👍

[@yams900]

Excellent mate ! I've always struggled to get NZQN right (in any aircraft), this video will help me heaps :)

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Thank you! I'm pleased it helps, let me know how you get on! 👍

[@willemfs6733]

Thanks again Acc. Keep up the great work. Learning a lot!

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Thank you! Willem 👍👍

[@captpugwash3510]

Well explained and well received, thanks. For those that I do with the Fenix A320 on a fairly regular basis, I always need to sort the speed out early. Cheers !

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Glad it was helpful and thanks for watching! 👍

[@raywalsh5414]

Great video thanks. Queenstown must be the ultimate RNP approach ! I've noticed on some videos that the LDEV and VDEV bricks turn magenta in colour. Am I mixing up another type of approach ?

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Hello and thanks for watching. When the LDEV and VDEV scales turn magenta that indicates that guidance is being provided from the flight management computer only (the aircraft is following a managed path)

[@raywalsh5414]

@@AirbusCockpitCoach Cheers, many thanks for the clarification & keep up the good work.

[@stephenmckinnell7791]

I like to know the ‘proper stuff’ but I must say I do ignore a lot of the protocols when I fly in the sim. When two crew comes in I might be more inclined. RNP approaches were not as big in my day, but they are amazing. My first Instrument licence didn’t even have ILS on it, as there were few in the country. (SAfrica, early eighties)

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Hi Stephen, flying in the sim and following full protocol can be difficult! The RNP is a great tool, it is interesting to hear how things have changed so much 👍

[@stephenmckinnell7791]

@@AirbusCockpitCoach I recently watched a TUI crew (one of the companies I flew for was Britannia) carry out a ‘V1 cut’ in a sim, and it left me being grateful to have flown when I did. What a palaver! Being a dinosaur isn’t all bad! 😂

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

@stephenmckinnell7791 Times have definitely changed! 🤣 I would have loved to have flown a Brittania 757!

[@SteenPedersen]

Very informative video. Thanks. I was wondering why there is a temperature restriction? Is that because of the density and precision of the altimeters?

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Hi Steen, thank you! The temperature restriction is due to the difference in air density an it's affect on an altimeter. When the ambient temperature is colder than standard the aircrafts true altitude is lower than indicated. One way to determine the temperature error is to read your altitude at the Final Approach Fix and subtract the airport elevation and compare the difference to what the charts indicate. 👍

[@fyresg]

Excellent choice of airport to illustrate RNP approach! I saw "RNAV" in the destination runway selection (nothing on "RNP") and I thought maybe this video was about landing using RNAV, and I was right! Anyway, I tried your instructions. Strangely, while I was maybe 500 ft above the runway, I could not press "Z" to disable autopilot; nothing happened. I had to click the "AP" button to off autopilot. Unlike you, I got a warning / alert / caution beeping non-stop, but you didn't get that. What did I do wrong?

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Hello, you should always be able to take manual control of the aircraft in any situation so this does seem like a bug or binding issue. Did this occur in the Fenix?

[@fyresg]

@@AirbusCockpitCoach I read elsewhere that I may have to press the "AP" button twice: once to disable AP, and then to disable the warning. I have not tried that though. I only fly the built-in models. I fly the built-in A320neo V2.

[@fyresg]

In your video, you took over control to land the plane. Are you able to explain how to do a RNP full auto landing? I followed your steps, but after enabling "APPR", I enabled "AP2"; that should be sufficient for the A320neo to auto land, right? But my plane descended very low, didn't touch the runway, and then stayed above. What did I do wrong? Edit: could it be RNP approach does not allow auto land?

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Hello, RNP approaches are not currently used with autoland. My operator allows the use of the autopilot down to 200ft on a RNP unless charts dictate otherwise, this will vary between operators but I am not aware of any that allow the use of AP below 100ft on an RNP. Most likely your aircraft has gone down to minimums/MDA and levelled off. Which version of the neo are you using? the Flybywire is still not RNP/RNAV capable

[@fyresg]

@@AirbusCockpitCoach Thanks for your reply! I'm using the new, built-in A320neo V2. Glad to know this behavior is expected.

[@mystic_j2188]

A320 suggests to arm the Appr when the TO waypoint is the FDP. In your video you did that way before the FDP. Any comment on that?

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Hello, that is one that can vary with SOPs, some operators will guide you to arm the approach as soon as you are cleared to do so

[@enderchrome6895]

I have a question unrelated to the video. When you're landing with the autothrottle on, do you flare with it being on? Or do you retard the throttles immediately while flaring? I'm not really sure what to do when landing in the sim.

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

Hello, great question! Generally I retard the throttles at 30ft, many pilots have different preferences for what works for them and some operators will train a different technique to others. In a strong crosswind or tailwind I would retard the throttles at a slower rate sometimes leaving a bit of power on until touch down. Have a go with retarding at 30ft, that is probably the most common technique 👍

[@enderchrome6895]

@@AirbusCockpitCoach Is it fine if I retard the throttle when the plane calls it out? Would there be a bigger float if I do so?

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

On an autoland the throttles are retarded on the call out in the other approaches it serves as a reminder and I would still aim to start bringing the power off at 30ft otherwise a float is more likely in my experience. No flight is the same so it is a case of experimenting on what works best in different situations and learning the hard way with some high touch down rates 👍

[@enderchrome6895]

@@AirbusCockpitCoach Thanks for the advice. I'll try both methods and use whatever works best for me.

[@AirbusCockpitCoach]

@enderchrome6895 No problem, let me know how you get on! 👍