*Auto Land!* | FS2020 A320 NEO | REAL Airbus pilot!

Will the A320 complete an Auto Land in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020?! Lets find out how it takes one one of the most intense procedures in the real world flight deck.
See my FULL comprehensive set-up guide to an Auto Land in the study level A320 from Flight Factor in XP11 here:
In this video I put the MSFS2020 A320 on the ILS 25L into KLAX for an auto land test!
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[@sidplays77]

This default airbus getting a lot of stick but from what I’ve seen on this channel, a real a320 pilot doing some real tests and the majority of them have passed. I’m referring to a previous video I watched as well. With the excellent work being done by modders similar to the zibo mod this aircraft has a lot of potential!

[@V1Sim]

I agree! thanks for watching my friend

[@zszs100]

The zibo Flight Dynamics was kind of off. That aircraft never stalls and hovers at 80 knots. I hope this aircrafts basic flight dynamics will be there. With that said, its already confirmed that all the pmdg products will be coming with the 737 being the first one, and I beleive quality wings 787 is coming too. I think all the existing p3d study lvl models will move over.

[@zszs100]

@@V1Sim Do a stall test please. :)

[@Leif_YT]

Yeah i think some people also forget that it's a default airplane. There are some bugs that will get fixed in the future, but for a default airplane that's included in the standard package it's already very very good. There will be room for 3rd party planes / mods, but we shouldn't forget that very detailed planes usually cost around 70€ for each plane in other games like DCS because it takes a lot of time to create them.

[@kimjunguny]

Its just because simmers are needy lmao

[@renatoyavala3804]

Would really love to see water effect of the runway during rainy weather. Especially when reverse thrust is engaged

[@danielhirsh2937]

Renato Yavala not a thing

[@estaban.8153]

@daniel hirsh they know that, they want it to be added so the game looks better

[@SolidMGSnake]

That'd be dope

[@estaban.8153]

SolidMGSnake for real tho

[@r4f4w]

that level of detail that makes the game more realistic! not even thinked about it! nice one!

[@eaaeeeea]

It seems from this video that there's so much knowledge behind using the airliners' systems! Respect your expertise :) I really hope they implement in-game tutorials for this too.

[@captkay5330]

I'm loving these experimental type videos capt. Keep them coming cheers!

[@V1Sim]

Glad you like them! I find them fun too! It kinda changes up the monotony of "this how how you do XYZ" all the time

[@captkay5330]

@@V1Sim Definitely!! - it's pleasure watching and learning capt.

[@dgnz7628]

Thank you captain! I’ve learnt a lot from your videos recently and really appreciate how much effort you put into your video’s for our benefit.

[@V1Sim]

Thank you!

[@Wingineer]

Love the “Ask how I know”. Does the APPR guidance take priority over FD guidance? I’ve seem some pilot deactivate the FD during ILS approach.

[@V1Sim]

You can manually fly with the FDs off if you wish but you are not authorized for an Autoland with no FDs even in approach mode. You can hand fly an ILS all day long with no FDs if you wish

[@SimRaceHQ]

absolutely dope content man, love it

[@MrLee025]

Really love your channel, dude. You seem like a true top professional who loves his career. Kudos to you, I look forward to watching more of your streams.

[@andrewsanderson1235]

Great work captain. Subscribed.

[@trixeylh]

Another good un V1, cheers for doing these.

[@V1Sim]

Glad you like them!

[@chefen1966]

Hi V1. You are by far the best tutor when it comes to teach noobs like me how to fly the A320. As I'm trying to improve, your videos is just the best. A million thanks for that. One thing I really would like you to do is to comment the behavior in the sim when you do changes and if they are adequate to what's happening in the real thing. ✈️

[@michelloranger2590]

I m very surprised. I was sure you needed both autopilots to do a CAT 3 landing. I can t wait to try this. Thanks for posting this.

[@AntonioCaruso906]

Interesting Video Thanx for sharing! Enjoy the summer!

[@JayDeLaTorreD]

Excellent Job, thanks for sharing!!

[@froddoradda94]

In order to type in the correct QNH you need to change the altimeter setting , it has two different settings. If the ATC gives you 29.92 you need to enter that first, then flip it over to QNH and get a 10xx value

[@bricesonc]

Awesome video, thank you for sharing!

[@chrislee6377]

awesome stuff you made it look easy i salute you good job

[@Wokkelp]

Liked and subscribed. Great video! Can you do one on the lights of the A320 and when to use them? (Not a pilot)

[@Hugothester]

Excellent video, subscribed

[@johnbower7452]

Me too.

[@kyrkbymannen]

I really enjoyed this! You

[@caprica_13]

huh... the default A320 can autoland? I'm impressed. I found the fly-by-wire system much easier to fly too. The trim seems too slow in other aircraft, so autotrim is pretty amazing.

[@baomao7243]

A CAT III C ILS landing with 0/0 visibility has got to be really scary in real life. (Not to mention having to then somehow get off the runway and taxi to a gate. 😳)

[@schmitz.fotografia]

Thank you very much for the video is excellent. What are the sensitivity settings of your joystick?

[@steveschefstrom5483]

Flying back from Maui to Seattle Hawaiian airlines did a Auto land for test purposes it was related to us from the captain clear evening great landing different flying experience

[@zeekmorrow3028]

@ V1Simulations V1! Wow I know I missed a lot! But let me tell you I’m all caught up! I have been away for sometime due to personal all I can say is my wife and I are expecting! (Exciting😊) not gonna into too much detail! But V1 its good to be back! Never forgotten you!

[@V1Sim]

Congratulations Zeek!! very exciting news. Glad you are still enjoying the content my friend!

[@heikogehrig]

I think there's some confusion in the real world (and sim) regarding autoland and Cat III. Cat III is not a requirement of Autoland (specifically), and it's emphasised that they're different things and don't necessarily go hand in hand. While it is a requirement for autoland for a Cat IIIB app for example, you can also do an autoland off of Cat II; to take it even further, the aircraft is perfectly capable of doing an autoland off of a Cat I approach. The A350 can do an autoland off of a GLS app using GPS only (it's certified), as a further example. Oh yes, and great video BTW, liked!

[@gilnowak2398]

wonderful channel thanks so much

[@V1Sim]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@TheMax0005]

Pro Tips: You don't need CAT 4 autoland when John McClane is lighting up the runway

[@karaoke127]

2:30 GS and LOC tracking 4:50 Gear down, flaps 3 2500ft 5:20 Landing CL @ 400ft FMA > LAND, 7:48 200ft (no APL) @ 40ft FMA FLARE (it does flare slightly visible in horizon, definitely re.reduction of vertical speed - ground effect ?) 8:10 perfect landing / touch-down. Of course you would never flare with vertical speed indication, but just to find out for this landing another parameter !! Thank you for this nice video, your good and well coordinated explanations, showing you are an expert. And that a US Pilot can fly a European Airplane as well. Hope you like the philosophy. I like the calm attitude handling the airplane most of you US Pilots seem to have innate. Looking forward for more to come.

[@olfmombach260]

Airbus is pretty wide spread in the US as well these days.

[@kurtheine8179]

Hey there- enjoy these videos- will you ever try flying/evaluating the FF A350?

[@V1Sim]

When it gets a few more updates I will for sure

[@vikramodedra4351]

👍excellent vid, I have question, though not about landing, Ihave seen in Flight radar app that lots of flights do not fly over airway or VOR2VOR and doesn't seems to fying waypoint so how they are routed and controlled??

[@akarandompilot]

Hahaha would love to hear that story about the rollout recapture....ya know, from one pilot to another 😎🤙

[@V1Sim]

Lol 😉

[@rotorfib8719]

Nice!! There must be a fair bit of pucker factor when you do those in real life..especially if there is truly zero vis down to the runway... have you done many? Do tell!!! 😁

[@twentysixbit]

Id love to see you do a video like this but testing the A32NX mod

[@timjames6173]

Great Video! Is it possible to use the Nav functions to fly from VOR to VOR without programming a flight plan into the FMC? I couldn't find the DME anywhere - not just on the Airbus but on the B747 or 787 either? Is this a bug in FS2020 or do I need to learn how to use the FMC?

[@Riotdrone]

beautiful, they need a replay mode

[@V1Sim]

Agreed!

[@nerdrage4852]

hero !

[@Paul-iz8oj]

nice video.. i have one question. do you know the coordinates for the toliss a321 iae engine mod? the toliss a319 and a321 have different ones

[@Stisse12]

Nice one 👍

[@timbojimbo6647]

@V1 you should contribute to the A32NX project, they’re making a ‘zibo’ mod for the a320

[@V1Sim]

Already in the discord ;)

[@JohnVanderbeck]

I noticed you had no wind data entered, yet it seemed to fly the approach just fine.

[@kapilapatikiriachchige5169]

Would yo able to do Auto land setup from beginning? include radio setup. Thank you...

[@Lindastyle]

Im with this guy. Can you?

[@cadefoster9279]

Capt does the tower have to make sure no one is near the transmitter so the signal doesn't get blocked while your doing an autoland?

[@donstimson6655]

i've got a suggestion for another test you might want to try. How about a one-engine-inoperative takeoff with a fuel cut just before (or at or after for that matter) V1? I haven't tried it yet myself, but I have heard reports that no rudder input is needed. It leads me to wonder if the airplane is basically modeled incorrectly as a centerline thrust airplane rather than having 2 wing-mounted engines.

[@donstimson6655]

Could also try in-air minimum control speed type tests.

Thanks for this! Do you have one coming on flying RNAV approaches on the 320 in FS2020? It's not capable of flying RF legs or calculating a ToD yet, is it? Cheers

[@Nanuknikisuittuk]

Check out the A32NX mod. They are working on adding TOD and TOC among several other features to make the A320 fully functional with everything added.

[@griffon555]

Did you try RNAV approach ? Managed speed or selected sometimes doesn't work.

[@embecmom5863]

lol try this on 28r San Fran... get your oars out...nice vid..

[@torichianhifren3994]

It goes back to center cuz the rollout mode is on (aka autopilot centerline)

[@kapilapatikiriachchige5169]

nice tutorial,

[@Ichinin]

Autoland is the same in Aerofly FS2, can't press both buttons. And that sim should really be better, Aerosoft used to specifically make A320 simulator games. Have been trying to follow some others describing how to do autoland but ended up missing something, saying "screw it" and doing manual blind landings. Gonna try it again later on using your steps. As others also have said, i really appreciate the AP testing you do.

[@vintagegaminggyoutube]

Dope!1

[@thinksc]

Why are the pedals moving? Has Fs 2020 connected that to the tiller? (Like FSX) 😅

[@aaalm8724]

Nice work my friend Great video🤓.... 0730.. LAND green comes at 400 feet RAD ALT.. AGL As far as I remember aa per FCOM4. MCDU SET-UP FOR. CAT||| APPROACH.. Provided I believe because the AP2 was not engage the system lost redundancy that's why did not get land in the FMA And and AP disconnected and landing should be made manually..AT THE END IF QRH . THE LIST OF ITEMS AFFECTING land capability So revert to cat3 with minima. Or. Cat2

[@V1Sim]

yup! i noted that in the video

[@Kitqb4]

Is Judge Alex Ferrer and/or Zoe Greene and/or Claudine Laguerre, Alexis Largeaaud or Ralph j. Blose on that plane?

[@entropyhead]

QNH is in metric, 29.92 is 1013 or so. Good video

[@AirspotterUK]

So, How do you know the aircraft may try to realign with the centreline if you try vacating without disconnecting the autopilot??

[@V1Sim]

Lets just say I wanted to make sure the localizer was still working properly ;)

[@latham8038]

Interesting I’ve been disconnecting the auto pilot and thrust a few 100m’s from touch down

[@CipherVR]

So instead of a flare, it points into the ground for me, noice.

[@shydncrumph8119]

thx for this. unfortunately i never ever get to capture g/s. tried on different airports as well. loc is no problem, the plane aligns with centreline. g/s shows up in blue early on but then disappears when i'm about to intercept it and i continue at altitude. any ideas?

[@djbrown79]

The FS2020 cat3 landing slams me into the runway about as often as it actually lands...

[@chrisnutton]

Great tutorial, thanks. Am starting to nail ILS approaches but hand flying once i'm past the FAF (the default A320 seems to over-correct, rolling excessively to stay on the localizer the closer it gets). Curious as to why you didn't input the wind into the FMC? Also, where can you find out if an ILS is Cat III, it doesn't seem to be indicated on the approach charts?

[@mrleaks6940]

Cat 2 and 3 approaches have their own plates and will break down their minimus accordingly... for example look at KLAX apch plates you see 25L ILS as one plate and 25L cat II & III. Look at both to see the difference... main difference being the minimums and remarks sections

[@mmorrell2007]

OK... so here's my problem. I get to the point where the approach (runway heading) is captured and the glideslope diamond is approaching my altitude level tick, and the aircraft continues to fly level as the glideslope moves below me. I want a 3 degree descent at this point but it doesn't engage and I end up either having to manually fly the landing or go around. What am I doing wrong?

[@justangell8639]

Hello, nice video but I wonder if u could help me. Every time I increase the throttle the a/thr turns on automatically how can I turn that off

[@coltonogden1513]

I think Im doing stuff right, but always get a hard bounce after flare and get sent back up.

[@ElitistMagi]

Shouldn't the QNH be inputed into the Airbus's MCDU in HPA? its a European plane, weights aside fuel are calculated in KG as well I thought.

[@empinoza]

When I try to land the airbus. just before landing the autothrottle gets in action and I cant land the plane. Cant turn it off cause it enables by its self. What do i do wrong. I see that autothrottle was enabled during this flight. Nice video, just subscribed to your channel to see more of your videos.

[@iamdefective1912]

Dont you need both AP's engaged for autoland?

[@user-gw8tg1xf7d]

Mines say ap1 1fd2 what does that mean ? Love your channel btw

[@AndrewsDaveAU]

I don't understand. I can never ever hook the glide scope. Approach turns off and goes back to LOC every single time.

[@miladshamouie6450]

How do i draw lines in VR map? so i can do Autopilot/landing with it or do Heading Through it

[@JohnVanderbeck]

Pretty sure the perf page requires QNH inmillibars (in the sim I mean) which is why it didn't like your entry. Pretty sure the sim wants everything in non freedom units. Fuel, in KG, temp in C, pressure in millibars, etc. I don't know how real that is, just commenting on what I've seen in the sim.

[@usersco1154]

How does the plane know where the runway is and where to touch down

[@iitzfizz]

Mine is fine all the way down but then at the end it slams onto the runway and bounces...everything is configures as per the video ,,, any help appreciated?!

[@bestboy007]

dont you have to do anything like set the ils frequency? oO how does the 320 know what runway to choose lol

[@carsder]

Is this the freeware fbw or the defualt?

[@venomsnakeYGBSM]

Sir how hard is ATPL exams and how did you collect 1500hrs?

[@vizuk]

QNH in millibars, I'm guessing it's rounding 29.92 up to 30...

[@aviationslay5685]

I dont know how cold & dark star up procedure please help me thanks

[@heklik]

What's the percentage of working or clickable switches on rhis plane ?

[@blood6683]

How does it show the airport map on the PDF?

[@steaIlth]

did the plane flair on its own?

[@DeltaPapa04]

Can you do a autoland with the toliss/FF in xplane? I want to see the differences

[@V1Sim]

Its very old and I need to make a new one but here is one I did in the FF when it first came out a few years ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqTTh2Cwbrx4r9k

[@DeltaPapa04]

@@V1Sim great! I hope to see a new one soon. 👍

[@fizzyonpc9532]

could you teach us how to set up the plane for autoland? Thanks!

[@KaiCheetah]

Just look up Cat3 auto land tons of videos on here

[@fizzyonpc9532]

@@KaiCheetah oh ok thanks!

[@tuanstevien]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@angrytomasz]

This is actually an excellent video because I have been wondering how to get the A320neo to autoland. Unfortunately I trusted the aircraft a bit too much and it shovelled me into the runway, lol. I must be missing something because I could not replicate your results. Is there a particular TYPE of approach that you're setting up in the NAV LOG window before the flight? Is it enough just to have the AP on nav mode (managed), speed mode (managed) and the approach mode on with the keyed in ILS frequency? I tried this and it resulted in a crash. If you have some time I would love to get more feedback about this so I can finally do an autoland with this thing :) Thanks and a great video, well done :)

[@Dave_McKee]

I think it maybe because not all airports have a full CAT III ILS Type C system installed many have a CAT II which IIRC correctly does not make autoland possible. I'm not a real pilot though so I maybe misstaken.

[@jamiehickey4808]

Correct. Only CAT III C ILS facilities are capable of autolanding an aircraft. The others have decision heights that require you to disable the autopilot and manually guide the aircraft in from there.

[@angrytomasz]

Awesome thanks guys this makes perfect sense. Can I check on the map which airport has cat III or do I have to look it up online?

[@stevenwhite8706]

@@angrytomasz I had to look it up on the charts I was going to LFPG Charles de Gaul that has CAT III approach R 09R

[@angrytomasz]

@@stevenwhite8706 thank you so much!

[@Chrisp707-]

Not sure if you’ll see this but there’s people arguing even after seeing your video that the A320 doesn’t have auto landing in the sim. So I’ll ask you. Is it fair to say it has auto landing but it’s not implemented correctly.

[@paulvanderhaegen761]

how do you activate the reverse trust i dident find the command, is there a key stroke or do you ave to use a hardware throttle, nice vid love landing in poor visibility my ref airport is ebbr

[@eclair404]

By default you press and hold F2, which decreases the throttle, after idle you go into reverse

[@V1Sim]

Yes I bound eng 1 and eng 2 "press and hold commands" for thrust reverse. So I depress the buttons then move my hardware throttles forward to achieve reverse thrust

[@eclair404]

@@V1Sim beware that for prop aircraft at the moment it cutoffs the throttle and thus turns the engine off

[@Hartbreak1]

@@eclair404 yeah, also a faster method if your throttles aren't in idle is pressing F1 to go into idle and then holding F2 to go into reverse.

[@tetchy5099]

When you said it defaults the QNH to 30, it's because Airbus is European and in Europe the QNH is in hPa not like the US, which there it's in Hg

[@furio9328]

Can someone please tell me how I can not have the auto throttle always come on when landing on the A320? I’ve disconnected it and it always come back on.

[@AA-tx1zs]

👍🏼👍🏼

[@Tommy88-]

How do you make it say g/s?

[@ianwinkler5562]

My aircraft does not flare, it just slams and bounces off the runway. Maybe I am doing something wrong.

[@jarisipilainen3875]

what is different for fsx,xplane,flight sim world. why need yet again same landing turorial

[@four2603]

well i am interested, how do you know ? :D

[@Mr.Thompson]

As the A320 is a European aircraft the MCDU wants you to input the QNH in hPa. So 29.92 IN HG = 1013 hPa. ;) Jimmy Carter failed to supersede the imperial system, so the regional differences still confuse everyone. 🤣 EDIT: Maybe real A320 MCDU accepts in hg as well (don't know), but at least the MSFS2020 A320 Neo does not.

[@Krubarax]

"LDG inhibit" is modeled in the A32NX mod for fs2020 though. I got that message the other day and freaked out and aborted the landing. I have no idea what it means or why I got that message though :D plz do tell

[@vintageroyalphotography]

Did they talk to real Pilots before they made this game? It’s funny how they always notice things that pops up lol

[@silentious320]

Hyaa👋 Got another Question: What are "Minimums"? I heard callouts inside the Cockpit such as "100 above" and said "minimums" Stay safe😊

[@DarkWhispers_OG]

Minimums is basic that point of Time where you have to choose to land or go around

[@nathanmears7953]

So when I try to land using auto land it doesn’t flare itself and very often slams down hard could I be approaching too quickly?

[@fabiobertelli]

I have the same problem, did you fix that?

[@nathanmears7953]

@@fabiobertelli I have fixed this issue by downloading the Fly By Wire 320 it simulates everything so much better and the cat3 autoland will land the aircraft all the way to touchdown give it a go.

[@GooberActual]

Airline buddy told me that flying an airbus is pretty much like driving a Tesla. The aircraft does everything for you, you just tell it when, where, and how.