ALT* Airbus Guide: What you need to know! With a Real Airbus Pilot

[@seetukka]

It always makes my day when I get a notification that you have released a new video!! Im following dozens of similar channels but your videos are by far most informative and interesting from a airplane and simulator enthusiasts perspective.

[@320SimPilot]

Thank you so much Jony, I really appreciate it. That is very kind of you to say and it means a lot. Thanks for watching!

[@schwig44]

Mornin' Captain! What a way to start a relaxing Saturday Edit: Fantastic video, love it when you get into the limitations of the aircraft, like the potential dangers of ALT* . Also love your perspective on the bus, really shows me how if you understand the operating principles of the plane, you can really appreciate some of the features and styles of implementation, rather than just not liking it because it's different. I grew up with stories about american pilots fighting their buses sometimes (stories told to the Mx guy [my dad]), because they were unfamiliar with how the aircraft would respond to certain sequences of inputs. There was always an air of incredulity that anyone would do it that way (Boeing does it like THIS), but you very clearly illustrate the clear logic in the design of the systems, and how the behavior of the aircraft follows from that logic

[@NoobTubez]

Well said. 100% agree.

[@kaistoneman5707]

Couldn't have put it any better! 👍

[@Stellastronza89]

as always, excellent video. It really feels like I'm flight school. Thank you very much.

[@salokin1]

We all could probably have continued to fly problem free, watching the FMA * come and go, but knowing a bit more about what's going on is wonderful. Thanks for another fantastic lesson: I'm always looking forward to the next one!

[@togafly.]

True ;)

[@mrinck]

Many thanks for these great tutorial videos.They are always incredibly useful.

[@vutti2893]

So I know what 'Alt*' is and how to use it effectively, been watching the little '*' appear and disappear without actually being fully cognisant of its function......or at least I thought I did ! Apparently not....brilliant, straight forward and easy to follow 'how, why, what not to do and what to be aware of' when climbing or descending in the Airbus. Superb explanation made the process easy to understand and next time I get in a slight pickle as the Alt * symbol appears, I will know how to get myself and crew out of the mess fairly quickly. Great job as always Captain.

[@Radiomate]

Great video as always! Bet your excited for the fenix a320 🔥 I cannot wait 👍😁

[@320SimPilot]

Thanks Matthew! Indeed I am looking forward to it a lot!

[@arnavg7973]

Thanks so much for these amazing tutorials! Really helps Newbies like me

[@bluesfool1]

Like any automated system in an airplane, it's the pilots responsibility to maintain situational awareness and constantly monitor the system to make sure the plane is doing what is expected. the AP in particular I think can get you in trouble pretty quickly if you aren't paying attention.

[@enriqueosuna]

Excellent video as usual. You are a great instructor pilot. Thanks

[@Michael_forest]

Thank you so much for your outstanding videos, not only for the well-explained content, but also for your personable and down-to-earth manner

[@DavidValentine2017]

Thanks for this tutorial. I had a recent experience of a sudden change of wind speed which resulted in exactly the same dangerous situation you show here whereby I lost over 30 knots of headwind within a split second pushing me very close to a stall near 36,000 feet. I soon discovered that because the aeroplane was in Alt* (was at about 35,700 feet climbing to 360) I couldn't put it into V/S mode so disconnected the autopilot and pushed the nose down a bit. Didn't think to press level off to recover some speed! Something I will always remember now thanks to you! :-)

[@Jojos25]

Where did this happen?

[@DavidValentine2017]

@@Jojos25 Approaching the Pyrenees mountains

[@Jojos25]

@@DavidValentine2017 sorry, I meant in what simulator?

[@DavidValentine2017]

@@Jojos25 Oh sorry haha - Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 using the FlyByWire A320 neo

[@hkk5790]

12:39 I remember OP CLB has a minimum climb rate of 1000fpm?

[@320SimPilot]

OP CLB has no minimum and sometimes it will level off almost whilst trying to maintain speed, but I think I know what you are referring to! Within 1200ft OP CLB commands 1000 FPM so that will be what happens there in the video. If we had been starting from further away it wouldn’t have, this is a behaviour I need to confirm however. Great spot and well remembered!

[@hkk5790]

@@320SimPilot Just checked 22-30-70-30 and my bad! Thanks for clarifying me :)))))

[@ShotInTheDark]

Excellent explanation and insight into what’s actually happening and not just weird shenanigans, now it makes sense. Thanks.

[@320SimPilot]

Thanks as ever for watching!

[@btm_kiwigaming5449]

As always, love your content! Very informative & helpful! Has helped me get to know a lot of the MSFS 2020 Airbus A320neo's systems etc through the Xbox Series X. I was wondering if I may be able to make a request please for a video/stream of a flight from Wellington (NZWN) or Auckland (NZAA) with a landing at Queenstown (NZQN) in New Zealand? Such a beautiful but tricky approach.

[@PacTheOne]

Thank you for the video.. love the informations.. makes simming more fun. Cheers from EDDH

[@cavok1984]

Another great video. Every one you release I always learn something new. It's great to see the level of systems fidelity coming into the A32NX.

[@Danpet88]

Great video as always Captain! Thank you!

[@320SimPilot]

You are very welcome Daniel!

[@mikebakkeyt]

As ever - informative and enjoyable content, thank you!

[@jameneto]

Quite interesting subject, and mastered explanation. Thank you! Really appreciate your videos

[@chaoz1666]

I was curious what there was to learn about ALT * and I am pleasantly suprised. I admit I did not think about speed issues while leveling off. Great video!

[@enriqueosuna]

The new FS2CREW for the A320NX makes all those call outs and now it makes more sense on why it is recommended to do so, in order to work in tandem with the automation and thus remain engaged with the aircraft.

[@andrevdw747]

What a great tutorial again! It fun to train that by myself 👍🏻🛫

[@ganntradingsystemstimecycl2783]

Very informative. I find myself from time to time using the V/S to have better control of either vertical accent or decent.. I watch a channel called Just Planes, has cockpit actions various planes. Constantly see pilots manually using V/S on decent. Especially when near airport on approach there's lot of traffic. As ATC instructs speed restriction.

[@PacTheOne]

its also more fun to calculator the decend VS rate via "flypad" in the FlyByWire addon and then just do that.. whilst listening to ATC complaining about staying at Cruise for.. 99% of the flight

[@kamikazeman]

Learned something new today - FCU Bingo!

[@MohammadBari79]

Excellent and very informative

[@LaggerYT1337]

Awesome stuff! :)

[@Dg-zj6jo]

do you think a low speed was the problem at paris air show crash

[@Kuba-ir8ts]

Thx a lot for another great video

[@707liner8]

Another great video that really helps you understand 'what the plane is doing!' I do have a question, and I'm not sure of it's a quick 'n' easy answer or if it's more involved, but how do you set and use the 'BARO', and what does it do?

[@soap1230]

that ISIS panel down there, give us a video about it, thanks. best pilot ever

[@hugoweber5317]

Tnks a lot for the instruction cpt! A question: on 737 i press a button called "alt int" on MCP to bypass a alt restriction. How can i do this on an a320? Context: ATC says im clear to climb to FL320 but the SID has an altitude restriction. Tnks again!

[@Mogsey55262]

Mate thx for the MCDU tutorial I'm on Xbox so it's more confusing it really helped 👍

[@kaistoneman5707]

I have been wondering what this mode does for some time now; this mode has almost caused a collision between me and lets just say some very big rocks near Dalaman XD In the ToLiss. To be quite honest i think it was the constraints that were a *bit* iffy. Also, that rule of thumb is a good one; and could help avoid almost slamming into rocks. Planes+Rocks= RIP. And will help the descents with my daily flights between London Luton to Dalaman! Thank you so much for these tutorials! Means a lot to me and 48,000+ others (Congratulations to 48k well deserved captain!😉)

[@Xlastsuspectx]

A bit off topic, but could you share your msfs sensitivity settings from your rudder pedals? Mine doesn't seem right lately, brakes works almost like a on/off button, so it's very hard to ride the brakes when taxing for example. Also parking is a nightmare cause the plane keeps stopping when I barely touch the brakes.

[@ironknobair]

Nice video. My problem is the altitude nearly always reads 1000 ft higher than I actually am so when I am in approach mode when I am 1000 ft the reading is 2000 ft and some times 2400 ft so i can not use the GS when landing.

[@flighterer]

Looking forward to more streams with the experimental version. Possibly even more advanced approaches like RNAV. Should be doable now right?

[@enriqueosuna]

VNAV has not been updated yet in the experimental version, so RNAV's are still not possible. I tried an RNAV yesterday and realized it does not work so I used the LNAV capability and used the FPA to complete the approach. But the LNAV is very good now. Looking forward to FBW implementing the VNAV update next.

[@flighterer]

@@enriqueosuna It depends on the kind of RNAV approach. Some are essentially non precision approaches so you can simply use minimum altitudes and descent down that way. All you really need for that is proper LNAV. Precision approaches however require VNAV to compute a vertical path.

[@enriqueosuna]

@@flighterer you are right. We could use managed speed to descend at a 3 degree angle, or used the FPA feature, which I prefer because it allows me to adjust the descent angle as required. The current standard RNAV-Z approach does not work and the V/Dev is not active and we cannot fly the Brick for vertical flight path automatically.

[@Senseigainz]

So if you hit VS 0ft to get out of ALT* can you then change the VS to 500fpm?

[@whbwin]

Can you try one thing for me? It’s really confused me, fcom says alt will be armed only when the fcu altitude changes over 250ft, but actually when I descent within 100ft it still be armed and than alt*. Now I just forgot whether it be armed or not at that time

[@kneecaps2000]

Zuper!!

[@gurukn]

Question : On go around, say you select flaps pos. 1, would the airbus give you 1 or 1+F? Is it the same for T/O?

[@rangerrick8220]

Seems like I am playing `FCU Bingo' more than I care to in the MSFS 2020 planes...

[@daniellundgren8458]

So in the last case you showed, when you start losing energy on a go around in alt* mode, what would be the best recovery alternative? I suppose disengaging the AP, as a level off perhaps wouldn’t be the best option for a go around in a busy airspace for example… Any tips?

[@budguy21]

Increase throttles back to TO/GA

[@virtualaviator21156]

Ok now it has become manta airways.... Awesome airline apparently... I have travelled in their a320s 😘😘 😉😉 excellent pilots and cabin crew services. Now I know this is a bit sensitive but I think u must help the aviation industry by doing a ferry flight to kabul to rescue the innocents after the crazy happenings ( I am talking about virtual flight to kabul I know it is impossible in real life now. We Indians as we watch the crazy happenings are dumbstruck) . No offense or hate, ❤️❤️❤️❤️ thanks for your content! 👍👍

[@vutti2893]

That's not a silly idea....particularly if to participate you have to make a charitable donation into the Captains stream account....should be a doddle to add up how much has been given and forward to an appropriate charity......Clint Eastwood put it fairly succinctly when he described an aborted mission as a monumental Cluster F**k!! which is what is going on in Afghanistan right now....we should all be very ashamed in the West.

[@virtualaviator21156]

@@vutti2893 I can understand. even without the taliban, afg would have been a terrorism-ridden country like pakistan. Now we people in india are gonna face a big BAD threat from the taliban. Really feel bad for the innocent afghans.

[@alexandergalfano3187]

👹👹 You cannot run from a selected VOR DME ARC tutorial 👹👹

[@dayanand1190]

I didnt like Airbus's design philosophy. Why would any system put the flight in the risk of losing energy, and needs pilots intervention even when its on AP? Ridiculous.

[@320SimPilot]

Any modern aircraft has this issue when using vertical speed. The airbus has many levels of protection in place if you do accidentally get into a low energy situation, many others don’t!

[@dayanand1190]

@@320SimPilot Thanks so much for your response. I will continue my learning on this unique system. Love your videos.

[@smartbear7450]

Hi is there somewhere I can send you a private message.

[@320SimPilot]

My contact email is on the 'about' section of KZbin.

[@smartbear7450]

@@320SimPilot hi no email address there

[@marvinhaines5907]

thanks so much for taking your time to educate us, as usual very informative.

[@320SimPilot]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching.