How To Use The IniBuilds A310 Autopilot

The autopilot in the iniBuilds A310 is a bit convoluted and difficult to understand. Hopefully this video will de-mystify some of its usage for you.
0:00 Intro
0:19 Autopilot Preparation
3:01 ATHR (Takeoff)
4:12 Profile & Nav Mode (Climb)
4:43 LVL CHG (Climb)
6:13 HDG SEL & Bank Angle (Cruise)
7:33 Profile (Descent)
8:18 LVL CHG (Descent)
9:49 Vertical Speed (Descent)
10:44 V/L & Land (Landing)
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[@moyseappr]

You make flying the A310 so easy. And you explain things well. I had trouble with the AP system, and now I fully understand it....thank you

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thank you! Comments like these are the reason I make these videos.

[@moyseappr]

@Flight Sim School well don't stop creating content like this. I subscribed after I seen your first video on the A310

[@heavyDriver320]

Really nice and brief!

[@NoahAviation09]

Really helpful thanks

[@TPHI17]

Another great video

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thanks :) How are you going with learning the 310?

[@TPHI17]

@@FlightSimSchool not going to bad, may be confident enough to actually fly it in one of Aus Flight Simmers streams very soon.

[@henrikolsen5]

I'm interested in more information about the (final) approach mode that can be activated in the MCDU. I didn't notice that was mentinoned. What effect does it have, when to engage it, can i auto engage etc - perhaps with comparisons to the approach mode in A320 - like how does it work in managed speed when slowing down in sync with deploying slats/flaps? I know it works on part of the approach / speed range, but haven't figured out the details yet.

[@FlightSimSchool]

Hi Henrik, I'll point you towards two other videos that I've done on the ILS and the RNAV approaches in the 310: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ-clZSffqlohs0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn2niquHhKeGjZY

[@user-wu1rs7uc8k]

Great video, Yes more A310 stuff...are u on xbox or pc?

[@FlightSimSchool]

Thanks! I'm on PC.

[@user-ht8wt4di7f]

Hey Marc. I'm getting to grips slowly now with the A310, but I have found an issue which I am unsure about. If I hand fly the takeoff and then enable A.P after passing the first waypoint the aircraft does a 180 and heads back to the first waypoint in the F.P? If I press A.P before it reaches the first waypoint then it follows the course as it should. Is this how it works? Or is it a bug? I am on the xbox series S.

[@FlightSimSchool]

Have a look at the F-PLN page as you’re flying over the first waypoint. My guess is it won’t disappear from the top of the flight plan, probably because you didn’t fly quite close enough for it to register it. At that point, you can go to the DIR (direct) page on the MCDU, and choose the next waypoint in your FP that you want to navigate to. Then when you turn the AP on it’ll go to that next waypoint you just set. You can do this when the AP is on too to shortcut your route at any point.

[@elpiloto100]

Does the A310 (and the new A300) respect the speed restrictions when on A/THR + PROFILE mode? I find that on descent, other than the 250KIAS/10000ft restriction, it's usually going way too fast, especially on final approach. On the A320, I didn't have to manually set the speed and I would let the AP adjust the throttle/speed for me based on the MCDU all the way to touchdown.

[@FlightSimSchool]

It's been a while since I've flown it, but that does sound familiar. PROFILE mode on the 310 is no where near as sophisticated as the 320's managed descent.

[@wolfgamer7274]

how? how did you get all that information into my brain so quick?

[@FlightSimSchool]

Enjoy the A310 :)

[@nickdesai6829]

Hi great video. How do I get the altitude & speed to follow the FMC? Thanks

[@FlightSimSchool]

I’m not sure I understand your question, but you have to change the altitude and speed on the MCP manually to match the values in the FMC.

[@jettlethedragonpeeltheoran8915]

When I try to capture the glideslope, it only does it if the VOR/NAV/ILS switch is set to ILS on both the Captain and FO side. You only have it set on the Captain side. How come?

[@FlightSimSchool]

I guess because I wasn’t paying attention :D It should be set on both sides as you said.

[@AvrgAvGeek01]

My a310 is broken it says the transponder is off for me every time i use it

[@FlightSimSchool]

You could try uninstalling and reinstalling it in the content manager

[@trainsimer12]

Hi. Whenever i come into land it puts the throttle to full and it dont let me take it off. Why?

[@FlightSimSchool]

It sounds like you’re too close to the minimum flyable speed of the airplane, and it’s going into Takeoff/Go Around mode automatically. Try and stay about 10 kts above the red part of the airspeed indicator.

[@A310FirstOfficer]

My autopilot just dosent care,like i set FL240 lets say and it just goes in the ground at like 500kts,i handfly until my crz alt and then after i turn it on it goes to FL450 in a 90 degree climb and falls down with a stall,PLEASE HELP IM IN PAIN

[@FlightSimSchool]

It should hold altitude if you set it in ALT HOLD mode

[@A310FirstOfficer]

​@@FlightSimSchoolI joked about it,i learned the Autopilot on my own,since I fly the A320 I didn't really know how to set it but I managed to,I'm a quick learner,but thanks to you and others I managed to learn,bit the ILS approach is super hard for me,I tried your video but it still don't understand!I'm sorry but it's very hard I flew the A320 for most of my Sim time and now I just switched to the A310 and im a little confused with ILS.Please explain on text so I can read it over and over until I memorize it,thanks for being who you are!

[@Brtt4849]

Hi, my Nav won't activate, any solutions?

[@FlightSimSchool]

That's usually because there is something in the flight plan that's not right. Make sure you don't have any discontinuities as well.

[@Brtt4849]

@@FlightSimSchool Ah, okay

[@theophilelouison7249]

Is it just me, I cannot pull down the VS button

[@FlightSimSchool]

The click points are sometimes a bit hard to hit correctly, maybe that's what's going on?

[@theophilelouison7249]

@@FlightSimSchool hey I found the solution, there's a setting in the menu where's there to mode to push and pull buttons. The setting that I have is, right click to push and middle mouse button to pull. This is why I don't have the arrows

[@corrado.08]

@@theophilelouison7249 I have the same problem. in which menu did you find that setting, so I can turn it off? thanks

[@barthvapour]

Unhelpful. Profile and Nav CANNOT be selected when the AP is off. Your video shows something that can't be done in my Simulator.

[@FlightSimSchool]

So, turn them on after you enable the AP? That sounds like a bug though because you should be able to arm them before enabling the AP. The 310 isn’t exactly ini’s best work, they basically did the minimum that Microsoft asked of them.

[@user-ht8wt4di7f]

Your response to @theophilelouison7249 3 weeks ago "hey I found the solution, there's a setting in the menu where's there to mode to push and pull buttons. The setting that I have is, right click to push and middle mouse button to pull. This is why I don't have the arrows" In the video you change the mode by pressing the button "up" and "down" but you don't say which action relates to pull and push? I'm assuming up=pull and down = push Please confirm. thxs, great video by the way.

[@FlightSimSchool]

Yep that’s right, pull is up, and push is down