New A32NX Feature: TCAS! Vital System Explained by a Real Airbus Pilot

[@320SimPilot]

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[@Ben-hz7cp]

Will use

[@eyadalshakhshir8604]

You are a great teacher, great explainer and a great tutor. Please do not stop doing these videos they are extremely beneficial and helpful. Greetings from me and thank you for your efforts.❤️

[@320SimPilot]

Thank you so much, really appreciate it! Greetings to you too!

[@ShotInTheDark]

Agreed.

[@gurukn]

There's just something about watching an IRL airline pilot try his best to get on a head on with some other unsuspecting traffic. Love it!

[@Michael-zf1ko]

The best part about a FBW update is getting a 320 Sim Pilot video teaching the Airbus system, lol.

[@markgr1nyer]

It always amazes me how smart the airbus is. TCAS is one of my favourite systems as its such an easy concept but so important

[@noiserrr]

tcas though is obviously not an airbus feature or it would be pretty ineffective up there.

[@davidjones6680]

A brilliant explanation of the A320 TCAS system. Thank you!!

[@1992wcwood]

Getting back into flight sim after a long hiatus. Used to just play around with FS2004 as a kid. Into FS2020 now and I'm determined to really learn what it's all about. Airliners have always been my go to so naturally I fell into the A32NX. I just wanted to say I appreciate all your videos so much. It's like a rabbit hole, so many focused topics explained with incredible detail. I love all the real world facts too, even if they don't directly apply to the sim. It's just interesting stuff. You're an excellent teacher and you make learning fun. Keep doing what you do! Happy New Year from Boston, USA

[@cavok1984]

Such a fantastic explanation as usual. It's amazing the sophistication of the modern day systems and Flybywire have been flawless as always!

[@adrianlight9089]

So well explained and demonstrated. Thank you for all you do for us.

[@peerluk]

Great explanation, I didn't know the Airbus could avoid collisions like that. Thank you very useful information.

[@ramis4594]

Another great tutorial, thank you for the clear explanation and details about the TCAS system.

[@06L]

Fascinating video! 320 Sim Pilot and FBW at their best!

[@dxxtrr]

Amazingly explained, really great work. I watch one or two of your videos per day and made so much progress in MSFS. It is really fun to learn that way 👍🏻

[@sithiradulanjithgalhenaged6974]

These videous are golden. Learrned so much about the Airbus.

[@aileron5655]

thank you very much for this great explanation of how TCAS is working 🤓👍👍👍

[@joemetalmetallica]

Great Video as usual Mate learned allot.. love the livery..

[@tomstravels520]

Have you ever seen the ATSAW on latest A320's? Shows a small aircraft symbol with flight number and ground speed as well

[@hjr2000]

Thanks 320! Many thanks for another great video.

[@GreatLakesDrifta]

That plane is gorgeous

[@jakobbb6405]

I dont even have the FBW anymore but I still hope they release more updates so i get new videos from 320 sim pilot explaining airbus systems

[@flighterer]

Great video! Are you also going to cover the new LNAV in the experimental version in another video?

[@EVE101Patt]

thx for the great explanation!

[@320SimPilot]

You're welcome!

[@gregson99]

simply awesome stuff. very impressive what these guys do.

[@marc-antoinemetivier2854]

Thank you, very interesting! really hads to the immersion on Vatsim!

[@pabe907]

woa, a320 is full of newer technogoly awesome video!

[@PJBhm]

Thanks for this video ! Great feature!

[@marceldupre2454]

Great video as always. Happy New Year! Thanks for all your excellent work.

[@dancingtango]

Brilliantly demonstrated, thank you. Presumably, as the conflicting aircraft are “talking”, they are commanding reciprocal avoidance advisories?

[@GameOn_19]

Fantastic demonstration. Just curious, even though likely rare, any limitation on how effective TCAS is in conflicts with two or more planes at the same time?

[@jakobbb6405]

As far as I know (not a real pilot so yeah) it works with any amount of planes. if there is 3 planes one will get maintain callout meaning stay were you are and the other two descend/climb. And I mean more than 3 planes is very unlikely.

[@MatthewKiff]

This was really informative, thanks for the explanation 320SimPilot!

[@kthgodw1]

Another excellent video - thank you sir.

[@MikeSpeekman]

Excellent video. Very well explained. Thank you!

[@HASallehinHMA]

So Beautiful! What is your msfs graphic settings during this video taken?

[@ferrocen]

Very nicely explained! Thank you!

[@e.superfly8236]

I can just imagine him going round hunting for aircraft to see if his TCAS/RA works!

[@320SimPilot]

It took quite a few tries!

[@ektoraskontos3384]

As always great video !!!

[@cjmillsnun]

Great video Captain.

[@briangriffin7877]

Great video thanks for explaining 👍

[@liortaylor5305]

thank you! thank you! thank you!

[@jules3929]

Amazing video, thanks so much

[@shortfinal999]

Thank you. Very helpful..

[@mikebakkeyt]

Very helpful as ever - love the depth as it adds so much to the enjoyment of the sim. Now please Asobo/MS give us the option for multiplayer traffic to inject events as well as AI. I know there could be a lot but that's why I said *option* :-)

[@budguy21]

@@737simviator umad bro?

[@kotlkingchan]

Does the MSFS B787 have TCAS fully implemented? It seems there is no "TRAFFIC" alert calling out when there is traffic. RA seems not implemented too.

[@pfsantos007]

Between you and Flybywire, I think I'll see if I can skip Private and Commercial and go straight to an ATP license. :D:D:D

[@ferrocen]

Could you make a tutorial about the flight director? I understand the it is the part which calculates the desired attitude of the aircraft and the autopilot is following this commands when engaged. But I'm still confused when to disengage FD, why are there two of them when always both should be engaged or disengaged and how do they influence the FMA's? Would be great to learn more about this! Thanks!

[@tomstravels520]

That’s likely why the A380 and A350 have 2. I’m guessing it was just so if you had one suddenly deviate you could turn off only that one and then hand control to other pilot who could keep theirs on. You turn them off when you are not following their commands. Such as this manoeuvre or flying visually for an approach. After minimums for an RNP approach then FD’s will no longer be in FINAL APP mode and will switch to HDG VS. You don’t want to follow that so you turn them off

[@atomicboy8972]

Thanks for the video, I froze on the first flight with the exp Flybywire install watching the tcas alert. After it was over, I thought did the airplane just climb and descend without me?

[@shanemcgrath6270]

Great video mate and thank you. Are there any originating checks that can be done that test that TCAS is operating properly? (showing traffic on ND/simulating callouts). It is a feature I quite like in the CRJ.

[@Michael-zf1ko]

I think so, but it might not be used by the pilots in the Airbus. I know about the 747 GPWS test which is very similar to the CRJ, but the real world 747 pilots don't use it as a checklist item. It's more for the maintenance crew.

[@aerofart]

Does TCAS coordinate with TAWS? I realize a proper flight level or altitude should keep the plane from diving into terrain, but what happens under conditions where terrain clearance is less than 1,000 feet? I read something about a T2CAS which I think addresses this but I didn’t read too far into the details.

[@salokin1]

Thanks! Happy New Year. When is the correct moment at the start of the flight to switch the TCAS on?

[@danielhatami]

Typically, just before entering the active runway for takeoff

[@dani91foti]

Hello, can you help? on every airplane I fly I always find "not operative" next to any of the tcas functionalities (along with some others).

[@charimuvilla8693]

Tried the A32NX yesterday and it saved the plane from a direct collision at 37000 feet. ATC gave me wrong directions for the other plane, I couldn't see it because it wasn't there, TCAS decided to climb and I suddenly saw a plane charging around 100 meters directly below the plane at cruise speed. It was ridiculous.

[@AirborneAuckland]

Excellent video, thank you. I've set up everything and I'm using AIG. I can't get the experimental FBW 32NX to react to the aircraft nearby. Am I doing something wrong?

[@iComputerfreak]

Could someone explain to me what the long chime at e.g. 17:22 is? It appears multiple times in this video, but it does not seem to be anything serious.

[@Nightmareonscamstreet]

Does the tcas only give vertical resolutions ?

[@iraqiboy90]

i dont know if i've missed it in this video, but doesnt TCAS communicates with the other plane' TCAS to coordinate the opposite action? i.e. If your TCAS climbs, the other plane' TCAS will decent? I think i've heard something like this from a plane accident video where the pilots followed ATC's commands to climb or something while the other plane followed the TCAS advisory to climb at the same time resulting in both of them crashing into each other? See video: "Überlingen Collision in Real Time / Air Crash Animation + ATC (2018)"

[@Alex-mk5iq]

It may sound stupid but would’nt it be quicker to disconnect the autopilot, pitch up and go TOGA when climbing and go idle thrust and pitch down immediately when you are descending, instead of first turning off your fd’s

[@tomstravels520]

Why would you need to go TOGA for the climb? Turning off the FD’s means you are then in speed mode, the aircraft will maintain the speed varying the thrust automatically. One less thing the pilot has to think about in a high stress situation. All they have to do is pitch up or down

[@Poseidon6363]

In the Fenix A320 how do you reduce Tcas Range??, I am getting a message asking me to do this?

[@mathsdepot]

Does the default A320 by Asobo have TCAS? It can be turned on but does it work?

[@ResRules]

How often do TCAS alerts happen IRL?

[@kameshnatarajan7735]

Why does MFS2020 does not enable TCAS ? It would be great if you could reply.

[@calliace641]

ATC is overridden by TCAS because of the 2002 german air disaster. Such a sad story.. If your TCAS is telling you to do something, it’s because ATC hasn’t done their job properly up to that point. All pilots should realize this and complete disregard ATC at that point.

[@dream_gamingyt9860]

I have a question about the rudder pedals in the aircraft. When the plane is on the ground and my right foot is forward, the planes nose goes right but when the plane is in the air, is the rudder pedals now on a reversed axis? For example, if I put my right foot forward, does the planes nose go left in the air?

[@tomstravels520]

No

[@Pilot.0101]

If a pilot didn't switch that on on the pedestal is a collision midair possible or are there other back ups just in case warnings are missed? I'm just thinking ahead to the episode of Air Crash Investigation.

[@tomstravels520]

There are clear warnings if the TCAS is not active

[@daveyoung2056]

Amazing 🤩

[@razsmithy]

Could you or someone tell us what settings to use to give the most realistic camera positioning/zoom. Many thanks

[@RobertHopkinsArt]

Brilliant!

[@rasteek]

I cant get it to work, is it only in experimental branch or development?

[@320SimPilot]

I am not certain but I used the experimental branch for this video!

[@rasteek]

@@320SimPilot yeah i installed experimental version and i see some “diamonds” now :)

[@KK-tt8pb]

The A32NX is never able to load on my computer, not sure why.

[@Shahama911]

All the buttons have been activated like what is in the video, but I did not see planes next to me, so it is possible that I am flying alone in the sky ):

[@PIPER338]

I'm new to fs2020 switching from the 737 to the A320 at work. What is the hold up with accurate VNAV and Approaches?

[@tomstravels520]

They require a lot of data to get correct descent profiles and different speeds, cost index's and how much drag will affect the plane. If the plane cannot calculate the correct T/D then you're either going to spend a lot of time levelling off or diving so fast you'll need the speed brakes out all the time. Especially if there are several speed and altitude constraints to consider.

[@David-xl8zf]

How come planes have such advanced systems and semis are still stuck with an emergency brake assist that is scared by traffic signs? Imagine how much lives and money you could save if cars had a system to protect you from missing a red light.

[@juanpinpol1865]

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