FlightFactor A320 Part 2 - LPPT ILS Arrival [X-Plane]

[@vikingonezero]

Graham, Your attention to detail is phenomenal. Your turned on the strobe light before you crossed a runway is just one example of which I could name many.. You "place" the speed brake into position and do not "flick" it, you set the transponder to 2000 after the flight. Military flight schools make future aviators fold their socks, align their uniforms in the closet, shine their shoes , utilize the "gig" line while wearing the uniform and have all the rank insignias proper distances from the edges of the collar etc, to teach one thing which is "attention to detail". Thank you my friend for another great and extremely educational video.

[@pops2728]

Thank you Graham for a very informative video. Great for someone that has just purchased the FF A320. It is great that you take the time to share your knowledge with Flight Simmers like myself, who, at the age of 76 will never get to fly a jet liner. Many thanks for your time.

[@richardcraven4700]

Graham your videos are so much appreciated by us flight sim novices as a definitive guide to how to fly the Airbus . Thank you so much

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks Richard, It's an older series now so I'm glad your finding the series useful.

[@MrEdster63]

I absolutely agree with the comment below about your attention to detail. I have watched many videos on how to fly my new purchase and not one of them come close to your professionalism and flow of teaching. This is one of the very best teaching videos on KZbin and I say this as an ex IT teacher. Most of the guys that try to make teaching videos on the A320 Ultimate, in my opinion, miss out so much vital detail. Your explanation of decent options was utterly fantastic. Good teaching means get to the point and forget about talking about personal life issues and comments made. I like videos that waste no time of rubbish fillers. Thank you so much for the wonderful videos, which I will be watching another few times. I cannot believe your videos are free. Thanks Graham, Eddie.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks Eddie. Comments like yours are what makes doing the channel worthwhile! I love seeing these wonderful detailed models and want to help people to get the very best out of them. I'm glad you're finding the presentation style to your liking.

[@milo4008]

Thanks alot for this. Finally somebody who explains a basic landing nice and clearly without doing all kinds of special tricks and advanced procedures that will just confuse you.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks. I’d say it’s all about the “building blocks” learn the basics well and the more advanced stuff can come later.

[@garethsalvage9029]

Really well done, thank you. Went from struggling to 30,000 feet in no time. You do the best X-plane tutorials by a long shot.

[@leadingedgesimulations7695]

Hi Graeme. I'm 1 half of the development team who made this TBM...specifically, the model, textures and lighting. Many thanks for these videos. Excellent "lessons" for the uninitiated. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks very much. You and Totoritko have done fantastic work with the TBM, absolutely brilliant. The 3D modelling is awesome, and just think what could be if Totoritko could be persuaded to learn about Pratt and Whitney R1830 Twin Wasps, as fitted to the DC-3... ;-)

[@leadingedgesimulations7695]

@@ReflectedRealitySimulations Toto is very much a glass panel kind of guy. But the DC3 has been getting some coding love lately. News on that will be coming soon. ;)

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Sounds like good news :-).

[@rogermoore52]

thanks, nice to have someone who knows what their doing. lot more confidence having watched you switch decent modes and seeing how the plane reacts. great work

[@briangentle5515]

Dear Graham, thanks for all this help. I recently bought the ToLiSs A319 and have previously had experience of the QPAC A320. Then I found a landing evaluation plugin and it has been driving me crazy! So your tip: " If you have that plugin that displays touchdown speed, or anything else that attempts to grade the touchdown, then disable it!" is just what I needed! Thanks. I have subscribed and will follow your further tutorials with interest.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks Brian, yes the key thing is to focus on the right technique and putting the aircraft exactly where you want it.

[@captainjimmy7241]

Hey Graham - I hope this comment finds you well. I did your tutorial flight to LPPT 1:1 this night and it was awesome to have you 'on bord'. It was like a simulator training and so detailed. To be very honest: your expertise about a320 gives a lot of depth and makes flying so interesting. You have a very reassuring and unpretentious way to explain how to manage the aircraft. Maybe this motivates you for new normal or special procedure videos around the a320. Thank You so much for your input on KZbin!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks for your kind comment. Yes I'd like to do a few more videos on the A320. The problem is that after spending 12 hours a day sat on a the real thing it's difficult to find the motivation and time over the summer months to spend more time simming as well - Summer is the time for outdoor hobbies! Now the summer is ending and our flying roster gets a bit quieter I'll try and do a few more videos, but it may be a few months before I get back to the A320.

[@bensteel3944]

You have to be amazed just how much knowledge it takes to fly an aircraft. Even more amazing are the people behind programming a game to act as an aircraft... amazing

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

The avionics, flight controls and aerodynamic engineers that designed the aircraft are the ones who amaze me - they make the flying bit easy! Then to replicate that whole machine in a simulator is indeed amazing.

[@rangerrick8220]

Excellent - great commentary - exactly what I was looking for - just learning Airbus after having spent most time on Boeing.

[@signmanbob3834]

I had flown Boeing sims for so long because there was never a great Airbus sim. Now I'm really enjoying flying the FFA320 and FSL A320. They are both outstanding simulations. I love your videos. I'm learning so much.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Yes it's nice to see a realistic implementation of the Airbus, glad you're still enjoying the videos.

[@fretei]

Hi Super instructive Video, but just wondering, you go from STD to local QNH at about 30000, isn't this suppose to be done at Transition altitude ??

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Firstly in the descent Transition Level is relevant. In the climb it would be Transition Altitude. The Trans Alt remains constant, the Trans Level is given by Air Traffic Control or the ATIS. The reason is the lowest available flight level depends on atmospheric pressure. With a QNH or Altimeter setting of 988 hPa and a Trans Alt of 6000 ft, the Trans Alt would be equivalent to approx FL068, so the first available flight level (maintaining at least 1000ft separation) will be FL080. However with a QNH of 1020 hPa FL070 would be available, hence why the Trans Alt is fixed and published on the charts and the Trans Level is given by air traffic. Let's say air traffic clear you to descent to from cruise to Altitude 5000ft. There isn't any reason why the QNH setting isn't set straight away, in fact it's safer to set it as soon as cleared. That way the aircraft will capture 5000ft. If you leave STD until Trans Level then forget to set QNH (the closer to the airport you are, the more ATC chatter and potential distraction there is) you will level at FL050, which in my example of 988 hPa could be as low as 4300 ft. You could end up only 200 ft away from opposite direction traffic. Note the Airbus will flash the QNH value when climbing above TA with QNH set as if to say "Look! You forgot me!", but it won't flash the QNH even way above transition as you descend. So in summary, no, you don't need to leave the QNH setting until below Trans Level, nor do you need to leave STD until above Trans Alt. What matters is the cleared Altitude / Flight Level, not the current position. That isn't to say some company SOPs may mandate a different procedure but what I describe above is a very common way to do it. It may be different in places like the USA where a common high TA of 18000 ft is used, in Europe it can be very low. Hope this helps!

[@paddyredmond3039]

Simply - excellent tutorial. Detailed and so useful with you providing alternative ways to descend. Thank you.

[@RyanLoveMegenNicole]

Thank you very much Graham! I've been searching for a detailed video like this for a very long time. Most of the famous flight sim youtubers seem to skip or go through the parts really quickly. Love how you explain it at a slow pace and explaining each action you did and it's very easy to follow for us new users. Looking forward for the rest of the videos! Any plans to do a flight with the zibo 737? :)

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Hello Ryan, I’ve not flown the Zibo mod as the IXEG gives me all the 737 excitement I need! Most of what’s shown in the IXEG series will be applicable to the Zibo as I understand they are quite similar aircraft apart from the instruments.

[@PedroMagueija]

Brilliant video as usual. This is one of the very best channels around for flightsim. Thank you for your dedication. Side note: Lisbon as an updated default scenery that fixes the runway lights. You can get it from the gateway if you're interested.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks, I didn’t know Lisboa had been updated.

[@rangerrick8220]

Quick question - why not using DH when flying an ILS approach? Why not just use a RA of 200 for all approaches?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Decision Height is only used for cat 2 and cat 3 approaches, for cat 1 and above we use Decision Altitude. The reason is the minima published is a baro minima, so must come from the altimeter not the radio altimeter. Remember that even 200 feet above the runway the aircraft is more than half a mile from the start of the runway, the terrain under the aircraft is almost never flat so 200 feet “radio” (i.e. measured directly underneath the aircraft) is not the same as 200ft above the runway. Hope that makes sense?

[@MultiKluv]

Thanks for video. What is your joystick settings of Control response and Stability augmentation for this model? I have Logiteck 3D Pro.

[@telosfd]

Perfect tutorial. Sometimes appears me the T/D arrow ( Aerosoft A-320) some times no. Do i make some mistake?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

As far as I can remember there should always be a top of descent arrow - there may be some circumstances where it won't show up but to be honest I can't remember. I've not flown the Aerosoft model. The thing to keep in mind is simply to fly the aircraft at all times and if something isn't working right then make the appropriate inputs to change it. Using the 3x table method I describe in my video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHOpfKBtndp8obM works really well, and on the Airbus Open Descent and VS work just like any other aircraft.

[@jackfleischmann1973]

Hi Graham. You have produced an outstanding collection of videos. I thought I recalled one that included a segment on how to use the Secondary flight plan on the FMC. Have you removed that video?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Hello Jack, thanks for your nice comment. No I haven’t removed any videos, I think the Part 3 video may show the secondary plan in use for fuel planning.

[@jackfleischmann1973]

@@ReflectedRealitySimulations Thanks Graham. Don't know how I missed that! Looking forward to more of your flights!

[@Solo_Traveller101]

Hi Graham, Thank you so much for your wonderfully instructed video. I've just stumbled across it and already you've solved a problem that all the other KZbin videos on this aircraft couldn't address - when to activate the APPR phase page. I haven't even finished watching it yet! Great stuff mate and keep the videos coming. BTW have you flown the 777 in your career? Would love some professional tuition on that too as I have the brilliant PMDG version. Thanks!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Hi Robbie, sorry for the delay replying. Glad you found the videos useful. Sadly I’ve never flown the 777, shorthaul only I’m afraid. My friends that have say it’s a very nice aircraft to operate though.

[@nevshammond8491]

Hi Graham, Yet again a lesson from " The Master " from a R/W A320 Pilot ... lessons don't/cant get any better than this, so informative and in depth as per usual . These videos should be pinned to the X Plane.Org Flight Factor forum it would certainly half a lot of the help comments on there... " I set this and the plane did this or that or the other ..HELP ! "... Well DONT ... just watch these videos and do it correctly and the sense of satisfaction one feels is just immense the smile one has standing at the arrival gate Job Done !! I can assure you is wider than your face.... enough said .. except to say Thanks Graham, YET AGAIN BRILLIANT :-) Nev.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks very much. Feedback like yours makes the channel worthwhile.

[@ralphcaridad2053]

Great videos. Very informative for us arm chair pilots.

[@dushyantkumarzala3925]

Hi Graham After activating LS and after “Alt *” activating Approach / 2nd AP the aircraft doesn’t decent when it reaches the glide slope. It flies further at the interception altitude. What am I doing wrong when flying a managed approach? I would really appreciate if you can help me in this matter.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Sorry for the delay replying. It must be in LOC or LOC* before it will intercept the glideslope, this is the usual problem.

[@TheSkelpil]

Excellent! The best tutorial video I've seen on flying any aircraft for X-Plane. Very detailed and thorough. Great job!!

[@lawandorder384]

Hi i love your channel.. on the A320 sim, is the TOD based on your initial Approach fix Altitude or Airport elevation....exemple: you are cruising at FL370 .airport elevation: 3400 feet and the ILS or Gs intercept at 6000 feet. Based on what do you calculate the TOD distance and is the distance you apply based on the airport distance, VOR or IAF? Thank you.

[@josephcorreia7779]

Thank you so much for another outstanding A320 tutorial. Finally I will have the opportunity to fly an approach the proper way. I have learned so much from this tutorial.

[@kjhnor]

Calmly and clearly explained. Thanks.

[@brunoguerra6085]

Thank you very much for the great video and i do hope you continue to make them, not only tutorials but day to day flights. Many thanks once again.

[@jaken7447]

Thank you so much sir! those are some great quality videos! i just have a few questions about the approach, i found my plane alwasy end up with too high on the glide slope, probably becasue i extended flaps before the appr mode. but is there a way to use flaps to slow down before the plane activate the appr mode itself?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

When the aircraft is not in approach phase the aircraft will target climb, cruise or descent speed as required, or 250 knots if below the limiting level. It’s best to get into the habit of selecting a speed, activate the approach phase, then either select a lower speed or manage speed and select flaps as required. Selecting flap without the approach phase active is not really a good idea as you would use selected speeds to do so, and when you re-manage the speed the aircraft will accelerate.

[@oldsaltypossum5287]

Thank you for such an informative video. I was (am) having trouble getting the A320 to fly the approach and now you have given me many things to correct. Looking forward to learning more about this amazing aircraft. Keep up the great work.

[@bluefin2349]

Hello sir how do you know when to engage approach phase

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Usually Pilots preference - I usually wait until I'm finished with managed descent, so usually below 10000ft, and when I need to slow down to approach speeds so a minimum of 25 track miles. The aircraft will activate approach phase automatically when it's in Nav mode as it passes the (D) on the nav display flightplan, but the vast majority of approaches flown IRL are radar vectored so manual activation is required.

[@bluefin2349]

Thanks man very informative vids amazing 👍👍👍

[@PowerAirSimulations]

That was the most thorough Tutorial I’ve ever seen on this aircraft and it’s one of the only videos that I was able to use to get my plane up in the air thank you much appreciated. one question I do have which is actually a simple thing when you came in to the Gateway you changed your camera angle and were able to move your camera in any direction without having the plane in the center what keys did you use?

[@thegood9]

Can i ask where you get the MDA from when you enter it into the PERF Descent page? Thanks again.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Hi Jason, that’s the approach minima, and comes from the approach chart.

[@thegood9]

@@ReflectedRealitySimulations Gotcha. Thank you!

[@highloader2]

Thank you for another excellent video, i'm learning so much about the a320. Off to the sim to put what I have learnt into practice. Can't wait until your next ff A320 video

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Hello Peter, thanks very much. Next video should be out on Wednesday.

[@Noctureal]

Hi! I'd like to know are operations overall quite strict or is there some freedom for pilots own preferences? Like I do like to use selected speed when landing. So is skipping some automation allowed if pilot so wishes to do?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

It depends on the airline really, but for the most part pilots can fly manual flight/manual thrust if they prefer as long as certain conditions are met. Remember though it’s not recreational flying, and crews on the short haul Airbus will usually have a very busy schedule with long days and minimum rest. With that in mind we’ll do can to make each day as easy and safe as possible and the automation exists to make flying easier. If the autothrust is used, we would almost always use managed speed for landing in order to benefit from the protections that Groundspeed Mini offers.

[@Noctureal]

Makes sense. I think most people like to fly Boeing in simulator because it has more to do and after all this is enternainment for us. Of course pilots who fly a lot and have long days want to let automation handle as much as possible! I have question also related on smoking sign and seatbelt sign auto mode. If I've read correctly they make both lights illuminate in certain situations? But how about no smoking sign because I think smoking is not allowed at least in Europe so should it put to ON position always? Thanks for answers and great videos. You definitely got sub from me because I really do love Airbus and it is nice to watch well made professional videos!

[@xplaner359]

Hi Graham. Great videos. One thing I didn't ever realise is that you set the QNH from Std at that height at 1:40. Is this the norm?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Hi, sorry for the delay replying. It can vary from airline to airline. Some wait for the Transition altitude when in the climb before selecting Standard, and the Transition Level in the descent before going back to QNH. However I've always been taught to select STD when the cleared level is a flight level, and the QNH when cleared to an altitude. You can see this logic as the Airbus with flash the QNH if you have it set while above transition, but will not flash when STD is set below transition in the climb. Hope that makes sense.

[@xplaner359]

Thanks Graham. Yes, I can see what you mean and thanks for the explanation. Pls keep doing the videos. Paul

[@xplaner359]

Actually, with the FF A320 could you explain the RAT and simulate RAT deployment and recovery. That would be cool.

[@Pbt31]

I have to thank you for all your very very useful helps about how to manage this aircraft with deep details. Congratulations again and again for your hard work providing us your professionnal knowledges 👏.

[@realtime12345]

Very, very informative video. I've just bought the A319 and things are very well explained ! Thanks !

[@kevinxu2699]

realtime12345 how is the 319 compared to things shown in this vid?

[@realtime12345]

In my opinion almost identical. The great thing about the Toliss A319 is that you can save your situation. Handy when you practicing takeoffs or approaches.

[@aedale1]

Hi I simply can’t thank you enough, this is an absolutely great video, so informative. I am looking forward to your next with anticipation.

[@martinj7402]

Hi quick question, I see that on the FMA you get an up and down arrow on the mouse. I have downloaded this flight sim and I am struggling to work the FMA as I can’t turn the knobs to adjust speed heading and altitude. I wondered if it was a bug as other knobs and switching has a plus and minus symbol which to me indicates an ability to turn the knob. All I can do is pull or push for selected and managed. It must be me! It usually is. Any help from your good self or other subscriber would be great.

[@davidanthony8290]

Use the mouse wheel! TBH, this was not thought out well by FF.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Hi Martin, As David 99 mentioned the mouse wheel lets you adjust the values, and you can push and pull also. It's quite a small input area for four separate functions - just one of the compromises necessary for desktop simulation.

[@coolelbow123]

Next step, better PC! Haha, but thank you for these tutorials; lots of good information to gather and always better when it comes from a real A320 pilot, of course! Cheers

[@-sharko-1184]

always appreciate those videos and the focus on systems, nav etc..., thanks for putting the time and effort for uploading such useful practical information, it really helped me with the navigation systems modul at the university !

[@user-zc9zt2vl5s]

When would you use open descent vs managed descent?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Normally one would use open descent to descend early or to manage the profile manually. Managed descent when a descent to a constraint in the FMGC plan is desired.

[@fatjay105]

hi, do i have to put on ap2 after approach or is it ok to only use ap1? and can i use loc first and then later a bit i put the appr buttom its okay too?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Yes you can do either. By convention AP1 is used by the Captain and AP2 by the FO (depending on who is Pilot Flying for that flight). It's OK to use Loc first, but unnecessary - the aircraft will not follow the Glideslope unless established on the Localiser first so OK to go straight to Appr.

[@fatjay105]

@@ReflectedRealitySimulations thank you

[@mikeabbott-smith5002]

What a great lesson, loved it and love flying the plane

[@pops2728]

Hi Graham, love your videos. I wonder if you can help me. On coming into land the plane seems to be on the localiser but never seems to capture the glideslope. When ever the runway comes into sight i am always too high and have to go around. I am landing mainly on Runway 27 right at EGLL. I am obviously not setting up right but can't seem to rectify it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

It sounds like you are intercepting the localiser far too close in. For EGLL 27R, fly level at 3000 ft. Flap 1 and speed managed and aim to be on the localiser with G/S FMA in Blue at 12 miles out. The glideslope intercept will be at around 9 miles. There’s a video on the IXEG series that shows self positioning for the ILS, that may help too.

[@pops2728]

Thank you so much. I will give that a try. I appreciate you taking the time.

[@jetnoise6053]

Again, thank you VERY much for this video. Really looking forward to the next one! Learning so many things....

[@Husker627]

As always sir, very informative and clear explanations. Now off to the sim to practice until another future video. So very helpful and have added to my enjoyment of the MD80 and A320.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks Jeff, I’m trying to demonstrate “building blocks” for operating the aircraft. The first two videos show basic operation from startup to shutdown then I’ll show some variations such as vectored or non precision approaches.

[@bunnyfeng]

Can you show us how to make a VOR approach with Courses in an A320 ? Land at LGSM for example. I would really appreciate it :) !

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Videos Part 4 and 5 should have what you’re looking for.

[@bunnyfeng]

Thanks ! I´ll watch them later :) !

[@charlesmagrin6260]

awesome thank you so much!! Would you please do videos with engine failure or other breakdowns please? thx :)

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks Charles. Failure videos are not something I'd like to do for a few reasons. To do failure management correctly you need two pilots, the full QRH and a lot of training time. The issue is the further away from normal operations you get, the less likely the sim model is to behave like the real thing. Also, the normal operations that I show I do every day in the real thing, but thankfully I’ve got a lot less real world experience of engine failures! Obviously we practice them in the sim every few months and depending on the exact failure can be really hard work, but to then translate that experience into a recreation desktop sim is a lot more difficult. Hope that makes sense.?

[@charlesmagrin6260]

@@ReflectedRealitySimulations it does indeed, thank you so much for you detailed answer, please keep posting great videos like that, it's too rare real pilots do this. My dad was a test pilot for airbus but unfortunately for me he does not want to get into the sim world XD. He kindly replies to all my questions though which is great having that quality source under the hand! All the best

[@fabiozatz8769]

Do you know where I can get support for the Flight Factor A320 Ultimate? I HAVE FF A320 ULTIMATE. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON MY X-PLANE 11 KEEPS CRASHING WHENEVER I LOAD THE FF A320 ULTIMATE. I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ANY HELP.. I WOULD LOVE TO FLY THIS PLANE BUT SO FAR i HAVE BEEN VERY FRUSTRATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND KEEP UP WITH YOUR GREAT VIDEOS FABIO ZATZ

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Hello Fabio, I think the best place to look for support is the X-Plane.org Forum where there is a dedicated section for the FlightFactor A320. forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/forum/367-320-ultimate-by-flight-factor/

[@H0NDAJET]

MATE you are a life saver. cant thank u enough

[@expat5587]

This guy is a good teacher

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks for the nice feedback!

[@steveg1927]

On a missed approach I can never figure out how to get back to the approach, perhaps you can show this.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

I’ll be looking at this in the next video, but when flying a go around the aircraft should reload the approach you’ve just flown. Sequencing the flight plan so the correct waypoint is next and the activating the approach phase should be all that’s required. Video will be out on Wednesday.

[@carlosmariano3688]

Thank you so much for a such informative tutorial. I hope you will do a tutorial on Non precision App And how to use the FPV mode. Looking forward for your next vídeo.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Yes I’ll cover the used of the FPV in a future video looking at non precision approaches.

[@charlyrom7695]

Thak you, Graham; the best video I ever seen on ILS approach and settings of altitudes and speeds. One question: Nearly reaching top of desdent, I put level of IAF and managed descend, but the aircraft does not descend. I do not know why this happen? Perhaps is because I have not activate approach in MCDU. So if I want to descend i have to put open descend. Quote Edit

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Thanks for your nice comment and sorry for the delay replying. When you push the altitude knob do you get the DES FMA? If so, what altitude is shown on the FMAs and is it blue or magenta? Remember the FMAs are key to understanding the Airbus.

[@charlyrom7695]

Thank you, Graham; I will see in my next flight what you say. I only remember that in managed descend, I did not descend, so I have to put open descend if I want to do it. I do not remember the color shown on altitude in FMA.

[@totoritko]

Thank you, very informative. Nifty little trick with positioning the view where the marshaller would be. You probably already know this, but there's a free little X-Plane plugin called "AutoGate" that will give you an animated jetways, VDGS and marshallers, provided that the scenery author put it in (not in the default sceneries that ship with the sim, but many free add-in sceneries from the org forums use it).

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

I’ve heard about Autogate but haven’t tried it. My PC performance is such that I haven’t tried many add-in sceneries. However, I’ve been looking at a spec for an i7-8700K, 16GB, RX580 8GB computer. That’s about the most I can stretch to at the moment but should be a good upgrade to my i5 2500 and 1GB 6850!

[@totoritko]

Reflected Reality Simulations Oh yeah, the hardware you're describing there will be an absolute monster compared with what you've had before. No doubt it will bring a whole new level of fun to the simming experience! Game on! :)

[@fernandoilidio4942]

Brilliant video Sir. Thanks for your professional input and for sharing your knowledge. Extremely glad to see real professionalism in the sim world.

[@sylvainr.5129]

Thank you for this flight! It answered a lot of my questions!

[@stevebarker257]

Fantastic video and very informative.Thanks.

[@TangodownNZ]

So open decent, speed brake out, will increase your rate of decent. Or... open decent, turn speed dial up, will also increase your rate of decent. 🙏 Graham

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Yes exactly. All you need is more drag! Speed brake, flaps, gear, extra speed will all increase the rate of descent. If air traffic keep us really high then slowing down to about 180 kts with Flaps 2 selected produces a very good angle of descent. Though you should keep in mind 1500 fpm at 200 kts is a steeper angle than 2000 fpm at 400 kts!. Have a look at my Groundschool: Descent Planning video.

[@dewey7085]

My alt is purple and it wants to stop at 5000 what have I done wrong?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Check the FMA's - Magenta means a managed target (i.e. from the FMS flight plan) whereas blue would be selected. I'd guess you have a departure altitude constraint and the second FMA column is saying ALT CST rather than ALT. Pull the altitude knob to get open climb and you should have a blue target altitude.

[@geardownandlocked]

Juts found these videos - very informative, thank you!

[@kthgodw1]

Brilliant! Thanks so much for an extremely informative video.

[@pdeswardt]

Brilliant explanations!. Thanks very much !

[@gilnowak2398]

My aircraft is showing QFE not QNH what am I doing wrong

[@chrisfowlie6713]

On that baro knob you can click near the back of it to switch betweein QFE and QNH in case you haven't sorted it yet.

[@mcshiggitypilot5901]

Fantastic ! Thank you! Keep the blue side up! Cheers!

[@HisMellowness]

Impressive teaching ... thanks !

[@JR_SC]

Great video!

[@jarekgajda]

Very Nice content! I have subscribed to your channel... This a320 Looks like a lot of fun, based on your comments during the video I assume you recmmend this buy... :) regards!

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

I wouldn't like to recommend or not recommend the A320 model, as I mentioned in the first video I received my copy as part of the beta test programme and it wouldn't be right for me to make that recommendation. What I can say is I'm able to operate the model in a manner very similar to the real A320.

[@jarekgajda]

Thanks for the reply, understood. I understand you mean the systems. Are you able to same the same about the flight model? Meaning that in your opinion it is very similar to the real a320?

[@Wizball]

Great video as always. Thanks.

[@edwardwheland9681]

Thank you very much. Very enjoyable.

[@aeros39]

Thank you sir, that was very informative!

[@djorgosz]

all tutorial should be at least this informative, thanks!!

[@julietsierra6818]

This is excellent.

[@DavidAmmerlaan]

i dont understand how an intermediate waypoint without constraints helps when being vectored.

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

It’s all about keeping the flight plan in sequence David. If the flight plan was taking you to a waypoint 15 miles downwind, and you get turned in at 8 miles the FMGC will still have that original waypoint as the target which by now will be behind you. This means navigation guidance will not be available on any go around. By adding the radial in this ensures the flight plan stays “in sequence” should you have to go back to NAV guidance for any reason. Hope that makes sense?

[@DavidAmmerlaan]

Reflected Reality Simulations yep think so. Thanks!

[@jankin880]

Just great ....thanx

[@ifhandp2887]

Hay... My FFA320 not callout sound alt warning.. Like 50, 40 and retard. Do you what happening?

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Sorry, it's not something I've seen happen I'm afraid. Maybe worth posting on the support forum to see if anybody has a solution for you.

[@pito2531]

Hello Great video I'm new to Air Bus A320 i would like to know were do you get the ( MDA and the DH ) information is't in the Charts and if so were perhaps you can make a video on were to find this information thank you

[@ReflectedRealitySimulations]

Most operational charts will publish this. If your charts do not have this, for an ILS (in the Sim only!) you could simply use 200 feet above the threshold elevation as the minima.

[@pito2531]

I been trying to autoland the plane in KSWF which is near my home i just can't get the plane to start descending once it gets at 3000 ft . I follow your steps but it just start to auto thrust up and climb i'm was hoping the you could do a video to help me by using my airport please let me know just a short flight from KBUF to KSWF the air bus is not like 737-800 which i have for both sim P3D v4 and Xplane 11 and i have to say i enjoy more Xplane then i do P3D v4

[@Alex-vd1or]

Great video!

[@claudetabouret590]

Thank you, very informative.