RNAV/GPS vs RNP | REAL Airbus PILOT | What is the difference? How to fly RNAV approaches

Its one of the most requested topics I get asked about. RNAV vs RNP approaches, what are they? What is the difference? In this 2 part video sequence I am going to tailor all the knowledge a "sim pilot" will need to understand the fundamentals of both RNAV and RNP approaches. Hopefully by the time the videos are over you will have a much better understanding of this topic. But first we must cover some basics. Hope you enjoy!
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[@FlightSimSchool]

Needed a refresher on how RNAV/RNP works, 3 years later, this video is still amazing

[@CameTo]

There's a flying channel that took 2 full hours to explain this, and it took you less than 30 minutes. You also demo it after going over it, and I think your should definitely consider to continue your KZbin pilot/instructor career, if the airlines industry goes into a spin with the new world of lockdowns every five minutes, and so many people now out a job.

[@Billy_Silva]

I always leave your videos more educated than when I started. There is always something that I had no idea, other than the subject of the video. Thanks !

[@terrygale4559]

What an excellent production, a great example and I learnt a lot. I wish that I'd had this video when I was in ATC fifteen years ago! The RNAV Z to Rwy 34 at CYLW is a good place to attempt this approach when you've watched this a couple of times.

[@mack2654]

Again very informative and educational video, BIG THANK YOU Captain! Like someone commented already brings back the format of your professional pilot series that brought me actually to your channel when it came out.(@V1-Simulations btw I got to your channel through the big shoutouts of Q8Pilot in his videos at that time he made for you) Your channel actually should easy have 10 times more subscribers and you deserve 100 times more for sure

[@brodovinsky8526]

as a flight student currently doing IR i find this incredibly helpful, thanks!

[@rondeldebbio9219]

Awesome, it's like being in flight school with all the detail, explanation, theory, etc. Keep the coming. Thanks!

[@FriendlyMarmot]

Thank you! I am finding I really love the Bus, I intend to learn all I can so I am really glad to have this! Really appreciate your expertise and ability and willingness to educate.

[@flyExor]

Great explanation. Somehow i really struggled with those 2 terms learning for my ATPL exams, but your video helped me out a lot. And great to see LOWI in the video at 4:30 as example for close in terrain. Very demanding to fly into :)

[@jl6032]

Thanks for the excellent lesson! Love the Airbus (Toliss A319 And A321). Always more to learn. Thanks again Captain.

[@arthursattar6572]

I don't have any words, it's amazing. Thank you a lot!!!!

[@milanbogicevic6733]

Awesome video to pass time while on autopilot in sim! Keep them coming!

[@flylazo]

Thanks for providing invaluable information to those like me who are not trained for profession but still want to fly in virtual sky. I'm more than happy to find I can access to these kind of videos for free. Much appreciate your efforts.

[@AaronHastings]

Learned a lot from this. Thanks V-1!

[@daniellawrence3791]

You're an excellent teacher, thank you for putting together this video, I'm already looking forward to the RNP follow up lesson. Cheers!

[@V1Sim]

You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful, and thank you for the complement, I truly enjoy teaching as I am an instructor at heart.

[@sksupply]

Trying to catch up on your vids. Hope you are well and thanks for the complex instructionals.

[@dumbo612]

That was brilliant! By my opinion, with this video you are back on the level of your early days. Very informative and educational. Thank you, thank you.

[@V1Sim]

Glad you enjoyed it! I am happy to still have you around the channel sir, I know you dislike the livestream format but hopefully some continued uploads will keep you entertained!

[@sharoz6300]

Quite helpful the explanation and then simulated approach. Perfect 🙌

[@micsherwood4930]

Great! Truly informative video, with excellent pace.

[@tristarRB211]

Thank you for this video. For the longest time I would avoid airports I really want to fly into simply because the only approach available was an RNAV. I am perfectly comfortable flying the final approach and landing the A321/A340 manually. It's just the decent path thing I was worried about. You've put my mind at ease. I'm currently mid flight in the Toliss A340 from Vancouver CYVR to Panama City MPTO with an RNAV approach into 21R.

[@Topofdescent55]

Awesome informative video. Thanks for taking the time to put this together

[@Rhinozherous]

Thank you so much for explaining this in such a good way!

[@captpugwash3510]

That must have taken a lot of your time. Explained a lot and I thank you kindly, Pugwash

[@jetBlue_83]

Gonna watch this a few times. Seeing you do the approach was really helpful. Thanks!

[@V1Sim]

Thank you. There will be more in next video as well. Glad you enjoy them

[@dabneyoffermein595]

This made my head hurt, I will be watching it about 5 times.

[@conanyevert3974]

Very well explained. I totally love those videos. More of that, there is so much to learn! :)

[@DesiroDriver]

Fantastic tutorial! 👍🏻 thanks V1

[@skippywinters]

airbus pilot here. this is gold stuff. thank you - made a confusing topic over simplified

[@signmanbob3834]

Outstanding! A fire hose of information. Thank you.

[@DreamVirtualFlight]

So So cool video my friend !!! I'm going to watch a lot of your lessons, thank you so much !! Cheers from Italy ! Stay safe

[@TangodownNZ]

Man, you are good. Will definitely be subscribing

[@SolidShot]

Great video, thanks for the explanation!

[@rangerrick8220]

Excellent. Very well done. Enjoy these tutorials!

[@rangerrick8220]

Watched a second time... funny how much more sense this makes after being immersed in this field only 5 months later... great video! Wondered why the FDs had to be turned off at the end of the `straw'... Thanks for making this! :)

[@thomaselser8786]

Brilliant video, learned a lot from it! Thank you!

[@xav8tr974]

An awesome educational and informative tutorial. Kudos 2U thx !

[@reannhsu980]

this is really helpful glad i came across your channel

[@ilankrt]

I learned a lot also because your explanation plus visual seen is perfect! Thanks

[@supergrobi1061]

Awesome Video Captain! Thank you very much ! Greetings from Germany!

[@Fly54791]

I have commented on one of your previous video suggesting to make video regarding RNP and RNAV. Thank you so much really appreciate your effort.

[@V1Sim]

Absolutely, your very welcome

[@georgebowen3925]

Excellent video, very informative.Thanks! 👍😃

[@stef1866]

This was excellent, thank you!

[@srmj71]

A ton of incredibly useful info! Thank you very much for your time and efforts. The way I see it, one or two more of your tutorials, and i'll be ready to apply for a position with your airline! :-)

[@CameTo]

Right as the world is moving into the 4th industrial Revolution.... But we can sim

[@jeanyvesbenoist2085]

Great help indeed. Learning a lot always, thanks you so much

[@ChristopherT1]

VERY GOOD VIDEO! This 121 Captain has learned.

[@adamfarkas5327]

Wow, very comprehensive and informative video! Learned a lot from it, thank you very much!

[@6862ptc]

The Turbine Pilot's Flight Manual has a great chapter addressing just this topic.

[@PhilippeBorfiga]

So great explanations ! Thank you :)

[@pelinelden]

An amazzzing explanation, thanks a lot...

[@simonforrister3820]

This has been brilliant. Now I understand it. Thank you. Now going through all the rest of your vids. Think I'm gonna be here for some time...

[@V1Sim]

Glad it was helpful!

[@marktaylor7152]

What an excellent video. Well communicated with very clear instructions and details information, great job V1

[@V1Sim]

Thank you kindly!

[@BokeFlyingSimulations]

fantastic explanation, like always. I really enjoyed this one as it solved quite a few questions I always had on these approaches!

[@V1Sim]

Great to hear!

[@dowglaslimabarbosasousa4294]

Amazing video. Thank you!

[@jdub4221]

Great tutorial

[@mannyrivera6990]

By far the best Airbus You Tube and most informative , thank you Captain !!!

[@V1Sim]

Thank you sir! Means a lot!

[@clickaviation2591]

well done! brilliant video.

[@marshallhyasi6213]

Brilliant explanation

[@amirbhati31]

Thanks a lot :) ...great explanation

[@XCougar85X]

Thank you. Very helpfull video.

[@Alexs1234]

Good stuff thanks for the video

[@bizzlefizzlejam]

thank you, great tutorial

[@marekstrnad7851]

Awesome! Thanks a lot for great video!

[@lucasmrduarte]

Excellent content, v1! Thank you!

[@V1Sim]

Very welcome!

[@keremhafizoglu303]

So So Soo Informative video on an RNAV approach, thanks a lot captain! Keep up the good informative videos! :)

[@V1Sim]

Very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it

[@etienneleroux6253]

needed this bad. thanks for all the effort!

[@V1Sim]

Happy to help!

[@What_If_We_Tried]

Looked at this video briefly when it first came out, but didn't study it until today. Needless to say, I never really understood those differences, and how to setup things correctly - flying the ToLiss A320 family aircraft - until today.

[@RizzAzka]

I was keeping a close eye, the transition from offset centerline to the landing was crazy smooth!

[@V1Sim]

haha thank you

[@OimieOi]

Thank your for an excellent video. Took me a while to understand what does it mean to get the aircraft dirty 😂

[@rohitpbhave]

Excellent video! Please publish more tutorial videos!

[@johnhawkins2492]

We were always taught that when you start hand-flying and ignoring the flight director (i.e., looking out the window) to turn both FDs off. The only reason for this is to make sure the autothrust wakes up (SPEED) in case you were in THR IDLE | OP DES | (throttle essentially stuck in idle) when you clicked off the A/P [Indian Airlines Flt 605]. Personally, when I hand fly visually, I just pull the V/S knob--it puts the autothrust in SPEED so I can safely ignore the FD--and then I select the bird. It's simpler than pushing both FDs off and I can always throw in -3 degrees if I want to glance inside to check my pitch target. When you drop out of the straw, you automatically get V/S which gives you SPEED on the thrust so turning off the FDs is not really necessary. Unless I'm missing something, which is certainly possible.

[@mba7454]

Excellent!!

[@teropa79]

Good stuff👌

[@alessiolucchesi814]

Excellent tutorial! Thanks!!

[@V1Sim]

Glad it was helpful!

[@williamhill7421]

Nice video, thx!

[@traffictraffic]

I really like that double touchdown at 25:41

[@raulaubele7240]

Hi my friend, great video like always! I really enjoy your tuttorials!! What do you think about the FF A350? You never fly on it..

[@ClevaTreva]

Very useful!

[@AA_OnTheEdge]

WAAS utilized ground station to enhance accuracy hence LPV

[@AtlantiXYL]

I wish this type of content was available back in 2004 when I was so into FS.

[@dougkite]

Great video! Excellent tutorial!

[@V1Sim]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Sulynn707]

Thanx soo much!

[@andrevdw747]

Great, very usefull 👍

[@somebuddy8702]

Thank you. This is the only type of approach i could not find a useful tutorial on youtube. After the RNP Approach vid i think i have sucessfully mastered my Airbus approaches (in the sim world of course). Thank you man, I really searched long for this. If you could one day fly the RNP 08 into LOWI this would be wonderful, as i think its relativley challenging and i was not quite happy with my approaches there.👍

[@V1Sim]

Glad it was helpful! Yes more to come on RNP and hopefully that will clarify the subject even further!

[@somebuddy8702]

@@V1Sim perfect. Cant wait :D

[@enochsharma5506]

Very informative video. Could you do a video discussing the difference among ILS-X, ILS-Y & ILS-Z approaches.

[@V1Sim]

Another very popular topic. Yes I will

[@dl1965]

I watched the video I liked the video 👍 I subscribed

[@HabuBeemer]

Perhaps I missed something but in the set up you said you were entering a downwind and the airspeed was 250kts. Below 10K ft the restricted speed is 250 kts unless approved otherwise. Also within 10 nm of an airport traffic area, speed is further restricted to 200 kts or below unless otherwise approved. Was this approach more than 10 miles out? The video and content was exceptional and I'm subscribing to your channel.

[@mrespresso9182]

Awesome!

[@alexpilot85]

Great job 👍❤️

[@V1Sim]

thank you!

[@martinko2110]

Fantastic

[@crazyc99]

Magnificent 👏

[@V1Sim]

Many thanks!

[@WrongSideSimulations]

Thanks for this! Myself and another dispatcher at our company were discussing RNAV approaches and were wondering why our company isn't authorized to do LPV but can do LNAV/VNAV. Didnt know LPV required addition equipment and pilot training. Now I can bed down that discussion! Thank you sir!

[@V1Sim]

Yup you got it! I’ll touch a little more on this in the next video and it may clear up some additional questions, fun fact the airbus can and does fly LPV track but still uses LNAV/VNAV minimum. In reality I could spend 2 days talking about RNAV so I have to cut some things for time constraints lol Now I’m sure there may be some out there that are equipped for true LPV but it’s definitely not the norm. The next RNP vid will clarify a lot more on this topic. I’m glad you enjoyed this one! Thanks for your work as a dispatcher!

[@WrongSideSimulations]

@@V1Sim next time a dispatcher has you landing min fuel in a NEO call em and say "what's the difference between a burrito and a dispatcher? A burrito will give you gas and a dispatcher won't" haha

[@V1Sim]

@@WrongSideSimulations now that is funny I absolutely will! 😂

[@flightlinevr6302]

In Europe there's an System called EGNOS for LPV guidance.

[@grey_8797]

Great video! When the brick passes over the second white marker on the PFD, is that when the aircraft automatically descends?

[@theophanie77]

Thank V1 for this interesting tuto. I have a question regarding the VS management. Did u mention in the video that it has to be set to minus 35 for the Airbus to keep a constant 3.5 degrees angle in the « straw » ? Or is it set automatically ? Thanks a lot. Greetings from France. Jean-Michel

[@haiqalzaki5113]

Thanks for the tutorial once again Captain. I have a question, do you think as the RNP precision gets more and more accurate than it's current state right now, would a full Autoland approach into trickier airports such as LPMA or KASE be possible in the future?

[@V1Sim]

Yes, in fact all rnav approaches will be renamed in the coming years with RNP terminology. And yes precision approaches with non land based navaids IMO will become the "norm" just not quite there yet

[@derrick1707]

The LNAV/VNAV on this approach is higher than the LNAV-only (probably due to terrian restrictions). Therefore the VDP of the LNAV is lowerthan the LNAV/VNAV. Additional, you have to add 50' to the LNAV, making the MDA 420 + 50 = 470

[@mertgumru7722]

Thank you for the content. One question, LNAV/VNAV should be more precise than LNAV approach, but minimum for LNAV only(440) is lower than LNAV/VNAV (491). Is it something specific for Tampa?

[@exiletsj2570]

I’ve been back in simming for months now, I’ve never heard of RNP 😅 Thanks.

[@V1Sim]

Welcome back!

[@sharklet7779]

Hii , great video .I had one doubt, the procedure says not to accept DIR TO to IF at more than 45 degree , any particular reason for that? thanks in advance .

[@rangerrick8220]

Not really part of this video but noticed in many of your videos you like watching / listening to the engines and flaps... I bet you wish you could set up some mini cameras in the real airbuses you fly so you can watch them the same way!

[@sparrow-hawk2706]

Why do we engage both AP for the ILS landing? Is it mandatory? Are we doing it for all of the categories? So far I've engaged both AP only for the autoland on ILS Cat III runway.