Why Use Flap 3? Real Airbus Pilot Explains!

In todays video we discuss the use of the flap 3 setting for both takeoff and landing. Why is it there and what is it used for?
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I am a real world Airbus pilot with thousands of hours flying the real aircraft and thought it would be fun to have a look at the new detailed simulation of the longest baby 'bus by Toliss as well as the new MSFS a320 NEO. Hopefully you find this useful and it brings another perspective to your simulation. Any thoughts or comments are welcome!
This video is intended for home entertainment only and does not reflect or represent any real world aircraft or airline procedures. It is for home flight simulator enthusiasts only and has no real world application. All views expressed are my own.
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Intro Music by Fly24: • Distance Too Far.
0:00 System Description
05:33 Takeoff Use
13:55 Landing Use

[@320SimPilot]

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[@MSFSFreeware]

Thanks for all your advice, tips and tricks over the past few years ... it made flying the A320 much more fun, especially once we got the MCDU working ;¬)

[@320SimPilot]

Great to hear, thanks Alex!

[@VmcgHD]

Another good time to use F3 for landing is in max crosswind conditions. With the slighter higher VAPP speed, your drift is a bit lower than at Flap Full. So, when you want to de-crab, you don’t have to use as much rudder with F3 compared to Full. We’re only talking a few degrees but every little helps. 😉

[@cadefoster9279]

So appreciate you taking your time off to share some of your "real Life" knowledge with us!

[@Jamboliner]

Now, everyone know which Flap setting to use and why, if both pilots get incapacitated and someone need to land the aircraft safely. Good stuff! Cheers.

[@11clarkm]

Not for any real world use!! 😎

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

👍👋

[@Shots3Gaming]

Love this, Procrastinating from my ATPL ground school revision. And I'm still learning. Thanks mate

[@BobbyFuzzy]

Another absolutely fantastic video 320! Love the huge depth of your insights into topics like this.

[@707liner8]

I love there various insights, it adds so much to flying in the sim and trying to be as close to real world procedures as possible.

[@larschi90]

Nice video, I like to do F3 on long runways, as you mentioned, but I really don't like it in gusty, especially at x-wind scenarios. It feels so wobbly and I think it is better to have the engines at a higher thrust setting as they feel more responsive. I am a manual flight, manual thrust guy and I need to feel the aircraft 😀. It was very refreshing to hear your thoughts on this topic, as I have sometimes discussions with captains when I fly in these conditions and they want to talk me into F3. Always happy landings!

[@hjr2000]

@320 Sim Pilot - that Gib scenery is amazing.

[@DominicanRat83]

Thanks for all that info bro. Much appreciated. You got a like and a new sub

[@HewardLindsay]

Hey Captain great video, can you do a video explaining the forces of flight. That would be appreciated. Great and informative video. Thanks 🙏

[@AyoItsJonn]

Love the explanation! Time to use this knowledge on the fenix A320!

[@marinerhally]

Great video as always, hope you are well sir 😀

[@cavok1984]

@320 Sim Pilot, great vid as always. I cannot remember if you covered the subject of climb gradients in a previous video, but my question is, is the climb performance something you need to work out, or is it available on charts/efb or on the MCDU? Or is there a general rule of thumb to it?

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Turns out I was using them the right way all those years quite intuitively. I always use Flap 3 for landing (or 30 in the 737) whenever possible.

[@matthew414347]

Great explainer! Thanks! On the flap selector, I see we have "0", "1", "2", "3L", and "Full". Why is 3 different? What does the "L" mean?

[@ElitistMagi]

Thank you so much for another informative video!

[@320SimPilot]

You are so welcome and thanks as ever for watching!

[@ElitistMagi]

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[@andrevdw747]

Thanks again for the great tutorial again 👍🏻🛫

[@320SimPilot]

Thanks for watching!

[@andrevdw747]

What do you use for screen recording by the way? Thanks!

[@Inguemar]

Thank you so much for these details I can use for my flights. By the way I have one more question about flaps 3 landing. Some approaches got high bank angle last turn very late before touchdown (thinking about CYCG Castlegar circling for runway 15 approach in Canada). Is flaps 3 used to avoid stall during last turn? Should flaps full be set during very short final just before touchdown as the runway is not so long(5299ft)? Or turn with flaps full and a higher selected speed? Thanks

[@erwinjoseph240]

Thanks!

[@Cryton12345]

WOW that wing flex

[@ResRules]

Great video thanks

[@320SimPilot]

You’re very welcome!

[@HAZ2B]

I was wondering, how do you determine the flex? Is it in your performance calculator?

[@assimbe3514]

In order to compensate the drag resulting from full flaps stage (at +-5NM), do you increase the speed ? If you do, how much time (or distance) is this increasing held?

[@VNAV_PTH]

Where do you find the climb gradient you can achieve at a certain weight/altitude/temperature? Anyone know?

[@salokin1]

Those hills to the west of Gibraltar, the other side the bay, are never a problem ... you have to turn left over the bay in order not to upset the Spanish!

[@tomstravels520]

Is anyone else suffering reduced FPS after a few hours of flying? Started at 40 and after being in the air for 4 hours the FPS had reduced to 5

[@massivenerd8390]

I haven't had good enough performance with sim update 8 to even bother to start a flight 😂. The stuttering is terrible and I've noticed a huge difference (for the worse) after not flying on the sim for a couple of months. RTX3060 (12gb) & core i7-10700F. Something has gone badly wrong!

[@CODMODDERZ360]

It's another issue with MSFS. I've honestly given up on MSFS now, 8 Sim Updates later and it's still buggy and laggy. I'm waiting for Xplane 12.

[@tomstravels520]

@@CODMODDERZ360 I literally only do the bush flights now and flying around in the Airbus H135 add on. I’m looking forward to the PMDG737 and Fenix A320 but if I can’t do a decent flight cause of FPS drop I’m not going to bother until it and several other issues are sorted. I can’t even use the mouse to rotate the globe in free flight planning screen. Have to zoom in and out

[@DriveFast_FlyHigh]

Yes, this is a common issue. They talked about it on the last dev q&a. They still haven't figured it out.

[@tomstravels520]

@@DriveFast_FlyHigh ok I’m glad it’s not just me. I’ve just seen it’s fairly high on the top bugs list

[@sammiles2188]

Can you explain why we get slats and flaps for takeoff flap 1 setting, but for landing flap 1 setting we only get slats and no flaps?

[@320SimPilot]

I cannot give a definitive answer as I did not design the system. However I find Flap 1 with slats only useful for flying an approach as it provides little drag but allows us to slow down a lot more than flying 'clean'. If it also included flaps it would add drag we wouldn't need. For takeoff the drag is less significant for the small flap it provides.

[@karldenton]

Was thinking. IRL you request your fuel in the briefing and know for example you want 4.5 tonne. However how do you know what’s left in the aircraft from the previous flight?

[@tomstravels520]

It tells you the fuel on the Engine Warning Display and the FUEL page shows you each tank

[@karldenton]

@@tomstravels520 Yes but do they not request the fuel when doing the briefing in the airport before going to the aircraft?

[@tomstravels520]

@@karldenton oh I thought you meant briefing in the plane like during turnarounds. The refuelling panel will tell the refueller how much is in there so the pilots tell the refueller how much they want and they jus fill it up until that amount is reached

[@ryansharp9550]

is there a specific reason why there was no "5" callout on that landing?

[@tomstravels520]

I believe it’s a optional extra for airlines to choose

[@Chris.Towers]

Bring back dial-a-flap!!!

[@sithiradulanjithgalhenaged6974]

Is it true flap 2 is not used commonly ? On takeoff.

[@tomstravels520]

It’s more common apparently on the A321 as you reduce chance of tailstrike

[@samryan7447]

most a321 land on full flaps check out real flight deck vids maybe

[@Apollyon_Rev911]

Is there supposed to be video?

[@MSFSFreeware]

KZbin has been very strange over the last 24 hours ... the vid does work though

[@hjr2000]

There's a 25 min video :-)

[@adamarzo559]

You say not for real world use, but I'm definitely planning on using this information in the zombie apocalypse to fly an a320 to....somewhere.