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Wilco Airbus can't keep descent path... why?

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I purchased the Airbus Evolution bundle (Vol1+Vol2), and I'm having the same problem: I'm having trouble trying to keep the descent path in managed mode. I start descent about 5 NM before TOD and everything goes OK until I reach (DECEL). From there, the aircraft can't keep anymore the vertical path since it struggles to reach green dot speed. Speedbrakes don't help that much, and I usually end up doing 1-2 360° turns while I lose altitude.I've seen here some people that report everything fine about the Wilco Airbus. Am I doing something wrong? Or there must be something I have to edit in the plane/MCDU? This is the only thing that does not leave me satisfied with these planes.Best regards from Colombia,Luis Miguel


Best regards,
Luis Hernández 20px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png20px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png

Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X with PBO enabled (but default settings, CO -15 mV, and SMT ON), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX3060 Ti 8GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120 Hz, Windows 10 Pro. Runing FSX-SE, MSFS and P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 default airports).

Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there... sometimes on just battery! FSX-SE also installed, just in case. 

VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/travel.

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As almost always, I found the answer shortly after posting here. Anyway, I applied some tweaks to the A32x airfiles (sections 1101 and 1506) and now it works better. With this tweaks, I got the following:- Increased flap, spoiler and landing gear drag- Reduced thrust factor at low N1 settings during descent and approach.I took the tweaks from these pages:Air France VAFSMexOld Feelthere forum archiveBest regards from Colombia,Luis Miguel


Best regards,
Luis Hernández 20px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png20px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png

Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X with PBO enabled (but default settings, CO -15 mV, and SMT ON), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX3060 Ti 8GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120 Hz, Windows 10 Pro. Runing FSX-SE, MSFS and P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 default airports).

Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there... sometimes on just battery! FSX-SE also installed, just in case. 

VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/travel.

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