It's like that because that is Aerosoft's philosophy behind this Airbus model, i.e. To model the captain's everyday normal functions, not the FO's.

Yes, a pity. Unlike the Boeing EFIS. Maybe it is not modelled like that in a real Airbus? Would be nice to hear from ramp guys/RW aircrew on this.

Yeah, as was stated, it is like this on purpose.  Aerosoft is modeling this aircraft from a normal day to day operations of the pilot flying/captain in the left seat.  That's it.  No failures, no toilet flushing, no calculations of the temperature of some fluid going down some tubes to some filange thingy that you could really care less about anyway.  If you want PMDG, stay with the NGX/777 or wait for the FSLabs A320.  This isn't meant to be that.  This aircraft is near perfect at what it's trying to do and Aerosoft isn't trying to pretend they are anything else.  They have said all along what this is and isn't.

Did 1 flight. worked great. Only issue is the fuel planner didn't load the fuel. I know its my fault but it didn't have a "load" button.I will need to read up on it and figure out my mistake. I flew loaded but it handled better than the 320/321

Yes, a pity. Unlike the Boeing EFIS. Maybe it is not modelled like that in a real Airbus? Would be nice to hear from ramp guys/RW aircrew on this.

RW: individual

In the aerosoft they mirror the displays because it's a light addon..

 

 

And I also have no clue at ALL where to enter the data from the PFPX OFP into the Airbus loader...

 

Hi Jeroen,

when you have finished the flight planning in PFPX you only need to export the flight plan (there is a menu button called "Export" in PFPX) to the Airbus. In order to export it into your Airbus, you must specify the path in the line for the Airbus Extended in the window which pops up once you have clicked on the "Export" button. The path for the flightplans should be in your My documents folder and then Aerosoft/Airbus/Flightplans. Once you have entered the path (you only need to do that once) click on the Save button in that window. Once this is done, you can just board the Airbus and then load the company route on the Init page of the left MCDU. A flight, let's say, from EGLL to EDDF would usually be company route EGLLEDFF01. That's it. Only thing to keep in mind is that SIDs and STARs are not included in the exported flight plan (even though in PFPX they are included in the OFP). You have to add them manually in the Flight Plan page of the left MCDU.

 

For the fuel, you don't need to use the Airbus Fuelplanner anymore because you can now enter the required fuel (calculated in PFPX) directly into the right MCDU and fuel up the airplane.

 

Hope that helps...

Thanks for the information, Carlo! I knew about the flight plan (which I btw don't use because I like to enter it manually into the MCDU): I was mainly talking about the load (pax, cargo and fuel). Yesterday I already figured out I might not need that Airbus fuel planner at all but I wasn't sure so thanks for confirming that! That makes life a lot easier! It was a chore getting that fuel planner to look a little like the PFPX OFP.

But still, I am not sure what cargo weight to load into the Airbus (right MCDU) because the OFP shows several numbers related to cargo... Maybe I will have to check the flight plan setup to see what cargo has been loaded and then figure out where that number ended up on the OFP... I am clearly all new to this. (Half of the OFP is mystery to me still LOL) Anyway, not having to use that Airbus fuel planner is great already!

 

However, I do think I really need a specific PFPX profile for the Aerosoft Airbus 318 CFM... For instance, somehow the TOW that PFPX came up with was NOTHING like the TOW the Airbus showed me after loading everything... Not even close! Maybe this also has to do with the default weight of pax not being the same in PFPX and the Airbus...? (I read the Airbux pax weight is including luggage: does PFPX work the same?) I already changed the max amount of pax (was something like 124 in the default PFPX profile while the Aerosoft A318 has a max of 107).

 

Anyway, hopefully someone will upload or post a more exact profile for the A318 CFM soon!

Yes, a pity. Unlike the Boeing EFIS. Maybe it is not modelled like that in a real Airbus? Would be nice to hear from ramp guys/RW aircrew on this.

 

I doubt it is modeled as a linked pair

Weight is weight does not matter if it's cargo or pax.

Start the sim set fuel to 0 and cargo to 0 now look at your ZFW. Set that as your ZFW in PFPX.

 

In what loader the bus comes with, no idea I don't have it. Now just match your total weight with what PFPX and set fuel ofc with res.

No idea if you can set res fuel as it might not be classed as normal day to day. If not don't plan for it.

 

Weight is weight to a plane.

 

 

I doubt it is modeled as a linked pair

 

 

FYI, if they were separate it would double the computational overhead (read lower FPS) and given that most customers probably don't operate as FO, I'll guess it was a design decision to help keep performance respectable.

 

Cheers, Rob.

Start the sim set fuel to 0 and cargo to 0 now look at your ZFW. Set that as your ZFW in PFPX.

 

That's not correct.  An empty aircrafts weight with nothing on board, is referred to as BOW or DOW; Basic or Dry Operating Weight.

 

Jereon, you need to make sure these match in PFPX and your flightsim.  

 

 

i) Open the Airbus Fuel Planner and set the pax & cargo to your pref.  I usually choose middle weight loading.

 

ii)  Open FSim, and note the basic weight and payload.

 

iii)  Add together equals ZFW.

 

iv)  Open PFPX, Aircraft Database.  Select your aircraft then 'EDIT'.

 

v)  Check the BOW matches with FSim.

 

 

When you build a flight, instead of worrying about pax & cargo settings, just enter your calculated ZFW into the ZFW box of each of your flights.

A far better and logical explanation, Rob, which makes a great deal of sense instead of 'Aerosoft deemed this and that, accept it' crap.

Weight is weight does not matter if it's cargo or pax.

Start the sim set fuel to 0 and cargo to 0 now look at your ZFW. Set that as your ZFW in PFPX.

 

In what loader the bus comes with, no idea I don't have it. Now just match your total weight with what PFPX and set fuel ofc with res.

No idea if you can set res fuel as it might not be classed as normal day to day. If not don't plan for it.

 

Weight is weight to a plane.

 

Errrr no...........ZFW is everything but the fuel.

A far better and logical explanation, Rob, which makes a great deal of sense instead of 'Aerosoft deemed this and that, accept it' crap.

 

Good explanation, yes.  Far better/logical... well, it depends on what your perspective is.  Aerosoft's philosophy with the Airbus X has always been to model what the captain does 99.9% of the time.  One can easily say their philosophy is logically sound and quite frankly they can choose to model whatever they want. 

 

At the end of the day the complaints about not having failures modeled, etc. come from the minority of flight simmers.  There are scores of people that are more than happy with this Bus, and I am one of them.  Most of the people I know that also fly PMDG do not even use failures, etc. but for the most part use them on the same technical level that the Airbus provides in the first place. 

 

All this is to say... Aerosoft is actually quite clever in catering to the vast majority rather than a small percentage of users. 

For those getting stuck on loading;   use the AirbusX_Fuel_Planner.exe (it's on your start menu under Aerosoft / Airbus / A319A319) to enter your origin and destination (and number of pax & cargo), hit the "Generate Loadsheet" button (this doesn't generate anything here, in this app, it just transfers the data to the 'bus within FSX.

Now, once in the sim, press "LOAD/FUEL" option on the RIGHT MCDU and then press the ">INIT LOADSHEET" button.

 

This loads the fuel, cargo and passengers that you entered in to the fuel planner.

Then hit the 

 

>Start BOARDING

>Load CARGO

>Load FUEL

 

.... line select keys on the right hand side of the page.

 

Voila.

 

Hope this helps anyone struggling with how the two loading pieces (fuel planner.exe and the 'load/fuel' page of the right MDCU) interact together.

A far better and logical explanation, Rob, which makes a great deal of sense instead of 'Aerosoft deemed this and that, accept it' crap.

 

That's a bit harsh.     You asked whether the screens were linked.   Numerous people replied, and took the time to tell you the rationale for this, that Aerosoft gave on their site.   They were only passing on the explanation that AS had offered.   And you dismiss their doing this as 'crap'.  :(

Sorry, I meant the EFIS on either side is linked and not independent

 

 

Yes, a pity. Unlike the Boeing EFIS. Maybe it is not modelled like that in a real Airbus? Would be nice to hear from ramp guys/RW aircrew on this.

No, it's not harsh. I was agreeing to an earlier observation made by another poster. I never questioned what policy Aerosoft were following. After all I bought the product. All I did was express an agreement with somebody else's observation. All I did ask was if it was so in a real Airbus or not. But others, as usual took it to jump in on me agreeing with somebody else's remark when I never even questioned what AS did or do not want to do, giving me chapter and verse what AS policy was.