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Edited January 9, 20206 yr by jcomm

I've once experienced two black ECAM displays on the A320 with a strange text message in the middle. I did photograph these messages but Airbus said that this is impossible....

2 hours ago, FDEdev said:

I've once experienced two black ECAM displays on the A320 with a strange text message in the middle. I did photograph these messages but Airbus said that this is impossible....

heheh... "impossible", yes.... 🙂

On the jumbo we've had a few...

If you execute a wind update too quickly it dumps VNAV, with associated klaxons and alarms.

After pushing TOGA on the takeoff roll, when it goes into HOLD, it sometimes dumps all the takeoff speeds and autothrottle...

If you put too many items in the FIX pages it blanks the ND.

If you type too fast on the FMC, it freezes and then times out and restarts.

If you update the winds during the climb, it pulls your climb speed back to V2 + 10.

When you update the winds in the cruise, it sometimes deletes any selected speed you've entered and you go back to ECON.

When we receive CPDLC messages, we have to print them out (from the master FMC) as the message on the screen and the message on the printer often differ, usually with things left off the screen.

After receiving certain messages (mainly Alt and Speed clearances) they change when you try and look at them again later, a rounding error when the message is stored apparently.

Safe to say the software in aircraft is actually only marginally better than we're used to on our desktops.

That's why you don't want aircraft systems controlled by touchscreen only, instead of physical switches (like the video posted here some time ago).

17 hours ago, iwebber said:

On the jumbo we've had a few...

 

@iwebber, I have taken the liberty of cross-linking between here and the post at the Aerowinx PSX forum where a PSX user had posted the link of my OP here.

I assume you mean the 747 family when referring to "the jumbo", but would really like to have further details on the exact models if possible.

Would be great to test some of the "hidden features" you mention against the 744 simulation in Aerowinx PSX. I would assume that since the software used there was "reverse engineered" based on a huge database of knowledge the author has about the real 747s, he must have "patched" those idiosyncrasies, but it's worth the read at the Aerowinx Forum if you allow me to cut and paste there the various items mentioned in your post.

Thank you!

One of the issues we have in our jumbos is as you taxi it round the corner and line it up on the centre line the nose gear stearing needs to be straight for 20 feet before you start the take off roll or you get a warning comes up and the a/C will acars a msg to engineering to tell them the take off roll started with non straight nose gear and it needs an inspection. 

Now we have told the pilots time and time and time and time again not to do quick rolling starts.  I believe in the last 2 years theres has been 5 memos issued about it.  Yet they still keep doing it......pilots huh... 

Edited January 12, 20206 yr by fluffyflops

On 1/9/2020 at 3:28 AM, FDEdev said:

I've once experienced two black ECAM displays on the A320 with a strange text message in the middle. I did photograph these messages but Airbus said that this is impossible....

So how do they think you got the pictures.