On 8/23/2020 at 10:15 AM, PurdueKev said:

 It is takeoffs that I am struggling with. The aircraft just blows through the speeds on climbout.  My understanding of normal Airbus procedure is you pitch up to follow the flight director, and that combined with setting throttles into the climb detent you can maintain V2, retract flaps on schedule and eventually engage autopilot to accelerate per your flight plan. But speed control on climbout does not seem to work very well at all.

The flight director doesn't work right. Don't try to follow it. It mainly follows you in this sime, rather than you following it. Instead, after liftoff, smoothly, but fairly quickly increase pitch up to 15-18 degrees to maintain V2+10 (not V2). Then lower the pitch angle to increase speed for thrust reduction and flap retraction. Engage the autopilot and be ready to overshoot the 250 kt speed restriction before it finally settles down.

10 hours ago, Shack95 said:

 I always proceed as follows: I disengage the autopilot at 1000-150ft, depending on how precise and stable the approach is (and on mood), at close to 20ft I pull up the nose a little and at „retard“ I set the throttle to idle (before that, throttle is always in managed mode). If the glide slope is steeper than normal it gets a bit trickier. I then pull up/idle a bit earlier, which  sometimes results in overshooting the optimal touchdown point. Is this the correct procedure? 

My landing technique is very similar. Keep the autothrust engaged and in managed speed mode during flap extension and allow the airplane to set you up nicely if on an ILS approach by keeping the autopilot on until around 1000 feet or so. If not on the ILS and under manual control (but with autothrust still engaged in managed speed mode) use pitch angle to establish the correct descent rate. At around 20-30 feet (depending on descent rate), flare with a small pitch increase, followed by moving the thrust levers to the idle position.

Someone mentioned trim -- don't even try to trim; trim is adjusted automatically, so any inputs you make are going to be overridden and probably mess things up.

I am still practicing. I fly mostly manually though.    a320 is my favorite plane to fly at this time.

 

Edited October 11, 20205 yr by BijanStudio

I am just a casual sim flyer, and I did have FSX and now FS2020. My experience w/2020 is very frustration. The behavior of the airplanes is entirely different. I managed to really do pretty well with X, but I'm not sure there's any "just getting used to" 2020.

But I'm also having issues with my Thrustmaster HOTAS, and/or the software, that's changing the parameters of the axis controls (right stick rudder and left thrust). They will sometimes even stop working entirely in mid-flight. the static buttons seem never to be affected. is anyone else having these issues?     

On 8/20/2020 at 1:28 PM, Colonel X said:

 I did two landings, both of which none of the passengers survived.

Who the heck let you back in the cockpit after the first landing !!!

double post

 

Edited October 20, 20205 yr by AndyCYXU