A320 V0.3.0 mod released

[abrams_tank 7,416]

It's impressive how far this mod has gotten after a little over 1 month since the release of MSFS.  You would think in 4 month's time, they would have something is seriously "study level."

[JRBarrett 3,070]

6 hours ago, Noooch said:

These improvements are impressive, but the A320 is still unflyable in short final after the 50ft call which makes manual landings impossible.

Is it just me or these improvements are quite secondary if we can't land the aircraft normally?

And don't get me wrong, I admire the FlyByWire team! I just question myself why they don't fix this first?

It would help if you would say exactly what the issue is that makes the aircraft “unflyable” on short final. I normally land with auto throttle engaged, reducing thrust to idle at the “retard, retard” command, but I have also done fully manual landings, disengaging the autopilot and auto throttle at 1000 feet, with full manual control of thrust, pitch and roll, and never had any problems whatsoever. The ground effect emulation is a bit overdone, requiring more forward pitch in the flare than would be normal, but other than that, it works fine. I have certainly never seen any uncommanded banking tendency.

[JRBarrett 3,070]

45 minutes ago, abrams_tank said:

It's impressive how far this mod has gotten after a little over 1 month since the release of MSFS.  You would think in 4 month's time, they would have something is seriously "study level."

It is amazing how much they have accomplished already, even with the limited SDK. As the SDK improves, they will probably be able to do much more.

[Manny 1,293]

How do Install this?

 

I downloaded the file 

flybywiresim-a32nx.zip

 

and placed the folder from the zip  called A32NX into community folder and then started MSFS

All I see is the old Airbus Neo and liveries from liveries-a320 from communty with gazillion liveries that I had downloaded earlier.

When I started the flight with A320-Neo all I see is the old A320.

What am I doing wrong?

Edited September 26, 2020 by Manny

[roi1862 602]

I really tempted to try and going airliners again. One major blocker is the control (side stick) behaviour. Is there a recommended way to play with the  A320 controls settings ?  

[LarsA 90]

And for me, the question is - is the A320neo now able to calculate the TOD correctly and will it follow the altitudes in the MCDU now?!!! 

These were the biggest showstopper for me... 

[abrams_tank 7,416]

36 minutes ago, Manny said:

How do Install this?

 

I downloaded the file 

flybywiresim-a32nx.zip

 

and placed the folder from the zip  called A32NX into community folder and then started MSFS

All I see is the old Airbus Neo and liveries from liveries-a320 from communty with gazillion liveries that I had downloaded earlier.

When I started the flight with A320-Neo all I see is the old A320.

What am I doing wrong?

FYI, on the Github page, there is also a link to their Discord channel (it looks like a Discord icon, you can press it to go to their Discord channel).  Somebody in their Discord channel may be able to help you if you are having problems.

[UKflyer 630]

38 minutes ago, Manny said:

How do Install this?

 

I downloaded the file 

flybywiresim-a32nx.zip

 

and placed the folder from the zip  called A32NX into community folder and then started MSFS

All I see is the old Airbus Neo and liveries from liveries-a320 from communty with gazillion liveries that I had downloaded earlier.

When I started the flight with A320-Neo all I see is the old A320.

What am I doing wrong?

The mod doesn't add new aircraft - only functionality to the existing A320.

[daztheman70 22]

Great work lighting is fantastic cured some issues it's still not perfect but what these great guys have done is outstanding, thank you.

 

Daz

[Manny 1,293]

3 minutes ago, UKflyer said:

The mod doesn't add new aircraft - only functionality to the existing A320.

How do I turn on the lights inside that would light up like in the screenshot?

 

[CJ1045 469]

The folder that you need to put in the community folder is the subfolder a32nx in the zip, not a higher level folder. The lights come on at night

[Zimmerbz 168]

40 minutes ago, roi1862 said:

I really tempted to try and going airliners again. One major blocker is the control (side stick) behaviour. Is there a recommended way to play with the  A320 controls settings ?  

I would also love some recommended control settings. 

[Noooch 1,084]

1 hour ago, JRBarrett said:

It would help if you would say exactly what the issue is that makes the aircraft “unflyable” on short final. I normally land with auto throttle engaged, reducing thrust to idle at the “retard, retard” command, but I have also done fully manual landings, disengaging the autopilot and auto throttle at 1000 feet, with full manual control of thrust, pitch and roll, and never had any problems whatsoever. The ground effect emulation is a bit overdone, requiring more forward pitch in the flare than would be normal, but other than that, it works fine. I have certainly never seen any uncommanded banking tendency.

The problem is:

When you are at the 50ft or 40ft call in short final with auto-thrust disengaged, the aircraft is pitching down on its own (I know it is an Airbus feature but it is way overdone)

So this not requires more forward pitch as you say but more backward pressure not to crash on the runway.

Sometimes, it also rolls aggressively on the right, but I heard from others it can also roll to the left.

All of this have nothing to do with ground effect and make every landing feel like you go play to the lottery, you never know how it will be.

[united001 126]

I cannot get the Distance to destination airport to show anything but the static number in the MCDU on the F-PLN page. Say from KBOI to KBIL, the total distance is 401nm. During flight, this never updates and stays the same beginning to tne. Am I doing something wrong? Not setting up the MCDU correctly? Or is this a bug that Asobo has to fix?

United001

[RobJC 2,069]

Great job guys! Cannot wait to give this a go.