Let's make a new thread and call it DEPARTURES

 

...sign the ledger on your way out.

Edited October 1, 20205 yr by airlinejets

2 minutes ago, Drumcode said:

In before the lock!

+++

28 minutes ago, flightsim1818 said:

Folks folks folks, please don't take this personal. Let people like me b*ch about the game not being near finished.

I am glad that the sim works out for you and I wasn't planning on leaving Avsim. 

 

It would be great if you acknowledged the constructive advice you have been given about the aircraft, in that bugs might not actually be bugs. Otherwise your thread is just what others are seeing it as, a completely pointless rant.

18 minutes ago, ShawnG said:

Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of bugs in the a320.  However it does seem like some of the things that are upsetting you (although it’s hard to be sure with just a text description) aren’t bugs, but actual Airbus behavior.  The autothrottle will try to kill you if you don’t have the thrust lever on CL, since any lower setting limits the ceiling thrust of the a/t.  And if you get too slow on approach, the Airbus computer will go into alpha floor protection and go to full toga thrust.  Both things are modeled in the sim.  Also it’s pretty important that before flight you set the trim to the correct setting for your center of gravity in the initial weight and balance page.

No need to lock if future posters would be so kind as keeping on the track of Shawn's post. It seems to me that he raises the very issues that the OP posted on. Said OP should respond to that. 

It is true that some "bugs" are just the inability of some fellow simmers to understand how a complex airliner works. 

 

  

Edited October 1, 20205 yr by Dominique_K

23 minutes ago, ShawnG said:

The autothrottle will try to kill you if you don’t have the thrust lever on CL, since any lower setting limits the ceiling thrust of the a/t.  And if you get too slow on approach, the Airbus computer will go into alpha floor protection and go to full toga thrust.  Both things are modeled in the sim.

This... THIS... is why we don't have study level sims for our default aircraft. 😄 

Hook

1 minute ago, DPSimulation said:

It would be great if you acknowledged the constructive advice you have been given about the aircraft, in that bugs might not actually be bugs. Otherwise your thread is just what others are seeing it as, a completely pointless rant.

OK - so in flight when Autothrottle is engaged, it simply drops speed. Thrust levers in AT mode but nothing happens. It finally stalls. Tried both modes.

When flaps are extended, the plane lifts like a space rocket, speed around 180. Forcing my yoke all the way forward and nothing happens. The plane keeps climbing...correction, lifting like a helicopter. 

I've been in FS since 1997. I've been in XP11 for years and I've spent several hours in a full-motion 767 simulator at a flight academy. I am no pilot but I like to think that I have some experience. Granted, my airbus experience is very limited, but I really REALLY doubt this is how they should behave.

I am beginning to wonder if my installation is corrupt. Since I have no sound after the update something is broken for sure. 

22 minutes ago, ShawnG said:

Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of bugs in the a320.  However it does seem like some of the things that are upsetting you (although it’s hard to be sure with just a text description) aren’t bugs, but actual Airbus behavior.  The autothrottle will try to kill you if you don’t have the thrust lever on CL, since any lower setting limits the ceiling thrust of the a/t.  And if you get too slow on approach, the Airbus computer will go into alpha floor protection and go to full toga thrust.  Both things are modeled in the sim.  Also it’s pretty important that before flight you set the trim to the correct setting for your center of gravity in the initial weight and balance page.

 

3 minutes ago, Dominique_K said:

No need to lock if future posters would be so kind as keeping on the track of Shawn's post. It seems to me that he raises the very issues that the OP posted on. Said OP should respond to that. 

It is true that some "bugs" are just the inability of some fellow simmers to understand how a complex airliner works. 

 

  

I appreciate you for taking a mature response to what could be a barn fire of a thread.

Many of the planes do seem to balloon upwards in an exaggerated manner when applying flaps when below the flaps speed indicator. This does seem to be more of a bug...would you agree?

 

I flew the TBM last night and everything was perfect. Smooth as butter on ultra settings on my modestly priced gaming laptop. The moon glowing on the jaw dropping clouds was spectacular. My windshield iced up from precipitation and melted after turning on de ice. The turbulence was so realistic I swear my gaming chair started rocking back and forth. What an incredible simulator. 10/10. People are being way too nit picky 

3 minutes ago, flightsim1818 said:

I am beginning to wonder if my installation is corrupt. Since I have no sound after the update something is broken for sure. 

I've long since made a firm resolution to not even bother updating. Full reinstall (only takes an hour or so) or nothing.

1 minute ago, NightOfDreams said:

I flew the TBM last night and everything was perfect. Smooth as butter on ultra settings on my modestly priced gaming laptop. The moon glowing on the jaw dropping clouds was spectacular. My windshield iced up from precipitation and melted after turning on de ice. The turbulence was so realistic I swear my gaming chair started rocking back and forth. What an incredible simulator. 10/10. People are being way too nit picky 

Put another way, find a plane you can live w/ until the various issues are more solved.  I've got over 40h and 80Gb worth of air time, 95% of which is in the TBM which is a great little plane w/ a G3000 that works good enough for now.  It is the fastest single-engine plane in production and cruises at 31K feet at 290mph.  The plane's been fabulous and I do customized IFR flights in it exclusively.

1 minute ago, HiFlyer said:

I've long since made a firm resolution to not even bother updating. Full reinstall (only takes an hour or so) or nothing.

I would if it wasn't for the network/bandwidth bug. I have to quit and restart the installer several times since it only uses around 7-8 Mbit of my connection. After restarting the installer about 3 times it is on full download speed (approx 100 Mbit). After 30 mins it drops to 7-8 and I have to restart again. I've tried the recommended fix (disable network energy saving) but doesn't work for me.

36 minutes ago, ShawnG said:

Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of bugs in the a320.  However it does seem like some of the things that are upsetting you (although it’s hard to be sure with just a text description) aren’t bugs, but actual Airbus behavior.  The autothrottle will try to kill you if you don’t have the thrust lever on CL, since any lower setting limits the ceiling thrust of the a/t.  And if you get too slow on approach, the Airbus computer will go into alpha floor protection and go to full toga thrust.  Both things are modeled in the sim.  Also it’s pretty important that before flight you set the trim to the correct setting for your center of gravity in the initial weight and balance page.

I replied in another post, but I'll send this to you as well

OK - so in flight when Autothrottle is engaged, it simply drops speed. Thrust levers in AT mode but nothing happens. It finally stalls. Tried both modes.

When flaps are extended, the plane lifts like a space rocket, speed around 180. Forcing my yoke all the way forward and nothing happens. The plane keeps climbing...correction, lifting like a helicopter. 

I've been in FS since 1997. I've been in XP11 for years and I've spent several hours in a full-motion 767 simulator at a flight academy. I am no pilot but I like to think that I have some experience. Granted, my airbus experience is very limited, but I really REALLY doubt this is how they should behave.

I am beginning to wonder if my installation is corrupt. Since I have no sound after the update something is broken for sure. 

8 minutes ago, flightsim1818 said:

I am beginning to wonder if my installation is corrupt. Since I have no sound after the update something is broken for sure. 

I don't know about that but something is definitely wrong. Did you try removing other addons from the community folder, if you have any. Did you modify any files? Richard Sennett has a topic going on adding dead zone to your throttles. All worth a try I guess.

38 minutes ago, ShawnG said:

Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of bugs in the a320.  However it does seem like some of the things that are upsetting you (although it’s hard to be sure with just a text description) aren’t bugs, but actual Airbus behavior.  The autothrottle will try to kill you if you don’t have the thrust lever on CL, since any lower setting limits the ceiling thrust of the a/t.  And if you get too slow on approach, the Airbus computer will go into alpha floor protection and go to full toga thrust.  Both things are modeled in the sim.  Also it’s pretty important that before flight you set the trim to the correct setting for your center of gravity in the initial weight and balance page.

unfortunately the speed control is all over the place at the moment.

Just now, UKflyer said:

unfortunately the speed control is all over the place at the moment.

That's why adding dead zone to your throttle axis might be important. The zone where CL engages might be very narrow and if any spikes in your controller are present, it could inadvertently jar it out of position.