October 5, 20205 yr I finally got round to installing this and it's great - 110% to the guys working on it. However a couple of users error type queries have arise, if someone could indulge me... Despite running the checklists I couldn't get the engines to start and spool up - had to resort to Ctrl-E. I must have missed a step somewhere. The display readouts at the top of the panel (altitude, speed, heading V/S etc.) are very dim and I cannot for the life of me find the button or knob to make them brighter. Found all the MFD brightness controls but not that one. There is something about bringing an aircraft to life from "cold and dark", though (minus the bit where I got stuck), I always remember enjoying the old Ready For Pushback 747 add on from earlier FS versions in that respect. Thanks.
October 5, 20205 yr 5 minutes ago, Elvensmith said: The display readouts at the top of the panel (altitude, speed, heading V/S etc.) are very dim and I cannot for the life of me find the button or knob to make them brighter. Found all the MFD brightness controls but not that one. i9-11900K, RTX 4090, 32 GB ram, Honeycomb Alpha and Bravo, TCA Airbus sidestick and quadrant, Reverb G2
October 5, 20205 yr 59 minutes ago, Elvensmith said: Despite running the checklists I couldn't get the engines to start and spool up - had to resort to Ctrl-E. I must have missed a step somewhere. APU Bleed ON maybe?😉 - PC Hardware: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D // Asus ROG Crosshair X870E HERO // 2x32Gb Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5 6000MT/s CL30 // ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition // 4Tb Corsair NVMe M.2 MP600 // Corsair 1600W PSU Samsung Odyssey Arc 55" curved 165 Hz monitor. - Simulator Hardware: VIRPIL Constellation Alpha Prime + VIRPIL VPC Universal Control Panel - #3 + MOZA AY210 Force Feedback Yoke + WINWING URSA MINOR 32 Throttle & PAC Metal + WINWING SKYWALKER Metal Rudder Pedals + WINWING Airbus FCU & EFIS + WINWING Boeing 3N PAP + WINWING MCDU-32 + WINWING PFP-4 + WINWING PFP 3-N + WINWING PFP-7.
October 5, 20205 yr Author 1 hour ago, David Roch said: APU Bleed ON maybe?😉 I suspect that is probably it Dave. I will have another go later on. I’ll also rewatch 320 Simpilot’s Tutorial. Edited October 5, 20205 yr by Elvensmith
October 5, 20205 yr 5 hours ago, Elvensmith said: Despite running the checklists I couldn't get the engines to start and spool up - had to resort to Ctrl-E. I must have missed a step somewhere. Ran into this as well the first time I tried that mod (latest version). Initiated engine start and it sat there turning the engine over but not lighting it up. Panned around looking for anything and noticed on the overhead that the fuel pumps were not on. Turned them all on and away we went! Only tried the mod once so far, so need to see if I missed a checklist item, or the item is missing from the checklist... ...jim ASUS Prime Z790-E, Intel i9 13900K, 32Gb DDR5 Ram, Nvidia 3090 24Gb, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500 GB and 1 TB, Samsung Odyssey G9 Ultrawide 49" G-SYNC Monitor.
October 5, 20205 yr Another issue I came across - part bug, part bad pilot.... aircraft all set up and ready to go, on ground power. Forgot to turn the APU on before asking for push and start. A few seconds into the pushback, power went out (duh) and I had to fire up the APU before I could start the engines. Everything came back online and I got the engines started. Once airborne the AP refused to work. It would not follow the nav flight plan nor selected speed, heading or altitude. I presume because INS alignment had been lost, yet the ND showed correctly with the flight plan, as if it was aligned once the APU had started. So lesson learnt, do not forget to fire up the APU before pushback. Edited October 5, 20205 yr by RaptyrOne GregH Intel Core i7 14700K / Palit RTX4070Ti Super OC / Corsair 32GB DDR5 6000 MHz / MSI Z790 M/board / Corsair NVMe 9500 read, 8500 write / Corsair PSU1200W / CH Products Yoke, Pedals & Quad; Airbus Side Stick, Airbus Quadrant / TrackIR, 32” 4K 144hz 1ms Monitor
October 5, 20205 yr Need apu bleed air and also gravity feeding the fuel doesnt work, so pumps must be on. Andreas Stangenes http://www.youtube.com/user/krsans78 Add me on gamertag: Bullhorns78
October 5, 20205 yr Author Come to think of it, I can’t remember seeing fuel pumps on the checklist. I’ll take a look after tea.
October 5, 20205 yr Author … and yes, that must have been it. Up and flying with a lovely night time departure from Hong Kong, heading across to Wuhan. Once you've done a cold and dark start there's no going back, really. There's nothing quite like the sound of a jet engine coming to life (well apart maybe from a Class 37 thrashing away on the West Highland Line... ). MSFS really starting to grow on me, now the birthing pains are easing. Edited October 5, 20205 yr by Elvensmith
October 5, 20205 yr 10 hours ago, David Roch said: APU Bleed ON maybe?😉 You need to manually turn on the fuel and fuel XFeed, as well as the pumps. Seems like the auto checklist is not managing those two items. Sincerely, Dennis D. Müllert System Specs: MoBo: MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk WiFi ATX AM5. CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Memory: 128GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5600 CL-40. GPU: 24GB Asus TUF Gaming OC GeForce RTX 4090. Monitor: LG UltraGear+ 45" curved OLED. Power Supply: Corsair 1500 Watt 80+ Platinum ATX. HD: 2TB Sabrent Rocket NVME SSD. Windows 11 Pro. Flight Sim Hardware: Joystick: Thrustmaster T16000M. Rudder Pedals: Thrustmaster TPR Pendular Pedals. Yoke: Honeycomb Alpha. Throttles: Honeycomb Bravo. Controller: XBox Controller
October 6, 20205 yr Author Now not sure if this is a bug with the mod or the Asobo code, but when I opened the FMC to input the arrival and approach at Wuhan, it would not bring up any data. No runway choice, no STARS, nothing. After a bit of faffing about I managed to input a new destination (Calcutta!) and that did come up with the required information. Maybe Wuhan has been put on the blacklist due to you know what... Edit: Should add, this was after reloading a saved game. Edited October 6, 20205 yr by Elvensmith
October 6, 20205 yr Hi, brand new to this aircraft and mod! could you point me to a good tutorial on this plane and its latest mod. Cold Dark start up. Thanks so much. Robert
October 6, 20205 yr 8 minutes ago, Dutch1 said: Hi, brand new to this aircraft and mod! could you point me to a good tutorial on this plane and its latest mod. Cold Dark start up. Thanks so much. Robert I'd recommend a320 Sim Pilot on youtube. He flies these planes in real life, and has a ton of information to share about how the real plane systems work, as well as how to get the msfs version to behave as you'd like it to.
October 6, 20205 yr There are a couple of very good youtube tutorials. Search for A320 Sim Pilot. He is a real A320 pilot and has done several videos with tutorials focused on starting, setting up the MCDU/FMS, flying an ILS approach etc. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAILTiWNai7Y2zsO8ECFxcA GregH Intel Core i7 14700K / Palit RTX4070Ti Super OC / Corsair 32GB DDR5 6000 MHz / MSI Z790 M/board / Corsair NVMe 9500 read, 8500 write / Corsair PSU1200W / CH Products Yoke, Pedals & Quad; Airbus Side Stick, Airbus Quadrant / TrackIR, 32” 4K 144hz 1ms Monitor
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