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FlyByWire Experimental autopilot has been released!

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I will further tune everything down the road.

I also noticed on some videos now that in the moment of touchdown for some the rudder input etc is a bit sharp. It seems I tested too much in EDDS due to the sloped runway (which is really a challenge to get right), but there it constantly looses the LOC, so it just aligns heading to LOC heading but no correction for deviation from LOC.

As said, will be step by step over the next weeks/month to further improve it…

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1 hour ago, AGuther said:

I will further tune everything down the road.

I also noticed on some videos now that in the moment of touchdown for some the rudder input etc is a bit sharp. It seems I tested too much in EDDS due to the sloped runway (which is really a challenge to get right), but there it constantly looses the LOC, the it just aligns heading to LOC heading but no correction for deviation from LOC.

As said, will be step by step over the next weeks/month to further improve it…

thx a lot, already now it flies beautiful and and my 2 autolands at LIEO and EDDM were just perfect, will challenge it now at EGLC once I arrive there, currently still enroute south of Greenland over the pond

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2 hours ago, DAD said:

thx a lot, already now it flies beautiful and and my 2 autolands at LIEO and EDDM were just perfect, will challenge it now at EGLC once I arrive there, currently still enroute south of Greenland over the pond

I assume you know that the A320NEO is not certified or equipped to land at EGLC. Hope you don't have to turn in your license! 😅

55 minutes ago, Donstim said:

I assume you know that the A320NEO is not certified or equipped to land at EGLC. Hope you don't have to turn in your license! 😅

Three wheels, brake and reverse thrust are enough equipment for me 🙂

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Sorry for not reviewing this entire thread, but does anyone know off the top of their head if this version supports VNAV on a RNAV approach? 

29 minutes ago, Virtual-Chris said:

Sorry for not reviewing this entire thread, but does anyone know off the top of their head if this version supports VNAV on a RNAV approach? 

It does not. They need to be able to get the entire en route weather before VNAV can be properly calculated, IIRC. RNAV is a WIP.

 

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Just now, WestAir said:

It does not. They need to be able to get the entire en route weather before VNAV can be properly calculated, IIRC. RNAV is a WIP.

 

I think I'm confused.  What's the difference between VNAV and RNAV?  I think I mistakenly assumed you need VNAV to do an RNAV approach, but I guess that's not true?

A320 Sim Pilot has a video on doing RNAV approaches in the Dev version of the A320NX back in Dec.  How is he doing that without VNAV?

12 minutes ago, Virtual-Chris said:

I think I'm confused.  What's the difference between VNAV and RNAV?  I think I mistakenly assumed you need VNAV to do an RNAV approach, but I guess that's not true?

A320 Sim Pilot has a video on doing RNAV approaches in the Dev version of the A320NX back in Dec.  How is he doing that without VNAV?

In short, he isn't.

https://github.com/flybywiresim/a32nx/blob/autopilot/docs/README.md

Take-offs are optional, landings are mandatory.
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
To make a small fortune in aviation you must start with a large fortune.

There's nothing less important than the runway behind you and the altitude above you.
It's better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air, than in the air wishing you were on the ground.

15 minutes ago, Virtual-Chris said:

So what's happening in this video?  How is this RNAV approach working?  Is this working in the dev version and not the experimental version?

 

 

He's such a great streamer isn't he?

In any case, I was wrong. He's using the default AP (which is what the Dev version uses), which I didn't know supported RNAV. Sorry!

Edited by WestAir

Take-offs are optional, landings are mandatory.
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
To make a small fortune in aviation you must start with a large fortune.

There's nothing less important than the runway behind you and the altitude above you.
It's better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air, than in the air wishing you were on the ground.

1 hour ago, Virtual-Chris said:

I think I'm confused.  What's the difference between VNAV and RNAV?  I think I mistakenly assumed you need VNAV to do an RNAV approach, but I guess that's not true?

A320 Sim Pilot has a video on doing RNAV approaches in the Dev version of the A320NX back in Dec.  How is he doing that without VNAV?

VNAV stands for Vertical Navigation. It's how a aircraft flies vertically.  In the Bus LNAV (Lateral Navigation) and VNAV are combined in to NAV.  LNAV/VNAV/NAV are modes that a aircraft flies in

RNAV stands for Area Navigation.  It's a way of navigating around the world.  For your purposes here, you're talking about a RNAV Approach.  It's just a type of approach that most aircraft can fly.  

 

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1 hour ago, Jeff Nielsen said:

VNAV stands for Vertical Navigation. It's how a aircraft flies vertically.  In the Bus LNAV (Lateral Navigation) and VNAV are combined in to NAV.  LNAV/VNAV/NAV are modes that a aircraft flies in

RNAV stands for Area Navigation.  It's a way of navigating around the world.  For your purposes here, you're talking about a RNAV Approach.  It's just a type of approach that most aircraft can fly.  

 

Right, so does the experimental version of the FBW A320 support RNAV approaches - will it descend automatically?

As per my post above, the developer version supports it, so I'm guessing the experimental version would as well, but want to double-check before I botch another approach 😄

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1 minute ago, Virtual-Chris said:

Right, so does the experimental version of the FBW A320 support RNAV approaches - will it descend automatically?

As per my post above, the developer version supports it, so I'm guessing the experimental version would as well, but want to double-check before I botch another approach 😄

I already said...sometimes yes, sometimes no.  No version of the FBW officially supports VNAV/NAV (the mode used to fly a coupled RNAV APPR).  They're still working on it.

Bottom line is that it might fly it and it might not.  Try some approaches and see how it goes.

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40 minutes ago, Virtual-Chris said:

Right, so does the experimental version of the FBW A320 support RNAV approaches - will it descend automatically?

As per my post above, the developer version supports it, so I'm guessing the experimental version would as well, but want to double-check before I botch another approach 😄

The experimental does not support it yet.

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