May 21, 20224 yr 25 minutes ago, lwt1971 said: I found this complex RNP approach Blackbox 711 did into Rio De Janeiro to be pretty impressive: Yeah, that's fairly challenging approach. Tried it once in the FBW in fairly poor weather. Just did a RNP approach into LIMJ Genoa rwy28 and it was spot on. I went manual flight around 1200ft and hand-flew her down to the numbers, following the flight directors. The fly-by-wire technology really shines here as just minor corrections are needed. On the STAR, during descent I had to use speed brakes to meet the required altitudes. Otherwise VNAV has been very impressive. 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 64GB DDR5
May 21, 20224 yr One more thing. Is there something going on with flaps 1 setting? It seems it doesn't extend properly on the right side, see screenshot below. On flap 2 it seems fine. 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 64GB DDR5
May 21, 20224 yr 15 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said: One more thing. Is there something going on with flaps 1 setting? It seems it doesn't extend properly on the right side, see screenshot below. On flap 2 it seems fine. That's an "Airbus thing". If you set Flaps 1 on the ground, it extends both slats and flaps. In the air, it only extends slats. (The left side of the indicator is slats, the right side flaps.) Edit: To distinguish the two configurations, they are called "config 1+f" (slats and flaps) and "config 1" (slats only). Edited May 21, 20224 yr by martinboehme
May 21, 20224 yr 17 minutes ago, martinboehme said: That's an "Airbus thing". If you set Flaps 1 on the ground, it extends both slats and flaps. In the air, it only extends slats. (The left side of the indicator is slats, the right side flaps.) Edit: To distinguish the two configurations, they are called "config 1+f" (slats and flaps) and "config 1" (slats only). Wow, didn't know that, thanks! I don't think this is depicted in the FBW. 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 64GB DDR5
May 21, 20224 yr 25 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said: One more thing. Is there something going on with flaps 1 setting? It seems it doesn't extend properly on the right side, see screenshot below. On flap 2 it seems fine. Left is slats (S) and to the right is flaps (F). For transparency: I'm a community mentor at the BATC discord. However, I do not get paid for it in any way.
May 21, 20224 yr 9 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said: Wow, didn't know that, thanks! I don't think this is depicted in the FBW. Yes it is. For transparency: I'm a community mentor at the BATC discord. However, I do not get paid for it in any way.
May 21, 20224 yr Just finished my LIPB 19 circle to land approach and what a plane! It's really easy to program custom waypoints and to tune hold patterns, Vnav and Lnav are solid. Also the hand flying is superb
May 21, 20224 yr 17 minutes ago, bendead said: Just finished my LIPB 19 circle to land approach and what a plane! It's really easy to program custom waypoints and to tune hold patterns, Vnav and Lnav are solid. Also the hand flying is superb Cannot remember last time hand-flying was this much fun in an airliner! How did you go on short final to LIPB 19? 😉 EDIT: I'll post the approach plate here, just to demonstrate how tricky it can be. Basically the turn to final is a descending 180 degree turn from 2000ft to the threshold at 787'. Before that, the approach is a circling approach from Bolzano VOR consisting of two circuits to be able to reduce the altitude from 4920' at the VOR. Edited May 21, 20224 yr by Cpt_Piett 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 64GB DDR5
May 21, 20224 yr 2 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said: How did you go on short final to LIPB 19? 😉 I made a mistake creating the custom waypoint I choose OZE DME 3.0 bearing 001 so the holding was programed to turn at this point and not 4.6. So I disconnected the autopilot did the full approach manually and at the end was nearly perfectly aligned on short final. Next is Paro (VQPR) and Queenstown (NZQN) 😁
May 21, 20224 yr Is Discord the only way to get support or get in touch with Fenix? I bought a Navigraph subscription just for this plane but now I can't buy the plane (only PayPal here...) and I can't ask questions about it (Discord needs a phone number and that's a problem for me). Should have waited with Navigraph... Edited May 21, 20224 yr by tup61
May 21, 20224 yr 2 minutes ago, tup61 said: Is Discord the only way to get support or get in touch with Fenix? No, you can send a ticket via their website or email https://fenixsim.com/support/ Edited May 21, 20224 yr by bendead
May 21, 20224 yr 6 minutes ago, bendead said: No, you can send a ticket via their website or email https://fenixsim.com/support/ Thx! That's a bit over the top for a simple question though...
May 21, 20224 yr 2 minutes ago, tup61 said: That's a bit over the top for a simple question though... Not at all, and you can be nearly certain they will reply which can be hard on the discord, if it's crowded
May 21, 20224 yr 12 minutes ago, bendead said: Not at all, and you can be nearly certain they will reply which can be hard on the discord, if it's crowded Okay, done.
May 21, 20224 yr heh, 90% of the MSFS screenshots I'm seeing on Volanta now are either the Fenix A320 or the 737. Mostly the A320. Edited May 21, 20224 yr by Tuskin38
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