Question on Fenix A320 MCDU - where to find ZFWCG?

[Nuno Pinto 1,409]

I also cannot find anything regarding accelerated time (or instant) for IRS alignment.

[FlyingGoose 405]

4 hours ago, Nuno Pinto said:

I also cannot find anything regarding accelerated time (or instant) for IRS alignment.

Yeah me neither. I would actually like this since sometimes I want to get in the air fast. I can load the plane and do all the preflight stuff rather quickly but then usually have to wait 2-4 min for the IRS to align so I can get rolling. 

[jcomm 5,967]

4 hours ago, Nuno Pinto said:

I also cannot find anything regarding accelerated time (or instant) for IRS alignment.

Hey Nuno !

Enjoying the Fenix ? Is it better than FSLabs ?

[Nuno Pinto 1,409]

30 minutes ago, jcomm said:

Hey Nuno !

Enjoying the Fenix ? Is it better than FSLabs ?

Yes, quite a lot. As for FSL, it does seem to have a few details which are missing from FSL's version regarding approaches, It's a tough call because i much prefer the dynamics of MSFS and won't be returning to P3D when the first long-hauler is released.

FSL's A320 was (and is) an excellent simulation but it also has a LOT of annoying things in the way the package works which, being honest, i'm happy not having to deal with anymore.

[captain420 3,099]

I also hope they add an option to allow for instand IRS alignment.

[tup61 1,612]

19 hours ago, FlyingGoose said:

Yeah me neither. I would actually like this since sometimes I want to get in the air fast. I can load the plane and do all the preflight stuff rather quickly but then usually have to wait 2-4 min for the IRS to align so I can get rolling. 

You could/should use the turn around state for that, I guess. The turn around state is a realistic state: not every flight starts with cold and dark in real life. In fact, more flights might start in a turn around state...?

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

Pics work for me 🙂 

EDIT: Your first picture is correct, keep it at that. Enter the ZFW and MACZFW you see on the EFB Mass and balance tab at the ZFW/ZWFCG on the INIT B page in the MCDU and you're good to go

 

Edited May 30, 2022 by Richard Sennett

[captain420 3,099]

MACTOW and MACZFW, so which CG do we use?

[Lucas Gomes 15]

There's a trick to instantly align the IRS, maybe it's a bug: Set all three irs to nav. Wait a few seconds. Then switch each to off and back to nav. Aligned.

[Bobsk8 12,826]

1 hour ago, tup61 said:

You could/should use the turn around state for that, I guess. The turn around state is a realistic state: not every flight starts with cold and dark in real life. In fact, more flights might start in a turn around state...?

Most flights use a turn around state in real life. 

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

1 hour ago, captain420 said:

MACTOW and MACZFW, so which CG do we use?

As Martin had stated in earlier part of thread :MAC stands for Mean Aerodynamic Chord. It's customary to give the CG as a percentage of MAC, which is presumably why they omitted the "CG" - it's implied from context

So its MACTOW on second screenshot

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

If they labeled it ZFW/ZFWCG instead of TOTW/MACTOW would have been more obvious to me anyway 

[Cpt_Piett 4,798]

1 hour ago, captain420 said:

MACTOW and MACZFW, so which CG do we use?

Enter ZFW/ZFWCG from the EFB (mass and balance) on the INIT B page on the MCDU. Then hit “sync loadsheet” on the EFB departure page, like @Richard Sennett has shown in the pictures above. 

[Bobsk8 12,826]

5 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Enter ZFW/ZFWCG from the EFB (mass and balance) on the INIT B page on the MCDU. Then hit “sync loadsheet” on the EFB departure page, like @Richard Sennett has shown in the pictures above. 

The EFB makes it so easy to load everything into he MCDU. I have  it down to about 5 minutes now. 

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

7 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Enter ZFW/ZFWCG from the EFB (mass and balance) on the INIT B page on the MCDU. Then hit “sync loadsheet” on the EFB departure page, like @Richard Sennett has shown in the pictures above. 

Didn't know that nice job