Flying with Fenix A320, hard to dedicate time?

[martinboehme 493]

On 8/1/2022 at 2:46 PM, tup61 said:

  

I do sometimes wonder why some people are so hung up on doing long hauls if they don't have the time for it... Why not do shorter hops?

Maybe because you want to challenge yourself to use all of the aircraft's range, including a MTOW takeoff, and see if you got the planning right. Or you want to simulate a given real-world operation, maybe because you've flown that flight yourself. Or maybe you want to do a flight to a location that simply can't be reached without a longish leg (Perth, Azores etc.).

All of these are reasons why I like to do longer legs, and I like to use time acceleration because I only have a limited amount of time to dedicate to simming (and leaving the sim running while I do other things doesn't fit into my schedule either). 

[Dreamflight767 312]

Sorry.  I’m waaay behind.  Does the Fenix have pause at top of decent feature?

[tup61 1,575]

On 8/2/2022 at 5:38 PM, martinboehme said:

Maybe because you want to challenge yourself to use all of the aircraft's range, including a MTOW takeoff, and see if you got the planning right. Or you want to simulate a given real-world operation, maybe because you've flown that flight yourself. Or maybe you want to do a flight to a location that simply can't be reached without a longish leg (Perth, Azores etc.).

Well, yes, those are some good reasons. 😉

[Tino 81]

5 hours ago, Dreamflight767 said:

Sorry.  I’m waaay behind.  Does the Fenix have pause at top of decent feature?

Yes, its located under MENU > CONFIG within the MCDU. I haven't had any issues with it. To un-pause, simply disable the same option (config menu) and the flight will continue.

It's the only aircraft I've been able to use Pause at TOD correctly. I'm guessing that's because the aircraft systems are external. I'll have to check if the fuel burn still happens.

Edited August 3, 2022 by Tino

[cannow 61]

On 7/31/2022 at 10:11 PM, Cpt_Piett said:

If this is referring to the Fenix, then you are either 1) deliberately being provocative, or 2) delusional. Just by lacking save/restore doesn't place the Fenix in the "beta toy" category.  

Provacative yes , delusional no. Wanting a save restore feature before purchase is not a sin . Yes without one it is useless to me . After a long time sifting through various forums asking people if it existed . Nicely I will say not provacatively , Getting half answers to a direct question as if I was committing a cardinal sin . I emailed Fenix who gave a quick accurate no. Fair enough I said will purchase when available . So yes still an incomplete beta to ME maybe not others who seem to not need it. How I dont know must have plenty of time or skip a lot of things. Enjoy the fenix I am sure it is an excellent plane but no PMDG.

[Bobsk8 12,745]

29 minutes ago, cannow said:

Provacative yes , delusional no. Wanting a save restore feature before purchase is not a sin . Yes without one it is useless to me . After a long time sifting through various forums asking people if it existed . Nicely I will say not provacatively , Getting half answers to a direct question as if I was committing a cardinal sin . I emailed Fenix who gave a quick accurate no. Fair enough I said will purchase when available . So yes still an incomplete beta to ME maybe not others who seem to not need it. How I dont know must have plenty of time or skip a lot of things. Enjoy the fenix I am sure it is an excellent plane but no PMDG.

I did three flights in the Fenix today and skipped nothing. 

[cannow 61]

Just now, Bobsk8 said:

I did three flights in the Fenix today and skipped nothing. 

Well done I got one flight done today , LOWI to EGPH . Setup preflight took 40 minutes , had to save my PMDG at the gate as real life got in the way  . Continued my flight 2 hours later  completed in one sitting.That happens once in a blue moon normally get an hour.  What a godsend that save flight was there would never have got off the ground.

[chapstick 2,758]

Being able to save a flight should be a basic function of any add-on aircraft, especially one that can fly 4 or 5 hour legs. That means a CTD can ruin your day, especially for those of us who only have time to fly on weekends.