Fenix A320 ECAM questions

[CallsignDE 37]

Hi everybody,

i bought the Fenix A320 some days ago but have some problems understanding the ECAM data and messages.

You can see an example ECAM here: (Please ignore the ECAM messages, the picture ist just for showcasing the two questions below)

 

1. The flaps indicator is always orange coloured even though the flaps are fully retracted. I couldnt find any information regarding this information. When does it turn green like or what is wrong so its orange here?

2. I am starting out of Cold & Dark state. But from the beginning on there is green data about N1 etc. available. In tutorials videos there are orange lines like there is no data available which seems correct for me. Also, N1 is 4.1 despite the thrust levler being in idle. 

3. During Startup i got the message "AUTO FLT A/THR OFF" in the ECAM, i cancelled it because i didnt know what it means but i couldnt start the engines so i guess its because of this caution. I dont have pictures from the overhead but what could be the the problem here? 

Thank you very much for answering my questions!

Best regards

Thies

[Winkle Brown 23]

1) Amber on the slats/flaps indicator means they are locked (inoperable) , In the pic above because you don't have hydraulic power supplied. Start the engines, and make sure the engine driven HYD pumps are all on, 

2) Your FADEC is powered if you can see the green N1 data. You may have incorrectly put the IGN switch to IGN at some point earlier?.  Do you have a strong wind blowing through the engine? Spinning fan sometimes keeps the FADEC auto powered.  Also check the maintenance panel FADEC switch not powered, 

3) Is more tricky to troubleshoot. Have you programmed the MCDU fully and correctly first? THR LVR in forward idle detent? Also never press the A/Thrust button on the central FCU on the ground. It will be armed on the takeoff roll when you  select Flex or TOGA.

[Silicus 879]

1 hour ago, CallsignDE said:

Hi everybody,

i bought the Fenix A320 some days ago but have some problems understanding the ECAM data and messages.

You should watch a few youtube videos on how to properly start the Fenix! Some systems only come online, once the engines are running and hydraulic pressure is in the systems. My suggestions look for video from easyjetsimpilot or captaincanada....

[CallsignDE 37]

43 minutes ago, Silicus said:

You should watch a few youtube videos on how to properly start the Fenix! Some systems only come online, once the engines are running and hydraulic pressure is in the systems. My suggestions look for video from easyjetsimpilot or captaincanada....

Thank you but i have done this several times, always with the same output. This is why i opened this topic to check where to start troubleshooting. Maybe something wrong with key bindings on IGN switch for example (post above). Will check this later 

🙂

 

 

[Bobsk8 12,680]

The A320 is not an aircraft that you can just jump in an fly, that is why it is called study level. Watch some tutorial videos from cold and dark, and practice setting up the flight and MCDU before taking off. 

 

 

Edited September 30, 2022 by Bobsk8

[CallsignDE 37]

On 9/30/2022 at 9:42 AM, Winkle Brown said:

1) Amber on the slats/flaps indicator means they are locked (inoperable) , In the pic above because you don't have hydraulic power supplied. Start the engines, and make sure the engine driven HYD pumps are all on, 

2) Your FADEC is powered if you can see the green N1 data. You may have incorrectly put the IGN switch to IGN at some point earlier?.  Do you have a strong wind blowing through the engine? Spinning fan sometimes keeps the FADEC auto powered.  Also check the maintenance panel FADEC switch not powered, 

3) Is more tricky to troubleshoot. Have you programmed the MCDU fully and correctly first? THR LVR in forward idle detent? Also never press the A/Thrust button on the central FCU on the ground. It will be armed on the takeoff roll when you  select Flex or TOGA.

Thanks for you help! Could finally solved it. There were some key binding mistakes (double bindings etc.) on functions you mentioned there!

There is just one little problem that i can solve atm. It has nothing to with the title of the thread but maybe someone can help out here without the need of open another thread.

I tried some RNAV/RNP approaches where FLS should be available. Though i understood it is available with every NPA app. in the Fenix A320, i cant get it displayed. I cant get into F-APP on the PDF and when i turn on LS, there is only a frequency displayed in the bottom left corner but not the distance to the RWY etc. The FLS badge is not shown as well. I selected the RNAV app. in the MCDU like tutorial videos are doing it. What am i missing?

Thank you!

Edited October 11, 2022 by CallsignDE

[Bobsk8 12,680]

56 minutes ago, CallsignDE said:

Thanks for you help! Could finally solved it. There were some key binding mistakes (double bindings etc.) on functions you mentioned there!

There is just one little problem that i can solve atm. It has nothing to with the title of the thread but maybe someone can help out here without the need of open another thread.

I tried some RNAV/RNP approaches where FLS should be available. Though i understood it is available with every NPA app. in the Fenix A320, i cant get it displayed. I cant get into F-APP on the PDF and when i turn on LS, there is only a frequency displayed in the bottom left corner but not the distance to the RWY etc. The FLS badge is not shown as well. I selected the RNAV app. in the MCDU like tutorial videos are doing it. What could i be missing?

Thank you!

LS only gives you a display when you are on an ILS. 

 

 

Edited October 11, 2022 by Bobsk8

[CallsignDE 37]

49 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

LS only gives you a display when you are on an ILS. 

 

 

Yes, he flies the approach without FLS but in theory you can activate FLS by pressing LS. (My understanding)

Please watch from 1:16:00 here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kolcGYlcCD8 

[tup61 1,553]

17 hours ago, CallsignDE said:

Please watch from 1:16:00 here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kolcGYlcCD8 

You shouldn't watch video's from people who even state themselves they probably don't know what they're doing. 😉 But anyway, I haven't used FLS myself (because it's hardly being used in real life yet) but I do know that if you want to fly an RNAV approach you should NOT enable the LS button. Only use that one when you want to fly an ILS. Simply keep LS off. Enable APPR when needed (just as you would with an ILS) and, if you set up the approach as you should, the plane will fly the RNAV approach (or even a VORDME approach) as if it is an ILS. (No autoland obviously.)

[ConstVoid 110]

I admit I've only done it once, just to try it, but I'm fairly sure that for an RNAV FLS approach you do press the LS button. This brings up the alternate form of the landing scales. The button you don't want to press is LOC. You can arm APPR when the LS shows movement of the scales. Of course none of this is available unless you've selected the appropriate option for the airframe in the EFB.

[tup61 1,553]

2 hours ago, ConstVoid said:

but I'm fairly sure that for an RNAV FLS approach you do press the LS button

My bad, you are correct. Check this video from a guy you can trust. 😉 He is using the ToLiss in XP but of course the same procedures apply. For FLS you have to enable LS indeed, no matter what kind of approach you are flying.

 

 

[CallsignDE 37]

1 hour ago, tup61 said:

My bad, you are correct. Check this video from a guy you can trust. 😉 He is using the ToLiss in XP but of course the same procedures apply. For FLS you have to enable LS indeed, no matter what kind of approach you are flying.

 

 

Yes, thanks for the video! But that is exactly my problem: When pressing LS, the FLS mode is not activating. So i asked myself if i missed something that is necessary for the FLS to get active. In my case there is only a frequency visible on the pdf instead of the RWY data (Distance etc.)

[SierraDelta 1,342]

I’m pretty sure that the Fenix doesn’t support FLS? Have you asked on their Discord?

[ConstVoid 110]

It sure does, but as I said above you need to enable the option for the airframe you're using in the EFB.

[EDIT] To be specific, it's in the Airline Modifiable Information tab, along with Auto TCAS etc.

Edited October 12, 2022 by ConstVoid
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[SierraDelta 1,342]

8 minutes ago, ConstVoid said:

It sure does, but as I said above you need to enable the option for the airframe you're using in the EFB.

Indeed! Thanks for pointing that out.