October 12, 20232 yr Trying Sim again Fired u sim and it did a big download Redownload FBW A320 plane When I try to start it from cold and dark, first thing I notice battery light dont show off I try to click off say left battery off, right one goes off I try to turn off left by click on it right right illuminates. Then I follow instruction to start engine, I turn on ignition to start Put master switch 2 to on Engine does not start Now I know why have not played MSFS for a while, frustrating
October 12, 20232 yr Here you go. Cold and Dark start Spend some time watching You Tube video's they are a great help when starting out. AMD Ryzen 7 5800x3d, MSI X570 Pro, 32 gb DDR4 3600 ram, Gigabyte 6800 16gb GPU, 1x 2tb Samsung NvMe , 1x 2tb Sabrent NvME, 1x Crucial 4tb Nvme M2 Drive
October 12, 20232 yr I've done over 2000hrs in the FBW A32NX and never encountered an issue like that, defo sounds like user error, there's a conflict somewhere. Did you use the FBW installer? B450 Tomahawk Max / Ryzen 7 5800x3D / RTX 3060ti 8G / Noctua NH-UI21S Max Cooling / 32G Patriot RAM / 1TB NVME / 450G SSD / Thrustmaster TCA & Throttle Quadrant / Xiaomi 32" Wide Curved Monitor 1440p 144hz
October 12, 20232 yr Author Thanks I used installer I will go thru again Look at the you tube also now Tonight will try again Thanks everybody
October 12, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, wan2fly99 said: When I try to start it from cold and dark, first thing I notice battery light dont show off I try to click off say left battery off, right one goes off I try to turn off left by click on it right right illuminates. If both battery switches are off, the lights won't show "OFF". You'll only see "OFF" if the other battery is switched on. 1 hour ago, wan2fly99 said: Then I follow instruction to start engine, I turn on ignition to start Put master switch 2 to on Engine does not start Did you turn the APU on? It's required to start the engines.
October 12, 20232 yr Author Thanks for battery info, (f both battery switches are off, the lights won't show "OFF". You'll only see "OFF" if the other battery is switched on) Goiing to ask my A330 Captain to explain that behavour APU on but forgot to turn on APU bleed to Wil go thru check list very carefully Thanks everybody again for the help
October 12, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, wan2fly99 said: forgot to turn on APU bleed That should do the trick. Good luck Phil Leaven i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, ASUS 4070 12GB EVO, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), Rolling Cache 16GB, Photogrammetry always OFF, Live Weather and Live Traffic always ON, Res 2560x1440 on 27"
October 12, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, wan2fly99 said: (f both battery switches are off, the lights won't show "OFF". You'll only see "OFF" if the other battery is switched on) Quite simple really, if there's no power to the aircraft and both batteries are off, there's no power to illuminate the OFF light in the battery switch. Once you turn a battery on, then there is now power in the system (from the battery you just turned on) so the other switch can now light up to tell you that that battery is off. I do agree that from a purely logical point of view, you now have a state (both battery lights off) that means two things, i.e. both batteries on and both batteries off. It's not ideal but realistically it doesn't cause much confusion. If in doubt, push a battery button, if it lights up then both batteries were on, if the other lights up then both batteries were off. I spent 10 years on the airbus and don't rememeber ever being confused by it. It's so obvious when the aircraft is off (it's really quiet) compared to when it's on (loads of fans humming away in the background) that those lights don't add much. HTH
October 13, 20232 yr Author Hi Iwebber maks sense. Many Im forgetting everything I have all my license but not flown in two years now How can something light up if there is no electric power Dummy me Where did you? I have a few friends airbus captians with aircanada Thanks for the response
October 13, 20232 yr 18 hours ago, iwebber said: Quite simple really, if there's no power to the aircraft and both batteries are off, there's no power to illuminate the OFF light in the battery switch. 46 minutes ago, wan2fly99 said: How can something light up if there is no electric power Dummy me To be fair your expectation isn't "dummy", the aircraft always has a low level of standby power, just like your PC or your car. Otherwise e.g. your clock or radio settings would be lost over night. Also there's the red light blinking inside of many cars all the time (theft protection etc.). An A320's battery absolutely has enough standby power to illuminate those two buttons all the time, the Airbus engineers just decided against it. For transparency: I'm a community mentor at the BATC discord. However, I do not get paid for it in any way.
October 15, 20232 yr Author Last question I see a voltage displayed some like 27.5 . So i press the battery button, im waiting for the charms, sometimes it works sometimes not. Good side I finally got the plane powered up and engines started Thanks everybody
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