31 minutes ago, Mace said:

I think the A300 (and A310) doesn't do strict RNP approaches, it can only do the GPS overlay.

I think you're right. Just watched some of my old YT videos from RNAV approaches in the 310. KMDW RNAV (RNP) Y RWY 22L and KBUR RNAV (RNP) RWY 8. In both cases, the plane followed the V/DEV profile in P.DES mode after FAP. 

Edited February 25, 20242 yr by Cpt_Piett

OK , todays flight with the A300-600 ended again in a FootS issue and i think i give up now, wonder if this ever gets fixed ?

I just can't (after so many attempts) waste my time pointlessly any more, even though I love flying this bird so much, it's a shame, that sort of thing..

cheers 🤔

2 hours ago, pmplayer said:

OK , todays flight with the A300-600 ended again in a FootS issue and i think i give up now, wonder if this ever gets fixed ?

I just can't (after so many attempts) waste my time pointlessly any more, even though I love flying this bird so much, it's a shame, that sort of thing..

cheers 🤔

Based on several discussions here in this thread, it might be worth trying a flight where:-

• You have all AI turned off
• You use PROFILE (Vnav) mode from the outset and remain in it until your approach (don't use VS)
• Avoid using Direct to (DTO).  Stick to your flight plan

19 minutes ago, JYW said:

Based on several discussions here in this thread, it might be worth trying a flight where:-

• You have all AI turned off
• You use PROFILE (Vnav) mode from the outset and remain in it until your approach (don't use VS)
• Avoid using Direct to (DTO).  Stick to your flight plan

I'm flying your EDDP to HECA flight right now.  So far I'm 2 hours and 33 minutes in, passing INKAB over the southern Aegean Sea, and no problems so far. 

Well I take that back, the NAV mode disconnected over Austria and I saw that and thought "how odd" and pressed it back on, and the airplane rejoined the course.

I am using FSLTL for this flight.  I think I may just use PROFILE the whole way and not drop into VS or do any DTO's.  We'll see when I start descent.  Cairo has no STAR's!  I didn't know that.  I'll be doing the ILS into 5C I think, unless the winds change.

Anyway, so far no fall-out-of-sky or CTD's.

The APU now stays on forever.

lol

One step forward and two new steps back...

29 minutes ago, JYW said:

Based on several discussions here in this thread, it might be worth trying a flight where:-

• You have all AI turned off
• You use PROFILE (Vnav) mode from the outset and remain in it until your approach (don't use VS)
• Avoid using Direct to (DTO).  Stick to your flight plan

I've been very fortunate with my experiences with this add-on...no issues to date.

Yesterday, I completed a long (7-3/4 hr real time) flight from PANC to RJAA. I've been using the DTO and V/S features without issue in V 1.0.8.

Right now, I'm about a third of the way between RJAA and VHHX.

As I've been thinking about this (trying to "break" my sim to possibly help others), for my next flight I'm planning to increase my FSLTL settings to "force" the theory/observation reported by PMDG with the TCAS "saturation", seeing if I can create a CTD/fall out of the sky issue.

Will report back tomorrow on that experiment.

22 minutes ago, mspencer said:

The APU now stays on forever.

lol

One step forward and two new steps back...

My APU shut off as commanded on my current flight, I verified this by not just the display but also using the gauges on the cockpit rear bulkhead.

That's really strange that it didn't shut down for you.  I'm wondering if people's SimConnect is getting saturated?  That could cause all sorts of problems.  Not just the TCAS / traffic thing but lots of other functions.

There are several reports of the APU not shutting down and iniBuilds is aware and working on it. 

I'm using 100% AIG traffic on every flight (up to 250 AI aircraft being injected at the same time over big hubs) and have never had the FootS or that 737 bug or anything else apparentl caused by a TCAS overload. Very strange. Maybe it's got something to do with FSLTL, I don't know.

Just landed at HECA, no problems on this 3.9 hour flight.  Captured ILS to 05C ok, and flew GS and LOC down, disconnected on short final, and did my usual spine-jarring landing.  Heh.

I used the APU on taxi-in, and after main engine shutdown, and then once ground power was connected, I commanded a shutdown of the APU and it did what I asked.

I did not use VS mode.  At a couple of points I did go into HDG mode.   I did use FSLTL on this flight.

46 minutes ago, Mace said:

My APU shut off as commanded on my current flight, I verified this by not just the display but also using the gauges on the cockpit rear bulkhead.

That's really strange that it didn't shut down for you.  I'm wondering if people's SimConnect is getting saturated?  That could cause all sorts of problems.  Not just the TCAS / traffic thing but lots of other functions.

I can’t imagine how, honestly. No AI traffic, I flipped the two switches on my StreamDeck as I usually do to turn off the APU MASTER and bleed, and it worked no problem in the previous version. 
 

I love this airplane - actually flying it to Bangkok right now - but the story of it is undoubtedly a product that fixes 10 bugs and introduces 5 on every build. It’s indicative of a quality control problem. 
 

I’d be happy to help and applied to be a tester but haven’t heard back. I wonder how much testing any of these builds really get. 

Got the bird today and been flying it for hours. What a beautiful and fun plane! I came from many hours in the A310, so the transition was easy. 

The visual quality is one of the best I've seen in a payware aircraft so far. I found the detail level of the flight deck to be... exquisite. All the instruments looks extremely crips and clear. Sounds were mostly great - especially those rumbling engine sounds. But I found the cockpit noise level almost deafening. Had to turn down to 10%. 

Performance was great, at least on my system, and not any worse than any of the other complex aircraft I fly regularly (Fenix, King Air, TBM850). 

I thought the EFB was good enough. It's simple but user-friendly. Calibrating my TCA Airbus throttle quadrant was quick and easy. 

In terms of handling / flight model, I found the plane to be a joy to hand-fly. It's not an easy aircraft though, and you can "feel" it's weight and inertia. During my first few flights I felt I was constantly behind the aircraft, failing to slow down in time, ending up too high and too fast, having to abort the approach. 

I didn't encounter any major issues, but found the autopilot a bit quirky at times. Perhaps this is to be expected from a plane from 1972? I flew around Rio Intl and did numerous approaches, climbing and descending in profile, LVL/CH and V/S mode without any issues. I tracked VOR radials (HDG mode only), shot many ILS approaches and practiced many go-arounds without any issues. Also did many holding patterns. 

The biggest problem I found was that sometimes the autothrottle can't keep up, and the plane decelerates or accelerates too quickly. Not sure if this is true to the real aircraft or not. 

After I had built up a bit of confidence, I decided to give the RWY 02R RNP B approach to SBRJ Santos Dumont a try. It's a beautiful approach, but certainly takes some skills to accomplish. 

Being fully configured with landing flaps and gear down at FAP (2000ft), with FINAL/APP mode armed in the MCDU, the plane started descending in P.DES mode towards MDA without any issues. At 900ft I disconnected the AP and attempted the difficult turn towards the runway, which was quite exhilarating, I might add. 

I did touch down within the touchdown zone, but even with max manual braking and spoilers, I wasn't able to stop in time. Hence I ended up in the water at the far end of the runway... I'd like to think I would have made it with working reverse thrust 🙂 The runway is 4341ft / 1323m, so in real life I doubt many A300s have been cleared to land there...

I think the A300 is well worth the price and I do not regret the purchase. Having said that, I hope I don't encounter any of the issues that so many seem to have. I'll give it an 8 out of 10. 

Edited February 26, 20242 yr by Cpt_Piett

20 hours ago, Mace said:

I'm flying your EDDP to HECA flight right now.  So far I'm 2 hours and 33 minutes in, passing INKAB over the southern Aegean Sea, and no problems so far. 

Well I take that back, the NAV mode disconnected over Austria and I saw that and thought "how odd" and pressed it back on, and the airplane rejoined the course.

I am using FSLTL for this flight.  I think I may just use PROFILE the whole way and not drop into VS or do any DTO's.  We'll see when I start descent.  Cairo has no STAR's!  I didn't know that.  I'll be doing the ILS into 5C I think, unless the winds change.

Anyway, so far no fall-out-of-sky or CTD's.

Thanks for doing the test flight and great to hear things went well!

I've now successfully managed to complete it without a CTD as well.  I avoided VS mode (and DTOs) and stuck to NAV and PROFILE mode.   Made it to HECA!

So the only difference between my 2 attempted flights on this route (and time duration) that resulted in CTDs, and the 3rd attempt that was successful, was that on the first 2 I used some VS and DTOs.

At this point then, I'm just going to live with the constraint of avoiding VS and DTOs in this plane.

It's a lovely, immersive plane to fly and a lot of fun.

12 hours ago, Cpt_Piett said:

In terms of handling / flight model, I found the plane to be a joy to hand-fly. It's not an easy aircraft though, and you can "feel" it's weight and inertia. During my first few flights I felt I was constantly behind the aircraft, failing to slow down in time, ending up too high and too fast, having to abort the approach. 

Thanks for your detailed report!, In terms of the weight and inertia do you feel it's better simulated in the A300 than the A310? There were (possibly dubious) claims by some that the A310 didn't exhibit any inertia/weight, but that was more about inertia/weight being fixed on the A310 (to what I feel was good enough to represent the heft of the aircraft) and the problem if anything is that it doesn't really vary according to loaded weight settings.

iniBuilds really have done some great flight/handling modelling with their birds, especially as they've fully embraced MSFS's CFD tech from the get-go.
 

10 minutes ago, lwt1971 said:

iniBuilds really have done some great flight/handling modelling with their birds, especially as they've fully embraced MSFS's CFD tech from the get-go.

I consider myself to be very fortunate that I have not yet experienced any issues that others have with their installations...no current CPU issues and no thrust reverse issues either (of course, I do not have the Beta installed).

Yesterday, I completed a flight I hadn't done in many years...RJAA-VHHX.

It was very satisfying to complete the approach into Kai Tak (despite the lack of traffic!). Sadly, Navigraph does not provide charts for this scenery (for me, it was the Deluxe Default VHHX scenery)...I do understand why though. Just had to add one waypoint (GOLF) and followed an old set of charts for the IGS13 approach.

It became quickly apparent that the stock localizer was not correct...I should've been on an 88 degree heading (although the glideslope did seem to track toward the threshold).

Anyway...I had done this flight numerous times in older sims with the B747,

Not having the IGS available, it was a hand flight from VHHH all the way into Kai Tak...fortunately, the "checkerboard hill" was relatively easy to see from the starting point of what should have been the IGS.

Hand flying this add-on into Kai Tak felt very similar (at least by memory!) of the older B747's. She felt/flew like a "heavy"...yoke and throttle responses are not immediate...that big rudder on the other hand...easy does it.

Something about this aircraft add-on that just brings so much joy...a perfect balance of automation and "stick and rudder".

Today, I'll max out my FSLTL sliders and complete a flight to see if I can create a TCAS error.