Fenix A320 Block 2 is released

[Area 21]

3 hours ago, BWBriscoe said:

A few questions about the GSX integration:
1. How do I get the catering truck to appear? All I ever get is the fuel truck and passengers boarding.
2. Do the cargo doors open themselves (I've set passenger doors to open automatically)? In my last flight, boarding started and the cargo loaders were there with ULDs but didn't start loading as the cargo doors were shut. After I manually opened them, they started loading cargo.
3. I still get the GSX screen pop up as its going through various steps...is this right? I assumed as it was integrated it would not pop up until it needed an input from me (pushback direction etc).

 

3 hours ago, Area said:

1/ I haven't tested
2/ by going through the GSX menu and not by loading FENIX-GSX, I encounter the same problem.
3/ I haven't tested

I confirm with
1/ passenger doors to open automatically
2/ Fenix mass and balance > fast loading request
3/ call up the GSX menu and request boarding

The cargo doors open and then close during loading. They must be opened manually and closed at the end of loading.

[techman 174]

When you do everything right you get only two interactions with GSX:

1st: Chose direction after starting pushback (which is initiated by turning beacon light on)

2nd: Confirm good engine start

The only thing you have to do is: Load Airplane via GSX on the EFB.

Thats it. 

 

[Fiorentoni 4,463]

1 hour ago, Treetops45 said:

I noticed on 1st flight Orlando to KATL I was getting FPS of around 28, whereas other aircraft,(GA & liners), usually average about 38. However, flight was still smooth despite FPS drop.

T45

That's to be expected, because every single one of those other aircraft (except the PMDG 737 maybe) is of much lower complexity and probably of much lower visual quality, too.

[El Diablito 338]

55 minutes ago, techman said:

When you do everything right you get only two interactions with GSX:

1st: Chose direction after starting pushback (which is initiated by turning beacon light on)

2nd: Confirm good engine start

The only thing you have to do is: Load Airplane via GSX on the EFB.

Thats it. 

 

I only started using the Fenix for the 1st time the day after release and it was as easy as this for me. It's really not that complicated.

[BWBriscoe 123]

Second flight in a row I've had the AP disconnect as I'm turning on to appraoch. Both times I had the speed brakes extended and I had a FCTL warning on the ECAM but it disappeared too quickly. We can't have the AP disconnecting at such a critical part of the flight.

[Cpt_Piett 4,890]

1 hour ago, techman said:

Confirm good engine start

This can be disabled in GSX options

[regis9 4,044]

Oddly I’m getting the ECAM message “L/G GEAR NOT UPLOCKED” sitting on the ground at the gate.  This news using the default panel state for turnaround with PCA.  Let’s see what happens when I try to fly.

[Tom_L 558]

2 hours ago, lwt1971 said:

I'm seeing a pattern here with all these IRL pilot reviews

I agree. My personal benchmark for Airbus is Blackbox711, a former A320 Cpt., now a 787 Cpt. I learned a ton from his videos back in the P3D/FSL days, and his verdict of Block2 is mostly positive. Sidestick input still seems a bit off, but considering the limitations of MSFS as a platform and the gaming input devices we all use Fenix Simulations seem to have done a great job:

 

[martinboehme 571]

33 minutes ago, BWBriscoe said:

Second flight in a row I've had the AP disconnect as I'm turning on to appraoch. Both times I had the speed brakes extended and I had a FCTL warning on the ECAM but it disappeared too quickly. We can't have the AP disconnecting at such a critical part of the flight.

Fenix are aware of issues relating to autopilot disconnects and are investigating.

That said, autopilot disconnects can also be caused by fluctuations in the values sent by your joystick if the deadzone is too small.

More information on both of these topics in the knowledge base here:

https://kb.fenixsim.com/autopilot-issues

[regis9 4,044]

25 minutes ago, regis9 said:

Oddly I’m getting the ECAM message “L/G GEAR NOT UPLOCKED” sitting on the ground at the gate.  This news using the default panel state for turnaround with PCA.  Let’s see what happens when I try to fly.

After takeoff I got a bunch of other ECAM messages about the gear not being up and locked, but once I retracted the landing gear they went away.

This is the second flight in a row (both IAE) with some preflight weirdness, yesterday I had one thrust reverser stuck unlocked.  I had to restart the flight for the issue to go away.  No failures were active.

[Car147 2,290]

13 minutes ago, martinboehme said:

Fenix are aware of issues relating to autopilot disconnects and are investigating.

That said, autopilot disconnects can also be caused by fluctuations in the values sent by your joystick if the deadzone is too small.

More information on both of these topics in the knowledge base here:

https://kb.fenixsim.com/autopilot-issues

This ! I had one Auto-Pilot disconnect on day of launch, and had encountered it before, with the fix being increasing the dead zone as above. I have not had one disconnect since, and have flown around 6 hrs after adjusting.

Edited March 3 by Car147

[Maxis 1,904]

Unfortunately I'm going to have to park this until Fenix can get their displays compatible with Dx12 rtss and AMD's fluid motion frames. Too much of a lottery to get the displays working

Edited March 3 by Maxis

[Midnight Music 258]

Does anyone know if Canadian airlines use pounds or kilograms on their A320s?

Lee

[carlanthony24 583]

You literally say it. You say I’ve had enough of the 737 till they fix the bugs then you go back to the 320 say you have had enough again. Never ending cycle.

[Bobsk8 12,934]

2 minutes ago, carlanthony24 said:

You literally say it. You say I’ve had enough of the 737 till they fix the bugs then you go back to the 320 say you have had enough again. Never ending cycle.

Always have something to say about someone else, don't you.