1 hour ago, Huascar said:

I will need help determining the correct STARR on Simbrief so that I can then select it on MCDU.

On the Simbrief Generated flight plan, or when you set up the route in Simbrief? I usually let simbrief assign the SIDS/STARS

 

I was semi successful executing a flight from start to finish. I used Navigraph which made it possible. The only issue was that the aircraft did not call V1 / V2 speeds even though I entered the info. 

I think I got it now, just a matter of practicing until it becomes second nature. 

 

I believe the Fenix doesnt' do this for some reason. 

Edited December 18, 20241 yr by JonathanC

47 minutes ago, JonathanC said:

I believe the Fenix doesnt' do this for some reason. 

Bummer

I noticed it is very difficult to program the routes on the Fenix without Navigraph? The app helped me delete discontinuities. It is difficult to determine your SID and STARR unless you look at Navigraph.

8 minutes ago, Huascar said:

It is difficult to determine your SID and STARR unless you look at Navigraph.

Simbrief gives them to you. This is my flight plan from my last flight. Sid/star bolded.  How did you figure them out in the PMDG?

KATL/26L NASSA2 CHOOK DCT WASER VANZE3 KMEM/18C

 

1 minute ago, BrammyH said:

Simbrief gives them to you. This is my flight plan from my last flight. Sid/star bolded.  How did you figure them out in the PMDG?

KATL/26L NASSA2 CHOOK DCT WASER VANZE3 KMEM/18C

Trial and error until I got the right one. I am new Simbrief and Navigraph. Before Navigraph I used to skip the STARR and just selected the arrival runaway (ILS or RNAV). Not the ideal way, I know. I am sure you’ve been able to observed by now that I am not a purist. I enter a route, select the runway and delete discontinuities. Simple as that. But I am taking it up a notch with charts and graphs and the Fenix.

13 minutes ago, BrammyH said:

KATL/26L NASSA2 CHOOK DCT WASER VANZE3 KMEM/18C

I have to check but I don't remember seeing the bold sids and starr in Simbrief. 

Not all routes have them.  This route out of Anchorage has no SID. ATC would normally vector you and then clear you direct to JOH. Also, once airborne  and the AP is on, press DIR on the MCDU . That will give you a list of waypoints  in this case I would choose JOH from the list and then insert it  

PANC/33 DCT JOH J501 YAK NCA10 MITOM DCT 57N125W DCT YQU DCT YEGGA DCT GUDOG DCT YYN DCT ISN DCT KEKPE DCT OTIVE DCT OVR DCT DRIVL DCT MAHER DCT WHOLL BRBBQ3 KMEM/36L

This discussion has been very illuminating.

1 hour ago, Huascar said:

I have to check but I don't remember seeing the bold sids and starr in Simbrief. 

Simbrief doesn't bold them, Brammy just did that for clarity, it's always that 5 letters plus a number, though in the MCDU or an FMS on a Boeing you will usually see only the first 4 letters and the number, so for example it might show as NASS2 from the above example.   In the flightplan from simbrief it will always be the first thing after the departure runway or the last thing before the arrival usually.  None of the 3rd party aircraft will automatically import those from simbrief though to replicate real world where especially on a long haul flight the runways could very well change and you may get a different STAR etc assigned to reflect that.

 

edit:  If you happen to be flying in the US a lot of times you can just go to Flightaware assuming you're flying a real route that an airline is flying and plug in the to/from and pick a result.  The US flights or flights to/from the US will have a route in there that is real world.  They'll even have a SID/STAR many times, however again you have to be aware of the weather because if the runway in use changes it may invalidate the STAR or SID

Edited December 18, 20241 yr by flyinion

I don't think it makes sense to not use SimBrief and Navigraph nowadays.  The Fenix is designed to use SimBrief at the very least to import the plan, weights, fuel, and passenger count.  You can enter everything from scratch, but that isn't normal or fun.  My process is to pick the plan with the help of ForeFlight, FlightAware, and SimBrief.  I usually find the route with ForeFlight, but refer to winds for departure and arrival to make sure the runways are more accurate.  The US way to connecting STARs, SIDs, and runways is a lot more straight forward to me.  I find Europe to be very confusing.  They have plates with way-points that just put you all over the place.  It helps a great deal to overlay the plate over your map in Navigraph or ForeFlight to see that it connects appropriately.  Sometimes you will be given a runway that doesn't match the SID, so you have to change it and verify it visually.  In the real world it's not uncommon to be given vectors off the STAR, so don't stress over the change while on approach.  Simply use the direct-to function in the CDU or HDG to get you to the waypoint/area that makes most sense. 

After you import the flight plan into the CDU, go to the F-PLN page, press the departure airport and select departure.  Then I start with the runway and work my way back to the STAR and any specific terminating waypoints.  It usually connects the route, but some SIDs have a vector that require you fly and heading until a specific altitude before going direct.  For those, it's a matter of pressing the DIR button and selecting the waypoint you want to head to.  It'll put you back into LNAV and go there automatically.  In the Boeing you have to activate LNAV or it'll just stay on the heading mode.  For the arrival, select the airport LSK, select the runway you expect (look at weather/D-ATIS), then pick the STAR and transition.  This often takes more looking at the plates on a map.  When you scroll through the flight plan, you can delete any waypoints or blank discontinuities by pressing CLR then the left LSK that corresponds to line you want removed.  Some instances will not allow a deletion, therefore you must use Direct-To when the moment comes to head somewhere else.

Let's say I'm heading south towards KPHX on the BRUSR ONE arrival.  https://skyvector.com/files/tpp/2412/pdf/00322BRUSR_C.PDF

Hopefully by BRUSR I will hear the ATIS and have a runway I can select, in case it changed.  In my example I will be heading to runway 26 and heading towards KUCOO.  I expected runway 26/25s but the wind has changed and I'm given runway 8 instead.  I'm already at BRIEZ.  I will quickly go to the flight plan page, select the airport LSK for KPHX and select runway 8, then enter the BRUSR ONE STAR with appropriate waypoints.  Then go to the DIR page and head direct to PGSKN, making sure to abide by the altitude constraints and recalculating the approach data in the EFB and CDU.  Likely all you need to change is the barometer number on the approach page and check the EFB landing data.  The plane will automatically enter the ILS frequency, course data, and handle a few things you would be required to change in the Boeing.  Not having to change the course, ILS freq, and rotate a new baro is a huge time saver.  When in doubt, like any other plane, use HDG mode, V/S, or other basic AP modes to go where you want. 

Once you learn the Bus it's so much easier and friendly to a pilot.  You have an ECAM to tell you things you could forget in the Boeing, you have a lot less buttons to press or dials to manipulate during the flight.  In some ways it makes it too easy, but if the weather is terrible or something else is taking your attention away, it makes the flight a lot better.

And no, the Airbus doesn't call V1.  There might be an option to add that in the real world, but I imagine they just expect the PNF to call V1, rotate, and other things we have heard in some Boeing aircraft.  I feel like some add-ons that have this feature aren't very accurate anyhow.  They call V1 too early, rotate too late, et cetera.  Just watch the tape.

14 minutes ago, Orlaam said:

The US way to connecting STARs, SIDs, and runways is a lot more straight forward to me.  I find Europe to be very confusing.  They have plates with way-points that just put you all over the place.

The idea with these is that, almost all the time, ATC will give you a shortcut, depending on traffic. You'd almost never fly the whole procedure. Lots of waypoints for ATC to choose from to make their sequence work.

Edit: When I'm flying offline, I just give myself a healthy shortcut. 

Edited December 18, 20241 yr by martinboehme

I would hate to have to change anything in the flightplan during a flight. Too stressful. I want to know exactly what I am doing and where I am going before the wheels leave the ground. This is one of the reasons why I prefer to use preset weather and offline ATC.

2 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

I would hate to have to change anything in the flightplan during a flight. Too stressful. I want to know exactly what I am doing and where I am going before the wheels leave the ground. This is one of the reasons why I prefer to use preset weather and offline ATC.

I see the merits of both.  When I have the kids playing in close proximity, then the set flight plan route with no ATC is what I go with.  But the challenge of using live VATSIM with heavy traffic and having to be on the tip of your toes is also very rewarding.