2 hours ago, Farlis said:

- I'm either too stupid to operate it correctly or the Flight Deck Door does not open. It has a click spot on the the handle, but that doesn't do anything.

The cockpit door can be opened when moving the door lock/unlock switch on the pedestal to the unlocked position. This is not at all how the real cockpit door works, but I guess this is done to confuse bad actors. 

The offset function is available from the FROM waypoint on the a346.

so those you know they way around the mcdu might have to look a bit harder 😉 

3 minutes ago, anthony500 said:

The offset function is available from the FROM waypoint on the a346.

so those you know they way around the mcdu might have to look a bit harder 😉 

Ah, a typical gotcha. Still missing the CMA.

Edited March 15Mar 15 by Farlis

3 hours ago, Farlis said:

I'm either too stupid to operate it correctly or the Flight Deck Door does not open. It has a click spot on the the handle, but that doesn't do anything.

This caught me out at first.  You need to press the "unlock" button on the pedestal.  There is then a satisfying 'clunk' sound, and the door will open when you click the handle.

Oops, @falcon71 beat me to it!

Edited March 15Mar 15 by JYW

Still crazy unrealistic. The lock function on the pedestal is meant to grant or deny access from the outside. I'm quite sure you don't need it to get out of the flightdeck.

2 minutes ago, Farlis said:

Still crazy unrealistic. The lock function on the pedestal is meant to grant or deny access from the outside. I'm quite sure you don't need it to get out of the flightdeck.

You don't. But in the scheme of things, this doesn't personally upset me much.  I would like it to be updated though.

28 minutes ago, Farlis said:

Still crazy unrealistic. The lock function on the pedestal is meant to grant or deny access from the outside. I'm quite sure you don't need it to get out of the flightdeck.

You do on the ATR; it’s a magnetic lock so you have to either turn the whole system off, or unlock the door with the switch. 

7 minutes ago, ATRguy said:

You do on the ATR; it’s a magnetic lock so you have to either turn the whole system off, or unlock the door with the switch. 

But this is not an ATR but an airbus. The locking mechanism is mechanic and the center pedestal switch is meant to grant people outside access.

The way it works is they enter an access code into a keypad. That then activates a ding inside the cockpit. You check the camera who it is and if you want to let them in you flip the switch top open and then they can enter. If you don't want to let them in then you flip it to lock, which will then deactivate the keypad for a period of time, so that they can't ding you again directly.

From the inside you can just turn the handle and that's it.

 

That's how it was explained to me by an Airbus Pilot, maybe I missed something and didn't pay enough attention. But it's not a door that has to be unlocked from both sides all the time as far as I understood.

Edited March 15Mar 15 by Farlis

2 minutes ago, Farlis said:

But this is not an ATR but an airbus. The locking mechanism is mechanic and the center pedestal switch is meant to grant people outside access.

The way it works is they enter an access code into a keypad. That then activates a ding inside the cockpit. You check the camera who it is and if you want to let them in you flip the switch top open and then they can enter. If you don't want to let them in then you flip it to lock, which will then deactivate the keypad for a period of time, so that they can't ding you again directly.

From the inside you can just turn the handle and that's it.

I know.  Works the same way on the outside of the ATR door too;

The system logic on the ATR is basically identical to a modern (A320/330/340) Airbus so I was just wondering if the door works the same. I’ll have to make a note of it next time I’m JS-ing on an Airbus. 

Has anyone has issues loading the flightplan and data via the FLT INIT function on the MCDU?   I've setup Simbrief  the EFB using my Simbrief ID.  I can load the Simbrief flightplan from Simbrief into the EFB, but the MCDU isn't reading it.  

19 minutes ago, ErichB said:

Has anyone has issues loading the flightplan and data via the FLT INIT function on the MCDU?   I've setup Simbrief  the EFB using my Simbrief ID.  I can load the Simbrief flightplan from Simbrief into the EFB, but the MCDU isn't reading it.  

Have you first done a FLT INIT via ATSU (or whatever that acronym is) bottom left lsk on MCDU?  I have found that I need to do that import FIRST in order for the rest of workflow to complete without issue.  YMMV. TANSTAAFL. Blue skies,

-B

1 minute ago, btacon said:

Have you first done a FLT INIT via ATSU (or whatever that acronym is) bottom left lsk on MCDU?  I have found that I need to do that import FIRST in order for the rest of workflow to complete without issue.  YMMV. TANSTAAFL. Blue skies,

-B

Yes, I did.  I followed 320SimPilot's flow.  

1 hour ago, ErichB said:

Has anyone has issues loading the flightplan and data via the FLT INIT function on the MCDU?   I've setup Simbrief  the EFB using my Simbrief ID.  I can load the Simbrief flightplan from Simbrief into the EFB, but the MCDU isn't reading it.  

Just to confirm: Are the engines off?

If the engines are running, then you can only load the secondary flight plan IIRC. (You can then activate the secondary, of course.) 

5 minutes ago, weaklink said:

Just to confirm: Are the engines off?

If the engines are running, then you can only load the secondary flight plan IIRC. (You can then activate the secondary, of course.) 

They are yes.  Standard load in with APU running at the gate.  I'll try with ground power on , APU off then perhaps.

Edited March 15Mar 15 by ErichB

Question about this add-on. I am all for extreme study level, but ultimately immersion is what hooks me. And i understand you need aspects of both to get true immersion. On both the Fenix and A350 those planes just seem alive to me. I do not get that same feeling with the 777 or MD-11. They are great add-ons, but they lack that something extra. When i fly the A350 i don’t think about the toilet not flushing or some other random insignificant thing that isn’t 100% accurate. The A350 (and Fenix) both provide believable experiences imo. 

So…

How immersive is this thing?