MSFS2020 A320 - RNAV Tutorial Walk Through 

A really clear explanation of an RNAV approach - finally it all makes sense, thanks!

Thank you, finally someone makes something like this! Could you do the VOR/DME approach next in the A320?

Another great tutorial with clear steps.

Have learnt so much from your channel the last few days, thanks so much Gavin. I've been practising my ILS landings thanks to one of your other videos, and now this one, superb stuff ! Liked and subbed, cheers, Daz, Leicester.

Good stuff mate. Gonna be trying some rnav approaches when I get home today. Thanks!!!!!!

great video man! thank u for your help

You're awesome!

I've been working on learning the 'MacDoo' in the FBW A20N in recent days. There are some pages and individual options in the MCDU which I still don't really understand, and I was wondering what the possibility was of a tutorial video featuring all of the slightly more obscure, lesser-travelled stuff at some stage. As far as I'm aware, not even FlyByWire themselves have made tutorials that cover some of the things I'm trying to figure out, and I have looked around the internet with a surface level scan for help from Airbus or the MCDU manufacturer and found little of help there either. Still, I very much appreciate this, and will be trawling through your backlog to add to my knowledge on this plane which didn't interest me at first, mainly because with the FBW mod the sim's performance jumps off a sheer cliff, but I'm starting to get the bug for it, now.

Once again, thanks for explaining us how an RNAV approach works. Everything is crystal clear with this tutorial as I didn't notice on my previous landings that once you reach the final approach fix you must switch the APP buton on the MCP (on RNAV approaches), makes it definitely more sense right now, as the magenta lines appear too in the PFD although as you said, it works different from an ILS approach. Thanks so much and, as always, keep up the good job!!

The "CAT 3 SINGLE" is displayed because you have the ILS freq automatically tuned into the RAD/NAV page. I'm sure we should clear it to fully test the RNAV glidepath capture capability.

Hi. Another great video. How do you know that you are on the right course when performin a RNAV Approach? I mean, we don't have a localizer guiding you laterally and, for whatever reason I'd like to disconnect autopilot and continue the approach, how could I follow my lateral guidence? Only by the flight director?

Hello Gavin, great tutorial! I did a couple of RNAV into KSAN 27 this evening. Worked well, but the glide slope was putting me short of the threshold. Managed speed was too fast as well. All was not too bad since most of the time I turn of A/P on approach. Anyway, I'm going to try other airports like the more popular ones to see if they work as good as the ILS. Thanks, Bro!

Love your tutorials. Would love to see you perform an RNAV approach for INNSBRUCK Austria airport with the A320 neo. Im having a hard time doing an RNAV there as my plane at Final approach tends to head left towards the mountains for some reason.

VERRY interesting tutorial indeed and tanks for pointing out the inop stuf maybe work for the flybywire guys. i see that the system is not 100% accurate since you ave to make a correction before landing is that also the case in real a320 or is this a sim limitation cheers.

If you just imagine he's saying "Mmm Bop" then you're in Hanson heaven..

One of the best tutorials out there - my question is that I am not losing altitude fast enough from UNPOP to RN513 when performing a managed descent - any ideas what I could be doing wrong ? Using A32NX Mod (latest dev release)

Thank you

Very interesting tutorial, thank you Sir ! much appreciated I'll be waiting for the next videos ;) (RNAV/VNAV on G1000 with a TBM, Cirrus or Cessna maybe ?)

All well and good when you load the RNAV as part of the flight plan initially. Lots of luck trying to load one when you are assigned an unexpected RNAV at destination. Many MANY RNAV approaches just do not exist in the FMS database.

Quick question. On the MCDU when you choose what runway you’ll use for your arrival, what does it mean when there is a Y and a Z? For example there might be a ILS RWY 25 Y and a ILS RWY 25 Z. What is the difference between the two? When I look at Navigraph I can’t see anything on there about a Z and a Y runway 🤔

Your video is useful, reallly. I have a problem with ILS landing if I compare MSFS2020 with X-Plane. Does some help exist, please ? The A320 Manual is insufficient, BMHO. Thanks for your experience, Alex.

Great tutorial. Thanks! One question: How do you enter a flight plan to take off and land at the same airport. When I've tried to put that in, the A320 won't take it. I'm using the default A320 Neo. I get the "Not in Database" message

Of what site do you use the nav aids? And what site are you subscribed to

Anyone know if he shut AP off at some altitude?

thanks bro . Bird -on is also ok at minima?

Everytime I try this I have the same problem: nothing happens by pressing the APR button in the autopilot. So the plane doesn't show the "Final App" announce nor descends beyond my altitude selection on AP. I have all data on APR page and activated this phase, so I can't understand what's happening. I need help folks!

Hi Easyjet I successfully completed a RNAV landing in YSSY but when I try it in Europe (most recently) I hit Approach right before the final waypoint as I always do... and the plane just starts spinning around with no "Final Approach" popping up? I'm flying the Stock A320 btw.

When I try this the approach phase disappears from the MCDU as I get close to the approach. No longer there at all.

Well I cant follow this. The programming screen there is not displaying what is on mine. How do I set the flight plan in msfs before clicking FLY?

Be good if this worked on xbox series x.The constraints are all displaying 260. Major bug issue Who knows what altitudes too be at.

Is the A320 Flybywire Stable version able to fly RNAV approaches?

Do you manually tune anythng on an RAD NAV page for an RNAV appr ?

You said RNAV can be done without charts, then at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="690">11:30</a> you said you need the MDA from the chart. Is it required?

My friend,everytime the constrains height have a plus sign(ex +1500)and i put the altitude to 1500 the aircraft dont activate final and dont descend after that waypont direct to the runway..why?

How did you do the cabin "ding"? Is that a mod?

I don't get the activate approach on the mcdu using the A320nx,

Hi Gavin tried 4 attempts at replicating this video but with no success. I cannot arm the appr button. When I go to approach page mine shows APPR RNAV24 on the top whilst in your video yours just shows APPR. Also as my page is different I cannot see on the RHS of the page Final, MDA or DH. What am I doing wrong ? Thanks in anticipation. Paul.

"The McDoo" lol love it.

When setting up the RNAV approach how do you determine the speed, I looked on the KTPA sheet and found the waypoint, glide slope degrees but could not see the speed. Maybe I missed it or is it a standard number?

Is it flybywire mod stable or beta ?

Why insist on Navigraph? what about the AIP? Which should be Free.