REAL AIRBUS PILOT | Part 6 - A320 Descent Tutorial | Microsoft Flight Simulator 

Thanks very much! I wanted to try and keep it simple as 1) The series is aimed at beginners, 2) the default Airbus doesn’t really allow for more realistic operations in its current state unfortunately. I’ll probably dive into the FBW mod at some point in the future and possibly do some more advanced stuff with that : )

@@IntotheBlueSimulations definitely looking forward to it :)

Brilliant, Saad - I’m really glad it helped! My pleasure and all the best to you : )

@@IntotheBlueSimulations Same to you! :)

Thanks very much Ryan! Welcome aboard : ) Definitely intending to create some more tutorials. Unfortunately they are more time-consuming than most of the other content, so I just need to find a good window where I can sit down and get the next series on the go!

Ah brilliant Eric, very happy to hear it! Always great when someone gets something out of the series. Good luck with the rest of the learning! All the best : )

I'm very happy to hear that you found the series useful, Jon! The default A320 has always been pretty buggy but, I guess that may have changed, now that we have the iniBuilds A320 by default (as a result of SU15) - I really ought to update this series at some point. . . The speed given on the PFD, is your Indicated Airspeed (IAS). This is basically a measure of pressure, ie how many particles of air do you have going into the pitot tube / over the wing. IAS is important, as it relates heavily to the aircraft's performance. On the ND you have True Airspeed (TAS) and Groundspeed (GS). As the aircraft climbs, the air becomes less dense and so, you will need a higher TAS in order to maintain the same IAS. TAS is your actual speed through the air and GS, as the name would suggest, is your speed over the ground. These 2 speeds will differ, depending on the wind (eg, a TAS + a tailwind = a higher GS). I hope that clarifies things a little? Cheers and all the best! : )

Many thanks, Ronnie! My pleasure - I’m glad you found this old / rough and ready series to be useful haha : ) All the best!

I haven’t yet. I do intend to at some point, but wanted to wait for it to mature a bit more before I made a vid on it. It’s impressive what they’ve done with it so far though from what I’ve seen!

I’m afraid I don’t fully understand the question RealFan. Are you wondering how to set the range on the NAV Display? That’s done via the EFIS control panel (as detailed in one of the videos). The real aircraft only has range options for 10, 20, 40, 80, 160 and 320nm, however the sim allows you to zoom in further (the numbers you mention are distances in nautical miles), so that you can see the airport layout on the NAV Display also. Does that answer your question? All the best : )

Thanks Mika! Both the 11K terrain and the MDA were based off real-world charts. Unfortunately this information isn’t available in-sim. Some parts of the world (the US for example) do have these sorts of charts freely available, otherwise you would have to pay for them. The QNH was from Skyvector. Unfortunately this may not always be valid in MSFS as the Live Weather and real-world Weather don’t always match up. Once you get closer to an airport, you should generally be able to tune an ATIS, but this isn’t very helpful for planning purposes. Hope that helps? : )

@@IntotheBlueSimulations thanks it’s a bit confusing but I’ll learn!

Yeah, it can all be a bit confusing to start with. Just got to learn little by little. If you have any more questions going forward, feel free to ask : )

@@IntotheBlueSimulations thank you

@@IntotheBlueSimulations wait one more question is an airport chart also called an airport diagram. And if so is the descent altitude from the runways elevation or is the runway elevation number for the qnh

That’s a very difficult question to answer Sir Crash, without knowing all of the specific details. It could be user error / it could just as readily be an issue with the aircraft. I haven’t flown the default A320 in quite some time but, historically, the aircraft really didn’t like performing DIR TO’s and would often turn around after actioning one, could that be your problem? Otherwise, perhaps your waypoints didn’t sequence correctly and the aircraft turned around to try and fly through the previous waypoint? Have you got things figured out now? Otherwise, do you have any further details you can offer? Cheers and all the best : )

@@IntotheBlueSimulations yeah I got the Fenix A320 with the EFB it works like a charm 👍

I had something similar happen once just after takeoff, autopilot seemed confused and kept circling rather than flying to next waypoint. Never had before or since. Suspect a bug although as I'm fairly new to flying A320 I can't rule out user error.

Hi FM, I did explain that in the video (starting at around the 5 minute mark). A good rule of thumb in a bigger jet, is to use 4 x current altitude and that will give you the number of miles required (from destination) for the descent. The default A320 has seen quite a few improvements since this video was recorded so, I would imagine the descent arrow on the Nav Display and the TOD point on the PERF page of the MCDU, are probably now a little more accurate also. I hope that helps a little. All the best : )

Hi Eagle, Do you mean to say that I missed a lot of steps out, or that you find you’re missing a lot of steps when you’re following along? I didn’t run the tutorial in real-time, as there would be a lot of superfluous video footage however, I certainly tried to include all of the pertinent steps for getting from A to B. From memory, the flight should take around 2 hours; 40 mins to Heathrow doesn’t sound too wide of the mark, if you’re including the takeoff and the departure etc : ) All the best!