Hi there,
I just had very strange problems with the A330 in MSFS 2024, when I tried to start a flight at the gate and chose the panel state "on APU":
- The engines were "half running": EPR was 1.002, N3 = 30.8, N1 = 6.5, N1 = 14.9, from the outside the engine souded like they were running (and they looked like the nacelles were spinning), from the cockpit I got the engine start sounds all the time. All this while the starter switch was in the OFF position.
- Engines could be started "normally" then. However, while being pushed by GSX (as many times before), an MSFS message "aircraft malfunction - gear system" showed up. I had to set more than 50% N1 to be able to move on the ground.
- The scrachpad of the FMGC did NOT clear, when I inserted values into any LSK. For example, when I typed in "18.1" for the fuel quantity and entered it into the R LSK 2 of the init B page, it accepted the value, but "18.1" was still shown on the scratchpad and had to be cleared every time when I wanted to enter something else. Guess what fun it is to enter a longer flight plan 😛
- Fuel consumption in flight is WAY!! too high. I can't say, wheather 6000 kg/h per engine is wrong in climb, but the estimated fuel on arrival decreased by 0.1 every 10-20 seconds of flight.
- In flight the TCAS reported "climb", and showed a green positive and red negativ scale of the variometer, but the ND didn't show any traffic at all. The TCAS remained stuck in exactly this stage for the rest of the flight (before I cancelled).
- The throttle detents don't represent the set "null zones" in the calibration system of the EFB. Last time I flew it (days ago), they were completely fine.
- FPS dropped extremely (!) while climbing and became a slide show from time to time, with no addon scenery used there. 10 minutes prior (Departure in LEMD / LVFR) and FSLTL traffic models, there was no problem with that.
All this just happened out of nothing now! Restarting the sim, or reloading the aircraft doesn't change anything. And even the other panel states are messed up. Extremely strange. Have you got an idea, what could be wrong here?
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Dominik