[Is the descend forecast used for VNAV calculations?]

On 2/17/2024 at 3:49 PM, Crabby said:

I was 3 years from standing on the yellow footprints.

Ah those yellow footprints... January 2006 for me. West coast.

[Nav issue after activating secondary flight plan]

21 hours ago, LukeFF said:

When we reached the next waypoint, instead of continuing on towards the next one we starting flying around in circles. It was then I realized the plane was no longer in heading or nav mode and needed to be manually steered back on course.

Xbox or PC? What version?

[Engines to idle after rotation]

...but it wasn't to idle. It was an AT disconnect and the throttle went to %40-50 where my physical throttles were set.

[Engines to idle after rotation]

This happened to me once. I honestly felt like maybe I had accidentally hit the AT disconnect button I had mapped. But in 30+ flights it only happened once on 1.0.9 while I was trying to reproduce another error. Maybe it wasn't just me. It happened exactly after rotate, just as the mains lifted off the ground.

[Can't Calculate Performance Data]

3 hours ago, Crabby said:

It says "Unable to find SAFE performance data"

This is based on your weight, runway length, altitude and temperature.  It will not present you with an unsafe option.  Kick some fatties or gold off the plane and try again.  Try another flaps option.  

No, i think there is a bug here. I am trying the same thing. Well under MTOW. But, If I lower the wind to 350/12 I get a sucessful calculation. If I return the wind to 350/21 (or anything above 12), it's unable to find "safe" performance data. A stronger headwind reduces required runway length, no?

If I change the direction of the wind to blow straight down the runway 007/22, the calculator works fine? So maybe it's the crosswind component? But with a runway heading of 007, and a wind of 350/21, that's only a 6kt crosswind. That should be well within the limits for this aircraft, right? So why is it unable to generate a safe option?

As an additional test, i made a impossibly long runway and reduced the weight of the aircraft to near empty weight and still could not find a "safe" option with any of the flaps settings or TOGA option. 

[DME ARCs: Oh dear!]

5 minutes ago, Fab10 said:

That’s interesting.

I also used FLC and kept it slow but the arc was nowhere near the 10DME point, and it didn’t follow the correct lateral path.

I will try again.

180kts let it intercept perfectly. Any more than that and it was drawing an overshoot.

[APU heat blur effect]

Tested in v1.0.9 and this all appears to be resolved.

[Fuel leak]

Tested in v1.0.9 and this all appears to be resolved.

[DME ARCs: Oh dear!]

Just tried out the CONT2A SID from MMCE with the new v1.0.9. It followed the DME ARC perfectly, though i had to manually select speeds on waypoints to make sure the plane would not overshoot.

 

[APU heat blur effect]

Seems to be a bug with the APU not shutting down properly. See this topic: 

 

[Fuel leak]

One final test: Unlatching and pulling the APU fire handle while fully running appears to fully shut down the APU (EGT drops to OAT, and N1=0), but fuel drain remains as well as the exhaust heat and noise effect.

[Fuel leak]

Additional note: Unlatching and pulling the APU fire handle does not cut off fuel to the APU either when its in it's bugged partially shutdown state, even though the valve is marked as SHUT.

[Fuel leak]

1 hour ago, pmplayer said:

Saw the same at a last flight with V.1.0.8 !

cheers 😉

Yep this appears to be an issue/bug with the APU shutdown process.

Starting with the aircraft (v1.0.8) cold and dark w/ the default 6000kg of fuel in the left and right outer tanks:

- Connect Batteries 1, 2, and 3

- Connect Ground Power

- APU Master ON

- APU Start ON

- Wait for APU to spool up

- Review APU LVARS: INI_apu_n1=100, INI_apu_PSI=10, INI_apu_RUN=1, INI_apu_egt=479.99, INI_APU_CONSUMPTION=300, INI_apu_available=1

- APU Master OFF.

APU Running ECAM is removed. N1 starts decreasing until it suddenly drops to 0. APU N1 then proceeds to spool up again before announcing AVAIL. N1 falls to 31, EGT falls to 150.

- Review APU LVARS: INI_apu_n1=100, INI_apu_PSI=3.15, INI_apu_RUN=1, INI_apu_egt=149.63, INI_APU_CONSUMPTION=300, INI_apu_available=0, INI_APU_SHUTDOWN_ACTIVE=1,INI_APU_SHUTDOWN_PHASE=0

- Review external CAM. APU exhaust heat effect and noise still active.

- Monitor fuel level: Fuel continues to drain.

It looks like there is a bug with the APU shutdown process where it never fully shuts down, and continues to drain fuel as if it's still running at 100%, while the exhaust heat and noise effect remain.

 

Interestingly, using the EFB Panel State "Ready for Takeoff" will fire up the APU to start the engines before shutting it back down again. the N1 and PSI do correctly drop to 0, but the EGT remains at 150 on one attempt and 340 on another attempt. The heat and noise effect remains on the APU exhaust. Fuel weight in the left outer tank drops faster.

Setting the EFB Panel State to "On GPU" or "Cold and Dark" appear to correctly reset the APU to the off state. No detectable fuel flow, no heat effect from APU exhaust.

 

 

 

[NAV issue cause]

5 hours ago, Matteo Spacca said:

ROUTE ID: DEFRTE
EFHK/04R VALOX4C VALOX Y117 ROSAX DCT PIMEX P739 DEREX DCT GORPI Z80
TILAV L87 PESEL DCT RAKIT M725 OBANI Z36 BEBKU T950 LUXBO LUXBO1V
EDDP/26L

It did not follow the initial LNAV path in 3 different attempts in 3 different versions V.1.0 V1.03 V1.08
No issues with other airports

Tried that departure a couple of times, and every time it flew it perfect. I even recorded my last one here, maybe you are doing something different? - 

 

 

[A300-600F (EFB)]

53 minutes ago, cconesa said:

@kevink817 thanks for your link but please note that what you found are the tables for the A300 B2, B4 and B2K. The A300-600RF aircraft is substantially different in performance to those aircraft and thus their operating tables are of no use for the Inibuilds A300 aircraft.

Then further googling is needed 🙂

[NAV issue cause]

1 hour ago, Matteo Spacca said:

Easy test to reproduce Take off from RWY 04R at Helsinki (EFHK) on the VALOX 4C departure.

I just tried this with 1.0.8, RWY 04R, and VALOX 4C departure and I was unable to reproduce. The plane followed the SID perfectly.

Can you post your entire routing?

[Landing gear lever animation not working?]

The "neutral" or middle position if the OFF position. After the gear is raised (top or UP position), the lever is moved to the middle position to depressurize the hydraulics used to raise the gear to reduce strain/wear on the actuators and prevent accident deployment. Generally the lever is moved to the OFF position after the gear has been raised and the lights are off.

Are you using an external program to map your controls, like Axis and Ohs, or Spad.Next? If so (and you have a 2 position gear lever on your controller), you can configure the lever to move to the UP position, followed by a short wait period before moving to the OFF position.

If you are binding a 2 position gear lever in MSFS (as MSFS doesn't have built-in bindings for a 3 position gear level), you will probably have to live with the animation "glitch". Or, you can interact with the gear lever directly in the virtual cockpit.

[A300-600F (EFB)]

5 hours ago, cconesa said:

Can I have a link for those, please?

Quite literally the first link that comes up when googled - https://www.google.com/search?q=a300+fcom+performance+tables

Here is a direct link to the site where they were uploaded about 8 years ago (Download at your own risk) - https://www.avsimrus.com/files.phtml?sort=down_m_6&minrating=&uploader=91864&sopt_title=1&sopt_desc=1&sopt_author=1&sopt_fname=1&sopt_comms=1

[Simbrief profile for A30F]

23 hours ago, LukeFF said:

Yes, but there are jumpseats that can be filled.

Sure, if you want to add some supernumeraries, just create a custom airframe in simbrief based on the A30F and increase the maximum passengers to the number of jumpseats you want to fill.

Generally those seats are only filled by relief crew, cargo handlers, or other company employees, and probably won't make a huge difference in your weight and balance calculations. I don't think the Freighter EFB accounts for "passengers" at all.

[Sudden thrust reduction on bumpy runway, and autopilot not following SID when departing from rwy 22R on EFHK!!]

On 2/22/2024 at 7:49 PM, Andreabarbs2000 said:

I experienced just few moments ago, a sudden trust reduction on departing from runway 22R (so bumpy) at EFHK.
This togheter with the AP not following (again) SID and RNAV departures.
This is very disappointing, i thought these issues were fixed from previous updates.
I'm not able to complete an entire flight with this aircraft, it is ridiculous that every time i want to fly, something always happens every time.
Beautiful aicraft, but done soo badly; i'm sorry inibuilds team.
I want a refund!! Very disappointing and not at all satisfied.

What aircraft?

[Simbrief profile for A30F]

9 hours ago, LukeFF said:

In the passenger section for the A30F on Simbrief, the options are Auto, None, and Full (0). Why does that last option say Zero for a full load?

I suspect because in the freighter version (A30F), you're carrying boxes and not passengers?

[No Reverse Thrust!]

+1 for the additional software. I don't use AAO, but I have SPAD.neXt which performs the same functions. It takes some work to initally set them up, but once your profiles are completely set up for your hardware, it remembers what aircraft+liveries are assigned with what profiles automatically. No more manual switching of profiles withing MSFS. The ONLY thing I bind in MSFS is axes. All buttons, switches, and selectors are assigned in SPAD. 

If you can afford to shell out the $$ for high fidelity aircraft, i HIGHLY recommend you invest in something like AAO or SPAD to map all of the functions. It will save you a lot of heart-ache and frustration.

[Manual Thrust only 80-85% on PC]

15 hours ago, NewFisch said:

I'm actually a B737 fan but I also love the old planes from the 80s.I'm surprised when I give manual thrust on the runway that N1 doesn't go above about 85%.Since I don't know this with any other airline, I asked in our forum (virtual VA) whether this was normal, which I was told no.Others were able to recreate the problem and so we think it is a bug.It was really tight a few times when taking off the otherwise really great plane.Greetings Matthias

Assuming your throttle calibration is correct, there is a bug about this that has been reported and is already being tracked by ini.

In the meantime, you can use the normal procedure of takeoff with the Auto-throttle system (ATS): Spool the engines to 40-50% N1, release brakes, trigger the go levers on the back of the throttle (or push the TOGA click-spot ini has included on the glareshield for east of use (button to the left of the autoland light - see attached picture)

[Idle thrust too powerfull?]

I've only seen this with a tailwind while taxiing. In a headwind or crosswind I have to add a little power to get it to move. With a strong tailwind while taxiing I'll need just idle power and brakes. Upwards or downwards sloping taxiways also affect this.

[Engines seem underpowered]

1 minute ago, Enr1 said:

TOGA button are you referring to the "Take Off/go-around switch" in the thrust levers? so it should be a temporary solution anyway until the next update? thanks I will try

Yes, those are the ones I'm referring to. If YOU would have read carefully, I also explained there is one easier to reach on the panel in front of you: "For convience, they've placed a TOGA click spot button on the panel in front of you to the left of the Auto-land button and outlined in orange."

Also, keep in mind that setting the throttle to 40 - 50% (and actually the FCOM states even up to 80%) and activating the TOGA lever is the normal operating procedure in the aircraft and not a "temporary solution".

Finally, the devs are already aware of this and have explained above that they weren't able to get a fix in time for the 1.0.6 release.