Rene Feijen

I read in the A310 FMS Pilot's Guide: CG is displayed as a % of MAC [?] with a default value of 25%. If a trim tank is not fitted the field displays GWCG. With a trim tank it displays ZFWCG. Entry is mandatory to initialize the trim tank computer. I guess I will use indeed MACZFW. PS A guess: MAC = moment of aircraft?

I dont see a ZFWCFG I see MACZFW MACCGW and GWCG on the performance page. One is the same?

I had this starting to fall out of the sky but it was pilot error: I set a too high VS climb speed so the autothrottle could not manage the speed anymore, plane slowed down too much, began rolling to one side and AP disengaged. Managed within seconds to recover an engage AP again.

Since last update I can fill all INIT B fields automatically, except for the ZFWCG. I cant see this number on the performance page of the tablet, only MWCG. I just put in 30%, but is there a way to determine the realistic number?

BTW EGCC RWY23R KUXEM1R departure went well in PROF mode with NAV armed and on takeoff HDG mode 273degr and I think it autoswitched to D8.0 MCT. And EKCH LANGO2C departure also went flawless in PROF NAV mode.

I dont completely mind not to be able to AUTOLAND, but I DO mind not seeing the GS and LOC diamonds.. without them I cannot fly the ILS of course.

Yup, as always. (Now I did recycle the AP and LAND switches, but not the ILS mode selector. But... that should not be necessary in the first place). Also set on the copilot PFD and not showing the diamonds btw, as I tend to do long before I do that also on the pilot flying side.

1.03 Same here, no digits, but there was a moving blue line on the speed tape. All was good on 1.02. Also on ILS landing I did not see the GS and LOC diamonds on the PFD, although LAND was armed as I could see blue G/S and LOC indications on the PFD and PFD to ILS display set. Autoland did not kick in though, in spite of complete landing config and correct approach speed. That was on EHGG OLWOF1 arrival and then via HECTI ILS RWY23 approach. This also was good on 1.02.

I did one good approach without Navigraph, and then it failed again on the SID. So seems not to depend on that. Will continue testing. Maybe.

The use of Navigraph is interesting here. I will test without it.

Tested that and same experience on the SID. Had to handfly first waypoint but already had second one preselected DCT so then switched to NAV mode and it works fine. As Crabby (?) said, some SIDs you have to fly first a heading by hand/HDG mode if so instructed on the SID. Now I must say, on this SID it is not in the verbal description, on some SID's that is clearly the instruction. So , not sure what real life behaviour should be.

Or are they by definition the speeds depicted with flightlevel in the flightplan pages. And then: why cant I manually change the restriced speeds/altitude? It says in the A310 FMS Pilot's Guide. Or is it only possible in a A310 and not A300?

In PROFILE mode is it shown somewhere what expected (indicated airspeed en vertical speed) speeds are?

Just thinking along. The STAR ends at KERRY. Which approach did you then select? You wanted select ILS RWY01 I guess. But other approaches have you go to the left for example ILS OR LOC Z RWY25L.

If tropopause altitude varies and temperature at that altitude also, it would at least be relevant for the engine settings: temp above the tropopause stays the same for all relevant flying altitudes above the tropopause. Whether it is correctly modeled in the sim/A300 I dont know. It would make no sense if it can be entered in the FMS but not be part of MSFS2020 weather model.

I tried NAV on ADME1M SID Birmingham, but it went straight past BBN31 although it is in runway heading I guess? But maybe I pressed NAV only after passing BBN31, will test tomorrow again. I corrected in HDG mode while setting up DCT to BBE20, and then NAV mode and that went well.

What should it state on a SID so that I know if HDG or NAV mode has to be selected? Only possible to go direct to NAV mode if first instruction/waypoint after leaving the runway is a waypoint and not a heading?

This should be the info, but dont quite know how to interpret.

And that is why a POH or FCOM is necessary.

Just curious: is there somewhere where I can see how many hours I flew the A300? Behind the FO seat it says 1 hour, and 16 events ?) but that must be a particular flight, because I estimate I now have 10 hours or so in the A300.

I did EGCC - EGLL , RWY 05L and LIST2S departure, AP was in NAV mode, but it went straight by the waypoints, just kept going runway heading. Yesterday I had no problems (another route). My 2 Discord flying mates had the same problem. (And we all have proof of purchase btw). Used Avgeek checklist and tutorial flight for startup and programming FMS.

Is the autopilot able to track a VOR course radial?

Ah, that must be it, will check, thanks!!

Hi I sometimes, seeming randomly, after starting up the plane and configuring the FMS can not go to the second INIT page to put in ZFW etc. What am I doing wrong?

Hi I downloaded the optimized low textures via the Inimanager, there are now two separate folders in the community folder, the low texture folder and the original folder. Is that correct? I dont see a difference, nor an fps improvement so far. Or should I copy the low texture folder over the original folder?