unhinged_aviator

You guys are definitely doing something wrong. Just flew an RNAV (RNP APCH) approach into MUCL RWY12 (Cuba) and while I thought it started descending too late, it did actually follow a profile to get the aircraft within minimums as published (253 ft above the field), at night. Remember, these are NON-PRECISION approaches. You might be expecting an LPV (localizer performance with vertical guidance) which is kinda like a GPS-enabled ILS, but the A300 lacks the equipment and is not rated for such an approach, unlike some aircraft with the G1000 and G3000 systems that can fly them. Make sure you have also selected the CORRECT RNAV approach, as some are designed for slower, piston GA planes and have different profiles etc. I believe you should be entering only RNAV-1 Zulu approaches if more than one RNAV approach exists for the runway. As per the manual your aircraft has to be fully configured for landing and stabilized BEFORE the FAF.

Making them independent seems pointless, IMO, but at least let us shut the FO tablet down because it generates a lot of light at night.

Are you referring to the EFB? Where did you find an ATIS report feature? Or did you mean a METAR? In which case, I believe it pulls data from SimBrief.

Works for me. Flown several legs already. Fly another route and see what happens.

Well, why don't you send them drawings and 3D models of the corrected wing? Seems like you have a lot of time on your hands.

Well now you guys have me curious. Will try an RNAV approach into KMEM today.

I've had a few CTDs when loading a flight with the A300. Once or twice it loaded but the cockpit was DEAD. Not cold&dark but not responsive to anything. The workaround was to load the same airport with a simple stock plane, then exit and try again with the A300.

Sorry, meant to post this in the A300 forum. Pls move or delete this post.

Whenever I'm parked on the ground in either the PAX or Cargo variants of the A300, with one of the doors open, I can hear a sound as if a cleaning crew were running some super high power vacuum cleaners in the cabin. I thought it might be the APU but the sound seems to be generated in the forward part of the cabin when I roam around. Could the developers comment on this? What is the source and intention for this sound effect? If it's a noisy cleaning crew, they need to be instructed that the pallet roller floor on the 600F does not need to be vacuumed. :3

Speaking of which, where the heck is the DME information displayed when tracking a VOR? Tried a VOR approach last night and couldn't find it.

Did you enter the MDA altitude and execute the Final Approach prompt from the same page prior to the IAF?

Same, can't find this anywhere in the new console. Or was this omitted on the real aircraft too?

So you mean to say that the avionics as provided on the legacy A300-600 were not capable of executing an LPV approach IRL? That's good to know rather than this being some development shortcut! I think the LPV RNAV standard came much later IIRC...

Greetings, Just curious if the A300-600/A310 have the ability to fly an LPV RNAV approach, or are they limited to LNAV/VNAV only guidance on final? It's an early generation of aircraft and I think the LPV standard came relatively recently. Did a quick search of the forums and found nothing.

Yeah, I like the A310 enough I think I'll buy the A300, quite a few of them still flying which is great for RW ops.

The Inibuilds manual for the MSFS A310 makes reference to a "LDG PERF" feature in the EFB to calculate landing parameters (page 51). Am I blind or is this not present in the EFB and the document contains an error or some carry-over from a past X-plane version?

It seems like the previous X-plane life of this aircraft it had a freight version available. Would there be any plans to expand with a model of the -300F variant to the A310, as these comprise most of the still active fleet globally and it would give the aircraft more life in the community? I know it's a Microsoft property now, but I'm not sure if they're even doing any more work on the A310.

I've had it crash on me a few times when loading to an active runway with all the systems running. Once I started loading cold&dark at the gates, it never crashed, so I'm guessing it has something to do with initial configuration and location?

Ah gotcha. What's the best way to roam around the cabin? Is there a good add-on for that or just use the built-in fixed camera views? One a slightly different note: are we ever going to get a model and textures for the A310-300F variant which is still flown with FedEx and a few other cargo carriers? Seems like abandonware now that Microsoft bought the IP.

I'm confused. What does the "Enhanced" version offer over the standard aircraft that was included with the sim? The description in the Marketplace is just a vague description of the IRL plane.