BillM

I flew the A350 today from LSZH to EGKK. I set up the FMC and autopilot as I usually do, and I think I did it correctly. The flight plan had no discontinuities and the magenta line for the route appeared and was checked and confirmed from takeoff to touchdown on the ND. However, when I got airborne and activated the autopilot, instead of NAV appearing in the mode annunciator panel at the top of the PFD, "RWY NAV" appeared. I have never seen that before, and the inibuilds A250 manual does not seem to mention it. Also, the route was no longer shown as a solid magenta line, but as a dashed yellow line. I disconnected the AP and hand-flew the aircraft to intercept the route line, but even if I maneuvered the aircraft close to this line, NAV would not engage. I followed a tip given on this forum, re-engaged the AP and engaged DIR to the next waypoint, at which point NAV appeared in the annunciator panel, the route line turned to magenta and the aircraft followed the route. However, RWY NAV remained shown in blue, as if armed (see image). Can anyone explain this? Thanks.

JCMK, thanks for the workaround. I have acquired the same problem in the last few flights, and had no idea how to solve it. Your suggestion worked in the my current flight. I also see on the flight mode annunciator (top of the PFD) that there is an entry called "RWY NAV." I can't find that in the inibuilds A350 manual.

I had the AI anti-stall setting on. I've turned that off and will try a flight again.

I appreciate all the work done to bring this aircraft to the Marketplace. I am not trying to criticize your efforts, but I just find it very difficult to complete a flight without something strange and unexpected happening. I will check the AI settings. Thanks.

I don't think so. This aircraft is much too buggy. I tried to take a flight to record the video as requested and the autopilot would not engage (!). I feel like I am chasing a problem only to have another problem pop up and get in my way. This mod is much too frustrating for me. Maybe some of the issues are user error, but I have been flying the basic A320 without a problem for several months.

I did as you suggested, and that solved the problem with the flight plan. However, another problem (which I did not mention before) persists. I had hoped that having an empty Community folder would have solved this one as well, but it did not. The plane does not pick up the glide path on approach. I believe I am doing everything correctly (localizer frequency, approach altitude, LS on, LOC on, APPR on). The plane follows the flight plan well until the point of joining the glide path. The plane flies the localizer path exactly but overflies the GS intersection without showing a green GS. I have flown the A320 V1 many times and have never had a problem with this, unless I created it by being too high. Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong, or how to correct this? Do I have to activate the approach on the MCDU? Thanks.

Vrishabh, Thanks for this guidance. I will try this today and let you know what I find. If there is a conflict with a mod in my Community folder, identifying it might take a little more time. Again, thanks for the guidance.

Thanks for responding. My instance of the A320 V2 is up to date. I am at KPHL at a ramp doing pre-flight when I review the flight plan. By adding a runway (in this case 27L) and a SID (I think its PHL3) the MANUAL and discontinuity entries appear. I have now found that if I go through the sequence CLR >MANUAL > Return a couple of times, the MANUAL entry clears; then I can clear the discontinuity. It seems odd that you have to clear a couple of times to make this work.

I am able to load a SimBrief flight plan from the EFB to the MCDU. However, when I add a runway and SID or STAR to the plan, a "Manual" entry together with a flight plan discontinuity often appear in the plan. Pressing CLR and then the Manual entry does not delete it; rather I am taken to another screen with selections for offset, hold and so on. If I return to the flight plan screen, I am still unable to delete the Manual entry, and am taken back to the same offset/hold/etc screen. I can't delete the discontinuity until I delete the Manual entry. In some cases, trying this process several times deletes almost the entire flight plan. Is there a better way to deal with this situation? Thanks.