2 hours ago2 hr HiHow do you set up an A400M for an autopilot landing at an airfield that has no navigation systems?I need help with the tiny EPBC airport.AI …Yes, the Airbus A400M can generate a virtual lateral and vertical path for visual (VFR) landings.This capability is driven by its highly advanced military avionics suite (developed by Thales and Airbus), which bridges commercial airliner FMS logic with tactical military operations.How it Works:• FMS Visual Approach Guidance: Even if an airfield completely lacks ground-based instrument guidance (like ILS or VOR), the pilot can select a runway via the Flight Management System (FMS). The FMS then utilizes the onboard navigation database to calculate an artificial 3D flight path.• Head-Up Display (HUD) Integration: Once generated, this virtual path—including a synthetic glideslope (usually 3 degrees) and an aiming point on the runway—is projected directly onto the pilot’s dual Head-Up Displays (HUDs).• Flight Director & Autopilot: The pilot can either manually “fly the Director” by overlaying the aircraft flight path vector onto the virtual HUD markers or let the digital fly-by-wire autopilot couple to the FMS-generated path to fly a fully managed visual approach.How…
2 hours ago2 hr Staff 3 minutes ago, PiotrMP006 said:HiHow do you set up an A400M for an autopilot landing at an airfield that has no navigation systems?I need help with the tiny EPBC airport.AI …Yes, the Airbus A400M can generate a virtual lateral and vertical path for visual (VFR) landings.This capability is driven by its highly advanced military avionics suite (developed by Thales and Airbus), which bridges commercial airliner FMS logic with tactical military operations.How it Works:• FMS Visual Approach Guidance: Even if an airfield completely lacks ground-based instrument guidance (like ILS or VOR), the pilot can select a runway via the Flight Management System (FMS). The FMS then utilizes the onboard navigation database to calculate an artificial 3D flight path.• Head-Up Display (HUD) Integration: Once generated, this virtual path—including a synthetic glideslope (usually 3 degrees) and an aiming point on the runway—is projected directly onto the pilot’s dual Head-Up Displays (HUDs).• Flight Director & Autopilot: The pilot can either manually “fly the Director” by overlaying the aircraft flight path vector onto the virtual HUD markers or let the digital fly-by-wire autopilot couple to the FMS-generated path to fly a fully managed visual approach.How…Hi, I am very unfamiliar with the A400M, so I'm hoping another forum user will have the answer for you 🙂 Kyle - Community Manager iniBuilds Ltd. | inibuilds.com
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