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The A32NX & A380X Project are community driven open source projects to create free Airbus aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator that are as close to reality as possible.
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Option to disable automatic engagement of the approach-phase (workaround) #6176

Closed oMrSmith closed 2 years ago

oMrSmith commented 2 years ago

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Today I discovered your mod and I had my first enjoyable airliner-flight in FS2020 ever. Im coming from XP... You have done an impressive work!

I noticed only one issue worth mentioning: I was flying into LGAV ILS 03L Z and the approach phase engaged way too early.

It seems like the FMC doesn't take the current ALT into account. I was already lower than planed, cause ATC advised me to descend down to the platform altitude already...

I was wondering if a possible work around could be to optionally disable the automatic switch over to the approach phase...

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Benjozork commented 2 years ago

DECEL will engage approach phase if you are below 9500ft AND, in NAV, LOC or LOC*.

Being in HDG is one fix that would inhibit auto engagement.

oMrSmith commented 2 years ago

Ah, thanks for your advise! Could you perhaps help me on another issue? Is there any way to bind a keyboard key to (properly) in- and decrease thrust? Unfortunately FS2020 does not properly support my Joystick (Thrustmaster T.Flight X).

oMrSmith commented 2 years ago

I just flew the route agian...

Shouldn't the DECEL point update and move back if my current altitude is already lower than planned?

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I was 33nm away from the airport, the approach segment of the route had not even begun and the APPR PHASE triggered even before I passed the DECEL point on the map.

(Solved it by switching to manual SPD)

tracernz commented 2 years ago

The stable version is using the built-in MSFS flight planner, and the decel point is set by the sim AFAIK. The experimental version has our own flight planning and guidance system which calculates decel differently.

oMrSmith commented 2 years ago

Ah, ok, thanks, good to know.