A question ipacs team ... I made a flight from los angeles to phoenix .. I added sid, stars etc ... And I was really amazed when I saw that the autopilot respected the flight plan .. Now the plane descends correctly to the altitude corresponding to the waypoints that the plane is flying over .. That is really wonderful and realistic ... It is part of the new update right? It never happened that way before
Airplanes altitude flight plan
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This was added in the latest update. It was following the vertical profile before the update as well and it was able to level off at altitude constraints. But there was only one artificial constraint before intercepting the glide slope. Now you have a full arrival and approach procedure with multiple constraints, gradual descents and what not.
Try the RNV 13R Y approach into KPSP, Palm Springs. It has a long curved approach path with a continuous vertical descent profile from 8000ft down to minimums which spits you out just before the runway 13R. This particular approach was not really possible to fly before the update. It has actual arc segments now with a defined radius, speed constraints and altitude constraints along the way.
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Hi. We don’t have this approach (neither into the MCDU).
iPad Pro 11-inch iPadOS 14.0.1 A320.
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Please remove the default runway first.
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Is a thousand thanks ok for you?
So 1000THANKS
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Awesome, now if you include the PSP VOR in your flight plan as well you'll be flying almost 270° of a turn
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You definitely rock!
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Hi. We don’t have this approach (neither into the MCDU).
iPad Pro 11-inch iPadOS 14.0.1 A320.
Hey bro .. How did you add all those points? Tell me please ... I want to make that flight plan please
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Yes I did have all of the waypoints. See the attachment.
Jet-Pack (IPACS) thanks again, things I miss more when preparing the flight plan are the total distance and the altitude of the airports. Because, I often don’t have the time for a long flight, and, the altitude to know whether or not I’m going to land in clouds etc.
In this case we see the whole approach, but if there’s a flight plan, coming from west for example, we would have a part of this approach. I may also miss and option to force the whole approach what ever happens would be fine too.
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You completely clear your flight plan.
You select Palm Spring as destination.
You delete the target runway.
You click on APP.
You select R13RY.
You now can see the whole RNAV approach from. PSP to KPSN 13R.
Prepare the reste of your flight plan passing by the PSP point.
In the Airbus you have to be at 8000 ft when reaching the PSP point. You also have to select approach mode in the MCDU. You have to control your speed. You have to set APPR mode on in the FCU.
Your RNAV approach will start at PSP to the runway. It’s a 30 or 40 Nm approach. I start at 250 kts...
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You also have to select approach mode in the MCDU. You have to control your speed. You have to set APPR mode on in the FCU.
It should automatically activate on the approach, too. You don't have to set the approach mode that high up. The speed constraint 210 kt will already slow you down to a similar speed anyways.
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It should automatically activate on the approach, too. You don't have to set the approach mode that high up. The speed constraint 210 kt will already slow you down to a similar speed anyways.
Yes that’s right. But the T/D being weird, I descend with a FPA and do all manually for the moment (until the next update).
About departure, the A320 follow something and finish to reach the next real waypoint. But flies out of the flight plan drawing, and sometimes too far setting the A/P off automatically.
I’m asking a friend what mean 16R/2 and INTCPT in the F-PLN...
[ANSWER]: the meanings of 16R/2 and INTCPT in the MCDU
16R/2 take off 16R fly 2 Nm ahead
H112 then head 112°
INTCPT until intercepting the 97° course to ELMOO
C097
ELMOO
