Airbus A320-214, Beginners Tutorial

Page 1: ...bout this aircraft to explore all the features that are o ered First we are going to do a very short ight from Sacramento to San Francisco This ight only takes a few minutes and there aren t actually...

Page 2: ...u shows CLB and NAV in blue Flaps are set to 1 F as seen on the center display The T O Checklist is all green no blue item In the autopilot panel everything is dashed and 12000 give or take 2000 ft is...

Page 3: ...Advance your throttle input to full forward Use rudder to maintain the center line very little inputs should be required for this When the airspeed reaches the blue circle gently pull back on the ele...

Page 4: ...y com dokuwiki Printed on 2020 12 07 15 07 Gear Up Press the g key on your keyboard or click the gear lever to retract the landing gear or Click the gear lever or hold down the left mouse button and...

Page 5: ...he ashing LVR CLB message disappears Note If the green text above says THR LVR and LVR CLB is ashing in white you have pulled back to far Advance the thrust again by a bit The green text in the top le...

Page 6: ...around for too long About 6 minutes after lift o we already have to think about descending again Cruise The autopilot will stop climbing at the selected altitude which is 12000 ft for our ight The pri...

Page 7: ...e have to select a lower altitude for the autopilot Move the mouse cursor over the altitude knob of the autopilot Scroll down to decrease the selected altitude value to 2000 ft Don t click or press an...

Page 8: ...lay The ILS Click the LS button in the glare shield to display the ILS localizer and glide slope on the primary ight display Note Depending on how far you are to the runway only the scale for the loca...

Page 9: ...a D point on the map the aircraft will start to decelerate to approach speed In managed speed mode the speed will be kept high until you select more aps Watch the speed target of the autopilot on the...

Page 10: ...Then select Flaps 1 Press the default key command F or any of your assigned control inputs for the aps or Point at the aps lever or hold down the left mouse button and move the mouse to drag the ap le...

Page 11: ...and steer us to the runway laterally The primary ight display will show LOC followed by LOC in the top row No action required Flaps 2 When your airspeed matches the S speed you are slow enough for the...

Page 12: ...oach earlier Now is a good time to select the gear down and help us decrease the speed further and get it to the F ap retraction speed in case of go around Click the gear lever or Use the mouse wheel...

Page 13: ...d Disengage Autopilots The auto brake slows us down and we come to a complete stop on the runway Press the autopilot disengage button if you have it assigned or click the side stick of to your left to...

Page 14: ...ctor FD and Flight Mode Annunciator Autopilot AP Master The autopilot actuates the elevator ailerons and spoiler and rudder to steer the aircraft laterally and vertically The elevator is used to contr...

Page 15: ...climb detent changed the auto thrust state from armed to engaged The active thrust mode is shown in the top left corner of the PFD in the rst column When it shows SPEED then the auto thrust system is...

Page 16: ...why most airlines require the pilots to either use both AP and A THR or neither Or at least make sure that for landing the auto thrust is indeed controlling speed and no longer keeping idle thrust Man...

Page 17: ...knob left or right to change the target heading the aircraft will turn towards that left or right Altitude Knob Turn the knob to set a new target altitude that the autopilot is allowed to y to Pushin...

Page 18: ...VS and maintain 0 ft min Pulling the vertical speed knob also engages the vertical speed mode VS but it keeps the vertical speed at time of engagement unless you change the target by turning the knob...

Page 19: ...ng can be performed if the runway allows for that At 400 feet above ground the autopilot will switch to LAND mode and no buttons on the ight control unit FCU will change that The only way to leave thi...

Page 20: ...PA button switches between a heading and vertical speed reference where the nose is pointing at and how fast you climb or descent over to a track and ight path angle reference where you re actually yi...

Page 21: ...MCDU is the interface to the ight management computer which computes the ight plan In this tutorial we re going to setup a ight plan from Sacramento Intl KSMF to San Francisco Intl KSFO similar to th...

Page 22: ...text box at the bottom of the MCDU is used to type in values or identi ers but also show additional information some warnings or error messages After completing an entry a line select key is usually p...

Page 23: ...the Sacramento Intl onto the parking position Make sure the parking brake is set We will now setup the ight plan to San Francisco D I F R I P The page sequence to setup a typical ight is D Data I Ini...

Page 24: ...O eld This will automatically ll the type the rst part nearest airport ICAO and a slash into the scratchpad When the rst part has already been entered it will suggest the second part This way you can...

Page 25: ...t side line select key that is next to the runway 16R Select the line select key in the lower right corner TMPY INSERT to execute the temporary ight plan Select an Arrival From the ight plan page pres...

Page 26: ...o y com dokuwiki Printed on 2020 12 07 15 07 Add Waypoints There are several ways to add waypoints to the ight plan One option is manually typing the waypoint s name and then pressing the line select...

Page 27: ...io frequencies you ll have to delete your manual entry by pressing the clear key CLR is shown and then pressing the line select key next to it Go ahead and type SAC for the Sacramento VOR near our igh...

Page 28: ...nter the block fuel e g fuel on board FOB as seen on the upper ECAM screen in metric tons e g 7 2 Takeo Performance Press the PERF key to open the performance page When you are on the ground this will...

Page 29: ...the entire page is lled in very quickly Cheat 2 When a ight plan has been inserted you ll see the UPLINK TO DATA option When you click it a request to the company is made and it comes back with compu...

Page 30: ...he altitude knob Enter the destination QNH temperature wind and the radar decision height or barometric minimum decent altitude before landing For the tutorial select QNH 1013 TEMP 15 degrees Celsius...

Page 31: ...ining distance between you and the runway V Speeds and Ranges What are the v speeds Speed Limits Vmo Max Operating Speed 350 KIAS Mmo Max Operating Speed 82M Vlo Max Gear Extension 250 KIAS Vlo Max Ge...

Page 32: ...ing Gear Limit Speeds Vlo Vle KIAS MACH Retraction Vlo 220 Extension Vlo 250 Extended Vle 280 67 Maximum Tire Speed 195 Knots Groundspeed Maximum Operating Limit Speeds Vmo Mmo Speed Pressure Altitude...

Page 33: ...144 121 115 108 107 105 120 138 116 110 104 103 101 110 132 111 105 99 98 96 100 126 106 100 95 94 92 90 119 100 95 90 89 87 80 114 95 90 85 84 82 Taxi Speed Maximum When takeo weight is higher than...