Airbus A320 | Tutorial | Autopilot - Understanding the FCU (Flight Control Unit)
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- Ready to take your aviation knowledge to new heights? Join us as we demystify the A320 autopilot and give you a comprehensive tutorial on the Flight Control Unit (FCU). Buckle up and get ready to soar with confidence in this must-watch video!
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Best explanation of the FCU I have come across. Thank You.
Something to remember in MSFS - you have to select "LEGACY" in the Accessibilty section in Gen Options so the mouse will allow you to Push and Pull the knobs. I also did not realize that you could use Auto Throttle and still change the Speed manually. Pretty cool, I see that in the Vision Jet also. Way down below the throttle . . .
We learn something new everyday! :)
@@waypointsaviationi have trouble with this one. even if i selected my speed and altitude, if i dont make the proper throttle adjustment, the AP wont work. do you have a video explaining this one? thanks in advance.
@@asi146is auto throttle on?
@@rachelsobolewski2953 yes. and now i know how airbus throttles work. i thought they are the same with boeing.
Absolutely excellent training. The best I’ve seen. Many thanks for your hard work. There’s little details that you cover that have been missed in other tutorials. Again many thanks.
Thank you kindly for your comment.
agree 100%
Of all of the interesting presenters this was the absolute best. Waiting impatiently for the release of the WINWINGS FCU. Thank you.
Best teacher on TH-cam. Congratulations. Continue your excelent work. Big hug from Lisbon, Portugal
You're amazing thanks a lot! I have this in my simulator session tomorrow and now I'll go very well prepared thanks to you!
All the best!
A very good and comprehensive explanation! Thanks a lot!
Your explanations are the best. Learning much from your channel
Happy to hear that! Thank you!
Perfect video! Thanks!
Thank you! Very well explained!
Amazing! Thank you!
You’re very welcome! 😁
Perfectly described. Thank you.
Thank You! Glad you liked it!
Now it all starts to make sense! Thank you very much for the great tutorial.
You’re welcome! Glad you found it useful
Thank you so much for this video, very informative !! Definitely Subscribed !!
Wonderful video!Always looking forward to the upcoming video!!Thanks
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Great job 🎉🎉🎉 super simple but very informative!
this video is gold!!! Thank you so much for these explanations =)
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Great explaination. Just what I been looking for. Thanks again!
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Thank you very much! You're helping me a lot.
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exactly what i was looking for. most detailed lesson ever, subscribed
Thanks! Appreciate it!
One of the best flight vids out there mate you explained everything to me thx man love the content bro
Thanks 🙏🏽 appreciate it
That's a proper guide right there !
Your kind words truly inspire me. To be honest, comments like yours are what personally motivate me. However, I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on how I can better serve you and our dear community of aviators.
Absolutely Brilliant.
Thanks 🙏🏽
The best explication of that unit I saw so far, thank-you.
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
So many Qs are answerd in this video, great tutorial Sir, Hats Off 🥰 and Subscribed. 😊
great video!! Thanks
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Very well explained! Thank you very much
Thank You! Glad you found it that way.
It's just great to have watched this sharing~ Mostly it's from the flight sim. And this is truly insightful! Thanks!🤩
Great explanation! Helps me lot! Thank you
Glad it helped!
Awesome. Thank you. Learned a lot
Glad it was helpful!
excellent tutorial!!! many THANKS....
Thanks so much! You are welcome!
"You Are Amazing Sir" Many Thanks for doing this with such Clarity. I always messed this up and got so frustrated. Thank you for What You Do Captain !!
Great video! Finally I understand the autopilot panel for MSFS!
Glad it helped!
Great job man!! very well explained.
Thank You so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
AMAZING VIDEO, thanks a lot, really appreciated it. SUBSCRIBED 👍
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This is an excellent video. Very easy to understand. Thank you. Hope you keep doing these - more people will discover them soon. (New subscriber here!)
Thanks Tim! Glad you found it that way, that was our goal from the very beginning, to make easy to understand and learn videos :)
So glad I watched this video, Excellent explanation of the FCU. I am going to watch it again and take notes.
Thank You So Much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Good explanation. Thank's
Appreciate your kind words!
El mejor tutorial sobre el piloto automático del A-320...sin duda.. Muchas gracias desde España.. Me e echo adicto a tus tutoriales👏👏👏👏👍
Thank you! 🙏🏽 ¡Apreciamos que seas parte de la familia! 😁
WOW... your MSFS set up looks amazingly REAL. Thank you for the lesson !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very helpful and clear explanation 👍🏽 thank you for the help
Thank You very much! 🙏🏽
amazing explanation capt you made it very easy for us to understand thank you so much
You’re very welcome! Thank you for taking the time to comment! :)
It was the best lesson in my life of flight🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks, im getting better!
few words yet its all what i want to hear , glad i can make a difference, fly safe
Captain ! That is the great explanation. Im at the type rating now in Singapore. There is no instructor who can explain like this. Thank you so much!
Thank You so much! Glad you found our method of teaching useful! All the Best on the type-rating course! Singapore is one of my favorite cities in the world outside Dubai!
thank for share knowledge.
You’re very welcome thank you for watching
Same here what such a great video with details and help understand how to managed / setting functions of this bird . Thanks again and best wishes .
Your kind words truly inspire me. To be honest, comments like yours are what personally motivate me. However, I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on how I can better serve you and our dear community of aviators.
Subscribed immediately👌 it is soo detailed and you show great examples that can happen/happens in real life. Exactly what i was looking for because i want to understand the systems fully. Many thanks for you work it is really appreciated🙏
Thanks so much! Glad you found the videos helpful! :)
This what I was looking for
Amazing tutorial captain
We're on the same course 👌
Thanks! Appreciate It. Are you doing your Type-Rating for the A320?
Great!
Thanks Benjamin!
Very great tutorial !!!!!!!keep it up
Thanks! Appreciate it! 🙏🏽
Thanks a lot - that was great! Although I did saw several other good trainings by real Airbus pilots inside the MSFS 2020 sim, this video helped me to have a better understanding of the managed vs selected modes and more! Absolutely awesome! Keep up with more like these, e.g. it would be nice to have some training on various ILS approaches and ways to read the approach charts :)
Thanks so much, we will keep the videos going 😁
Superb explanation. Thanks a lot.
Airbuses are the plane I'm most familiar with, and it is very clear.
Thanks for watching! 🙏🏽
Beautiful cockpit You have a video on how you built it Fantastic
We don’t have a video on the build, it’s pretty straight forward, but the machine assemble and have fun 😁
Very very informative video sir cleared some doubts am doing an a320 type rating soon that was soooo helpful
Hello Ibrahim, thank you very much for your comment, we’re super glad you found it helpful! Feel free to let’s us know how we can be more helpful in our videos :)
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Wonderful teaching. I have been searching for this very thing for so long. I wish there was a similar video on how to explain how to activate ILS as well.
Thanks so much for your kind words! Yes, we do have a tutorial on the ILS you can view it here
th-cam.com/video/XVopZloOYt4/w-d-xo.html
Nice video
thanks
You're welcome!
Excellent explanation if possible other videos about systems
Thanks for your kind words, funny you should ask, We have 2 tutorial videos in the making explaining the hydraulics and air bleed systems.
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Excellent ! Informative enjoyable video ! The A320 is very clever ! Will enhance my FlightSim experience 👍🙏🏻❤️👨✈️✈️ Thank You My friend 😊
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoy our videos!
My MiniFCU unit just arrived. This is a very good tutorial for that I think. I am going to fly this approach and see what happens ;-)
Awesome! Have fun with your MiniFCU! Happy Landings!
Great and well explained video!.
The Expedite button will work to go faster up or down?
Thanks,
Yes, we rarely ever use it, newer variants dont even have it anymore. But when used, it climbs and descends at the fastest rates possible.
I have never seen such an easy explantion about fcu b4..could u pls explain more about fcu?
Thanks! What is it specifically you wish to learn more about the FCU? You can join our Members section and gain access to one on one tutorials :)
It will be great if you explain how to intercept a descend profile when you are above or below using FCU and speed breaks when necessary.
Check out this video: th-cam.com/video/75UVPTHe92M/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the video brotha!
Any chance you can do a BUSS video for us (BACK UP SPEED SCALE)!
Thanks!
Sure we'll look into making one of those for the Subscribers.
@@waypointsaviation I forgot to mention V1 cuts and steep turns :) thanks a lot
Amazing tutorial!! Thank you very much for putting the time and effort to convey to us aviation enthusiasts all this information.
One question: As you were manually changing the Flight Path Angle from the FCU, the plane's pitch angle was also changing to the corresponding value as shown with the "bird" on the PFD.
Is this always the case? (FPA = A/C Pitch Angle)?
Because I have seen planes descending with the correct FPA but with their nose pitched way up to be able to maintain it (the FPA), especially on low approach speeds
Hello, thanks for your comment! To answer your question keep in mind that we have two factors one is angle of attack the other is flight path angle. The angle of attack is the angle at which the aircraft must fly to maintain, straight & level flight Or the angle that it must maintain to climb and descend at whatever rate you choose, the flight path angle is the true angle at which the aircraft is flying. For example, if the flight path angle is zero with flaps up and flying at the speed of approximately 200 kn. You can expect the angle of attack to be around 2.5 to 3° nose up. When you slow the aircraft down and deploy the flaps, the aircraft will naturally fly at a raised angle of attack, which is why you always see aircraft coming into land with a nose up angle. This is just how the aerodynamics work.
Hope this answers your question Let us know if you need any further information.
@waypointsaviation Thank you so much for this elaborate response!
Not only answers my question but a series of follow up questions that I might have had!
I was wondering why i couldnt figure out how to manage the autopilot, i have to actually push the buttons
Neat
If your speed is away from VLS and within acceptable bank angle and pitch settings, among other conditions, the autopilot should be engaged immediately.
Great video! Just a question about the FPA mode: does it control the nose attitude or the flight path angle? The attitude indicator matched the degrees that you programmed on the FCU, but that might not match the flight path angle, right? If you change config with flaps, or if you have a headwind, the AI degrees won't match the flight path angle, correct?
Hi and thanks for your comment! The FPA doesn't really control anything but is more like an indication as to what the aircraft is doing or the actual flight path angle that the aircraft is flying in relation to its angle of attack. Generally in clean configuration flying straight and level the aircraft would have a nose up angle of about 2 1/2 to 5° and yes you're correct if you lower the speed or deploy flaps then this angle will change. The purpose of the FPA (Bird) is to help the pilot determine regardless of what the angle of attack isis to help the pilot determine regardless of what the angle of attack, is the aircraft is the aircraft flying straight and level or are we climbing or descending that's pretty much what the FPA does for us hope this answers your question full free to let us know if you need any more clarification.
This is an amazing tutorial. Best ever. Does the A330 autopilot work the same way?
Indeed! Airbus 318, 319, 320, 321, 330, 340 ALL have the same FCU so If you know how to fly one you can fly them all, it's keeping with Airbus' common cockpit philosophy.
380 also? When/ if that is available in xp 12 I will purchase? Thank you!
380 is similar but not exactly the same as the rest, but once you understand the logic of airbus you’ll be able to figure out the FCU of the 380 easily too! Yeah you should get the 380 if you can; it’s the best! Dream to fly! We here at waypoints speak from first hand experience flying it! 😎✌🏽✈️
I think the FPA mode is not meant for nose down 5 degree in your explaination, it's the flight path 5 degree
You are correct FPA refers to flight path of 5 degrees not a physical nose down angle.
I was so excited to try this bur I need help! AP keeps disengaging . I am in Select mode across the board. Do you offer private tutorials?🤣
Hey, feel free to WhatsApp us via the details in the description below, happy to help anyway we can.
Couldn’t decide if simulator or real deal. Amazing build, great lesson. Thanks Follow for sure.
LORID is almost 180" behind you. Could you select a right turn also to go DIRECT ?
Or would you use the HDG to right and then click DIRECT when you below 180".? The aircraft (autopilot) turned left, probably the shortest way.
Thank you for this video cause I was abel to land my boeing 797. I knoe i should know better as I have 100k flight experience but I forgot
You’re welcome… 797? Are you from the future?? 🤣
@waypointsaviation maybe hehe though some people say im dead. "Anyways, I had a gulfstream and a 727 private way back in the day."
Another refresher - thanks! Question - at 23.20 in the vid, you put in the fmc 5000 altitude. That is visible in the screen (in blue). The constraint is hower 8,000 - I would expect that 8000 in purple in your fmc - any idea why it showed your selected altitude in blue rather then the constrained altitude of 8000? After a while i saw it changed in 8000 purple though :). It’s probably a delay in the system
You my friend are definitely Eagle Eyed! So what happened was there was a momentary error in our MSFS FMGS program and it didnt take into account the constraints... however once we reloaded the programaround the 24:00 period it worked this time, and even though I selected 2000 on the FCU it knew the constraint existed @ 8000 and gave us alt magenta on the FMA and followed the constraints as it should.
This is a problem one has to deal with sometimes when working with MSFS coupled to an advanced FNPT Simulator, sometimes the software has a hiccup! But it all worked well in the end! :)
@@waypointsaviation check! ;-) thanks for clarifying! Good to see my pc is not the only one doing weird things haha
@@ehameham3816 You are NOT alone!
Hello, thanks for this wonderful tutorial, although I knew most of it already :) One question though: I fly the A320neo as well (in FS2020) 😂 and sometimes (or always?) on an approach small two digit green numbers appear on the left side of the altitude scale .. like 32 and either slowly counting up or down. What are these numbers for? Thanks for your help!
Hello,
I believe you're referring to your vertical speed indicator, double digits (32) are in thousands so 32 would be 3200 feet per minute and single digits are hundreds. Best touch down rate would be less than 300 feet per minute.
Hope this helps, thanks for watching!
@@waypointsaviation Thanks for your reply. No, I am not talking about the VSI "needle". The green numbers I am seeing appear on the top left or lowest left-side of the altitude scale. They can count up all the way to 99. I can send you a screenshot where they would be located.
@@MotoFuzzi HI, yeah sure please send us a screenshot via WhatsApp or email and we can surely look into it and give you a proper answer.
@@waypointsaviationHello again, I think I found the answer already?!?! (" It is the indicator for how far off of the VNAV path you are. 77 means you're 7,700 feet below where the plane wants to be"). Makes sense to me, agree? Another quick question, I assume you are a real-life A320 pilot, could you check whether there is an indication during flight whether the parking brake is engaged or not? I landed with parking brake on but I didn't see any message. Thanks.
Hi,
I'm not yet sure what the indicator you're referring to could be until I see a picture of it, just to be sure I answer you correctly. Yes, I am a real life A320 Pilot, Instructor and Examiner and in the A320 if you set the parking brake at anytime you'll see a notification on the Upper ECAM saying "PARK BRK"
Hope this helps
Best Regards
Plz Do show us use of exp button
Already done check it out here in this video
Airbus A320 | Tutorial | Full Flight | Ankara to Beirut | Expedited Climb | Divert to Alternate...
th-cam.com/video/xD9Pk_r2um0/w-d-xo.html
How to select the roll angle of the plane when turning. There is another knob behind the heading knob in Boeing to select your roll angle. But I couldn't find out how to do that on the Airbus
Airbus doesn’t have a knob neither does it have an option to adjust the angle of bank. Then you push fully on the side-stick, the aircraft will role until it reaches a maximum of 67 degrees of bank (if you keep pushing the stick) once you release the stick the ac will automatically role back to 33 degrees and stay there until you push the stick the other way to level the wings
Hi, for context input, you are specifically flying at thirteen thousand feet, NOT flight level (FL). We only call it FL when you are at “standard”assuming you are above transition altitude.
In other parts of the world other than the USA flight levels can be as low as 4000 and it Chages every day. So when he Said he is at FL130 he is correct.
Never mind
@@dougbrown8331I think the point he’s making is that they are on a QNH setting not standard.
how to give control of plane to copilot in a320? please answer
"There's no mystical method; every pilot and company concur on a singular approach: to dispel any uncertainty and ensure there's always someone actively piloting the aircraft. This is achieved by declaring 'I have control' or granting control with 'you have control,' straightforward and resolute."
hi, i got a cuenstion regarding the altitude, many times when i fly in my simulator the autopilot doesnt engage with the ils, i think it something related to the selected altitude or something, can you help me there? (pd: im not o pilot i just fly for the fun of it)
Hi! Please contact us Via WhatsApp or Email, happy to assist you in this.
I’m running in a problem that I do not understand, I’m in selected mode auto thrust and autopilot, speed is set to 220 and it will go over speed on both while I’m climbing and I cannot get the speed down. I try on A330 from Laminar and on A319 from Toliss, same problem. Do not know what I’m doing wrong😮Please help.
Hello,
There could be a number of reasons for this… you can check the following…
1) are the flaps still out? At speeds of 220 you must be flaps 0
2) are the thrust levers in the CL detect? Cause if they’re still in toga or flx/mct then no matter what you choose in selected it will still be pushing max power
Check this and let us know if this works, anything else we can do to help let us know :)
@@waypointsaviation you were right, that was my problem, I have read that auto thrust was not going over the point where it was setup, but I miss read about toga, thanks again
What’s going on here how is his hand touching stuff?
Lots of stuff to touch…
Hi just tried Whats app says you are not Whats app? Do I need to invite you?
You sure you got the number right? +971 56 155 5100
FL130 with QNH 1009 😆
Yeah yeah, slip of the tongue… 🤦🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️, BUT didn’t you see the correction caption at the bottom?
Yeah, I just saw it right at the end. Thank you very much for this perfect training, really helped me out with the FCU !
@@louisnevot You're welcome! Thanks for watching
HERE'S THE PROBLEM with your videos! It makes my company's pilots ....very confused! WHY?!? I'm a line tech AND BECAUSE I study constantly about my company's aircraft...and in this case the Airbus...when I go on a gate call...I UNDERSTAND what the flight crews are talking about AND ASK QUESTIONS. "Did it do this in managed mode" " Did it do this in FPA" (ETC) This is the 5th or 6th time I've watched THIS video because so many of the flight crews concerns are related to THIS VIDEO. THE END OF THIS STORY? I don't put in unnecessary high dollar spares! AND the flights depart on time AND the pilots think I'm a genius.