Beginners guide to starting the Airbus A310-300 from cold and dark in Microsoft Flight Simulator
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- An functional guide to starting the Airbus A310-300 from cold and dark in Microsoft Flight Simulator - programming a route, starting the engines, and configuring the plane for take-off. I'm still learning, so I take you along for the ride with me. It's a wonderful aircraft - particularly for free.
Here's where you can find the checklist:
ko-fi.com/jonb...
I work though programming custom views (CTRL+ALT+NUM) then using them (ALT+NUM), powering the aircraft up, aligning the IRS system, programming a route, configuring the aircraft for flight, and then taxiing out and flying some of the departure just to show how it functionally works.
Before anybody comments about it, yes, I miss a lot out in the start checks - that's intentional, based on the default state of the aircraft in the simulator. In the real world the pilot and co-pilot would make no presumptions.
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Here's where you can find the checklist:
ko-fi.com/jonbeckett/shop
Thanks for the chi list and walk through from cold and dark great job ! Are their any manuals with the various aircraft released with the update if so where can they be found possibly sim objects then aeroplanes?.Thanks again Jonathan . BR Charlie
Thanks for that.
I have done every check list possible and I can never get the engines to start and ideas :(
@@flightmasta I had problems during an impromptu live-stream last night - it's to do with timing. I'll do a video specifically about it.
Just a quick pointer.The runway length and tora(take off run available) are not always the same.
The tora from each take off position is given under note 5 on the bottom right of the chart.
best A310 tutorial on youtube. Quick and succinct. Was really hungover this morning before heading to the airport, but made my flight schedule and sustained minimal injuries to the passengers
Cheers!
Succinct, word of the day.
😭✋
I have to agree. The level of preparation is showing. These videos are getting better and better.
The injuries the passengers sustained were NOT from the turbulence though...
Hi Jonathan, I just want to say a big thank you, ive had the game for over two years, and today i successfully started up the old girl, and made a successful flight, i tip my hat of to you sir, many thanks.
I like how you explain what the systems do as you are turning them on. Much more complete lesson. Keep them coming because you have a new subscriber.
Thank you!
1 year on and I have to say there is something about the way you teach which relaxes me and makes me listen closely.
There are is one highly qualified chap here who sends me to sleep instead, so thank you for keeping my stoopid brain alert
with your genuinely fine tutorials.
Best to you from lesser London
Barty
Best teacher by far. This is my first planning and start up in msfs. I will definitely keep doing it because of the ease you’ve made it. Thank you!
You got this!
Even though I primarily mess with the 737 I particularly appreciate the fact that Airbus designs their craft with an in between of digital and analog instruments. Really is the best of both worlds.
Well... the A310 was a stepping stone on the way towards glass cockpits - a bit like the MD-82. They didn't design it to have a mix on purpose - it was just the technology of the era it was developed.
@@jonbeckett ah that explains it, so many model names I hardly know which ones are built when lol, for example the X Cub I have yet to fly and just learned today it was actually designed around 2016 which explains the g1000 navigation in it. Really interesting interior design for something built so recently.
Thank you so much for this well presented and informative guide to starting the Airbus A310-300 for MSFS2020. It's just what I needed! Thanks too, for putting together the checklist - so helpful and much appreciated!
Glad it was helpful!
The only thing you missed is that, after entering a "TNT" VOR/ waypoint, you are required to exclaim "BOOM!".
Dad jokes aside, thank you so much for this! I've yet to dip my toe into the airliner side of the sim. This new addition has me very tempted and I shall be following your excellent guides.
Hahaha - Dad jokes rule (I have three daughters) :)
I’ve been wanting to fly the a310 since it came out and could never figure it out until i watched your video. Thank you my friend i love the plane. Keep up the awesome videos
Glad I could help!
Thanks for the tutorial, it's a bit challenging compare to the newer aircraft I always fly, but it still great fun
It really is!
25:54 "That's not looking good" LOL I think he was looking for thermals🤣
Hah - comment of the day :)
Great video! After watching this I completed by first flight with the A310!
Real world A320 driver here. This is one very interesting aircraft.
It seems Airbus were still following the path laid down by Boeing and MDD at the time but taking baby steps into new terrain. An interesting hybrid that probably gave them the confidence to throw the rule book out and do their own thing.
The A320 has very little in common with a 737.
I haven't had time yet to do a full flight on the A310, but from what I have seen so far I am looking forward to it.
Thanks for the tutorial.
I'm not a real pilot but judging from the sim, I find it stunning how bad the ergonomics are of the 737 cockpit compared to a 320. It's basically an unlogical mess.
I love that you can see how decisions were made to evolve the layout. The closer you look at the A310, the more you see of the Boeing cockpit - down to little things like the bank angle selector, and the three position gear lever. Oh - and the starters for the engines :)
@@jingle1161 an Alaska airlines pilot told me that Airbuses were great for low time pilot pools, i.e. countries with few high time engine experience. Also,!I have a friend who flies for Southwest Airlines-they have an all 737 fleet, and they love it.
@@joshiasbaja3934 I would fly any plane if I could make a living out of it 😉. But I understand regarding the 737. It's probably more challenging/fun to fly than a 320.
At least that's my impression in the sim.
Thanks for doing this. Amazing how different the cockpit of the A310 is from the A320. Obviously, much older tech.
Indeed it is. In fact, this is a case of modern technology grafted onto an older design. Not unlike the later versions of the MD-80 series.
Yep - it's the direct ancestor of it.
Just finished watching the first iteration of this JB. I do like a perfectionist 😀 Will watch this one too of course 😀
Yeah - sorry about that. Serves me right for recording at 1am :) lol
Massive thanks for this upload Jonathan. And massive thanks to Asobo and MS for this. It’s a lovely gift to the community.
@@markscars1069 You're welcome :)
Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Exactly what I needed. Thanks for the checklist !
You're welcome!
The engines sound great on this awesome guide also learned alot and forgot alot have to watch this again lol
Even living accros the channel, I could well understand your video. Thanks a lot and lets do it !
Great!
Need to spend some more time in this plane. They did a great job considering its a default aircraft. I spend most of my time in the Fenix and PMDG planes, but this one needs to be in my lineup more often
It's great, isn't it :)
good tutorial, i tried first without help and had to give up, couldnt figure out how to start the damn thing haha. so thank you!
You're welcome :)
Great start with this plane. Looking forward for moore videos with this one. Thanks Jonathan for a great video.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks by the explanation, clear and detailed. Have good flights.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent tutorial really enjoyed it. It was extremely informational looking forward to your others.
thankyou for making a tutorial on this, yours are always my first pick.
Glad I could help!
Thank you Sir. for this initial procedures. I'll try right away. :) Happy new year!
I was just picturing Jonathon casually running through the checklists with us whilst sucking all of the ground crew into the engines because he didn't put the becaons on lol
Hahahahaha
Great tutorial, many thanks. You have a new subscriber. Happy flying.
Awesome, thank you!
@Jonathan Beckett yesterday I installed the new Honda so I can have my navigraph charts while flying. I noticed that my autopilot is not responding once in the air when changing altitude or speed. Have you heard of this issue?
This was fantastic, thanks a lot!
Another great video and well explained! Well done again!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Well! finaly I find a very intuitive video.I leared so much more .even better than reading the true manuals, only got to get my MCDO working on a kindle then will be happy bunny thats the problem with the 70yr old brain but hey ho onward and upward ,hopefully
Glad it helped!
Fantastic tutorial. Very detailed and interesting. Keep it up!
Much appreciated!
How do you get rid of the gps lost primary on the routing screen
Press the CLR button? Also, make sure you've swiched on the inertial navigation system overhead.
Thanks for the clear instructions
You're welcome :)
hi Jonathan, I use to operate A310's long time ago. You did well with yr checks, missed few things but for the sake of flying it in sim is fine. what you really need is the SOP's (standard operating procedures) in order to make it realistic 100%
Random question but in the scratchpad at 11:40 do you put tnt for all flights or does it depend where you are? i just don’t get what TNT means. thanks in advance
@@ReesesPeanutDogger TNT VOR is navigation facility used by old fashion navigation
Many thanks Jonathan, it was a great help👍
No problem 👍
Great video, thank you👍🏻
Hey. I'd love to know where you got that map. it looks very useful
LittleNavMap
@@jonbeckett thank you very much
thank you very much.
You are welcome!
No matter what i do the irs is not able to align its showing gps primary lost. i dont know what the problem is could you help please
There are two steps in the A300 and A310 - switch on the IRS switches overhead, then in the MCDU press the button to initialise the system. It's covered in the checklist I linked in the notes of the video.
What settings do i need to change so the game doesn't automatically start engines and all that stuff?
Start from a gate or parking position - not the runway.
Really good guide thank you earned a new sub.
Awesome, thank you!
Great Video, Great Tutorial, thank you
You're welcome :)
Thank for the tutorial.
But I got a problem that I can't turn on the engines and I can't press any putton on it.
Can any one help me?
Whenever i try to go to next page from INIT it says not allowed. Watched several tutorials on this and still cant find the answer.
Did you set the INS system to align ?
@@jonbeckett For the INS I did not, where is that? If you mean IRS system to align on the INIT page then yes, otherwise I’d say no.
Thanks for the great video. I can’t get my aircraft to follow the flight plan with AP engaged. Any help appreciated. Xbox version. Thank you 🙏
I just recorded a video doing exactly that.
Dear Jonathan, Many thanks for your tutorial! Would you mind letting me know where could I get my hand on such programs that I could use as a learning display tools please?
I'm not quite sure I understand the question.
Great video as always, been meaning to ask why no one seems to use the flight planner within the Sim, all the tutorial videos on RUclips for all aircraft seem to use the FMC direct and third party programs to do the route. I get lost by that, all the extra info you put into the programming from those charts for example.
The more accurate aircraft don't work with the simulator flight planning tool because they require much more information. The more accurate aircraft aim to replicate the experience of a real flight crew - so the avionics and flight management systems work much more like the real aircraft than the out-of-the-box Asobo built systems. I find learning the systems as much as flying.
As always your explanations are complete and easy to follow, my only problem is starting cold and dark at night. I can turn on some flood lights but it only helps with the main panels in front but the top panels and the centre panels are dark. It's imposible to do anything. Any ideas? I am using 40th Anniversary on the xbox
Try pressing L :)
@@jonbeckett I should have said I am also using the controller so no keyboard, however I have now found it on the left side of the pedestal. Lights up the overheads and the pedestal like it should. Just can't get the autopilot panel to light up.
my rudder and nose wheel steering is not working on the ground. its on in the ipad what should i do when i spawn on the runway it works fine
Very nice, tx... One thing I can't figure out, how do you map the throttles so that the reversers don't automatically deploy when bringing the power levers back? OK found it! You need to disable this feature in the EFB!
Yes - it's also linked to the axis you have chosen for the throttles, and the sensitivity curves you have configured.
Thanks!
Thank you :)
is this the order a real a310 pilot would of one it in?
A real pilot has many more checks and balances - I just go through the essentials WITHIN THE SIM :)
@@jonbeckett ok thank you. would they start the apu the same time you do? on the a320 i normally only start it when i’m about to start the engines and get push back
I did everything you did in the video but my plane follows a few points after taking off then goes straight and doesn’t follow anyway waypoints. The distance of the next way point increases rather then decreases I’m on Xbox btw.
It appears there are some bugs in it...
Can you do a Airbus A320 startup in the FlyByWire? (Like a beginner guide)
I believe I already have... if you search my channel for FlyByWire you'll probably find it.
It’s a buggy mess on Xbox can’t program a flight plan the tablet on the left doesn’t work the cursor is somehow above where you click and it crashes at certain airports
There was a long list of issues released with Sim Update 11 - I imagine IniBuilds are busy working on it.
@@jonbeckett i hope so i was really looking forward to flying the first study level aircraft on xbox
Would you happen to know the reason my ins won’t align? It worked the first time but it isn’t working anymore.
You have to align overhead, AND put a route in, and then the ALIGN option shows up in the FMC. Remember to check status overhead if you haven't set it to instant in the tablet.
How do I fix the flight plan discontinuity it says not allowed or format error for me?
The FMC will not "guess" how to connect the beginning and end of a flight plan - you can remove discontinuities by pulling the next waypoint up over the gap. When you see vectors, that's essentially "own navigation" to the next waypoint. You can remove them (and manual steps) by removing the previous step. I'm sure you'll figure it out :)
Really useful tutorial thankss
You are welcome
Why hasn't my PFD not displayed?
No idea.
When the fuel truck comes a menu pops up for fuel but when i switch how much fuel i want to have it resets to 32
You have to do it in the tablet.
@@jonbeckett oh thanks
Very helpful video. Thanks for sharing us! How can I customize instrument views with keys as you did here. I find it very convenient. The default views: ctrl+1, ctrl+2, … from iniBuilds are terrible, they just zoom unnecessary parts of cockpit instruments.
I explain it in the video. Move the camera around with the mouse and the cursor keys. Press CTRL+ALT+NUM to set a custom view, then ALT+NUM to use it.
So why when I use the aircraft does it stall when I just want it to fly straight the plane just wants to keep going up and not fly straight
You need to trim it.
i noticed u left the thrust control in toga/to for the entirety. what's the process for flex/cl?
I'll be looking at all of that in a later video - one thing at a time! :)
I do exactly the same as you and my 310 loses flightplan after a while, what's wrong?
Seems like it might be a bug.
How do you switch on flight director or make it follow your flight plan? Mine isn’t following it
You need to programme the flight properly to start with - and have IRS aligned and functioning. There's quite a bit involved in it. Welcome to realistic aircraft :)
When I turn on the batterys the alarm goes bonkers! Any advice? New to AV am I being stupid?
Probably controller configuration. Did you have the undercarriage lever in the wrong position by any chance ?
How does one turn on cockpit lights, I can't for the life of me figure it out
The knobs for cockpit lights are spread around - if you look in the documentation (find the Microsoft A310 folder in the packages folder) it details them.
Can someone tell me where the ELT is? Thanks
Not sure it has it? In the real aircraft to see other aircraft you would turn on ACARS. You might also have to switch display of aircraft on in the EFIS controls - I've not tried it.
@@jonbeckett Thanks a heap.
How do you turn off auto throttle. Can't find it in the cockpit.
Erm... it's the auto throttle button - to the left of the master control panel for the autopilot - same as in the other Boeing and Airbus aircraft.
@@jonbeckett I did that, but the throttle keeps being controlled by the cpu, which makes it fixed and not being able to control it. Even after turning it off on the joystick (red button).
Where can i find that website for the flight plan i want to do?
Are you talking about simbrief ?
if my tablet isn't showing anything what do i do to fix it?
Just trying to remember what would cause that. Did you hold the mouse down for a second on the power button on it? How about switching on the batteries overhead ? I'm sure it's covered in the instructions.
Thank you for this clear expert explanation. After the citation CJ4, I am now ready to start with the airbus A310-300. With your explanations, I managed to do it well.
I made the same flight.
However, I still have a question: when I choose RWY 04 instead of RWY22 with a different SID in the flight plan, ATC still sends me to RWY22. Can I change this that ATC sends me to RW04.
Thank you!
You have to put the plan into the map screen for ATC - they take no notice of what you do in the cockpit.
Is there a website I can find direction of runway and length and stuff
skyvector.
Ok thx also the game tells you the length and the weather can be found in the toolbar
How do you get the flaps to work? Is it a fault with the plane or maybe Im doing something wrong?
Erm... you move the flap lever? (and have hydraulics on). They are slow - they take some time to travel to position.
@@jonbeckett I tried the flaps lever but it won’t move.
@@ELPaso1990TX Have you calibrated it ?
@@jonbeckett I think I might have fixed it. I went to Assistance options. Then selected piloting, then switched off AI Auto-trim saved it. Went back to the cockpit and the flaps are now working! I’ve not tested the 747 yet as that has the same problem.
How to arm/disable auto/throttle with an hotkey on Xbox? Shift+R doesn’t work.
I don't have an Xbox :)
I so wish I could try this plane out. I'm on the Xbox Series S and I can't even get pass starting up my APU without the game CTD
That's a shame.
@@jonbeckett finally got to take her up after your checklist. Only thing I had issues with was when I engaged AP. She wanted to go straight up. I almost stalled. Any idea why? It's like the auto trim system was wonky
@@MrQuest321 I've not seen that myself - when I've flown it, it's behaved itself. Have a play with using selected mode on the master control panel for vertical speed BEFORE take-off. Your first job after take-off is to just hold 10 degrees climb on the attitude indicator, and watch the airspeed increase, gear up, wind the flaps in, etc.
@@jonbeckett yeah. I realized my trim wasn't set. But I finally got it yesterday. Did a full flight. No issues. But I have a question. On the fmc. When you see that waypoint and it shows the speed and alt you should be at. Is there a way to make the plane fly the flight lvl that's assigned for that waypoint?
What flight planner did you use
I use a mixture of LittleNavMap (free) and Navigraph (paid).
The predefined views are terrible...almost as if they have been corrupted or something. Hope they come up with a fix at some point
Just make your own - it's very easy.
@@jonbeckett Glad it appears to be a universal issue and not just something on my end. Just set up the custom views myself. Thanks. Great work on the channel!
Thanks for this video on startup.
Looking forward to the full flight with TOD and landing. 🛬
Coming soon!
Hello, thank you for the tutorial but I having a little problem. I am unable to turn the plane left or right during taxing. Can you please assist? Thank you.
You probably need to set the nosewheel steering to the same axis as your pedals. There are settings in the tablet for it too.
The 26:00 minute mark made me lol 😂😂😂😂
Hello Jonathan, I’m doing this on xbox and it won’t load the flight plan from the start screen into my fmc. Any ideas what this could be? Because now I halve to fill everything in manually.
You have to do it manually in the A300 / A310 :) (or use simbrief)
@@jonbeckett is there a possibility you could make a video on that? Cause I’m struggling with it a lot.
@@DonovandeGroot Great idea!
When I do all this on xbox, at the end when I Taxi out, the gas handle don't respont anymore, any one know why???
Gas handle? Do you mean the throttle? It may be that the A350 isn't entirely compatible with the XBox.
Great job very clean and to the point. Keep up the videos, look forward to more to come
brill thanks for taking the time to help us really enjoying the a310 there is a lot to it now I hate the default airbus,lol
New shiny things are always fun :)
Hi there can you inport a simbrief flight plan into this like you can in the PMDG 737?
Don't know - I tend to program everything myself - my interest is in how the systems work :)
I’m pretty sure you can
I’m doing everything he’s doing I’m the video yet my attitude indicator will not display it just says ATT in red and the screen below it says GPS PRIMARY LOST help me why won’t it turn in I’m doing what he’s doing !EDIT I FIGURED IT OUT !
You're probably not waiting for the inertial navigation system to align. If you haven't got it set to instant alignment, it generally takes about 8 minutes. Once it's aligned, the attitude indicator will appear (because the plane then knows which way is up) :)
@@jonbeckett I had to click the align irs button on the 4th button down on the right side of the fmc I found the answer on Reddit but thank you for noticing my comment anyway 😁👍
29:14 me on the left ^^
xbox panel is not that clear nor does it have the basic airbus livery - shoddy work again for the non PCers.
It may be constrained by the hardware.
I love It!
Cheers :)
How do you use the iPad on Xbox?
Buy me an X-Box and I'll find out for you.
I could not get the flight plan to work if my life was depending on it :D there is always some discontinuity going on which I can not solve
Not all discontinuities are "solvable" :) They typically mean "you fly this bit" lol
@@jonbeckett I found a solution. In my case I could not delete the discontinuity because of type "vector" on route. Now im not sure if removing this is what should be done but this way there is a logical route :D
@@fallennarcotic6981 Vector basically means that you should expect instruction at that point (i.e. the plane will not carry on following the route). In the real world you might add extra instructions to the plan, or fly by hand.
Virgin glass cockpit vs chad gauge enjoyer.
i typed in my flight plan in the fmc but like a few waypoints later it goes wayy of course… Any fix?
I think there might be a bug in the aircraft - a lot of people have said the same.
@@jonbeckett well thats upsetting…
great video
+1 sub
know where can I find good liveries? the liveries from inibuild are awful
flightsim.to
Sometimes it will just go to toga and get stuck there
I heard u saying press alt 3 and accidently pressed F4
Hah - goodbye simulator :)
thanks, I was almost an attempted suicide at the battery alarms...
Heh - yeah - if you don't know about getting the APU up and running, the batteries will start wailing at you :)
How is this a beginner's guide? I mean it's very informative...but damn I feel like an 8th grader in first day of highschool as a freshman and just walked into a class where seniors are being taught. Talk about copying all the answers..lol.