im a a320 first officer in real life, and flight sim pilot sin i was 13 yo and i can tell u this aiplane is absolutely amazing and very similar to real life!!
A tip for others like me, that use SIMBRIEF but doesn't have an AIRAC subscription, and uses AIRAC 2103 (or other old), that uses a different type of LatLong coordinates and by that reason is not able to import flightplan for FMC (Fenix returns the message INVALID F-PLN UPLINK. After a contact with Fenix support, kindly replied by them in short time, I found the soution. They confirm that they located a bug when importing some formats of LatLong coordinates. They have determined the ARINC 424 shorthand coordinates will import without any issues. As a workaround while we work on fixing this bug, wu must convert LatLong coordinates into this shorthand format as explained below: Placement of the letter designator (N, S, E, W) in the string of five characters indicates the value of the longitude one-hundredths digit The letter in the last position indicates longitude is less than 100 The letter in the third position indicates longitude is 100 or greater Examples: N 52 00/W 075 00 = 5275N N 75 00/W 170 00 = 75N70 S 50 00/E 020 00 = 5020S N 50 00/E 020 00 = 5020E S 52 00/W 075 00 = 5275W Gav, please feel free to remove this my comment, if you understand as not appropriate to be included in your channel.
Thanks for these very informative videos! Especially at 19:45 which helped me alot. I noticed i got confused several times with the Final load figures, the figures on the EFB and what i actually have to put in the MCDU myself, while setting up a flight!
At 36:50 there’s an extra audio track crept in somehow ? Anyways …. This video is exactly what I needed because flying the Fenix A320 based only on 737 knowledge isn’t as easy as I thought it would be lol 😂
Video is fantastic, love it, it's a masterpiece. The only thing for me (83) young, I had to hit the pause button a Zilion times. Adain, thank you so much.
Awesome Gavin ! Also brings back happy memories of my 10 years spent in BA centralised Load Control ! Really interesting job ! I loved ❤it ! This tutorial will be if mega help so THANK you so much ! Happy Landings 👍🙏🏻👨✈️✈️
Where do you find the TROPO value to input into the MCDU? Also your Simbrief OFP format looks a bit different from the default LIDO one. I like the layout on yours better, could you please share it?
Some questions if anyone can assist: 1. Flight number vs call sign. I understand what was said, but slightly confused because at least on VATSIM it sounds like everyone simply uses their flight as their callsign? 2. What is "tropo" I didn't understand that bit (On Init A) 3. I keep getting entries called "MANUAL" which I seem to need to CLR out. What's the deal with these and why am I getting them? How SHOULD I handle them? 4. I noticed your "greeen speeds" in INIT B were slightly different than the calculations, and this happens to me as well. Why? Observations: 1. Damn didn't realize the loadsheet had more pages haha.. I was wondering why it didn't seem to show me everything I needed, so glad I caught this! 2. In the past I could never get the alternate fuel to enter, but I was also putting in my planned block fuel first so maybe I had the procedure backwards. Going to try this again. I was also just entering the value from simbrief rather that letting the AC tell me what it wants so I was doing that wrong! 3. I've encountered some airports like TNCA don't have runways in the Departure Perf app so not able to do the calculations at all :(
The tutorial I've been waiting for! Greatly explained, thank you, Gavin! Please let me know the two things: Is the engine out procedure also shown on the navigraph charts? How do we activate the sec f-pln? Many thanks!
@@Easyjetsimpilot Ok, thank you! Even though I must say this sounds very strange. So, every company can program (and fly) whatever they want in their sec f-pln, regardless the local regulations and geographical circumstances? 🤔
@@madsib5187 its not a secondary flight plan pe se. This is a emergency flight plan, and in an emergency the only rules and regulations that matter and apply are gravity and preparation [and maybe some luck]
I've recently come across an old training video for American Airlines and apparently, in the real airbus, when you enter the cruise flight level and temp you don't need to press the "minus" key as the system logic recognises the value entered must be a negative and will add the minus itself. I've tried this in the Fenix and it works which shows just how much attention to detail the Fenix team have payed in developing the A320 when even tiny details like that are accurately modelled
Another good one. How do you know what altitude to choose and the temperature? Also where did you find the information for the ZFW? I didn't see that in my Simbrief OFP and my SImbrief plan looked different than your and well as the route and I entered the same info you did. Thank you
I’d suggest in the future maybe showing where you find stuff in the ofp. If I could find all of it myself I wouldn’t need the video. I’ve been hours trying to find it
I'm creating my OFP via Simbrief, load it into the Fenix, but when I try do Request Wind, it never shows up any information about the wind. Is there any config I need to set on my Simbrief while generating the OFP?
Around 36:50 there are two audio tracks running at the same time. Editing mistake? You might be able to fix it by cutting the part in the youtube video editor or muting the audio?
Thank you for an as usual amazing video. Do you know if the Fenix EFB allows for a "custom" runway length. The reason I ask, most airports I have flown to with it don't have the intersection options listed in the Fenix TO calculator, but they are on the Navigraph airport charts. I would like to be able to put distances in myself, but I cannot figure out how. Especially thank you for the Secondary F-Plan portion of this video. I have watched many of your FBW videos, and while a fair bit of the procedures on the Fenix are similar this part is of course different :)
Hello Gavin. My fenix 320 is showing an old nav data base, upto Sep21 . Now I hv a valid navigraph subscription, which i had previously registered with fenix in settings of the flypad. Before today i had never checked the AIRAC, as i hv been just testing the plane around the airport and have not done some actual point to point flight. Now how do i update the nav data base? Plz help. Thanks
Great video, I noticed on your Simbrief flight plan at the top it stated Fenix A320 how do you get that do you have link it in Simbrief as a new airframe ? Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you for your tutorial. Woul be impossible to fly in a proper way with out them. I supposed that in init page FLT NBR was the flight number for passengers. Instead you talk about call sign for ATC comunication. Where do I get the call sign? It is generate from simbrief? Is something that I can invent?
@@Easyjetsimpilot thank you for answering. In case I wont do as you suggest, call sign different, I need to specify that in SimBrief? Apparently SimBrief asks airline code and flight number
Very detailed, thank you. So I always assumed for the block fuel I take the number from the simbrief OFP (+ discretionary reserves) but you take the number the aircraft calculates in Fuel Planning. I was wondering, what is closer to how it works in reality. What is the "minimum fuel" calculation that you trust. Is it also from the fmgc Fuel Planning, or from an OFP?
Hello. No, not quite. Please watch again. The fuel planning in the MCDU is what the aircraft THINKS you'll need to complete the flight. However, it doesn't take into account poor weather at your destination, lots of traffic so holding might be required, APU or anti ice being on for longer than normal etc. Only you the pilot know this.
@@Easyjetsimpilot I understood that part, but I guess what I was wondering is the OFP also has a fuel calculation (that also doesn't take into account these operational factors) so I guess I was wondering why we let the airplane calculate this again when the OFP already has such a calculation?
The temperature for the Flight Level fills in automatically when you type the FL in. So you dont have to look this up. In this example typing in "370" would be enough
@@MrPT98 As @mad sib indicates, you need to change the standard LIDO format in Simbrief to the EZY format. All the info is there. The EZY format is designed for Airbus. LIDO is more generic, but it works well when using the PMDG 737
When using Simbrief, I could not get your route to show up. I had to type it all in. The only thing I had to change was LOMKI6P to LOMKI7P. Is there anything I could have done? I looked over the alternate routes they suggested but your route was not there either.
2 questions if i may please Gavin. first one is where do you get the Tropo reading from? Yes it is in the EZY Flight Plan, but i fly with the LIDO, and cannot for the life of me find where it is in that FP 2nd. After i put in the Flight Level, i leave the winds blank and it auto fills it in when i press the L6 key, I see you put yours in manually, again where do you get that Temp from ? Thank you
Hi! At about 26 minutes we see that the values for FLP RETR, SLT RETR and CLEAN are different in the EFB to what is shown in the MCDU. Why is that ? It’s driving me crazy 😂
Hi thank you for this tutorial! If I may ask, which MCDU is closest to the real thing? I tried X-plane 11 A320 Flight Factor and there are some differences.
@@Easyjetsimpilot thank you as that is quite reassuring to hear! I've tried the FF one before during my type rating and there are some differences here and there. As for the P3D FSLabs it's too expensive. So Fenix A320 it is :)
allowing simbrief injects all the waypoints of the flightplan into the MCDU is like how happen in the real life EFB -> MCDU? or in real life you insert every single waypoint manually? thx
@@Easyjetsimpilot thx! one more question: considering your airbus experience, which base look more realistic to only use for airbus aircrafts? VIRPIL VPC WarBRD Base or HOTAS Magnetic Base? and if you can also explain why. i'll really appreciate!!!!!! i wait to buy till your opinion.
Hello. Trying to figure out when “Block” and “Fuel Planning” is used. Didn’t quite understand that. If the fueling is still ongoing then we use Fuel Planning “? If so, where does that 7.6 number came from? Is that what FMGC predicts?
Hi great video as always :) I'm making my way through the series but I seem to be having an issue with my Nav database on the MCDU. I have just purchased the Ultimate sub from Navigraph but my MCDU shows a database from Aug - Sept 21. As far as i know I have everything installed correctly and everything is fine on the Flight Pad thanks in advance for any help.
I had the same problem, until I went into the Navigraph Navdata Center app, as it’s there you update the cycle applicable to the (Fenix) addon.. good luck👍
HELP On the INIT page, when I click Intit Request*, after a few seconds it returns with INVALID F-PLN UPLINK. (I have a valid account, subscription, Air Data, etc) What am I doing wrong. Each procedure from Part 1 worrked perfect and at this video (part 2) I am stcu 2:48 into the video as my "plan" is invalid? Any help would be appreciated
@@Easyjetsimpilot Thank you! I was thinking the same - but is there a way to check that? As my navigraph is up to date using the latest data. Not sure how to check "the sim", per say.
29:50 - I have to point out that if you continue flying in a straight direction at Manchester Airport from either 05L or 05R, you'll run the risk of hitting the volcano located near Bradford.
Good tutorial but it would have been better if you have showing us where everything is writen Example the "TROPO" or even the temperature next to the CRZ FL ... Thank for your work anyway :)
The problem with the fuel is, that the Fenix overestimates its own fuel consumption right now, so be sure to load a bit extra. It won't actually use that fuel, so the numbers from simbrief are okay , but the will look off in the initial fuel prediction.
HELP PLEASE !!! If i copy and paste the above flight route into Simbrief, i then generates 3 errors. Error: Fix or airway "F370" not found. Error: Fix or airway "SANBA1R" not found. Error: Fix or airway "LOMKI6P" not found. (This is using AIRAC 2205) If this route IS valid, then why does Simbrief flag up these errors ?????
@@DisneyTomWright I would try to generate it in Simbrief from scratch. Add the DEP and ARR and ALT with the Fenix A320 airframe and the EZY OFP-Format. Look at the routes below in the Simbrief and select the one that Gavin used to see if it generates. Perhaps copying-pasting has an issue. Nothing to lose.
@@enriqueosuna Yes interesting: If i manually input the route to Simbrief of "EGCC/23R LKPR/12" and Analyze the route - I get "Your route is valid for AIRAC 2205!". However if I add then change to "EGCC/23R F370 LKPR/12" i get the message again of "Error: Fix or airway "F370" not found." ......................................
When Adding the MERSI waypoint/hold it finds a waypoint Near Starnberg Lake in Germany! Is this due to a Change in Airac Cycle? I am Using the newest one 😕 still in SIMSMART it says MERSI - i am a Little confused?
@@Easyjetsimpilot I cant say now, I deleted the flight. Watching some tutorials to see what I might have done wrong as far as what I do for the fuel factor for this plane
@@Easyjetsimpilot I have no Idea now, I deleted it. Looking at simbrief tutorials to see what settings are neede for this plane as far as how fuel is calculated
@@Easyjetsimpilot I just wrote simbrief! I have no idea how this can be. I have been watching you since 5 am and still have not gotten off the ground! BLAHHHH!!! lol, thanks for understanding
Some experience from my side - note that if you upgrade your CPU / Motherboard, the Fenix program will not run when you login. I read this is linked to DRM, I contacted Fenix asking them for help, no response after 3 days. So be aware you may have to repurchase if you upgrade / change your computer in the future.
I guess it is very difficult to get back to the FBW after trying out the Fenix A320. FBW A320NX is a wonderful freeware aircraft and kept MSFS alive for close to two years, so I hope they continue, but they are still far away from getting the A320NX to the sophistication of the Fenix airbus.
Wish I saw this video before I bought it. Im sure its great for people that want it to be 100% realistic, but I just want it to be a little bit more easy like the other airplanes that does not nessesarely need Simbrief or something. So for me it was wasted money :(
Ahhhhhh!!!! What the bloody hell happened at the end with the confused narration. This was over the most important bit of the final load sheet that needed explaining. Might be worth re-doing that bit on its own as it's the key to all of the data. 😭 At 15:28 just round up to the nearest 100 kgs for alternate fuel. No need to round up 2-300 kgs more from the OFP. You want this data in the INIT B page to be as accurate as possible to give you real figures you can use. Round up, but don't overdo it! 👍 At 21:45 you said the runway was dry! Read the BLOODY METAR!!! 🙄🙄🙄 At 32:20, EO SID distance. Do you think you can get an engine secure, level off and accelerate to above 1500 ft in 10nm?? Especially if you're quite heavy and its hot??? Don't forget the MSA is worked out up to 25nm away. Theres no harm in having an EO SID waypoint a bit further out. Just so you can activate the secondary when you get a chance and still fly straight ahead to that EOSID waypoint. Then once you've secured the engine and you're above 1500 ft, you can then turn direct to your holding fix. You don't want to be turning earlier than you need to which could happen if the EOSID waypoint is too close. Be creative with the name. You can call it whatever. EOSID, EFAIL, WHOPS, BANG etc etc! 🤪 At 32:36. Correct about the GA track being displayed. Just think about it though. Would you really want to do a convoluted GA procedure if you're single engine? Or would you just prefer to ask ATC and say "Can I just climb straight ahead to 3000 ft in the event of a missed approach?" They may give it to you, they may not. But you can make it a lot easier. Obviously you'd need to discuss this as part of your arrival brief / failure management discussion when the time comes. 😉
I find the planning part of the flight simulator and simbrief annoying. There is like 98% of no needed information that most people don't even know what is. And like me, seeing more RUclips videos than playing just to get the route in without failure. I think I'm just telling what many think!
The Fenix Airbus is an absolute masterpiece and milestone of simming. The best airplane I ever had :) thank you very much for the tutorial video.
im a a320 first officer in real life, and flight sim pilot sin i was 13 yo and i can tell u this aiplane is absolutely amazing and very similar to real life!!
Love the audio cameo of Gavin @36:49 😂
Fantastic in-depth presentation as always!
Haha. Sorry about that. There is a link in the video description to see, without the intruder!
@Easyjetsimpilot 36:50 You may want to look at your tracks in edit. You've got your sign off audio running under your main audio.
It sounds creepy
Yes, find the same problem. He should change it.
He actually addresses this in Video 3.
I’m planning on watching this series 55 times to get me use to it.
A tip for others like me, that use SIMBRIEF but doesn't have an AIRAC subscription, and uses AIRAC 2103 (or other old), that uses a different type of LatLong coordinates and by that reason is not able to import flightplan for FMC (Fenix returns the message INVALID F-PLN UPLINK.
After a contact with Fenix support, kindly replied by them in short time, I found the soution.
They confirm that they located a bug when importing some formats of LatLong coordinates. They have determined the ARINC 424 shorthand coordinates will import without any issues. As a workaround while we work on fixing this bug, wu must convert LatLong coordinates into this shorthand format as explained below:
Placement of the letter designator (N, S, E, W) in the string of five characters indicates the value of the longitude one-hundredths digit
The letter in the last position indicates longitude is less than 100
The letter in the third position indicates longitude is 100 or greater
Examples:
N 52 00/W 075 00 = 5275N
N 75 00/W 170 00 = 75N70
S 50 00/E 020 00 = 5020S
N 50 00/E 020 00 = 5020E
S 52 00/W 075 00 = 5275W
Gav, please feel free to remove this my comment, if you understand as not appropriate to be included in your channel.
This tutorial is gold. Love your work mate 👍
--great totorial. Very dense but needed. Now we need to practice. Thank you Gavin. Have a fantastic day.
Thanks for these very informative videos! Especially at 19:45 which helped me alot. I noticed i got confused several times with the Final load figures, the figures on the EFB and what i actually have to put in the MCDU myself, while setting up a flight!
At 36:50 there’s an extra audio track crept in somehow ?
Anyways …. This video is exactly what I needed because flying the Fenix A320 based only on 737 knowledge isn’t as easy as I thought it would be lol 😂
Video is fantastic, love it, it's a masterpiece. The only thing for me (83) young, I had to hit the pause button a Zilion times. Adain, thank you so much.
That's the beauty of the format. Pause as much as you need, slow it down, speed it up, whatever you need. Paused it a zillion times myself.
Fantastic tuto. I learned more about flight planning that Idi on 2 years of flight sim. Great!!!
It is the best tutorial I have ever seen. Really comprehensive
Amazing. Pure magic. The flight sim world is becoming more and more realistic. Me like :)
To steal a phrase from you Brits... Brilliant! Really information packed 🤯
Thanks for sharing.
That’s been very helpful, thanks for the effort
Awesome Gavin ! Also brings back happy memories of my 10 years spent in BA centralised Load Control ! Really interesting job ! I loved ❤it ! This tutorial will be if mega help so THANK you so much ! Happy Landings 👍🙏🏻👨✈️✈️
Cool, thanks!
Where do you find the TROPO value to input into the MCDU? Also your Simbrief OFP format looks a bit different from the default LIDO one. I like the layout on yours better, could you please share it?
It's the EZY layout 👍
@@Easyjetsimpilot Great videos as always. I have the same question, where in Simbrief can we find the 5-digit TROPO data?
Okay. I ran again Simbrief using the EZY format, and TROPO is with the Cost Index info on the top right. Thanks.
Thanks for detailed tutorial!
Some questions if anyone can assist:
1. Flight number vs call sign. I understand what was said, but slightly confused because at least on VATSIM it sounds like everyone simply uses their flight as their callsign?
2. What is "tropo" I didn't understand that bit (On Init A)
3. I keep getting entries called "MANUAL" which I seem to need to CLR out. What's the deal with these and why am I getting them? How SHOULD I handle them?
4. I noticed your "greeen speeds" in INIT B were slightly different than the calculations, and this happens to me as well. Why?
Observations:
1. Damn didn't realize the loadsheet had more pages haha.. I was wondering why it didn't seem to show me everything I needed, so glad I caught this!
2. In the past I could never get the alternate fuel to enter, but I was also putting in my planned block fuel first so maybe I had the procedure backwards. Going to try this again. I was also just entering the value from simbrief rather that letting the AC tell me what it wants so I was doing that wrong!
3. I've encountered some airports like TNCA don't have runways in the Departure Perf app so not able to do the calculations at all :(
Excellent guide. Very informative. Thank you!
You're welcome
The tutorial I've been waiting for! Greatly explained, thank you, Gavin!
Please let me know the two things:
Is the engine out procedure also shown on the navigraph charts?
How do we activate the sec f-pln?
Many thanks!
The EO proceedure as explained, is airline specific so not on the Navigraph charts.
@@Easyjetsimpilot Ok, thank you! Even though I must say this sounds very strange. So, every company can program (and fly) whatever they want in their sec f-pln, regardless the local regulations and geographical circumstances? 🤔
@@madsib5187 its not a secondary flight plan pe se. This is a emergency flight plan, and in an emergency the only rules and regulations that matter and apply are gravity and preparation [and maybe some luck]
Hello, beautiful video! I have a problem, my MCDU lags pretty bad (5-10 seconds after imput) though the rest of the game doesn’t lag at all. Any tips?
I tend to leave the inbound discontinue as it’s a reminder that ATC will vector me in
I’ll delete when close when ATC is offline
From 36:50 there are two audio tracks layed over each other and you could not understand what you would like to say.
Otherwise, great tutorial !
I've just been made aware of that. I'll look into removing one of them, and if it isn't possible, re-upload that small section. 👍
I've recently come across an old training video for American Airlines and apparently, in the real airbus, when you enter the cruise flight level and temp you don't need to press the "minus" key as the system logic recognises the value entered must be a negative and will add the minus itself. I've tried this in the Fenix and it works which shows just how much attention to detail the Fenix team have payed in developing the A320 when even tiny details like that are accurately modelled
Would love to see that video if you have a link?
@@JohnVanderbeck ruclips.net/video/tXnbLtRpcqM/видео.html
Thank you for a very useful tutorial
You are welcome!
Another good one. How do you know what altitude to choose and the temperature? Also where did you find the information for the ZFW? I didn't see that in my Simbrief OFP and my SImbrief plan looked different than your and well as the route and I entered the same info you did. Thank you
I’d suggest in the future maybe showing where you find stuff in the ofp. If I could find all of it myself I wouldn’t need the video. I’ve been hours trying to find it
There is also a video on the channel talking your through creating and reading an OFP.
Thanks again Gavin!!!
Always my go to tutorial posts, but when adding the ZFW (CS) weights, I always get ‘invalid entry’, until I change my units on the pad to Metric
I'm creating my OFP via Simbrief, load it into the Fenix, but when I try do Request Wind, it never shows up any information about the wind. Is there any config I need to set on my Simbrief while generating the OFP?
do you know what d/t intersection is on the takeoff calculator ?
Hii, where I can find the Tropo if I am using the default OFP layout?
Around 36:50 there are two audio tracks running at the same time. Editing mistake? You might be able to fix it by cutting the part in the youtube video editor or muting the audio?
Check out the next video in the series - we start it from This point 👍
Thank you for an as usual amazing video.
Do you know if the Fenix EFB allows for a "custom" runway length.
The reason I ask, most airports I have flown to with it don't have the intersection options listed in the Fenix TO calculator, but they are on the Navigraph airport charts.
I would like to be able to put distances in myself, but I cannot figure out how.
Especially thank you for the Secondary F-Plan portion of this video.
I have watched many of your FBW videos, and while a fair bit of the procedures on the Fenix are similar this part is of course different :)
Not yet. But this is planned in V2
How do you know if the chart data in the plane is the updated one?
Hello Gavin. My fenix 320 is showing an old nav data base, upto Sep21 . Now I hv a valid navigraph subscription, which i had previously registered with fenix in settings of the flypad. Before today i had never checked the AIRAC, as i hv been just testing the plane around the airport and have not done some actual point to point flight. Now how do i update the nav data base? Plz help. Thanks
@@HughJassol_ thanks. Appreciate this.
hey thank you for explanation, it was amazing.. Can I buy this aircraft from somewhere ?
It is available from the Fenix A320 website.
@@Easyjetsimpilotı am in type rating process at thy thank you for your helps, Iearned almost all MCDU tricks from your youtube sharings.
This is fantastic but the ending starting around 36 minute mark is dubbed over with secondary voiceover :)
Watch the next video in the series - it's picks up here where the audio all went wrong 👍
Great video, I noticed on your Simbrief flight plan at the top it stated Fenix A320 how do you get that do you have link it in Simbrief as a new airframe ? Any help would be appreciated.
I use the Fenix simbrief profile available on their discord server.
Many thanks for your prompt reply. I have found it and downloaded it great!
@3:50, where did you find the TROPO value?
Thank you for your tutorial. Woul be impossible to fly in a proper way with out them. I supposed that in init page FLT NBR was the flight number for passengers. Instead you talk about call sign for ATC comunication. Where do I get the call sign? It is generate from simbrief? Is something that I can invent?
They can be the same, but usually different. If you check FR24 app, you'll see most planes have 2 flight numbers. Eg. BA1309 / SHT2R
@@Easyjetsimpilot thank you for answering. In case I wont do as you suggest, call sign different, I need to specify that in SimBrief? Apparently SimBrief asks airline code and flight number
Very detailed, thank you. So I always assumed for the block fuel I take the number from the simbrief OFP (+ discretionary reserves) but you take the number the aircraft calculates in Fuel Planning. I was wondering, what is closer to how it works in reality. What is the "minimum fuel" calculation that you trust. Is it also from the fmgc Fuel Planning, or from an OFP?
Hello. No, not quite. Please watch again. The fuel planning in the MCDU is what the aircraft THINKS you'll need to complete the flight. However, it doesn't take into account poor weather at your destination, lots of traffic so holding might be required, APU or anti ice being on for longer than normal etc. Only you the pilot know this.
@@Easyjetsimpilot I understood that part, but I guess what I was wondering is the OFP also has a fuel calculation (that also doesn't take into account these operational factors) so I guess I was wondering why we let the airplane calculate this again when the OFP already has such a calculation?
Where did you find the temp for the CRZ FL? as well as the TROPO... I am looking on my simbrief for them but do not see them.
The temperature for the Flight Level fills in automatically when you type the FL in. So you dont have to look this up. In this example typing in "370" would be enough
Also, make sure in the right upper corner in simbrief, OFP layout, you select the EZY layout so it looks like Gavin's!
@@MrPT98 As @mad sib indicates, you need to change the standard LIDO format in Simbrief to the EZY format. All the info is there. The EZY format is designed for Airbus. LIDO is more generic, but it works well when using the PMDG 737
@@MrPT98 It is only an estimate, but the one in Simbrief EZY format is based on the current conditions for the planned flight
When using Simbrief, I could not get your route to show up. I had to type it all in. The only thing I had to change was LOMKI6P to LOMKI7P. Is there anything I could have done? I looked over the alternate routes they suggested but your route was not there either.
@@junebakke6458 this Video is now quite old and so chances are the routes will have now change.
2 questions if i may please Gavin. first one is where do you get the Tropo reading from? Yes it is in the EZY Flight Plan, but i fly with the LIDO, and cannot for the life of me find where it is in that FP
2nd. After i put in the Flight Level, i leave the winds blank and it auto fills it in when i press the L6 key, I see you put yours in manually, again where do you get that Temp from ?
Thank you
I don't use LIDO OFPs so afraid I can't tell you were to look. It may be that they don't include that data.
@@Easyjetsimpilot thanks Gavin.
Hello! Wich application do u use for landing rate
Hi! At about 26 minutes we see that the values for FLP RETR, SLT RETR and CLEAN are different in the EFB to what is shown in the MCDU. Why is that ? It’s driving me crazy 😂
Hi thank you for this tutorial! If I may ask, which MCDU is closest to the real thing? I tried X-plane 11 A320 Flight Factor and there are some differences.
I'm not familiar with the FF one, but this MCDU is pretty much exactly the same as irl
@@Easyjetsimpilot thank you as that is quite reassuring to hear! I've tried the FF one before during my type rating and there are some differences here and there. As for the P3D FSLabs it's too expensive. So Fenix A320 it is :)
thanks so so much bro
allowing simbrief injects all the waypoints of the flightplan into the MCDU is like how happen in the real life EFB -> MCDU? or in real life you insert every single waypoint manually? thx
It's how many airlines do it in real life, via something called an ACARS uplink.
@@Easyjetsimpilot by ACARS uplink the pilots don't need to manually insert every single waypoint?
Correct.
@@Easyjetsimpilot thx! one more question: considering your airbus experience, which base look more realistic to only use for airbus aircrafts? VIRPIL VPC WarBRD Base or HOTAS Magnetic Base? and if you can also explain why. i'll really appreciate!!!!!! i wait to buy till your opinion.
Hello. Trying to figure out when “Block” and “Fuel Planning” is used. Didn’t quite understand that. If the fueling is still ongoing then we use Fuel Planning “? If so, where does that 7.6 number came from? Is that what FMGC predicts?
That is amount of fuel the aircraft has calculated your planned route will require.
Hi great video as always :) I'm making my way through the series but I seem to be having an issue with my Nav database on the MCDU. I have just purchased the Ultimate sub from Navigraph but my MCDU shows a database from Aug - Sept 21. As far as i know I have everything installed correctly and everything is fine on the Flight Pad thanks in advance for any help.
I had the same problem, until I went into the Navigraph Navdata Center app, as it’s there you update the cycle applicable to the (Fenix) addon.. good luck👍
@@christophertaggart9343 Thanks for this!
Any word if the MCDU/FMGS is based on ACARs 1.0 or 2.5?
How do you find the tropo?
Great video as per usual. One question.... the fuel for my alternate does not populate. Have I missed something or is it a bug? Cheers
Not at all. You have to enter this manually. 👍
Great tutorial as usual. Just used it as a refresher. BUT you have an issue in the voice at 36:50, 2 voices can be heard ;)
Check out the video description for a link to a second part of the video with just one voice 👍
That'll teach me not to read the full description :) I don't know if the playlist could be directly updated ? Thanks again for the great tutorials
HELP On the INIT page, when I click Intit Request*, after a few seconds it returns with INVALID F-PLN UPLINK. (I have a valid account, subscription, Air Data, etc) What am I doing wrong. Each procedure from Part 1 worrked perfect and at this video (part 2) I am stcu 2:48 into the video as my "plan" is invalid? Any help would be appreciated
You'll most likely have a different AIRAC cycle in your msfs to your Fenix aircraft. They have to be both the same.
@@Easyjetsimpilot Thank you! I was thinking the same - but is there a way to check that? As my navigraph is up to date using the latest data. Not sure how to check "the sim", per say.
@@comiccrazy3 using the Navigraph Hub app.
On INIT-B page when I click INIT REQUEST then nothing happens - I have waited for as long as 5 minutes.
3:52 ! How determinate this information ?
thank you in advance
The winds are based on your simbrief flight plan
@@Easyjetsimpilot i read this on flightplan ?
Where do we get liveries from
Where do you get the Simbrief Fenix A320 airframe?
This is available on the fenix discord server.
Is there any way the IRS alignment can be expedited?
No, this is a real time setup for the flight. 👍
29:50 - I have to point out that if you continue flying in a straight direction at Manchester Airport from either 05L or 05R, you'll run the risk of hitting the volcano located near Bradford.
That is why the EOSID for those runways is non standard and requires a turn so you don't hit the Pennines.
@@Easyjetsimpilot or hit the volcano*.
:)
where to find tropo data in simbrief ？thanks!!
On the EZY OFP layout, it is on the first page. Right hand side.
Thank you
Good tutorial but it would have been better if you have showing us where everything is writen
Example the "TROPO" or even the temperature next to the CRZ FL ...
Thank for your work anyway :)
Please see:- ruclips.net/video/R6VFlpZBGsI/видео.html
UR Amazing 👏
where do u find -46 flex temp?
Flex temp is provided by the take off performance calculator on the EFB.
hi, why in my efb i have never the Tropo number ??
Your simbrief flight plan need to be set to the EZY layout.
How do you calculate fl and temp?
All info is given on the OFP.
@@Easyjetsimpilot Where on the opf do you find Cruese fl and tropo?
The problem with the fuel is, that the Fenix overestimates its own fuel consumption right now, so be sure to load a bit extra. It won't actually use that fuel, so the numbers from simbrief are okay , but the will look off in the initial fuel prediction.
I do worry that you have ditched the A32NX ?
HELP PLEASE !!!
If i copy and paste the above flight route into Simbrief, i then generates 3 errors.
Error: Fix or airway "F370" not found.
Error: Fix or airway "SANBA1R" not found.
Error: Fix or airway "LOMKI6P" not found.
(This is using AIRAC 2205)
If this route IS valid, then why does Simbrief flag up these errors ?????
Do you have Navigraph as your data base in Simbrief?
@@enriqueosuna HI !!! Yes, AIRAC 2205 is unlocked and active within my Simbrief account, but still getting the errors - very strange !!!!!
@@DisneyTomWright I would try to generate it in Simbrief from scratch. Add the DEP and ARR and ALT with the Fenix A320 airframe and the EZY OFP-Format. Look at the routes below in the Simbrief and select the one that Gavin used to see if it generates. Perhaps copying-pasting has an issue. Nothing to lose.
@@enriqueosuna Yes interesting: If i manually input the route to Simbrief of "EGCC/23R LKPR/12" and Analyze the route - I get "Your route is valid for AIRAC 2205!".
However if I add then change to "EGCC/23R F370 LKPR/12" i get the message again of "Error: Fix or airway "F370" not found." ......................................
F370 is your cruise altitude, and not a waypoint or airway 👍
Still not clear as to where I get TROPO info from
It's on the OFP.
how to request loadsheets?
When Adding the MERSI waypoint/hold it finds a waypoint Near Starnberg Lake in Germany! Is this due to a Change in Airac Cycle? I am Using the newest one 😕 still in SIMSMART it says MERSI - i am a Little confused?
Haha. This is a spelling error in SimSmart. It should be MIRSI
@@Easyjetsimpilot Thanks a lot! I was really Stuck Here! Keep up the GREAT work! For me your Videos are the best way to Learn 🤓
why do I have to fix my discontinuity and you dont? also, why are you using navigraph? im literally using the same route and im copying you
Navigraph is for the charts. You don't need it for the actual flight plan
And the trip wind is ?
Either shown on your OFP or not entered if you've downloaded the winds on the INIT A page.
Stupid question how are you moving your head like that. I play in vr but I am getting sick of the stuttering. Considering going flatscreen.
Right mouse button to pan around.
Link to first video please.
It's in the same playlist 👍
I didn't get this thing: why did the ofp said 6.6 t of fuel and the aircraft calculated 7.6?
Because we can add extra fuel for external factors (weather, holds, additional fuel for diversions etc)
this is what Simbrief came up with for a flight fron San Diego to San fransisco
But what was the listed Mzfw?
@@Easyjetsimpilot I cant say now, I deleted the flight. Watching some tutorials to see what I might have done wrong as far as what I do for the fuel factor for this plane
@@1spdpd you can leave this at 0. Get yourself on our discord server and loads of people there will be happy to help.
@@Easyjetsimpilot I have no Idea now, I deleted it. Looking at simbrief tutorials to see what settings are neede for this plane as far as how fuel is calculated
@@Easyjetsimpilot Thanks, I dont discor, to much crap on ir for me!
Init B 13:25
Take off perf calc 20:58
Math is my achillies heal in aviation. My ZFW as a whole number is 328,801. How in theee...(lol) do I make that a percentage?
I'm afraid that can't be right.
328,801kg is far too heavy
328,801lbs is also far too heavy (about 149 tonnes).
@@Easyjetsimpilot I just wrote simbrief! I have no idea how this can be. I have been watching you since 5 am and still have not gotten off the ground! BLAHHHH!!! lol, thanks for understanding
Some experience from my side - note that if you upgrade your CPU / Motherboard, the Fenix program will not run when you login. I read this is linked to DRM, I contacted Fenix asking them for help, no response after 3 days. So be aware you may have to repurchase if you upgrade / change your computer in the future.
I just updated my CPU and MOTHERBOARD and RAM, all you have to do is login to your FENIX account and RESET your sim license.
Im not getting messages
👏👏👏👏
Have you abandoned the A32NX?
I guess it is very difficult to get back to the FBW after trying out the Fenix A320. FBW A320NX is a wonderful freeware aircraft and kept MSFS alive for close to two years, so I hope they continue, but they are still far away from getting the A320NX to the sophistication of the Fenix airbus.
Its imperial measure... 328,801 lbs
multiverse is real 36:50
Wish I saw this video before I bought it. Im sure its great for people that want it to be 100% realistic, but I just want it to be a little bit more easy like the other airplanes that does not nessesarely need Simbrief or something. So for me it was wasted money :(
Ahhhhhh!!!! What the bloody hell happened at the end with the confused narration. This was over the most important bit of the final load sheet that needed explaining. Might be worth re-doing that bit on its own as it's the key to all of the data. 😭
At 15:28 just round up to the nearest 100 kgs for alternate fuel. No need to round up 2-300 kgs more from the OFP. You want this data in the INIT B page to be as accurate as possible to give you real figures you can use. Round up, but don't overdo it! 👍
At 21:45 you said the runway was dry! Read the BLOODY METAR!!! 🙄🙄🙄
At 32:20, EO SID distance. Do you think you can get an engine secure, level off and accelerate to above 1500 ft in 10nm?? Especially if you're quite heavy and its hot??? Don't forget the MSA is worked out up to 25nm away. Theres no harm in having an EO SID waypoint a bit further out. Just so you can activate the secondary when you get a chance and still fly straight ahead to that EOSID waypoint. Then once you've secured the engine and you're above 1500 ft, you can then turn direct to your holding fix. You don't want to be turning earlier than you need to which could happen if the EOSID waypoint is too close. Be creative with the name. You can call it whatever. EOSID, EFAIL, WHOPS, BANG etc etc! 🤪
At 32:36. Correct about the GA track being displayed. Just think about it though. Would you really want to do a convoluted GA procedure if you're single engine? Or would you just prefer to ask ATC and say "Can I just climb straight ahead to 3000 ft in the event of a missed approach?" They may give it to you, they may not. But you can make it a lot easier. Obviously you'd need to discuss this as part of your arrival brief / failure management discussion when the time comes. 😉
With enough tutorials from U if on a flight and aliens abducted the flight crew I could probably set up and land the plane survival skills +
I find the planning part of the flight simulator and simbrief annoying.
There is like 98% of no needed information that most people don't even know what is.
And like me, seeing more RUclips videos than playing just to get the route in without failure.
I think I'm just telling what many think!