Other instruments
This section describes all the other instruments, located in different places of the panel.
Main Panel
Pedestal
Overhead
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This gauge lets you adjust the barometric setting used by the standard
altimeter. It can display the setting in inHg or in hPa, depending on the
position of the rotating switch. |
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Two buttons located under the barometric setting button activate the Flight Director and the Landing System on the PFD. The flight director shows the perfect flight path with 2 green bars, and the landing system is displayed on the PFD with 2 scales (vertical and horizontal) and 2 diamonds showing the glide slope and the localizer deviation. |
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Airspeed This a very standard airspeed gauge. It shows current airspeed and maximum airspeed. |
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Altimeter This standby altimeter shows current aircraft altitude. The interesting part of this gauge is the ability to have a barometric setting different from the standard FS2002 setting. You can have several altimeters with several baro settings, so they display different altitudes. This can be very useful: set the baro to the pressure corresponding to the airport altitude, and it will show the altitude above the airport, instead of the altitude above the sea level. This altimeter must be initialized by pressing the RESET button: it is aligned with the standard FS baro setting. Then you can adjust the baro setting using the Baro button (increase/decrease), in inches of Hg or in hPa. Select the mode using the "mode" button. |
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Attitude Very standard attitude gauge. |
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Landing Gear
Autobrake |
If your aircraft model does not have
the auto brake function enabled, this feature will not work. You can easily
change that by editing the .air file of the aircraft, with an editor like
AirEd.
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This gauge displays current local time, and
lets you change it by increasing/decreasing the hours. It also controls the time acceleration of FS. Using the rotating switch, you can switch between time and acceleration, and the increase/decrease button lets you change this setting. This gauge also includes a chronometer. Pressing the chrono button, you can start, stop and reset the chronometer. |
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The CHRONO button controls the chrono
displayed on the navigation display. It is designed to be used for
navigation purpose. Pressing the chrono button, you can start, stop and reset the chronometer. |
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This gauge provides an additional display of navaid information: |
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This gauge lets you control all the radio frequencies for COM (COM1 and
COM2) and navaids (NAV1, NAV2, ADF). This gauge displays the frequencies
with all the digits (3 decimal digits). The main switch in the bottom right corner is the Avionics
switch. |
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The buttons on this panel are used to manage the SD (System Display)
and E/WD (Engine/Warning Display) screens of the main panel.
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This is a standard transponder gauge. You can enter the ATC code with associated keyboard. First type the C key to clear the existing code, and enter the 4 digits of the code. The rotating switch lets you select the mode:
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This device lets you select the audio channel that you want to hear.
You can select COM1 and COM2 simultaneously. This is very useful when you
are in communication with the tower and you want to listen to the ATIS at
the same time. |
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The Flap lever has 5 predefined positions: 0 (retracted), 1, 2, 3, FULL (fully deployed). Depending on the aircraft airspeed, the lever position 1 corresponds to the 1 (slats) or 1+F (slats + flaps) flap status. |
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The spoilers are operated in a very standard
way:
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Operating the flaps
The best flap configuration is:
If the flap position is 1+F, they automatically retract to 1 when airspeed is greater than 210 kts.
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This automated behavior will work only if your aircraft has 6 flap positions (0, 1, 1+F, 2, 3 and FULL). This is true for almost all the A320 aircrafts, including the IADG A320 and the Precision-Sim Designs A320. The real aircraft also has 6 flap positions. |
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This gauge is useful to adjust the rudder trim. It displays CTRD when centered, or the value of the left or right deflection. A reset button is available to automatically center the rudder trim. |
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Parking brake command. Clicking the handle will make it turn to apply or release parking brakes. |
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It shows the position of throttle levers for both engines, and the elevator trim positions on the sliding scale. The two trim wheels are animated to show the movement of the elevator trims (especially useful when autopilot is armed).
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Operating the Throttles
When you move the throttle lever into one of the pre-defined positions, a
sound can be heard to make you feel the "hard point" that does not exist on your
throttle device, and which exists in the real aircraft.
The throttles are
supposed to be used in a very standard way during the different phases of the
flight. The throttle mode is indicated on the FMA, shown on the PFD (see the PFD section for more information).
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When you disengage auto-thrust, you should use the white and blue indexes shown on the E/WD. Move the throttle lever so that the white indexes are aligned with the blue indexes, then disengage auto-throttle. Doing this, you will make sure that the engine thrust remains constant during the disengagement. |
The Airbus aircrafts are equiped with a FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) system which will handle the startup sequence automatically.
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This gauge is composed of 2 levers (A320/330) for the fuel feeding of engines, and a rotating button which selects the engine mode:
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When engines are OFF, all the levers should be down, meaning that no
fuel is provided to the engines.
To start the engines:
When the startup sequence is finished, a beep sound is heard and the rotating button automatically returns to the NORM position. The WHEEL page should now appear on the SD.
Note: If you want to simlify the startup sequence without having to monitor N2 values, push the 2 fuel feed levers before beginning the automatic startup sequence. The engines will automatically start when N2 reaches 20%.
Engine Shutdown ProcedureSimply pull the 2 engine levers for fuel cutoff on both engines. You can also press Shift-Ctrl-1 and Shift-Ctrl-2 (refer to the Keyboard section for more details).
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The external light switches are grouped on the bottom part of the overhead panel. They are all connected to the lights of the modeled aircraft. |
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The internal light switches are located on
the left of the external light switches. The panel light can be switched
ON or OFF through this switch, or with the Shift-L key
(by default). The Seat Bealts and No Smoking sign switches are located just below. |
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The anti-ice buttons are located above the light switches. Two of them are dedicated to the engine anti-icing, and the PROBE button is to be used to heat the pitot tubes. |
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The electrical panel is located on the toppart of the overhead panel. It includes switch buttons that control batteries and generators, and 2 displays for the battery voltages. |
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The Fuel pump panel includes buttons that have both roles: switch a
fuel pump on or off, and display the pump status. |
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The ADIRS display show the location of the aircraft provided by the 3 IRS of the aircraft. |
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The ELAC computer handles the alpha-floor protection system. This system ensures the aircraft always flies within its flight envelope. The Alpha-Floor has several possible actions:
Switching OFF the ELAC computer will disable the alpha-floor system. |