aircraft:airbus_a320
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===== Airbus A320-214 ===== | ===== Airbus A320-214 ===== | ||
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===== V Speeds and Ranges ===== | ===== V Speeds and Ranges ===== | ||
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**Gear Up** | **Gear Up** | ||
- | Press the " | + | |
+ | or | ||
+ | * Click the gear lever or hold down the left mouse button and move the mouse up to drag the gear lever up. | ||
**Autopilot On** | **Autopilot On** | ||
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Once the airspeed is above the green -S (slat retraction) speed we can safely retract the flaps and slats. | Once the airspeed is above the green -S (slat retraction) speed we can safely retract the flaps and slats. | ||
- | * Either | + | * Either |
+ | or | ||
+ | * Use your scroll wheel whilst pointing at the lever to retract set the flap lever to the forward position. You can also use the default key assignments for this (Shift + F) or your assigned inputs. | ||
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Let the aircraft decelerate to this green dot speed. Make sure that the airspeed is below the two amber bars that mark the maximum airspeed for the next flap. Then select Flaps 1. | Let the aircraft decelerate to this green dot speed. Make sure that the airspeed is below the two amber bars that mark the maximum airspeed for the next flap. Then select Flaps 1. | ||
- | * Click the flaps lever or press the default key command " | + | * Press the default key command " |
+ | or | ||
+ | * Point at the flaps lever or hold down the left mouse button and move the mouse to drag the flap lever to the first position | ||
+ | or | ||
+ | * Use the mouse wheel whilst pointing at the flap lever to increase the flap setting. | ||
Now the speed is allowed to drop to the -S speed (slat retraction speed). If you wanted to retract the flaps for some reason you could do so safely because the speed is kept high enough. | Now the speed is allowed to drop to the -S speed (slat retraction speed). If you wanted to retract the flaps for some reason you could do so safely because the speed is kept high enough. | ||
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**Gear Down** | **Gear Down** | ||
- | When the glide slop diamond moves towards the center the autopilot will capture it. Now is a good time to select the gear down and help us decrease the speed further and get it to the -F, flap retraction speed in case of go-around. | + | When the glide slope diamond moves towards the center |
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+ | * Click the gear lever | ||
+ | or | ||
+ | * Use the mouse wheel over the gear lever | ||
+ | |||
+ | or | ||
+ | * Point at the gear lever and hold down the left mouse button and then move the mouse down to drag the lever | ||
+ | |||
+ | or | ||
+ | * Press any of your assigned control inputs for the gear (default key " | ||
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**Flare** | **Flare** | ||
- | The autopilot will start the flare at about 30ft above the runway. At 10 feet you should retard your throttle to idle. | + | The autopilot will start the flare at about 30ft above the runway |
**Landed, Disengage Autopilots** | **Landed, Disengage Autopilots** |
aircraft/airbus_a320.txt · Last modified: 2023/11/08 20:57 by jh