Hi guys,
I just recently bought the A332 and I'm pretty much enjoying it. Great work JARDesign!!!
I do have a few bug reports / suggestions based on my beta testing of FF A350 and QPAC's FBW/Avioncs suite, but I'm not (yet?) allowed to create new toppics. Maybe an admin can create/move this to the appropriate place.
Versions tested were 1.1b5.2 and the latest stable version (MCDU says VER 12 and 04.15) should be v1r2.
FBW:
- This is a difficult and highly subjective issue but I feel that especially the roll command is dampened to much. It kind of feels like the A/C is flying on rails and you have to first get the A/C out of it's track to establich any roll movement.
- Yaw dampers seem to be inop? Even in light turbulences the A/C suffers from massive roll-yaw oscillations (dutch-roll anyone?) and the wind is able to deflect the rudder. (Impossible in r/l as there are several thousand psi of hyd. pressure counteracting
- flare law seems to be a bit too agressive as well?! Upon touch down I almost need to apply full back stick to smooth the landing and avoid smashing onto the rwy. This stand in hard contrast to the necessary movements during approach or short final. In this flight regime I have to barely touch the sidestick to cause quite the change in pitch or roll.
ECAM:
- The ECAM is completely missing the auto display mode (FCOM Vol I 1.31.20 p2-3). When no specific ECAM page is selected (no button is illuminated) the auto mode will show different ECAM pages depending on the phase of the flight. I.e when I'm checking the flight controls the F/CTL page should automatically display and remain displayed for 20 second after the last flight controls input. Other pages that are displayed automatically in certain conditions are WHEEL, ENG, APU and CRUISE pages. (FCOM Vol I 1.31.20 p3; Indicating/Recording Systems, Indication on SD)
MCDU:
- on the F-PLN page it's not possible to enter speed and altitude restrictions directly. I.e. if I set 220/5000 and click on a RSK button the waypoint in that line should immediately accept this input an set a speed restriction of 250 kias and an altitude restriction of 5000ft. In the current model this input (250/5000) takes me directly to the VERT REV subpage where I can enter the restriction. Combinations of speed and altitude restriction should also be possible i.e. 250/ and /5000 for speed or altitude restrictions only. (FCOM Vol IV 4.05.10 p12)
Flight dynamics/FBW: (Climb Energy Sharing)
- when reaching acceleration altitude Airbus aircraft use 70% of the established thrust to accelerate and 30% to climb. Right now the A320neo and A332 use 100% of thrust to accelerate resulting in a complete level off near the accel altitude. This is kind of unpleasent and disrupts a smooth climb and normal ops. Interestingly, I haven't yet observed that behavior at FL100 when accelerating further. (A330 Flight deck & Systems Briefing for Pilots, 10.31)
These are my observations and apart from those your model is first rate. I especially looooooove the wing flex and ground movement dynamics, this A/C taxies so realistically, wow. And everybody knows that textures and 3D-modelling are next to nothing. Really great job JARDesign.
Should you have any follow up questions, I'd be happy to answer them. Skype is also possible.
Greetings
Michael