A320X Basic Tutorial P3Dv4 PDF

A320-X
BASIC TUTORIAL FLIGHT

AUA303: LOWW - EKCH

Revision Date: 24JUN18

A320-X Tutorial Flight
Vienna – Copenhagen
AUA303: VIENNA SCHWECHAT – COPENHAGEN KASTRUP

The purpose of this first tutorial is to give you a basic document with which to fly the A320 using real procedures
on a flight from Vienna Schwechat (LOWW) to Copenhagen Kastrup (EKCH). This tutorial is designed to be flown
with “best use of equipment”, meaning all phases of the flight will use the autopilot and all systems will be in normal
operation mode. There will be no information regarding manual flight procedures, real operational specifics or
discussion of proper airmanship and general ATPL knowledge.
After you have completed this flight, you’ll be able to handle the A320 with all its systems on normal operations
with the same workflows used on the real aircraft checked using the very same flight checklists. During cockpit
preparation, some less critical flow items – i.e. checking systems which are already in good working order for the
flight - will be skipped so as to not confuse you with too many details for this first flight.
To cover as many systems as possible and to keep things easy at the same time for your first flight, a standard
instrument departure (SID) using the autopilot will be flown, as well as a full autoland on an ILS approach requiring
no manual inputs on the controls until you vacate the runway.
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USEFUL ADD-ON SOFTWARE

Below are listed some recommendations for additional software to enrich your simulation experience. However, none of these
are required to complete the tutorial flight. They are merely recommendations for more realism.
Available scenery add-ons for P3D

You might want to consider the following two airport scenery products which are available for purchase:
Vienna Schwechat - LOWW

FlyTampa-Vienna by FlyTampa - www.flytampa.org
Copenhagen Kastrup - EKCH

FlyTampa-Copenhagen by FlyTampa - www.flytampa.org
Charts
There would be no aviation without charts. Yet many users of Prepar3D fly without them.
You should have the appropriate charts with you on every flight.
• Jeppesen
These charts are made by Jeppesen, part of Boeing, and are the same ones used by airlines around the world.
They are available for purchase from Navigraph:
www.navigraph.com
• ONLINE AIP
Many countries worldwide regard their aeronautical information as public data and make it freely available in an online
AIP.
AIP Austria: http://eaip.austrocontrol.at
AIP Denmark: http://aim.naviair.dk
Pushback Tool
Pushing back from a nose-in stand (also called gate) is done frequently when flying passenger aircraft such as the A320.
Pushing back will be required for this tutorial flight. While P3D includes a crude way of doing this, the problem with that method
is that you will need to pay a lot of attention to the pushback rather than aircraft startup. The more realistic way would be for
the ground crew to perform the pushback autonomously while the pilots work their start-up procedures.
To enable a more realistic pushback procedure, there is a tool available for purchase:
Ground Services X - GSX

By FSDreamteam - www.fsdreamteam.com
Simulates ground services such as pushback, follow-me cars, marshallers and much more. Works with all airport sceneries
(default and add-on).

FLIGHT PREPARATION
Setting up P3D and the FSL A320
Start Prepar3D and on the opening screen select the following items before loading the simulator:
1. VEHICLE: Piper Cub

2. LOCATION: LOWW (Vienna), Gate G46 (or Gate D22 when using FlyTampa scenery)
3. WEATHER: Fair Weather theme
4. TIME AND SEASON: Any date, time of day 14:35h LT
Press ‘OK’ to load the simulation.
5. Shut down the Piper’s engine, you may use the keystroke CTRL-SHIFT + F1.
6. Go to the P3D vehicle selection menu and choose the FSLabs A320X equipped with CFM engines.
The A320 is now placed at gate D22, or in case of the default P3D scenery somewhere near that gate (since the
default scenery, unfortunately, is incomplete and outdated).
Note: You may save the flight at this point, in case you do the tutorial flight a second time.
Be aware that this method of loading the aircraft is only used to get a cold & dark aircraft in a very simple
way. Once familiar with using the MCDU, you may load the A320-X directly from the scenario setup
screen and choose its panel state using the MCDU. See the Introduction Guide for further information.

Weather
There’s no significant weather to consider for this flight other than some light winds, so the weather briefing is a
quick one:
Vienna Schwechat: Copenhagen Kastrup: Average wind at CRZ level: 270° / 25kts
Temperature: 14° C Temperature: 15° C QNH: 1013hPa at both airports
Surface Wind: calm Surface Wind: calm
Clouds: CAVOK Clouds: CAVOK

Information for Beginners
You’ll see boxes like this one throughout this tutorial. These boxes provide
basic information about airliner flying, various systems and the consequences
of your actions.
These are aimed at those of you not yet familiar with glass cockpit airliners in
general.
If you have flown other airliners of this type - real or on a PC based simulator -
you may simply skip these boxes as they are not required for the work flow of

this tutorial.
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AIRCRAFT PREPARATION
As you can see, the aircraft is sitting at the gate, completely powerless. This can happen after an overnight stay
at the airport. Usually the aircraft is then powered up long before the pilots arrive. Maintenance personnel will
make sure that the aircraft is powered and ready for when the flight crew arrives. Maintenance, cleaning or
refuelling may also start long before the pilots enter the aircraft.
Note: If the aircraft is not completely powerless at this point, it means that you have already selected a default panel state.
You must now load the correct “cold and dark” panel state according to the introduction manual, chapter 2.
With this in mind, it’s time to do the mechanic’s job and get some power to the aircraft to allow it being prepared
for flight.
First we need someone outside the aircraft to connect the power cable and put the wheel chocks in place. This
can be accomplished by using the MCDU option pages.
To insert data, execute functions or switch to pages, the MCDU features keys left and right of each field. These
line select keys (LSK) are referred to according to their vertical position vertical and whether they are left or right
of the display. For example, the key on the top left is LSK 1L, the one on the bottom right is LSK 6R.
Note: This tutorial includes instructions for 2D-Panel navigation. If you are flying this in Virtual
Cockpit mode, just move your head accordingly and disregard all panel-switching instructions.

• For this tutorial, we shall be using the left
MCDU. To open it, left-click into the grey area
below the loudspeaker knob to the left of the
Primary Flight Display (1). Note: Clicking this
area with a right click would open the right
1
MCDU.
• To turn on the MCDU, press and hold the
‘BRT’-key (2) until you see text being
displayed. Then press the LSK 5R (3) to
access the option pages. 3
• In the option pages access the ‘EXT CTRLS’

sub-menu (4) by pressing the LSK 6L. 4
• Put the Ground Chocks in place by selecting

6
the LSK 6L (5), then connect the GPU (GPU
stands for “ground power unit”) using the LSK
3L (6)
5

The aircraft is now ready to be powered up.

Powering up the Aircraft

Start at the overhead panel by left-clicking the
cockpit window centre post (1).
On the ELEC panel look for the 2 battery switches

(2). Press both so that the white ‘OFF’-lights are
extinguished.
2
Move down to ‘EXT PWR’-switch showing a green

‘AVAIL’-light. Press the switch to turn on AC-
power. The ‘ON’-light will illuminate to indicate the 3
external cable providing power (3).
Then move further down to the lights panel labelled

‘EXT LT’. Look for the ‘NAV & LOGO’-switch and
right-click it once to move it to the ‘1’-position to
turn on the navigation lights (4). This is done to
indicate to all outside ground personnel that power 4
is turned on.

The flight deck is now in the state in which pilots usually find it when boarding the aircraft.


COCKPIT PREPARATION
You now find yourself on the flight deck, the time of day being late afternoon.
Take your seat and have a look at your flight documents which provide the following details:
• Route • Loadsheet • Flight Duration

LOWW to EKCH via:  Zero Fuel Weight: 61’000kg 80 minutes flying time
LANUX L858 HDO M725 GERGA T239 ZFW CG: 28.8%
PEROM T298 MONAK
• Departing runway and SID • Fuel • Performance
Runway 11, SID LANUX1A 5.87 metric tonnes Cruise Level: 360 
Cost Index: 20
• STAR, Approach and landing runway
MONAK1M, CAT1 ILS approach RWY
04L
With this in mind, have a look at all the panels to determine what state the aircraft is in.
Once again open the overhead panel by left-

clicking the cockpit window centre post.
Looking at the electrics panel on the overhead

(labelled ELEC) you can see that we already have 1
battery power on (as no OFF light is illuminated -
1) and external power (EXT PWR) is connected
and activated. (2)
Going all the way down to the lighting and APU

panel, you’ll notice that the NAV lights (3) are
turned on. The APU is still off (4).
3
4
Looking at the top left of the overhead panel, you

can see all three inertial reference systems
(ADIRS) are off (5).
5 5 5
To close the overhead panel, left-click the X-symbol at the top left of the overhead panel.

While the switches and lights on the overhead panel show the state of many of the various systems of the A320,
you will have a much more detailed overview of the systems using the lower ECAM display or system/status
display (SD) which is controlled by the ECAM control panel located on the centre pedestal below the lower ECAM
display. Using the pushbuttons of the ECAM control panel, you may cycle through the various system pages giving
you an even better initial overview.
To access the lower ECAM display and its controls

on the 2D panel, left-click on the frame below the
upper ECAM display (6).
6
The ECAM control panel (7) will pop up on the
bottom right side of the screen, allowing you to
cycle through the system pages on the SD.
7
Continuing Cockpit Preparation (Overhead Panel)

The first step in preparing the cockpit is to extinguish all the white lights on the overhead panel by pushing
each corresponding button. Start scanning for these at the lower left of the overhead panel then move upwards,
then lower centre, and then the lower right side. Note that by doing so, you will not necessarily be turning on the
corresponding system or component but setting it into auto or armed mode (if available).

Make sure to scan the entire overhead panel for
black square pushbuttons with a white light on
them (1), then press that button to extinguish it
(2).
Note: For guarded switches use the right 1 2

mouse button first to lift the guard then the
left button to push.

- ADIRS
Rotate all three ADIRS selectors (3) from OFF
to NAV. System 1 first, then 2, then 3.
• The inertial reference system is used by key
systems like autopilot, flight control 3 3 3
computers, flight instruments and navigation.
A proper set-up is essential.
NEVER move the aircraft while the three
platforms are still aligning.
• Note that ADIRS alignment, as on the real

aircraft, will take around 10 minutes to
complete. The time remaining to alignment is
displayed on the engine / warning display 4
(E/WD) (4) on the upper ECAM display.
- EXTERIOR LIGHTS
• On the lower end of the overhead panel (EXT
LT) move the ‘STROBE’ switch (5) to the 5
‘AUTO’ position.
- SIGNS
• Move your view to the right and set the ‘SEAT
BELTS’ sign switch to ‘ON’ (6) since
refuelling is completed.
• To arm the emergency exit lights, move the
6 7
switch ‘EMER EXIT LT’ to the ‘ARM’ position
(7). Note that the amber ‘OFF’ light
extinguishes.
- AIR CONDITION
Check that the ‘PACK FLOW’ selector is in the
‘NORM’ position (8). The low setting is only 8
required if the passenger count is less than
115. The high setting is only needed in hot and
humid conditions.
• Close the overhead panel.
- NOSEWHEEL STEERING
Click on the area right of the upper ECAM
display to open the gear panel (9).
• Check that the ‘A/SKID & N/W STRG’ switch
is set to ‘ON’ (10).
9
10

CENTRE PEDESTAL
- TRANSPONDER / ATC
Click on the speed limit placard located right
above the standby instrument on the main
panel (1). This will display the centre pedestal. 1
Next, locate the transponder panel (labelled
‘ATC’) located to the left of the flaps lever.
• Set the transponder to ‘ON’ (2), then set the
altitude reporting (ALT RPTG) to ‘ON’ as well
(3). Leave the TCAS selector (4) on ‘STBY’ 2
for now.
• Since there is no ATC for this tutorial flight,
we won’t need to set a new transponder
3 4
code.
- COMMUNICATION PANELS
• The communication panels are located next
to the thrust levers, one on each side. Check
that both of them are turned on. If they are
not, turn them on using the ON/OFF switch
5 5
(5).
The panel can also be used to manually tune
navigation frequencies if required.
• When done close the centre pedestal using
the X-symbol at the top left.

FMGS INITIALISATION
MCDU
The next step is to prepare the Flight Management and Guidance System (FMGS) for flight. To do this, we need
to feed the Flight Management and Guidance Computer (FMGC) with relevant data. To do this, the crew uses the
Multifunction Control Display Unit (MCDU) which serves as the interface between the pilots and the FMGC (and
other systems too). Two of these units are located on the centre pedestal between the pilots:

Weights and Fuel

Before we enter data into the FMGC, we quickly confirm that the fuel and payload are set up correctly for this flight.
Fuel and payload can be set using option menus accessed via the MCDU. This capability is provided as a
convenience for purposes of the simulation and is not something that is available on the real aircraft. Payload
weight consists of both passengers and cargo that is loaded into the belly of the aircraft. Fuel consists of the
amount of fuel by weight (in kilograms for purposes of this tutorial) loaded via a refuelling panel located underneath
the wing. Even though a fully simulated refuelling panel is available for the A320X simulation, its use is not part of
this tutorial.
- WEIGHT UNITS
For this tutorial flight, we’re going to fly using
metric weights. Therefore, the A320 needs to
be set accordingly via the MCDU option pages.
Although the metric setting is standard after
installation of the product, you must confirm the
correct settings: 1
• Open the MCDU and access the options
menu via the line select key 5 right (in
short LSK 5R) (1).
• Then press the LSK next to ‘UNITS’ (2).
2
• Confirm that the units are set the same as

the example to the right, with bigger
letters for °C, KG, QT and HPA (3). 3
• Press the LSK 6R next to ‘RETURN’ to go
back to the options page.
- FUEL / PAYLOAD
• To set the fuel quantity, press the LSK
next to ‘FUEL’ (4). 4
• The total required fuel amount of this
tutorial flight shall be 5870 kilograms.
Type ‘5870’ into the MCDU and note that
this figure appears at the bottom of the 6 7
MCDU display (an area known as the 5
“Scratch Pad” (5) ). Next, press the LSK
6L to change the fuel amount to the
desired weight of 5870kg (6), followed by
the LSK 6R (7) to return to the options
menu.
• Proceed to the payload page by clicking
on the LSK 5L (8). 8
• The total zero fuel weight (which is the
total weight of the aircraft without fuel)
shall be 61 metric tonnes. Type in ‘61’ and 9
then press the LSK 1L to change the zero
fuel weight (ZFW) to 61t (9).

The ZFW and ZFW CG figures would normally be provided by the ground crew on the load sheet. For the purpose
of this tutorial, we will consider the 61t figure as having been provided this way. Take note of the ZFW and ZFW
CG numbers next to LSK 1L (6). You will need these numbers to properly programme the FMGC for the flight.

FMGC setup
After payload and fuel have been set, it is time to prepare the FMGC for the upcoming flight.
• First press the ‘MCDU MENU’ button (1),

then use the line select key 1 left (2) to
access the flight management and 1
guidance computer or FMGC.
Should the ADIRS still be in alignment
phase, an amber “GPS PRIMARY LOST”
message will appear at the bottom of the 2
display. When alignment is complete
you’ll see a simple “GPS PRIMARY”
message. You may clear either by
pressing the ‘CLR’ key on the lower right
of the MCDU.
• At the top of the display you can see that
we’re sitting inside an A320 equipped with
CFM56 engines.
Next to LSK 2L (3) you see the date of the
navigation database. If you haven’t
updated the database since buying the
A320X then you will see the date 04JAN- 3
31JAN. Otherwise the date of your
currently installed database will be
shown.
- FLIGHT PLAN INITIALISATION
• Press the ‘INIT’ key (4) on the MCDU to
start loading flight plan data on the “INIT 5
A” page of the FMGC. 6
The following information will have to be
provided: 7
- (5) ‘FROM/TO’: Point of departure and
destination.
- (6) ‘ALTN’: The primary landing alternate 8
airport
- (7) ‘FLT NBR’: The flight number of today’s 9
flight.
- (8) ‘COST INDEX’: A value specifying the 4
relation between cost and speed for
reaching the destination.
- (9) ‘CRZ FL’: The intended cruise flight
level for today’s flight.
• First enter ‘LOWW/EKCH’ into the MCDU and then press the LSK 1R next to ‘FROM/TO’ (5).
• Then enter ‘ESMS’ for the alternate aerodrome at LSK 2L (6).
Note: Manual alternate route entry would be required. However, this is outside the scope of this tutorial.
• Enter ‘AUA303’ at LSK 3L (7) as the flight number, followed by ‘20’ for ‘COST INDEX’ one line below (8).
• The cruise level for this flight is flight level 360 or FL360. Enter ‘360’ and press the LSK 6L (9).
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The INIT page should now look like the example

on the right.
Next to the flight level inserted you’ll see a field

for TEMP. This is the temperature forecasted
for when you reach the cruise flight level. Since
we use the standard P3D weather “Fair
weather” you do not need to alter this number,
the temperatures are set to ICAO standard
atmosphere conditions (ISA).
Note: Whenever you use real weather you must
check the forecast of your flight planning software to
get the actual value and correct the temperature
accordingly.

Cost Index
The Cost Index (CI) basically defines the relationship between economics and
duration of a flight.
A higher cost index results in a shorter flight time, achieved by higher speeds. This
requires more fuel, resulting in higher operating costs.
The CI can differ depending on the airline and/or the route. Some airlines even use
different CIs for climb, cruise and descent.

- ADIRS POSITION INIT CHECK
• When all data entry is done on the INIT
page, press the LSK 3R to display the 10
ADIRS alignment coordinates (10).
Check the displayed coordinates (11) for
accuracy comparing it with the actual gate
position, which is 4807.1N 01633.6E.
Correct if necessary by pressing the LSK 11
next to the value for adjustment using the
arrow keys.
Flight plan route insertion

Inserting the flightplan into the FMGC is an easy thing to do. It is achieved by inserting airways segments from the
point where the SID ends, to the point where the STAR begins. 3 airway segments are needed for today’s flight:
LANUX – L858 – HDO – M725 – GERGA – T239 – PEROM – T298 – MONAK

The 4-letter codes containing numbers are the airway designations.
- F-PLN A page
Press the ‘F-PLN’ key on the MCDU to access the flight plan. You can see the departure airport (LOWW) on the
first line, followed by a flightplan discontinuity. A discontinuity (a gap in the FMGC’s flightplan) is displayed because
there is no route information present between the departure and destination airports.
To close this gap, start by inserting the first enroute fix, LANUX:
• Type ‘LANUX’ into the scratchpad, then

press the LKS 2L next to the discontinuity to
insert that fix into the gap (1).
1

The waypoints then turn yellow, indicating that

the flightplan is being edited and some of its
data is not yet inserted into the ACUTAL
flightplan.
• LANUX is now the starting point of the first
airway segment (2). To enter airway
information, we must access the “LAT
REV” page of that fix.
3 2
• Press the LSK next to LANUX (3) to
display its LAT REV page
LAT REV stands for lateral revision, meaning
a change of geographic data, such as
waypoints.
• The LAT REV page then displays various

possibilities for the chosen waypoint. We
want to enter airway segments, hence the
LSK 5R next to “AIRWAYS” is the next
one to press (4).
• Enter ‘L858’ at the “VIA” field (5). This will

specify the airway’s designation for the 5
first segment.
• Next, enter ‘HDO’ at the “TO” field (6).

This specifies the end point of this first 6
airway segment, as well as the starting
point of the second one.
• Continue the last two steps using the rest

of the route information:
- via M725 (7) to GERGA (8) 7 8
- via T239 (9) to PEROM (10)
- via T298 (11) to MONAK (12) 9 10
Until the AIRWAYS page looks exactly 11 12
the same as the example to the right.
• Then press the LSK 6R (13) to insert all
this temporary route information into the 13
actual flightplan.
• Back on the F-PLN A page all the airway
waypoints are visible in the active route.
Note the airway designation being
displayed between the waypoints.

Runway and SID data insertion

- F-PLN A page (continued)
At the top of the flightplan page you can see the waypoint “LOWW” followed by “LANUX”, missing any departure
procedure data. So now the FMGC still requires runway and SID information to be entered.
• Press the LSK 1L next to ‘LOWW’ (1) to

access the lateral revision page for this
waypoint. 1
• Since this waypoint is in fact an airport

identifier, we get the option of adding
departure information (2). Press the LSK
1L (3) to get a list of runways to use. You
3 2
must select a runway first in order to be
able to select a SID.
• For this flight, we shall depart from
runway 11, so press the LSK 2L to select
it (4).
4
• Once the runway is selected, use the up-

arrow key to scroll through the list of all
SIDs for runway 11. You should find one
called ‘LANU1A’, which is leading to our
first route fix LANUX. Select this SID by 5
clicking the LSK next to it (5), then press
the LSK 6R next to ‘TMPY INSERT’ (6) to
insert this data into the active flight plan. 6
• Looking at the flight plan on the ‘ACT F- 7

PLN’ page you will notice that ‘LOWW’
has been replaced by ‘LOWW11’ (7) and
all the fixes of the SID were added
afterwards (8).  These same waypoints
are now shown on the navigation display 8
(ND).


FMGC PERFORMANCE DATA INSERTION

The next step is to insert all the performance data necessary for the FMGC to compute the flight profile. This
consists of some weight, speed and altitude data.

- WEIGHT INSERTION (INIT B PAGE)
First, press the INIT key on the MCDU, followed by the right or left arrow key to access the INIT B page. Note that
it is labelled ‘INIT’, just like the first page where we entered FROM/TO, our ALTN, our flight number and our cost
index. However, these are two distinct pages (INIT A and INIT B) that are accessed using the arrow key. We want
to be on the B page.
• Enter the zero fuel weight (ZFW) together

with the ZFW centre of gravity (ZFWCG).
Use the numbers for ZFW and ZFWCG 1
you’ve noted earlier from the MCDU
payload option page. Enter ‘61/28.8’, then
press the LSK 1R (1) to put these values
into the computer.
Next enter the total amount of fuel – or
block fuel – just one line below (2). You After data insertion:
have noted this number earlier from the
options fuel page. So enter ‘5.8’ and press
the LSK 2R to confirm the total amount of
fuel. 2
ZFW CG
This is the Centre of Gravity entry for the airplane without fuel (Zero Fuel Weight - ZFW).
Caution: Never use this value to determine the take-off trim setting.
The ZFW CG value is normally coming from the load sheet provided by the load master.

It is very important to fill out the ‘INIT B’ page correctly. The Flight Management and Guidance System (FMGS) needs
this data for a variety of calculations regarding the aircraft’s performance.
Calculations such as climb- and descent profiles, cruising altitudes and speeds all depend on the information entered into
the ‘INIT B’ page. If entered incorrectly, this may result in safety issues arising very quickly. For example, if you enter a
weight for your aircraft that is lighter than it really is, the calculated take-off rotation speed will be lower than it should be.
If you rotate at this incorrect speed the aircraft will not get airborne. Whenever this happens, a tail strike often results.
The slat retraction speed may also be miscalculated, resulting in retracting the slats too soon. On a heavy aeroplane that
is around its maximum take-off weight, this can be hazardous.
Finally, your climb profile, cruising altitude and speed may be off which in turn will result with your fuel planning being
inaccurate.
Therefore, make sure that the weights you put in are indeed correct.

- TAKE-OFF DATA INSERTION

Press the ‘PERF’ key on the MCDU to get to the ‘TAKE OFF’ page. The numbers on this page will provide the
FMC with information to calculate for the take-off phase.
• First enter the speeds for V1 (3), VR (4)

and V2 (5). On the real aircraft these
numbers are either looked up on paper 3
tables or are calculated using a take-off
performance software tool. For your 4
convenience, you may press the LSK
next to each field to get the correct
5
number into the scratchpad (6). Then
press the same LSK again to enter the
number into the FMGC. For today’s flight
V1 is 140kts, VR is as well 140kts and V2
is 141kts.
6
• For the flight to Copenhagen, we don’t After data insertion:
want to depart using full take-off thrust as
the aircraft is actually far from its
maximum take-off weight. De-rated thrust
is the keyword here. Entering a
temperature into the take-off page that is
higher than the ambient temperature will
cause the thrust to be reduced.  Enter ’59’ 8
for ‘FLEX TO TEMP’ using LSK 4R (7).
7
Enter ’1’ for flaps at LSK 3R (8), the take-
off setting for the flaps.
The FMGC set-up is now complete and ready for flight so you may close the MCDU using the ‘X’ symbol on the
upper left corner. However, other major systems like electrics, hydraulics, fuel and air still need the pilot’s attention.


COCKPIT PREPARATION (CONTINUED)

Glareshield
- EFIS CONTROL PANEL
At this stage, the EFIS control panel as well as the flight control unit (FCU) need a few inputs for departure and
navigation.
Barometric pressure needs to be set for the

altimeter. You may obtain this value from ATC
and/or the ATIS broadcast. Use the standard
ATC key strokes to listen to Vienna Information
1
4
on 121.725 MHz. 6
• Since we are flying using the P3D
standard weather, the pressure is a
standard 1013hPa, so you do not need to
change the QNH (1). However, check that 3
the altitude indicated on the PFD (2) is 7 7
corresponding to the airfield altitude,
which is approximately 600ft (depending
on your exact location on the airport).
Next, check that the flight director (FD) is
on (3) and that the navigation display 2
(ND) is set to ROSE NAV mode (4) (you
will want to see the area behind the
aircraft due to the sharp turn after
departure (5) ). The ND range should be
set to 10nm (6).
Set both ADF/VOR switches to the ‘VOR’
position (7) We will check the nav setting
for departure later on.
- FCU
• Next, move right to the FCU and check
that the speed indication is dashed (8),
indicating managed mode. The HDG-V/S
/ TRK- FPA switch should be set to ‘HDG 9
V/S’ (9) and the altitude must be set to our 8 10
first cleared altitude, which is 5000ft
according the SID description (10).
Transition Level / Transition Altitude

For this tutorial flight, we will not worry about transition level or transition altitude. As we are not flying under ATC
supervision, these are not really needed. Since we are using default P3D weather, the altimeter setting is standard.
Should you want to change transition altitude, you may do so on the ‘PERF’ pages in the FMGC in both the ‘TAKE
OFF’ and ‘APPR’ phases.

ATC
At this point, shortly before start-up, you’d normally receive ATC clearance. Since we are not using ATC, we can
skip this. We know that we want to fly the LANUX1A SID and that the published initial climb altitude is 5000ft.
Since there is no ATC, a transponder code is not necessary so we’ll just leave the transponder set to 1200.
NAV Radios setup

Now is a good time to confirm that the NAV radios are set for the planned departure route. While the entire SID is
pre-programmed in the FMGC for RNAV flying, a good radio navigation backup is still required. While we will not
complete a full departure route briefing and navigation setup for this flight, here’s a quick description on how to
check the navigation aids setting:
• On the MCDU press the ‘RAD NAV’ key

(1). On the first line, you will see that the 2
Fishamend VOR (FMD) has already been
auto-tuned by the FMGC (2). As this is the
only relevant VOR on our departure route
we can leave the settings as they are.
3
• Next to LSK 3L you can see that the ILS
frequency for our departure runway is
already set because the ILS equipped
runway was selected for departure (3).
This could be helpful in the event of an
immediate return after take-off and should
always be pre-selected if available.
This completes the cockpit preparation procedures necessary to set up the aircraft for our tutorial flight. However,
we are not quite ready yet for start-up and pushback.

What does SID and STAR stand for?
SID: This stands for Standard Instrument Departure. The route given to you by ATC
taking you from the runway to your route (most of the time by joining an airway with or
without a transition)
STAR: Standard Terminal Arrival Route. This is the route flown away from an airway
(or transition) to the initial approach fix where the approach procedure starts. Usually
there is a holding pattern defined at the end of a STAR.

BEFORE START CLEARANCE

At this point (before gate departure), any tasks which require the cockpit crew to get out of their seats (such as the
outside check) should be completed.
This is also a good time to start the APU as it needs some time to spool up. We will need it later on to supply
power to the aircraft, bleed air for engine start and air conditioning.

- APU start
1
• Open the overhead panel again by
clicking on the window centre post. Then 2
look for the APU buttons at the bottom of
the overhead panel (1). Press the
‘MASTER SW’ button (2). Then left-click
at the bottom frame of the upper ECAM
display (3) to access the lower ECAM
display. This has now switched
automatically to the ‘APU’ page. Look for
the green ‘FLAP OPEN’ message (4),
indicating that the APU air inlet is open
3
and ready for the APU to be started.
Move back to the APU controls on the
overhead panel and press the ‘START’
button (5). Note that it takes a few
4
seconds for the APU to begin with the
spool up process. Once the APU start-up
is completed the start button will display a
green ‘AVAIL’ light, indicating the
availability of both electrical power and
bleed air. 5
• To get the packs and air conditioning

running, you need to connect the APU air
to the air system. Press the ‘APU BLEED’ 7
button located on the air conditioning
panel (6). Observe the two amber
‘FAULT’ lights on the pack switches (7)
6
extinguish a few seconds later after the
packs start to run.
• Close both the overhead panel and the
ECAM displays.
The following steps have to be taken before pushback and engine start:
• Next, press the ‘EXT PWR’ pushbutton on

the overhead panel to disconnect the
external power (8). You can clearly hear
the relays switching.
8

• Since external power is no longer

required, you may instruct the ground
crew to disconnect the cable. To do this,
open the MCDU, press the ‘MCDU
MENU’ button, then the LSK 5R for
‘OPTIONS’, followed by the LSK 6L for 9
‘EXT CTRLS’. All the external
connections will be displayed. Press the
LSK 3L (9) to disconnect the GPU.
Also instruct the ground crew to remove
the wheel chocks by pressing the LSK 6L 10
(10).

• Note the ‘AVAIL’ light on the overhead

electrical panel disappears (11).
11
• Press the ‘PERF’ button on the MCDU to
display the ‘TAKE OFF’ page for
departure. This will then automatically
display the climb phase page later on.
Normally at this point, you would obtain start-up and pushback clearance from ATC. For this tutorial flight, it is
assumed that you have received clearance to push back from the gate position and start the engines.
Before asking the ground personnel to start pushback, you need to confirm that the doors are indeed all closed.
To do this, access the lower ECAM display again which will show the ‘DOOR/OXY’ page.
If the door symbols are all green, then the doors are closed. A white ‘SLIDE’ label next to each door indicates that
the evacuation slide is armed. All slides will be armed automatically at engine start.
Note that the sliding cockpit windows are not monitored by ECAM. The two green boxes on the ECAM door page indicate the
status of the maintenance access panels. This means you need to visually confirm that the cockpit windows are closed. The
easiest way of doing this is by using the virtual cockpit (VC).
• For pushback and/or engine start the anti-

collision beacons have to be on. Move the
‘BEACON’ switch (11) on the overhead
11
lights panel to on.
You are now ready for pushback and start-up.


PUSHBACK & START-UP

Pushback
In order to maximize realism for the pushback procedure, the use of an add-on like AES or GSX is recommended.
See the appendix of this tutorial for details.
If you are using such an add-on programme, you may start the pushback now and follow the steps to release and
set the parking brake below.
• If you are using P3D for pushback, first

rotate the parking brake lever on the
centre pedestal to ‘OFF’ by left clicking on
it with your mouse (1).
1
Note: It is not possible to release the parking
brake by pressing the brake pedals (or using
the ‘.’-key). This is consistent with how the real
aircraft works. You may however use the
standard CTRL + . to release the parking
brake.
Next, use the keystroke SHIFT-P to initiate pushback. You may then use the external view to judge the distance.
Once on the taxiway press SHIFT-P a second time to stop the push. Note that it might take a couple of seconds
before the aircraft comes to a complete stop.
• Set the parking brake again by rotating the lever to ‘ON’ with a right-click.
Start-Up
In most cases, you would commence engine start during pushback. For purposes of this tutorial flight, we will wait
until pushback is completed so you can concentrate on the start-up procedure. Now that pushback has been
completed, we are ready to start the engines.
- Engine ignition 
• The first step to start the engines is to
activate engine ignition. By doing so, the
aircraft’s various systems know that
you’re about to start the engines. The
packs will then turn off automatically.
1
Open the centre pedestal by left-clicking
the speed limit placard. Then right-click
the engine mode selector (1) to move the
switch to the ‘IGN/START’ position.
• You will then hear the packs turning off.
- Engine start 
• Start engine number 2 first by moving the 2
master switch 2 to ON (2). To do this, right
click the switch to lift it then left click to
move it to the new position.
• You may then want to close the centre
pedestal and show both upper and lower
ECAM displays. The upper ECAM display
shows a green ‘AVAIL’ message inside
the N1 scale to indicate a successful 3
engine start (3).

At this point, you would check and confirm that all the engine parameters are within the normal range. However,
for your first flight we will skip this and start engine number 1 right away.
• Move the master switch 1 to ON. Observe

the engine spooling up and then look for
the ‘AVAIL’ message again on the upper
ECAM display.
Engine start is now completed.
After engine start

The following few items need to be completed before we are ready for taxi.
- Engine mode selector

• Back on the centre pedestal, rotate the
engine mode selector back to the ‘NORM’
position with a left-click (1). This is 1
important to prepare the aircraft’s
systems for departure.
- APU Bleed
• Bleed air is now being fed from the 2
engines so APU bleed is no longer
needed. Open the overhead panel and
turn off the APU bleed on the air condition
panel (2).
• Press the APU master switch (3) to start
shutting down the APU. It will 3
automatically start a brief cool down
before spooling down. During this cool
down the ‘AVAIL’ light on the APU start
switch remains on for a short while.
- Centre pedestal
• Open the centre pedestal and right-click 4
the spoiler lever (4) to arm ground
spoilers. You may also arm them by 5
pressing SHIFT- / . Then left-click once on
the flaps lever (5) or press the F6-key.
This will set flaps to position 1+F for take-
off.
• Next the horizontal stabiliser trim needs to 6
be set for departure. Use the CG value
from the ‘FUEL PRED’ page of the FMGC
(6). For today’s flight, this is 28.1 (7). 7
Rotate the hand trim wheel to
approximately this setting (8). Left- and
right-click the trim wheel to rotate it. 8
Note: To read off the trim position, use the VC
trim wheel indication or the P3D cockpit
tooltips when using the 2D panel.

- Flight controls
Although this is another routine check that real world pilots perform, it is an important one. If flight controls do not
work properly, then take-off will be very difficult. Once the aircraft’s speed is past V1, you MUST leave the ground
and the autopilot can’t help you if the flight controls are not responding properly. Since PC hardware is not as
precise as the real aircraft’s stick and rudder pedals, let’s perform this check just to make sure your flight starts
smoothly.

• Bring up the lower ECAM display by left-
clicking the bottom frame of the upper
ECAM display. The flight controls page
will display automatically as soon as you 10
move the flight controls.
• Move the sidestick (your joystick) to full
left and check for full travel of the ailerons 9 9
(9) and the green spoiler arrows (10).
Then move the stick to full right and check
for the same.
• Move the sidestick to full forward and
check for full travel of the elevators (11).
Move to full aft and check for the same.
11 11
• Move the rudder to full left and full right
and check for full travel in both directions
(12).
12
You are now ready for taxi.

TAXI TO THE RUNWAY

From the aircraft’s present position, the departure runway 11 is not far away. During taxi a few additional items
need to be taken care of before you are ready for departure.
Taxi routing
The shortest taxi route to RWY11 is via: EX9 -> M -> A12
Note: P3D default scenery uses old taxiway designations which do not correspond to the actual ground chart shown above.
• Before you move the aircraft, left-click the

window centre post to open the overhead
panel.
• Right-click the ‘NOSE’ light switch (1) to 1
set it to ‘TAXI’. This will turn on the
aircraft’s taxi lights.
• Close the overhead panel and left-click
the area to the right of the upper ECAM
display (2) to show the clock. Left-click the
elapsed time switch to move it to ‘RUN’
(3). This is necessary to record the block
time.
2
A few important items regarding taxiing

Do not taxi faster than 30kts.
90° turns: max. 10kts
Keep in mind that the aircraft needs a couple of seconds to react to thrust changes.

Taxiing
•  Follow the taxi route above for runway 11.
Release the parking brake by opening the centre pedestal and rotate the parking brake lever to ‘OFF’.
• Advance the throttles slightly (max 40%

N1) and observe the airplane’s ground
speed (1) increasing. Then move the
1
throttles back to idle to avoid gaining too
much speed.
Adjust thrust to maintain no more than
15kts taxi speed and keep the aircraft on
the centreline. Remember to slow down
to a MAXIMUM of 10kts before making
any 90° turns. Conduct a small brake test
after you’ve started moving by applying
the brakes slightly to observe the ground
speed decreasing. You do not need to
come to a full stop while doing this check.
- Predictive windshear system 2
• Open the centre pedestal and locate the
weather radar panel (2). While the radar
itself is not required for the time being,
however the predictive windshear system 3
needs to be activated prior to take-off.
Move the ‘PWS’ switch (3) to ‘AUTO’.
- Autobrake
• Once again left-click the area to the right
of the upper ECAM display to bring up the 4
auto brake panel. Press the ‘MAX’ button
and observe a blue ‘ON’ light (4). This will
arm the autobrake system in the event of
a take-off abort.
- ECAM displays
5
• Click the border below the upper ECAM
display to access the lower display once
again. Then press the ‘TO CONFIG’
button (5) to check for normal take-off
configuration (6). Note that this cannot be
done while the parking brake is set.
- Brake temperature 6
• Open the lower ECAM display to check
the brake temperature (7). If the
temperature is above 300°C, you’d have
to delay take-off and wait until the 7 7
temperature drops below that number.
You can use the brake fan to help with
cooling. Its switch is located right next to
the landing gear lights above the
autobrake panel.
You are now ready for departure. However, there are still a few items left to be done before you can advance the
thrust levers to commence take-off.

Line-up 
Since we are not using air traffic control for this tutorial flight, you may line up on the runway at your own discretion.
• Before entering the runway, open the

overhead panel and switch on the strobe
lights by right-clicking the ‘STROBE’
button (1). 1
• Move into position right onto the runway
centreline and set the parking brake.
- TCAS
• Keep the centre pedestal open after
setting the parking brake and switch on
TCAS by switching its mode to ‘TA/RA’
using the switch on the lower right of the
transponder panel (2). Right-click twice to 2
set ‘TA/RA’.
- Air conditioning packs
• Open the overhead panel and switch off
both packs using their corresponding
pushbuttons on the ‘AIR COND’ panel
(3). While it is not mandatory to switch off 3 3
packs for take-off, doing so increases
performance and/or reduces
maintenance costs under various
conditions.
- Exterior lights
• Move down to the lighting panel to switch
on the runway turnoff lights (4). These will
help to reduce birdstrike hazard during
take-off. 4
- Runway identification
• Confirm that you are indeed lined up on
runway 11 as intended. To help
determine the correct runway you may
use the runway number markings if
visible, press the ‘LS’ button on the
glareshield EFIS panel to display the ILS
localiser deviation or check the
navigation display (ND) for the runway
symbol being aligned as well.
If all is in order, you’re finally ready for take-off.

TAKE-OFF
The following section on take-off not only tells you what to set and when, it also covers important things you must
observe during take-off. Since all of these events will happen pretty fast, it is strongly advised that you read and
understand this section thoroughly BEFORE attempting take-off.
Plan on engaging the autopilot after passing the minimum height of 100ft. In addition, climb thrust will be set 1500ft
above ground. Acceleration and flap retraction will follow shortly after.
- Exterior lights 
• The following lights need to be turned on
as soon as the take-off clearance is
received (or in this case, when you decide
to take-off):
- On the overhead panel, move both 1
landing light switches (1) to ‘ON’.
2
- Move the taxi light switch (2) to ‘T.O.’.
- Take-off
• Release the parking brake.
• Apply half forward sidestick deflection.
3
• Advance the throttle levers to approx.
50% N1 (3) and observe both engines
accelerate smoothly to that setting.
• Then advance the throttle levers further to
the second detent (FLX/MCT). You will
hear a click noise for each detent. The
FMA will then show ‘MAN FLX +59’ (4). At 4 5
that point the take-off mode will engage
This will also arm auto-thrust (5).
Note: If you use the keyboard for thrust
settings, you may press the F4 key two times
to advance the levers to the second detent
(FLX/MCT).
• When thrust is set, press the ‘CHRONO’

6
button on the glareshield panel (6).
• Don’t forget to keep the aircraft on the
centreline!
• Start releasing the forward stick deflection
at 80kts to reach neutral at 100kts.
7
• Passing 100kts the V-speeds (7) will start

to move down.
8
• Once you pass the rotate speed of
140kts, start to pull the sidestick back
firmly to achieve a rotation of approx. 3° a
second towards 15° pitch attitude. After
lift-off, follow the green pitch bar (8) to get
it centred.
• As soon as you see a climb rate indication
and the altimeter is rising, left-click the
landing gear lever (9) or press the G key 9
to retract the landing gear.  

- Take-off (continued)
• The flight director (FD) should be centred 11
(10) and passing 30ft above ground,
NAV-mode is engaged (11).
• Commanded speed by the FMGS is V2 +
10. Maintain this until passing
acceleration altitude. Note that the
magenta coloured triangle on the speed
10
tape will show V2 (12), so this is different
than the commanded speed!
12
Note: During the whole climb phase, speed is
maintained by pitch only, so following the pitch
bar of the flight director is essential to maintain
the required speed.
- Climbout
• As soon as you have the FD bars stable

and centred, but not below 100ft AGL, you 1
may activate the autopilot by pressing the
AP1 button on the FCU (1). The FMA will
show “AP1” to indicate that the autopilot 2
number 1 has been engaged (2).
• When passing 1500ft AGL the FMA
displays a white flashing “LVR CLB”
reminder (3) to set the thrust levers into
the climb detent. Reduce thrust until a
click sound is audible, indicating that the 3
thrust levers are in the CLB detent. You
may also press the F1 key once to do this
if you are using the keyboard.
Monitor the aircraft’s nose being lowered
accordingly.
• Open the overhead panel and turn on
4
pack number 1 (4).
5
• Passing the acceleration altitude of
2070ft, the FMGS speed bug (5) moves 6 8
up to start acceleration and the FMA
displays THR CLB (6)
• Open the overhead panel again and turn
on pack number 2 (7).
• Accelerating through the slat retraction 7
speed (green  -S marking on the speed
tape - 8) retract the flaps and slats by
pressing the F6 key or right-clicking the
flaps lever on the centre pedestal.
You will see the magenta speed bug being placed at 205kts. This is because there is a speed restriction on the
SID being flown. As soon as you pass the waypoint “WW152” this restriction will be removed and the speed is
increased to 250kts.

- Climbout (continued)
Soon after flaps retraction, you will reach
5000ft.
• Since there are no ATC restrictions for
today’s flight, you may now select the
cruising flight level on the FCU by turning
the altitude selector all the way to 36000
(9). Since you have received a clearance
to flight level 360 and have entered it into
the FCU, you then need to pull the
altimeter setting selector on the EFIS 11
panel (10) to set the QNH to standard
setting. STD will then be displayed.
Note: For today’s flight, the QNH has already
been set to 1013 for Vienna. However, you 9
should still set it to standard anyway to stop 10
the QNH setting on the PFD from flashing after
passing the transition altitude.
• If the aircraft levels off at 5000ft, you will

need to push the altitude selector on the
FCU by left-clicking it at the centre. This
will re-engage managed climb indicated
by the solid circle next to the selected
altitude (11). Then check for a green
‘CLB’ indication on the FMA.
• Once the aircraft is in a steady climb,
open the centre pedestal and disarm the 12
ground spoilers by left-clicking the spoiler
lever (12). The white marking will
disappear.
• Open the overhead panel and turn off
both RWY TURN OFF lights as well as
the NOSE light.

CLIMB
To confirm a normal climb, have a look at both the FCU and the FMA.
- FCU
• Check that the only number being
displayed is 36000 for the altitude. The
other indications should display dashes
and there should be three solid circles.
- FMA
• THR CLB, CLB and NAV all need to be
displayed in green. This indicates that the
FMGS is in managed mode.
Passing FL100, the aircraft will lower the nose

to accelerate towards a climb speed of 297kts.
• Also, above FL100, the landing lights are
no longer required. Place both switches
(1) to the “RETRACT” position.
1
Now that we are in a steady climb and there’s 2
no significant weather ahead or above us, we
can switch off the seat belt signs.
• Move the ‘seat belts’ switch to OFF (2).
- Reaching cruise level 

Approx. 23 minutes into the flight, you’ll reach
your cruise altitude. The estimated point of
level-off (the Top of Climb or TOC) is indicated
by a blue arrow along the route (3).
3

CRUISE
The aircraft will level off at the cruise altitude of FL360. There’s not much to do at this point since the autopilot will
automatically follow the inserted route. Now that we have some, we can look at some of the various information
resources of the A320.
- FMS cruise information

• Once you have reached cruise level,
press the ‘PERF’ key on the MCDU (1).
• The FMGC displays estimated time and
distance to the descent point (2), marked
as “T/D” (Top of Descent).
2
• Press the PROG key (3).
• At the top, the PROG page will show your

actual flight phase, in this case ‘CRUISE’.
3 1
(4) Below, you can see your actual cruise
level (5), the optimum cruise level
(depending on weight) (6) and the 4
maximum cruise level (7).
5 6 7
• Press the LSK 2L to get to the report page
(8). 8
• On the report page, you can see the last

waypoint, the next one and the one after
that. You will also see the estimated time
as well as what flight level that the
waypoint will be crossed.
The current temperature, wind and actual
fuel on board are shown on line 4.
Line 5 shows the estimates (time and
distance) for the top of descent point. The
bottom line 6 gives you an arrival estimate
at Copenhagen airport, including time,
distance and the fuel prediction at
touchdown.

- Systems cruise information

• Access the lower ECAM display by left-
clicking the frame below the upper ECAM.
The lower ECAM will display the
‘CRUISE’ page, a neat status page
summarizing a lot of data.
• Important data to monitor includes engine 9
oil quantity (9), vibrations (10) and cabin
altitude (11). If animals were being 10
transported in the aft cargo hold, you
would also need to observe that
temperature from time to time (12).
11
12
• To monitor all systems in detail, use the

‘ALL’ key (13) on the ECAM control panel
(ECP). Press the key repeatedly to cycle
through all ECAM pages.
• To return to the CRUISE page, simply
click the switch of any active ECAM page. 13
Entering approach data

Before beginning the descent towards Denmark, there’s one major task that we need to perform. So far, our
route ends at the fix ‘MONAK’. We have not entered any runway, STAR or approach procedure into the FMGC.
Therefore, the computer has no idea about the final stages of our arrival into Copenhagen.
Fortunately, entering the desired arrival, approach and ILS-procedure is a quick thing to do.
- Adding STAR and approach data to the flight

plan
• On the MCDU press the ‘F-PLN’ key (1)
to display the flight plan.
2
• Press the LSK 6L next to EKCH (2) to
proceed to the ‘LAT REV’ page. 
• On the ‘LAT REV’ page press LSK 1R (3)

to go to the arrival route and approach 3
selection page.

- Adding STAR and approach data to the flight

plan (continued)
• On the ARRIVAL page select in the left
column ‘ILS04L’ by pressing the LSK 3L
(4). This will enter the ILS approach for
runway 04L at the top line in yellow
because it is only temporarily selected so
far. In other words, we have yet to insert 4
this procedure into the flight plan. We’ll
do so in a moment.
• Next press the up-arrow key to scroll
through the available STARs and select
‘MONA1M’ with the appropriate LSK (5).
Note that you will not be able to select a
STAR unless you have first chosen an 5
arrival runway.
• Then make sure that next to ‘VIA’ it reads

‘NONE’ (6). If it does, skip steps 7 and 8. 6
• If instead ‘KAS’ is displayed below VIA,
press the LSK 2L next to ‘VIAS’ (7), then 7
select ‘NO VIA’ (8). This will remove the
turn via the KAS VOR.

8
• Then double check the top line (6) to
ensure both ILS 04L and the MONAK 1M
arrival are correctly selected:
ILS04L – NONE – MONA1M
• Press the LSK 6R next to ‘TMPY INSERT’
to add the selected arrival information to
the active flight plan (9). 9
Back on the flight plan page, you may scroll down using the up-arrow to have a look at the STAR and approach
that have now been inserted into the active flight plan.
You will notice that the destination waypoint was amended with the selected runway and now displays ‘EKCH04L’.
The blue coloured waypoints at the bottom of the flight plan are those used for the standard missed approach
procedure for the ILS 04L approach and would become active should you enter the go-around phase.

DESCENT
After a short cruise phase, you will be seeing the top of descent point appearing on your ND marked with a white
downward pointing arrow. It is now time to enter the descent phase.
Starting the descent 

About 55 minutes into the flight you will be
approaching the top of descent point visible on
the ND (1).
1
• Open the overhead panel and turn on the

seat belt sign.
• On the FCU, change the altitude to 3000ft

(2). This is the altitude at which we will be
capturing the glideslope for Runway 04L.
2
• The aircraft will NOT start to descend 3
automatically when you reach the top of
descent mark. You must manually begin
the descent by pushing (left-click) the
altitude selector on the FCU (3). Note that
the solid circle next to the altitude
reappears, indicating that the aircraft is
following a managed descent.
4
• The FMA will advise when it is time to
initiate the descent by displaying a white
‘DECELERATE’ message (4).
• The PFD will display a path deviation
indication (5). 5
• The FMGC PROG page will show the

deviation in numbers next to the LSK 2R, 6
labelled ‘VDEV’ or vertical deviation (6).

Flying the STAR

The “MONA1M” STAR has one altitude
restriction (1). Should you reach this altitude
restriction before overflying the corresponding
waypoint, the aircraft will level off and continue
the descent automatically after passing the
waypoint.
1
• Upon reaching FL100, turn on the landing
lights.
On the ND, you will see a circled letter D near
the waypoint CH441 (2). This is also visible in
the FMGC F-PLN page as ‘(DECEL)’ in
brackets (3), indicating it is a performance
based fix as opposed to a geographical one.
This deceleration point marks the automatic
activation of the FMGS approach phase. If you
are in managed speed mode (which, as 2
indicated by the solid circle next to the speed
display on the FCU, you are), overflying the
deceleration point will trigger the FMGC to start
speed reduction. 3
- FMGC approach page
 This page displays important information that
the aircraft will need for the approach.
• Press the ‘PERF’-key (4) on the MCDU
when passing the waypoint MONAK, 5
followed by the LSK 6R (5) to get to the
approach page. It is necessary to choose
“NEXT PHASE’ because the FMGC is still 4
in the descent phase at this point.

• Default landing flaps is flaps full, indicated

at line 5 (6).
• Final approach speed is displayed at line
5 as well (7). Speed will however be
maintained by the FMGS until touchdown.
- Required data entry

As you can see, there is still some information
missing on this page which needs to be inserted 6
at this point.
7
• If you wish, you can listen to the ATIS
information on the frequency 122.750
MHz. Use the standard P3D ATC controls
if in range of the airport or tune the
frequency manually on the centre 8
pedestal.
• Enter the airport QNH at LSK 1L (8).
Today, this is standard pressure 1013
9 10
hPa. Enter the current temperature of
15°C (7) at LSK 2L. The current winds are
calm so enter ‘0/0’ at LSK 3L (9).
• Finally, enter the decision height for the
Cat2 ILS approach runway 04L, which is
106ft. Enter ‘106’ at LSK 3R (10).
- Approach preparation
• Next set the barometric pressure on the
EFIS panel to 1013. Left-click the knob
(11) to deactivate standard pressure
setting.
• Then press the ‘LS’ button right below the
QNH knob (12) to display the ILS 11
information on the PFD.
Note in the lower left corner of the PFD
that the correct ILS frequency has been 12 13
tuned automatically (13).
• When passing the waypoint CH551,
activate the FMGC approach phase.
15
To do this, press the ‘PERF’ key on the
MCDU (14), followed by the LSK 6L next
to ‘ACTIVATE APPR PHASE’ (15). Press 14
the same LSK again to confirm the
action.
The aircraft will now start to decelerate towards minimum clean speed.

APPROACH AND LANDING

ILS approach using autoland
Having activated the approach phase and short before passing ‘CH441’, you are entering the approach phase for
the ILS runway 04L. We’ll be doing a standard autoland to make use of all of the A320’s automation.
Note that the FMGC managed speed is now being reduced to 207kts, your current minimum clean speed, even
though the speed bug is already set to 138kts. As long as you don’t select any flap setting the speed will remain
at 207kts.
• Arm the approach and land mode by

pressing ‘APPR’ on the FCU (1). 2
Next, click the AP2 button on the FCU (2)
to activate the second autopilot. This is
required to perform the autoland. 1
• Localiser capture will be indicated on the
FMA first as ‘LOC*’ and then ‘LOC’ in 3
green (3). The aircraft will no longer follow
the flight plan route but instead the
localiser beam being received from the
ILS for runway 04L.
• Overflying the CH441 waypoint, check
that the speed is below 230kts and extend
slats (Flaps 1) by opening the centre
pedestal and left-clicking the flaps lever
once.  You may also press the F7-key
once.
• Check the flaps indication on the upper 4
ECAM display (4)
• Passing the CH93 waypoint, the
glideslope will be captured. Glide slope 5
capture is indicated by a green ‘G/S’ on
the FMA (5).
• Immediately lower the flaps to position 2
by left-clicking the flaps lever once again.
• Lower the landing gear.
• The DME distance from touchdown is
displayed on the lower left corner of the 6
PFD (6).
• When passing DME 7, lower the flaps to
position 3. Open the gear panel to set the
autobrake to the low or ‘LO’ setting (7). 7
Open the overhead panel and turn on the
nose wheel light.
• Next, open the centre pedestal to arm the
ground spoilers by pulling the lever with a 8
right-click (8).

• When passing 5 miles DME, lower the

flaps to the ‘FULL’ setting and confirm by 9
checking the flaps indication on the upper
ECAM display (9).
• Continue to observe the PFD for any
mode changes. Passing 400ft above
ground, the autopilot automatically
switches into ‘LAND’ mode.
• 50ft above ground the ‘FLARE’ mode will
activate.
• On touchdown, the ‘ROLLOUT’ mode will
activate This mode will keep the aircraft
on the runway centreline.
Landing and rollout
• When over the threshold get ready to pull

the thrust levers to idle once the “retard”
callout sounds. Use your hardware
throttle lever or press the F1 key once.
The auto thrust system will be deactivated 1
by selecting idle thrust (1).
• Immediately after touchdown, pull the
levers into idle reverse. If your thrust
levers don’t have a reverse range, just
press the F1 key once more.
• Check the reverse thrust activating on the
upper ECAM. First, you will see amber 2
‘REV’ indications (2) while the reverse
mechanism unlocks. Then these switch to
green colour.
Pressing F1 one more time would activate
full reverse. However, this is not required
on a dry runway this long.
• Continue the roll out.
• Whenever you feel the need to override
the autobrake, you may do so by applying
brakes manually. This will deactivate the
autobrake system.
• When reaching the desired runway
vacation speed disengage the autopilot
using your joystick button or the Z key on
your keyboard. Use nose wheel steering
to take the next convenient high speed
exit to the left.
• Once taxi speed is reached, deactivate
idle reverse by moving your hardware
throttle lever into idle or by pressing the
F4 key once.

AFTER LANDING
After the runway is vacated and while you taxi to the terminal, there is an after landing flow to complete. If you
don’t want to do this while you are moving, you may stop the aircraft once you have left the runway.
Taxi routing
Upon vacating runway 04L, you will see all the terminal buildings in front of you. If you continue straight down
taxiway A you will end up at Pier B. The closest suitable gate is B17.
After landing flow
• Stop and reset the chronometer by

pressing the ‘CHRONO’ button twice,
whenever time permits.
• Retract and disarm ground spoilers by
pushing the spoiler lever down with a left- 1
click (1). 2
• Retract flaps by right-clicking the flaps
lever four times (2). You may also use the
F5 key which will retract the flaps one step
for each press.
• Turn off the landing lights (3), switch the
nose wheel light to ‘TAXI’ (4) and switch 5
6
the strobe lights to ‘AUTO’ (5).
• Turn on the APU by pressing the ‘APU 3 4 7
MASTER’ switch on the overhead panel
(6), followed by the ‘START’ button below
(7).
• Switch off the predictive windshear
system using the ‘PWS’ switch on the
weather radar panel (8).
• Set TCAS to standby by rotating the mode 8
9
switch to ‘STBY’ (9).
Caution: Do not turn off the transponder.
It is required for ground radar tracking by
ATC.
If you are not already doing so, continue taxiing to the gate. Remember to turn the nose wheel light to OFF when
turning into the gate (the waiting ground crew will thank you for that!) When reaching the final parking position, set
the parking brake by right-clicking on the parking brake lever on the centre pedestal or by pressing CTRL + . on
your keyboard.
When the parking brake is set, continue with the ‘Parking’ flow on the next page.

PARKING
When parking an airliner at the gate, you do not shut it down completely. There will be various people working on
the plane long after you have left and they will need the aircraft to be powered. The following flow keeps that in
mind.
• Turn on the parking brake if not already

set. 1
• Turn on APU bleed using the ‘APU
BLEED’ button on the overhead ‘AIR
COND’ panel (1).
• Turn off both engine master switches (2)
2
to shut down the engines.
• Turn off the ‘BEACON’ lights on the
overhead lighting panel (3). This allows
the ground crew to approach the aircraft.
• Then turn off the seat belt signs (4). 3
4
• Check for the chocks being put in place
by communicating with the ground crew. 6
This is done by using the ‘EXT CTRLS’
menu on the MCDU options page.
Select both ‘GND CHOCKS’ (5) and
‘GPU’ (6). ‘CONNECT’ will change to 5
‘DISCONNECT’ for each. We need
ground power so that the APU can be
shutdown later on.
• Open the clock panel and stop the 7
elapsed time (7).
• Turn off all fuel pumps on the overhead
fuel panel (8).
8 8 8 8
• Set the transponder to standby by rotating

the ATC mode switch to ‘STBY’ (9).
9
• Switch on external power by pressing the

‘EXT PWR’ button on the overhead ELEC
panel (10). 10
• Turn off APU Bleed and the APU itself

(11)(12).
Note: Do not turn off the APU unless the 11
GPU is connected and you have selected 12
EXT PWR.

Turning off the APU Bleed and the APU will result in the loss of air conditioning in the cabin and on the flight deck.
However, with low outside temperatures, passengers leaving the aircraft and doors opened, there is little need for
air conditioning. If you want the air conditioning systems to keep running at the gate, you can connect ‘GND A/C’
via the ‘EXT CTRLS’ menu on the MCDU options page. This provides air from an external source.
If a return flight is to follow shortly afterwards, the three ADIRS do not need to be turned off. In this case the aircraft
is going to fly back to Vienna.
DEBRIEFING
You have now completed a flight utilising real procedures with the maximum automation available. All parameters
like speed, altitude and routing were controlled by the FMS.
If you want to fly this tutorial again, you may want to experiment with the other available autopilot modes like V/S
selection, FPA (flight path angle) or an open descent (descent with idle thrust). Should you wish to add real
weather, keep in mind that with real winds descent planning might be unpredictable. You may even be forced to
use a different departure and/or arrival runway due to wind.
Ultimately, when using real weather and ATC, you will discover that it is not always possible to use the full
automation capabilities of the FMS as we did in this tutorial flight.
Another important skill that you need to learn is how to manually fly the A320. Once you get familiar with the take-
off procedure, you can try to keep the autopilot disengaged after departure until the first level-off. When landing
the aircraft, you can try disengaging the autopilot once you are established on the ILS and hand fly the approach
instead of using autoland. After all, autoland is avoided as much as possible in real flight operations so pilots can
get as much manual flight experience as possible. An autoland is usually only performed if weather or a CATIII
rating requires it.
You will also want to experiment with the extensive failures menu to simulate or train for non-normal operations.
Familiarity with the various systems of the aircraft and knowing what to do in the event of a failure in one or more
of those systems will be essential to successfully complete the flight
If you have not already done so you should now read the A320-X Introduction Manual document which came
with the PDF documentation. This will help you to use this aircraft as it is intended.

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A320-X

BASIC TUTORIAL FLIGHT

AUA303: VIENNA SCHWECHAT – COPENHAGEN KASTRUP

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USEFUL ADD-ON SOFTWARE

Available scenery add-ons for P3D

Vienna Schwechat - LOWW

Copenhagen Kastrup - EKCH

Ground Services X - GSX

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1. VEHICLE: Piper Cub

Press ‘OK’ to load the simulation.

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• In the option pages access the ‘EXT CTRLS’

• Put the Ground Chocks in place by selecting

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Powering up the Aircraft

On the ELEC panel look for the 2 battery switches

Move down to ‘EXT PWR’-switch showing a green

Then move further down to the lights panel labelled

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• Route • Loadsheet • Flight Duration

Once again open the overhead panel by left-

Looking at the electrics panel on the overhead

Going all the way down to the lighting and APU

Looking at the top left of the overhead panel, you

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To access the lower ECAM display and its controls

Continuing Cockpit Preparation (Overhead Panel)

Note: For guarded switches use the right 1 2

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• Note that ADIRS alignment, as on the real

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Weights and Fuel

• Confirm that the units are set the same as

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• First press the ‘MCDU MENU’ button (1),

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The INIT page should now look like the example

Next to the flight level inserted you’ll see a field

Flight plan route insertion

LANUX – L858 – HDO – M725 – GERGA – T239 – PEROM – T298 – MONAK

• Type ‘LANUX’ into the scratchpad, then

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The waypoints then turn yellow, indicating that

• The LAT REV page then displays various

• Enter ‘L858’ at the “VIA” field (5). This will

• Next, enter ‘HDO’ at the “TO” field (6).

• Continue the last two steps using the rest

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Runway and SID data insertion

• Press the LSK 1L next to ‘LOWW’ (1) to

• Since this waypoint is in fact an airport

• Once the runway is selected, use the up-

• Looking at the flight plan on the ‘ACT F- 7

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FMGC PERFORMANCE DATA INSERTION

- Reaching cruise level 

Starting the descent 