12/17/2023 0 Comments Airbus a320 cockpit switchesOur 737s are a nightmare for "switchology". Further, switches and controls are sometimes placed in a completely different location as well. Here in Argentina, we have had our own 747 airplanes and switch "direction" and then we also operated 747 airplanes from Qantas, Singapore, Varig, Braniff or other airlines, where switches sometimes move the opposite way. This particularity is sometimes a problem for airlines where fleets of a given type consists of airplanes from different former operators. They move to the opposite direction to be placed "ON" (moved aft and up) for airplanes in most of the rest of the world. On airplanes from Boeing and Douglas, the switches on the overhead panel above pilots are "ON" when moved forward (down) for most airlines in USA, or with very strong USA influence. Again, some specific shapes assist crews to identify them. Some even need to be "pulled" to move to a specific position, so they are "locked" when not moved. Other switches, knobs or controls can vary, but be of various types. Fingers crossed.The shape of handles (a wheel - gear handle, airfoil - flaps) is specified by regulations. Welp engines are good for now and I’m 671 miles out from landing let’s hope I make it all the way. From 32000 to 6000 in maybe 2 mins or so as I’m jockying with the interface trying to press the right buttons for relight and during that you don’t have real control over the aircraft so it kinda does what it wants and for me that was dive. I always thought I wanted to go through an engine failure but not both at once and ■■■■ sure not 100s of miles from any land whatsoever over wide open ocean as far as I could see.Īs the plane hurtled towards earth and I trying to get the engines back on I can only imagine at what the passengers would be experiencing had this been a real flight. I’d use other aircraft but really the Xbox is limited in what we have and so I just buy what’s there. Never before happened and it was the first time I decided to fly out of New Zealand (Queensland) to Sydney aus. Thankfully I was at 32000, but before I could get the engines relit and full on TOGA I was almost at 6000 frantically trying to get the apu started doing checklists etc. Was on autopilot, same startup as always and this never happened before. Should of been higher altitude I’d think.Ī lot of people report this after 2 hours but today for the first time, my a319 went dark after about 30mins of flying. Maybe it was something with my speed and being at 14000 feet stressed the engines like you were saying?Ĭause the flight was from Palm Springs to Portland and that’s 2 hours and 15 minutes roughly. I fly a short 20 min flight from PdX to Sea all the time and it generates at least 16,000+ cruse altitudes. That’s lowest I have ever been set for in an Airbus. I did just realize something… it was a sim brief generated flight plan, but what I thought was odd was it was a cruise altitude of 14,000. Well while Cruse, throttles set to climb detent still, I began hearing that sound over and over and the throttles were thrusted up at 91%. When I’m cockpit and first starting engines after one engine is fully started and switch on the second on, you hear that “hydrologic” sound for a second then never again. Only way I best describe it was the sound. Thank you!!! Haven’t had it happen again but I also have not that done long of a flight since. I did not do anything different on this flight then I do on my other flights. Is this just a random failure for realism or? I have never heard that sound mid flight and then also never had the plane just shut off. Ultimately, I had to cancel my IFR and by the grace of god some how managed to land at a near by municipal airport in the mountains. I tried restarting the battery’s which I got started but could not start external power, stated it was unavailable, therefore the plane could not be fired back up What was odd was On the PFD screen where it shows CLB and CRZ along the top it was blinking “MCT” soooo I know thrusted the throttles up to MCT and then after a few seconds the plane went dark…. I had no warnings or anything on the screens. But this time it kept making that noise mid flight which I as never heard? I began hearing like a weird electrical issue.(sorry I don’t know the terminology) It’s the same sound that happens when engine 2 is full started then you switch on engine 1 to start it’s like a hydrologic sound. I was mid flight from Palm Springs, CA to Portland OR. I had an odd experience today and was wondering if anyone might have an idea what happened or if it’s happens to them.
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