Flying an Airbus A340-300 FFS

Tangozulu28

Tangozulu28

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FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Some time ago I visited the premises of a flight training center in Europe, and moreover I had the opportunity of sitting at the controls of one of the biggest simulators they have : an Airbus A340-300.

So it turned out to be a four-engine airliner, a long-haul one with high seating capacity and modern avionics. Briefing before the simulator (full-flight simulator, FFS Level D), raised on six jacks, with a 200 ° sight on the aircraft bow, its instructor has been getting on in the years, with even a contagious enthusiasm.

He obviously loves his machine and wants to show us all what it's capable to do. We're now inside, the cockpit door is closed. I'm seated in the first officier seat, I'm looking in front of me with that height impression of the runway.

I'm now approaching a big airport located in Europe. "Cleared to land runway 25R" Visibility is perfect. Now, I'm at 1150 feet, 148 knots, full flaps and I'm watching my velocity at the EFIS (Electronic Flight Instrument System) ... my right hand on the sidestick and my left hand on the throttle levels.
I'm on the axis, then a robotic voice reverberated in the cockpit : "four hundred, three hundred, two hundred, one hundred, fifty, forty, thirty, twenty, retard, ten, five .."

I put the throttle levels to zero, reverse... I landed with an Airbus A340..WAW!
I smiled proudly! What a magical moment!
I thank the instructor with a warm handshake.

 
been in the very same sim, just an amazing feeling isn't it? did you happen to do your session with a guy named Frank?
 
Cessnaflyer said:
Did that with an ATR-72. Wasn't as cool as I thought it would be.
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The captain I did my first PC with at my previous company rolled the sim right after rotation on his first take off to "get a feel" for the controls again. Granted he also had rolled both models of the plane we flew and the prior model we flew, for real.

I've rolled the sim during an unusual altitude recovery once I think... It was kind of anti climatic.
 
BobDDuck said:
The captain I did my first PC with at my previous company rolled the sim right after rotation on his first take off to "get a feel" for the controls again. Granted he also had rolled both models of the plane we flew and the prior model we flew, for real.

I've rolled the sim during an unusual altitude recovery once I think... It was kind of anti climatic.
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Haha that's great!
 
Cal Goat said:
Shoulda rolled it.
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Hmm. Wonder how much nose up a 340 would need, at say 230 kts inverted to maintain altitude. If I ever get a free sim, I intend to find out.
 
Itchy said:
So the nose just falls through, or the bank angle stops, or all the gee-whiz airbus stuff prevents imminent death?
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Well, in normal law. You go into direct law and all sorts of fun stuff can happen.
 
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