General Guidelines

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A318/A319/A320/A321
The Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 In FSX
General guidelines
Vol
1
01-03-13
21 October 2015
FLIGHT RECORDER
Included in the Airbus is a Flight Recorder. This is similar to the Quick Access (Data) Recorder that is part of
most Airbus A320/321 aircraft. The Quick Access (Data) Recorder records flight parameters from the
moment the aircraft is powered up to the moment it is shut down. This is not the same as Flight Data
Recorder (aka Black Box) that is used by investigators after a crash!
The data in the QAR is used by the airline to study flights and to backtrack what caused problems or
failures. The Airbus includes a QAR that will log many flight parameters and will save them on your hard
disk. These data files can be read and displayed with a tool that is delivered with the Airbus. A far better
tool to read these files is Flight Simulator Flight Keeper, a tool that is used by dozens of Virtual Airlines and
thousands of serious enthusiasts. In the real aircraft there is no interface for the QAR but in the simulator
you will find the option to activate and deactivate this recorder in the right MCDU.
Events the FDR module records:
 Block events OUT (Engine on), OFF (TO),
ON (LA), IN (Engines off)
 Engines On/Off
 Flaps
 Spoiler
 Gear
 Lights
 Autopilot On/Off
 Autopilot Mode
 Autothrottle On/Armed/TOGA/Off
 Transponder Code
 Pressure
 Altimeter
 Taxi and Flight Path (invisible on the
details dialog as it is only used for KML
and FSFK export)
 Position (only if there has been no other
event triggered - on a regular interval)
 Aircraft Crash
 FDR Test (after pressing the
corresponding button)
 FDR Event (after pressing the
corresponding button)
This data is recorded for all events
 Altitude
 GroundAltitude
 IAS
 TAS
 GroundSpeed
 WindHeading
 WindSpeed
 Fuel
 OAT
 TAT
 Latitude
 Longitude
 Heading
 TrueHeading
 GlideslopeNeedle
 LocalizerNeedle
 VerticalSpeed
 PitchAngle
 BankAngle
 GForce
 AileronTrim
 ElevatorTrim
 RuderTrim
 EventTime
 EventDate
 EventTimeZone
 EventTimeOfDay
 FramesPerSecond