Haven’t seen this bug being reported by other uses on IFC. I’ve experienced this issue for almost 2 years now.
Whilst executing an ILS approach in a A320 with AP disconnected at around (3 DME) the aircraft is trimmed out nicely. Later on durning the approach I disconnect AT and experience a severe pitch down motion which require quite a lot of back pressure. This doesn’t make any sense and can’t be a realistic feature.
Hope the bug can be fixed soon!
Did you slow down at all in that time period - if you change your speed drastically the aircraft trim may need adjusting.
Also make sure you have enough flaps for your speed - otherwise you will stall.
No, by 3 DME I was fully configured. So Gear Down, Flaps full, IAS was at a stable 140kt.
Are you sure you calibrated your device before disconnecting the Autopilot?
Yes, I always recalibrate my device before disconnecting the autopilot. But that’s not the issue here, it’s AT which is completely unrelated to trim control…
Could you share the replay.
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It happened on the first leg on short final (600ft msl). You might not see a big drop but that’s because I reacted quickly with a big deflection of the elevator.
Looking at the elevator in 3rd person view I can see that it reset to the neutral position during AT disconnect. Also it wasnt a ILS but vis approach, my bad.
That is indeed odd - took me a minute to spot it because it was a subtle dip.
But if your aircraft was properly trimmed and device calibrated I can’t think what else could cause that.
Let me see if I can recreate it.
Yeah it didn’t happen on the return leg, but I’ve experienced it’s multiple times before. Must be a bug (as I’ve said before) because the AT shouldn’t act like this.
Yeah I wasn’t able to recreate it just now - but I’ll keep an eye out for it happening next time I fly the A320.
I don’t think this is a bug. When I first started flying on IF, I didn’t add trim and never recalibrated. This lead to a sudden dip of the nose once I turned off the AP, especially if the aircraft is too nose heavy. Once I got a little more experienced, I began trying several trim amounts until the nose didn’t drop, or it did very little. This is all without recalibrating. It varies from aircraft to aircraft, but on the B737 I use 15% trim for landing at Flaps 30° and 135kts. It works wonders.
Try some flights in Solo and find the trim that best suits you.
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If by AT you mean autopilot, I’m fairly certain this isn’t a bug. It’s happened to me on numerous occasions and every time I was not trimmed properly. What percentage of positive trim were you using (if you can find it)
AT means AUTO THROTTLE
Auto throttle? I have never had an issue with that before, so I’m very curious now
How often do you experience this issue
Once every 2 or 3 flights, it must be a bug because it resets the elevator to the neutral position
Very interesting… I don’t understand how the throttle could be connected to the elevator though. I guess I’ll have to do some testing of my own later. In this case I’m thinking its probably a bug, but I’ve never experienced it first-hand so idk for sure
I can assure you that that’s not a real feature, hopefully the devs can fix it in the future