Archive > Technical discussions

Help with Airbus 320-200

<< < (2/2)

EHM-2097 Andrei:
I can think of one explanation...

BEFORE ever stating it, note that I DO NOT imply pilot error, it may still be a technical problem. I think this exact  behaviour will happen when the aircraft reaches cruise level with one notch of flaps out. I am thinking especially at the pitch angle, which seems quite low for a "clean" Airbus at low speed, but could be consistent with some flaps out.

I noted that on some aircraft, when the model and the panel do not match very well, it is possible to see no flaps or full flaps on the gauges while the reality is "slightly" different (one or several notches may not be apparent on the panel).

Andrei

EHM-2198 Didimo:
Interesting note Andrei, I spent the whole flight trying to figure out what I could do to fly with a lower pitch. Normally one pitches up a little bit to slow down the a/c at that crucial speed where a pitch up will not cause the plane to gain altitude.

However, I am 100% sure my flaps were up because it was in my after takeoff schedule and my lever was 100% up. Also the indicator on the panel as far as I remember was back at 0 degrees.

During my first test of the A3xx in combination with the MCP Pro (new toy) it stalled, crashed and burned some minutes after takeoff. The air crash investigator (myself :-) noticed that the flaps had not been fully retracted. That was also a very good note for me to learn about this bird's characteristics before commiting it to my first PP flight on it.

It must have been something, what I do not know but I found it strange that some days before I could push it at 300+ at FL250. That was the only reason why I used it.

I guess I might take it for another (much shorter) ride and see if it exhibits the same behaviour.

EHM-2089 Vincent:
I have been using the A320-200 for my Mediterranean Tour and did not notice any of those problems. I usually leave my pitot and de-icing on for a while when flying on higher altitudes. The usage of autopilot should not affect anything. However I had seen my IAS drop to around 250 odd, but my GS was sitting at more than 400 at that time. Try an empty cargo and passengers scenario and see if it repeats. Dis-engage autopilot and push those throttles to full and see if it makes any difference too.
On the tour, I flew most of the short ones below FL250 while I had a couple that had been flown on cruise alt.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[*] Previous page