Boeing vs Airbus with a Real Airline Pilot! Autopilot Controls

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5 ай бұрын

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In this video we take a look at the differences between the Airbus FCU and the Boeing MCP for controlling the autopilot, using my real world experience with both!
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I am a real world Airline pilot with thousands of hours flying the real aircraft and thought it would be fun to have a look at the detailed simulations of airliners in MSFS and X Plane. Hopefully you find this useful and it brings another perspective to your simulation. Any thoughts or comments are welcome!
This video is intended for home entertainment only and does not reflect or represent any real world aircraft or airline procedures. It is for home flight simulator enthusiasts only and has no real world application. All views expressed are my own.

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@drewer757 4 ай бұрын

Just ordered my miniFCU a few hours ago. And *then* saw your video. Doh! I missed out on the 10% off! C'est la vie! I'm so glad to see the "pull for me fly / push for you (plane) flies" works! I'll be using in VR, so it'll be great to actually feel the knobs and see changes.

@whoprofits2661 5 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Great to have a perspective of a professional who flew both.

@TimAyro 5 ай бұрын

I fly the 175 and it's basically a Boeing with Airbus automation. I prefer the Boeing autopilot but I really like the feature of automatically switching to NAV when confirming a direct.

@nickk8762 5 ай бұрын

Really helpful thanks! It struck me whilst watching your stream the other day how clever the wing design is on the 787. Mach .85 in the cruise to 150, 160 knots approach. And still be stable throughout that range. Stunning piece of design.

@flyingnut3752 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the clear explanation and all the effort you do

@mdhazeldine 5 ай бұрын

Very helpful tutorial. Thanks! Personally I much prefer the Airbus design. It's just so dang simple. It's nice to know that the MiniFCU can work with the 787. Hopefully there will also be a way to get it to work with the PMDG 737 and 777 in future, but what I'm really hoping for is a MiniMCP for Boeing. Currently the only ones I've seen out there are ridiculously priced.

@hjr2000 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the content as ever Cap 🎉

@I_Evo 5 ай бұрын

One thing not mentioned that I'm sure trips up many simmers, namely the difference in what what happens at TOD when planning on flying a VNAV descent.

@CrashEd1664 5 ай бұрын

Top notch tutorial Capt! 👍

@andrevdw747 5 ай бұрын

Thanks again for this handy tutorial 👍🏻🛸

@baomao7243 5 ай бұрын

Great comparison video for those of those of us flying Airbus/Boeing with “multiple type ratings.” 😉

@GG_Booboo 5 ай бұрын

I honestly love both manufacturers' planes, though Boeing has had it's fair share if mishaps in the last couple of years compared to Airbus! Thank you again for another educational video!

@mateuszmkalinowski 5 ай бұрын

For the people that don't want to wait for the miniFCU, or for who it is too expensive, a really recommend creating one on your own, if you have some electronics and soldering skills. I've bought a project box, arduino, some buttons, encoders and almost finished one that really brings the immersion on the next level, and you can include any buttons you want. Of course miniFCU would be better and will look far more realistic, almost not comparable, but anyway, it can be quite fun, challenging and just interesting for many people to build one by yourself. And mobiflight software makes it so easy to configure one, it works really nice with fenix a320 (just without being easily able to display values, but the inputs works perfectly)

@sky173 5 ай бұрын

Love that miniFCU but I'm concerned about durability. I'll be interested to see what people think after one year of daily use.

@dingbat19 5 ай бұрын

yup their QC seems iffy - seen quite a few images of units that arrived with mistakes on them such as buttons in completely the wrong places/swapped around

@glidertastic5778 5 ай бұрын

It is way overpriced for the quality imo. There is great hype around it, which helps with the sales...

@wavesandsky 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, and they spend quite some money to get Flightsim KZfaqrs to do ad for them. Streamdeck is the better deal IMO, and it feels and handles top notch quality. Much more versatile as well, don't forget the 777 is coming soon and my A320 will be in the hangar for a while

@jay-rus4437 5 ай бұрын

Price is what stopped me from ordering it. $269 seems pretty high for plastic. Also dont like the trend of buying products that are not available for shipment. We assume they are handling the funds appropriately, but that isnt always the case. Honeycomb is a great example of that at the moment

@sky173 5 ай бұрын

@@jay-rus4437 Agree.

@zlm001 5 ай бұрын

Thanks

@baomao7243 5 ай бұрын

I have personally purchased and extensively used Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, TCA Airbus captain pack, several throttle quadrants, several joysticks, several yokes, several rudder pedal rigs, and a Pro-flight Puma collective/cyclic. My not-too-surprising observation for flight sim is that high build quality (incl. software) matters a LOT for satisfying realism/longevity, and it can even command a decent premium. However, with that in mind, even if the mini has tier 1 build quality, the price still seems “out of market.” To me, qualitatively it “feels” like it should be more like $160+. I’d really love to hear others’ comments/feedback on their experience with it vs the price.

@smash_1389 5 ай бұрын

Boeing really mixed it up in 787.. You have combination of old style Boeing controls (push buttons) and you have Airbus like buttons on rotary knobs.. Airbus did it better from the start, keeping it consistent and simpler..

@SaurabhKumar-hr7fn 4 ай бұрын

Why didn’t thrust go to thrust climb when fcu set to 6000ft and you pulled? It was in open climb but thrust was in speed?

@cjmillsnun 5 ай бұрын

3:13 You can tell you're a Boeing pilot now. Autothrust on the Bus ;)

@irondrummer5125 5 ай бұрын

Does the Mini FCU works with the Fenix A320? I've heard that it will not match unfortunatly. Great to se the different approaches by Airbus and Boeing

@mateuszmkalinowski 5 ай бұрын

It works, but without showing the inserted speed/heading and so on, so all of the buttons works correctly

@leonscape 5 ай бұрын

With Mobiflight, and Quartz it does work. Theres a simple video, and Config for it. Using it at the moment works perfectly. Just search MiniFCU Fenix MobiFlight. Once You have Mobiflight working with it, making it work with any other plane becomes easy. Theres a nice generic profile for most of the rest of the aircraft in MSFS.

@cjmillsnun 5 ай бұрын

@@mateuszmkalinowski There is a workaround.

@4prawns 5 ай бұрын

Top notch - I think by comparing the Airbus and Boeing makes some potentially confusing stuff very easy to understand. Using the miniCockpit Airbus fcu to operate the in sim Boeing mcp made me grin - do you think Boeing will get in touch with miniCockpit to sponsor them to make a Boeing mcp ?

@WindsorYeh 5 ай бұрын

Hellooooo!!!

@RobertoGodfrey 5 ай бұрын

Airbus is simply the much more superior plane, lol.

@atulshenoy4306 5 ай бұрын

Airbus better fr

@Bloboii 5 ай бұрын

There are pros and cons. I am an airbus boy but i think what you’re saying is really impulse

@atulshenoy4306 5 ай бұрын

@@Bloboii yeah that's true but I like airbus more

@Bloboii 5 ай бұрын

@@atulshenoy4306 liking airbus more doesn’t make up that its better than boeing.

@atulshenoy4306 5 ай бұрын

@@Bloboii I like airbus more bro. I know both are amazing but I feel like flying airbus is more straightforward in terms of flying. I'm sorry if I offended you 🙏🙏. It's completely fine to have different opinion.

@jagermain4207 5 ай бұрын

Boeing retains its vertical profile even in heading select, that is a huge advantage in my opinion. I don't want to constantly monitor and manage my vertical profile when I'm being vectored.

@techanthrop 5 ай бұрын

miniFCU is good but extremely overpriced for such product…

@andy70d35 5 ай бұрын

Let's see you build one cheaper, the price is reasonable compared to others. Look at CP flight as an example, their FCU is 1.235.00 + vat

@techanthrop 5 ай бұрын

@@andy70d35 I don‘t remember that i ask your opinion... It is not about building cheaper. I have my own cockpit at home. It’s about product itself and its price but you know… you can buy and spread your money freely on what you want. Go for it ;)

@budguy21 4 ай бұрын

totally worth it. Sorry you're poor.

@techanthrop 4 ай бұрын

@@budguy21 Poor? :D That made me laugh. No it is not worth it and you have no idea what are you talking about ;)

@budguy21 4 ай бұрын

@@techanthrop want me to buy you one?