A320 should be able to fly on one engine, right?

Real world yes you should be able to fly SE in an A320...and land. Did you apply full power to the remaining engine?
This is one of the things that happens in FS Pax but i think you can change the settings to no failures...takes away the fun for me..I like one per flight!
When you are ready to start your TO roll apply half throttle check then engines spool up together....if yes then apply TO power if not abandon the TO.

PH is right. I agree with him 😉

Oh, here's the A320 Checklist ➡

http://www.dauntless-soft.com/PRODUCTS/Freebies/HandlingNotes/simchecklists.asp

Yeah, I was putting out 105% from the left engine, trying to maintain at least a couple hundred feet of decent, and still losing airspeed until I finally stalled out and crashed. Frustrating... Thanks for the checklist Agus

I never do any checks before takeoff. I'm not going to be a real pilot or anything, so I just trust the simulator is set up correctly.

but isn't the purpose of FSPassengers to simulate what being a real-world pilot is like?

besides.. doing a quick run-through of your instruments and control surfaces will only take 60 seconds of your time. 🙄

Sphagnum1 wrote:

Yeah, I was putting out 105% from the left engine, trying to maintain at least a couple hundred feet of decent, and still losing airspeed until I finally stalled out and crashed. Frustrating... Thanks for the checklist Agus

You know what I would do in that case? Turn off the engine with the failure. Then I would apply 100% N1 of thrust. That is a little dangerous because the engine may catch fire, but since you were close to the runway it should be that much problem.
Then I would set the flaps back to Flaps 1 or 2. Or maybe I would do a flapless landing. That will keep the aircraft on the air enough to land the aircraft safely. Don't use reverse thrust, since you applied a lot of thrust to the other engine. No autobrake. You do it manually. And don't forget to use the spoilers.

Try that if you have a similar problem in the future. 😉

pilotguy44 wrote:

but isn't the purpose of FSPassengers to simulate what being a real-world pilot is like?

FSPassengers simulates what someone thinks is real-world.

If it actually were simulating real-world, the following wouldn't happen.

1. Malfunctions wouldn't occur at a rate so high, no one would risk flying.
2. The cabin crew wouldn't announce you were descending to your destination because you dropped down to get out of those headwinds at FL360.
3. The cabin crew wouldn't hand you a beverage every 20 minutes.
4. Would warn you when you were entering restricted airspace, rather than just shooting at you.
5. The cabin crew wouldn't try to serve a meal on a 1/2 hour flight.

There are more, I don't remember them since I turned off a lot of those "features" and always tell FSPassengers I'm hauling cargo, not passengers. It might be a lie, but cartons and crates don't give a damn about whether I played music while taxiing, or object, if I play musinc in flight. 🙄 And they never scream! 😛

pilotguy44 wrote:

but isn't the purpose of FSPassengers to simulate what being a real-world pilot is like?

If that indeed was the purpose, nobody would buy it. The idea is to entertain you in a pleasant way and reward you and if you mess up to reprimand you in an hilarious way. Keeps you coming back and exclaiming 'Wow, this is cool, I'm having a great time!!'

I'm not against FSpax - having fun is my favorite pastime, but the real-world pilot's existence is not always fun.

If you were to sell a product aimed mainly at the younger demography, would you take the fun out of it? Of course not! You wouldn't be able to sell your product.

no i realize that it might not come close to the actual reality of being a pilot.. but i think its the closest thing out there for a flight simulation

besides.. you can put messages, seat belt signs, etc.. on your own manual control.. i only serve beverages and food when i feel it's necessary.

also.. the rate at which disasters occur can be turned down.. even to zero.

😉

pilotguy44 wrote:

no i realize that it might not come close to the actual reality of being a pilot.. but i think its the closest thing out there for a flight simulation

besides.. you can put messages, seat belt signs, etc.. on your own manual control.. i only serve beverages and food when i feel it's necessary.

To put this into some perspective: I disagree with the notion that this is the closest thing to a flight simulation. Regarding messages, seatbelt signs etc., there have been panels and add-on gauges available long before FSpax saw the light of day. During a real world emergency situation, much of the cabincrew activity is not initiated by the flightcrew anyway as they are too busy controlling the aircraft.

If I want 'as real as it gets' I choose an a/c that's up to the task (failurewise) and if that's not enough workload for me, I retrofit it with a panel with all the switches that will let me activate the cabincrew's and possibly pilot's and first officer's chatter.

Let's remember that in a real, dire emergency often there is no communication between flight- and cabincrew.