February 4, 200620 yr I just did a landing at Haneda in the 744 and took off again on a hand flight after slewing to the departure runway. All went well on a low level sightseeing flight around Tokyo but on descent and approach, there were no GPWS callouts at all. Is this normal? Or did I fail to re-set something? Or must one be at some minimum altitude to trigger them for descent and app?Jonathan Jonathan Sacks Dell XPS Gen 4, Pentium IV Northwood extreme 3.8Ghz, 3Ghz RAM, eVGA 7900 GTO, 12 GoFlight modules plus MCP-PRO AP and EFIS, GF pedestal, CH rudder pedals, CH throttle quadrant, 42" LG LED, 24" DELL LCD, Windows XP, FS2004, FSUIPC 3.96 FS Autostart 1.1 (Build 11), FS Navigator 4.6, UT, FE, GE, REX, PMDG, Level-D, PSS, etc.
February 5, 200620 yr "Or must one be at some minimum altitude to trigger them for descent and app?"Yes :)The system is designed to reduce nuisance repeat callouts (as you would get when flying over uneven surfaces).During go-around, the callouts are inhibited until the aircraft has reached a particular height/altitude. Note: There have been debates on what that height/altitude is... Some say it has to be above the first callout (e.g. 2500'AGL). Some say that the aircraft has to fly above a fixed altitude, e.g 4,500' (above the airfield).Cheers.Q>
February 5, 200620 yr Author OK, mate, thanks for post. They are now working normally.Jonathan Jonathan Sacks Dell XPS Gen 4, Pentium IV Northwood extreme 3.8Ghz, 3Ghz RAM, eVGA 7900 GTO, 12 GoFlight modules plus MCP-PRO AP and EFIS, GF pedestal, CH rudder pedals, CH throttle quadrant, 42" LG LED, 24" DELL LCD, Windows XP, FS2004, FSUIPC 3.96 FS Autostart 1.1 (Build 11), FS Navigator 4.6, UT, FE, GE, REX, PMDG, Level-D, PSS, etc.
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