I use an excellent system for the MD11 running on a networked machine called TSR Autobrake. It reads the weather from FS and will adjust the braking effectiveness based on rain/snow intensity runway slope and few other things. Until TOPCAT comes out of BETA I'm very happy with UTOPIA for my performance calculations, however it has it's limitations. Now as we all know the MD11 FMC can give us our V speeds, is there an option to enter 'W' or 'Wet' into the FMC like the 744 and get a wet V1 speed? or where only dry calculations used in development?ThanksRob

I use an excellent system for the MD11 running on a networked machine called TSR Autobrake. It reads the weather from FS and will adjust the braking effectiveness based on rain/snow intensity runway slope and few other things. Until TOPCAT comes out of BETA I'm very happy with UTOPIA for my performance calculations, however it has it's limitations. Now as we all know the MD11 FMC can give us our V speeds, is there an option to enter 'W' or 'Wet' into the FMC like the 744 and get a wet V1 speed? or where only dry calculations used in development?ThanksRob

Rob,The MD11 FMC (real and simulated) only calculates V1 Dry Speeds.To use V1 Wet, you have to overwrite V1 Dry, the box (along the PFD speed tape) changes from magenta to white in that case.The V1 Wet Speed has to be calculated using company performance data.Regards,Harry

V1Wet = V1Dry - 17 knots with a minimum of VMCground. VMCground = 136 knots at sealeve, 15 degrees.Regards,Floris

V1Wet = V1Dry - 17 knots with a minimum of VMCground. VMCground = 136 knots at sealeve, 15 degrees.Regards,Floris

Hi Floris,That's a correct statement for "our" company performance data. ;-)Can't find a ref to this in the published PMDG data, so being a little cautious.Groeten,Harry

Hi Floris,That's a correct statement for "our" company performance data. ;-)Can't find a ref to this in the published PMDG data, so being a little cautious.Groeten,Harry

Thanks for the info guys.RegardsRob