Hi

 

it appears the advanced tutorial is out now, just downloaded it from http://majesticsoftware.com/mjc8q400/downloads.html and select tutorials

 

 

Cheers

 

Steve

Great news. Printing it out now.

 

Thanks Steve....and Majestic, of course.

Thanks for the heads up!

Great news... Hopefully this will sort most of the complaints and we all can focus on enjoying the bird  :p0502:  :LMAO:

 

Just finished reading through it - it seems like an excellent job, very well done!  I know what route I'll be flying tonight...

 

Oh if I didn't have the rest of the work day to suffer through... hmmm *cough* *cough*... Oh I think I feel a cold coming on... :lol:

Looks to be an excellent tutorial. Just done the pre read, now doing the tutorial. Just wondering one thing. 

My load sheet comes up with different calculations even though Ive entered exact figures from tutorial. I.E 3 PAX 20lbs FWD 800lb AFT and 8000 T/O fuel and 4300 Trip Fuel. Clicking calculate my ZFM Index is 101 and the MAC % is 33.4% not the 25.9% in the tutorial.  The only difference I see is the weight calculation from the PAX weight , being 560 instead of 496.  I adjusted it to get around 25% since I think thats what we aim for anyhow, but interesting its different. 

Very much enjoying the tutorial - well written, and a good read!!

 

Could someone direct me to the point where the autopilot gets engaged...?

 

Is it at 400 ft AGL, or some other time??

Looks to be an excellent tutorial. Just done the pre read, now doing the tutorial. Just wondering one thing. 

My load sheet comes up with different calculations even though Ive entered exact figures from tutorial. I.E 3 PAX 20lbs FWD 800lb AFT and 8000 T/O fuel and 4300 Trip Fuel. Clicking calculate my ZFM Index is 101 and the MAC % is 33.4% not the 25.9% in the tutorial.  The only difference I see is the weight calculation from the PAX weight , being 560 instead of 496.  I adjusted it to get around 25% since I think thats what we aim for anyhow, but interesting its different. 

There might be some differences as the beta releases may have changed things while I was writing it- I also may have mistakenly used different weights on a different day running through the tutorial again to take pictures. 

 

Very much enjoying the tutorial - well written, and a good read!!

 

Could someone direct me to the point where the autopilot gets engaged...?

 

Is it at 400 ft AGL, or some other time??

 

At my company, procedure was to wait for 1000ft- at 400ft you're allowed to engage a navigation mode, either FMS/LNAV/VOR or HDG SEL. At 1000ft above the field- which is the acceleration altitude, the PF would call

 

"Flaps 0, set IAS XXX, climb checklist"- and reduce the pitch to accelerate. Once established at a climb speed the autopilot could be engaged. 

 

Our limitations on autopilot usage was as follows:

Minimum Engagement: 1000ft AGL

 

Landing

Flaps 0º 1000ft AGL

Flaps 5-35, 200ft AGL

Singe Engine: Final approach segment, autopilot must be off.  

I think it is missing the .FLT file from the saved situation files

I think you're right... 

 

If you start at Gate 2 or 3 in CYTD it should have you in the same position. The weather will probably be nicer these days however now that spring has arrived.

btw thank you for this nice tutorial. All the flows will be very usefull

I was reading it at lunchtime today: very clearly written and a good sense of humor!

 

Couple of minor edits, couple of sentences didn't finish, but it gives me a MUCH clearer sense, for instance, of how to program the FMS than the bulkier but far more confusing (to me) PMDG NGX 737 manual.