I know the NGX and upcoming 777 have the option to pause at Top of decent however what about when a failure occurs?  I don't generally fly with failures on but with the superb looking checklists I think it would be interesting to see how well I could follow these checklists and react to the problem.  My only problem is that when I get a chance to fly I cannot guarantee I am going to be able to sit at the PC for the entire flight even with the new accelerated time feature, so would it not be an idea to have the sim pause at a failure so as you don't miss it and come to a monitor saying you have crashed?

Why not press "P" to pause the simulation so you can read your checklists prior to un-pausing?

Why not press "P" to pause the simulation so you can read your checklists prior to un-pausing?

 

That's not the idea he had in mind. He was referring to having the sim pause when a failure occurs, so when he returns to the flight from whatever he was doing, he can deal with it.

That's a good idea. I don't usually have failures in but I too age it would be interesting to see how I can handle it with the new checklist system.

 

 

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Jordan McTiffin

 

 

that is a excellent idea

I like this idea, but will never use it.  

I asked this same thing regarding the new acceleration feature a couple of days back, but never got a response. Hopefully it is implemented, as a failure developing while using the acceleration feature sounds intense.

I asked this same thing regarding the new acceleration feature a couple of days back, but never got a response. Hopefully it is implemented, as a failure developing while using the acceleration feature sounds intense.

 

The acceleration slows down during complex turns, climbs etc I'm sure it would do the same for a failure.  

The acceleration slows down during complex turns, climbs etc I'm sure it would do the same for a failure.  

 

And if it doesn't, the failure might just turn into a complex turn and spiral descent, which would trigger the 1x rate  :lol:

I don't know how hard it would be to implement something like this it might even be an idea for a service pack in the future I don't know. I just thought it could be handy to people who cant sit at their pc even with time acceleration but still want to try their hand at dealing with failures.

Excellent idea!

And if it doesn't, the failure might just turn into a complex turn and spiral descent, which would trigger the 1x rate  :lol:

True. I never thought about that haha.

I agree - this seems like a great idea!

Ah Ah . Imagine at T/O

 

-Power Set

-100kt

-V1, Rotate

(engine 1 fail) Pauseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

 

lol.

 

See U

Marc

+1!!

 

@Marc: could be enabled/disabled in the FMC when you plan to leave the computer. During takeoff I would hope you're flying!

 

Best regards,

Robin.