April 6, 201412 yr Will the FMC automatically descent if you have on Vnav and LNav? Ben Angelo. Proud member of Mountain Airlines.
April 6, 201412 yr The FMC cannot override the MCP set altitude. This is a safety measure so that the FMC can't start to descend the plane without ATC clearance and pilot intervention. If you reach top of the last step climb and set your altitude window in the MCP (Autopilot thingy on the glareshield) to say, 14000ft, then the VNAV will automatically descend when it reaches calculated top of descent. Until it reaches 14000ft, then it will level off, even if the optimum profile continues descending. It will then fly at 14,000ft till either the pilot changes the MCP altitude setting below 14,000ft and re-engages VNAV or another mode, or till the aircraft runs out of fuel. Trent Hopkinson, 2015 Crewmember of www.mangrove.com.au WorldFlight sim Youtube channel www.youtube.com/user/musicalaviator
April 6, 201412 yr Author The FMC cannot override the MCP set altitude. This is a safety measure so that the FMC can't start to descend the plane without ATC clearance and pilot intervention. If you reach top of the last step climb and set your altitude window in the MCP (Autopilot thingy on the glareshield) to say, 14000ft, then the VNAV will automatically descend when it reaches calculated top of descent. Until it reaches 14000ft, then it will level off, even if the optimum profile continues descending. It will then fly at 14,000ft till either the pilot changes the MCP altitude setting below 14,000ft and re-engages VNAV or another mode, or till the aircraft runs out of fuel. So once you reach the T/D point, with VNAV and LNAV on, it will descent its self? Ben Angelo. Proud member of Mountain Airlines.
April 6, 201412 yr yes if you set the mcp alt to a lower one that you have already set I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
April 6, 201412 yr Author yes if you set the mcp alt to a lower one that you have already set Right now I just have my altitude set to FL240 and cruising. Its set in my FMC per waypoint and my A/P while on VNav and LNav, is that enough? Ben Angelo. Proud member of Mountain Airlines.
April 6, 201412 yr yes as long as you set the mcp before the t/d to the whatever you got in your fmc, the plane will descend to that level you set in the fmc I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
April 6, 201412 yr No, if you are cruising at FL240...and you need to be at 11,000 by the next waypiont...altho it may say a lower alt in the FMC, unless you, as the pilot, set the lower alt in the alt window on the autopilot the plane will not decend.... Luke Pype
April 6, 201412 yr Author Can anybody confirm one or two of these "theories" so I know which one I can go by? (Someone other than these two fine people) Ben Angelo. Proud member of Mountain Airlines.
April 6, 201412 yr The best answer is given by Trent in the second post, if you want to find more precise answer go to your fcoms and it be in there in more detail I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
April 6, 201412 yr Author The best answer is given by Trent in the second post, if you want to find more precise answer go to your fcoms and it be in there in more detail Where are the fcoms? Ben Angelo. Proud member of Mountain Airlines.
April 6, 201412 yr In the Windows start menu they are called Operating Manual Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. What happened to AVSIM
April 6, 201412 yr To sum up: If you don't touch anything, VNAV cannot override MCP ALT Therefore if you are cruising on 240 and have 24000 in the MCP, it will not descend by itself. It can descent by itself, if you dial in a lower altitude before ToD. --Peter Fabian
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