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Well, I guess the question wasn't about arrivals but about ILS approaches. If an airport has more than one selectable ILS approach leading to the same runway you'll need some kind of designation. And that is just what the letter means. There's no worldwide standard rule about the meaning of the letters. Often you hear the rule that the most used approach is the one with the alphabetically last letter, but that is not true for all airports at all. Other reasons to have more than one ILS approach for the same runway could be: -The level of congestion. -The selected arrival or arrival transition. - Noise abatement / time of day. - Aircraft sizes. - Other active runways. (as explained above in Vienna). - Weather conditions. - Airspace condition (ex closed areas due to other activity). - Any other kind of good reason.

You can use the B737ng dispatch sheet from avsim.com. It can do calculations for Short Field Performance option as well as standard performance calculations. It's based on various FPPMs, FCOMs, and other performance documents. All you need is MS Excel.

If you haven't tried the B737NG dispatch sheet for excel can find it at avsim file library: http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fsxutil&DLID=180540 It calculates the required landing distance based on speed, brake settings, weather, and runway conditions. It easy to change the factors and see the results. One thing to remember though. The Required Landing Distance is longer that the expected landing role. It includes safety margins. If i remember correctly it adds 300ft to tresshold plus a percentage of the calculated roll distance depending on conditions.

I use max in Rio de Janiero Santos Dumont airport every time I land with the PMDG 737-800

175 lbs

Thanks for the advice. Although it is not 30% I do experience improved fps after installing 14.40

No harm done at all. Often on approach you are assigned a speed anyway. Sometimes 250, sometimes slower, sometimes faster.

10 knots buffer during descent. That's why. You can change it.

The 737ng dispatch sheet will do that for you. It's a free Excel sheet. Find it in the avsim file library. Version 4.95 is the latest. TOPCAT payware is also an option. It's a great tool but payware.

yeah sorry. The second part of my answer was directed at the topic starter.

That depends where you are. Further north means more time to align. But at 15 min it should be aligned anywhere. Does align light up when you align? Is the irs transfer not in normal? Are you fully connected to an electric source such as APU or ground connection? I have created my own initial start up state. I have heard about problems with the default cold and dark state.

Did you turn on and align the IRS? As captain and PF thats your job.

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This sounds more like the turbulence induced s-turns caused by a weak modeling of turbulence. You can turn off turbulence to solve the problem. Active Sky Next weather can simulate turbulence without this problem appearing.

Not very good. A joystick with twist axis will do the trick. It doesn't have to be expensive. I believe mine is called Logitech Extreme PRO. 30-50 dollars, many buttons and good reliability. Pedals with rudder and toe brake control would be even better but far more expensive.

1. ... and though it might not tell you how fast you are going from one point to another the IAS is the aerodynamic speed. It governs lift and drag. Therefore it is more important when flying.

Det var da en tråd, der tog en drejning. But try to disable the turbulence effects in FSUIPC and FSX Real Weather. The PMDGs have a problem with the way turbulence is simulated. Another option might be to use HifiSim ASN for weather. Since I changed to ASN I have never had the S-turn problem. And I have had plenty of turbulence. Lasse

Turn off turbulence effects in your weather program. Did it for me. Or use ASN.

The reason i started working on the sheet was the postponing of pfpx. As soon as the program was announced I thought I couldn't live without it. The fact that it was delayed again and again made me make my own solution. Combined with a good route planner the sheet will do almost the same as pfpx and topcat together. That's just how I am :-) if I can't have it, I'll create it myself. When I was i kid, my mother wouldn't alow me to play computer games, so I build my own computer out of LEGO :-). I must admit that the dispatch sheet came out better than the LEGO computer. (it was way before LEGO mindstorm). When PMDG releases the SDK for the 777 (soon), FS2Crew for the 777 will be released shortly after. That will make me want to fly the 777 again. And if TOPCAT is not ready with a 777 profile, I might be able to find the time to do a 777 sheet. If I can't have it, I'll make it myself :-) Cheers Lasse

Hi, Glad y'all like it :-) Tak Regarding the 777: PFPX will do the fuel and weight calculations for you. I bought the program shortly after release, and it has never disappointed me. But you are right. We still miss a way to calculate Takeoff performance. I made a small sheet, not at all equal to the 737 dispatch sheet, that will validate TO thrust based on field limit weight. Its only for flap 15 takeoffs (only that is included in the pmdg docs). Look at this link: http://forum.avsim.net/topic/420235-derate-calculator-for-777-200lr-available/ I'm working on an update, but I'm quite busy at the moment. So progress is slow :-) Cheers, Lasse

thanks! It is airport altitude markings.

Can you re-phrase your question. Not sure what you are asking for. cheers

http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fsxutil&DLID=179410 this excel spread sheet use fcom information to calculate field limit weights. Use to find out how much you can derate.

Did you try to input some numbers? Works for me.

http://selvbetjening.trafikstyrelsen.dk/civilluftfart/Dokumenter/Luftfartsinformation%20%28AIS%29/AIP%20Danmark/AIP%20PART%203%20-%20FLYVEPLADSER%20%28AD%29/AD%202%20AERODROMES/Koebenhavn_Kastrup%20-%20EKCH/EK_AD_2_EKCH_ILS_DME_04L_CAT_I_II_en.pdf Which is an approach chart. This is where you get the information. Theres different minimas for different runways and different approaches. You'll have to look the up each time. This is a good place to search for airport charts https://charts.aero/