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Official Panel Configuration Thread
GNS 430 on Carenado Beechcraft Bonanza V35B. Another old one that I like a lot and again still works well in Xplane 11.4 [GNS_430_1.PANELS] ; display window if true. visible = true ; show screen only gauge if true. nobezel = true ; display type: WINDOW,PANEL2D,PANEL3D,PANELS frame.type = PANEL3D ; display position and dimension (left,top,width,height) frame.rect = 235,590,430,232 ; screen only border size (pixels). border.size = 0 ; screen only border color (#RGB or #RGBA). border.rgba = #000000 ; enable mouse clickspots if true, disable if false (use SHIFT to override) usemouse = true ; left mouse button on the screen toggles popup window if true. popleft = false ; right mouse button on the screen toggles popup window if true (requires XP11.1). popright = true
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Official Panel Configuration Thread
GNS 430 on Carenado Cessna C337H Super Skymaster… a old one, but one of my favorites and still works well in Xplane 11.4 [GNS_430_1.PANELS] ; display window if true. visible = true ; show screen only gauge if true. nobezel = true ; display type: WINDOW,PANEL2D,PANEL3D,PANELS frame.type = PANEL3D ; display position and dimension (left,top,width,height) frame.rect = 494,680,428,236 ; screen only border size (pixels). border.size = 0 ; screen only border color (#RGB or #RGBA). border.rgba = #000000 ; enable mouse clickspots if true, disable if false (use SHIFT to override) usemouse = true ; left mouse button on the screen toggles popup window if true. popleft = false ; right mouse button on the screen toggles popup window if true (requires XP11.1). popright = true
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bugs in Ecuador
Hello, I would like to post some bugs I found around some airports in Ecuador. I hope they can be corrected in a future Patch. thanks. Cristian bug 1, airport SESM, coordinates S1 30.51 W78 3.58 SESM1 by Cristian Caicedo, on Flickr bug 2, airport SEMC, coordinates S2 18.89 W78 7.59 SEMC1 by Cristian Caicedo, on Flickr bug 3, airport SENL, coordinates N0 5.18 W76 52.63 SENL1 by Cristian Caicedo, on Flickr
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Question about Failure: L ENG PRSOV VALVE
Well, there is no "L ENG PRSOV VALVE" message as such, The only one I can find is the "BLEED PRSOV L" status message. If that is the case then that message is there as any other status messages, mostly for maintenance action and to indicate that if the failure is not corrected, then before the airplane next flight, it has to be dispatched under the provisions of the MEL (minimum equipment list). It does no affect the flight crew or its operation, so technically as a pilot you don't have any action to do about it, or you don't expect any significant difference in operation related to that failure. If the case would be like a reverser would be inoperative because of that particular failure, then it would have had an associated EICAS caution or advisory message, which is not the case; so in short, no, you would not expect any engine reverser problem, they should work normally. On the other hand the "BLEED OFF ENG L" it is an Advisory message and as such it is designed to alert the flight crew about some condition that may affect the operation of the flight, in this case this advisory message does not have any checklist actions associated with it, so it just to alert the flight crew about this particular situation, in this case that there is no bleed air coming from the left side. based on this, there is no action required, but there is something you as a pilot need to keep in mind and play a bit of "what if" scenarios involving possible decision making if you have a second failure... Now if you want to get a little bit deeper about this failures while in flight, in the case of the "BLEED OFF ENG L" advisory message you may want to pull off the associated checklist, even although there is no actions associated, there is still an associated checklist that will tell you a bit more information about this, so you go ahead and select "CHKL", then select "NON NORMAL", then the very first subtopic on the left that says "BLEED OFF"... among other things i don't remember and finally you select "BLEED OFF ENG L". it will tell you this "the engine bleed valve is closed because of a system fault or the engine bleed switch is OFF". You know the bleed switch is not OFF so now you know that the engine bleed valve is closed because of a system fault and now you even now know what fault it that... it is the BLEED PRSOV valve failure. Finally if you are curious and have some time you go next to the MEL and search for "BLEED PRSOV L" and you will learn that it is a status message, you already knew this and the applicable MEL is 36-11-01. You search 36-11-01 and you will learn a lot more about this failure. too long to list about its effects here, but i does not mention anything about the reverse being inoperative. You may have an 'ENG IDLE DISAGREE' message during descent but again that one will have no major effect on your operation. Hope that helps... Cheers
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Faulty 1000 callout on radio altimeter
The 1000 ft voice alert is based on the barometric altimeter and not on the radio altimeter, so it is 1000ft AAL (above airport elevation). All the other callouts are based on the radio altimeter.
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No autopilot when pfc failed to sec
That is correct, Autopilot is available only with PFC in NORMAL mode. If PFC fail to secondary or direct mode, Autopilot is not available and of course if autopilot is not available, autoland is not possible.
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landing fuel reserve amount?
there is no such a thing as a "legal minimum landing fuel". At the planning stage you have to follow several rules that defines the minimum fuel you need to have in order to execute the flight legally, however once airborne there are no more restrictions, however of course you need always to monitor your fuel consumption and take appropriate action if required. Having said that, it is generally a good idea to plan to land with at least your minimum fuel reserve, which in the B-777-200LR and -F is around 3.0 to 3.5 tones.
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FMC > setting Trans. alt
to set the Transition Level (TL) for descent, go to the VNAV DESCENT page (3/3) and select FORECAST.. on the DESCENT FORECAST page you can set your TL on line 1L.
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Entering accurate elevator trim settings
In real life we never display the FCTL page to set the trim that precise, we just look at the stabilizer posición indicator on the pedestal while setting the trim value that we are looking for and that is it...
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777 take off procedure
Real life in this airplane is having enough power to climb fully loaded (MTOW) to FL300 in just 18 minutes, light load, like about 200 T takeoff weight and it will climb to FL390 in 14 minutes. That is it. Just follow flight director commands and do not get distracted by how much you are climbing as that is not of concern. The passengers or the crew can not feel if we are climbing 2000 or 5000 feet per minute. Climb is done at either CLB, CLB-1 or CLB-2 according to your weight and do not need to reduce that thrust setting, if you see the speed increasing you need to pull the nose up a littel bit more or simply follow flight director commands... That's is it.
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Never heard callout "approaching minimums" and "minimums"
For an ILS CAT I approach which is what you would use most of the time, you have to set your minimums (BARO) always, whatever minimums or DA appear in your chart... For instance in the ILS app chart to rwy 01 at Guatemala, you have to set a minimums (BARO) of 5100.
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777 take off procedure
Are you following flight director commands? As long as you follow flight director commands, speed should be in perfect control.
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Green flap speed bugs
I believe you are confusing design maneuver speed (Va) with flap maneuver speeds. The green bugs are flap maneuver speeds and not design maneuver speed... The flap maneuver speed is the recommended operating speed.
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Latitude and Longitude FMC syntax
Yes my friend, it is valid for the 737NGX as well... Cheers. Cristian