Sara Louise Capon

Old School Learning..

I'll break out the manuals later and see what it says about trim

I think it would be good to use it as the glass, but then i've never tried the project, it would be nice to have glass in the screens, but wonder iff it would still work from behind it.

That would be nice, working on building a simulator from the half an aircraft sat in the garage lol, and was wondering what to do for a view screen, this would sort that out perfectly

Sadly, no lol. I am how ever a certified aviation nut with an extensive library Oh, and regarding the GPS, in this setup, GPS 1 feeds into ADIRS1, GPS2 feeds into ADIRS2, GPS 1 also feeds into ADIRS3 under normal conditions

This might help, a picture speaks a thousand words straight from the FMS manual, the 3 ADIRS are what you were after....

Tricky question, but what I can say is if the Flight Directors disengage in certain modes, then the Auto Throttle reverts from THRUST mode to SPEED mode and tries to attain the speed target. The Auto-Thrust itself though is a function of the FMGS through the Master FMGC normally. If everything is working and set normally the Autpoilot with flight director and auto thrust are linked together. Not sure if that helps.

That's almost up there with those who may remember this one

I can see this being good after development, If you build a home cockpit and want the view outside the windscreen, no more multi-monitor or projector setup required, just put the material instead of the glass and screens for an outside view, could be very usefull and a cheap option for a full all round view outside.

Okay here goes, There are 2 FMGC's (Flight Management Guidance Computers), The Master And Slave. Inputs are from ILS, Radio Altitude, VOR, DME, Data base, Clock, Fuel, ADIRS (Air Data Inertial Reference System), Thrust Levers. The FMGC's talk to/from the FAC (Flight Augmentation Computer Which handles things such as Yam Damping, Rudder Trim, Rudder Limiting, Flight Envelope Protection, and Speed Computation), FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control), CPCU (Cabin Pressure Control Unit), EFIS (Electronic Flight Information System), Radio Navigation Auto-Tuning, ECAM (Electronic Centralised Aircraft Monitoring), the FCU (Flight Control Unit), and the MCDU (Multi Control & Display Unit). So essentially the FMGC's are the Autopilot and Brains of the Aircraft, Hope that answers your question.

I for one can say I love all the products and have them all installed, some of them take time right enough, and bed time is a good time to download whilst asleep for the bigger ones. All the sceneries are impressive though to say the least. 1 or 2 issues to install, but I had help in the same day as my requests, so cannot grumble there. I hope Darren & Vicki both keep producing more scenery to brighten up FSX

According to the Airplane Flight Manual, The Integrated Standby Flight Display (ISFD) System (if installed) includes a dedicated battery that provides an additional 150 minutes minimum of ISFD operation following the loss of standby power (main battery depletion).

It depends mostly on the aircraft, Those shots vary between 0.60-0.80 depending on which one. 0.6 Tends to give the extruded appearance of 3d objects, noticeable on some of those, but only did that to see a larger area for the shots. Normally I find 0.8 does for most aircraft without any visual distortion for flying.

Here's some snap shots from mine for reference of viewing real estate..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/saraslave/

That maybe true, But it is plug and play, No user input required or additional connectors. It is what it is so to speak.