OK. Apologies but I am going to resuscitate this thread.
I've seen Matt Davies'video on Youtube (Hardcore NGX or something like that) where he flies with a 737NGX RW pilot. This guy does his NADP-2 like this - VNAV NOT armed until at initial climb clearance. Accel height 1500' reduction height 1500'
LNAV armed on initiation of takeoff roll. climbout at v2+20 then SPD INTV for the bug-up. But I'm unclear as to when to turn on the autopilot.
With these constraints set in the FMC, will the aircraft manage the speed with V2 set on the MCP initially without engaging the AP?
Also, I take it that we don't fly the FD on initialclimb, so do I use the yellow bars for pitch guidance?
Or am I horribly and irretrievably confused?
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Mike Blackburn
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