Kevin Hall
Last Activity: Today, 12:03
Joined: 28Feb2019
Location: Shoreham-by-Sea
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Check whether the runway was a GS transmitter in your scenery. Easy to do using the map and hovering your mouse over the arrow representing the transmitter.... -
Real world. As Dan says it's used for intercept but it's also used for tracking. If the selected course is off the AP will track to left or right of the... -
It's not just for situational awareness. You need the correct inbound course selected or the AP cannot capture and track the LOC correctly....Leave a comment:
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This is great news. I'm very much looking forward to being able to fly the Rolls and PW powered 777s at last.Leave a comment:
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Note, the reset button will only work if the bleed trip off condition is no longer present.Leave a comment:
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Remember, you will only be in trim when your current airspeed matches the reference speed. For large changes in speed increment the trim to match current...Leave a comment:
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What is the aircraft in your default scenario?Leave a comment:
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Jason, you should use magnetic heading for ILS inbound course, not true, when adding an ILS to navdata. Using the wrong heading will mess up the localiser...Last edited by Kevin Hall; 19Dec2020, 12:45.Leave a comment:
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Yes it was a 747-200. Windmilling rpm driving the EDPs was sufficient to maintain hydraulic pressure for the flight controls with airspeed above 250 knots....Last edited by Kevin Hall; 18Dec2020, 04:13. -
You have to switch both FDs off. Then it resets.Leave a comment:
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True enough. The Fokker 50 has a similar control, called TCS (Touch Control Steering), so it's not FBW only. The Fokker 50 also had manual AP pitch and...Leave a comment:
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CWS is a throwback to the days when an autopilot was basically an attitude hold system. It replaced the manual turn and pitch knobs with a yoke input....Leave a comment:
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So it seems. You have to read my post in the context of the post I quoted, which said a 737 in CWS mode feels like an Airbus. I said that would be a very... -
Cedrice, a qualified full flight simulator certainly is credible as it will use manufacturer's data. What kind of simulator did you imagine I meant? Are... -
I'm not a pilot but I've flown Airbus full flight sims on numerous occasions. I've also occasionally flown a 737 FFS in CWS mode so I know how that feels... -
A very sluggish and clunky Airbus. An Airbus feels nothing like 737 CWS....Leave a comment:
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