One livery lost RAAS

[kvuo75]

im 90% sure it was working until a couple weeks ago too...

[kvuo75]

ok this is odd. one specific livery of my B744 (the UPS N581UP) has lost RAAS. it's enabled in the fmc options. All of my other 747's and 777's raas works...

[kvuo75]

well hurry up then! ...

[kvuo75]

yeah im just saying the throttle lever behavior is always the same regardless of variant.. they insist on that little boost until below fl300, then they...

[kvuo75]

ddowns: try this. when you start decent from above FL300. the throttles go to idle.. however, hit F1 while you actually watch the throttles in the VC....

[kvuo75]

it also keeps a little extra thrust above fl300 on descent.. i have no idea if that is real behavior but i have made it a habit to hit f1 passing thru...

[kvuo75]

heres some real world example of acars landing data...

she flies b744/b748 for ups

https://twitter.com/kclepley/status/1124...

[kvuo75]

im not in my 777 at the moment but iirc cant you just push the alt knob (intervention) to restart your descent in vnav spd, which will then capture vnav...

[kvuo75]

dont know what to take from this, but i decided to let the b744 autoland last time i flew it..

landing weight 573.9 k lbs

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[kvuo75]

at least pls the new versions of: southwest, alaska, american...

[kvuo75]

think of it like this (assuming center tank is already empty). there are 4 main tanks. one for each engine. 1 2 3 4. however, 2 and 3 (the inner tanks)...

[kvuo75]

correct me if im wrong but we dont get the fctm with the pmdg aircraft. only fcom, qrh, introduction and a tutorial

[kvuo75]

i start at 50 feet. im typically flying the cargo version and vref+5 is typically something like 160kt at flaps 30. if i wait until the 30 feet callout,...