TCAS procedure

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TCAS procedure

Postby snippyfsxer » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:17 pm

Whenever I'm flying a TCAS equipped plane in Flight Sim, and it lights up, my normal procedure is to switch to outside view and see how close the other traffic came, hopefully catching a flyby of a rare livery
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Re: TCAS procedure

Postby -Crossfire- » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:39 pm

In the IFR world, ATC should keep you well clear of traffic, so TCAS alerts are rare.... i think... but mistakes do happen.  The plane I fly doesn't have TCAS, so I'm not 100% on its operation.

I do believe if you get conflicting instruction from your TCAS and from ATC, ie. TCAS tells you to decend and ATC tells you to climb, that you should do what the TCAS tells you.

A little insight here...
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Re: TCAS procedure

Postby DaveSims » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:40 pm

If the TCAS gives you avoidance directions, you take evasive action and do what it says.  If it is close enough to cause a collision warning, you don't have time to look for the other aircraft, you just follow the directions.
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Re: TCAS procedure

Postby machineman9 » Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:29 am

Immelmann  :P
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Re: TCAS procedure

Postby olderndirt » Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:41 am

The classic '360' and get the h#ll out of there.
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Re: TCAS procedure

Postby C » Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:27 pm

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In the real world, I don't suppose this is standard doctrine however.
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Re: TCAS procedure

Postby machineman9 » Tue Nov 09, 2010 5:22 pm

The classic '360' and get the h#ll out of there.

360 would put you back in the exact same direction  ;D
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Re: TCAS procedure

Postby patchz » Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:02 am

[quote]Immelmann
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Re: TCAS procedure

Postby olderndirt » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:42 pm

[quote][quote]Immelmann
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