Rome-Toronto...Pt. 4

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

Last and final Part...It only has 2 due to the fact that we can only put 500KB per post...Again, enjoy and please do leave a comment/criticism (constructive)...

On the Ground After Some 10 Hours of Flying...


A Happy Passenger's View!


Well, that's that...Hope you all enjoyed...

Happy Weekend All,
Ashar

[Mees]

Awesome serie!

You used FMC for this?

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

Awesome serie!

You used FMC for this?

I did! I finally got around to getting the darned thing to work...only partially though...

[Mees]

If you want you can join in on my FMC-Tutorial MP i will do tomorrow with James(aka lilley), i'll help you out

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

I'll try...but I'm still reading all the manuals of different Boeing simulations I have...I'll try to come

[Nexus]

Congratz on the first trip over the pond!  :)

A little tip for the simmer not used to all the complex systems: Learn ONE aircraft thoroughly.
Flipping back and forth, trying to master them all is rather pointless.
If you know one aircraft, then it is much easier to handle the other ones.

The 767 is a good aircraft to learn. You can apply that knowledge to the 757, and to a large extent the 747/777. Heck you even get much free if you try to fly the 737 aswell.  8)

If you grasp systems logic, you will have a rather comfortable ride when trying new aircrafts. Because when you break it down, the systems are very muich alike on every airliner. It's just the interface that is different.

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

Congratz on the first trip over the pond!  :)

A little tip for the simmer not used to all the complex systems: Learn ONE aircraft thoroughly.
Flipping back and forth, trying to master them all is rather pointless.
If you know one aircraft, then it is much easier to handle the other ones.

The 767 is a good aircraft to learn. You can apply that knowledge to the 757, and to a large extent the 747/777. Heck you even get much free if you try to fly the 737 aswell.  8)

If you grasp systems logic, you will have a rather comfortable ride when trying new aircrafts. Because when you break it down, the systems are very muich alike on every airliner. It's just the interface that is different.

Thanks Nexus...This was officially my "first" trip using the right way to fly (FMC and all)...Now, having read your post, I'll start right away to learn the 767's FMC...

Can you help me a teensy bit? When I got to the RTE1 Page, it asked me for a Route info or something right underneath where we specify the arrival airport and flight number...what am I supposed to fill out there?

[Mees]

The flight number is not required, and you set the Departure and Arrival on the DEP/ARR page on your FMC, a little tip, use THIS Flight Planner for your routes, gives the best ones.

The SID's and STAR's and usually done by remembering the first waypoint of your flight plan, and search for it in the SID/STAR database, now, Nikolas is going to tell you what SID means and what STAR means, cuz' i know what they're for, but i don't know what it means


Mees

[Nexus]

Yeah skip the flight number, it's not a vital part.  :)

Here's a good flow for preflight FMC programming
1) Enter current position

2) Enter departure airport and destination airport

3) Select departure runway and SID (Standard instrument departure)
Dont select arrival route (STAR) yet, just use the destination airport ICAO code as the last waypoint. This will let the FMC take a wag at the fuelburn.

4) enter the route. Either via the airway technique (UN872  AAL format) on the RTE page  or waypoint after waypoint on the LEGS. When you are in cruise, you can select STAR and runway depending on the winds at the aerodrome.

5) feed the FMC your Performance data, like ZFW, Fuel, Cost index, ToC temp and wind, etc.

6) Enter takeoff derate temperature, unless the runway is contaminated. This is really not important, but more realistic. Otherwise you will get max available thrust during take-off which is not done unless there is a wet runway.

7) Select TO flaps and review the V-speeds generated. Dial in the V2 speed on the MCP.

Mees linked to a great routefinder which uses the same data as the payware aircrafts (AIRAC from navdata).