My dream is too see FMC !

[Nexus]

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It's a sim and you can do what you wish but in real life jet transports 'have to be' flown very accurately for many reasons including noise abatement and air traffic restrictions.

[Foxtrot Sport]

*BUMP*


Also, I find it much more rewarding flying the PMDG 737 in a 2 hour haul, than flying the piper cub around an airport.

[Katahu]

Talk about an old topic.

[Foxtrot Sport]

Talk about an old topic.

Yeah, I dont look in this forum much, and I was looking for any news on a FMC or other systems that have been announced.

[Daube]

Concerning the FMC, would that be that difficult to import the iFly 747 FMC gauge into another airplane or into FSX ?

[Katahu]

Concerning the FMC, would that be that difficult to import the iFly 747 FMC gauge into another airplane or into FSX ?

Don't know and don't care because...

1. I don't know how to use it [the FMC might as well be gaining dust on my hard drive].

2. I would never use it anyways [So there is no loss for me].

[McLovin]

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jet transports 'have to be' flown very accurately for many reasons including noise abatement and air traffic restrictions.

[vololiberista]

With the FMC as soon as the a/c has completed "push back" the pilot can hit a button on the FMC get out his favourite crossword puzzle and wait for an audible beep to tell him he has arrived ait his destination gate, turn the engines off and go home!

It is already possible for jet airliners to be pilotless. But someone on board has to have more seniority than the stewardesses!!!!!!  ;D
Vololiberista

[McLovin]

[quote]With the FMC as soon as the a/c has completed "push back" the pilot can hit a button on the FMC get out his favourite crossword puzzle and wait for an audible beep to tell him he has arrived ait his destination gate, turn the engines off and go home!

It is already possible for jet airliners to be pilotless. But someone on board has to have more seniority than the stewardesses!!!!!!

[Katahu]

With the FMC as soon as the a/c has completed "push back" the pilot can hit a button on the FMC get out his favourite crossword puzzle and wait for an audible beep to tell him he has arrived ait his destination gate, turn the engines off and go home!

It is already possible for jet airliners to be pilotless. But someone on board has to have more seniority than the stewardesses!!!!!!  ;D
Vololiberista

So True!

[krylite]

Katahu, using the FMC is highly recommended. It really is your friend. If nothing else, even on manual, it can tell you useful info like showing graphically how much ground distance your plane travels to descend or ascend to a target altitude as well has saving flight information for you such as updated GW to name a few.

Mike Ray says in his boeing books that the CDU is the "Control Display Unit" which is the actually keyboard and screen of the FMC. The FMC is the actual computer, maybe the "box" under the dual CDU's. But he also said many call them the same thing. If you suddenly had to take over a 747/737, the FMC would be one of the first tools to consult for navigating to a prospective airport for landing.

Aren't there other Addons with IRS? such as the LDS767? or the Flgiht 1 ATR-72. The PFD doesn't even show correctly until the IRS are calibrated(may take 10 minutes).

[Katahu]

Aren't there other Addons with IRS? such as the LDS767? or the Flgiht 1 ATR-72. The PFD doesn't even show correctly until the IRS are calibrated(may take 10 minutes).

I never knew that the IRS [Internal Revenue Service] can be calibrated.

[vololiberista]

Aren't there other Addons with IRS? such as the LDS767? or the Flgiht 1 ATR-72. The PFD doesn't even show correctly until the IRS are calibrated(may take 10 minutes).

The old INS systems did take "time" to cross check and calibrate themselves. They also needed frequent crosschecking in flight by the pilots.  However, they were a HUGE advance on DR!

PS I challenge Katahu to fly from London Heathrow to Hong Kong "without" INS GPS VOR or NDB solely by using DR!!!!!
Vololiberista

[beaky]

The old INS systems did take "time" to cross check and calibrate themselves. They also needed frequent crosschecking in flight by the pilots.  However, they were a HUGE advance on DR!

PS I challenge Katahu to fly from London Heathrow to Hong Kong "without" INS GPS VOR or NDB solely by using DR!!!!!
Vololiberista

What is "DR"?      

[Katahu]

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What is "DR"?