beeginer questions.

[chacha]

Heu guys, I have some questions that im sure you all know the answer, but it will help me and may be some other new pilots, so here is a challenge to your pattient.

1.What is the approach button function?
2.In a regular airline with regular jets, (Boeing, airbus, douglas) What is the regular taxi speed?
3.What is the function of the course button, do I have to use it?, or I can use only the nav and hdg buttons?
4.What is the function of the y/d button?
5.What is the function of the bc button?
6.What is the regular vertical speed in a comercial fligth?.( Take of).

I know these questions sounds like fool, but your answers will be really great for me and some other guys. so thank you in advance.

[zcottovision as a guest]

1.What is the approach button function?

The approach button lines you up with, and brings you down to, the runway. It's pretty much an auto-land feature. To learn how to use it, visit the simviation homepage and go to the tutorials. Download the ILS tutorial. ILS is the Instrument Landing System, which uses the approach button.

2.In a regular airline with regular jets, (Boeing, airbus, douglas) What is the regular taxi speed?

Some people say less than 60 knots, some people say it's 20. I tend to keep to about 25kts, but I think it varies.

3.What is the function of the course button, do I have to use it?, or I can use only the nav and hdg buttons?

The course button is usually used to line up the runway in the ILS. It's not necessary, but helpful. The NAV button will keep your aircraft on it's flightpath specified by the course planner in FS2002, and the HDG is used for when you manually want to follow a course. For instance, when following an IFR flight plan and approaching your destination, the ATC might say "Midland 085, you are six zero miles northwest of heathrow, turn left heading 100 descend and maintain 12000, expect vectors for ILS runway 27R approach". So you would use the HDG button to follow the course of 100 degrees.

4.What is the function of the y/d button?

Yaw Damper....I think it dampens any sharp moves you make. Not sure, to be honest!

5.What is the function of the bc button?

BackCourse - landing on a runway where it's opposite (for example, Runway 22's opposite is 4) has the ILS, but the one you want to land on does not have ILS.

6.What is the regular vertical speed in a comercial fligth?.( Take of).

The PSS Airbus's autopilot likes to climb at about 1800fpm, which I tend to think as the "regular" speed. I'm not sure what it is in real aviation. But as you get higher, the vertical speed should get slower.

Hope some of those help!

[Craig.]

i thought yaw damper was for cross winds.
and ground taxi in real world is almost always company based from what i have read, on a northwest DC10 we were doing over 35mph down the taxiway at gatwick but on delta 777 it was only 25. alot of companys dont like pilots using the brakes to often as it wears them out much faster

[Scottler]

Well, seeing as how your questions seem to be pretty much answered, let me just say welcome to the world of flight simulation.  You're going to find that it's like nothing else you've ever tried in the world.  You'll find yourself frustrated at times, and you'll even curse at your computer, but you'll always be having fun, and you'll learn A LOT.

Don't worry about asking questions that you think are "too easy".  The people I've found here are really great and really easy to talk to.  If they know the answer, they'll give it to you.  There are a lot of very smart people here, take advantage of that.  (Not of them though.  lol)

Everyone was new once.  We all know that here.

[emh8]

Chacha,

Welcome to the forum!

Question#2:  The default taxi speed for AI traffic (that's the other traffic in the game besides you) is 15 kts.  So if I'm at a busy airport with the traffic % set to maximum, I try to avoid taxiing faster than 15 kts.

Question#4:  Specifically, the Yaw Damper (Y/D) is designed to restrict movement about the vertical axis of the aircraft and is typically used during a crosswind approach.

Question#5: The ILS Back Course Hold (BC) is used during an approach when, for whatever reason (missed approach, go-around, etc.), you need to fly a back course away from the airport to re-establish the localizer for another landing attempt.  If you have intercepted the localizer and you press this button, the aircraft will turn until you are flying on the localizer in the opposite direction of the approach path.  So if you were trying to land ILS on Runway 27, a back course would have you flying at the heading 090.'

Have fun!

Erik

[Fozzer]

Hi chacha...(that sounds very musical..)... ...!

Like all trainee pilots, how about doing a course in a Cessna 150/152 first, and get used to the flight controls, instruments, radios, and navigation aids?
Once you have mastered that, then progress onto larger and more complex aircraft.

Take it stage by stage... ...!

Cheers mate... ...!
Paul.
(England).

[JBaymore]

Hi chacha.

Question #2 :   The AI default taxi speed of aboput 15 knots can end up VERY frustrating after a little while.  At first when you are just learning it is OK.... but once you have gotten used to the "eye candy" taxiing around you want to gtet to the active and get in the air...... or get OFF the active.

There is a little add on program that you can find in the downloads section here in the "Utilities" section, I think, that allows you to set the default taxi speed.  I have upped mine to 22 knots and that makes a HUGE difference getting around a busy international airport with ots of AI planes.

Hope this thought helps.  Have fun.  The SIm is a blast.

best,

................john

[Ronnie]

One thing you will find EXTREMELY frustrating is when you are taxiing behind several aircraft and the lead aircraft, for no reason at all, stops ad just sits there indefinitely. Eventually it will move, but it gets old just waiting. Actually, it doesn't really move, it just disappears.

[chacha]

Thank you all for your help, (zcottovision, y2cragie, Hyperion, emh8, Fozzer, JBaymore, Ronnie), the functions are very clear now, so lets use that old 727.

Regards.

[Lethal.Ambition]

Um, ROnnie? Its not supposed to stop. Check your nodes with AFCAD, there must be something wrong. lol  :P

[MattNW]

The approach button lines you up with, and brings you down to, the runway. It's pretty much an auto-land feature. To learn how to use it, visit the simviation homepage and go to the tutorials. Download the ILS tutorial. ILS is the Instrument Landing System, which uses the approach button.

Does anyone know where I can get this in HTML format. My word processor program has fits whenever I try to open this document.

Question #2 :   The AI default taxi speed of aboput 15 knots can end up VERY frustrating after a little while.  At first when you are just learning it is OK.... but once you have gotten used to the "eye candy" taxiing around you want to gtet to the active and get in the air...... or get OFF the active.

I had trouble finding either one of those.  FSTipster had to email them to me.


Chacha. Keep your AI traffic turned down while learning. The MOST frustrating thing about the 15 Kt taxi speed is when you are just getting barely proficient at setting up an approach and some dumb monster airliner (way too big to argue with) sets down and then starts slow pokeying apparently to the far end of the runway passing turn offs (totally ignoring ATC's instructions to "Exit runway when able") and you have a beautiful approach all lined up and just about time you start to flair ATC calls, "Cessna XXX, go around". >:(


If you have trouble finding the taxi utilities, message me with your email and I'll forward Tipster's email with them attached.

[Ronnie]

Um, ROnnie? Its not supposed to stop. Check your nodes with AFCAD, there must be something wrong. lol  

Well, unfortunately, the FS CD is SEVERELY damaged, so I can't play it. I have decided to just wait for ACOF rather than buying another copy.

[Lethal.Ambition]

I sent you the e-mail............hope you don't have the 1 MB limit! I included the original file just in case.
John

PS: The e-mail on your nick profile

[chacha]

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Does anyone know where I can get this in HTML format. My word processor program has fits whenever I try to open this document.




I had trouble finding either one of those.

[Tchkinjiu]

If ya need to know on this, it's really simple, and quick to explain.