21-01-2009, 02:39 PM
..you dont need to read the manual..
do it my way..press every button!!
jokeing... but i really do learn the most thing that way..by simple try it out.
The most trouble about takeing off with the MD11 for me was to figure out that trim thing.. the voice was all time calling stabilizer
stabilizer...!!
You can take off without setting it correct but then the plane is heavy to lift and uses a lot mor rwy..so you better set it..
To do this in the VC there is the 'elevator' trim wheel.. black-white stripped. Now you have to move it with left mouse click and hold or right
mouse click on hold for a short tiem and at the same time look at the instrument where the lift point is shown on a shematic plane side
view. You have to adjust that lift point in the middle of the green line. The problem is taht you can not see that instrument without adjusting the view and so you have to look up to the instrument and down to the elevator trim in multiple steps.
But before you can do this you should set some thing sin FMC.. in minimum mit what flaps you plan to take off.
Here a quickstart help:
1) ctrl-E sto start the engines (ok i know its not the nive way to start it... but its a quick start)..then check iverhead pannel if close to all
swicthes are black (automatic) and not showing off or manual.
2) In FMC turn the white button to make it light up (or was this wilco A320?)
3) eneter take off and destination airport
4) enter V1,Vr,V2 speed (take 130,150,170 as example) and most importand flaps 15.. I dont know in what menu anymore but you will find
it. The flaps youhave to set for the stabilizer trim i believe.
5) Set autobreak switch on take of (that switch is right above the thurster levelers) difficlut to come by in the VC when the leveler is on full
power,
6) set the flaps to 15.
7) set the trim
8) realease teh parking breaks
9) check the status that all is fine ..there is a status button somewhere in the middle console
and then you go..
for autopilot remember to pull the altitude selector button . probabily even twice (wilco A320 requires 2 short pulls to activate)
if its night you need to turn the dome button in the overhead pannel to see the instruments. The plane as a surprising lot and different
lights you can adjust and lightens the cockpit and pannel different.
Once you get used to that aircraft is just great....
The only negative point is the VC cockpit . You sit too close on the instrument in my opinion. The wilco A320 VC is much better in this
point. just the correct distance to have a good view of instrument-cockpit and outside.
Post Edited ( 01-21-09 14:43 )
do it my way..press every button!!
jokeing... but i really do learn the most thing that way..by simple try it out.
The most trouble about takeing off with the MD11 for me was to figure out that trim thing.. the voice was all time calling stabilizer
stabilizer...!!
You can take off without setting it correct but then the plane is heavy to lift and uses a lot mor rwy..so you better set it..
To do this in the VC there is the 'elevator' trim wheel.. black-white stripped. Now you have to move it with left mouse click and hold or right
mouse click on hold for a short tiem and at the same time look at the instrument where the lift point is shown on a shematic plane side
view. You have to adjust that lift point in the middle of the green line. The problem is taht you can not see that instrument without adjusting the view and so you have to look up to the instrument and down to the elevator trim in multiple steps.
But before you can do this you should set some thing sin FMC.. in minimum mit what flaps you plan to take off.
Here a quickstart help:
1) ctrl-E sto start the engines (ok i know its not the nive way to start it... but its a quick start)..then check iverhead pannel if close to all
swicthes are black (automatic) and not showing off or manual.
2) In FMC turn the white button to make it light up (or was this wilco A320?)
3) eneter take off and destination airport
4) enter V1,Vr,V2 speed (take 130,150,170 as example) and most importand flaps 15.. I dont know in what menu anymore but you will find
it. The flaps youhave to set for the stabilizer trim i believe.
5) Set autobreak switch on take of (that switch is right above the thurster levelers) difficlut to come by in the VC when the leveler is on full
power,
6) set the flaps to 15.
7) set the trim
8) realease teh parking breaks
9) check the status that all is fine ..there is a status button somewhere in the middle console
and then you go..
for autopilot remember to pull the altitude selector button . probabily even twice (wilco A320 requires 2 short pulls to activate)
if its night you need to turn the dome button in the overhead pannel to see the instruments. The plane as a surprising lot and different
lights you can adjust and lightens the cockpit and pannel different.
Once you get used to that aircraft is just great....
The only negative point is the VC cockpit . You sit too close on the instrument in my opinion. The wilco A320 VC is much better in this
point. just the correct distance to have a good view of instrument-cockpit and outside.
Post Edited ( 01-21-09 14:43 )
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