Post by CoolP on Apr 24th, 2012 at 11:25am
Do the submodes #4 GS, #5 RNG and #6 FUEL work for you folks? I can't enter them.
This is strange. The PDCS recommends some .721 climb, which sounds reasonable for that plane, being the -200 at some 49t.
But on CRZ, it plans for a .550 value with a very low EPR.
I really doubt that 737 cruise at .550 and I wonder how it computes that cruise value when the climb one looks ok. Could be I'm doing something wrong, but it may also be that the cruise values come in way too low by design. The only change allowed at ECON are the winds.
So I've switched to manual cruise (page 3), where you are allowed to enter the Mach value. But you can't get more than .616 to .618 out of it, no matter what I enter. Sirs, that's too low for the 737 and maybe you can help me on how to achieve higher PDCS EPR values. :-[
The descent page looks better, aiming for .721 again. So I think the CRZ page receives wrong data (due to my inputs) or doesn't calculate properly unless you plan to climb at .721, cruise at .550 and descend at .721 again while in ECON.
This is strange. The PDCS recommends some .721 climb, which sounds reasonable for that plane, being the -200 at some 49t.
But on CRZ, it plans for a .550 value with a very low EPR.
I really doubt that 737 cruise at .550 and I wonder how it computes that cruise value when the climb one looks ok. Could be I'm doing something wrong, but it may also be that the cruise values come in way too low by design. The only change allowed at ECON are the winds.
So I've switched to manual cruise (page 3), where you are allowed to enter the Mach value. But you can't get more than .616 to .618 out of it, no matter what I enter. Sirs, that's too low for the 737 and maybe you can help me on how to achieve higher PDCS EPR values. :-[
The descent page looks better, aiming for .721 again. So I think the CRZ page receives wrong data (due to my inputs) or doesn't calculate properly unless you plan to climb at .721, cruise at .550 and descend at .721 again while in ECON.
