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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12368 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: FMC TIPS,TRICKS,PROCEDURES-the only thread please Reply #180 - Oct 20^th, 2010 at 10:32pm	Print Post
	deepblue wrote on Oct 20^th, 2010 at 9:06pm: Found out why the VNAV wasn't working, i hadn't added a cost index (still no idea what that is) It still won't add any stars info though? Anyone want to help? Cost Index works like this. If you enter 9999 the plane will fly flat out and burn fuel like crazy and it has a very short range! However. If you make the Cost Index 0, you will get a nice slow and economical flight with a long range for the aircraft. I generally use a Cost Index of between 0 and 100. 0 if I'm doing a long distance flight (close to maximum range) and usually 40-50 for shorter range flights. I use 100 if it's a very short flight of less than 1 hour. Hope this helps. Mark

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deepblue Full Member Offline Posts: 6 Joined: Oct 17^th, 2010	Re: FMC TIPS,TRICKS,PROCEDURES-the only thread please Reply #181 - Oct 23^rd, 2010 at 9:23am	Print Post
	Thanks for that. New question, �i've added specific speed/alt settings per leg, but the autopliot keep switching off VNAV and selecting speed and alt from the autopilot itself, can you turn this off?


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12368 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: FMC TIPS,TRICKS,PROCEDURES-the only thread please Reply #182 - Oct 24^th, 2010 at 6:34am	Print Post
	I'm not really sure why it is turning VNAV off. It could be because the airway at that particular altitude does not have a speed or altitude restriction on it. Mark

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CelticSmackdown Full Member Offline Posts: 19 Joined: Oct 25^th, 2010	Re: FMC TIPS,TRICKS,PROCEDURES-the only thread please Reply #183 - Oct 25^th, 2010 at 4:45pm	Print Post
	I have done a pretty good search on the site and I haven't found a topic for this issue. How do you get the autopilot to carry out the descent plan you program in the FMC? Something tells me that I'm just forgetting one simple click, but everytime the aircraft reaches the Top of Descent, the autopilot continues to maintain the cruising altitude. Is there a video or pic tutorial somehwere that covers descent procedures with the FMC and autopilot?


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12368 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: FMC TIPS,TRICKS,PROCEDURES-the only thread please Reply #184 - Oct 25^th, 2010 at 10:28pm	Print Post
	Sometimes when you do a complete plan with a TRANS and STAR, for some reason the FMC doesn't enter the speed and altitude constraints to the plan. The solution: Quote: Alright, maybe my explanation was a bit long...I'll shorten it up a bit � Enter your entire route including SID and STAR and remove any discontinuities. Press LEGS to go to your 'ACT RTE 1 LEGS' page. Select any waypoint / VOR and place into the scratch pad. Place the scratchpad contents into any LSK1 - LSK-6 location. Do NOT press the execute button. This will cause the FMC to go into 'MOD RTE1 LEGS' and force recalculations. Wait a few seconds then press 'Erase' to cancel. T/D should now be displayed! I know this is silly to ask. But....You are changing the Altitude on the MCP (autopilot) so that the plane will descend once it reaches the T/D? Mind you, the FMC should warn you to reset the altitude on the MCP before you reach T/D. I'm just covering the obvious, because even I have forgotten to do that on some occasions! Did I really just admit that? Hope this helps. Mark

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CelticSmackdown Full Member Offline Posts: 19 Joined: Oct 25^th, 2010	Re: FMC TIPS,TRICKS,PROCEDURES-the only thread please Reply #185 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 12:52am	Print Post
	No, because I though that the FMC would do that for me. But, I see from your post that it doesn't and that I have to still enter the altitudes manually. Which, is fine. I just wanted to know if the FMC managed the descent with 100% autonomy.


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12368 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: FMC TIPS,TRICKS,PROCEDURES-the only thread please Reply #186 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 5:27am	Print Post
	Maybe I should have giving you a link to the reply in the same Topic. This was the one that sorted it out to me. It is essentially the same as fsxpaul's reply, but a lot easier to follow: eaglefeeder wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2010 at 5:05pm: Hi Mark I'm not sure it is that that does it....but I have managed to get a consistent method of dealing with it though. FOr anyone who is interested, this is what I do : - get a finalised FP in place with all the discontinuites, redundant entires, etc sorted out or removed, and EXEC it. - This leaves the plan with no descent path - i.e. with the problem we are discussing. - then (as mentioned by a previous poster), simply "copy" 1 leg onto another and the FP will be recalculated with the correct descent paths - THERE IS NOT NEED TO EXEC THE PLAN TO ACTIVATE IT - Simply click on ERASE (LSK6) and the correct path (SHOULD) be there, and it will be active. Hopefully this will be sorted in the 4.5 upgrade. It's annoying, but I can live with it. Thanks Dominic Hope this helps. Mark

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veg100 New Member Offline Posts: 1 Joined: Oct 25^th, 2010	757/767 Captain Reply #187 - Nov 3^rd, 2010 at 4:06pm	Print Post
	Hello Everyone, Don't know if anyone can help me with this- When i'm flying the 757 & 767 using STARS for approaching my destination the (Magenta) Pink route line dissapears probably 2-3 waypoints away and the aircraft tries to chase its tail. Does any one have any ideas? All updates have been installed Cheers James


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Liam Adamson New Member Offline Posts: 1 Joined: Nov 7^th, 2010	Holding Patterns Reply #188 - Nov 7^th, 2010 at 2:54pm	Print Post
	In the FMC is it possible to activate a holding at a way point? If it is call you please tell me how Much help appreciated! �


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12368 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Holding Patterns Reply #189 - Nov 7^th, 2010 at 3:23pm	Print Post
	Hi Liam. Read in the MANUAL Part V � Flight Management System, page 89, HOLDING. It explains how to get the FMC to go into a Holding Pattern at a waypoint in you flight plan. Hope this helps. Mark

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Aviator327 Full Member Offline Airline Transport Pilot (Ret) Posts: 90 Joined: Oct 28^th, 2008	FMC Reply #190 - Feb 21^st, 2011 at 12:52pm	Print Post
	I upgraded to ver4.4 last week from 4.2 and have a few issues. When I was with 4.2 when I entered all required pre-flt data into the FMC and got to the Takeoff Ref page I would get a PRE-FLT COMPLETE. With the SP4.4 I don't. On the PERF/INIT page no matter what value i enter into the Cost Index box I get a Insufficent Fuel warning. I have tried enter 40, 0, even tried enter 1000 from another user and still get the Fuel Warning. As soon as I activate the Flight Plan and hit the EXEC button the "flow" should be the PERF/INIT page, 6R LSK but I get this and have no idea why. I noticed that I have a RED DSPY illumiated after consulting the FMC manual it doesn't address a Red light. If it was Amber it would indicate a Fault. I just don't understand why I am not getting a PRE-FLT COMPLETE prompt.

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Aviator327 Full Member Offline Airline Transport Pilot (Ret) Posts: 90 Joined: Oct 28^th, 2008	Re: FMC TIPS,TRICKS,PROCEDURES-the only thread please Reply #191 - Feb 23^rd, 2011 at 3:00pm	Print Post
	Don't ever grow old. You forget things. On the TKO Ref page I now get the PRE-FLT COMPLETE prompt. Also solved the Insufficent Fuel warning.

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DAL191 Senior Member Offline Posts: 388 Location: Tampa FL USA Joined: Nov 26^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: FMC TIPS,TRICKS,PROCEDURES-the only thread please Reply #192 - Feb 23^rd, 2011 at 3:53pm	Print Post
	Aviator327 wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2011 at 3:00pm: Don't ever grow old. You forget things. On the TKO Ref page I now get the PRE-FLT COMPLETE prompt. Also solved the Insufficent Fuel warning. What was the solution to the Insufficent Fuel warnings? Thank you Michael Cubine

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Aviator327 Full Member Offline Airline Transport Pilot (Ret) Posts: 90 Joined: Oct 28^th, 2008	Re: FMC TIPS,TRICKS,PROCEDURES-the only thread please Reply #193 - Feb 23^rd, 2011 at 7:22pm	Print Post
	Michael, I was entering different C.I. values by trial and error. I entered a value 0f 110 on one flight with a Cruise Alt of 220 and 45% in the Left and Right tank and got the Fuel Warning. I don't do long-haul flights. All flight I do are short-haul flights from 1-3 hrs "Block to Block". btw, I was mistaken about entering 0 in the C.I. box. Entering 0 in the box will not trigger a Insufficient Fuel Warning. This morning I created a flight from KCLT-KMCO with 29000 lbs in the L&R tanks with a Res of 13000 lbs and entered a C.I. of 80 at a Cruise Alt of 310 and did not get the warning. Hope this makes sense.

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GranDaddyPurp Full Member Offline A320 & MD-11 Fanatic Posts: 16 Location: Queens, NY Joined: Mar 7^th, 2011 Gender:	Unable to import FS FPL into FMC? Reply #194 - Mar 7^th, 2011 at 3:22pm	Print Post
	Hi everyone, I've been following the tutorial on how to use the FMC but when it gets to the step to import the flight plan, mine doesn't show up at all on the FMC. I created one going from KJFK to KLAX using the FS Flight Planner and one on simroutes.com. I load the FP into FSX but it doesn't show up on the FMC. I don't know if this has been answered before, sorry if it has but I just want to know how to correct this. Also, I'm sort of new to this so bear with me �

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