Hello i am new to captain sim i know how to go to cold and dark and start it up and everything but my question is how does one program the flight computer? put in the flight plans ? set up aproaches? have autopilot fly the flight plan? and how does one calculate the v-speeds
any help would be greatly apreciated! thanks

Japsican wrote on Aug 21^st, 2010 at 11:02am:


Go here: http://www.captainsim.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1279068669/0 which will get you started up to initialization.  It will explain how to to set the position, enter flight plan, etc.

For initialization (the following step) you need to know your zero fuel weight, that is the weight of your passengers, cargo and empty airplane.  You plug that into the ZFW boxes and it will automagically calculate the other values.  Put 5 (for simplicity) as your reserve and 70 for your cost index (or whatever CI you prefer).  Set flaps at 5.  Click next to your Vspeeds (calculated for you) on the right on the takeoff page and they will increase in size, showing they are locked in.

Markoz wrote on Aug 21^st, 2010 at 12:49pm:


Well, mine has yet to be completed.  I WILL finish it, then port it over the 767.  I work on it as the mood strikes.

IN THE FMC When Puting in the waypoints and I delete one i get a

   THEN
[][][][][]
--ROUTE DISCONTINUITY -
I try to delete it but i cant i put in a VOR or waypoint and nothing?
why does it do this? Im clueless 

i saw that advice you said to another person i did that but nothing happend and thanks for the section i was washing dishes and thought for a minute and decided to look at the manual thanks for the advice!

Hi.

Can I have a bit more flight info please?

KPHX BXK2 BXK J4 TNP SEAVU2 (TRANS?) (RWY?) KLAX

Here is mine.

KPHX RWY26 BXK2 BXK J4 TNP SEAVU2 SEAVU ILS24L KLAX

I didn't get any --ROUTE DISCONTINUITY -in my flight plan at all.

My guess is that you are having trouble because you are not enter a TRANS. Select arrival RWY, STAR then TRANS ( from the list beneath the RWY). In my case it was ILS24L then SEAVU2 then SEAVU.

Hope �this helps.

Mark

what transition did you do for the bxk2 departure i did (RNWY 26 BXK2 with pke trans ) then i did bxk J4 TNP then ILS24L SEAVU2 SEAVU TRANS is this correct ?

Again thanks Mark for the help and advice !

One more thing when at cruise alt and I see a waypoint in the FMS that I need to descend down to ex 18,000ft to 14,000 and its in LNAV and VNAV mode with the autopilot on.

* Do I have to manually set the alt and vsi to 14,000 /2500 fpm in the autopilot???
* Is there a way that the plane can do this alwready by itself?
* By reading the manual for the it says the I have to set it manually is this the way you do it???
*how do i get my ifr clearence it just says grond or atis i tune in the clearence frequency but i cant get my clearence unless im in the air?
Bruce