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However,
the timer can also be accessed through the flight library's menu
system.
The remainder of this writeup provides a description of the
operation for the flight planning/tracking library, menu by menu,
instructions for downloading and storing the library, and a
registration form for receiving future versions of the library.
II. DESCRIPTION
This following is a description of the use of the flight library
only. A description of the operation of the timer library is
included under the "Enroute Activities" menu of the flight library.
The flight library provides numerous planning, tracking, and inflight computations for basic small airplane flying. While most
calculations are as precise as the data provided, the library only
provides accurate flying information for altitudes up to 12,000 ft.
MSL. For instance, in the IAS/TAS and pressure and density
altitude calculations, conversion approximations are only valid to
this 12,000 ft. MSL level.
While the flight library is stored in ROM memory, it does require
the use of user RAM for data storage and manipulation.
Specifically, the library REQUIRES that a directory named AIR be
created, and that this directory contain two subdirectories, named
RTE.FILES and PLANES. Permanent storage of flight plans and
airplane data are located in these two subdirectories, while
current flight plan data are stored in the AIR directory.
After loading the library (see Appendix A), the library can be
executed from any directory/subdirectory, will move to and execute
in the AIR directory, and should then return to the
directory/subdirectory from which it was called.
Except for the airplane-specific data files stored in the PLANES
subdirectory of AIR, all data files are generated and stored from
within the library, so little original programing experience is
necessary to use the library. Sample copies of one airplane's data
files which would be stored in the AIR/PLANES subdirectory is
included with the library files, and are listed in Appendix B.
The following description of the library functions follows the
menus which are the cruising elements in the library. To move
around the menus, the arrow keys are used to move the cursor to the
selected activity, and the ENTER key is used to select the
activity. The EXIT key in the menu is the only way to back up into
the previous menu or exit the program.
Flight Activities
Flight Status
Start/Ckpt Xing/Close
Enroute Calculations
TIMER