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Air Navigation
The main goal of this practice is to get familiar with the onboard systems that are related to Air Navigation, namely
the Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS), which consists basically of the Primary Flight Display (PFD) and the
Navigation Display (ND).
This practice has two parts:
1. General introduction to the cockpit. Identification of the main instruments and understanding about how to use the
autopilot
2. Pairs of students will fly an instrument departure from LEXJ (SID), an arrival (STAR) to the same aerodrome
followed by a non-precision VOR approach, associated missed approach procedure and finally, a precision ILS
approach and landing. All of it using conventional navigation.
Instrument description
QNH
Flight Director
Auto Throttle
IAS / Mach Selector
Flaps
Autobrakes
Navaids (Shift + 4) CRS HDG selectors
LVL CHG
Selected Cleared Altitude
Transponder
FS Recorder
Set
ON
ON
165 kts
5 (F7 three times)
RTO
According to SID
ON - Green
FL100 at the MCP
Code entered & TA/RA
Start recording
Description of the mission: You will depart from LEXJ runway 29 using the BLV3R departure up to FL100. Once
over BLV, maintain your heading for one minute and then turn left back to BLV (waterdrop maneuver), in order to leave
BLV through the BLV3E arrival for runway 29 LEXJ. After crossing BLV for the second time you should leave FL100
down to the minimum altitude for each flight leg. Perform a straight-in VOR approach for runway 29 from IAF AMPUR.
Remember to follow both, the lateral and vertical paths indicated on the VOR approach chart. Once at the MAPt, if
you cant see de runway, perform the missed approach procedure according to the published maneuver. Once over SNR,
consider it to be your new IAF for new approach. This time, perform an ILS approach for runway 29.
One of you is going to be the Pilot Flying (PF) while the other one is going to be the Pilot Not Flying (PNF). The
role of the PF is to constantly check and monitor the flight displays as well as to use the keyboard and joystick for take
off and the mouse for autopilot selection. The PNF must check the navigation charts together with the PF and help him
with whatever he needs, in real life he would also be encharged of the communications with ATC. During the exercise the
PNF is encharged of writing down all the required flight values.
Place your aircraft at LEXJ runway 29 (El Mundo / Ir al aeropuerto), connect the FSRealWX and within the weather
values (El Mundo / Meteorologa / Personalizar ) just check only that you change your visibility to 1 nautical mile. All the
other weather values (wind, clouds, QNH, etc) will be the actual METAR values for LEXJ providing these are favourable
for runway 29. Once you have all the weather loaded and set for the mission, close FSRealWX so you dont get constant
weather updates that may change your visibility again.
Before doing anything else, open your FMC (shift + 3) and go to SETUP AIRCRAFT DISPLAYS Page 9/9
and set Weight Units to KG (not LBS). Returning to MENU FS ACTIONS PAYLOAD, introduce the values you
want for your mission (personal choice) and write them down in the table below. Units should be metric tons for payload
and aircraft weights while fuel is expressed in kilograms. Now go to MENU FS ACTIONS FUEL and load your
aircraft with 2500 Kg in each wing tank, and 0 Kg in the center tank (we are not going to enter into any detail on Fuel
Computation during this Lab due to lack of time).
First Class PAX
Autopilot - Master
Gear
Flaps
LVL CHG and HDG SEL
Autobrake
On - Green
Up
As required
Engaged
Off
IAS
Altimeter
Flaps
Navaid Frequencies
Autobrake
Minima [ft]
IAS
Flaps
Table 6: IF Checklist
145 Kts
Down & 40
Prepared for Go Around
Prepared for Go Around
IAS
Landing Gear & Flaps
Selected Heading
Selected MCP Altitude
AIP
ESPAA
PISTA 11
RUNWAY 11
PISTA 29
RUNWAY 29
AIS-ESPAA
AMDT 255/14
AIP
ESPAA
PISTA 11
RUNWAY 11
PISTA 29
RUNWAY 29
AIS-ESPAA
Assignment
The .txt file you have recorded contains all the basic information of your flight, placed in different columns, you will read
the variables that characterize the behaviour of your aircraft for each exact moment. With this information, make a
report in which you include:
1. Description of all the instruments that are labeled on Section 1
2. Specify the weights and weather conditions under which you performed your flight
3. Lateral nominal trajectory (procedures) versus real flown trajectory - show how good you stuck to the procedure by
plotting both trajectories on the same figure
4. Total distance and elapsed time for each of the different procedures covered along the flight
5. Vertical profile versus minimum required vertical altitudes for those phases of the flight in which they are determined,
particularly the Approach Maneuvers. Did you fly below the minimums?
6. Fuel Flow (in kg/s) for each instant of the flight and total fuel burnt along the mission. For this, take into account
that the recorder gathers the % of fuel in the tank, with a total tank capacity of 3919 Kg of fuel per tank (right or
left wing)
7. IAS, TAS and GS evolution along time
8. For the waterdrop maneuver at BLV, compute the instant and average turning radius of your trajectory using
Differential Geometry
9. After overflying BLV for the first time, you maintained your heading for 60 seconds. How many nautical miles did
you drift with respect to the position you should have flown to in the absence of wind?
10. EXTRA1 - Considering thrust was non-existent for the instants in which engines, during the descent phase, were at
a N1 rate of 35% or below, flaps & spoilers being retracted (aircraft was clean). Considering the mass of the aircraft
at each particular time, compute the points you may get of the cL = cL () and cD = cD (cL ) curves of the aircraft.
L
ratio at each particular gliding instant while the aircraft remained clean. Assume S = 91 m2 .
Estimate the D
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