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Reply #15 - Apr 24th, 2006 at 6:21pm

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It's a sim and you can do what you wish but in real life jet transports 'have to be' flown very accurately for many reasons including noise abatement and air traffic restrictions.  I doubt very much that you could 'Hand Fly'  a SID with a 500ft lateral tollerance or for 13 hours non stop to Singapore.
Download this INS gauge and you will find it just as mentally challenging.

http://flyawaysimulation.com/article1370.html

Many years ago a fellow pilot was fined GBP10,000 for transgressing the London TMA by less than 1000 ft!!!!!! If you were a pilot and had an instrument rating yoy would know how challenging it is to fly.
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Very well put Vololiberista, couldn't have said it better myself  Smiley
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Reply #16 - Jul 24th, 2006 at 11:55am

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Also, I find it much more rewarding flying the PMDG 737 in a 2 hour haul, than flying the piper cub around an airport.
 
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Reply #17 - Jul 24th, 2006 at 2:06pm

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Talk about an old topic. Roll Eyes
 
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Reply #18 - Jul 24th, 2006 at 9:11pm

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Talk about an old topic. Roll Eyes

Yeah, I dont look in this forum much, and I was looking for any news on a FMC or other systems that have been announced.
 
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Reply #19 - Jul 24th, 2006 at 9:26pm

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Concerning the FMC, would that be that difficult to import the iFly 747 FMC gauge into another airplane or into FSX ?
 
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Reply #20 - Jul 25th, 2006 at 12:43am

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Concerning the FMC, would that be that difficult to import the iFly 747 FMC gauge into another airplane or into FSX ?


Don't know and don't care because...

1. I don't know how to use it [the FMC might as well be gaining dust on my hard drive].

2. I would never use it anyways [So there is no loss for me].

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Reply #21 - Jul 26th, 2006 at 9:35am

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jet transports 'have to be' flown very accurately for many reasons including noise abatement and air traffic restrictions.  I doubt very much that you could 'Hand Fly'  a SID with a 500ft lateral tollerance or for 13 hours non stop to Singapore.
Download this INS gauge and you will find it just as mentally challenging.




TRUE! What I have been studying/listening in school(Advanced Navigation) the FMC(Flight Manegment Coputer) is like the INS(Inertial Navigation System). Basically you put the RWy, destinations, waypoints, altitudes, and ect. ect. ect. to fly with it you simply turn on autopilot and select nav in this case in order for the computer to fly you, and not you fly it Wink Grin Grin Its amazing what I have learned over 6 months in flight school haha

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Reply #22 - Jul 26th, 2006 at 9:52am

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With the FMC as soon as the a/c has completed "push back" the pilot can hit a button on the FMC get out his favourite crossword puzzle and wait for an audible beep to tell him he has arrived ait his destination gate, turn the engines off and go home!

It is already possible for jet airliners to be pilotless. But someone on board has to have more seniority than the stewardesses!!!!!! Grin  Grin
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Reply #23 - Jul 26th, 2006 at 9:55am

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With the FMC as soon as the a/c has completed "push back" the pilot can hit a button on the FMC get out his favourite crossword puzzle and wait for an audible beep to tell him he has arrived ait his destination gate, turn the engines off and go home!

It is already possible for jet airliners to be pilotless. But someone on board has to have more seniority than the stewardesses!!!!!! Grin  Grin
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HAHAHAHHA Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

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Reply #24 - Jul 26th, 2006 at 10:10am

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With the FMC as soon as the a/c has completed "push back" the pilot can hit a button on the FMC get out his favourite crossword puzzle and wait for an audible beep to tell him he has arrived ait his destination gate, turn the engines off and go home!

It is already possible for jet airliners to be pilotless. But someone on board has to have more seniority than the stewardesses!!!!!! Grin  Grin
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So True! Grin
 
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Reply #25 - Jul 28th, 2006 at 3:42pm

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Katahu, using the FMC is highly recommended. It really is your friend. If nothing else, even on manual, it can tell you useful info like showing graphically how much ground distance your plane travels to descend or ascend to a target altitude as well has saving flight information for you such as updated GW to name a few.

Mike Ray says in his boeing books that the CDU is the "Control Display Unit" which is the actually keyboard and screen of the FMC. The FMC is the actual computer, maybe the "box" under the dual CDU's. But he also said many call them the same thing. If you suddenly had to take over a 747/737, the FMC would be one of the first tools to consult for navigating to a prospective airport for landing.

Aren't there other Addons with IRS? such as the LDS767? or the Flgiht 1 ATR-72. The PFD doesn't even show correctly until the IRS are calibrated(may take 10 minutes).

 
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Reply #26 - Jul 28th, 2006 at 4:09pm

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Aren't there other Addons with IRS? such as the LDS767? or the Flgiht 1 ATR-72. The PFD doesn't even show correctly until the IRS are calibrated(may take 10 minutes).


I never knew that the IRS [Internal Revenue Service] can be calibrated. Grin Grin Grin
 
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Reply #27 - Jul 28th, 2006 at 4:40pm

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Aren't there other Addons with IRS? such as the LDS767? or the Flgiht 1 ATR-72. The PFD doesn't even show correctly until the IRS are calibrated(may take 10 minutes).


The old INS systems did take "time" to cross check and calibrate themselves. They also needed frequent crosschecking in flight by the pilots.  However, they were a HUGE advance on DR!

PS I challenge Katahu to fly from London Heathrow to Hong Kong "without" INS GPS VOR or NDB solely by using DR!!!!!
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Reply #28 - Jul 28th, 2006 at 11:18pm

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The old INS systems did take "time" to cross check and calibrate themselves. They also needed frequent crosschecking in flight by the pilots.  However, they were a HUGE advance on DR!

PS I challenge Katahu to fly from London Heathrow to Hong Kong "without" INS GPS VOR or NDB solely by using DR!!!!!
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What is "DR"?       ???
 
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Reply #29 - Jul 29th, 2006 at 1:02am

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What is "DR"?       ???


In that case, I wouldn't end up in Hong Kong, I would most likely end up in Antarctica since I don't even know what DR stands for. Grin
 
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