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JSGPanels
Reference Manual for Boeing 747-8 panel |
Panel Version X03
For FSX
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Boeing 747-8 Panel
for Microsoft Flight Simulator FSX ©
Microsoft Flight Simulator FSX and Windows are Copyright Microsoft.
The Boeing 747-8 is a Boeing Aircraft built by Boeing Company.
All rights reserved to these companies for all their respective materials and
products.
Visit their sites at
http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorX/
THIS PANEL
VERSION IS A COMPLETE ONE AND INCLUDES
THE FMC, PFD, MFD, EICAS’s, HUD AND OVERHEAD WINDOWS AND SYSTEM FILES AND
SOUNDS.
Author: JSGPanels
email: gjLafaye@wanadoo.fr
Please do not use hotmail, yahoo, gmail,... or we
won't have the ability to send you back any reply !!!
SUMMARY
1 - CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE – NEW FUNCTIONALITIES
4 – PANEL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
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2 - PFD
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3 - MFD
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- FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTER
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7 - MOVING YOKE AND MOVING PEDALS
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8 - AUDIO ENHANCEMENTS TO THE PANEL
APPENDIX
BOEING 747-8
ANNOUNCEMENT
On 15 November 2005 the Boeing Company announced the addition
of the new 747-8 to the 747 family. This aircraft is heavier and has more
powerful engines than any previous model but is more economical and has a
longer range:
“The
Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today officially launched the new Boeing 747 program,
which includes the 747-8 Intercontinental passenger airplane and the 747-8
Freighter airplane.” Boeing Company, Nov. 15, 2005.
You can read this announcement and technical
specifications at this address:
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/747-8_facts.html
The present 747-8 aircraft takes these new
characteristics into account using:
Maximum gross weight: 960000 pounds.
Engine power: 66500 pounds.
In
Flight Simulator © we have tried to accurately reproduce these new
characteristics in the new panel and flying data. The aircraft itself remains
unchanged but you will definitely feel the differences caused by the more
powerful engines and the heavier overall weight. We hope you will appreciate
this new panel.
1 – CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE summary of the document
The panel has been designed to be used with a RESOLUTION of 1024x768
and FULL SCREEN definition. Any other definition will downgrade the
pictures.
We have adapted original
pictures of an actual Boeing 747 panel. These pictures are and remain the
property of Jean Luc BOINET. The whole documentation is edited by and copyright
Bill HICKMAN.
WHAT IS NEW IN THIS X03 VERSION:
The 3 different VIEWS: captain view, copilot view and down
to throttle.
Overhead panel: new FUEL CONTROL SWITCHES.
New switches on the OVERHEAD PANEL.
Last but not least: PERFORMANCES
ENHANCEMENT.
2 – AFTER INSTALLATION summary of
the document
2 – 1 UNINSTALLATION
To uninstall, go to the START MENU,
choose Flight Simulator X and click on the JSGPanels 747-8 Uninstall.
Installation/Uninstallation being
automatic, if you uninstall the product, the uninstallation program will ALSO
uninstall the b747_400\aircraft.cfg.
Make a copy BEFORE you uninstall.
To help us enhance the quality of
this panel, please let us know of any problem you encounter when using it. THANKS
IN ADVANCE.
4. Use the TRUE AIRSPEED option as shown
in following figure:
5. You can recognize the 747-8 panel by its
747-8 identity number:
2 – 3 INITIALIZATION
When loading the panel for the first time, at
initialization you get the following message (depending on the language you
use):
CLICK ON “EXECUTE”
Then you get the following message (depending
on the language you use):
CLICK ON “YES”.
Then you will never get these message again.
3 - TIPS BEFORE
YOU START summary
of the document
a)
Please
read this documentation carefully even if you are an expert in 'flying' the
747-8. Each panel has its peculiarities.
b)
Do not
load this panel over another one in which you have left some switches ON else
you may well "confuse" the panel.
c)
The
values in some gauges are interpreted differently depending on whether the
aircraft is in the TAKE OFF or LANDING phase. The aircraft is considered to be
"in the air" when it is above 1000 feet and "landing" when
it is below 900 feet. For this reason you should ALWAYS climb above 1000 feet
after take off, even when you intend to turn back for an emergency landing
(1000 feet is in any case, of course, a very low and dangerous minimum). For
the same reason, you should not load a flight in which the aircraft is already
in the air.
d)
When
creating a FLIGHTPLAN, FS includes as 1st waypoint the VOR of the departure
airport. Cancel this waypoint too closed to the runway. A such short turn is
impossible with a big jet.
e)