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JSGPanels
Reference Manual for UNIVERSAL FMC |
FMC Version X03
For FSX
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UNIVERSAL FMC for
Microsoft Flight Simulator FSX ©
THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES
THE FMC MADE FOR MOST OF THE FSX © AIRCRAFT AND INCLUDES THE SOUND PACKAGE.
Author: JSGPanels
Support email: gjLafaye@wanadoo.fr
SUMMARY
4 – THE FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTER
10– COPYRIGHT AND DISTRIBUTION
APPENDIX
1 – CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE summary of the document
This package includes a sophisticated FMC
and a SOUND PACKAGE.
The FMC FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTER
manages the FLIGHT PLAN and all the main functions necessary to fly: COMM
and VORs radios retrieval, HOLD function, FIX function and
more. See FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTER for
detailed technical documentation.
The SOUND PACAKAGE adds sound to the
devices which have sounds and the voice of the copilot. See AUDIO ENHANCEMENTS
for detailed technical documentation.
You can install this package in most of the FSX
© aircraft. Even if an FMC is designed to used mainly in heavy aircraft, you
can add to small ones and get advantage of all the functionalities.
2 –INSTALLATION summary of
the document
2 – 1
INSTALLATION/UNINSTALLATION
The FMC is installed in the AIRBUS
A321 as an exemple.
To uninstall, go to the START MENU,
choose Flight Simulator X and click on the JSGPanels FMC Uninstall.
Installation/Uninstallation being
automatic, if you uninstall the product, the uninstallation program will ALSO
uninstall the A321\panel.cfg.
Make a backup copy BEFORE you uninstall.
To help us enhance the quality of
this product, please let us know of any problem you encounter when using it. THANKS
IN ADVANCE.
To install in other panel just add the
following lines to the panel.cfg of your choice, add the red lines in the panel
.cfg:
FOR THE FMC:
….
Window12=Mini Panel
WindowXX=FMC
….
[Window00]
file………..
……..
……..
[Window15]
size_mm=315,385
windowsize_ratio=1.000
position=7
window_size=315,385
VISIBLE=1
ident=999
gauge00=
JSGx03SoundGen!GLX03SoundGen,0,0 JSGPanels
gauge01=JSG-FMCGen!glx03-FMCGEN,0,0,315,385 JSGPanels ………
where XX is a number at least equal to last
window number + 1 of the last window. In this exemple, last window is 12, so we
set 15.
FOR THE SOUND PACKAGE:
In the Window00 paragraph, add the following
lines:
Window00=……….
……….
gauge26=SimIcons1024!ECU Icon, 790, 745
gauge99=
JSG-FMCGen!glx03-FMCSwitch,768,745,19,19 JSGPanels
Window01=…..
……….
That’s all. You then can run FSX ©.
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”.
3 - TIPS BEFORE
YOU START summary
of the document
The FMC “FLIGHT MANAGEMENT COMPUTER”
controls the flight, this doesn’t mean the pilot has NOTHING TO DO !!!
a)
Please
read this documentation carefully even if you are an expert in flying.
b)
Use
the FMC VNAV and LNAV switches IN PREFERENCE TO those of the panels (if these
exist).
c)
Do not
load a panel over another one in which you have left some switches ON else you
may well "confuse" the panel.
d)
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.
e)
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.
f) COST INDEX : used to compute
cruise speed. Use preferably a low cost index for low cruise altitudes, exemple
1000 for 18000 feet, and a higher one for higher cruise altitudes, exemple 9000
for 36000 feet. If none value is entered, 1 is assumed.
g)
Set
the AUTO RUDDER OFF or you will have difficulties to take off. Parameter is in
“Aircraft/Realism Settings/Flight Control/Autorudder”.
4 . 5. THE FLIGHT MANAGEMENT
COMPUTER (FMC)
FMC SUMMARY:
FMC: The Control Display Unit (CDU)
The ALTERNATE AIRPORT PAGE page
The LEGS pages (page 1 of n pages)
The last LEGS page (page
n of n)
FMC Overview FMC SUMMARY
At initialization, the FMC looks like this.
It contains many powerful features. It
will:
a)
follow
an FSX FLIGHTPLAN (or by other software and imported into FSX), including the selected APPROACH PHASE,
both horizontally and vertically and in accordance with defined speeds, allowing it to be changed if required
during the flight;
b)
manage
the TAKE-OFF thrusts and the climb thrust TOGA, MAX THRUST, CRUISE
and AUTOMATIC according to the economic index and weather parameters;
c)
calculate
optimum V1, VR, V2 and cruise speed according to the cruise
altitude; calculating speeds in both knots
AND mach;
d)
control
the LNAV (Longitudinal Navigation) and VNAV (Vertical Navigation) functions when climbing, cruising and
descending, taking into account economic speeds and altitudes, user-modified
speeds and altitudes and TRANSIT and
RESTRICTED speeds and altitudes;
e)
manage
the function cruise “economic climb”
when the aircraft loses weight due to fuel having been burned, in accordance
with either the ICAO standard or a user-defined value;
f)
manage
the complete HOLD function at an
actual position, programmed altitude or at a predefined waypoint with
adjustable leg time or distance, speed and altitude;
g)
manage
the FIX function, for heading to a
specified VOR;
h)
display
all necessary information relating to:
ATC - flight number, aircraft ident,
etc...,
VNAV - speeds and altitudes,
LEGS - giving for each the
waypoint, heading, distance and altitude,
PROGRESS - the actual position, the previous
and next waypoints and the Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) and fuel at the
destination airport,
APPROACH SPEED - useful information on the flap
settings and corresponding speed limits required during an approach, speed and
aircraft weight,
NAV – this displays radios, both active
and standby, OBS and radials. Searches and retrieves the NAV ILS & COMM
codes by entering the ICAO name directly in the FMC.
COMM - radios, both active and
standby, transponder and ADF,
POSITION - the current position of the
aircraft at the departure airport and (for fun) the three positions of the
three IRSs (Inertial Reference Systems);
i)
allow direct data entry of all data into all
function pages, VORs ILSs and STARs retrieval by entering
directly the ICAO code with mouse clicks on the FMC keyboard itself on
the screen;
j)
follow
the APPRAOCH and TRANSITION retrieved as described above,
k)
allow the brightness of the display to be adjusted for night flights on both
the FMC and the PFD (Primary Flight Display) MFD (Multi Functions display),
RADIOs and EICAS Upper and Lower;
l)
allow
the aircraft to be flown manually (providing the ROUTE has not been activated);
m)
Retrieve
an ALTERNATE AIRPORT depending on runway length and airport distance,
n)
The
brightness of the FMC screen can be adjusted,
o)
last
but not least, manage the fully automatic
autoland, from the ILS capture to the full stop on the runway.
However it will NOT:
Create directly flight plans.
(However Flight Simulator itself and other good quality software packages
available on the Net do it so well.)