Boeing 777-200, Manual

Page 1: ...1 CAPTAIN SIM BOEING 777 200 TUTORIAL FLIGHT 1 MANUAL REVISION 1 1 ...

Page 2: ...g for departure 8 Taxi take off and climb out 11 Cruise and descent preparation 14 Descent 15 Approach and landing 16 Enhancing the experience 18 Copyrights and usage 19 This tutorial is partnered with Join one of the leading flight simulation forums now www iflysimx com ...

Page 3: ... The Boeing 777 is in a class of its own This tutorial being the first one in a series will be designed to get you started on the Boeing 777 Large areas of this tutorial have been simplified or may not be covered at all The complexity and realism with increase with each tutorial The aim of this tutorial is to teach you how to fly from point A to point B Prior to doing this tutorial it is encourage...

Page 4: ... PFPX has been used to generate the route PFPX is an advanced flight planning tool developed by FlightSimSoft and available to purchase from Aerosoft The route is the following EGFF LATR3Z LATRA UM133 LEGRA LERG8B LFML The SID Standard Instrument Departure is LATR3Z and the STAR Standard Terminal Arrival Route is LERG8B The flight plan looks like the following on a map ...

Page 5: ...order to get between different waypoints an airway is used such as UM133 An airway contains several waypoints to within itself which get you from waypoint A to waypoint B Airways also simplify the programming of the FMC as pilots do not have to enter every waypoint along the route As part of the flight planning process we have to consider diversionary airports in case of an emergency the weather o...

Page 6: ...s flight www fuelplanner com The website predicts that 18 900kgs of fuel will be required for today s flight Fuel burned en route 9 415kgs Reserve fuel 9 485kgs Total fuel on board 18 900kgs The predicted flight time for the route today is just over an hour and a quarter The aircraft weight and load is also critical The passengers and cargo will be loaded using the Captain Sim Boeing 777 Aircraft ...

Page 7: ...lle LFPG Set the weather to the Fair Weather theme Set Time Season to 16 00GMT and season to one of your choice The aircraft should start at the gate with engines running This is not realistic however the aim of this tutorial is to get one flying as quick as possible Full engine start up procedures will be discussed in a future tutorial Enter of a value of 9 450kgs of fuel into the right and left ...

Page 8: ...ter that into LSK 2R 2 Now it is time to select our SID Standard Instrument Departure Do this by pressing the DEPP ARR button on the FMC Press LSK 1L to view the departures for LFPG Press the NEXT PAGE button and press LSK 3R which should be runway 27R A list of SIDs are now displayed for runway 27R Keep pressing the NEXT PAGE button until you are on page 4 6 Press LSK 1L to select our SID accordi...

Page 9: ...est to east and an even altitude if you are going from east to west Enter a cost index CI of 80 into LSK 2R A lower CI means the aircraft will fly more efficiently but also slower Enter 37 into LSK 3R and 25 into LSK 4R Press LSK 6R to go to the THRUST LIM page 4 As a result of having a large aircraft light load and a long runway it will be possible to use a derated take off for the flight today A...

Page 10: ...b cruise and descent of the aircraft By default a transition altitude of 18 000ft will be displayed In Europe a transition altitude of 6 000ft is used So enter 6000 into LSK 3R Check for route discontinuities by scrolling through the LEGS page but there should be none The programming of the FMC is now complete 7 Now it is time to enter some information into the A P autopilot We do this by adjustin...

Page 11: ... R right A T switches All displays should now be clear of any warnings or cautions 3 Release the parking brake and slowly spool the engines forward to maintain a taxi speed of 20KNOTS Do not exceed 10KNOTS when turning Be carefully the Boeing 777 is a very large and powerful aircraft 4 Taxi to and hold short of runway 27R 5 Once held short of runway 27R arm the F D flight director Press the LNAV a...

Page 12: ...tton The engines will now spool up to take off power 9 Apply forward pressure on the yoke until 80KNOTS This is to allow a greater degree of control over steering At Vr gently pull the yoke back and maintain 15 degrees of nose up pitch Once a positive rate of climb has been obtained retract the gear 10 Continue to manually fly the aircraft and try to follow the magenta bars on the PFD At 500ft eng...

Page 13: ... The aircraft will pitch to maintain 250KNOTS 10 At 6 000ft the aircraft will need its BARO pressure changed to standard STD This is known as the transition altitude Do this by pressing the STD button located near the MCP 11 At 10 000ft the landing lights nose light and taxi light will need to be turned off 12 At 18 000ft turn off the logo light The aircraft should now be well established in a con...

Page 14: ...ach Go to page 2 to select the STAR which is LERG8B Select the transition which is AVN by pressing LSK 3R Press EXEC to confirm Check for any route discontinuities on the LEGS page there should be none 2 Enter an altitude of 6 000ft into the altitude window 3 At the green T D point on the ND the aircraft will automatically slow down and commence a descent ...

Page 15: ...r 30 123 into LSK 4R 3 At 10 000ft it will be necessary to turn the landing lights back on Also at 10 000ft an FMC message will appear which says DRAG REQUIRED Clear this message and deploy the speed brakes Once 250KNOTS has been achieved retract the speedbrakes Set autobrakes to a setting of 2 4 As the aircraft approaches 6 000ft we will need to change the altitude in the altitude window to 3 000...

Page 16: ... 2 600ft deploy flaps 30 4 We will be performing a visual approach Keep the aircraft lined up with the runway centre line by using the magenta ILS bug and have a managed descent which is under 1000ft minute Use the red white PAPI lights at the runway for vertical descent guidance Four red lights means you are too low and four white lights means that you are too high Aim for two white and two red 5...

Page 17: ...nsure a smooth touchdown Upon touchdown the speedbrakes should automatically deploy Press and hold F2 to deploy reverse thrust The autobrakes will also activate 8 At 80KNOTS bring the engines back to idle and at 60KNOTS pressing the braking key twice to disengage the autobrakes Taxi to a gate of choice Congratulations You have completed the first tutorial flight Welcome to Marseilles ...

Page 18: ...perience for this tutorial Scenery Aerosoft Mega Airport Charles de Gaulle LFPG JETSTREAM DESIGNS Marseilles Airport LFML ORBX FTX Global Ground textures for the entire planet ORBX FTX Vector Accurate roads rivers etc PILOTS FS Global Mesh 2010 Accurate elevation data for the entire planet Environment REX 4 Texture Direct HD Cloud Sky Water and Airport textures ...

Page 19: ...19 FOR USE IN MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR X NOT CERTIFIED FOR REAL LIFE PROCEDURES Aaron Graham 2014 This tutorial is partnered with Join one of the leading flight simulation forums now www iflysimx com ...