Add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator and FS2004! 2011 Manual
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Developed by Dave March — Program design and development. OnCourse Software PO Box 17, Henlow, SG16 6WA ENGLAND E-mail: support@oncourse-software.co.uk Website: www.oncourse-software.co.uk Copyright: 2010 / Aerosoft GmbH Airport Paderborn/Lippstadt 33142 Bueren, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 29 55 / 76 03-10 Fax: +49 (0) 29 55 / 76 03-33 E-Mail: info@aerosoft.de Internet: www.aerosoft.de www.aerosoft.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Manual Add-on for: Microsoft Flight Simulator X 3
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Credits: Marcus Borg — Program graphics design and development. Ray Epps — QuickStart Flight development, performance and checklist development for the DC3 and Fokker 50, and never ending help, advice and support. Ray spent many long hours collating data we never got to use. Maybe next time? Peter Gellion — Proof-reading all documentation and context-sensitive help texts. Scott Hayden — Originator of the idea to implement the checklist functionality in FDC’s predecessor, S-Combo.
Marco van Dijk (Stork, Fokker Service) — for his great Fokker 50 flight deck picture for the DVD case, CD, and advertising material. Fokker Services’ web site is www.fokkerservices.com. Pete Dowson — for his kind permission to include a copy of FSUIPC on this CD and as part of the initial installation package, and for including a copy of ADVDisplay on the CD. Without Peter’s tireless endeavours the flight sim world would soon grind to a halt! Pete’s web site is www.schiratti.com/dowson.html.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Content Starting Off.............................................................. 8 System Requirements........................................................ 8 Installation......................................................................... 8 Deinstallation..................................................................... 9 Important Note!................................................................. 9 Technical support...................................................
Flightdeck calls ................................................................ 37 Flightdeck call settings ................................................... 40 Procedural variations for flap calls ................................ 40 Handling the approach .................................................. 41 Selecting voice sets for the crew ................................... 42 Recording your own voice set ....................................... 43 Cabin information...................................
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Starting Off System Requirements • Processor min.1000 MHz • 256 MB RAM, recommended 512 MB • 400 MB free disk space • Soundblaster or compatible soundcard • Microsoft Flight Simulator X, 2004, 2002, 2000 or 98 Installation Note: A registry code is required to install FDC Live Cockpit! 2011. You will find this code on the CD sleeve. Please keep the registry code in a secure place. You will need it for further installations. If you are working with Windows XP, NT4.
Deinstallation To remove FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 from your computer click on the START Button in the Windows taskbar and choose “Settings”. In the following menu choose “Control Panel”. Look for “Add/ Remove Programs” and start it by doubleclicking on the icon. Now search for “aerosoft’s - FDC Live Cockpit 2011” in the listbox and mark it by clicking on it. Then click on the “Add/Remove” Button. The files will now be removed from your harddisk.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 About FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 With one exception, you should make all your settings in FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 prior to connecting to the flight simulator. To perform changes to the settings, you will have to disconnect from flight simulator; an operation that will reset all flight parameters used to detect the current phase of your flight (more on flight phases below).
Taxi to Runway The phase is activated once the Gate Departure announcement has been made. The announcement is usually made when you release the parking brakes. Takeoff The phase is activated in different ways. If you have the Prepare for Takeoff call configured to play before or after the takeoff checklists, the phase is activated when the Prepare for Takeoff call is made. Otherwise, the program does its best to ascertain that you’ve finished taxiing.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 As you can see from the table above, the transition between phases is based either on events in Flight Simulator, or in FDC Live Cockpit! 2011. The flight phases allow FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 to provide you with checklists and cabin announcements on ALL flights, not just adventures created in dedicated adventure creation software. Missed approaches and Touch-and-go Most pilots will at some point or another have experienced a missed approach.
Multiple sounds simultaneously played All the sounds in FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 can be played simultaneously. This means that ATC chatter, airport ambience, checklist calls, cabin announcements and GPWS warnings can be heard at the same time! You are allowed to control the mix of the various volumes freely by using the built-in volume control panel.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Using FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Using FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 is actually quite simple; the challenge lies in mastering the added level of realism in your flight simulator! FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 allows you to customize a large amount of parameters based on your favourite aircraft. The most important parameters are those gathered in the Performance file for your aircraft. There are, however, many other parameters that might differ between various aircraft.
Profiles and how to use them FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 has lots of options available to you, but going through every panel to change them whenever you change an aircraft, would be a tedious task. FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 therefore features a strong profile functionality, allowing you to save the entire FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 set-up for easy retrieval at a later stage.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 • Click FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 on the task bar (or hit Alt-Tab on your keyboard, and select FDC on the task menu). • Click Connect in the FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 main window. • If the connection is successful, the FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 main window will automatically be minimized and Flight Simulator will be brought to front.
A note on connecting in mid-flight If you attempt to establish a connection between Flight Simulator and FDC Live Cockpit! 2011, FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 will handle this in two ways: • If you are above 3000MSL when connecting, FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 will automatically assume the next flight phase will be the Cruise phase. The next checklist will be the Climb checks. • If you are below 3000MSL when connecting, FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 will assume that the next flight phase will be the Climb phase.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Hotkey Summary SPACEBAR Step through each checklist call when in Manual checklist mode. If you are in Auto 1, Auto 2, or Semi-Auto checklist modes, hitting SPACEBAR will temporarily pause the checklist being played. To resume the checklist, hit SPACEBAR once again. CTRL-SHIFT-A Trigger first cabin announcement. SHIFT-SPACEBAR Step back through each checklist call. SHIFT-ESC Bypass an interactive checklist item.
CTRL-W Play the user recorded Turbulence warning message. CTRL-E Detect the FS hotkey for auto-starting the engines. CTRL-SHIFT-M Redisplay the last on-screen FDC message in Flight Simulator. CTRL-SHIFT-X Jump to the next Enroute ATC chatter file selection. About flight time and black box logging If you wish, you can have FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 log your flight time and flight data – the latter referred to as black box logging.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Specifying flight time logging To specify start and stop times for flight logging and file options: • In the FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 main window, click Options. • In the Main Options panel, click Misc Items. • Under Flight Time Logging, specify the start and stop options. • To create a new log file for each flight, select the New log each flight option. Alternatively, if you would like all flights to be logged in one file, select the Append to existing log option (default).
Viewing black box logs • In the FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 main window, click Options. • In the Main Options panel, click Black Box Log. • When you have finished viewing the log, you should click Close to exit the panel. Log Files The log files from FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 will be saved to the Logs folder under the FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 installation path. By default, this path will be C:\Program Files\Aerosoft\FDC\Logs The Flight Time log files will be saved as fdc_flight.log.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 • Under FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 system operation settings, there are checkboxes for Takeoff data, Cruise data, and Landing data. Select the messages to display in FDC Live Cockpit! 2011. Enter the number of seconds to display each message. Note! If you enter 0 seconds, the message will be displayed constantly. • Click Save Changes and Close to exit the panel. What messages will be displayed? The table below shows the most important on screen messages that can appear.
Controlling volume levels As mentioned earlier, FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 is capable of playing several sounds at the same time; such as checklist calls, ATC chatter, ambience of various types, and cabin announcements. You are allowed to control the volume mix of the various sound types from within FDC Live Cockpit! 2011. To adjust the volume levels • In the FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 main window, click Volumes. • Use the control arrows to adjust the volume levels of the various sound components.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 GPWS The volume of the GPWS warnings. ATC Chatter The volume of the ATC chatter (available by selecting the Airport (air/ground) traffic ambience option on the Misc Items panel). Airport ambience The volume of the airport ambience (available by selecting the Airport (air/ground) traffic ambience option on the Misc Items panel). Using FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 help There are two ways of getting help in FDC Live Cockpit! 2011.
• GLW: Gross Landing Weight; • KIAS: Knots Indicated Air Speed. For an explanation of other common abbreviations commonly used in aviation, please refer to one of the online dictionaries that are available. FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 User Guide The User Guide is available by hitting F1 anywhere in FDC Live Cockpit! 2011. In addition, you can also access the User Guide if you click Main Help in the Main Options panel. There are several ways of searching for information in the User Guide.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Largest. The font size in the topic will change as you cycle through the font size list. Note! The pages are designed to be viewed using the Medium font size. Note also that the help viewer shares the same font settings as Internet Explorer on your computer. Thus, if you make changes to the font size, this will also be used for Internet Explorer. • Print: Click this button to print the selected topic. You will be asked to select the printer to use.
Aircraft and Flightdeck calls About aircraft and checklists FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 allows you to select aircraft to use in three different ways. First, you can either select one of the fully supported aircraft, which will automatically set all the parameters needed to perform a full flight. Second, you can select the Not Listed option in the Select Aircraft drop down, and then quickly specify the minimum data required to utilize most of FDC Live Cockpit! 2011`s features.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Special Add-on aircraft (FS2004): • Eurowings Pro and 2004 (A319,A320, BAe146, ATR42/72) • PMDG 737NG 600/700/800/900 • PIC A320 • Just Flight A330/A340 Note! In the unlikely event that you should actually crash your aircraft, FDC will disconnect from Flight Simulator and reset all flight parameters. Selecting an aircraft in FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 To select an aircraft: • In FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Main window, click Options. • In the Main Options panel, click Select Aircraft.
Using aircraft not listed Although FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 supports many standard Flight Simulator aircraft, you will perhaps not find your own favourite among these planes. Although we strongly recommend you to create a performance file and checklist for your aircraft, you will still be able use FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 with your aircraft quickly. To quickly use an aircraft that is not listed in FDC Live Cockpit! 2011: • In FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Main window, click Options.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 • Use the checkboxes in the Checklist section to enable (or disable) the checklists you wish to use with your aircraft. • Click Save Changes and OK to exit the panel. Note! Functionality in FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 that is dependent on the data entered in the Performance file, will be disabled when you use the Not Listed aircraft. This mainly concerns flap calls during takeoff and approach.
The co-pilot The co-pilot will, amongst other tasks, usually read you through the checklists (although you are free to decide who should read the checklist when you create your own checklists), make flap calls, and make the speed calls at take off. You can enable or disable the co-pilot entirely, or you can enable or disable a group of calls that should be made. The co-pilot is also responsible for making the prepare for take-off call to your cabin crew. You have several options for enabling this call.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 2011, the engineer is present if you select the Boeing 747-200 Jumbo Jet. The engineer will also be available in any performance file you add having three crew members. As for the other cockpit crew members, you can select which calls the engineer should make, or „switch him off“ altogether. The Virtual Co-Pilot mode In a real aircraft, the co-pilot will respond to flap and gear calls during the flight.
Interactive checklist calls FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 will control many of the checklist calls made. Thus, if the item of a checklist call is not set correctly, you will get a negative response for the call. You can specify the length of the delay yourself, allowing you the time to avoid the negative call by correcting the item. If you receive a negative response, the checklist will be temporarily paused. When you have corrected the checklist item, you must manually resume the checklist again.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Auto 1 and Auto 2 If you select one of the Auto mode, the checklist will be locked to the flight phases in FDC. The checklists will be played a short time after the flight phase has been activated, except for the checklists at the gate (explained below). When in the Auto modes, the checklists will be started automatically. However, the execution of the checklist differs between the two. If you use Auto 1 the checklists will play automatically.
Semi-Auto If you select the Semi-Auto mode, the checklists will be detached from the flight phases, and you can scroll through the various checklists by using the hotkeys (Ctrl-Spacebar to scroll forward and Ctrl-Shift-Spacebar to scroll back). However, the checklists themselves will be played automatically, and you only have to start the checklist again (by hitting Ctrl-Spacebar) when you have received a negative checklist response.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Controlling the Auto mode As mentioned in the topic covering checklist modes, you can control how the checklists will be timed in the Auto mode. The timing settings are available only when you have selected the Auto option. The table below summarizes how and when the various checklists are started in the Auto mode. Checklist Criteria Pre-start You must manually start the checklist by hitting Ctrl-Space. Before Pushback You must manually start the checklist by hitting Ctrl-Space.
Approach The checklist is run when the aircraft has reached a given altitude. After landing The checklist is run after the flaps have been raised. Specify a time delay in seconds. Parking The checklist is run when the aircraft comes to a complete stop at the gate after taxiing from the runway at the destination airport. The checklist is activated when the parking brake is applied.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Types of calls The table below summarizes the various types of calls available, and gives some examples of various calls. In addition, the crew members who can make the calls are also mentioned. Checklists Calls made in conjunction with checklists. Captain, Co-pilot, Engineer Flap calls Calls made when operating the flaps. Captain, Co-pilot, Engineer Takeoff calls Calls made during takeoff, such as V1, Rotate, and V2.
A note on flap calls The number of flap calls and at which speed they are made depend on the performance data given for the aircraft you use. The Flaps Up call after landing will be different for GA and non-GA aircraft. FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 will display flap and speed data for your aircraft at various times during your flight. You can use the Performance Editor to view the data for each aircraft in detail.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Flightdeck call settings Some of the flightdeck calls have individual settings. These are: Call setting Description Climb thrust You can specify the altitude at which the captain will make the Climb thrust call. Prepare for takeoff You can specify when the co-pilot will make the Prepare for takeoff call. Your options are Auto, hotkey, After takeoff checks, and Before takeoff checks.
Variation Call 1 Captain: „Flap 10“ Co-pilot: „Flap 10“ 2 Captain: „Flap 10“ Co-pilot: „Flap 10 selected“ Co-pilot: „Flap 10 set“ Handling the approach As you know, whether you are a real-life pilot or a flight simulator enthusiast, the approach and landing are the most challenging situations when flying an aircraft. This is also the case for FDC Live Cockpit! 2011. You might need to perform a missed approach, or you might feel like performing a Touch’N’Go at your favourite airport.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Note! When you perform a missed approach, the flight phases will not be changed. You will still be in the Approach phase as you go around and attempt a new approach. Touch-and-go Pilots of smaller aircraft frequently perform Touch’N’Gos at various airports. When you perform a Touch’N’Go, FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 will follow you, and automatically return to the Descent phase as you take off from the runway again.
To select a voice for a crew member: • In FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Main window, click Options. • In the Main Options panel, click Voice Sets. • Select a voice set for the crew member(s). You can hear a sample of the selected voice by selecting a sample in the drop-down box, and then clicking Play your selection. • Click Save Changes and OK to exit the panel. Recording your own voice set Each of the 15 available voice sets in FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 contain more than 1000 different recordings.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Adding your own voice set to FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Here are guidelines to assist you in creating your own voice set. The guidelines assume that you are familiar with recording sound files. If not, you can find some simple instructions here (although these instructions are for recording flight deck announcements, the recording technique is the same). The guidelines also assume that you are familiar with working with files and folders in Windows Explorer.
Cabin information About cabin information FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 supports three different types of cabin information. First, there are the cabin announcements that are made by the cabin crew. These are pre-recorded announcements, and FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 contains five different recordings for various languages and accents. Second, there are the user´s files messages. These are your own recordings and contain information to your passengers. The user files are timed and played automatically.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 aircraft, and then play the cabin announcement when they have finished embarking. Should you wish to let FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 start the cabin announcements automatically, the Welcome Aboard announcement will be played immediately after the connection to Flight Simulator is established.
(if you have selected the Auto start-up option). Prepare for gate departure The announcement is played immediately after you have released the parking brake. Safety briefing The safety briefing is played a given time delay after you have started to taxi towards the runway holding position (time delay entered in seconds on the Cabin Info panel). Refreshments The announcement is played a given time delay after your aircraft has left the ground.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Timing the user files • In the FDC main window, click Options. • In the Main Options panel, click User Files. • Enter the timing parameter for each user message in minutes in the appropriate boxes. • Click Save Changes and then Close to save your changes and exit the panel. Note! Setting the timing parameter to 0 means you turn the given user file off. Since the user files are blank when you install FDC Live Cockpit! 2011, all the parameters will be set to 0 initially.
The user files that are timed after events other than other user messages, can be handled individually. Thus, you can, if you wish, include user file 1, 3, and 12. If one or more of the user files should overlap, FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 will queue the messages and play them in rapid succession. Adding user file messages to FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Supplied with FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 are twelve user file blanks named user01.wav through to user12.wav.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 • Locate FDC Live Cockpit! 2011`s wav folder (default path C:\ Program Files\Aerosoft\FDC\Wav). • Rename the default FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 user file (user04. wav) to a suitable backup name, or create a backup copy somewhere on your hard disk. • Copy the recording you made above to the Wav folder, and rename it to user04.wav. • Open FDC Live Cockpit! 2011, or switch to it if it is already running. Note! You must be disconnected from Flight Simulator to perform the steps below.
About flight deck announcements In addition to the 12 user files that will be played automatically based on timed triggers during your flight, FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 also supports up to 99 Flight deck announcements that can be played randomly during your flight. These files – your own recordings or selections – could perhaps be the Captain’s in-flight chat to his passengers, explanations for unusual events, etc.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Using Flightdeck announcements in Flight Simulator Note! You obviously need to have FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 connected in Flight Simulator to perform the operations described below... While in Flight Simulator, you can control the Flight deck announcements by: • hitting Ctrl-\-A, Ctrl-\-B, Ctrl-\-C, ... Ctrl-\-Z to play the first, second, third, ..., 26th Flight deck announcement respectively; • hitting Ctrl-\ to play the next Flight deck announcement in the list; • hitting Shift-\ to
sets can contain 99 user messages. The files belonging to each category should be copied to the corresponding folder inside FDC Live Cockpit! 2011`s FD_User_Announcements folder. If you used the default installation path when installing FDC, these folders would be C:\Program Files\Aerosoft\FDC\FD_User_Announcements\Short_Haul, C:\Program Files\Aerosoft\FDC\FD_User_Announcements\Medium_Haul, and C:\ Program Files\Aerosoft\FDC\FD_User_Announcements\Long_Haul. An example...
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Sample recordings in FlightDeck Companion On the FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 CD you will find a set of pre-recorded sample files recorded by Scott Hayden. There are two sets of files available. The first set is recorded as the Captain of the crew, and is suitable if you use Scott’s voice set (#8) for the Captain’s voice. The second set is recorded as the first officer, and is suitable if you use Scott’s voice set for the First Officer’s voice.
The GPWS About the GPWS FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 features a built-in Ground Proximity Warning System – GPWS for short. Some panels already support a GPWS, in which case you can easily disable FDC Live Cockpit! 2011`s GPWS on the GPWS panel. The GPWS produces audible warnings and alerts when various events occur in the simulator.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Landing Calls The GPWS will call your altitude as you descend to land. The calls start at 2500 ft above the ground, provided FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 is in the Approach phase. If you’re flying an aircraft with a three-man crew, the engineer will make these calls rather than the GPWS (which in a real aircraft are automated, pre-recorded calls). In addition, the GPWS will alert you when you have reached the Decision Height by making the Minimums call.
Audio Altitude Alert The Audio Altitude Alert allows you to receive an audible signal when the aircraft approaches the altitude set in the autopilot. The Audio Altitude Alert is played at a distance from the set altitude. You define this distance by entering a number in the A/P Audio Altitude Alert box below. The default value for this distance is 900ft. To illustrate how the Audio Altitude Alert works, let’s say that you are cruising at 20.000ft, and starting the descent to land.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Add Ambience to FS About ambience In addition to the voice of your co-pilot (and maybe your engineer) and the cabin crew announcements, you can also have FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 add airport ambience or ATC (Air Traffic Control) chatter to your flight.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 doesn’t contain any ATC chatter sound files by default. Adding ATC chatter files to FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 is simply a matter of copying your own favourite chatter files to the appropriate folder in the FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 folder structure. You will be able to find an extensive collection of ATC chatter files on the Internet, at one of the large file libraries dedicated to Flight Simulator.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 • The options below, Enroute 1, 2, and 3, Local ATC Only, as well as Dept and Dest will be discussed in detail below. Select the options that apply to your flight. • Click Save Changes and Close to exit the panel. Geographical areas You can sort your ATC chatter files based on the region in which they are recorded.
Phase Criteria Departure Ground This phase is active from the start of your flight. Departure Tower This phase is activated as soon as FDC Live Cockpit has decided you are ready for takeoff. Departure This phase is activated as soon as you climb through 3000 ft. Enroute This phase is activated as soon as you climb through 7000 ft. Note! The Enroute phase is divided into three different sections, where you can specify different geographic areas.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 ATC chatter based on radio frequency Although the geographic sections described above will probably provide more than sufficient functionality and variation for most users, FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 provides one more level of ATC chatter customisation. This feature allows you to actually tune your COM1 radio to an „ATC Channel“, so to speak, and only have files played belonging to this exact frequency.
Adding ATC Chatter and Ambience Sound Files FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 comes equipped with a large set of ambience sound files that you can start using directly. There are, however, many good sources for ambience sound files on the Internet, and you will most likely feel the desire to add your own sound files to the ambience in Flight Simulator.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 • Open the folder corresponding to the ambience type and category to which you wish to add sound files. The folder structure of FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 is explained in detail in the table below. • Paste the files you copied in step 2. • Repeat steps 2. through 5. for each of the ambience types and categories to which you wish to import new sound files. The files will be available to FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 immediately.
\AtcChatter\Africa \AtcChatter\Canada_&_Alaska \AtcChatter\Central_US \AtcChatter\Eastern_US \AtcChatter\Europe_(East) \AtcChatter\Europe_(West) \AtcChatter\Latin_America \AtcChatter\Middle_East &_Asia \AtcChatter\Pacific \AtcChatter\South_America \AtcChatter\South_Pacific \AtcChatter\Western_US: These folders contain sound files for the corresponding geographic areas. No files should be copied directly to these folders, but rather to one of the subfolders shown below. \AtcChatter\...\Departure_Ground: The
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 \AtcChatter\...\Arrival_Tower: The folder containing sound files for the Arrival Tower category of the given geographic area. Example: \AtcChatter\Africa\Arrival_Tower. \AtcChatter\...\Arrival_Ground: The folder containing sound files for the Arrival Ground category of the given geographic area. Example: \AtcChatter\Africa\Arrival_Ground. \AtcChatter\...\...\XXXXX An optional folder containing sound files for a given radio frequency for a given ATC phase in a given geographic area.
\Ambience\Large Airport: The folder containing sound files for Large Airport Traffic Ambience. \Ambience\Large Airport\General: The folder containing sound files for Large Airport General Ambience. \Ambience\Medium Airport: The folder containing sound files for Medium Airport Traffic Ambience. \Ambience\Medium Airport\General: The folder containing sound files for Medium Airport General Ambience. \Ambience\Small Airport: The folder containing sound files for Small Airport Traffic Ambience. \Ambience\Small A
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Adding your own aircraft Add your own aircraft to FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 By using the built-in Performance Editor and Checklist Editor, you can add your own aircraft to FDC Live Cockpit! 2011. A performance file contains data for the aircraft, related to flap settings, speed tables, and so on. The checklist file contains the definitions for the checklists to be used by your aircraft.
You can create a new performance file from scratch, or you can base your work on one of the existing templates. You can edit your files later, allowing you to tweak the files to their optimal performance. Once you have successfully created a performance file, you can select the aircraft on the Select Aircraft panel. Your own aircraft will appear at the bottom of the list, with the prefix User:.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Opening the Checklist Editor in FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 • In the FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 main window, click Options. • In the Main Options panel, click Checklist Editor. The Selections panel When you set out to create a new set of checklists for an aircraft, you can either start with a blank set of checklists, edit a previously created set of checklists, or you can use one of the default checklists as checklist templates.
• You can use the shortcut buttons Select All or Clear All to select or clear all the selections for the selected checklist. • To play a checklist call, select it in the list and click Play Selection. • Repeat the steps above for all the checklists you wish to include in your set. • When you’ve finished selecting calls, click Next Page to move to the next panel in the editor.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 according to who is actually holding the yoke. PNF means Pilot Not Flying, and will in FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 identify the First Officer (Co-pilot) of the crew. ENG means Engineer, and identifies the engineer of a three-member crew. To alter the members responsible for calls, and alter replies: • Locate the row for the call that you wish to alter in the list. • The list contains five columns; Checklist Call, Int, Who, Reply, and Who.
Saving your checklists When you have finished creating your checklists, click Finish on the Voice Selection panel of the Checklist Editor. You will be prompted to enter a name for your checklist. Your new checklist will now become available in the Select Aircraft panel of FDC Live Cockpit! 2011, under checklists. Your own checklists will be preceded with the text User:, to distinguish them from the standard FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 checklists.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Opening the Performance Editor • In the FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Main window, click Options. • In the Main Options panel, click Performance Editor. • Select whether you wish to Add a file, Edit a file, or Delete a file. You will be prompted to identify the file you require. • If you select to Add a file, you will be asked whether you want to start with a blank file, or whether you want to use a template.
Creating a performance file for the Boeing 737-400 (part I) To create a performance file for the default Boeing 737-400 of Flight Simulator, follow the steps outlined below. This procedure can then be applied to your favourite aircraft, provided you have access to the data required by the PE. • Click Options in the main window of FDC Live Cockpit! 2011, and then click Performance Editor. • Click Add File on the first panel of the PE. This will add a new performance file to FDC Live Cockpit! 2011.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Specifying takeoff data for your aircraft You will find that the third panel of the Performance Editor has three different sections. The takeoff data of your aircraft is available when you click Takeoff at the top of the panel. The other two sections are Cruise and Landing data. In addition to these three sections, you can also enter a name for the aircraft as well as specifying its crew size.
given in the higher row. Thus, if your data table contains data for the weights of ‘200’, ‘400’, and ‘600’, FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 will use the ‘200’ row for weights between ‘200’ and ‘399’, the ‘400’ row for weights between ‘400’ and ‘599’, and the ‘600’ row for weights over ‘600’. The rows should be sorted in descending order. If you want a row to be valid for all weights, simply enter ‘000’ in the column (it is generally a good advice to let the last row in the table read ‘000’).
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 F0 The speed to call ‘Flaps Up’ This is the ‘Clean Speed’ for the aircraft, which is the maximum speed the aircraft should fly with flaps extended. Shortly before this speed is obtained, the Flaps Up call is made. Speed in knots F0 > 0 Required:Yes F1 - F40 The speed at which to make flap call The speed at which the corresponding flap call should be made.
Normal takeoff flap setting Directly below the weight and speed table you can select the flap setting that will normally be used at takeoff, by selecting the option that corresponds to the flap setting to be used (the options correspond to flap columns in the table). Speed reduction table These data are not required At the very bottom of the panel you will find a weight to speed reduction table that is used to decide when the V-calls are made if a higher flap setting than normal is used during takeoff.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Reduction The Vref speed reduction A speed reduction in knots. If you take off using a higher flap setting than the normal flap setting, the V-speeds will be reduced by this value, making the V-calls appear earlier. (See example below.) Speed in knots. Required:No As an example, the Boeing 737-400 will normally use Flap 5 for takeoff. If the aircraft weighs 121,000 lbs, the V1, VR, and V2 calls will be made at 137, 140, and 149 knots respectively.
Add rows to the table by clicking Add, and double-click each cell to enter a new value. Note that the weight appears in descending order, with higher weights at the top of the table. The first row, starting with 154, is used when the aircraft weighs 154,000 lbs or more. The second row, starting with 121, is used when the aircraft weighs between 121,000 and 154,000 lbs. The last row, starting with 000, is used when the aircraft weighs less than 121,000 lbs.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Weight The weight of the aircraft The weight of the aircraft in 1000 lbs. FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 uses this weight to decide which speed data to use. The given row is used for all weights higher than the entered weight, until the next (higher) weight is reached. Weight x 1000 lbs. (131 equals a weight of 131,000 lbs) Required:Yes IAS Maximum indicated air speed Indicated Air Speed. This is the maximum indicated air speed for this aircraft should cruise at to given this weight.
Leave the unused box at ‘0’. knots Max cruise speed in knots This is the maximum safe cruise speed. Speed in knots A value is required in one of these boxes. Leave the unused box at ‘0’. Creating a performance file for the Boeing 737-400 (part III) • Click Cruise to open the cruise data section. • In the table, enter the cruise data presented below.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 • Finally, you should enter the maximum cruise speed for the 737. Enter 0.76 in the Mach text box, leaving the knots text box unchanged at ‘0’. Alternatively, you could have entered the speed in knots, leaving the Mach speed unchanged at ‘0’. contains a table of weight and speed data for the available flap settings of the aircraft. The columns of the landing data table are explained below.
The Gear Down call Immediately below the table, you can select at which flap position you would like to hear the Gear call by selecting the option beneath the corresponding column. Alternatively, you can enter an altitude at which to make the call. Setting the ‘Gear Down’ Altitude to ‘0’ makes the Gear Down call occur with the selected flap call. Setting the altitude (different from ‘0’) makes the Gear Down call occur as you descend below that altitude.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 the panel, you can select the last flap setting that you want to be called based on the airspeed by selecting the corresponding option. The remaining flap calls will be based on the airspeed above, but will occur at the latest when passing the altitudes entered in the table on the lower left of the panel. The number of rows in the table will automatically be updated based on your selection.
Adding a picture for your aircraft You can add a picture for your new aircraft as well. This picture will be displayed in the Main Options panel when your aircraft is selected. The image must be located in the Pics folder of the FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 installation, and must be saved with the same name as the performance file you created. If, say, the performance file is named MyAircraft, you should save the image as MyAircraft. gif.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Gear Down call will be made at that altitude instead. • The Flap 15 call should be made depending on the air speed of the aircraft, but all subsequent flap calls should be made dependent on the altitude of the aircraft as well. To achieve this, select the option at the bottom of the panel that is beneath the F15 column. • In the flap to altitude table at the lower left of the panel, enter the minimum altitudes at which to call the remaining flap positions F25, F30, and F40.
FDC Live Cockpit! 2011 Support In the unlikely event that you should experience problems when using FDC Live Cockpit! 2011, please follow the guidelines below on how to get help. Visit FlightDeck Companion’s web site We will maintain a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section on our web site. If you run in to trouble that you are unable to resolve using the frequently asked questions section in this User Guide, then please visit the FAQ our web site first. Visit our web site at http://www.oncourse-software.
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