Boeing 777-200 Tutorial/KSFO-KLAX: Difference between revisions

Head out and get onto your desired course and turn the inner part of the HDG dial to that course. The outer part of the dial sets the maximum bank angle and is not vital to use at this stage. Once you have set the dial to your desired course click the heading button. It should light up yellow indicating that it is now engaged . This will steer the plane but will not maintain altitude or speed. Do not engage Auto-throttle! Rather, when you have leveled out a bit click the VS button (this will maintain your current rate of climb and decent)

so as soon as you click VS immediately set the VS dial to zero and then experiment with positive or negative rates of climb. Note, even if you set the VS dial to zero BEFORE your click the VS button, it will still use your current climb or descent rate when you activate it, so be ready to scramble to set it to zero when you click it. If you try to use VS make sure you are flying reasonably level, it has caught me a few times. You can change your heading and climb/descent rate while the buttons are engaged which makes it possible to tweak your flight. At this stage it is preferable to operate the throttle manually although you can experiment with the SPD controls. Remember that using VS (vertical speed) will require you to watch the throttle setting and airspeed '''VERY CAREFULLY!''' Again VS does not set the throttle so using the VS feature will require you to add or subtract throttle as required to maintain the desired airspeed!