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

Note: To fly this tutorial, it is necessary to have the scenery for Los Angeles installed. It is not included with the base package and MUST be [[Installing Scenery|downloaded and installed.]]

We start with flight planning. The first thing we have to plan is which standard departure route we need to fly and which standard high altitude route we are going to follow. For now we need to get up and level at 300-320 knots around 15000-20000 ft and follow the VOR (and VORTAC) beacons as specified in this tutorial.

If you have the needle is pointing at twelve o' clock or straight forward , toward your selected VOR ( vor = Vhf (very high frequency) Omnidirectional Range-finder )you can press F12 and enter your current heading plus or minus 180, in the '''Radial Box Input''' on the Nav 1 line .

Assuming you are in the air and above 3,000 ft get the 777 roughly on course and to cruise speed. Now set the heading dial on the Autopilot to your heading (the inside part of the dial) of say 150

and press the hold key (it should light or yellow) now set the altitude to 19,500 ft using the altitude dial and press ALT button ,you can change the settings while you have these functions engaged so instead of de-activating them to make adjustments you simply set the desired course and altitude while they are engaged. '''Note please read the FlightGear Autopilot wiki carefully to more fully understand the Auto pilot''' There are many things you need to know.

Pick a runway at KSFO (San Francisco intnl.) use 28 R (right) . Get off the ground and turn on heading of 150 degrees. Now set nav1 to Salinas(117.3) DME about 65 knots away and steer the 777 toward the needle ( if the needle deviates from the 12 o'clock position ) you steer toward or into the needle, it will begin to move back toward 12 o'clock . Doing this frequently is called bird dogging (or bracketing) and should be avoided.

turn onto the nav1 needle '''20 DME''' from '''Paso Robles''' and maintain your chosen flight level. Do not exceed 25,000 ft (you're a beginner /Flight Level 250 ),once en route to San Marcus immediately switch nav 2 to Oxnard and use the same procedure.

30 Dme from Santa Monica Beacon bring the aircraft down gently (no more than 150 ft per min)

to 8000 ft and level out at 285 knts..do not use speedbrakes

Now do a visual check , as you come into the bay area over the water

Klax is close stay 4-5 DME out to sea , and descend to 2500 ft

Your first all instrument approach will be to runway 6L, which is the second of 4 main runways as seen from left to right in your current approach . ILS (Instrument Landing System . which is a special type of radio beacon for landing ) or 'Localizer'. Now set nav 1 to 108.5(the localizer beacon) set nav 2 to KLAX VOR 113.6 (note you must be under 2,500 ft for the vertical guidance or '''Glide slope''' portion to '''Intercept''' its signal so lining your approach using the ILS is vital. (We will tackle this in our next flight from Boston to New York). The localizer gives you traditional VOR guidance from up to 20 DME away and vertical "glideslope guidance" 4-5 DME and under 2,500 ft directly in front of the runway. (Note the VOR CDI green needle will not point to the correct heading