Bombardier CRJ700 series
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The Bombardier CRJ700 | |
Type | Regional airliner |
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Author(s) |
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FDM | YASim |
--aircraft= | various |
Status | Early production |
Development | |
Repository | |
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The Bombardier CRJ700 series is a family of 70- to 100- seat regional jet airliners manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace. Its primary competition is the Embraer E-jet series. The family consists of the Bombardier CRJ700, CRJ900, and CRJ1000. The CRJ700 series was developed from the Bombardier CRJ200, and remains one of the most popular regional airliner series in the world.
Variants
- CRJ700 - the original CRJ700
- CRJ700ER - extended range version
- CRJ700LR - long-range version
- CRJ900 - the first stretch of the airframe
- CRJ900ER - extended range version
- CRJ900LR - long-range version
- CRJ1000 - the final stretch of the airframe
- CRJ1000 EuroLite - low-range/low-cost version targeted at European operators
- CRJ1000ER - extended range version
Aircraft help
HTML documentation is included in the Docs/ folder.
Key | Function |
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Speedbrakes/spoilers | |
Ctrl-B | Cycle speedbrake setting |
j | Decrease ground lift dump setting |
k | Increase ground lift dump setting |
Engines | |
Ctrl-T | Cycle engine thrust modes |
Ctrl-Delete | Arm/disarm thrust reversers |
Delete | Toggle thrust reversers |
Autopilot/autothrottle | |
Ctrl-A | Toggle autopilot altitude mode |
Ctrl-F | Engage/disengage autopilot |
Ctrl-G | Toggle autopilot approach mode |
Ctrl-H | Toggle autopilot heading mode |
Ctrl-N | Toggle autopilot NAV mode |
Ctrl-P | Set autopilot basic pitch mode |
Ctrl-S | Engage/disengage autothrottle |
Ctrl-W | Set autopilot basic heading/roll mode |
F6 | Cycle NAV source |
Tiller/Nose gear steering | |
q | Steer tiller left |
Q | Set tiller to full left |
w | Center tiller |
W | Pop up tiller dialog |
e | Steer tiller right |
E | Set tiller to full right |
Walk view | |
r | Walk forward toward view |
R | Run forward toward view |
f | Walk backwards from view |
Simplified procedures
Startup
- Battery switch ... on
- APU start/stop switch ... on
- Bleed air source ... APU
- Engine 1 thrust lever ... idle
- Engine 1 start sequence ... initiated
- Engine 2 thrust lever ... idle
- Engine 2 start sequence ... initiated
- APU start/stop switch ... off
- Engine 1 electric generator ... on
- Engine 2 electric generator ... on
- Battery switch ... off
Takeoff
- Flaps/slats ... 8 or 20
- Landing lights ... on
- Engine thrust modes ... TO/GA
Climb and cruise
- Engine thrust modes ... climb
- Autothrottle ... set
Nominal cruise speed Mach 0.78 (0.80 for CRJ900)
Approach and landing
- Thrust reversers ... armed
- Flaps/slats ... 45
Remain below 250 knots below 10,000 feet at all times
Shutdown
- Engine thrust levers ... shutoff
- Engine 1 electric generator ... off
- Engine 2 electric generator ... off
- Switch to external power
Downloading
Version 1.0.0 is available in FlightGear/Git. Latest stable 1.0.1 is available on the FlightGear Forums.
Development status/Issues/Todo
Key features
- Startup and shutdown procedures
- Mostly complete cockpit
- Realistic autopilot
- Small library of tutorials
- Cockpit, cabin, and exterior model lightmaps
- Reflection shader on the engines
- Developed aircraft systems
- Tiller steering system
Todo
For rating information, see Formalizing Aircraft Status.
FDM (current rating 3)
Exterior (current rating 4)
- Add minor elements like antennas, ram air turbine, improve gear bay texturing and geometry
- More liveries!
Flight deck (current rating 4)
- Model circuit breakers
- Add more buttons/switches
- Improve texturing
- Model interactive CDUs (and hence VNAV capability for the autopilot)
Systems (current rating 3)
- Find a real startup procedure and model it
- Improve electrical system
- Add more pages to EICAS
External links
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