Flight-Plans

Flight Plans (FP) provide a way to define a FMS planning for Aircraft, based on aeronautical data and procedures.

A Flight Plan is made from a definition of waypoints (including standard Terminators) that can be followed by any named aircraft.

An ARINC 424 RNAV database must be loaded into the scenario to allow Flight Plan definition.

Import RNAV using the TerrainBuilder or create your own database item by item.

Building a Flight Plan

To define a Flight Plan, use the

button on the tool bar (or use mouse right click, then Add Flight Plan)

Give the name to the Flight Plan then create it.

Double click the icon (or use mouse right click, then Edit Flight Plan > Fplan) to open the property window.

Add the first point which is the departure:

Choose then the airport (ICAO) ident:

Then the runway:

and, if available, a standard departure procedure (SID):

then press

button.

The Flight Plan will be filled accordingly:

Now, add a waypoint:

Then the arrival procedure:

If you cannot see the destination airport (here LFMT), increase the Filter value:

then press

button.

The total flight plan will be the following one:

Now, for each of the Flight Plan entries, modify the speed and the altitude (select the line, change in Edition then update)

The map will finally display the defined Flight Plan:

Now, it is necessary to give an aircraft a kind of FMS component and assign to it the new Flight Plan.

In the Models category, add the FlightManage Component:

Select an entity on the map then give the FlightManage component in its Behavior.

Open the component then, set the following parameters:

Flight-Plan Ident: select the Flight Plan to follow from the drop down list

Departure Time: give the simulation time at which the aircraft must depart

Remove at Arrival: If Yes, the aircraft (entity) will be automatically removed from the scenario.

The FlightManage component will instruct the aircraft (entity) to follow the plan by sending control commands to the dynamic. If other controllers are also working (entity plan or trajectory following), the result will be undetermined.

Popup Menu

Double click on the Flight Plan icon to display its property window.

When a Flight Plan is selected:

Edit Flight Plan: see Properties for details

Rename: change the name of the current Flight Plan

Copy: copy the Flight Plan to the clipboard

Duplicate: do a copy then paste it aside

Delete: remove the selected Flight Plan from the Database.

Contents of Flight-Plans

Design

Runtime

Flight-Plans

Building a Flight Plan

Popup Menu

Contents of Flight-Plans