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Design

 
Design
1

Name

1. Name
Name of the Flight Plan, must be unique in this database.
 
2

Definition

2. Definition
A Flight Plan (FP) is make as a list of entries (and then legs) from take off to landing.
All entries are referring to existing navigation elements (like Navaids) from the loaded ARINC 424 database.
Any of the Flight Plan line can be selected.
Path Edition box is the updated with the data of the selected line.
User can then modify most of the parameters (if they are not predefined) and Update the FP entry.
 
3

Type

3.
List the kind of entries available to define the Flight Plan. Once selected, Ident (4) will display a list of matching devices extracted from the database:
 
Departure: list all airports of the database
Arrival: list all airports close to the last Flight Plan point
Navaid: list all radio navigation device close to the last point
Waypoint: list all waypoints close to the last point
Holding: list all holding patterns close to the last point
 
4

Ident

4.
According to Type (3) selection, list here all devices that match the selection and the vicinity expressed in Filter (7).
ICAO code is mentioned between parenthesis.
5

Runway

5.
When the Type is an Airport (departure or arrival), the Runway might be selected.
According to the runway, corresponding SID/STAR/APPR is available and can be chosen in (6).
Once defined and bound with a SID or STAR, it will not be able to change it without removing the SID or STAR completely.
6

Procedures

6.
According to runway selection (but not necessarily), predefined flight procedures are listed here.
They are extracted from the ARINC 424 database.
A procedure (departure or approach & landing) cannot be modified if it is extracted from the database.
In order to create your own procedure, do not use predefined ones.
7

Via/Trans

7.
Some Departure, Arrival and Approach procedures contains different leg groups with a common part. User must select the VIA point in order to extract a single flight path.
The list is automatically limited to plausible choices. The common part is not displayed.
Once added, user will see all the points pertaining to the selected SID, STAR or Approach procedure.
A procedure (departure or approach & landing) cannot be modified if it is extracted from the database.
In order to create your own procedure, do not use predefined ones.
8

Filter

8. Filter
Specify here the radius for the search in order to reduce the list of devices listed in Ident (4).
Just increase the value to get more, when routes definitions have very long legs.
Unit is nautical miles.
 
9

Description

9. Description
Add here any information on the FP entry.
Can be automatically filled for predefined procedures.
 
10

Freq

10. Freq
When the device selected is a radio emitter, this is the frequency in Hz or KHz. Informative only.
 
11

Track

11.
Leg orientation in true heading, in degrees.
 
12

Speed

12.
Speed that must be attained for the current leg until next change, in nautical miles.
 
13

Altitude

13.
Altitude that must be attained at this point and kept. Normal rate of climb/descent is used from the altitude change request to reach the specified altitude.
Unit is feet unless prefixed with FL (Flight Level) which express hundreds of feet (FL300 = 30000 feet).
 
14

Distance

14.
Distance of the leg, in nautical miles.
 
15

Duration

15.
Estimation of the time requested to travel the leg.
 
16

Remark

16. Remark
Value extracted from the ARINC database.
 
17

Add

17. Add
When enabled, allow to add (or insert if a line is selected in the Flight Plan) an entry into the Flight Plan.
See Building a Flight Plan here.
18

Update

18. Update
When enabled, replace the FP entry (selected line) with the data in Edition box.
 
19

Clear

19. Clear
Clears all the data fields of the Edition box. Useful to define a FP entry from scratch.
 
20

Delete

20. Delete
When enabled, delete the FP entry (selected line).
If disabled, the FP entry cannot be deleted. This is normally the case for predefined procedures.
 
21

Position

21. Position
Actual Lat/Lon position of the device (airport, navigation aid, waypoint...). Cannot be changed.
 
22

Overfly

22. Overfly
When this option is checked, the turn will be initiated only after the aircraft will be vertical to the point and not before like for a normal navigation.
This option is handled by the FMS manager.
Without this mode activated, the FMS makes the aircraft engage a turn before the point to avoid over shutting the trajectory.
23

Path/Terminator

23. Path/Terminator
Path/Terminator definition define how a path has to be flown and terminates.
According of the supported segment type (drop down list), the FMS (component) will fly the aircraft accordingly.
IF, TF and CF are the most used segment types used.
 
  • IF (Initial Fix)
  • TF (Track to a Fix)
  • RF (Constant Radius Arc)
  • CF (Course to Fix)
  • FC (Fix to Distance)
  • FD (Fix to a DME distance)
  • CR (Course to Radial)
  • VR (Heading to Radial)
  • PI (Procedure Turn)
  • HA (Racetrack to Altitude)
  • HF (Racetrack to Fix)
 
24

Dist

24. Dist
When enabled, specify the maximum distance (in NM) for the procedure.
Enabled only for RF, FC, FD, HA and HF.
25

Radial

25. Radial
When enabled, specify the radial to be crossed (or followed) in degrees.
Enabled only for CR, VR, HA and HF.
26

Altitude

26. Altitude
When enabled, specify the altitude to be reached (or kept) in feet or FL.
Enabled only for HA
27

Fix Position

27. Fix Position
When enabled, specify the position of the arc center of the path procedure.
Enabled only for RF
28

Way

28. Way
When enabled, specify how the racetrack must be followed from the entry fix.
Left (turn) at entry or right (turn) at entry.
Enabled only for HA and HF.
Standardized entry and exit procedure are followed by the FMS.
29

Visible

29. Visible
When checked, the Flight Plan will be always drawn on the map (and highlighted when selected).
 
30

Import

30. Import
Use this button to replace the current Flight Plan with a previously exported Data Model in /Data/Shared/Models.
All current content will be lost.
 
31

Export

31. Export
Use this button to save the current Flight Plan for later import. Default location is /Data/Shared/Models.
 
32

Wizard

32. Wizard
Use this button to automatically compute a vertical profile for the Flight Plan.
When building a FP from scratch, it can be faster to join the SID and the STAR with a coherent flight.
 
33

Clear All

33. Clear All
Empty the FP from all its entries.
 
34

Refresh

34. Refresh
Compute again all speeds, distances and ETA of the Flight Plan.
 
35

Radius

35. Radius
When enabled, specify the radius of the arc when flying RF or the race track radius when flying a racetrack (in nautical miles).