Avionics Quick Start Guide

Vertical Guidance ............................................................................................................................. 38 ASEL – ALTITUDE SELECT .......................................................................................................... 39 Setting Flight Plan Cruise Altitude............................................................................................ 39 Annunciation ............................................................................................................................ 40 Climb Mode .................................................................................................................................. 41 Vertical Speed Mode .................................................................................................................... 41 Altitude Mode .............................................................................................................................. 41 VNAV: FMS Vertical Navigation ................................................................................................... 42 VNAV Mode.............................................................................................................................. 42 Autothrottle (AT) Control............................................................................................................. 42 IAS/MACH Modes .................................................................................................................... 42 AT Engagement ....................................................................................................................... 43 Speed Setting ........................................................................................................................... 43 Manual Setting ......................................................................................................................... 44 Automatic Setting .................................................................................................................... 44 Yaw Damper ............................................................................................................................. 47 Approach Guidance.......................................................................................................................... 47 Requirements ............................................................................................................................... 47 Procedure ..................................................................................................................................... 47 HSI Display.................................................................................................................................... 48 Glideslope .................................................................................................................................... 48 Glideslope Capture................................................................................................................... 48 Altimeter Barometric Setting ........................................................................................................... 49 Falcon 7x Page 2 Avionics Quick Start Guide Radio Tuning ............................................................................................................................................ 50 Readouts .............................................................................................................................................. 50 Radio Menus ........................................................................................................................................ 51 Autotune .............................................................................................................................................. 53 NAV Menu Auto Tune ...................................................................................................................... 53 Tuning from the Flight Plan Menus.................................................................................................. 53 HSI Settings .............................................................................................................................................. 54 HSI Menus ............................................................................................................................................ 55 Primary and Secondary Needle Settings .......................................................................................... 55 Course (CDI) Needle Setting............................................................................................................. 56 FMS Map .................................................................................................................................................. 57 INAV Display ......................................................................................................................................... 57 INAV Display Data ............................................................................................................................ 58 Vertical Situation Display (VSD) ....................................................................................................... 58 List of Objects Displayed .............................................................................................................. 59 Illustrations .............................................................................................................................................. 60 Avionics Layout DISPLAYS All flight information such as communication, navigation, or flight management, as well as system status is displayed into four 14.1 inches digital display units: PRIMARY DISPLAYS Two Primary Display Units (PDU) (external displays), which provide: • All necessary information for piloting (Flight Path, Air data, Heading), • Primary navigation information (VOR, DME, ILS Glideslope/localizer, radio…), • Primary airplane systems parameters (engines parameters, trims…) • The CAS messages window MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAYS Two Multifunction Display Units (MDU) (central displays), which provide: • Navigation data, Falcon 7x Page 3 Avionics Quick Start Guide • System synoptics providing systems and Circuit Breaker status. Because different types of information are needed depending on the flight phase or operating conditions, the system is characterized by a great versatility and can be modulated at will. All the functions can be accessed by using a cursor, just like on a computer. Essential flight information is also provided in a SFD, in case of failure of PDU. The following figure shows the different cockpit displays, as well as the ATA chapters in which their description can be found. Falcon 7x Page 4 Avionics Quick Start Guide Figure 1 PILOT PDU Falcon 7x Page 5 Avionics Quick Start Guide Figure 2 COPILOT PDU Falcon 7x Page 6 Avionics Quick Start Guide Figure 3 MDU 1 Falcon 7x Page 7 Avionics Quick Start Guide Figure 4 MDU 2 Falcon 7x Page 8 Avionics Quick Start Guide A Multi-Function Keyboard (MKB) a single interface, providing alphabetic and numeric entries available on the flight deck. It is no longer dedicated only to FMS. It gathers shortcuts to frequently used windows, and thus gives the pilot a fast access to many functions. Figure 5 MULTIFUNCTION KEYBOARD Falcon 7x Page 9 Avionics Quick Start Guide Avionics Power Up With the batteries and LH INIT and RH INIT pushbuttons on, the typical PDU / MDU configuration is: Figure 6 TYPICAL TWO-DISPLAY CONFIGURATION Locate The Power Panel on the Overhead. Figure 7 OVERHEAD POWER PANEL Falcon 7x Page 10 Avionics Quick Start Guide Power up the avionics by: 1. Turning the master battery bus 1 and 2 to the ON (up) position. 2. Press the LH Init and LH master switches ON. The “Off” indicators will darken when the bus is live. This will supply power to the pilot PDU and MDU 1. 3. Press the RH Init and RH Master bus switches ON. The “Off” indicators will darken when the bus is live. All 4 displays will initialize for a few moments, and then display their menus and data. Figure 8 TYPICAL FOUR DISPLAY CONFIGURATION Falcon 7x Page 11 Avionics Quick Start Guide After Engine Start: 1. Press the GEN1, GEN2 and GEN3 generator bus switches to bring the generators online. The low voltage warning on the Crew Alerting System (CAS) should extinguish once the generators are brought online. The status of the entire electrical system is displayed on the ELEC Synoptic Page on MDU 2. Falcon 7x Page 12 Avionics Quick Start Guide Flight Planning Loading a Flight Plan Any Flight Simulator X flight plan is compatible with the Falcon 7x. They may be loaded as usual through the Flight Simulator, or via the FPLN tab on the Ground Procedures menu (recommended) on MDU 2. Ground Procedures Menu All of your FS X flight plans will be listed on the menu. Scroll up and down the list using the scroll bar on the right of the list. Press LOAD on the highlighted plan, and it will be loaded into the system. Figure 9 Ground Operations Details of the flight plan are outlined on MDU 1. The aircraft location must be at the airport specified by the flight plan. Otherwise the above error dialog will display, indicating that the flight plan cannot load. In this case you will need to change your aircraft location to the airport specified in the flight plan, and then load the flight plan again using the above procedure. Figure 10 Flight Plan List Falcon 7x Page 13 Avionics Quick Start Guide Loading a Standard Instrument Departure (SID) Select the Departure Page on MDU 2. Note: In order to use SIDs and STARs functionality, you will need to have the navigation database from Navigraph installed in your Flight Simulator X\WILCO\Falcon 7x folder. Otherwise these functions will not be available. Note: A flight plan must be loaded in order to access SIDs data. 1. Select Runway/SID 2. Select the Runway and then the SID. Press Select 3. An outline of the added waypoints is listed. Press Insert. Figure 11 SIDs MENUS The SIDs waypoints will be inserted into the flight plan. Takeoff Configuration Tab In the Departure Page, select the Takeoff Config Tab. Take-off tabs provide a method for crew members to input weather and airplane data, and display critical parameters. Takeoff Config provides the input format and Takeoff Data provides computed results. The upper part of the Takeoff Config tab window is used for entry of runway conditions (wind, pressure, temperature). Except for surface winds, default entries are provided for all fields as per airplane’s sensors. Surface winds are required entries. Figure 12 FLT PLAN TAKEOFF CONFIG TAB Falcon 7x Page 14 Avionics Quick Start Guide The winds provided in the weather reports are usually referenced to true north, the wind provided by the tower or ATIS is usually referenced to Magnetic north (unless otherwise specified e.g. at airfield where magnetic variation is important). The wind direction to be entered in the tab is a magnetic value. OAT – Displays the current Celsius and Fahrenheit values. Baro Set – The default altimeter setting is 29.92 in. (The last value used determines the scale). Press Alt – Pressure altitude is computed from runway altitude and value. Rwy Cond – Selector provides two possible selections: Dry and Wet. Default is Dry. This field is displayed in white or amber as controlled by the TOLD function. Anti-Ice - Selector provides two possible selections: On and Off. Default is Off. When selected On, take-off data is computed using “Anti-ice – On” parameters. This field is remains in amber if the airplane’s anti-ice system status is not consistent with the TOLD selection. S + Flaps - selector provides selection of slats and flaps position 1 or 2. Default is position 1. This field is remains in amber if the airplane’s actual configuration is not consistent with the TOLD selection. T/O Weight - defaults to the value computed in the pre-flight POF (Alt/Spd tab), in green, or white boxes if no value is displayed. If a manual entry is made, this field is displayed in white. If manual entry is deleted, this field is restored to its default value. The Compute soft key is used to start TOLD computation. It is enabled once all required fields are filled and whenever a change in one of these fields is detected. Takeoff Data Tab Provides a synthesis of take-off data. It can be considered as an electronic take-off card. Figure 13 Takeoff Data Tab Origin airport, selected runway, and SID are displayed at the top of the tab once activated within the flight plan. Falcon 7x Page 15 Avionics Quick Start Guide Take-off weight and wind component are computed and displayed with or without TOLD data. Wind is given as head-wind or tail-wind, plus cross-wind component. Pitch Att° is the pitch target at rotation in case of an engine failure at V1. N1 information corresponds to N1 of the day calculated by the FMS using temperature entered by the crew. T/O Accel field corresponds to the acceleration expressed in G at brake release. If Manual the checkbox is selected or if the FPLN box is set to Secondary then the "Vspd" fields and field are manual entry field. In this state, "Vspd" fields have no defaulted display values. If switching from TOLD to , the "Vspd" values are kept as default values. Take-off weight and wind components remain displayed. Once there is a valid data in at least one of the "Vspd" fields (either by TOLD computation or manual entry) the Send soft key becomes selectable. Clicking on this soft key sends Vspeeds to speed tapes and ADI windows on both PDUs. Send soft key once again becomes selectable if the Vspeeds are recomputed by TOLD function (via selection of the Compute soft key on the Takeoff Config tab), or are manually adjusted by the crew (when Manual checkbox is selected). When the plane flaps are the same S+Flaps configuration the VSpeed and Pitch values are displayed in green. Otherwise, the display values are yellow. Falcon 7x Page 16 Avionics Quick Start Guide Loading a Standard Arrival Route (STAR) Select the Arrival menu on MDU 2. Note: A flight plan must be loaded in order to access STARs data. Note: Arrival route must be selected before the runway approach. Otherwise no STAR selection is possible. STAR/APP TAB STAR/App tab is used to select and display arrival procedures (STAR and Approach) and landing runway parameters. Clicking the soft key drops down the menu to display available runways, approaches and STAR for destination. Select appropriate radio buttons to load data into temporary storage. Figure 14 STAR/App Tab Falcon 7x Page 17 Avionics Quick Start Guide Select soft key becomes active when any data is selected in the menu. Clicking Select places temporary arrival and approach data in the I-NAV window and WPT LIST. LOADING APPROACHES The approaches available for that runway can be selected from the menu page that loads. Press “Load” to add the approach to the flight plan. 1. Select Runway/STAR button. 2. Select the runway and then the arrival route. Press “Select” to select the route and runway. 3. An outline of the route will appear in the confirmation dialog. Press “Select” to load the route. Falcon 7x Page 18 Avionics Quick Start Guide Once the approach is loaded, select the Arrival menu on MDU 1, if it is not already open. The approach transition will be detailed. The Approach Annunciator should show LOADED. When nearing the arrival airport, select ACTIVATE APPROACH ENT button to activate the approach. The Approach Annunciator should show ACTIVATED. To initiate final approach sequence, press the ACTIVATE FINAL ENT Button. This will start the GPS final approach sequence. Falcon 7x Page 19 Avionics Quick Start Guide Landing Tabs (Config and Data) Landing tabs provide a method for crews to input airport and airplane data, calculate landing performance, and display critical parameters. Landing Config provides the input format. Landing Data provides computed results. LANDING CONFIG TAB Landing Config tab is used to input of airport and airplane data required for TOLD (Take-Off Landing Data) computations. Figure 15 Landing Config Tab The upper part of the tab window is used to enter weather conditions (wind, pressure, temperature). Default entries are provided for all fields except for surface winds. The wind provided in the METAR reports are usually referenced to true north, the wind provided by the tower or ATIS is usually referenced to Magnetic north (unless otherwise specified e.g. at airfield where magnetic variation is important). The wind direction to be entered in the Landing Config tab is a magnetic value. OAT – enter either a Celsius or Fahrenheit value. The system automatically computes and displays the other parameter. Baro Set – altimeter setting default is 1013 hPa or 29.92 in. (The last value used determines the scale). This field turns to amber when the entered value is not consistent with the baro setting of the coupled side PDU. Press Alt – pressure altitude is computed from runway altitude and value. The lower part of the tab window is used to enter airplane data used in the landing computations and used by the EGPWS and AFCS functions. Falcon 7x Page 20 Avionics Quick Start Guide Airplane data used in the landing computations: Ldg Weight - defaults to the value provided by the FMS or TOLD function when prediction are computed and displayed in green. If a manual entry is made, this field is displayed in white. If manual entry is deleted, this field is restored to its default value. Anti-Ice - provides two selections: On and Off. Default is Off. On selection uses performance tables with Anti-ice. Ldg Factor - defaults to 1.67 provided by the FMS / TOLD function and displayed in green. This factor is used to compute the Operator's Landing Field Length (LFL) based on the Landing Distance (LD) computed by the TOLD (LFL = LD x LDG FACTOR). If manual entry is deleted, this field is restored to its default value. NOTE It is the crew's responsibility to apply appropriate adjustments to computed data for landing runway conditions. ∆ Vref - defaults to 0 kt provided by the FMS or TOLD function and displayed in green. If a manual entry is made, this field is displayed in white. If manual entry is deleted, this field is restored to its default value. This value is used to apply a wind correction to VREF computations: ∆ Vref = half of steady head wind component + full gust value (20 kt maximum): Do not take into account steady tailwind and/or crosswind components, Take into account the full gust value, whatever the wind direction is. VAPP is the result of the following computation: V APP = VREF + Δ Vref. Once Send softkey ( Landing Data tab) is pressed, those values are sent to the both PDU and speed tapes (VAP, VRF). NOTE ∆ Vref is not designed to take into account the VREF corrections due to failure or landing configuration considerations. In case of failure introducing landing penalties, Vspd must be entered manually with appropriate VREF corrections: refer to QRH1 / Performances / TOLD user guide. These landing TOLD parameters are removed when manual Vspeeds are selected (on the Takeoff Data tab) or Secondary FPLN is selected. Airplane data used by EGPWS function and AFCS function: Steep App - checkbox shall be used when the descent to the destination runway requires a steep approach. The default state of the checkbox is un-checked. When the checkbox is checked, the system automatically: - Sets GPWS mode 1 to steep approach envelope (increase the threshold of "SINK RATE" alert), - Sets the default value for the Flight Director and Autopilot ILS steep approach , Falcon 7x Page 21 Avionics Quick Start Guide - Inhibits TOLD function and switches to manual entries (in the Landing Data tab Manual checkbox is checked and grayed out to indicate that is not de-selectable). The crew is alerted by annunciation on the PDU (ADI window). Steep App is automatically de-selected if any of the following conditions is fulfilled: - The airplane lands after completion of the steep approach procedure, - Slats / flaps are set back to SF 0 during the go-around. Flaps Override - selection is strictly used for EGPWS, inhibits the "TOO LOW FLAPS" aural warning at 250 ft RA when not in SF3 configuration during final approach. The default state of the checkbox is un-checked. The crew is alerted by: FLAPS OVRD - annunciation on CAS message. The Flaps Override checkbox can also be selected from the SENSORS window. These checkboxes are removed when Secondary FPLN is selected. The Compute soft key is available and highlighted when: - All mandatory boxes are completed , - A change to the TOLD data are (automatically) detected, - Clicking on Rwy/App/STAR soft key. When the “Manual” checkbox is ticked in the Landing Config tab, all configuration data used by the TOLD are removed. LANDING DATA TAB The Landing Data tab provides a synthesis of landing data. It can be considered as an electronic TOLD (Take-Off Landing Data) card. The upper part of the page provides a summary of the selected procedure and contains approach category and minimums information. The lower part provides a synthesis of landing data and can be considered as an electronic landing card. The landing information is displayed after pushbutton has been selected on the Landing Config tab. Figure 16 Landing Data Tab Falcon 7x Page 22 Avionics Quick Start Guide New terminology used for minimums (RA DH and BARO M) allows compliance with new regulations and terminology, especially concerning FMS VNAV approaches, and CAT2 approaches: RA DH – approach minimums based on Radar Altimeter (RA) (normally precision approaches). BARO M – approach based on barometric altitude / height (ILS, FMS / VGP , LOC, B/C and all non- precision approaches). App Cat (Approach Category) is related to all other information in the top half of this tab. Selection of a particular approach type simultaneously selects a “minimums restriction” (RA DH or BARO M). The default is FMS / VGP approach. Minimum entry field is set by default to white boxes (mandatory entry). The minimum value possible depends of the type of approach selected. If the minimum value is not filled while on approach and you have Advanced Realism turned ON, an advisory CAS message is displayed (APP: CHECK MINIMUMS SET). Selection of a new approach reset the minimum value (white boxes). Falcon 7x Page 23 Avionics Quick Start Guide Add a waypoint to the Flight Plan Once a flight plan is loaded, additional waypoints can be inserted anywhere along the route using the MDU 1 Amend Page. Select the dropdown box in the upper right corner and select Amend. Figure 17 WAYPOINT PAGE DROPDOWN BOX 1. The Amend page will be displayed on MDU 1. Use the scrollbar to select the leg of the flight plan in which to insert the new waypoint. 2. Press the “Add” Button. The Amend Page will appear. Follow the protocol as outlined on page 25. Once the new waypoint is established, press the “Add” button at the bottom of the Search Page. Figure 18 AMEND FLIGHT PLAN PAGE Falcon 7x Page 24 Avionics Quick Start Guide If the new waypoint is more than 50 nautical miles off course it will be rejected, and an error box will be displayed. Click “OK” to close the box. Figure 19 REJECTED WAYPOINT ERROR DIALOG If the new waypoint is between 2 – 50 miles off course a confirmation dialog box is presented. Select “Yes” to confirm insertion of the waypoint, or “No” to cancel. Figure 20 OFF COURSE DIALOG Otherwise you will simply be prompted to confirm the new waypoint. Figure 21 Add WAYPOINT CONFIRMATION Falcon 7x Page 25 Avionics Quick Start Guide Delete a Waypoint To delete a waypoint, open the Amend Waypoint Page (Figure 17) and scroll down the list, as shown right. Press “Del” to delete the waypoint. The Delete Waypoint Dialog will appear. Figure 22 DELETE WAYPOINT DIALOG Press “Yes” to delete the waypoint or “No” to cancel. Figure 23 DELETE WAYPOINT Falcon 7x Page 26 Avionics Quick Start Guide Search for Waypoint Or Facilities The search functions work with or without a loaded flight plan. Use the page menu on MDU 1 to pen the Search Page. Figure 24 MODE MENU-SEARCH You can advance the cursor, or the highlighted character by using the designated controls. Pressing this icon will bring up the MKB (Figure 5 ) in a popup window, allowing you to enter alphanumeric data directly. The Search Page will display on MDU 1. Figure 25 - SEARCH PAGE Falcon 7x Page 27 Avionics Quick Start Guide NEAREST FACILITY DATA When on the Search Page, by selecting Search on the MDU 1 page menu (Figure 24 ), the Nearest Facility Menu is at the top of the page. Clicking anywhere on the menus will highlight it. When highlighted, the airport, navaid or waypoint on the scroll list is automatically entered into the search engine, for use in the Direct To/Divert To or Add Waypoint functions. There are four tabbed menus in the Nearest Facility Menu: • Airports • Waypoints (Intersections) • VOR Navaids • NDB Navaids Scroll up and down the lists using the scroll bar at the right of the menus. The currently selected item will be highlighted. Note that the DTO Button on the bottom of the page is available to initiate a Direct To or Divert To procedure, as outlined on page 30. Figure 26 NEAREST FACILITY MENU Falcon 7x Page 28 Avionics Quick Start Guide FACILITY INFORMATION Whenever a facility is highlighted in one of the MDU 1 menus, opening the Show Info Page from the MDU 1 Page Menu will bring up a complete information page on that aircraft, navaid, or waypoint. For example, selecting a waypoint on MDU 1 Cross Mode Page. Figure 27 INFORMATION PAGE Falcon 7x Page 29 Avionics Quick Start Guide Direct To/Divert To If a waypoint or facility has been selected, the DTO Button will be visible at the bottom right of MDU 1. Selecting any waypoint, navaid or facility on any of the flight plan legs, Nearest Facility Menus or Search Field, and then pressing the DTO Button will instruct the FMS to initiate a new Direct To or Divert To flight plan. A confirmation Dialog will appear on MDU 1, asking you to confirm the DTO flight plan. Figure 28 DIRECT TO/DIVERT TO CONFIRMATION DIALOG If a flight plan is already active on the system you will also specify that the system will dump the present flight plan in favor of the new DTO plan. Figure 29 DIRECT/DIVERT TO BUTTON Post Flight Phase Of Flight Figure 30 Postflight Page All associated data for display is provided by the FMS and is based on the values recorded and computed for the Active flight plan. If a particular data item is not available for display, then its associated display field is blank. Avg TAS displays average airspeed based on flight time and air distance. Falcon 7x Page 30 Avionics Quick Start Guide Avg GS displays Average Ground Speed based on Block Time and ground distance. Gnd Dist displays total Ground Distance for the flight. ICAO identifiers for the active flight plan origin and destination are displayed beneath their respective takeoff and landing icons. Taxi Time displays time recorded from original parking brake release after system power up. Any subsequent setting and/or releasing of the parking brake does not cause Taxi Time to change. If the system is powered up while the parking brake is already released, power up time is captured for Taxi Time. T/O Time displays Take-Off time (Zulu) in green. Ldg Time displays Landing Time (Zulu) in green. Apron Time displays time recorded when the parking brake was set after flight. If the parking brake is set, and then released and later reset, the latest time is captured. Flight Time is elapsed time in-flight measured once is displayed. Block Time is overall duration between Taxi Time and Apron Time. If in-flight or after landing prior to setting parking brake, it is the duration between Taxi Time and current time. Block Time is displayed as soon as is available. Falcon 7x Page 31 Avionics Quick Start Guide Flying using the FMS and Autopilot Figure 31 FMS FLIGHT DECK OVERVIEW The Falcon 7X EASy Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) is composed of: • Flight Director (FD) and Autopilot (AP) systems, • Thrust Director (TD) and Auto-Throttle (AT) systems. The Flight Director provides flight guidance on path and roll axes. This guidance can be displayed on the ADI or HUD when requested by the crew. It can be followed either manually or automatically by the Flight Control System if the crew engages the Autopilot. Falcon 7x Page 32 Avionics Quick Start Guide In the same way, the Thrust Director provides Thrust Guidance. This guidance can be displayed on the ADI or HUD when requested by the crew. It can be followed either manually or automatically by the throttle if the crew engages the Auto-Throttle. The Automatic Flight Control System is split into: • Autopilot and Flight Director, • Auto-Throttle and Thrust Director. • Speed and stall protections. The speed protections provided by the Primary Flight Control System (PFCS), the Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) and the Air Data System (ADS), as well as protections provided by the PFCS. A more detailed description is available on page 50 in the handbook Systems Quick Start Guide.pdf, which can be found in the same folder as this guide. Using the FMS and Guidance Panel Autothrottle Section Heading Section Vertical Modes Altitude Section LNAV Button AP Master Figure 32 GUIDANCE PANEL ACTIVATE THE AUTOPILOT SERVOS Servos are connected by pressing the AP Master button. This enables the Guidance Panel to take over the control of the aircraft from the sidestick. INDICATION Status and mode indication is available on the left and right PDU displays. GREEN = Active Dark = Inactive Falcon 7x Page 33 Avionics Quick Start Guide SIDESTICK OVERRIDE Fly By Wire Fly-by-wire (FBW) is a system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface. The movements of flight controls are converted to electronic signals sent to the flight control computers determine how to move the actuators at each control surface to provide the ordered response. The fly-by-wire system also helps stabilize the aircraft, or prevent unsafe operation of the aircraft outside of its performance envelope. To utilize the Fly-by-wire system, bring up the Settings dialog in the simulator by pressing Shift + 2, or using the simulator’s Views menu. Running with Fly-by-wire off will result in the aircraft operating as a standard simulator aircraft does, where if the autopilot is engaged, the pilot will need to shut the autopilot OFF in order to control the aircraft manually. There are also no stabilization and over control limits invoked. Activating Fly-By-Wire Sidestick (joystick/yoke) movement of 15% on either the X axis or Y axis will override the autopilot servos, if active, returning primary control of pitch and roll to the pilot. To return control of the aircraft to the guidance panel, depress the Autopilot Servos button as outlined above, and select lateral and vertical guidance controls again as outlined in this section. Falcon 7x Page 34 Avionics Quick Start Guide Fly-By_Wire Indication If the autopilot is engaged, the respective lateral and/or vertical annunciator will light as FBW. A CAS message is also displayed. If the autopilot is not engaged, no annunciation will occur. FD/TD DISPLAY MODES Toggles the Flight Director (FD ) display and the Thrust Director display on the PDU Attitude Director Indicator (ADI). Pilot can select FD and/or TD information by pressing the FD/TD pushbutton on the Guidance Panel In the following sequence: - FD display - TD display - FD and TD display The displays are part of the Attitude Director Indicator (ADI), which provides in a very accurate and HUD-like picture of all necessary information about airplane trajectory and energy state: The Flight Path Symbol (FPS): • Provides airplane trajectory indication, • Is now a primary flight parameter. The basic Flight Director (FD) mode is the PATH mode. The acceleration chevron provides the potential acceleration along the airplane flight path. The flight path Acceleration Chevron (AC) is referenced to the Flight Path Symbol (FPS). The acceleration chevron represents zero acceleration along the flight path. When the AC is above the FPS, the airplane is accelerating. When the AC is below the FPS, the airplane is decelerating. The attitude reference symbol: • Gives airplane attitude (pitch and roll), • Is still displayed in the ADI, but is no longer considered basic information to fly the airplane. Falcon 7x Page 35 Avionics Quick Start Guide Flight Path Symbol Acceleration Chevron Both Symbols FD Mode TD Mode FD/TD Mode Figure 33 FLIGHT DIRECTOR MODES Attitude Reference Bars Figure 34 ADI Attitude Reference Bars LATERAL GUIDANCE The available lateral modes are: LATERAL BASIC MODE LATERAL UPPER MODES ROL HDG / TRK (heading / track) ROL LNAV: FMS Lateral Navigation Selected Heading/Track To enable lateral guidance by a manually selected Heading/Track (HDG/TRK), refer to Figure 36. Select the desired course using the selector. The selected course is displayed on the indicator. Once the course is selected, press the HDG Selector. The HDG / TRK mode captures and holds the heading or track corresponding to the heading / track bug on the HSI. See Figure 35 HDG/TRK ANNUNCIATION. HDG MODE The standard Autopilot heading bug used for selecting the aircraft course. The autopilot keeps the nose of the airplane pointed at the magnetic heading bug. A crosswind can cause the aircraft's ground Falcon 7x Page 36 Avionics Quick Start Guide track to drift. This mode is generally only used when ATC tells you to fly a direction, since they assume you will use a compass and not a GPS to fly this vector. TRK MODE The autopilot uses GPS information to keep the ground track of the airplane on a straight line toward the selected direction. In case of a crosswind, the aircraft will not be pointed the same as the heading bug since the autopilot will adjust the heading to maintain a straight line over the ground. Switching between HDG and TRK modes is accomplished by pushing the HDG/TRK knob. Pressing down on the scroll wheel (mouse center click) changes between the two modes. MODE ANNUNCIATION Symbology for the two modes is displayed on the PDU HSI. The indicators will be gray when the autopilot is not engaged in that mode, and lighted when the autopilot is following the HDG or TRK. HDG Mode Heading Bug Annunciator TRK Mode TRK Ind. Annunciator Figure 35 HDG/TRK ANNUNCIATION Flight Plan LNAV Guidance Refer to Figure 36. Once the aircraft is airborne, simply press the LNAV Button. Falcon 7x Page 37 Avionics Quick Start Guide When in LNAV mode, the display for the Heading Track Indicator is gray. The PDU annunciator will indicate LNAV mode. Selector LNAV Button HDG Selector Figure 36 GUIDANCE PANEL LATERAL CONTROLS VERTICAL GUIDANCE The available vertical modes are: VERTICAL BASIC MODE VERTICAL UPPER MODES PATH/SPEED CLB: Climb – Autothrottle Interface ALTITUDE ALT: Altitude Hold CLIMB/DESCEND VS: Vertical Speed FLIGHT PLAN ALTITUDE VNAV: FMS Vertical Navigation Falcon 7x Page 38 Avionics Quick Start Guide ASEL – ALTITUDE SELECT By default, the selector knob increments in +/- 100 ft. Left click increases the knob. Right click decreases the knob. The knob can also increment the set altitude +/- 1,000 ft. at a time. Switching between 100 and 1,000 ft. increments is accomplished by pushing the ASEL knob. Pressing down on the scroll wheel (mouse center click) changes between the two modes. Figure 37 SELECTING AUTOPILOT ALTITUDE ASEL is used in association with the other Vertical modes: • CLB Mode • VS Mode • VNAV Mode The ASEL mode will provide guidance to capture and hold the target altitude with minimized overshoot, depending on airplane climb or descent rate. During climb and descent, the capture phase is initiated when the pre-selected altitude is within 500 ft. of current airplane altitude. An aural annunciator “chime” sounds when the plane enters capture phase. Once the target altitude is reached, guidance will automatically change from ASEL to ALT mode. When the aircraft altitude has not captured the selected altitude the indicators are blue. When the altitude has been captured the display will change to highlighted. When the altitude is within +/- 100 ft. of selected altitude the aural annunciator “3 Beeps” sounds. SETTING FLIGHT PLAN CRUISE ALTITUDE When a flight plan is loaded, the FMS automatically selects an altitude based on distance and direction from the destination. This setting can be changed at any time via: Falcon 7x Page 39