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Old 9th Jul 2012, 11:07
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737 FMC - can you force fly-over?

Hello all,

I was trying to code the circling approach into Dubrovnik (LDDU) runway 30 into the FMC on a 738. It's the last page of this document: http://ldzo-fir.klaeuserich.net/LDDU.pdf

(With the risk of sounding like a magenta line warrior, I specify that I was not planning to use it, but explore the various functions, as I'm new to the type.)

Doing this, I tried to force a few of the waypoints to be fly-over (the base turn point and GR), as per the charted procedure. However the FMC uses it's turn anticipation and creates fly-by waypoints, effectively tightening the procedure.

The captain didn't know, and I didn't find anything about it the FCOM. On my previous type I could lineselect the waypoint and enter a /0 (like an uproute or downroute waypoint), to force it to fly-over instead of fly-by. Are there any similar functions avaliable in the 737?

(And the disclaimer again: it's for practice and system knowledge, not because I'm unable to find the cockpit windows.)
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