Honeywell Fms Joystick Flight Planning
Dear Learned Colleagues,
I was playing with a Honeywell FMS on an Embraer ERJ145 - can any one recall - when you line select the new waypoint ( that was created by slewing the cursor around ) - into the route - does the old route automatically delete/disappear - how does this deal with the route discontinuity thats created ? IE I know it draws a megenta segment to the new waypoint - but what about the waypoints that are left - in addition to the newly created one ?
Thanks!
Dear friends,
On some old COLLINS / HONEYWELL CRTs & most all new LCD Primary FLight Displays, the Vertical Speed display is represented as either a radial arc in the lower right hand corner OR a radial arc juxtaposed to the altitude tape ( IE located in close proximity & next to the altitude tape where the VS arc pointer points in the direction of the altitude tape ). Concerning the latter - I was told that the VS arc pointer will actually point to a target altitude - IE simultaneously give you ( IE point to ) VS & where your target altitude will be ( IE if you carry the VS pointer another 1/4 inch into the altitude tape window - it is pointing to an actual predicted altitude target )
Is this correct ? - Ive never seen this as a training point other than at Boeing. Anyone know for sure how this actually works ?
Any thoughts would be appreciated - Thanks !