what is the accuracy reqd in DME arc
Guest
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: On the Beach
Posts: 3,336
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
bubbers44:
You must have had a lot better autopilot than we had on our 727s. Heading select for us would command a 25 degree bank for any significant heading change.
Having said that anyone proficient in a 727 should be able to fly a DME arc with the autopilot and FD turned off.
My trusty 727 did great arcs at 250 knots using heading select. I didn't know I just had to find the LNAV and VNAV buttons. Actually most of the time I rolled into about an 8 degree bank so the bank never changed.
Having said that anyone proficient in a 727 should be able to fly a DME arc with the autopilot and FD turned off.
Well. as we fly all DME Arc in LNAV I would expect to see the appropriate RNP for the phase of flight, normally 0.3 for approach. While raw data monitoring is normal, no one in their right mind flys a commercial jet on a DME arc in HDG SEL..why would you? As for speed, VNAV will give a sensible speed base on the next limiting waypoint,...
Children of the magenta line.
