Ground Temp in Airbus MCDU INIT Page ?
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Ground Temp in Airbus MCDU INIT Page ?
So, WHY are we inputting ground temp into INIT Page, Line 6-R?
Doesn't TAT determine its own temperature ?
Some crews input the ATIS temp, others put the OAT on the ramp, others don't put anything in,
I feel the training side could talk a little more about this.
Any feedback is appreciated
Doesn't TAT determine its own temperature ?
Some crews input the ATIS temp, others put the OAT on the ramp, others don't put anything in,
I feel the training side could talk a little more about this.
Any feedback is appreciated
We didn't do it until we got the H3 upgrade. Now we do it because the ground temperature input affects climb performance predictions. I suspect it probably doesn't matter much whether you enter the OAT or ATIS temperature as they'd be close enough not to make much difference.
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We didn't do it until we got the H3 upgrade. Now we do it because the ground temperature input affects climb performance predictions. I suspect it probably doesn't matter much whether you enter the OAT or ATIS temperature as they'd be close enough not to make much difference.
Well, it was actually a Honeywell upgrade (H3) that prompted my company to start entering it. We used to always leave it at 15ēC, then H3 comes along and it's suggested that we enter the ground temp. We also have Thales boxes.
Have to admit I've been doing this for as long as I can recall (since software mod). I know (as AerocatS2A has already advised) it apparently gives improved climb perf. predictions albeit I can find no FCOM reference other than on FCOM-DSC-22_20-50-10-28-INIT A PAGE that has an entry stating that when the "FROM/TO" fields are utilised (or CO RTE), then the defaulted value is the airport of origin ISA value.
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Huh... funny. I guess I was flying Honeywell boxes without the update you mention. Still, one of those funny things that are nice to know for us of the most curious kind.
It's a relatively recent update. It features a magenta "staple" on the yoyo in descent and prioritises descent path over speed even when in selected speed. There's some good stuff in it like the ability to swap the secondary and active flight plans so the active becomes the secondary and the secondary becomes the active.
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Thanks for the heads-up about H3 making it relevant.
IIRC the GND TEMP prompt appeared on INIT A circa 2017. My current operator has around 40 ships and I am the only one making the entry because of long-time IT affiliation (garbage-in & garbage-out) and a borderline healthy dose of OCD. However, when asked, until today I kept telling dear colleagues that it does not make much of a difference, and they may decide to ignore it to avoid awkward stares from the other captains (and trainers).
Of course, a demonstration of the delta_ISA blending from Ground OAT value to the predicted air-mass value within the first 5000-ish feet of climb (AAL) is duly made afterwards. Hence my persuasion is the entry only fine-tunes the initial climb, which is messed up by the THR RED / ACC / initial SID climb / TMA ATC constraint limits anyway - and as such omitting the value during FMS setup bears causes no harm on any single individual sector.
IIRC the GND TEMP prompt appeared on INIT A circa 2017. My current operator has around 40 ships and I am the only one making the entry because of long-time IT affiliation (garbage-in & garbage-out) and a borderline healthy dose of OCD. However, when asked, until today I kept telling dear colleagues that it does not make much of a difference, and they may decide to ignore it to avoid awkward stares from the other captains (and trainers).
Of course, a demonstration of the delta_ISA blending from Ground OAT value to the predicted air-mass value within the first 5000-ish feet of climb (AAL) is duly made afterwards. Hence my persuasion is the entry only fine-tunes the initial climb, which is messed up by the THR RED / ACC / initial SID climb / TMA ATC constraint limits anyway - and as such omitting the value during FMS setup bears causes no harm on any single individual sector.
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Boeing skipper here... Apart from the climb predictions, I'd guess that it also provides a reasonable takeoff N1/EPR(?) prediction before accurate TAT is available (that's at least what it does in the 737 and 777), would that make sense?
I suspect it probably doesn't matter much whether you enter the OAT or ATIS temperature as they'd be close enough not to make much difference.
I would suspect that's why the box doesn't just scrape the OAT reading, and instead asks you to type it in.
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Once the engines are running definitely, but the Boeing FMC shows predicted takeoff N1 based on your input or OAT from an aspirated TAT probe - so I agree that inputting any value manually should not make any difference for the actual takeoff.
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I should have opened the previous post with: "sounds reasonable. Yet nothing alike is observable on AB where ......"