CAPTAIN SIM

BOEING 777-200
TUTORIAL FLIGHT 1

MANUAL REVISION: 1.1

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Contents
Getting Started 3
Flight Planning 4
Flight Setup 7

Preparing for departure 8

Taxi, take-off and climb out 11
Cruise and descent preparation 14
Descent 15
Approach and landing 16

Enhancing the experience 18

Copyrights and usage 19

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Getting Started
Welcome to the first in a series of tutorials designed for the Boeing 777! All
weights in this tutorial will be given in kilograms (kg) because it is a European
flight.
The Boeing 777 is the largest twin engine commercial aircraft in the world. Aside
from being the largest, it is also one of the most efficient aircraft currently
available. The Boeing 777 is flown by the world’s elite airlines. The Boeing 777
first flew in 1994 and entered service with United Airlines in 1995. It was the first
aircraft to be 100% designed digitally using a computer. It features state of the
art avionics and aerodynamics. The Boeing 777 is in a class of its own.
This tutorial, being the first one in a series, will be designed to get you started
on the Boeing 777. Large areas of this tutorial have been simplified or may not
be covered at all. The complexity and realism with increase with each tutorial.
The aim of this tutorial is to teach you how to fly from point A to point B.
Prior to doing this tutorial it is encouraged that you read the other
documentation supplied with the product and familiarise yourself with the
aircraft. This tutorial also assumes that one has a basic knowledge of
automation, such as the autopilot.
It is recommended that you have the latest navigation data installed in your
aircraft for this flight. Updated navigation data can be purchased from Aerosoft
in the form of their NavData Pro product or from Navigraph.

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Flight planning
The flight this afternoon will be from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Marseille
Provence Airport. It is a short domestic flight.
Professional Flight Planner X (PFPX) has been used to generate the route. PFPX
is an advanced flight planning tool developed by FlightSimSoft and available to
purchase from Aerosoft.

The route is the following;

EGFF-LATR3Z-LATRA-UM133-LEGRA-LERG8B-LFML
The SID (Standard Instrument Departure) is LATR3Z and the STAR (Standard
Terminal Arrival Route) is LERG8B.
The flight plan looks like the following on a map:

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Flight Planning Continued…
At present the route may not make much sense. A route is composed of 4
components, these are:
 Departure airport
 Airways
 Waypoints
 Arrival airport
For the flight today the departure airport is Paris Charles de Gaulle (LFPG) and
the arrival airport is Marseille Provence Airport (LFML). There are several
waypoints between the airports such as LATRA or LEGRA.

A waypoint is used to assist in navigating the sky. In order to get between

different waypoints an airway is used, such as UM133. An airway contains several
waypoints to within itself which get you from waypoint A to waypoint B. Airways
also simplify the programming of the FMC, as pilots do not have to enter every
waypoint along the route.

As part of the flight planning process we have to consider diversionary airports

in case of an emergency, the weather or the destination airport being closed.
There are 4 diversionary airports for the flight today, they are;
 LFMI
 LFTW
 LFMT
 LFMN
The flight today will not feature any failures or circumstances which require the
use of diversionary airports.

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Flight Planning Continued…
Fuel is the most important thing during the flight planning phase. It is critical
that we have the fuel required carefully planned out and checked. This can be
a tedious process. For the benefit of simplicity a website may be used for the
fuel planning of this flight – www.fuelplanner.com.
The website predicts that 18,900kgs of fuel will be required for today’s flight.
Fuel burned en route 9,415kgs
Reserve fuel 9,485kgs
Total fuel on board 18,900kgs

The predicted flight time for the route today is just over an hour and a quarter.

The aircraft weight and load is also critical. The passengers and cargo will be
loaded using the Captain Sim Boeing 777 Aircraft Configuration Editor (ACE).
Passengers 220 (17,962kgs)
Cargo 783kgs
Total Weight 18,746kgs

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Flight Setup
Everything has now been prepared, so it is time to fly!

Setup the flight with the following options:

 Select a livery of choice (Recommend Air France)
 Park the aircraft at gate E 20 at Charles de Gaulle (LFPG)
 Set the weather to the ‘Fair Weather’ theme
 Set Time/Season to 16:00GMT and season to one of your choice

The aircraft should start at the gate with engines running. This is not realistic,
however the aim of this tutorial is to get one flying as quick as possible. Full
engine start-up procedures will be discussed in a future tutorial.

Enter of a value of 9,450kgs of fuel into the right and left wing tanks.

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Preparing for departure
This tutorial begins with the fuel and passengers already loaded and the
aircraft initialisation completed. Set parking brake and switch on the fasten
seatbelt and no smoking signs.
1. Open the FMC (Flight
Management Computer). Press
LSK (Line Select Key) 6R. It should
be the POS INIT key. Enter LFPG
as our reference airport into LSK
2L. Enter E 20 as the gate into LSK
3L. Press LSK 6R again, this time
to go to the route page. Enter
LFPG as the origin airport (LSK
1L). The DEST airport is LFML,
enter this into LSK 1R. The runway
which will be used at Paris
Charles de Gaulle is 27R, so enter it into LSK 2L. The flight number is
AF772, so enter that into LSK 2R.
2. Now, it is time to select our SID (Standard Instrument Departure). Do this
by pressing the DEPP/ARR button on the FMC. Press LSK 1L, to view the
departures for LFPG. Press the NEXT PAGE button and press LSK 3R, which
should be runway 27R. A list of SIDs are now displayed for runway 27R.
Keep pressing the NEXT PAGE button until you are on page 4/6. Press LSK
1L to select our SID, according to the flight plan. Now press LSK 6R to go
to the ROUTE page. On the route page press the NEXT PAGE button so
we can enter our flight plan. Enter UM133 enter LSK 2L and LERGA into
LSK 2R. Our flight plan is now entered. Press LSK 6R to ACTIVATE the
route. Press the EXEC button on the FMC to execute the desired task. The
ND (Navigation Display) mode will need to be changed to PLAN. Do this
by turning the CTR knob twice. This is done so we can view the route.

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Preparing for departure continued…
3. Return back to the FMC. Now press LSK 6R to go to the PERF INIT page.
Enter a gross weight of 176.3 into LSK 1L. The gross weight can be obtained
from the FSX fuel/payload dialogue. The ZFW (Zero Fuel Weight) will
automatically be calculated from the gross weight. Enter a value of 9.4
into the RESERVES field, which is LSK 4L. The cruise altitude will be
35,000ft. Enter this into LSK 1R. Generally, you fly at an odd altitude if you
are going from west to east and an even altitude if you are going from
east to west. Enter a cost index (CI) of 80 into LSK 2R. A lower CI means
the aircraft will fly more efficiently, but also slower. Enter -37 into LSK 3R
and 25 into LSK 4R. Press LSK 6R to go to the THRUST LIM page.
4. As a result of having a large aircraft, light load and a long runway it will be
possible to use a derated take-off for the flight today. A derated take-off
is when the aircraft engines do not spool up to full power for take-off. This
reduces engine wear, fuel consumption and noise pollution. We will be
taking a 20% derate for the take-off today. Select this by pressing LSK 4L.
Now press LSK 6R to go to the TAKEOFF page.

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Preparing for departure continued…
5. Enter a flap setting of 5 into LSK 1L. Enter a FLX temperature of 54 into
LSK 2L. Enter a value of 25 for the CoG (Centre of Gravity) into LSK 3L. Set
TRIM accordingly. The v-speeds for the aircraft will have been
automatically calculated. Press LSK 1R, 2R and 3R to confirm them. There
will be no need to enter weather information for this flight today as it is
beyond the scope of this tutorial.
V1 Point of no return. Committed to
take-off.
Vr Point of rotation. Smoothly pull the
yoke back to lift off the ground.
V2 The slowest safe speed to continue
climbing on only one engine.

6. Press the VNAV (Vertical Navigation) button on the FMC. VNAV manages
the automated climb, cruise and descent of the aircraft. By default, a
transition altitude of 18,000ft will be displayed. In Europe, a transition
altitude of 6,000ft is used. So, enter 6000 into LSK 3R. Check for route
discontinuities by scrolling through the LEGS page – but there should be
none. The programming of the FMC is now complete!
7. Now, it is time to enter some information into the A/P (autopilot). We do
this by adjusting values on the MCP. Turn the altitude knob until a value
of 35,000ft is shown in the altitude window. Set the heading to the runway
heading, which is 270, by turning the heading knob. Also, speed will be
set to V2+10, so enter a value of 159.
8. Go to the overhead panel and turn on WINDOW HEAT for all windows.
Set EQUIP COOLING to auto. Turn on L PACK, TRIM AIR and R PACK. Set
BLEED AIR to auto. Set the L ENG, APU and R ENG generators to auto. Set
FWD and AFT pressurisation to auto.
We are ready for pushback!

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Taxi, take-off and climbout
1. Request push back to the left by pressing SHIFT+P followed by 1. The
aircraft will begin pushback to the left. Once the aircraft has been pushed
back to the left and lined up, request a pushback cancel by pressing
SHIFT+P.
2. Deploy flaps to 5 and turn on the TAXI light. Set TCAS to TA/RA by going
to the centre pedestal and switching the TCAS switch until it is at the
desired setting. Arm the L (left) and R (right) A/T switches. All displays
should now be clear of any warnings or cautions.
3. Release the parking brake and slowly spool the engines forward to
maintain a taxi speed of 20KNOTS. Do not exceed 10KNOTS when turning.
Be carefully, the Boeing 777 is a very large and powerful aircraft!
4. Taxi to and hold short of runway 27R.
5. Once held short of runway 27R, arm the F/D (flight director). Press the
LNAV and VNAV buttons, which should glow green. Pink bars will now
appear on the PFD (primary flight display). Follow this guides after take-
off. Turn on the landing, strobe, logo, beacon and NAV lights. Set
autobrakes to RTO.
6. Taxi onto the runway.

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Taxi, take-off and climbout continued…
It is advised that the follow section about the take-off procedure is read
before actually performing it. A lot of things will happen very quickly.
7. Apply brakes and smoothly advance the engine throttles forward to 40%
N1. This is to allow the engines to stabilise and ensure that they are in sync.
8. Release the brakes and press the A/T button. The engines will now spool
up to take-off power.
9. Apply forward pressure on the yoke until 80KNOTS. This is to allow a
greater degree of control over steering. At Vr, gently pull the yoke back
and maintain 15 degrees of nose up pitch. Once a positive rate of climb
has been obtained, retract the gear.
10. Continue to manually fly the aircraft and try to follow the magenta bars
on the PFD. At 500ft engage the autopilot by pressing the A/P button.
You will need to press the VNAV button again, after pressing the A/P
button to reactive it. Adjust the ND display range as appropriate.

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Taxi, take-off and climbout continued…
9. The aircraft will continue to accelerate and when the aircraft passes the
green ‘-1’ on the PDF, retract flaps to a setting of 1. After passing the ‘-UP’,
fully retract the flaps. Shortly after take-off, the aircraft will bank right. This
will be followed shortly, by a left turn. The aircraft will pitch to maintain
250KNOTS.
10. At 6,000ft the aircraft will need its BARO pressure changed to standard
(STD). This is known as the transition altitude. Do this by pressing the STD
button, located near the MCP.
11. At 10,000ft the landing lights, nose light and taxi light will need to be
turned off.
12. At 18,000ft turn off the logo light.

The aircraft should now be well established in a controlled and automated

climb. No further intervention will be required by you until cruise, so sit
back and relax.

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Cruise and descent preparation
The aircraft should now be cruising at 35,000ft.
1. Go to the FMS and press DEP/ARR. Select LSK 3R, which is the ILS13RY
approach. Go to page 2 to select the STAR, which is LERG8B. Select the
transition, which is AVN by pressing LSK 3R. Press EXEC to confirm. Check
for any route discontinuities on the LEGS page – there should be none.
2. Enter an altitude of 6,000ft into the altitude window.
3. At the green T/D point on the ND, the aircraft will automatically slow down
and commence a descent.

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Descent
1. The aircraft should commence a descent at the T/D point. Prior to that,
the aircraft engines will have spooled back to slow down the aircraft.
2. At 12,000ft we will bring up the FMS again. We will need to enter our
approach speed and flap setting for landing. Today, we will be landing
with flaps set to 30 and at a speed of 123KNOTS. Enter 30/123 into LSK 4R.
3. At 10,000ft it will be necessary to turn the landing lights back on. Also, at
10,000ft an FMC message will appear which says DRAG REQUIRED. Clear
this message and deploy the speed brakes. Once 250KNOTS has been
achieved, retract the speedbrakes. Set autobrakes to a setting of 2.
4. As the aircraft approaches 6,000ft we will need to change the altitude in
the altitude window to 3,000ft. This is the height at which we will capture
the ILS.
5. At 6,000ft we will need to reset the BARO pressure. Do this by pressing ‘B’
or the STD button.

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Approach and landing
1. As the aircraft makes a left turn to line-up with the runway we will deploy
flaps to 5.
2. Once the aircraft is lined up, turn off the autopilot and F/D. Deploy flaps
25. Set the speed in the A/T to 130KNOTS.
3. A magenta diamond will appear on the PFD. This is the ILS. Try to keep
the magenta diamond centred. At 2,600ft deploy flaps 30.
4. We will be performing a visual approach. Keep the aircraft lined up with
the runway centre line by using the magenta ILS bug and have a managed
descent which is under -1000ft/minute. Use the red/white PAPI lights at
the runway for vertical descent guidance. Four red lights means you are
too low and four white lights means that you are too high. Aim for two
white and two red.
5. Make smooth and small adjustments to ensure passenger comfort and
safety. Any sudden movements could result in the aircraft stalling.

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Approach and landing continued…
6. At 100ft, turn of the A/T by disarming it. Bring the engines back to idle.
7. At 30ft begin a gentle and shallow flare of 2-3 degrees nose up. This will
ensure a smooth touchdown. Upon touchdown, the speedbrakes should
automatically deploy. Press and hold F2 to deploy reverse thrust. The
autobrakes will also activate.
8. At 80KNOTS bring the engines back to idle and at 60KNOTS pressing the
braking key (.) twice to disengage the autobrakes. Taxi to a gate of choice.
Congratulations! You have completed the first tutorial flight.
Welcome to Marseilles!

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Enhancing the experience
There are a wide variety of add-ons available from several different
developers/publishers which can be used to enhance the flight experience for
this tutorial.

Scenery
 Aerosoft Mega Airport Charles de Gaulle (LFPG)
 JETSTREAM DESIGNS – Marseilles Airport (LFML)
 ORBX FTX Global (Ground textures for the entire planet)
 ORBX FTX Vector (Accurate roads, rivers etc.)
 PILOTS FS Global Mesh 2010 (Accurate elevation data for the entire planet)

Environment
 REX 4 – Texture Direct HD (Cloud, Sky, Water and Airport textures)

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FOR USE IN MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR X. NOT CERTIFIED FOR REAL
LIFE PROCEDURES.

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