JARDesigna320FMGCManual

Version:1.0
Lastupdate:June20th2016
Author:fsjoe

TableofContents

Introduction
Abbreviations
SystemOverview
OverviewofMCDU
Initialization
EnteringandModifyingFlightPlanManually
CreateaCompanyRoute
GeneratingaFlightPlanwithSkyVector
CreatingaFlightPlanwithotherTools
DirectTo
InterceptRouteafterownNavigation
Holding
ApproachandLanding
GoAround
CreateNewFlightPlanafterLanding
Appendix
FlightPhases
PseudoWaypoints
MissingFeatures
CommonErrorMessages

Introduction
This(unofficial)manualprovidesabasicintroductionintotheuseoftheMCDU(MultipurposeControland
DisplayUnit)oftheJARDesigna320XPlaneflightsimulatorplugin.MCDUrepresentsthemajordevice
withwhichthepilotinteractswiththeFMGC(FlightManagementandGuidanceComputer).Intheflight
simulatorworldthesetermsareoftenusedinterchangeably.SometimesyoumayalsohearthetermFMC
whichmeansFlightManagementComputer.Thisisinfactthesame(orsimilar)deviceastheFMGCbut
fromBoeing.

HavingprovidedthemostbasicintroductionImnowgoingtoskipanydescriptionsofabbreviationsasthis
impairsthereadabilityofthetext.Pleasehavealookatthe Abbreviations sectioninordertoclarifythe
abbreviationsusedinthisdocument.

ThemanualstartswithaquickintroductioninhowtheMCDUworksinrelationtoavarietyofothersystems
onthea320.ItthencontinueswithanoverviewontheMCDUasthisisthemajorcoveredinthismanual.

Thenextsectionswillthencoverspecificactivitiesapilotwilltypicallyperform:
InitializationofFMGCtopreparetheflight
Performingtypicalactivitiesduringflight
ApproachandLanding

Finallytheappendixwillcontainsomeusefuldescriptionslikeacollectionoferrormessages,known
missingfeaturesandadocumentchangetrackingtable.

ItisassumedthatthereaderofthismanualhasabasicunderstandingonhowtouseXPlaneandhowto
flytheJARDesigna320aircraft.

Themanualhasbeenwrittenwiththefollowingsetup:
XPlaneversion10.45
Airbusa320fromJARDesignversionV2.6R1
AirFMCiPadapphasbeenusedtogeneratethe(most)screenshotsoftheMCDU

TheexamplesusedinthismanualrepresentsituationsaroundZurichairport(LSZH).Consequentlyyouwill
findwaypointsfromthisarea.Theexampleshowevernonotnecessarilyrepresentrealisticscenarios.

Incaseyouhavecomments,suggestionsorifyoufoundmistakes,pleasedonothesitatetocontactme.
Imhappytofurtherimprovethismanual: [email protected]

ComplementaryandusefulinformationabouthowtousetheFMGCcanbefoundhere:
BradCatheypublishedvarioususefulYoutubemovies:
https://www.youtube.com/user/breadwild/feed
TheoriginalSmithsThalespilotsguide(703pages)foundontheJARDesignpage:
http://airbus320neo.com/docs

Abbreviations

Abbreviation Explanation

EFOB Estimatedfuelonboard

A/C Aircraft

ND NavigationDisplay

BLOCK Referstoblockfuelwhichistheamountoffuelloadedwhenthe
aircraftisatramp.Sometimesalsocalledrampfuel.Itincludesall
fuelincludingtheoneusedfortaxi,contingency,etc.

FMGC FlightManagementandGuidanceComputer

MCDU MultipurposeControlandDisplayUnit

ZFW ZeroFuelWeight

ZFWCG ZeroFuelWeightCenterofGravity

FCU FlightControlUnit

AP Autopilot

FD FlightDirector

A/THR AutoThrottle

EFIS ElectronicFlightInformationSystem

FADEC FullAuthorityDigitalEngineControl

SystemOverview
TheFMGCisquiteacomplexsystemwhichinterfaceswithmanyotheraircraftsystems.Thefollowing
pictureprovidesasimplifiedoverviewonhowthesesystemareinterconnectedwitheachother.Youwill
noticethatmostofthesedevicesareredundant.

SimplifiedSystemOverview

TheFCUisashortterminterfacewhichallowsthepilottoselecttheengagementoftheAP,FDand
A/THR.Italsoallowstheselectionoftheguidancemode(managedorguided)andmanualflight
parameters.

TheMCDUisthelongterminterfacebetweenthepilotsandtheFMGC.Itallowsthepilottodoalltheflight
routeplanning,performancecalculation,fuelconsumptionandmuchmore.

TheThrustLeversallowthepilottoselectthethrustifA/THRisdeselectedorthethrustratingsincase
A/THRisselected.TheThrustLeversdataisfedintotheFADECwhichisacomputercontrollingand
steeringtheengines(thisisthecomputerwhichmadetheflightengineerobsolete).

TheDisplays(togetherwiththeEFIS)arethevisualinterfacewhichdisplaydatafromtheFMGCtothe
pilots.

FinallytheheartofthesystemistheFMGCitself.Thisistheactualcomputerdoingalltheprocessing,
control,inputandoutput,etc.
OverviewofMCDU
TheMCDUisthedevicewithwhichthepilotinteractswiththeFMGC.Comparedtomoderndisplayand
dataentrydevices,theFMGClooksquiteoldfashionedanditsusecanbedescribedasquitequirky,
especiallyforsomeoneunfamiliarwiththesekindsofdevices.

TheMCDUisbasicallyadevicewithasmalldisplayatthetop.Oneachsideofthescreentherearesixline
selectkeys(16Rand16L)whichallowthepilottoselectacertainlineonthescreen.Belowthescreen
therearesetofpagekeys.Theyareusedinordertoselectthedifferentpages(functions)ofthe
MCDU/FMGC.Furtherbelowaretheslewkeys(arrows)andthealphanumerickeysusedtowritestuffinto
thescratchpadfieldwhichisactuallythelastlineofthedisplay.

InordertoenterdataintotheMCDUthefollowingstepsareperformed:
Usethealphanumerickeystowriteintothescratchpad
Selecttheappropriatelineselectkeytoaddthedataintotheappropriatepositiononthedisplay
PressingtheCLRkeyonceallowsdeletingthelastcharacteronthescratchpad
PressingtheCLRkeythreetimesquicklydeletesthewholescratchpad
CLRisalsousedtodeleteerrormessagesthataredisplayedonthescratchpad

Thepagekeysallowaccesstothedifferentpages,i.e.functionsoftheMCDU/FMGC.Thefollowingtable
providesanoverviewofthedifferentpages:

DIR,presentstheDIRTOpageusedforinitiatinga
directflighttoawaypoint.Itshowsthefollowing
information:
Flightplanwaypoints(incasetheflightplan
isalreadydefined)
Timeanddistancewhenwaypointisreached

DIRpageshowingtwoavailablewaypoints

PROG,presentstheprogresspageusedforshowing
theprogressoftheflight.Itshowsthefollowing
information:
Atthetopyoufindtheflightphase,herePRF
whichmeansPreFlight
CRZ:plannedflightlevel
OPT:optimalflightlevel
RECMAX:maximumflightlevel
VDEV:verticaldeviationcomparedtothe
calculatedverticaldescent
BRG/DIST:bearinganddistanceofnext
waypoint
TO:nextwaypoint PROGpageshowingpreflightphase
PREDECTIVEandREQUIREDACCUR
ESTIMATED:providesinformationonGPS
reliability
PERF,presentstheperformancepageshowingthe
followingflightperformancedata:
V1:speedafterwhichtakeoffshouldnotbe
aborted
VR:rotationspeed
V2:savetakeoffspeedwithoneengineout
TRANSALT:transitionaltitude
THRRED/ACC:thrustreductionand
accelerationaltitude
FLPRETR:speedatwhichflapsshouldbe
retracted
SLTRETR:speedatwhichtheslatsshould
beretracted PERFpageshowingtakeoffconfiguration
CLEAN:cleanspeed,i.e.whenthereshould
benoflapsorslats
RW:shoulddefineusedrunway
TOSHIFT:takeoffshift,isusedfor
intersectiontakeofftoupdatetakeoff
performance,itindicatesthenumberof
meterswhichtherunwayavailableis
shortened
FLAPS/THS:flapsandhorizontalstabilizer
setting
TOFLXTO:Flextakeofftemperatureused
todecreaseenginewear
ENGOUTACC:engineoutacceleration
altitude
INIT,presentstheinitializationpageusedtoinitialize
theFMGCatthebeginningofeachflight.Itshows:
CORTE:companyroute
ALTN/CORTE:alternate
FROM/TO:departureanddestination
FLTNBR:flightnumber
LATandLON:positionofA/C
COSTINDEX:costindex
CRZFL:cruiseflightlevel
TROPO:altitudeoftropopause

UsetomovetoINITBpage.Itshows:
TAXI:tonsoffuelplannedfortaxying EmptyINITpage
TRIP/TIME:tonsoffuelandtimerequiredfor
triptodestination
RTERSV/%:tonsofroutereservein
absoluteand%,cannotbemodified
ALTN/TIME:amountoffuelandtimerequired
togotoalternate
FINAL/TIME:?
EXTRA/TIME
amountoffuelandtimeextra(BLOCK
(TAXI+TRIP+RSV+ALTN+FINAL)
magentanumbermeanslackoffuel
andthusrequiresrefueling
ZFWCG/ZFW:zerofuelweightcenterof
gravityandzerofuelweight INITBpage
BLOCK:amountofblockfuel
TOW:takeoffweight
LW:landingweight

DATA,presentsthedatapageusedto.

DATApage


ACSTATUSpagewithDATApage

FPLN,presentstheflightplanpage,usedtoenter
andmodifytheflightplan.Whentheflightplanisset
upitcontainsasequenceofwaypointswhichbuild
uptheflightpath.
Foreverywaypoint,thefollowinginformation
isshown:
Timeuntilnextwaypoint
Speedandaltituderestriction
whetherthereisanairwayoradirect
tothenextwaypoint
Bearing(BRG)tonextwaypoint
Distancetonextwaypoint
Waypointsinbracketslike(T/C)arevirtual FPLNpageshowingtheflightplan
waypoints

Whenselectingawaypoint(R1),thefollowing
informationisdisplayed:
EFOB
EXTRA
SPDLIM
SPDCSTR
UTCCSTR
ALTCSTR

WaypointInfo

RADNAV,presentstheradionavigationpageused
forsettingandviewingfrequencies

RADNAVpageshowingthecurrentsettings
 FUELPRED,presentsthefuelpredictionpageused
forshowingfuelpredictionsbasedontheflightplan

FUELPREDpage

MCDUMENU,allowsthecheckingandeditingof
varioussettings,mostofwhichareselfexplanatory:
FMGS
NAVDATA
SHOWPROFON/OFF
WINTIPSNEO/WINGTIPSCLASSIC
SOUNDVOLUME
Onepage2:
CAMERASHAKEON/OFF
NORMALMAPON/OFF
DARK/LIGHTCOCKPIT

MCDUMENUpage

Notes:
INITBpageisonlyavailableuntilenginesarerunning
MoreinformationonFLEXtemperaturecanbefoundhere

Initialization
TheinitializationisthestepwheretheFMGCispreparedfortheflight.Thisisdoneafterthepreliminary
cockpitpreparationiscompleted,theA/Chaspower(throughgroundpowerorAPU)andtheADIRShave
beeninitialized.

SelectDATApage,ACStatus
Checkthefollowing
Enginecorrect?
AIRACcorrect?

IsA/Cstatuscorrect?

SelecttheINITpage
YouwillfindanemptyINITpage

EmptyINITpage

Thefollowingfieldsarerequiredtobeset
FROM/TO:LSZH/LSGG(defines
departureanddestinationairports
usingICAOcodes)
COSTINDEX:40(definethecost
indexusedtocalculateA/C
performance)
CRZFL:210(enter0390digits)
SelectALIGNIRS
Thefollowingfieldsareoptional
CORTE:companyroute,usedtoload
predefinedflightplans.InJardesign
a320thisworksasfollows: INITpagewithbasicsettings
Saveflightplaninthe
FlightPlansdirectoryofyour
Jardesigna320plugin
Nameitforexamplelike
LSZHLSGG.txtforaflightplan
goingfromLSZHtoLSGG
Checkappendixforflightplan
 format
Youcannowloadthisflight
planbyusingsetting
LSZHLSGGasyourCORTE
thentheflightplanwasloaded
youwillgetICAOFPLN
READINGOK
FLTNBR:SWR1099

INITpageafterloadingcompanyroute

SelectINITBpage
SelectZFWCG/ZFWtoconfirm,or
setmanually
SelectBLOCKtoconfirmorset
manually

INITBpagewithZFWCGandZFWselected

SelectPERFpage
SelectV1
SelectVR
SelectV2
SelectorsetFLAPS/THS
SelectorsetTOFLXTO

PERFsettingsfortakeoff

SelectFPLNpage
Defineflightplanmanually(ifnotusedCO
RTE)asdescribedinEnteringandModifying
FlightPlanManually

FPLNpagewiththecompanyrouteloaded
 EnterSID
Usetheslewkeystoscrolltothe
departureandselectthedeparture
withtheappropriatelineselectkey
SelectDEPARTURE
Selecttherunwayfromwhichyouare
goingtotakeoff(ATISorATCwilltell
you)
SelecttheSIDyouaregoingtouse
anddontforgettousetheslewkeys
toscrolldowninordertogetthefull
list
Ifavailableyoucanchoseatransition AvailablerunwaysforLSZH
SelectFPLNtocheckthewaypoints
thatwillbeinserted
AfterthatyoucanselectINSERT(or
ERASEtocancel)inordertoinsert
theselectionyoumadeintotheflight
plan
Checkifyourdeparturehasbeen
addedcorrectly

SelectedDeparturewithRWY,SIDandTRANSin
yellow

Newwaypointtobereviewed

UpdatedflightplanwiththeFPLNDISC
 EnterSTAR(usuallyyouwoulddothisduring
flight,whilepreparingtheapproach)
Usetheslewkeystoscrolltothe
arrivalandselectthearrivalwiththe
appropriatelineselectkey
SelectARRIVAL
Selecttheapproachonwhichyouare
goingtouseforlanding(ATISorATC
willtellyou)
SelecttheSTARyouaregoingtouse
anddontforgettousetheslewkeys
toscrolldowninordertogetthefull
list
Ifavailableyoucanchoseatransition AvailableSTARsforILS05approach
SelectFPLNtocheckthewaypoints
thatwillbeinserted
AfterthatyoucanselectINSERT(or
ERASEtocancel)inordertoinsert
theselectionyoumadeintotheflight
plan
Checkifyourdeparturehasbeen
addedcorrectly

BENO1Napproachselected

Waypointstobereviewedbeforebeinginserted
 CheckflightplanonND
SelectPLANonNDRose
Selectappropriatezoomfactor
Scrollthroughyourflightplanusing
andvalidate
Manuallyaddandremovewaypoints
ifrequired

Configurationforcheckingtheflightplan

OptionallyyoucanchecktheFUELPRED
page

FUELPREDpage

Notes:
Moreinformationonthecostindex
ChangingSIDafterrunwaychange
ChangingSTARduringflight
YoushouldcomparetheLAT/LONwithyourairportcharttoassurecorrectworkingGPS
Errormessages:
CRZFLError:Incaseyouhavenotenoughdistancebetweendepartureandarrivalinorder
toreachthedefinedflightlevel,youmaygetanCRZFLError.Inthatcase,eitherfirst
completeyourflightplanbeforeenteringtheCRZFLoradjustyourflightlevelaccordingly.
CORTEFILENOTFOUND:Yourcompanyrouteorfilenameisnotcorrect,i.e.thereisno
filematchingtheCORTEyouspecified
waypointnotfound
Notabledeviations:
CostIndexisnotproperlymodeledwiththisA/Cplugin
ItisnotunlikelythattheFMGCmakessomemistakesinmodelingtheflightplan.Reviewing
andcorrectingtheflightplanisthereforeacriticalpreflightcheck

EnteringandModifyingFlightPlanManually
Thefollowingmanualflightplanmodificationsaredescribed
Enterdirecttowaypoint
Enterairwayfromonwaypoint
Deletewaypoint
RemoveFPLNDISCONTINUITY
Changeconstraints
Changerestrictionsofwaypoints

FPLNpage
Insertdirectly
EnterwaypointULMESinto
scratchpad
Selecttheleftlineselectkeyforthe
waypointafterwhichyouwantto
insertthewaypoint
SelectINSERT

Emptyflightplanwithonlydepartureand
destination

ConfirmentrybyselectingINSERT


Flightplanwithnewwaypointinserted

FPLNpage
Insertwaypointviaairwayfromexisting
waypoint
Usetheleftlineselectkeyforthe
waypointforwhichyouwanttodefine
thenextwaypointorairway
SelectAIRWAYS(ifyouwantto
definetheairway)
Enterairwayintoscratchpad
SelectVIA
Enterwaypointintoscratchpad
SelectTO
SelectFPLNtoreview
SelectINSERTtoinsertthenew EnteranairwaysafterwaypointROTOS
waypoint/airway

Enteredairway(VIA)andnextwaypoint(TO)


BADEPandULMESbothonZ669havebeen
inserted

FPLNpage
Deletewaypoint
PressCLR
Selectlineofwaypointyouwantto
delete,hereULMES
SelectFPLNtoreview
SelectINSERT

CLRonscratchpad,selecttodeleteawaypoint

Reviewflightplanwithremovedwaypoint
 FPLNpage
RemoveFPLNDISCONTINUITY
PressCRL
SelectlineofFPLNDISC
SelectINSERT

CLRonscratchpad,selecttoFPLNDISC

ReviewandINSERT

FPLNpage
Modifyrestrictionsofexistingwaypoint Verticalrevisionpage
SelectRlineselectkeyofwaypoint
youwanttomodifyinordertogointo
verticalrevision(VERTREV)
Changeoneormultipleofthe
followingrestrictions:
SPDCSTR
UTCCSTR
ALTCSTR

Notes
FPLNDISCONTINUITYis
ToremovetheonesaftertheDEPandARR,youneedtoaddaSIDandaSTAR

CreateaCompanyRoute
TheCORTEfeatureallowsyoutoloadanalreadypredefinedflightplanwhichyoumayhavedownloaded
orpreparedoutsideofyourflightsim.

FlightplanswhichyouwanttoloadintoyourFMGCarestoredintheFlightPlansdirectoryofyouraircraft
plugin.JARDesignhasalreadyplacedalotofexamplerouteswhichcanbeloadedormodified.Thereis
oneexamplecalledLSZHLSGG.txt.ThisfilecontainstheroutefromZurichtoGenevaandthecontent
looksasfollows:

LSZHSIDVEBITT50ROTOSUZ669ULMESSTARLSGG

Thisfollowsthefollowingformat:
<From>SID<Route>STAR<To>

<From> ICAOcodeofdepartureairport,hereLSZH

SID ThisisaplaceholderfortheStandardInstrumentDeparturewhichyouwillenter
manuallyintotheFMGCafterhavingreceivedtheIFRclearance.

<Route> TherouteisasequenceofwaypointswitheitheranairwayorwithaDCTinbetween.
DCTmeansdirectandisusedwhenyoudontenterorhaveanairwaybetweentwo
waypointsandasaconsequenceflydirecttothenextwaypoint.

STAR ThisisaplaceholderfortheStandardArrivalRoutewhichyouwillentermanuallyinto
intheFMGCafterhavingreceivedthearrivalclearanceduringthearrivalpreparation
inflight.

<To> ICAOcodeofdestinationairport,hereLSGG

Therearemultiplewaystogeneratesuchaflightplan:
Manually,bejustfollowingtheproperformatexplainedabove
Letaflightplannerdotheworkandcopytherouteintoatextfile
HopefullywewillsoonseeflightplanningtoolsthatcangenerateJARDesigncompliantflightplanes
directly(maybetherearesomeandIjustdontknow)

GeneratingaFlightPlanwithSkyVector
OntheSkyVectorwebpage( www.skyvector.com )onecannicelydraganddroparoute.Thisisaquickand
convenientwaysasitnicelyvisualizestherouteonaproperaeronauticalchart.

OncehavingcreatedtheroutewithSkyVectoryoucaneasilycopytheroutefromtheroutefieldpasteitinto
atextfile.Withthisstepyouhavejustcreatedthe<route>sectionoftheJARDesignflightplanandyou
onlyneedtoadd <From>SID STAR<To>
atthebeginningandadd attheend.


SkyVectorroutefromGenevatoZurich

SkyVectorrouteextendedtocompletetheflightplan

OncethisflightplaniscreatedyoucanloaditasexplainedinFMGCInitializationchapterofthisdocument.

IfyougetCORTEFILENOTFOUNDyoumixedupsomethingwiththefilename.Whenthefightplanwas
loadedproperlyyoushouldgetamessageICAOFPLNREADINGOK.NowgotoFPLNpagetoverifyif
thisisactuallytrue(asagoodpilotyoualwaysneedtoverifystuff).

CreatingaFlightPlanwithotherTools
InthesamewayaswithSkyVectoryoucanuseaboutanytooltosimplifygeneratingyourflightplan:
Simbrief(www.simbrief.com ),ahighlyrecommendedtoolbytheway,willallowyoutoselecta
predefinedroutewhichyouthencanalsocopypasteintoyourfile
OnRouteFinder( www.rfinder.asalink.net)youcanalsolookupandcopypasteroutes
DirectTo
DuringflightitisnotuncommonthatATCdoesallowthepilottoskiponeortheotherwaypoint.Thiscan
bedonetoavoidtrafficortoprovideamoredirectandthusfasterroute.

FPLN
Inyourflightplanyouseethefollowing
waypoints,VENATbeingthenextone
IfyouwanttogodirectlytoBANKOyouneed
togotheDIRpageandproceedasfollows

FlightplanwithVENATasthenextwaypoint

DIR
Selectthewaypointtowhichyouwanttogo
directly
SelectBANKO
TheFMGCwilldisplaythetime,whenthis
waypointwillbereachedanddistancetoit
YoucannowselectINSERTandtheFMGC
willchangetheflightplaninordertodirectly
gotoBANKO

DIRpageshowingtheavailablewaypointsfora
direct

BANKOwithitstimeanddistance

InterceptRouteafterownNavigation
IncaseyouswitchedfromNAVtoHDGmodeandflewaflightpathdifferentthanconfiguredintheflight
plan,youmaywanttogetbacktolettheA/Ccontinuefollowingtheflightplan.Thiswillbenecessaryin
caseATCrequestedyoutofollowvectorsorincaseyoujustmanuallyflewaroundbadweather.

Iwasnotabletodeterminetheproperruleforinterceptingtheroute.Therearehoweverthreewaysonhow
tointercepttheroute.
1. WhendisengagingHDGmode,theA/Cwillflybacktotherouteandinterceptedtherouteproperly
withoutanyintervention.Imnotsureifthisthedefaultbehaviororifthisonlyhappenswhensome
parameters(likebeingcloseenoughtoawaypoint,etc.)aregiven.
2. Amoremanualmethodistoflyatrackbacktoalegofyourrouteandbeforeintercepting,
disengagetheHDGmode.ThiswillcauseaswitchbacktoNAVmodeandfollowingtheflightplan.
3. ProbablytheeasiestandsafestmethodhoweveristomakeuseoftheDirectTofeaturewithinthe
DIRpageinordertoselectawaypointinfrontofyou.ThiswillflytheA/Cdirectlytothiswaypoint
andfromthencontinuefollowingtheroute.OfcoursethisrequiresNAVmodebeingengaged.
Holding
Aholdingcanonlybedefinedonawaypointwhichhasnotyetbeenvisited.Youtypicallydefineaholdfor
thewaypointthatisrightinfrontofyou.

ChangeintoFPLNpage
Selectthewaypointonwhichyouwantto
hold(usuallyyournextone)
TherearetwowaystoconfigureaHOLD
Manuallyselecting
INBCRS:inboundcourse
TURN:turndirection:R
(default)orL
TIME/DIST:duration/distance
ofoneholdingleg
automatic
COMPUTED
FlightplanwithwaypointGIPOL

Afterhavingenteredtherequiredfieldsusing
themanualorautomatedwaytheFMC
calculates:
UTC:defineswhentheHOLDmust
beleftinordertomeetfuelpolicy
definedinFUELPREDpage
FUEL:displaystheEFOB(Estimated
FuelonBoard)whenleavingthe
HOLDatthecorrespondingtime
Ifyouagreewiththesesettings,selectFPLN
inordertogoback

GIPOLselectedfortheHOLD

Theflightplanwillnowdisplaytheflightplan
extendedwiththedefinedHOLDR(i.e.a
righthandholding)
ToexittheHOLDselectIMMEXITandthe
A/Cwillleavetheholdimmediatelyinorderto
continueflyingtothenextwaypointfollowing
thehold

UpdatedflightplanwithHOLDandIMMEXIT
 TheNDdisplaywilldisplaytheHOLD
graphically
TheexampleontherightshowstheA/C
leavingaHOLDthathasbeendefinedatthe
waypointBREGO

NavigationdisplayvisualizingtheHOLD

Notes:
IfyouhavenotenoughfuelonboardtomeettheFUELPREDpolicy,youwillnotbeabletoentera
HOLD,youwillreceivetheIncorrectlastexiterrormessage
YoucanonlydefineaHOLDforawaypointinyourflightplanwhichyouhavenotyetvisitedand
whichisinfrontofyou
Deviations
AboveUTCFUELitshouldmentionLASTEXIT
WhenexitingaHOLDyoushouldhaveachancetoconfirmtheexitbeforetheexitwill
actuallybeexecuted

ApproachandLanding
Preparingtheapproachincludesselectingtheapproachphaseanddefiningthesettingsfortheapproach
airport.

PERF
APPRPHASE
Confirm
QNH:setbarometer
TEMP:temperature
MAGWIND:magneticheadingof
wind/windspeedinknots
Checkapproachspeedsettings

PERFpageenablingAPPRPHASEactivation

Afterhavingactivatedtheapproachphase,
APPRisindicatedonthePROGpage

PERFpageshowingAPPRphaseactivated

Notes:
APPRPHASEshouldautomaticallyactivatedattheDECELpseudowaypoint

GoAround
Ifyoudecidetodoagoaround(youwerenotabletostabilizetheapproach,youhavetrafficonthe
runway,ATCrequestsyoutodosoorwhateverotherreasonyoumayhave),youwillmoveyourthrottleto
TO/GA,retractthegearsandtheflaps.Asyouhaveselectedtheapproachmode,theFMGCwillswitch
automaticallyintogoaroundphase.

SettingTO/GAduringapproachphasewillsetthegoaroundphase.

Afterinitiatingthegoaround,theFMGCwillswitchtothegoaroundphaseasseenonthePROGpage.
Theengineswillapplytakeoff/goaroundpowerandwillautomaticallyclimbtothepreselectedgoaround
altitude.

PROG
ThePRGPpagewillshowthesettings
applicableduringgoaround

PROGshowingGOAROUNDphase

TheNavigationDisplayshowsthemissed
approachroute(inblue)untiltothemissed
approachfix
UnfortunatelytheAPdoesnotfollowthis
routeautomaticallysothatyouhavetoflyit
manuallyorusetheHDGmodetofollowthe
route

CreateNewFlightPlanafterLanding
Ifyouwanttocreateanewflightplanafterlandinginordertocontinueyouflight,youneedtoshutdownthe
engineandfinishtheparkingchecklist.AfterthatyoucanstartfromscratchagainwiththeINITpageand
theFMGCwillcorrectlytrackyourflightphases.

Appendix

FlightPhases
FMGCdistinguishesbetweendifferentflightphases.TheyaredisplayedatthetopofthePROGorPERF
pageandarenamedasfollows:
PREFLIGHT:displayedasPRF,anytimebeforetakeoffispreflight
TAKEOFF:displayedas
CLIMB:displayedasCLB
CRUISE:displayedasCRZ,setafterreachingspecifiedflightlevel
DESCENT:displayedasDES,setafterdescending
APPROACH:displayedasAPPR
GOAROUND:aftermovingthethrottletoTO/GAduringlanding
DONE:aftertouchingdown

PseudoWaypoints
PseudowaypointsarewaypointsgeneratedbytheFMGCandinsertedintotheflightplantoindicatea
verticalnavigationevent:
(S/C):stepclimb
(S/D):stepdescent
(SPD):
(SPDLIM)
(SPDLIM)
(DECEL):decelerationpoint
(T/C):topofclimb
(T/D):topofdescent
(INTERCEPT)

MissingFeatures
ThefollowingfeaturesarenotimplementedintheJARDesignFMGC:
Missedapproachprocedure
Enteringwaypointsthroughlatitudeandlongitude
INITpage
Notalternatedestination(shouldbeaddedtotheINITpage)
TemperatureforCRZFL
Flightplandiscontinuity
FPLN
Constraintsarenottakenoverintoflightplanautomatically,canbeaddedmanually

CommonErrorMessages
CRZFLError:lengthofrouteistooshorttoreachtheflightlevel.Thisusuallyhappenswhenthe
flightplanisnotyetcreated.
Incorrectlastexit:thishappenswhenyouwanttoprogramaHOLDandyouhavenofuelleftto
remaininahold
DocumentChanges
Version Date Author Change

0.1 March31st2016 fsjoe Createdinitialversion

0.2 April14th2016 fsjoe Addedsection SystemOverview, addedathird

optiontointercepttherouteafterownnavigation
GoAround
andfixedconfusingtextin section
(thankstoFlyMe2dMoonfortheinput)

0.3 April28th2016 fsjoe Adjustedtonew2.6R1releaseofFMGC

includingFPLNDISC,newapproachfor
removingwaypoints,addingSIDsandSTARs,
addednoteonhowtocreatenewflightplan
afterlanding

0.4 May6th2016 fsjoe AddedsectiontocreateyourownCompany

Route

1.0 Junethe20st2016 fsjoe Addedscreenshotshowingthemissed

approachroute