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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | CRJ Question (not about takeoffs)
DVA8854
Captain, CRJ-200

Joined on July 27 2010

"Atlanta Approach, we have a problem."
Williamsburg, VA USA

18 legs, 24.0 hours
17 legs, 21.9 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on July 30 2010 22:44 ET by Jordan Seymour
Do CRJ-200's have landing autopilot? How do you activate it? It would be helpful to land at many airports that have stuff like trees at the beginning of the runway...


DVA1379
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on November 07 2003
50 State Club
Event Half Century Club
Online Fifteen Century
Bi-Millennium Club
Everett Millennium Club
Corn Belt Club
Three Million Mile Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

Western United States

2,776 legs, 8,127.9 hours
1,837 legs, 4,365.2 hours online
2,239 legs, 6,623.2 hours ACARS
58 legs, 136.4 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 30 2010 23:01 ET by Kyle Weber
You can read about CRJ-200 systems here: http://www.smartcockpit.com/plane/bombardier/CRJ-100-200-SERIES/


DVA8854
Captain, CRJ-200

Joined on July 27 2010

"Atlanta Approach, we have a problem."
Williamsburg, VA USA

18 legs, 24.0 hours
17 legs, 21.9 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on July 30 2010 23:28 ET by Jordan Seymour
Erm... it didn't really say how to engage them on FSX...


DVA8562
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 30 2010
50 State Club
Double Century Club

"...and I was gonna learn to fly. HC"
Prescott Valley, AZ

230 legs, 449.5 hours
229 legs, 448.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on July 30 2010 23:42 ET by Robert Delorenzo
Jordan Seymour wrote:

Do CRJ-200's have landing autopilot? How do you activate it? It would be helpful to land at many airports that have stuff like trees at the beginning of the runway...


Could you please be a little more specific Jordan...by "landing autopilot" do you mean approach mode (localizer and glide slope capture) or are you referring to autoland?

Robert Delorenzo

Captain, B747-400
DVA8854
Captain, CRJ-200

Joined on July 27 2010

"Atlanta Approach, we have a problem."
Williamsburg, VA USA

18 legs, 24.0 hours
17 legs, 21.9 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on July 30 2010 23:50 ET by Jordan Seymour
Erm... I guess autoland.


DVA8562
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 30 2010
50 State Club
Double Century Club

"...and I was gonna learn to fly. HC"
Prescott Valley, AZ

230 legs, 449.5 hours
229 legs, 448.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on July 30 2010 23:58 ET by Robert Delorenzo
I'm quite sure there is no autoland capability on the CRJ's...actually...I don't think that any DVA fleet aircraft are capable of autoland...I never really use them...so I may be wrong...but not about the CRJ's...sorry... frown

Robert Delorenzo

Captain, B747-400
DVA1580
Captain, B767-300
COMM

Joined on March 16 2004
Century Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Caryville, TN USA

199 legs, 476.5 hours
70 legs, 168.4 hours online
84 legs, 232.9 hours ACARS
4 legs, 10.4 hours event
27 legs dispatched, 71.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 31 2010 00:19 ET by Scott Breuer
I know that the fleet 757 will AUTO land but CRJ's do not have that capability, sim or real world.


DVA8854
Captain, CRJ-200

Joined on July 27 2010

"Atlanta Approach, we have a problem."
Williamsburg, VA USA

18 legs, 24.0 hours
17 legs, 21.9 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on July 31 2010 00:46 ET by Jordan Seymour
grrr, autoland would have been useful. I spent 2 hours trying to get from RIC to CVG. I was lined up with the runway. I touched down at 120 knots and my wheels went through the ground and it said I crashed. How is that possible if I was at the right speed? And I turned off collisions. I had about 10 cool snapshots of it, but now their useless since I failed the flight. There goes attempt 2 at my first flight here at DVA. Maybe 3 is where I'll get lucky...


DVA4290
Senior Captain, CRJ-200

Joined on April 04 2007
50 State Club
Online Triple Century Club
Quincentenary Club

"Lightning coming out of that one"
Houston, TX USA

502 legs, 829.4 hours
340 legs, 575.5 hours online
421 legs, 683.7 hours ACARS
41 legs, 81.2 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 31 2010 02:12 ET by Andrew Lynn
Robert Delorenzo wrote:

I'm quite sure there is no autoland capability on the CRJ's...actually...I don't think that any DVA fleet aircraft are capable of autoland...I never really use them...so I may be wrong...but not about the CRJ's...sorry... frown


The Fleet 757/767 has full auto-land. Just have to know how to set it up.

Jordan Seymour wrote:

grrr, autoland would have been useful. I spent 2 hours trying to get from RIC to CVG. I was lined up with the runway. I touched down at 120 knots and my wheels went through the ground and it said I crashed. How is that possible if I was at the right speed? And I turned off collisions. I had about 10 cool snapshots of it, but now their useless since I failed the flight. There goes attempt 2 at my first flight here at DVA. Maybe 3 is where I'll get lucky...


Your landing speed may have been 120 kts but what was your sink rate. It can actually INCREASE if your VRef was not right (or in this case, maybe too low).


Andrew Lynn

Senior Captain, CRJ-200
DVA8835
Captain, B777-200

Joined on June 15 2001
Double Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Toulouse Century Club

Southeastern United States

262 legs, 891.9 hours
251 legs, 845.6 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on July 31 2010 08:40 ET by Quincy Brown
I know for a fact there is no autoland for a CRJ. A real CRJ doesnt even have auto-throttle. The only time the plane sort of holds speed is during climb mode or descent mode it basically adjusts the pitch to climb or descent at a certain airspeed. Usually, unless I feel like handflying the approach, I let the autopilot fly it down to minimums then i disengage the autopilot and land.
DVA8854
Captain, CRJ-200

Joined on July 27 2010

"Atlanta Approach, we have a problem."
Williamsburg, VA USA

18 legs, 24.0 hours
17 legs, 21.9 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on July 31 2010 10:57 ET by Jordan Seymour
I believe my sink rate was about 100... The lowest I had seen yesterday was 10 and the highest was around 350.


DVA7897
Captain, B767-300

Joined on October 14 2009
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Bezau, Vorarlberg AT

363 legs, 1,291.5 hours
331 legs, 1,160.2 hours online
343 legs, 1,173.5 hours ACARS
2 legs, 12.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 31 2010 11:25 ET by Mathias Ratz
for a save landing:

hold Vapp or Vref (what you prefer) / Vapp is Vref+5knts and hold the plane on the ILS at 20-30ft over ground you take back throttles to 0 and try to get your Vertical Speed indicator just a bit below 0 and hold her until she touches the ground, but:

1. each Aircraft reacts in another way
2. the CRJ is a bit tricky to land (flown her very often bevore i get the Level-D wink ) also i real smile

and finaly: a good landing requires an good and stable Approach

i had turn off the crash detaction, because there are a few scenery / or Aircrafts producing crashed whithout any reason... so try to turn it off and look what happens!


DVA8854
Captain, CRJ-200

Joined on July 27 2010

"Atlanta Approach, we have a problem."
Williamsburg, VA USA

18 legs, 24.0 hours
17 legs, 21.9 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on July 31 2010 11:36 ET by Jordan Seymour
I had it off on my most recent flight and I still crashed.


DVA7662
Captain, MD-88

Joined on July 30 2009
Online Century Club
Double Century Club

"ZOB ATM"
Daytona Beach, FL USA

218 legs, 332.6 hours
192 legs, 279.0 hours online
215 legs, 326.7 hours ACARS
5 legs, 11.5 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 31 2010 17:15 ET by Ryan Geckler
Jordan Seymour wrote:

I had it off on my most recent flight and I still crashed.


Obviously you didn't if you still crashed wink

Ryan Geckler

Captain, MD-88
Progress Spinner

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