DVA7130
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP
Joined on March 23 2009
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Tyrone, GA USA
846 legs, 1,482.4 hours
814 legs,
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818 legs,
1,443.2 hours ACARS
178 legs,
322.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 13 2011 21:34 ET by Ryan Morse
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After a couple of extensive research and testing sessions, I have confirmed that the fleet 727 INS does, in fact operate. There seem to be some steps needed to get her up and running.
1. First, shutdown the engines (plus parking brake) at the start and go to the overhead panel.
2. Switch the INS switch from "NAV" to "ALIGN". A green light shoud come on next to it. The panel has now automatically aligned the INS system for you (you don't have to wait 15 mins).
3.You can now go the the INS/weather radar panel and start setting up. The main switch will be on "POS", check that this is the same as the position given by pressing SHIFT+Z up top. To enter waypoints, turn the big knob to "WAY PT". Insure that black area above the the large knob (which serves to tell you which waypoint you are looking at to change ECT.) is set to "1", now you are ready to imput the actuall waypoint coords.
4.Press "2" on the panel number pad for a north LAT or press "8" for a south LAT. Then, input the waypoint.
(IE N34 22.06 would be imputed 2 34 22 then a 1 because you have to round up the last two digits)
5. Insert will now be illuminated, press it. The LAT coords are now loaded. To input the LONG just plug it in the same way except that "4" is used for west and "6" is for east.
6. Insert the first 9 waypoints ( the INS can only hold 9 waypoints, during cruise before you pass point 9 you have to load the next 8 in the 1-8 slots. The INS will then just go from coord 9 to coord 1. (there are no route discontinuity's))
7. Now, before you start your engines, go back to the overhead and switch the ILS know back to "NAV". This is important not to skew accuracy.
8. Your your set for taxi and takeoff.
9. Passing around 500' AGL, you can activate the INS. Hit the master autopilot switch (big one on the left) and switch the autopilot mode selector left to "INS".
The aircraft should now start following the route.
General tips:
To "go direct" from your present possition to a certain point- turn the INS knob on the INS panel to "DIS/TIME". Click "WPT CHG" and then press 0 on the number pad then the point you want to go to. At this point, on the left is the distance from you current location to the selected point direct and the estimated time on the right. Press "insert" to activate the new route. If you want to use that meathod to just see distace, hit "clear" instead of "insert".
Make sure you write down and keep track of what "waypoint" is what navaid at all times. This will help greatly at the end of a "8 cycle" updateing the route.
Hope this helps you understand and use the 727 Internal Navigation System on the fleet aircraft!
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DVA9117
Captain, B737-800
Joined on October 13 2010
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New Bern, NC
955 legs, 2,527.3 hours
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April 14 2011 18:56 ET by Jim Atkins
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DVA7130
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP
Joined on March 23 2009
50 State Club
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Online Eight Century
"Hudson, we have a problem"
Tyrone, GA USA
846 legs, 1,482.4 hours
814 legs,
1,429.8 hours online
818 legs,
1,443.2 hours ACARS
178 legs,
322.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 14 2011 19:01 ET by Ryan Morse
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DVA9052
Captain, DC-6
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Ypsilanti, MI
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Posted onPost created on
April 15 2011 03:18 ET by Kyle Bjorklund
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