Flight plans Flashcards
How many Alternate Flight Plans can be loaded into the CAAS from the mission card?
5
1 active, 5 loaded into CAAS), (1 active, 10 alternates on the card itself
Which MFD control layer provides access to the USER ACPS LIST page?
SYS index
How many Flight Plan Points (FPP’s) can be inserted into an active or alternate flight plan?
239 (39 history, 200 future)
What color is the TO FPP displayed on the active FPLN page?
White
What must be assigned or applied to an ACP to make it a Flight Plan Point?
Specific mission requirements (constraints)
Which of the 3 types of flight plans (active, modified, or alternate) lets the pilots to change the inbound course to the TO FPP so the aircraft will cross the FPP at the selected course?
Active and modified
Which CDU pages provides access to the USER ACPS LIST?
IDX 2/2
What does the ATTRIBUTE “T” on the FFP line mean?
The displayed FPP has a FIXED arrival time designated
What is the maximum number of USER ACPs?
500
Which CDU page provides access to the MOVING ACP LIST page?
LS2 on PROC/PATT Page
Does the active flight plan have to be named?
No
How many data pages are available for each FPP?
3
How does CAAS define Mission Requirements or Constraints?
Time, speed, altitude
Once the aircraft is airborne, edits to the active flight plan must be made through the _____ pages(s) or ________ pages.
PERF PROG, FPLN DATA pages
What is the difference between Lead Turn on and Lead Turn off?
Lead turn ON: Fly-by; Lead turn OFF: Overfly points
Explain what the Offset feature does?
The parallel course offset is specified as a distance left or right of flight plan course for weather or traffic avoidance, etc
(Not allowed for legs preceding a hover, land or stop)
On the Active Flight Plan page (FPLN), what does typing L0.5 in the scratchpad and selecting LS1 direct the system to do?
Parallel OFFSET left .5 NM
What does changing a flight plans point inbound course from 360º to C 330º tell CAAS to do?
Cross the point on a heading of 330 C= show course
Which CDU software partition contains SIDs, STARs, Holding Patterns, Visual and GPS approaches?
Commercial Flight Management Function (non-corruptible)
How many Mark Points are available?
15 (16th overwrites the oldest)
Weight and Moment Arms can be changed for which fuel tanks?
ERFS Tanks
The values on PERF INIT pages are derived from the values entered on the __________ or__________.
Pre-planned values loaded on the mission card, or PERF DEFAULTS when manually entering a FPLN
What does the attribute MSD represent if showing by a Flight Plan Point.
First leg of missed approach procedure
TRUE or FALSE: The LIFTOFF RESET function allows the operator to re-establish the start point for the current flight plan.
Tru
On PERF INIT 2/2, if you place a “U” in the OAT bracket at LS2 what have you told the system to do?
Updates the OAT field to current sensed conditions
In the LIFTOFF state can the time of departure and mission fuel fields be edited?
No
The CDU Commercial Flight Management function partition performs enroute navigation and terminal area operation. Name two of the four operations / procedures it provides?
(a) Standard Instrument Departures (SIDs)
(b) Standard Terminal Approach Routes (STARs)
(c) Holding patterns
(d) Visual and GPS approaches
On PERF INIT ½, if there is a time constraints in the flight plan, how do I tell the system to compute and display the required time of departure.
Entry of an “M” in the scratchpad and selection of RS2 allows the system to compute and display the required time of departure
