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FLIGHT OPERATION CENTER Version 1.24 OPERATORS

1. UWX DATA FILES IN USE 20030519 06U STOPS EROPS NOT CALCULATED RTE VIA IL UG60 SPR UB16 PAS UB284 MTG UN852 VERSO UA6 BLASO LUNI1P CDP I24L MJV DIST 584 GCI 109 CP H013 ESAD 610 CRSM NCR FLIGHT PROFILE BILSA F350 LARVI F370 KKKKKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KK KKK KKKKKK NOT FOR REAL FLIGHTS OR NAVIGATION INFORMATION ONLY KKKKKKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKKKKKKKK Below the fuel weight calculation the applicable notes are indicated Again a full list of these is included in this manual on pages 24 and 25 Below the notes you can read a bit of something on the route you will take This abbreviated 68 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center format indicates which airway you use to which point e g the UG 60 to SPR then the UB16 to PAS and so on Below that you get some statistics The ground distance of this route is 584 NM the Great Circle Index amount of deviation from a direct great circle track is 109 meaning the route is 9 longer than a standard great circle The wind component is H013 H indicating Headwind whereas T would indicate a tailwind The Equivalent Still Air Distance ESAD is 610 NM the plan is calculated with Normal Cruise Below the route you can read off the flight profile Up to BILSA we shall cruise at FL350 thereafter at FL370 The remark below that speaks for itself
2. Now choose the corresponding plane You can only use planes which are available for the airline in the schedule Then change the registration by clicking on the Fleet list All registration for the chosen airplane are displayed here The Button FLIGHT SELECT You may select between all available Items even change Departure or Destination of your Flight To activate this choice you have to select it as today s flight by clicking FLIGHT SELECT Button ALTERNATE AIRPORTS AND ROUTES ALTERNATES Airports ICAO Dist Fuel Time FL La the alternate Sartion you can enter the various LFSB 144 6 002331 00 30 120 alternate airports to for ELDS 167 6 OO1951 31l 140 your flight To enter an LSGG 149 0015687 00 39 100 alternate airport click on None the list to the left e g on tNorne ALT1 and then fill in the respective alternate Once NoAltFuel stony 2ndonly 2nd via Ist you have finished the alternate appears on the Fine to ee cone sat window in the middle together with a distance lt 13 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center The fuel and time columns are only available after calculation You can specify two alternates to be used in the fuel calculation two additional alternates for which only fuel and time will be calculated and which will be displayed on the flightplan and you may specify a take off alternate which is needed in case that the departure weather is below minima for a return to t
3. What do you need this for Well let s say you downloaded a particularly nasty weather set for FS and want to reuse it again Of course for this you need the winds that were THEN actual So don t forget to save those winds 24 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center THE OUTPUT WINDOW H ic OPERATING ACTUAL ROUTE FILE PREFERENCES MESSAGES W 00 i B ole aym Bal vi FXP2001 05 02 24 A310 322 A3Z 32 WIIIPGUM 002 SEQO001 RLSOOO Remark 1 WARNINGS THIS ROUTE IS BASED ON CYCLE DATE 200402 ACTUALLY 200410 IN USE Remark 2 FUEL CALCULATION ALL IN KG WEIGHT FUEL BREAK DOWN ALL IN TO BIAS 1040 ZEW 93 5 113 0 TAXI 400 TOF 32 0 50 4 PGUM 26588 05 44 TOW 125 5 150 0 Pilot Dispatcher RRZO 1544 00 20 TIF 26 6 urs Wildermuth furs Wildermuth PGUA 2229 00 14 FLO30 IW 38 9 123 0 FR 10 00 30 REM 5 4 AIRPORTS ALL IN KG PESN 3647 00 36 FL100 MIN 32371 06 48 NOTES CALCULATED 1ST ALTERNATE ONLY BASED ON ZERO WIND CALCULATION STOPS EROPS NOT CALCULATED RTE VIA DKI1D DKI W18 BPN W1S MWB DCI DULON DCT SADAN DCI SHREE DCT ROR DCI EFUYE DCI USODY DCI YP DCI NIVZY DCTI IDAAS A450 UNZ DCI UNZ IO06L IKOVY DIST 2625 GCI 102 cP H000 ESAD 2625 CRSM NCR FLIGHT PROFILE ABILO F350 REBOL F370 USODY F330 Tete tee ee eee eee ee eee ee ee ee ee ee eee eee ee eee eee ee ee eee ee eee NOT FOR REAL FLIGHTS OR NAVIGATION INFORMAT
4. via the Airway Window you can then change your routing as you wish To delete a waypoint simply click on it in the list and then on the delete button of the keyboard or the provided one on the right of the list If you have previously created trunc routes beginning at a selected waypoint the DIRECT window is replaced by the trunc DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center route window This window works like the airway window but you can use trunc routes instead DIRECT Window to manually insert Directs Enter the ICAO code of a waypoint Hit the Enter key to scan for corresponding waypoints in the current area Jaata Results are listed with country code and type Select the desired ICAL Search EUR waypoint in the list and add it to apt a All Areas the route using the ADD button If no waypoint is found you may check Search all Areas Press the APT Button to insert an airport as a waypoint Then select the adequate cruise table from the CRT list DEL Button Deletes the highlighted waypoint from the route SAVE ROUTE opens the save as window to allow you to save your route to disk The Route Filenames in FOC are generated by the program of Departure ICAO code and Destination ICAO code followed by a number as File extension Sample LSZHLFSB 001 The extension allows you to differentiate your routes How you recognize your routes is up to you but here is how we do it 00
5. 002685 000 ooo NORMAL CLIMB NCR CLI 000100 000180 000053 000342 003095 000 ooo LONG RNG CRS NCR CRS 000100 000190 000056 000362 003355 000 000 NORMAL DESCENT NCR DEC 000100 000200 000057 000364 003440 000 000 NORMAL FL Select NCR FLS 000100 000210 000057 000367 003530 000 ooo NORMAL HOLDING NCR HLD 000100 000220 000058 000372 003640 000 000 000150 000140 000048 000302 002210 Q000 ooo 000150 000150 000055 000346 002615 000 000 000150 000160 000056 000356 002770 000 ooo 000150 000170 000057 000359 002855 000 ooo Remarks 000150 000180 000058 000364 002960 000 ooo Korr C of STD KAS TAS 0 00 000150 000190 000059 000371 003090 000 ooo KFU FF 0 00 000150 000200 000060 000378 003220 000 ooo 000150 000210 000061 000380 003310 000 000 000150 000220 000061 000383 003395 000 000 DEL LINE 000200 000140 000057 000353 002325 000 ooo 000200 000150 000058 000359 002435 000 ooo 000200 000160 000060 000368 002570 000 ooo Engine Multiplier 2 000200 000170 000060 000372 002660 000 000 000200 000180 000061 000375 002745 000 ooo Keep Data fornext Record 000200 000190 000061 000378 002830 000 ooo 000200 000200 000062 000381 002920 000 ooo ec by Heinz Oetiker 1999 2002 j a C ee CRU FL GRU TO MCH 1000 TAS KTS FUEL KG Kas KFU The cruise table is the usually most data intensive of all performance tables It requires the following items CRU FL The cruising altitude in hundreds of feet GRW TO The actual gross weight MCH 100 The Mac
6. 100 If you wish to adjust the fuel consumption by 4 you would need a bias of 1040 Generally a bias of below 1000 is not allowed but can be used for Flight Simulation purposes This figure adjusts all regimes climb cruise and descent only of this particular plane If you wish to adjust a whole fleet you should do this via the respective figures in the Main Record 51 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Avionics The codes for avionics for ICAO international flight plans For a complete list see the following list A Not allocated I Inertial Navigation R RNP type certification B Not allocated J Data Link T TACAN C LORAN C K MLS U UHF RTF D DME L ILS V VHF RTF E Not allocated M Omega W when prescribed by ATS F ADF O VOR X when prescribed by ATS G GNSS P Not Allocated Y when prescribed by ATS H HF RTF Q Not Allocated Z Other equipment Transponder Enter the relevant Transponder code for your aircraft SSR equipment N Nil A Transponder Mode A 4 digits 4 096 codes C Transponder Mode A 4 digits 4 096 codes and Mode C x Transponder Mode S without both aircraft identification and pressure altitude transmission P Transponder Mode S including pressure altitude transmission but no aircraft identification transmission I Transponder Mode S including aircraft identification transmission but no pressure altitude transmission s Transponder Mode S including both pressure altitude and
7. Allows access to various weather options Calls up the Weather Request Utility the Upperwinds Data Editor the User Wind Dataset Editor and opens the file selector to give the choice of UWX METAR files to delete See chapter Weather in the Manual for more information MESSAGES calls up Messaging tools such as e mail ACARS and other datalinks See the relevant chapter chapter in FOC Manual The Toolbar aee Open Sequence File Opens a previously calculated flight for further work Open Release File Opens a previously released flight for further work Back Up Segment Data Creates a backup of segment files and optionally deletes old files 10 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Scheduled and Company Dayload Performs the dayload of flights according to date or to company For more information on the dayload function please see the explanation of it in the scheduler section and in the Managing Schedule Data section below Pe Select this flight Confirms a selected flight for working input Utility Launch Buttons These 5 buttons can be used to start FOC s data management utilities They are from left to right Scheduler Starts the schedule management tool Router Starts the router Aircraft Editor Starts the aircraft editor Import Export Starts the import export utility for FOC FS Utility Starts the Flight Simulator Connection Utility eet i afe Calls up the Weat
8. FAJS 19 30 1234567 2001 10 28 2002 03 30 SWISSAIR MD11 H SWR S SWR SRO106 LSZH 09 00 KLAX 21 10 1234567 2001 10 28 2002 03 30 SWISSAIR MD11 H SWR sx Flight Dats Input Company x Type farreus 310 A310 322 SWR DEPARTURE Days 12 67 1234567 STD hh mm 7200 C Scheduled Non Scheduled Flight NR fi To ypyy mm dd 2002 10 26 CALC STA DELETE LINE o eae STA hh g A DESTINATION Fromyyynmede fazaa SAH fizo Da _ eee The Schedule Planner is the place to enter and maintain your scheduled flights On the left a list of the existing flights is displayed On the right you may add and delete flights To add a new leg press the ADD NEW Button A blank new line will appear in the main screen above First remembering what we said before choose the Company that means the carrier who is OPERATING the flight Then choose the aircraft which here is an A310 Enter 61 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center the Departure by pressing on the Departure button and entering either name ICAO code or IATA code Press OK or Enter to confirm it Do the same for the destination Enter flight number departure time STD arrival time STA Enter the days of operation What is that again Now some flights operate daily others every Monday Friday and Sunday others only once a week You can define that by using the Days option Enter the days of operation leaving a space where flights do
9. VAR DEG foo MIN o 0 B Elevation Transition FT ALT FT AREA C High Both Low Country AREA EUR Code JLS EUR HERR REMOVE FIR LSAS UIR Lsas eee Eee CREATE CREATE WAYPOINT Intersections only Option Each Waypoint has an ID e g PINIK Latitude and Longitude Koordinates Degrees and Minutes and North South East West a 2 letter country code e g LS and the Area Code e g EUR for western europe Optionally but it is recommended to add the name if different from ID and ICAO codes for FIR and or UIR Press CREATE to add the complete waypoint datarecord To edit a Waypoint select item in the Pulldown List make your changes and press CREATE again In this case there is no crosscheck with the Directs database It is upon you to garant matching data records Pressing on DELETE WPT Button removes a waypoint from the database if the crosscheck with the Directs database cannot find the highlighted item still in use CREATE AIRPORT Option Airport entries have the same items as waypoints Instead of ID an ICAO 4 letter code is expected e g LSZH In addition airports have optionally a 3 letter IATA code e g ZRH a Name field max 25 letters e g ZURICH the length of the longest hard surface runway 100 Feet 3 letters the elevation in Feet and a transition altitude in Feet Airport records can also be edited and deleted No need for a crosscheck here CREATE DIRECT search f
10. aircraft identification transmission SLCL Selcal Code if equipped with a Selcal Receiver The next 5 figures allow adjustment to DOW MZFW MTOW and MLW Enter the respective change with a or sign as valid for addition or substraction of weight Sample The general Maximum Take Off Weight for a plane type was defined as 55 000 kg in the main record Now the plane XZ VAA has a restriction and is only certified for 53 000 kg In the field for this aircraft enter 2000 as the adjustment Emergency R S J D Color N Emergency Equipment for the ICAO Flightplan R RADIO S U if UHF on frequency 243 0 MHz is available V if VHF on frequency 121 5 MHz is available E if emergency location beacon aircraft ELBA is available P if polar survival equipment is carried D if desert survival equipment is carried 52 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center SURVIVAL M if maritime survival equipment is carried CROSS OUT J if jungle survival EQUIPMENT equipment is carried J JACKETS L if life jackets are equipped with lights F if life jackets are equipped with fluorescent U or V or both as in R above to indicate radio capability of jackets if any D D and C if dinghies are carried or INSERT number of dinghies carried and DINGHIES NUMBER CAPACITY INSERT total capacity in persons of all dinghies carried and COVER C if dinghies are covered and COLOR INSERT color of din
11. alternate Actual Flight Level Actual Fuel and the decision point in the P DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center respective fields ZWF EFF is optional if left empty the ZFW indicated in the weight and balance section will apply Click OK and calculate THE PBR CALCULATION FOC gives you the possibility to a planning based on reclearance This procedure is also known as Decision Point Planning DPP in JAR Ops If you wish to do a PBR planning Clicking PBR Button will open the PBR planning Window PBR PLANNING x L 3H 6 sa 9 3 0 ST 4 109 60 oe KPT3Z SLP22Z 268 017 3 EPT3Z BODSE 269 016 0 KPT3Z SAFFA 268 029 6 Ok Tl4 SAFFA Enter the PBR alternate and the decision point in the respective fields and check the mark on 18 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center STOPS ETOPS EROPS xj The STOPS EROPS Button will bring up SCENARIO the scenario window for Intermediate Aerodromes and _ Extended Range Operation under JAR OPS 2 Using the WIII CGK JAKARTA SOEKARNO H input screen you will be able to specify which intermediate airports you wish to use for the active flight whether they are used as intermediates or EROPS alternates Active Scenario In case of a highlighted route Departure and Destination airports are automatically displayed in the scenario window To add a new intermediate airport use the lV STOPSIN 7 STOPS OUT corre
12. and conditions of use The current price range for Flight Operation Center is as follows All Prices in Euros and excluding VAT Virtual Airline Edition Euro 12 50 VAT including a free 3 month subscription to the weather server Virtual Pilot s Edition Euro 45 VAT including a free 3 month subscription to the weather server Virtual Pilot s Edition One Year Promotion Euro 49 99 VAT including a 12 month subscription to the weather server Upgrade Virtual Airline Edition to Virtual Pilot Edition Euro 40 VAT Including a 12 month subscription to the weather server VAT is applicable to users within the European Union All other users will not be charged VAT Subscription to the Weather Server Flight Operation Center features one of the most complete weather servers world wide The data available include Worldwide METAR TAF 9 hr and TAF 18 hour Worldwide Inflight Wind Prognostics up to 36 hours ahead of time OTS Track Download for North Atlantic Tracks and Pacific Tracks With your product you receive a 3 month subscription for the weather server or with the Promotional offer a 1 year subscription Shortly before expiring FOC will remind you to renew your subscription which you can do via the FOC Website http www danur com 1 year subscription to the Weather Server Euro 10 VAT Registration with the Server After you downloaded the product you need to proceed to the FOC Website http www danur c
13. calculation naturally is only available if it has been calculated using a corresponding aircraft It gives you important information on your intermediate alternates EDW4554 03 05 19 A320 214 EDW HB IHX LSZHLEPA 001 SEQ002 RLSOOO STOPS EROPS ANALYSIS RESULTS AND AIRPORT LIST TYP WPID DIST EET TRIP FOB GWT LAT LON STATUS APT ICAO ESAD DVT TRIPDV MIN AGW CRS FL ICE IN OUT ETP KARGO 0013 00 20 1404 6125 60 1 46 14N 006 00E STOPS RET LSZH 0166 00 38 1101 3587 52 0 OEI 100 000 S FWD LFML 0166 00 38 1100 3586 59 0 OEI 100 000 ss ETP VERSO 0028 01 01 3102 4427 58 4 41 55N 004 02E STOPS RET LFML 0135 00 31 898 3384 hoe ree OEI 100 000 S S FWD LEPA 0135 00 31 893 3379 ITA OEI 100 000 S SCHEDULED OUT 04 30 ASSUMED OFF 04 40 LSZH ZRH 04 40 04 40 06 38 DEP STOPS LFML MRS 05 28 04 28 07 12 STOPS STOPS LEPA PMI 06 02 05 02 07 09 STOPS DEST ALTERNATES LEIB US 622 OF 32 EDW4554 03 05 19 A320 214 EDW HB IHX LSZHLEPA 001 SEQ002 RLSOOO KKKKKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKKK NOT FOR REAL FLIGHTS OR NAVIGATION INFORMATION ONLY KKKKKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKKK The first line again shows you the flight number date type registration route sequence and release information Below that the actual calculation starts For this flight Marseille has been selected as an intermediate airport The calculation here inv
14. database access Normally these wind files are huge data volumes of about 1GB per day so we needed to convert them into a more useful format for our applications However this costs us a lot of money in terms that we have to download huge amounts of data and then have the web space available to offer you the downloads Our resources as a small developer are limited so we cannot offer this service for free You can subscribe to this service for a small fee by logging onto the Nomissoft Website www nomissoft com and follow the links to the weather server What you get tough is worth the money With every download you receive full world wide upper wind data for the next 36 hours so practically you need to do this at the maximum 2 times a day while in FS2002 you need to update your weather regularly to keep in touch Also it is not necessary to stay online for upper winds as you have the next 36 hours on your hard drive METAR and TAF data are a free addition to this as we do not find the coverage yet fully satisfactory Also TAF and METAR s need to be kept current so you would theoretically need a continuous online connection Again that is not what we want We are looking into getting better information on this and will then include METARs and TAFs in our services s FOC UWX and METAR REQUEST UTILITY 215 x CONFIGURATION FILE PROPERTIES 2 gt COMMON Download all data from here User Name Password eK V METAR Uw ZULU
15. given to the flight crew it has to be released using the release button Each time a flight plan of the same flight is released the release number is modified The first release will carry the number 1 the second release number 2 and so on A flight plan can only be printed if it is released You can release a flight plan from any display the short plan the OFP the Stops EROPS form and the ATC Flight plan Once you have released the flight plan you can print it out on your printer using the print button If you want to send your flight plan per e mail or import it into a text document you have to save the flight plan using the File button Once you press the file button the presently shown plan will be saved to your harddisk You will be prompted for a location each time you press the file button The default location for saved plans is within the FOC main folder subfolder flightplans subfolder outfile You also have to release a flight plan before you can use it to create products from it for the different flight simulators that are supported by FOC A in depth discussion of the individual forms is shown in the chapter Flight Plan Forms in manual 29 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center The Mail Tool The mail tool allows sending of all the different forms to any e mail address In order to use the tool you need to meet the following requirements You need a valid connection to the Internet You need
16. map If the new track gets worse click on STOP to abort process You will be asked to keep the incompleted track data or to restore the backupped previous completed track If you get the message Could not find other valid Route or Segment the Assistant could not find any different waypoint to continue with Remark In such cases you always have the chioce to click on ENROUTE option to reset the whole process Conclusion To get experienced with this tool just try it out BUILDING TRUNK ROUTES Trunk Routes are route segments that are used to save time when entering routes They are used in context with north Atlantic track routes as well as in every day planning Sample If you generate a lot of routes out of your home airport which let s say go all in western direction the route is always the same up to a specific waypoint from where the routes split up to the different destinations Here it is very useful to generate a trunk route from your home airport to that waypoint so when you generate routes you don t need to manually create that part over and over again North Atlantic Tracks If you generate outbound and inbound trunks from to your home airport to the north Atlantic entry points and from to your most used destinations you can use the automatic generation feature for NATL flights TRUNC ROUTES OS Wa es Each Trunk route consists in 3 Parts New Trune Route Strg G depending on the type of trunk route New Outboun
17. not more possibilities than what I had had at work I got it and so do you Finally Bob Raemer the creator of NATPLOT has to be mentioned here When I contacted Bob about distributing his program with ours he immediately agreed and what s more he helped us to get NATPLOT to read FS200x GPS files That being a major step he then helped further by adapting NATPLOT to ETOPS EROPS standards so we can give you the nice graphics you have seen FOC is not your standard WYSIWYG application it is a professional flight planning system scaled down for Flight Simmers but not by much We are planning to go ahead with our product to open up to the professional world as soon as some issues are resolved In the mean time as a 15 year flight sim veteran I felt that I wanted to give you a tool which can finally do what many of you never knew was the world of flight planning This is no easy pushbutton solution but a virtual operations tool We shall expand on this and I believe many of you who learn how to master FOC will find that planning is more than half the fun Watch out for tutorials on flight planning coming up on our site Originally they were to go directly into this manual but I decided to separate them and so they will appear as a PDF file somewhen down the road Get your charts out and start planning Urs Wildermuth Winkel Februar 24 2004 78
18. real ones a pretty big majority of planes are built on either inaccurate data or on wrong flight models If you now use accurate AOM Manual data to program this plane and then find that the actual results are wrong you need to find a better flight model for the specific aircraft There are several very well done planes such as the Phoenix Series 747 777 A320 Eurowings Pro A319 Pilot in Command B767 and A320 ACS MD11 and many more that correspond nicely while others including the Microsoft standard planes are not as accurate as one would like them to be We have included some performance data for several planes Again a word needs to be mentioned about these Some of them use real life performance data out of different sources others were done by beta testers to provide you with something to start with The real life data planes are Airbus A320 A330 Boeing 747 400 MD 11 MD 83 and the Socata TB20 Some planes not included in this package Lear Jet Cessna 182 and so on were done by beta testers of FOC for the MS planes They are not based on any real life data and should not be regarded as examples on how serious data are compiled We decided to put them on the website for your download because they cover the MS fleet and they are user data If you create airplanes and wish to share them please do so via our section in the SIMPILOT Forum www simpilot net Please include a read me file indicating the sources of your perfor
19. to have a POP3 Mail account You will not be able to use this facility with specialized mail services such as Compuserve Classic Mail AOL or T Online FOC MAILER O x PREFERENCES iia yore Male Handling handling maleairport com my Subject EDW779_285 l CLEAR ALL ADD FILE SEND MAIL DONE ane r FPL EDW779 IN A330 H SRWXY C VRMMOSS5 NO473F350 L2B LELEM R456 IZK G462 SODEX NO470F370 G462 BALUS NO473F350 G46 2 PIMAL B418 KFA V45 TRF R785 ZELAF NO470F390 R785 NIKAS UW10 VESAR UL619 KFK UL610 GOL UN605 DOLAP UL615 RAVAK UL863 VBA UR495 ZAG UBS KFT N0470F370 UG37 VIW NO470F390 UL608 KPT NEGR3S SAFFA LSZHO932 LFSBOO28 EDDS0034 EET VRMMO008 OMAEO324 OBBBO351 OSTTOSSS LOVV0909 REG HB IQZ SEL CHEK E 1127 B TBN R VE S N J J L D 8 480 A RED WHITE C Urs Wildermuth From the output window select the form you want to send Then click on the mail icon The screen above will open and display the form you have selected for sending The subject will be automatically filled in with the flight number and the number of the day of the year All you have to do is to enter the e mail address in the to cc window above The TO CC Button on the top left opens an address book There you can store your mostly used addresses With the ADD FILE button you can additionally add reports to be sent Pressing the Add button will open the following window 30 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Oper
20. weather database Operates on the shown plan The functions are E8 E Releases the active flight plan Prints what is shown in the display window 2 fo Files the plan that is shown in the display window a Opens the Email Tool with actual displayed product KI Exits the output window 26 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center The display window The display window shows the different flight plan forms available in FOC as well as a route map The different formats are toggled via the button bar The following forms are available Short Plan shows a condensed single sheet plan containing all important edge data Of a flight Operational Flight Plan shows the full length operational flight plan OFP Stops Erops calculation according to JAR OPS ATC Flight Plan shows a standard ICAO type Air Traffic Control flight plan A map display can be toggled using the map text button on the button bar or with the map button at the lower right of the route window The map display shows a plan view of the flight plan To center the map click on any waypoint on the route window to the right the map will center on that point CAUTION The map requires a lot of resources and can therefore load pretty slowly Various Navigation Data can be superimposed on the map using the button bar There is an option to show airports VOR s NDB s waypoints and a lat lon grid Flights that include a STOPS ER
21. weight units and basics Fleet Records Defines the differences and specifics for individual planes within a fleet Performance Records Climb Cruise Descent Alternate Holding data STOPS EROPS Defines the STOPS EROPS rules for a fleet Before you try to enter a new plane make sure you have the minimum necessary documentation See below for what you need AIRCRAFT MAIN RECORD Clicking on AIRCRAFT MAIN RECORD button offers the Item list at left side of the window and right of it the Input values To edit items select in Item list Changes or inputs are expected in data line Attention to format Press RETURN Key to accept your inputs The variables needed are Fuel Units Define which unit is used for fuel quantities Options are Kilos Tons Gallons liters and pounds Weight Units Accepted are Kilos Pounds and Tons GW Units Defines how the quantities are shown on the flightplan Engine Count Indicate the number of engines your plane has Weight Type Define the weight classification as by ICAO H HEAVY to indicate an aircraft type with a maximum certificated take off mass of 136 000 kg or more M MEDIUM to indicate an aircraft type with a maximum certificated take off mass of less than 136 000 kg but more than 7 000 kg L LIGHT to indicate an aircraft type with a maximum certificated take off mass of 7 000 kg or less Climb Bias Normally 1000 can be used to allow for differences in climb consumption Cruise Bias Norm
22. 0 200 EDW M zB 10z z Mail fo Flight NA pOg 0432 EET hhmm i015 Dry Operating Weight fizaoo0 DEPARTURE ksm STD hhmm f0 Exp Zero Fuel 141325 Max Zero Fuel fi 70000 FES oo STA hhmm 16 15 i Max TakeDif ao TETEE Mii ENTER pos 182000 EDW 0433 MMUN 21 50 LSZH 07 50 3 F Ae EDW 0442 LSZH 06 30 MUVR 17 15 Cruise Mode E o o SND COMPS sLEULETIONS EDW 0442 LSZH 07 00 MUVR 17 45 LONG RNG CRS 2 EDW 0442 MUVR 23 05 MUHG 00 EDW 0443 MMUN 21 15 LSZH 07 EDW 0443 MUHG 01 15 LSZH 11 EDW 0443 MUHG 21 40 LSZH 07 EDW 0452 LSZH 09 45 MDPC 19 EDW 0452 LSZH 09 45 MD 19 EDW 0452 LSZH 13 20 MDPC 23 EDW 0442 LSZH 10 20 MUVR 21 2 EDW 0442 MUVR 19 00 MMUN 20 EDW 0442 MUVR 19 30 MUHG 20 30 No Remarks m o a o a PLL Time OFF fs uii a co ALTERNATES Airports ICAO Dist Fuel Time ALT1 ALT 2 DVI is o e AAi 200 FUEL CALCULATION allin kG Actual Route and aandra Fuel Load finze r Ss Ebene 40 o Minimum Required Fuel 40 5 200 P Econom F ceing UPPER WIND OPTIONS Remaining Fuel Fix WE C Manual Winds D Force EDIT Fl Actual Fuel Pumas I Company Fuel 2038 Alas UW Compare tine Special Calculations HE ee T Holding Fuel 2038 Decision zn Holding Time fo IV Taxi Fuel 00 uch None F inai To A Bias Rise fi 000 STOPS EROPS OUT ae ae IT CALCULATION DEFAULT CLEAR SAVE NoAlt Fuel Fuel Density frac pay a The mai
23. 01 oi 03 02 02 TYP WPID DIST APT ICAO ESAD ETP STOAT 0004 RET LSZH 0329 FWD EINN 0329 EEP 5820N 0086 STOPS EINN 0430 EROPS EINN 0430 ETP 6040N 0154 RET EINN 0902 FWD CYYR 0902 EEX PRAWN 0268 STOPS CYYR 0430 EROPS CYYR 0430 ETP ALB 0516 RET CYYR 0316 FWD CYHZ 0315 ETP ALB 0200 RET CYHZ 0302 FWD KJFK 0302 SCHEDULED OUT 12 00 LSZH ZRH 12 10 EINN SNN 14 15 CYYR YYR 18 01 CYHZ YHZ T9 3k KJFK JFK 20 02 ALTERNATES KPHL KSWF KBDL KBOS SWR100 Oe tice Ge wo onTIWN OOO WO ST 28 03 49 12 12 209 Le2s 03 aed 1 05 05 60 02 BZ ASSUMED OFF 10 pe Bs ot ead 02 09 08 09 21 15 T9 20 2I 20 Add 21 1 21 pane lt 29 L1 wo NN Ee O OW ol LZ2 10 DEP STOPS EROPS STOPS STOPS AS Se SR AS A330 233 SWR HB IQA L87 180 184 174 174 ETAR L68 L72 L67 L62 L62 L64 1593 eke STOPS EROPS STOPS STOPS DEST LSZHKJFK S02 LAT LON CRS FL ICE 52 00N 000 05E NCR NCR 57 9 NCR ERO 100 000 100 000 LN 017 32W 100 000 100 000 60 13N 034 87W ERO ERO 58 64 NCR ERO 49 74 NCR NCR 45 14 NCR NCR 100 000 100 000 N 051 24W 100 000 100 000 N 066 61W 100 000 100 000 N 070 60W 100 000 100 000 LSZHKJFK S02 Flight Operation Center SEQ004 RLSOOO STATUS IN OUT EROPS S SE EROPS S SE SE S STOPS SE
24. 1 020 Standard routes 030 039 Special routes caused by circumstances e g reroutes due to war zones e t c 040 049 Test routes not used for operation M Minimum Time Track generated routes G Great Circle Distance generated routes T North Atlantic Track System Generated Routes IMPORTANT Do not change the filename It is significant for FOC to find the routes corresponding to the flight BUILD GDT or MTT ROUTES Remark this window is still under construction MTT part of the router program has to be patched and will be updated CONDITIONS Minimal ground distance and minimal time tracks affect the ENROUTE section of the route only Make sure that the other sections are available before running the process We 38 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center recommend to check wether the Ist waypoint of STAR is part of an airway Optionally add such a waypoint as a direct at the top of STAR If so the track can be completed otherwise you are asked for a decision distance and you have to decide where to abort from the tracer GENERAL 2002030 06U 20020308 12U The GDT MTT Assistant is a utility to generate in a half automatic process routes along the Great Circle Routes shorter then 2000 NM are always generated in minimal ground distance mode GDT For longer routes the utility can be switched in a 2 pass mode The first pass creates a GDT track which is backupped for comparisons the 2n
25. 12 STOPS STOPS LEPA PMI 06 02 05 02 07 09 STOPS DEST ALTERNATES LEIB 05 22 07 32 This is what many JAR OPS pilots call the most useful thing of all the fuss The time frames show you for when you need weather information for which airport and for when they need to be over the respective minima At first you see that scheduled departure is 0430 they assume we need 10 minutes to get the show into the air Therefore we need valid weather above minima at LSZH from 0440 to 0638 Zurich being the departure airport and a STOPS alternate For Marseille we are expected to be overhead at 05 28 the weather is needed from 0428 to 0712 that is one hour before the earliest possible landing and one hour after the last possible arrival Palma is our destination we expect to land there at 06 02 therefore we need weather from 05 02 to 07 09z The same calculation is done for Ibiza On the graphic below you can see the flight graphically done with NATPLOT pz 7 7 2 Sor Aiakas ASN LTA ETIKERESHI A cea ancy a SIV aK On this picture you can see the 3 circles drawn at the STOPS distance around Zurich Marseille and Palma You can also see the dotted lines to the ETP s and their positions 74 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Let s look at an ETOPS plan now Here s one I made earlier SWR100 03 05 19 A330 233 SWR HB IQA STOPS EROPS ANALYSIS RESULTS AND AIRPORT LIST 02
26. 400 AS525 a SWR SROGO1 LOWW 07 15 LSZH 08 20 1234567 2001 10 28 2002 03 30 SWISSAIR 4A320 214 SWRS SWR SR0002 LSZH 07 15 LOWW 08 30 1234567 2001 10 28 2002 03 30 SWISSAIR 4A320 214 SWRS SWR SRO100 LSZH 12 00 KJFK 21 30 1234567 2000 03 26 2000 10 28 SWISSAIR MD11 H SWR S SWR SRO101 KJFK 02 30 LSZH 10 30 1234567 2000 03 26 2000 10 28 SWISSAIR MD11 H SWR S SWR SRO116 LSZH 08 30 KMIA 18 50 1234567 2001 03 01 2001 10 01 SWISSAIR MD11 H SWR S SWR SRO144 LSZH 21 45 SBGR 06 30 1234567 2000 06 26 2000 10 28 SWISSAIR MD1i H SWR S SWR SRO145 SBGR 15 45 LSZH 06 30 1234567 2000 06 26 2000 10 28 SWISSAIR fD11 H SWR S SWR SRO162 LSZH 12 00 RJBB 22 00 1234567 2000 06 26 2000 10 28 SWISSAIR MD11 H SWR 5 SWR SRO264 LSZH 10 35 DNMM 16 50 1234567 2001 06 26 2001 10 28 SWISSAIR MD11 H SWR S SWR SRO346 LSZH 12 40 CA 14 40 1234567 2000 03 26 2000 10 28 SWISSAIR 4A330 233 SWRS SWR SRO347 HECA 04 40 LSZH 08 40 1234567 2000 03 26 2000 10 28 SWISSAIR A330 233 SWRS SWR SRO621 LIMC 10 00 LSZH 11 00 1234567 2000 03 26 2000 10 28 SWISSAIR A330 233 SWRS SWR SRO622 LSZH 12 05 LIMC 12 55 1234567 2000 03 26 2000 10 28 SWISSAIR A320 214 SWRS SWR SRO700 LSZH 07 30 LFPG 08 30 1234567 2001 03 25 2001 10 27 SWISSAIR A320 214 SWRS SWR SR0701 LFPG 09 35 LSZH 10 35 1234567 2001 03 25 2001 10 27 SWISSAIR A320 214 SWRS AOW 0001 LSZH 12 00 LYPR 13 50 1234567 2001 10 28 2002 03 30 Odette MDE0 83 A0W N AOW 0002 LYPR 12 00 LSZH 13 50 1234567 2001 10 28 2002 03 30 Odette MDE0 83 A0W N SWR SRO282 LSZH 08 50
27. 55 28 5 22 4 175 4 58 64N 051 24W STOPS STOPS CYYR 0430 O1 26 Fad T36 168 3 NCR 100 000 SE S EROPS CYYR 0430 01 03 3 2 Bt 17242 ERO 100 000 SE S Here we see the opposite of the calculation we did before on Shannon We have again the STOPS calculation this time inbound to CY YR from the EEX the Etops Exit Point ETP ALB OSTE 06 27 360 2 14 7 LETT 49 74N 066 61W STOPS RET CYYR 0316 OL 05 5 2 thet 162 5 NCR 100 000 SE S FWD C HZ 0315 01 05 5 2 A ee oer 16225 NCR 100 000 s os And finally another STOPS calculation between Goose Bay and Halifax ETP ALB 0200 06 60 38 9 11 9 164 9 45 14N 070 60W STOPS RET CYHZ 0302 01 02 5 0 TiS 159 9 NCR 100 000 s s FWD KJFK 0302 01 02 5 0 TIS 159 9 NCR 100 000 SE SCHEDULED OUT 12 00 ASSUMED OFF 12 10 LSZH ZRH 12 10 12 10 15 25 DEP STOPS EINN SNN 14 15 13 15 19 11 STOPS EROPS CYYR YYR 18 01 17 01 20 42 EROPS STOPS CYHZ YHZ 19 31 18 31 21 12 STOPS STOPS KJFK JFK 20 02 19 02 20 59 STOPS DEST ALTERNATES KPHL 19 09 21 19 KSWF 19 08 21 18 KBDL 19 09 21 19 KBOS 19 21 21 31 SWR100 03 05 19 A330 233 SWR HB IQA LSZHKJFK S02 SEQ004 RLS000 kkkkkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxkkkxkkkxkkkxkkkxkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkxk NOT FOR REAL FLIGHTS OR NAVIGATION INFORMATION ONLY KKKKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KKKKKKKKKKKK What happens if the last STOPS airport is too far from the destination or if you have to
28. 9 06U STOPS EROPS NOT CALCULATED RTE VIA IL UG60 SPR UB16 PAS UB284 MTG UN852 VERSO UA6 BLASO LUNI1P CDP I24L MJV DIST 584 GCI 109 CP H013 ESAD 610 CRSM NCR FLIGHT PROFILE BILSA F350 LARVI F370 69 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center As mentioned above the first part is basically identical with the short plan apart from the second section AIRCRAFT A320 214 EDW STD 04 30Z ATD ABN TYPE HB IHX STA 06 102 T D cons ATA Arearen ROUTE INFORMATION CREW INFORMATION DIST 584 TRACK INDEX 109 DISPS Urs WiLASTMUEH Z eset eie ange p ana iia ESAD 610 COMPONENT H013 PIC W s Widdermuth fenai ne aa CRSM NCR CLIMB NCL Here now you get the information you had on the short plan a bit extended The aircraft type and registration are still there To the right you get your schedule Departure at 04 30z and Arrival at 06 10z Next to that you can note down the times you actually departed and arrived ATD is when you leave the stand ABN when you are airborne T D the touch down and ATA the arrival at the stand The route information is again equal to the short part simply reorganized Apart you get the name of the dispatcher and the name of the pilot in command both of which you can either change at calculation time or in the default section of the preferences menu The Routing Part This bit of paper indicates the way you will take from Zurich to Palma de Mallorca The various
29. 9 2 005 05 UPE TNT 115 70F360 307 028 7 004 oai Enter Departure Position Jat Runway 16 Flight SML 590100 LSZH 11 00 KJFK 18 30 Enter your Remak Aircraft 3330 233 Reg fa33 23 CUSTOM FS2n02 VFR Rules PROCEED GPS Departue sza aloe FLIGHTS F52004 M Add SID ARRIVAL PLAN Destination E Add Altemate JFK OPEN FLIGHTPLAN E EXIT This tool allows you to load any calculated and released route for export to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 2002 or 2004 To load a flightplan press the OPEN FLIGHTPLAN button and choose from the list Once you have opened the flightplan NEW FLIGHTPLAN LOADED appears in the status window To export your FOC flightplan select the FS200x tab The program shows title and description as FOC default The items below can optionally be customized To select the departure position e g Gate A 27 or Parking 12 you have to switch to FS and select the departure in Airport menu The related pulldown menu shows all available positions to select Make sure to take exact notice of your choice if the data entries in FOC are not compatible FS will put your aircraft on the active runway Switch back now to the FOC FS Simulation tool and execute your entries of all changes Click the button PROCEED GPS PLAN when ready A flightplan will be created in the related FS directory Switch again to FS and adjust details e g aircraft windows time and season and other Save the flight It is suff
30. DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center FLIGHT OPERATION CENTER Version 1 24 OPERATORS MANUAL By Urs Wildermuth Programming by Heinz Oetiker DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Flight Operation Center Virtual Pilot s Edition User s Manual Introduction Flight Operation Center is a new kind of flight planning software that combines accurate and realistic flight planning with a link to popular flight simulation programs such as Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and 2002 Amongst unique features of Flight Operation Center you will find a lot of what you have been asking for a long time but were never able to get from any of the existing products within your budget Other than most flight planning products in the entertainment sector Flight Operation Center is a scaled back version of a future professional system which at a higher cost is intended for airline operations or to be used by real world pilots The current Virtual Pilot s version offers almost all features of the Airline Pilot s version apart from the updateable database and some airline specific features such as ACARS link SITA message management and advanced scheduling options while it includes other features not included in the professional package such as the Simulator Support e Full Worldwide Navigation Database including world wide SID STAR routes Airways Waypoints Navigational Aids and many more features e Fli
31. E 001 0 261 044 027 036 PASSEIRY KARGO 45 57 2N 006 02 5E 000 7 265 046 042 002 BILSA 45 28 9N 006 08 1E 000 7 265 047 052 002 LARVI 45 02 9N 006 13 2E 000 7 265 047 052 002 NATEP 44 22 4N 005 45 0E 001 0 267 047 060 024 MTG 117 30 43 23 2N 005 05 2E 000 9 267 047 060 023 MARTIGUES KONDA 42 52 5N 004 46 7E 001 1 267 047 060 021 TANKO 42 43 3N 004 41 5E 001 1 267 047 060 021 PAPAS 42 06 0N 004 19 6E 001 1 290 024 059 002 ACCUA 41 38 2N 004 03 6E 001 0 290 024 059 001 VERSO 41 08 7N 003 47 0E 001 3 286 021 051 003 BLASO 40 41 9N 003 32 1E 001 3 284 019 042 003 LUNIK 40 25 9N 003 23 3E 001 3 283 016 026 003 D20 40 01 8N 003 25 1E 001 3 292 015 012 006 CDP 112 90 39 41 9N 003 26 1E 001 2 293 006 0004 003 CAPDEPERA CDP14 39 43 2N 003 08 0E 001 2 209 004 0013 002 MUROS 39 43 4N 003 04 6E 001 2 209 004 0013 002 IPA16 39 41 4N 003 03 6E 001 2 209 004 0013 004 IPAL9 39 38 0N 002 56 0E 001 5 209 004 0013 003 END OF COMPANY FLIGHTPLAN EDW4554 03 05 19 LSZHLEPA 001 SEQ001 RLSOOO KKEKKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK NOT FOR REAL FLIGHTS OR NAVIGATION INFORMATION ONLY KKKKK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK In the last section you receive some information about the waypoints and winds enroute First the airports are indicated with latitude and longitude as we
32. ETOPS into a destination is that the fuel on board for the last leg won t be sufficient In such a case FOC calculates additional ETOPS fuel which is shown on the fuel calculation and on the notes section of the flight plan Is your head turning As it happens I still meet lots of pilots They all know the theory of ETOPS but sometimes they come to me to discuss the specifics The figures are pretty hard to believe at times and some airlines do different things specifically at the STOPS basis However this is in your hands as future dispatchers you can explore the limits you have and adapt the planes and routes accordingly Also if you fly ETOPS legs have a look on how it works live You will see how the whole thing comes together Jie DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center This concludes the technical manual of Flight Operation Center We would like to leave you with a few thoughts on the future Flight Operation Center is a work in progress That does not mean that the current release is an unfinished product it is a valid release on today s status But it means that the future will hold improvements expansions and more What we did try to show you in this manual is the way the program works today You might find that there are hidden undocumented features yes they are there and we shall add them to this manual which will also grow as the product progresses You will see regular updates patche
33. ION ONLY TPP ee Pee eee Pee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee ee ee eee eee eee eee ee reer a This window appears after each calculation of a flight plan Its purpose is to show the various output formats select in between them and operates on the output files The output window contains the following elements The menu bar The button bar The display window The route window Operating buttons The Menu Bar The menu bar offers three options FILE Allows opening of segment and sequence files Preferences Menu Allows setting of printer and font preferences and input of default dispatcher and pilot names Output Allows saving and printing of all OFP lists at once MESSAGES Opens the Email Tool with actual List The Button Bar 25 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center The button bar allows direct accessing of the various functions in the output window QO 45 Map detail selection Switches on and off Airports VOR s NDB s Waypoints and the grid in the map display ae toggles between text and map display ocjel The buttons zoom the map in and out J show the various output forms The functions are from left to right Show short flight plan Shows an abbreviated flight plan form Operational Flight Plan Shows the full length OFP Stops Erops Shows the Stops Erops calculation ATC Flight Plan Shows the ATC flight plan Enroute Weather Allows access to the
34. K If no SID s or STAR s or ARRIVALS available search for waiponts to add in DIRECT Window see below Any SID needs to include an airport and a fix to work an arrival needs to include the last enroute waypoint the airport and a waypoint to indicate the start of the missed approach Using Inbound and Outbound Truncs If you have previously created inbound or outbound trunks see a later chapter you can select them instead of the SID and STAR s Instead of selecting a SID or STAR from the list simply click on the TRC Button All available outbound for SID and inbound for STAR trunks are shown You can now select the appropriate one THE ENROUTE PART In the enroute segment you will now route your flight along airways trunc routes or direct UG4 EUR DEVOL SNU 7 KPT32 KPT 109 60 M Selecting ENROUTE Option will bring up the lists of the available airways Available airways are those which contain the waypoint you are searching from Select the desired airway then open the second list below the airway to specify to which waypoint you want to follow that airway Select the desired waypoint by clicking on it Then click the ADD Button to copy the segment into your route A waypoint in the waypoint list will always scan for all corresponding airways for this waypoint It is up to you to scan for HIGH or LOW altitude airways or both Changing a route is easy too Select the waypoint you want to start your change from Again
35. L Select NCR FLS 000100 000220 000000 000024 000006 001720 NORMAL HOLDING NCR HLD 000100 000230 000000 000026 000007 001830 000150 000140 000000 000022 000005 001300 000150 000140 000010 000023 000004 001350 000150 000160 000000 000025 000006 001510 000150 000180 000000 000029 000007 001740 Remarks 000150 000190 000000 000032 000007 001870 000150 000200 000000 000034 00000S 002000 000150 000210 000000 000036 000008 002110 000150 000220 000000 000039 000009 002270 000150 000230 000000 000041 000009 002420 DEL LINE 000200 000140 000000 000033 000007 001630 ooo0200 000140 000010 000034 000007 001700 000200 000160 000000 000038 000008 001900 Engine Multiplier E 000200 000180 000000 000044 000009 002200 000200 000190 000000 000048 000010 002360 000200 000200 000000 000051 000010 002530 000200 000210 000000 000055 000011 002700 x c by Heinz Oetiker 1999 2002 DATA z S R T S T TOC FL TOU TO TMP C WM TME MIN FUEL KG Keep Data for next Record I The picture above shows the input mask for a time fuel and distance to climb table Enter the items line by line starting from the lowest level and weight TOC FL The flight level to climb to from Sea Level TOW TO The actual take off weight TMP C The ISA deviation in degrees C For ISA conditions enter 0 for temperatures above ISA enter the whole degrees in C NM The equivalent distance to climb in Nautical Miles TME MIN _ The time needed in Minutes FUEL
36. N LowRes PB Foc AIRCRAFT EDITOR FOC xxx Low Res Starts FOC in 800x600 mode FOC DATA INSTA LER FOC Aircraft Editor starts the aircraft editing tool Bop s FOC Data Installer starts the data update tool FR FOC to FS Utiity FOC Nav Data Editor starts a tool to edit navigation data E ete FOC Router starts the route editing tool Wy REQUEST GRUE DATA FOC to FS utility starts the conversion tool to FS adventures and flight plans NAT PLOT starts a freeware program by Bob Raemer that allows displaying and printing of FOC routes on a world map See the NATPLOT documentation at the end of this manual Request Weather Data will start the weather import tool which is also used for registration and updating FOC The xxx is replaced in your version by the actual license you have For most users xxx is replaced by the letters SIM DANUR COMPU Main Screen TERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center H FLIGHT OPERATION CENTER 2003 DEVELOPERS NAVDB Br 200410 A330 200 EDW HB IQZ LSZH MDPP F lol xj FLIGHT PREFERENCES GO COMMON DATA MESSAGES mme S Sle Oe ee 2 BIE B al System Time 2005 02 24 16 05 UTC GMT 2005 02 24 15 05 FL AND CRUISE SECTION __ p WEIGHT BALLANCE All weights in KG r ACTIVE FLIGHT Profile WPT FL feat Passengers Count EEn 165 Company DATE UTC yy mm dd Edelweiss 05 02 24 x KG P Tot Bagg 25 4125 ee Cargo fo Type Fleet A33
37. NATE ONLY UWX DATA FILES IN USE 20030519 06U STOPS EROPS NOT CALCULATED RTE VIA IL UG60 SPR UB16 PAS UB284 MTG UN852 VERSO UA6 BLASO LUNI1P CDP I24L MJV DIST 584 GCI 109 CP H013 ESAD 610 CRSM NCR FLIGHT PROFILE BILSA F350 LARVI F370 KKKKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKKK KK KK KKK NOT FOR REAL FLIGHTS OR NAVIGATION INFORMATION ONLY KKKKKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKKK The first line holds the vital information about flight number date yy mm dd aircraft type registration route used sequence number and release number Every time a flight plan gets calculated it receives a sequence number so you can track your work backwards When you are satisfied with the result you have to release the plan which will create a release number indicated on the top right Warnings Below this line a number of warnings can be displayed They are listed on page 24 and 25 of this manual 672 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center The Fuel Weight Calculation Group FUEL CALCULATION ALL IN KG WEIGHT FUEL BREAK DOWN ALL IN TO BIAS 1000 ZEW 54 0 61 0 TAXI 200 TOF Pie Lea 2 LEPA 5043 01 24 TOW 61 5 TEES RR20 252 00 20 TIF aU LEIB 1134 00 28 FLO80 LW 56 5 64 5 FR 1100 00 30 REM 2x9 CF 0 HF 0 AIRPORTS ALL IN KG MIN IZ 02 42 ADD 0 ACT 7729 This group now gives you all the information about fue
38. OPS calculation will also be shown with the relevant intermediate aerodromes and the relevant waypoints en route See chapter STOPS EROPS in manual for further information Calculation Warnings and Notes The route calculation may cause fuel or weight values out of the range of the selected aircraft Related warnings as well as flight related notes are shown in the flightplan The following Notes may appear in the Flightplan Fuel Bias rised to Displays the Fuel Bias Rise if such has been entered Plan Calculated using Fuel Density of Displays a non standard Fuel Density as specified in the main window Route exeeds 105 of GC Displayed if the route ground distance is greater than 105 of the great circle track between departure and destination FLIGHT PLANNED WITHOUT ALTERNATE Displayed if a flight is planned without an alternate airport Holding Fuel 15 Min added as Alternate Fuel Displayed if a flight is planned without an alternate airport CALCULATED IST ALTERNATE ONLY Displayed if the first alternate is calculated CALCULATED 2ND ALTERNATE ONLY Displayed if the second alternate is calculated CALCULATED 2ND ALTERNATE VIA IST Displayed if two alternates are calculated 27 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center while the second alternate is reached via the first alternate CALCULATED HIGHER OF 1ST AND 2ND ALTERNATE Displayed if two alternates are calculated and the higher of th
39. S SE S STOPS SE S S S STOPS S S SE SEQ004 RLS000 kkkkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxkxkkxkxkxkxkkxkkxkkkkkkkkkkxkkkkkkkkkkxkkkkkkkkxkxk NOT FOR REAL FLIGHTS OR NAVIGATION INFORMATION ONLY kkkkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkxk 75 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Before we even try to comprehend all this here s the corresponding graphic r x 7 7 7 ms i og AA o E E Rice A 7 y X Dessa ERG Dinni A j j j EVV m Boyko Ke aa f foe Dey py Again we can see the STOPS circles but now obviously our flight path leads beyond those As a compensation we can now see the EROPS circles the extended range operation up to 180 minutes As it would appear we have now a scenario with Zurich and Shannon as STOPS then Shannon and Goose Bay as ETOPS Goose and Halifax as STOPS and finally Halifax and New York Kennedy as STOPS Let s see if that is what we have in the calculation TYP WPID DIST EET TRIP FOB GWT LAT LON STATUS APT ICAO ESAD DVT TRIPDV MIN AGW CRS FL ICE IN OUT ETP STOAT 0004 01 08 7 3 43 5 196 5 52 00N 000 05E STOPS RET LSZH 0329 01 08 5 4 TL9 TILSI NCR 100 000 S FWD EINN 0329 01 08 5 4 11 9 191 41 NCR 100 000 S SE Fair enough we see the first calculation to be straight forward STOPS Zurich to Shannon with a return scenario The actual time
40. Select the FOX file to import This will install all NAV data files of the selected cycle Import of other data FOX files containing other data then NAV data are imported in the same manner explained above selct Import files option and click on Proceed No setup update to proceed in this case Export of data will open the EXPORT DATA section Click on NEW FILE button to generate a empty FOX file To add files click on ADD button and select the file in file selector The selected file will be appended to actual FOX file Feel free to Zip this file and and send it to your friends or upload it in the Internet 60 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center THE SCHEDULER What is a schedule Flights operate of a time table so people know when they can fly to their destinations Timetables however are usually held in local time settings However in aviation mostly UTC Universal Time Coordinated Formerly known as Greenwhich Mean Time GMT is used Airlines use schedules to keep some sense in their world wide flight operations A schedule means the time table of a flight using UTC times rather than local times How to set up a schedule From the File Menu press the GO SCHEDULER option or press Toolbar Button 1 of Launch Buttons A new window appears which is the main scheduler window FILE ACTUAL Schedule SMF SF0622 VHHH 08 40 LOWW 19 10 1234567 2000 03 26 2000 10 28 SIMFLIGHT B747
41. Set Editor option gives you the possibility to save lists of airports that are often used Enter the Set Editor add the airports you wish to enter in the list and save it It will appear in the set window to the right Clicking it will produce all the airports in question and display the selected messages in the display window DFCS Weatherstation This is a new product of Danur Computerflight Systems which allows more elaborate weather functions independent but also in cooperation with FOC Check www danur com 22 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center UPPER WINDS EDITOR Not available in current editions In the upper winds editor window you have the option to create open and save upper wind data files The file names ending U indicate downloded files For use in this editor copy them using Z at the end of the file name This utility gives you access to whole grib grid wind data in order to edit them manually This should be attempted only in emergencies or in the event of failure of the GRIB server 23 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center THE USER S WIND SET This Window can create open and save UWX and METAR sets for use asAlias If you keep wind data files on your harddisk you have the option to calculate with old wind data To create such a set select Item by clicking on the related option button and select the file connected in the list Move by clicking gt button
42. The Fuel needed in the unit you defined in the main record 55 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center The descent mask is almost identical to the above one but has some other parameters 000000 000076 000015 000505 TOD FL FL from which to 000000 000093 000020 000610 start the 000000 000111 000022 000655 000000 000125 000024 000690 descent 000000 000133 000025 000720 DCT FL FL at which to 000000 000140 000026 000740 000000 000148 000027 000760 stop descent Normally this is set to O for sea level but there are some tables around which have a different figure NM Distance needed for descent TME Min Time in Minutes needed for descent l Fuel Fuel needed for TOD FL DCT FL WM TME MIN FUEL KG KLUT descent in the defined unit KLWT The planned landing weight in the corresponding weight unit 56 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Cruise Tables Hyt FOC AIRCRAFT EDITITOR A330 233 SWR ENCODED a ioj xj FILE FLEET PERFORMANCE RECORDS EDIT SELECT Fleet Record Select z PERFORMANCE i AIRCRAFT MAIN RECORD HB STOPS EROPS RECORDS SAVE ACTUAL LIST p Edit Performance Records Available Performance Lists 000140 000045 000292 002355 000100 000150 000046 000297 002460 000 000 EROPS CRUISE ERO CRS 000100 000160 000047 000300 002555 000 000 M82 CRUISE M82 CRS 000100 000170 000048 000307
43. able SID s FO and transitions of the selected a Airport in the section below Select from list and click ADD LIMEL LIMAA button to add all waipoints to the waipoint list Standard Instrument Arrival Route STAR To specify a STAR click on the STAR window above From the appearing window select a STAR according to your expected approach click on the list window below Select a STAR as you require it and click on the ADD button to include it in the route Please note that several STAR s have more than one part that means select the first part click Add then select the next part click Add until you reach the point where the Approach begins Once you have reached the end of the STAR you have to define the approach to be used Open the list window labled ARR and select the appropriate approach If the STAR does not end at the first waypoint of your approach it will not be shown initially By pressing the ALL button all approaches appear and you can then select the appropriate one Using this method it might be necessary to delete some STAR points in order to get an arrival that makes sense ALL EPTS2 EFT SAFFA EE HAaFFAST1L4 S4AFFA IELG AF Selecting STAR Option will UG4 KPT 105 60 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center bring up the list of available STARS and ARRIVALS of the selected airport Select from both lists and click the ADD Button to add the waypoints to the waypoint list REMAR
44. ackup Delete Segment Files Creates a backup of segment files and optionally deletes Scheduled old files Compan ae Performs scheduled or company dayloads oar ai ied Loads the complete Schedule without criteria Go Scheduler Opens the Schedule Editor END Strg E Ends the program Preferences Menu Allows setting of printer and font preferences and input of default dispatcher and pilot names PREFERENCES GO COMM waa ce Allows setting of the printer preferences v Route Reserve RR20 enable Switches between JAR OPS RR20 or normal route reserve Default Pilots Name Default Dispatchers Name Defines default names for pilot and dispatcher Se ee Limits wind speed to 99 kt for users of Precision Simulator GO Menu GO COMMON DATA Wi GO Route Planner Calls up the FOC Router So Calls up the STOPS EROPS Scenario Editor Delete FS Natplot FLIGHTS Deletes NATPLOT flights and routes Delete FS Natplot ROUTES GO FS Support Tool Calls up the various simulator links See the relevant chapter in FOC Manual DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center COMMON DATA COMMON DATA WEATHER Calls up the various data tools such as Aircraft Editor Airline AIRCRAFT Editor 4 A AIRLINE Editor Editor and the navigation data import utility Remark After DATA IMP EX Tool changes in Aircraft or Airline data always reset FOC Lists in this menu Reset Aircraft Airline Lists Weather
45. ad me file and add it to this manual Failure to do so will almost certainly mean that you are missing on the latest updates which are included in the product but you missed out as they got introduced after this manual went to print During the first start up you might see a message concerning printer and fonts If you do please open the preferences menu and set your printer and font the font being COURIR This will fix this window appearing First steps After you have installed Flight Operation Center of course you will be eager to try it And so you shall The following steps will allow you to create a sample flight plan very quickly Start Flight Operation Center from the icon that you can find on your desktop After a start up screen you will be presented with the main screen On the top you will see a title Flight Operation Center 2003 TRIAL This indicates you have not yet synchronized with the server Synchronizing your edition Open the WEATHER Menu and select REQUEST Weather Data On the screen that appears enter your user name and password if you want to permanently safe your password check the corresponding checkbox You can save this data by selecting File and Save Configuration File Now click on the Connect icon the 2 PC s on the button make sure you have an open internet connection FOC now connects to the server and transmits your data It then downloads the user information data you ente
46. ally 1000 can be used to allow for differences in cruise consumption Descent Bias Normally 1000 can be used to allow for differences in descent consumption See FUEL BIAS in the Fleet record for an explanation of this item Dry Operating Weight Weight of the equipped plane incl Crew Catering and Equipment Zero Fuel Weight Max Maximum allowable Zero Fuel Weight Take Off Weight Max Maximum Allowable Take Off Weight Landing Weight Max Maximum Allowable Landing Weight Max Fuel Load The maximum Fuel Quantity in the above defined unit Weight and Balance Code Not used at present for future use IND indicates Index System ARM indicates Station System Climb Speed The climb IAS used in KTS and Mach Number 50 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Descent Speed The descent Speed used in KTS and Mach Number These speeds define the climb and descent regime Generally all climbs and descents below FL 100 are calculated with a maximum 250 kts above this the Speed in KT is used until it meets the Mach number from where on Mach is used For light planes and those that do not use MACH a Mach Number of 99 can be entered so the switch to MACH never occurs Taxi Fuel The standard fuel quantity for taxi out Taxi Time The standard time for taxi out Route Reserve Defines a number of the Trip Fuel to be used as Route Reserve Normal 5 Route Reserve Min Defines the minimum quantity of the Route Reserve If th
47. astest route option will allow you to create a plan for the fastest route at the same C Act UWX time you do the comparison Alias Uw Special Calculations FOC supports normal and planning PBR to Decision based on reclearance If you select z PBR __ planning enter the PBR alternate and the decision point in the PBR INFLIGHT respective fields and check the mark on STOPS ERGPS GUTPUT CALCULATION FOC 2003 supports INFLIGHT planning This option is activated by pressing the INFLIGHT button on the bottom left Enter the airport and actual waypoint flight level fuel on board and optionally actual GWT in the respective fields and check the mark on FOC 2003 also supports ETOPS and STOPS planning You activate that option by pressing the Stops Erops button on the bottom left A menu pops up where you have to declare the ETOPS scenario using the ETOPS menu option See also chapter ETOPS Wind data from the Internet can be used to generate accurate flight plans To activate a previously downloaded winds aloft file check the Active UWX option in this window To activate a previously defined User Set of winds aloft check the Alias UWX option If you 16 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center wish to use a fixed component check the Fix WC Option and manually enter an over all wind component for the flight To enter a head wind enter a negative number in the field right of the che
48. ation Center Open OUTPUT File for EMAIL 2 x Suchen in 5 Outfiles gt ae E FXP2001_244ATC PFXP 2001_2440FP fxp200 1RCnowind 7 fxp200 1RCwind Wswri24_2650FP P SWR 145_264ATC SWR 145_2640FP A SWR4360_2530FP FIUAL100_1030FP UAL 100_10305 F7 WIL1001_2370FP WIL 1001comp v r CC ee eee Dateityp Mail Files TXT 7 _Abbrechen r tees ain th Each released plan will be saved as a file in this directory The ending denotes what form is hidden behind the name ATC denotes an ATC flight plan OFP a full length operational flight plan OS means a short plan Other plans may be saved manually under other names as can be seen here In this case you have to remember under what names you have saved your plans on In the preferences menu on top you have to set up your mail account EMAIL OUTPUT PREFERENCES x ADDRESS dspach odszcomn 7 In the ADDRESS Field enter your e mail address you wish to use for Username Jakikiksidflakidl In the OUT SMTP field enter the Password meen sender part of your e mail provider You will find this data either in o E Peca your e mail providers documentation or check your CANCEL ak account options you have already set up within your e mail program Username and password are given to you by your Internet Service Provider or by the mail service provider The remaining two fields are usually unchanged If you are operating FOC from behind a firewall you might
49. bits are AWY The Airway you use POS Position FREQ Navaid Frequency where applicable FL Altitude in Flight Levels MT Magnetic Track DIST Distance in NM TME Time from waypoint to waypoint ATO Actual Time Over the selected Navaid ETO Estimated Time Over the next Navaid ETA Estimated Time Of Arrival EET Accumulated Flight Time from take off to landing FUEL Fuel Used from take off to landing FOB Fuel on Board at the waypoint RFU Remaining Fuel according to the calculation This indicates the minimum fuel you still need over a waypoint to stay within the calculated fuel schedule FLIGHTPLAN AWY POS FREQ FL MT DIST TME ATO ETO ETA EET FUEL FOB RFU LSZH O00 ie fae fsa O00 0 Piakin 7529 WIL6W WIL 116 90 FO85 234 029 3 0 05 00 05 375 TETE 7154 UG60 FRI 110 85 F183 229 036 9 0 06 00 11 793 Fags 6736 UG60 SPR 113 90 F268 240 037 0 0 06 00 16 1173 6356 UB16 PAS 11660 F316 225 0261 004 oana rana 4040 0020 2404 fen ian 6125 UB284 KARGO PSSS LTL 01268 0 02 aan aaa aaan A OOA LAIT Saaai 6032 TOC BILSA D 021 UB284 BILSA PS5O 17T 02g OGA inia A vient ara OO 2O LEGT VAa aniraa 5862 UB284 LARVI IS A O R T A E OAE 05003 E A O EAT E OAA 1824 E E 5705 UB284 NATEP F370 2016 045 23 O50 Te oii enan ci fOOCSEn200T faia 5452 UB284 MTG 117 30 8370 205 065 90 10 vtie Siw 0084S 2444 fn bias 5085 UN852 KONDA FESTO 203 0335 6 0005 aana aeaea eaaa 00550 2637 f
50. but we would like to remind you every time you make a plan that it is for FLIGHT SIMULATION PURPOSES ONLY The extended Flightplan The extended flight plan is what you print out to go flying with It consists of 3 sections The first section is basically identical with the short plan above but leaves room for notes and for logging the actual departure and arrival times The second section is the routing part which you will follow during the flight The third section is some additional information such as winds enroute names of navaids and the like Let s examine one of these in detail START OF COMPANY FLIGHTPLAN EDW4554 03 05 19 LSZHLEPA 001 SEQ001 RLSOOO WARNINGS THIS ROUTE IS BASED ON CYCLE DATE 199811 ACTUALLY 200201 IN USE AIRCRAFT A320 214 EDW STD 04 307 ATD Gaia ABN aiaia TYPE HB IHX STA 06 10Z T D ATAN abaia ROUTE INFORMATION CREW INFORMATION DIST 584 TRACK INDEX 109 DISPs Urs Wildermuth Jise iaa a aA A ESAD 610 COMPONENT H013 PICS Urs WiLGSrmueh Z beccisntssteictoaseoecdasecacene CRSM NCR CLIMB NCL FUEL CALCULATION ALL IN KG WEIGHT FUEL BREAK DOWN ALL IN TO BIAS 1000 ZEW 54 0 61 0 TAXI 200 TOF wma LBY LEPA 5043 01 24 TOW 61 5 4345 RR20 252 00 20 TIF 50 LEIB 1134 00 28 FLO80 LW 365 9 64 5 ER 1100 00 30 REM 249 CE 0 HF 0 AIRPORTS ALL IN KG MIN 7729 02 42 ADD 0 ACT 7729 NOTES Route exeeds 105 of GC CALCULATED 1ST ALTERNATE ONLY UWX DATA FILES IN USE 2003051
51. ckbox To enter a tailwind enter a positive number Wind speeds are expressed in knots For details on how to connect to the Internet and download our weather data and how to generate User Set of winds please refer to the appropriate chapter in manual Start a planning calculation with the Calculation button The empty Output Window will appear and after a short time the results of the calculation See chapter Output Window in manual The calculation of minimal requested fuel use to cause a multi pass calculation process According to calculated GWT cruise level and upper wind values the number of passes may rise up to max 30 If so the calculation entered in a never ending loop because no fuelage ending with AD fuel value lt 1 could be found In those cases you are told to try manually setting Actual Fuel value and recalculate in this mode THE INFLIGHT CALCULATION FOC offers you the possibility to recalculate a flight plan in flight at any position To do so you need your actual position effective zero fuel weight at departure fuel on board over that position and your altitude If you wish to do a INFLIGHT planning Clicking INFLIGHT Button will open the INFLIGHT planning Window INFLIGHT PLANNING zH i GET AIRPORT oo wa O 280 a uUG4 MANAL 265 044 4 EEN EPT32 EFT 109 60 262 059 2 EPTS32 SLP22 260 O17 3 EPT32 BODSE 269 016 0 EPTS2 SAFFA 266 029 6 0E Il4 SAFFA 3 Enter the INFLIGHT
52. d Route hew inbound Bauke The segments of a trunk route are SID or From ENROUTE STAR Open and Edit Trunc Route Make sure to enter all date for the Save lune Route required segments Delete Files There are 3 different types of trunk routes Search Trune Files Strg F Outbound trunk routes start from an airport to an enroute waypoint Inbound trunk routes start from an enroute waypoint and end at an airport Enroute trunk routes start from a waypoint and end at a waypoint All OUTBOUND TRUNCROUTES have a SID section a ENROUTE section and end with a DIRECT to in TO section All INBOUND TRUNCROUTES have a DIRECT to in FROM section a ENROUTE section and end with a STAR section All normal TRUNC ROUTES have a DIRECT to in FROM section a ENROUTE section and end with a DIRECT to in TO section 41 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center In case you are not sure For Details see Build Route BUILD ALTERNATE ROUTES To build routes from Destination to Alternate Airport follow the pattern of building routes Notice the difference Departure is replaced by Destination Destination is replaced by Alternate SID is replaced by GA For Details see Build Route 42 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center OTS ROUTES NAT TRACKS The OTS route system was introduced in the 50 ies over the North Atlantic to create some sort of order for flights that wished to cr
53. d pass creates the minimal time track MTT Depending on the upper wind conditions and the available airways along the route it may occasionally result that the ESAD of the found MTT is longer then the ESAD of the found GDT Why The assistant has a recursive algorhithm to find the waypoints which is simple and pretty fast hence the results can not be perfect After the tracing process is done you get back to the assistant window where the results are shown From now on the results can be edited 39 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center THE MTT OPTIONS Let us begin with the upper part of the MTT Options Window IMPUT Departure time Select Aircraft Type Select UWX data file for unique option Select tracking mode by checking Zero Wind Actual UWX Data and MTT options Unchecked UWX option to select highlighted UWX file Check MTT option to proceed MTT track if enabled ALTITUDE PROFILE The altidude profile preset is done by selecting the aircraft type Here you can specify on which altitude range you want to search for a route Additional to that you may specify 2 fixed distances after which one can change that altitude range such as to allow for step climbs At the beginning you can see Great Circle distance All other values will be available at the end of calculation SELECTING OK will proceed the route Follow the actions in map and waypoint list After calculation you get back to the MTT Options wi
54. dow with OK The last of all generated routes is actually displayed in router window Navigational Database The Database of Navdata in FOC has changed since Version 1 2 0 of FOC Software Data are delivered in 5 encoded Cycle Files Waypoint data in nav dat FIR UIR data in fir dat Airports in apt dat Airport terminal procedures in def dat and Airways in awy dat During setup the FOC DATA TOOL runs the NAV INDEX Tool This tool creates all index files for a fast access to the database Each time you update the base with a new Cycle this tool has to be called in order to re index the database This will also avoid crashes of the programs Create your own Navdata Remark User data follow the pattern of navdatabase See also ARINC specifications To create your User NAVDATABASE select Create NAVDATA in TOOLS Menu This will open the following Window 45 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center CREATE USER INTERSECTIONS and DIRECTS CREATE WAYPOINT AIRPORT _ CREATE DIRECT User Waypoint List User Segments LS W PINIE JIK DCT EUR SRN PINIEK wt Create Waypont DELETE WPT DELETE SEG User Airports Waypoints found to select C Create Airport DELETE APT Search forID CRT Eow T Backw ID IATA a ze PINIK oOo aa z Name PINIK RWY ADD te Segment LAT DEG 45 MIN 5250 sa Actual Segment 5 LON DEG oog MIN 5100 es wW
55. e percentage figure calculated is below this value the minimum value is used Route Reserve Max Defines the maximum quantity of the Route Reserve If the percentage figure calculated is above this value the maximum is used Final Reserve Fuel Quantity for a go around one further approach and landing The idea is that this is the absolute minimum that should always be on board the plane Final Reserve Time The corresponding flight time Max Altitude Feet The maximum operating altitude of the plane Max Passenger Count The maximum number of passengers for this plane FLEET RECORDS While the Main Record defines the general properties of an aircraft type the fleet records allow you to create individual aircraft and adjust the properties to their individual equipment and layout Each Aircraft has to be identified and so it has the Fleet ID e g it s registration HB XYZ To create a new Fleet record MENU FLEET NEW Fleet Record you are asked for the ID of Aircraft A new Fleet record will be generated and added to the Fleet record select list Pull down the list to select item Similar to the Main Record you get the two lists to edit Some items are related to items in Main Record The values expected here are units difference The data needed here are FBIAS Fuel Bias in per mille Adjusts the fuel consumption of this particular plane to the figure entered The bias is expressed in per mille meaning a bias of 1000 equals
56. e that require adjustment Minimum Fuel Bias is always 1000 there is no way of reducing bias Note Fuel Bias is a very useful tool to deal with flight simulator airplanes The performance of these planes is hardly ever accurate enough to match book values After a few flights which should be of different duration you can note an average deviation in to the values your flight plan indicates versus the flown ones Now you can simply adjust the Bias to reflect those deviations Fuel Density is used to limit the weight carrying tank capacity Fuel expands with temperature so in hotter areas the density can deviate from the standard of 0 78 kg Itr of fuel ROUTE AND COMPARISON CALCULATIONS ROUTE AND COMPARISON CALCULATIONS Via DKI1D DKI CKG1G DKI 7 W18 BPN W15 MWB DCT DULON DCT SADAN DCT SHREE DCT ROR 7 DCT This section is used to specify the calculation parameters In the center EFUYE 7 DCT USODY DCT YP 7 DCT NIVZY 7 DCT IDAAS 7 A450 UNZ 7 DCT IKOVY 7 IO6L IKOVY hha WIIIPGUM 001 WIIIPGUM 002 Actual Route Create Flightplan for fastest Route UPPER WIND OPTIONS Fig WC e C Manual Winds J Force EDIT right all applicable routes are displayed Marking one of them will produce a flightplan on that route Marking more than one will produce a comparison for all the routes so you can determine the fastest route and the difference between routes The Create flightplan for f
57. e two is used UWX DATA FILES IN USE YYYYMMDD ZZ U Specifies which Upper Wind File is used for calculation BASED ON ZERO WIND CALCULATION Specifies that the flight plan is calculated without wind BASED ON FIX WIND CALCULATION Specifies that the flight plan is calculated with a fixed wind component BASED ON MANUAL WIND CALCULATION Specifies that the flight plan is calculated using a manual wind file The following Warnings may appear in the Flightplan Aircraft Capacity Calculated reduced ZFW below DOW Flight exeeds Aircraft Capacity Displayed if a flight can not reach it s destination with the available fuel quantity that can be carried Zero fuel weight ZFW reduced Limited Zero Fuel Weight Displayed if the ZFW has been reduced as a result of exceeding the Maximum or Reduced Zero Fuel Weight ZFW reduced Limited Take Off Weight Displayed if the ZFW has been reduced as a result of the amount of fuel needed would be greater than the difference between the planned ZFW and the Maximum or Reduced Take Off Weight ZFW reduced Limited Landing Weihgt Displayed if the ZFW has been reduced as a result of the Zero Fuel Weight plus the remaining fuel exceeding the Maximum or Reduced Landing Weight Fuel Fuel Load reduced Limited Fuel Tank Capacity Displayed if the fuel load entered in a fuel option is greater than the actual tank capacity Actual Trip Fuel quantity increased to XXX as insufficie
58. ed in a Ailine List file called AIRLN dat To make changes lt American e eee USE Peer in this file run Airline Editor program AEA UX Air Europa lt Europa JAFL 5U Aeroflot lt deroflot AFR AF Air France lt ir France AIC AI Air India lt Air India faov ODETTE AIRWAYS lt Arabella AUA OS austrian lt Austrian AZA AZ Alitalia lt Alitalia The program window of the Airline berete Editor shows the currently available airline names codes and radio callsigns BAU BA British Airways lt Speedbird ADD What you need to put in a new airline is BHP BB BELAIR lt Balair iz ic CCA CA Air China lt Air China it s ICAO 3 letter code the IATA 2 letter I1CDN CP C di lt C di are Masc sni A OK code if applicable the name of the airline COA CO CONTINENTAL lt Continental i CPA cx Cathay Pacific lt Cathay CRW CW CROSSWIND lt CROSSWIND i CRX LX Swiss lt Swiss CSA OK CSA lt C SA DLA DL DELTA lt Delta DLH LH Lufthansa lt Lufthansa DONE had mk ae coma m i To enter a new airline enter the details ae ae into the fields on the bottom of the window Once you have them complete click on the ADD button The new airline is now entered in the list you may view it by scrolling down the window until you find it and it s radio callsign If the radio callsign is equal to the airline name still both fields need to be filled To save the new airline click
59. fined using the airline editor Default airline is a fictional company called Simline Displayed are the ICAO 3 letter code in this case SML the 2 letter IATA code in this case S9 and the name of the company in this case Simline Date of flight This window uses the US system of date year first followed by month and day The aircraft type used for the flight Changing the aircraft type will initially change the operating carrier as each plane is matched to a company You may overwrite the carrier afterwards if the plane is operating a sector from another airline Every aircraft may have several different registrations to cover fleets of the same type Choose the appropriate registration from the list The flight number of the flight you wish to operate Only the numbers are required the three letter code is added automatically via the company code The departure airport is displayed by it s ICAO code The destination airport is displayed by it s ICAO code Approximate flight time This time is calculated from the following two fields Scheduled Time of Departure This is the time the aircraft leaves the gate Scheduled Time of Arrival This is the time the aircraft is expected at the gate Displays all available flights in a schedule 12 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Time OFF Taxi Time on departure Time In Taxi Time on arrival Scheduled Type of flight for use in the ICAO Flight Plan Default type
60. fuelling mode is Minimum Required Fuel This mode will give you the minimum required for the flight Economic fuelling will add as much fuel as possible taking into account maximum structural weights of the airplane and an allowance for weight deviations This is useful if e g the fuel price in one destination is significantly higher than on the departure station so that fuel for the subsequent legs should be carried Remaining fuel will allow you to specify the amount of fuel you still wish to have on Economic Fueling Remaining Fuel Actual Fuel D Company Fuel q Company Time T Holding Fuel TELL Holding Time 30 M Tasi Fuel 200 board on landing at the destination Again this i aoe mode is intended to cater for subsequent legs and is BIBS PISS f oad particularly helpful if throughtankage is to be planned Remaining fuel will be reduced when payload problems are experienced In this case a warning is displayed Actual fuel allows entry of a given quantity of fuel used often after aircraft changes when the fuel on board is higher than the actually needed fuel If the fuel entered here is lower than the required fuel required fuel will be displayed along with a warning If the fuel quantity is too large to allow transport of all load the ZFW will be lowered and a warning displayed Fuel Density HLE The following options allow for additional fuel to be carried for various reasons such as weather or traffic si
61. ghies if carried Al INSERT color of aircraft and significant markings AIRCRAFT COLOR AND MARKINGS N N if no remarks or INDICATE any other survival equipment carried and any REMARKS other remarks regarding survival equipment STOPS EROPS RECORD optional This section allows the definition of STOPS EROPS rules as per JAR OPS STOPS EROPS selectable Y N STOPS Time Min STOPS Dist NM STOPS Cruise Mode STOPS FL STOPS ICING Speed STOPS ICING Fuel EROPS Time Min EROPS Dist NM EROPS Cruise Mode EROPS FL EROPS ICING Speed EROPS ICING Fuel Y will enable STOPS EROPS features N disable them STOPS rule flight time generally 60 minutes for twin engined jets 120 min for 3 or more engined jets STOPS rule distance equivalent to the above flight time Select one of the entered cruise modes to be used for calculation of diversion times Enter the Flight Level to be used for diversion Enter the Speed correction for Icing conditions with as applicable Enter the Fuel correction for Icing conditions EROPS rule flight time EROPS rule distance equivalent to above flight time Select one predefined cruise mode for EROPS diversion Enter the Flight Level to be used for diversion Enter the Speed correction for Icing conditions with as applicable Enter the Fuel correction for Icing conditions PERFORMANCE RECORDS Clicking on PERFORMANCE RECORDS button offers a different design of
62. ght Operation Center will accommodate any type of aircraft from small propeller airplanes to the largest ultra long range jet transport aircraft with full accuracy several different cruising modes abnormal configurations and many other possibilities e The aircraft database included with Flight Operation Center contains some of the more popular aircraft around covering a wide spectrum from Boeing 747 400 MD11 A320 A330 MD83 to smaller airplanes like the Socata Trinidad The comprehensive flight model editor allows you to enter any type of own airplane to the degree of accuracy you require e Flight Operation Center will let you handle your personal schedules or load predefined schedule files of different airlines This feature is extremely useful for virtual airline operations who wish to keep all of their flights up to date and generate flight plans quickly and easily e As another first in the entertainment field Flight Operation Center offers full support for airline specific features like ETOPS EROPS STOPS operations special cruise modes and many more you haven t even heard of before reading this manual e Amongst the entertainment features of the Virtual Pilot edition are direct creatable ATC adventures for MS Flight Simulator Flight Plans for EFIS 98 FS2000 ACSGPS and many other FS featured addons Via the Microsoft GPS Format our plans can easily be read into most FMC s like the ones found in Dreamfleet s 737 Pilot in Co
63. h number in 100s Mach 0 62 00062 TAS KTS The True Air Speed in Knots FUEL The Fuel Flow in Kilos per engine and hour This assumes that the fuel flow is given per engine and hour and is multiplied with the number of engines you have entered in the Engine Multiplier field If the fuel flow is intended for all engines set the multiplier to 1 KAS Correction of TAS per degree above ISA If not applicable set to 0 KFU Correction of Fuel per degree above ISA If not applicable set to 0 It is highly recommended to save the actual list with the corresponding button at regular intervals Entering a heavy aircraft is very time consuming Have a look at the data of the already provided ones to get an idea Some of these however are encoded as this was requested by the data source and can not be viewed 57 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Editing Performance Tables Editing tables works exactly the same as entering them Select the table to edit This will bring up the input fields and the display of related items and units Input the values and add record with OK button To delete a line select the line to be deleted from list to highlight it and click on DEL LINE button to remove it from list Check Keep Data for next Record in order to make your entries faster 58 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center The Airline Editor Fox The list of Airlines in FOC is stor
64. he departure airport There are several different calculation modes available for alternate airports The default method is to use one alternate that is alternate 1 If Ist only is selected that is what happens You may choose to use the 2nd alternate instead in which case the 2nd only checkmark should be checked You may further specify to use the higher of 1 and 2 by checking the Higher checkmark And you may choose to go via alternate 1 to alternate 2 using the 2nd via lst checkmark Finally you may choose to not have an alternate airport at all as it is possible e g within JAR operations you can specify that by checking the No Alt Fuel checkmark There are several different ways that alternate fuel and time are calculated Flight Operation Center 2000 supports alternate routes see router part If you select an alternate for which alternate routes from the destination exist they will be used If no alternate route exists a great circle distance will be calculated and augmented by minimum 20 NM or otherwise 10 of the distance whichever is higher In this case a warning message will be displayed on the flight plan How to set up and deal with alternate routes is described in the chapter about the Route Generator FLIGHT PROFILE FL AND CRUISE SECTION FL AND CRUISE SECTION Profile WPT FL Fa This section is used to modify the calculated flight level and to allow selection of user defined altitude profiles If the Profile chec
65. heduled Download on the main requester window While this option is active DO NOT CLOSE the Request Utility but you can minimize it if you want If you close the utility the reception will stop aD DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Please keep in mind that the scheduler needs an open internet connection all the time The Weather Window This window allows you to easily retrieve your flight weather and to manage lists of stations you need often aio x a Flight related Airport Sets IV METAR CH_RANGE MST 7 SHORT TAF TAMSI 01 MST I LONG TaF TAMSI 02 MST TAMSI 03 MST TAMSI 10 MST TAMSI 11 MST TAMSI12 MST xi AIRPORTS CLEAR SET EDITOR PRINT f a SHOW SET LAST METAR DOWNLOAD 10 01 2005 11 Zulu REQUEST DONE WEATHER Retrieving Messages To retrieve messages type the 4 letter indicator of the airport you are looking for into the input line Check the type of messages you want to check and press Enter The messages will appear in the display window to the left To retrieve several airports first check the marks and then type each indicator followed by Enter Retrieving Messages relevant to the active flight To retrieve the messages for all you destinations alternates and departure aerodrome press the Airport button A valid calculation must be present for this option to work Print Messages To print out messages click the Print button Airport Sets The
66. her Request Utility the Upper winds Data Editor the User Wind Dataset Editor These buttons define the different planning methods that can be used for calculating flight plans They are from left to right EROPS Stops Scenario Editor Calls up the EROPS STOPS scenario editor PBR Planning Activates the Planning Based on Reclearance option Inflight Replanning Activates the Inflight Replanning option Normal Planning Cancels PBR and Inflight Planning options Show Output Window Calls the Output Window eS Calls up the Email Tool M EXIT FOC The Checkmark Button closes FOC 11 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center ACTIVE FLIGHT SECTION sur sr smor eea ionas Jp 1o Lows bszH SMF SFOOOL aFOOO2 aFO621 aFO622 sFO OO SFOTOL The Active Flight section is the place you select the flight you wish to work with from a list If the flight you are looking for is displayed on the list select it by clicking on the flight If it is not you need to create it first using the schedule tool or you can do a once only flight by altering the details in the various lists LOWY 07 15 LSZH O7 LIMC 10 LSZH 12 LSZH O7 LFPG 09 The data in this section are Company Date Type Fleet Flight Nr Departure Destination EET STD STA Flight List The operating carrier of the active flight To appear in this window the airline company must first be de
67. icient to enter any title because the details are actually available in the the FOC FS simulation tool Back there click the button PROCEED FLIGHT The window FS200x Interactive appears Select the previously generated flight file in the directory Upper winds are automatically included Optionally select a briefing file we suggest to file 63 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center after release of a flight in FOC either the Shortplan or the Flightplan to have direct access in FS200x This tool allows to proceed and copy the complete dataset of a flight to a customized subfolder you generated before Select this path before proceeding Such a directory is very helpful to have groups of flights to find them faster Remark No Flightplan can be opened or saved in FS 200x from in another path then My Flights Therefore decide as well whether to keep the files in this folder or not The formats supported for export are FS200x GPS Exports the route to the Flights Myflights folder as a GPS route This route can be opened with MS FS Flightplanner but also read by most FMS systems such as Dreamfleet Phoenix and Pilot in Command ACSGPS Exports the route to Alain Capt s ACSGPS Please check option only If you have this addon installed EFIS Exports the route to EFIS Please check this option only if this addon is installed Squawkbox Exports the route to Squawkbox Please check this option only if Squawkbox is
68. installed The Proceed button will export the selected items Once the tasks are completed All Flightplans Done will appear in the Status Window PREFERENCES During the startup process of the simulation tool the program executes scans for all the supported flight simulation programs and addons using the default installation path of the particular item In Path Preferences v USER PATH FS2004 v FS 2004 Path FS 2002 Path case of success the corresponding PREFERENCE menu item is FS 2000 Path disabled else it is enabled in order to allow you to browse manually FS 98 Path for the application path All these results are stored in the file APLC 32 Path FOC_FS ini EFIS Path PS13 Path Due to the particularities of FS2004 which has moved the flight plan files to the My Documents section of Windows it may become necessary to declare these paths yourself Normally Fstool will try to find the location within the registry if this is not successful please enter the correct path names for FS2004 and the user path where your flight plans are stored using this menu Creating Adventures FS2002 and before only You can create your own ATC Adventure using this tool The corresponding WAV Audio Files are provided in an archive file called ADVWAV EXE in the main FOC2003 folder This program is a self extracting archive so once you launch it it will prompt you for the installation path of FS2000 2 Please make sure the
69. is S for Scheduled Service Other valid types include N for Non Scheduled Service G for General Aviation Once you have clicked on the flight it s details appear in the windows above You see the airline aircraft type and registration flight number approximate flight time EET Scheduled Time of Departure STD Scheduled Time of Arrival STA Some of these parameters may be modified which is useful if you have a change in flight number or a schedule change that is only used once for this specific flight As a rule however the aircraft type and registration which is not normally going to be the same in two consecutive days has to be modified in order to reflect today s flight If you wish to calculate a flight without keeping it s details you can create it by inserting all the necessary information into the respective windows First choose an airline then the date of flight Select the aircraft type from the list window and choose the actual aircraft from the fleet list Now enter details for departure arrival and schedule of your flight Once you have all data press Flight Select This flight is now active until another flight is chosen Caution Once you choose another flight you can not bring back your flight unless you have already calculated a flight plan How to change aircraft and registration If you need to change the aircraft type click on the type list window The airplanes available will be displayed
70. kbox is blank the program will itself determine the optimum flight profile along the flight using the aircraft performance data If for whatever reason you wish to modify those choices you may do so by entering your own profile in the profile window or by entering a cruising level for the whole flight in the FL selection window above The maximum I14 IEL6 zi A E I Profile 310 ENTER Cruise Mode attainable level is indicated in blue in the grey NORMAL CRUISE NCA window next to the altitude window No Remarks Below the FL Selection section you may choose the desired cruise mode for your flight Many airplanes have different power regimes for the flight some of them high speed long range or normal cruise The default mode is displayed in the list window upon loading of the flight You can change it by opening the list next to the displayed mode and selecting another mode if it exists 14 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center FUEL CALCULATION SECTION FUEL CALCULATION all in KG Fuel Load 15728 7221 Minimum Required Fuel Fuel calculation can be modified extensively using the section to the left Using the different modes of fuelling and adding fuel reserves allows to cater for almost all fuelling needs and conditions On the top the maximum load the plane can carry is indicated in blue Next to it the actual calculated fuel appears after flight plan calculation Default
71. keDff Weight max fisooo Max Passengers Count s Landing Weight max fizz00C t CO CO Max Fuel Load os Weight and Ballance CODE jND ti i is S opcre ta kiate ceter A fAS10 322 lt lt C STHOR CS CETEILE EXIT THE FILE MENU NEW Aircraft will open the NEW AIRCRAFT window Enter Aircraft Type max 20 letters e g My Aircraft and CODE where ICAO code descriptor and operator code are separated by and max 12 letters long e g MYAA 999 SMEF This will generate the air file and the performance folder of the new aircraft OPEN Aircraft offers a file select list to open available aircraft Some of them might be encoded by FOC Administration in order to keep them unchanged by users and therefore they are additionally protected with a password SAVE Aircraft as will open a window similar to the NEW AIRCRAFT window Edit Aircraft Type and CODE Option Copy Fleet records or delete Fleet list air file and the performance folder of the aircraft will be generated and all available selected data will be copied DELETE Aircraft offers a file select list to select aircraft to delete 49 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Aircraft Record Types The aircraft performance data are stored in several different records This allows you to create a wide variety of aircraft data and also to define specifics for a fleet of planes Aircraft Main Record General data such as type
72. l and weight Let s start with the fuel The first line indicates the weight unit used in the fuel calculation In the case above kilograms were used Below it the Fuel Bias used for the calculation is used in this case 1000 Below the addition of fuel figures starts with the Taxi Fuel followed by the trip fuel to the destination LEPA and the flight time In this case 5043 kgs are needed to fly to Palma de Mallorca in 1 hour and 24 minutes The Route Reserve is indicated below that RR20 indicating that the route reserve is planned for 20 minutes flight time The fuel needed for this is 252 kg at holding regime The alternate airport for this flight is LEIB Ibiza we need 1134 kgs to get there and 28 minutes on FL80 Final Reserve is 1100 kg enough for one go around and approach with landing No company or extra holding fuel is planned The Minimum for the flight therefore is 7729 kg with an endurance of 2 hours 42 minutes The weight calculation on the right shows the break down of weights during the flight We start out with 54 tons of ZFW add 7 5 tons of Take Off Fuel to reach a Take Off Weight of 61 5 tons we will burn 5 0 tons on the way which results in a landing weight of 56 6 tons When we get there we should still have 2 5 tons in tanks To the right of the actual figures the corresponding maximums are indicated Notes and Route Information NOTES Route exeeds 105 of GC CALCULATED 1ST ALTERNATE ONLY
73. lements of the route maintenance tool THE BUTTONBAR The button bar allows direct accessing of the various functions in the router window Olea S These 4 buttons are used for file management They are from left to right New Flightplan Opens Flightplan to edit Files the plan that is shown in the display window Prints what is shown in the display window lalol mE S Switches on and off in the map display from left to right Airports VOR NDB Waypoints Westbound NAT Tracks entry and exit points Eastbound NAT Tracks entry and exit points the grid the Great Circle the FIR UIR along the route the Cities Overview of all 3 sections The buttons zoom the map in and out 34 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center H o Generates route using waypoints near to the Great Circle generates Minimal Time Track ial Bl Select Area and load NAV data ADD to route DELETE waypoint in list These buttons are available also as command buttons right to the route list Building a Route To build a route follow the steps below Menu Bar Options ROUTE ALTERNATE OPEN ROUTE will open the file selector The selected file New Route Strg N will be loaded replacing all actual data in router SAVE Open Route Strg 0 ROUTE opens the save as window to allow you to save Save Route Strg 5 t your route to disk see below DELETE FILES opens the file selector to give
74. ll as magnetic variation Below that each waypoint is listed with it s frequency where applicable coordinates the variation the wind at the calculated level the temperature at the calculated level in degrees C the wind component a sign indicating headwind a sign indicating tailwind At last the name of those waypoints that do have one such as VOR s NDB s and Airports Fi DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center ATC Flight Plan For each flightplan the corresponding ATC flight plan is calculated and indicated They look like this FPL EDW4554 IN A320 M SRWY C LSZH0430 N0454F350 WIL6W WIL UG60 SPR UB16 PAS UB284 MTG UN852 ACCUA N0300F110 UN852 VERSO UA6 BLASO LUNI1P CDP LEPA0124 LEIBO028 EET LFMM0026 LECB0119 REG HB IHX SEL FRHP E 0242 P TBN R V S N J L D O A WHITE RED C Urs Wildermuth KKEKKKKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKKKKK NOT FOR REAL FLIGHTS OR NAVIGATION INFORMATION ONLY DME DA EM SEAT A LM IER LE LEM LE LEM LER EM GENE LEE LEME LE RE LENE NET RE TEM MERE LE RE GE NE GEN GENE GEM GEN GENE TE MEME For a full decoding of this flight plan you may refer to the documentation available on the Internet and in every AIP or airway manual One address for a full decoding is http www faa gov atpubs FSS Appendix 20B htm ray ee DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center STOPS EROPS Calculation The STOPS EROPS
75. mance data so that people know if they are from real sources or the result of test flying as are our data for the MS planes 1 THE AIRCRAFT FOLDER FOC 2002 Aircraft Data are stored in the folder Aircraft of your FOC path air files containing the main data records such as MAIN record FLEET records and STOPS EROPS records Each aircraft needs a folder with a identical title where you find all performance data files The Aircraft Editor program needs the configuration file ACFTED CFG Important never make changes in this file 48 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center 2 THE PROGRAM WINDOW yt FOC AIRCRAFT EDITOR A310 322 eee 15 x FILE FLEET PERFORMANCE m RECORDS EDIT SELECT Fleet Record Select PERFORM ANCE AIRCRAFT MAIN RECORD fasz 32 H 32 STOPS EROPS RECORDS SAVE ACTUAL LIST m MAIN RECORD Fuel Units KG TO G4 LT LB kc Cimb Speed KTS Mach SSSMM fore ooo Weight Units KG LB fo Decent Speed KTS Mach SSSMM Bor GW Units KG TO LB fo Taxi Fuel joo t CS Engines Count 2 Taxi Time rm oo Weight Type L 5 M H Eoo Route Reserve o Climb BIAS adjust 0 00 hoo ooo Route Reserve min haoo Cruise BIAS adjust 0 00 hoo o ooo Route Reserve max on Decent BIAS adjust 0 00 1000 Final Reserve Fuel 1600 Dry Operating Weight fosui9 i tt Final Reserve Time fo 8 Sti lt i S Zero Fuel Weight max fii3z00 Max tte Feet nooo Ta
76. mmand and the Phoenix Series DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center In short Flight Operation Center Virtual Pilot s Edition will offer you features and possibilities never seen before in this market segment for a competitive price So enjoy your new found freedoms and get to work A word of caution Due to the exactness and elaborate flight planning possible with Flight Operation Center a in depth study of this manual is absolutely essential for success PLEASE take time to read though this manual to do the examples written in here and to get familiar with the product It is your money spent WARNING Flight Operation Center Virtual Pilot s Edition is NOT intended for real aircraft operation No flight plan created with Flight Operation Center shall ever be used in any context for real world navigation or for any other purpose than private entertainment using Flight Simulators DANUR COMPUTER FLIGHT SYSTEMS will accept no liability whatsoever resulting from the use of this software Copyrights Flight Operation Center is protected under international law No copies of this software must be made or distributed for any reason or purpose DANUR COMPUTER FLIGHT SYSTEMS grant you a non exclusive licence to use the software on one computer at a time You may share results of your work such as flight plans or aircraft data created by yourself with others via any means you choose including bulletin boards and the Inte
77. n screen of Flight Operation Center is from where you will execute most of your work The blue status bar on top displays the current version the license used the current Navigational Data Cycle number and once it is selected the active flight It is split in several sections The Menu Bar The Button Bar Sections Active Flight Alternates FL and Cruise Fuel Calculation Weight Balance Allows you to select the different menu options Allows you to directly access several shortcut options The screen is split in sections to organize the various operations Select display and modify the active flight Select display and modify alternate airports and options Modify the profile and cruise regime settings Select display and modify options for fuel regimes Modify weight figures Route and Comparison Calculations Route selection and calculation section The different sections and the use of the fields are explained in detail below The picture above and the following chapters refer to the low resolution 800x600 version of FOC The high resolution version is identical but has some more space on the desktop DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center MENU BAR AND TOOLBAR The menu bar contains the following Menus Flight Menu Contains all options regarding flights and schedules FLIGHT PREFERENCES GO Open Sequence File Opens a sequence file Open Segment File Opens a segment file B
78. ndow to watch the results of route generation According to these results you are asked now how to continue Reset GDT Keep the track After your decision you get back to the Router window Remark all output values rest on enroute section only No proceedures included Wi EXAMPLE Map LSZH KJFK Minimal time track May 29 2002 As long as you do not reset the route e g by clicking the ENROUTE option you are still in MTT mode and so you have the option to EDIT the previous generated route EDITING A ROUTE with the GDT MTT Assistant Sometimes specially in MTT you wonder why the track went so far away of the GC or goes left and right instead of straight away While generating the route the Assistant has to scan in each waypoint for available airways and matching waypoints to continue with If there is none a recursion is executed and the process goes back to the previous waypoint If there is more then one the best of them will be selected In case of recursion the next minor good possibility will be selected All these selections are stored for each waypoint It is important to understand this process in order to get familiar with editing the route 40 1 A DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Begin editing by scrolling route waypoint list of the Router window to the top of the list Select now the waypoint item to recalculate from by highlighting it Restart MTT calculation and watch the
79. ndow will close and you are back on the main screen 62 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center The Flight Simulator Export Tool al The FOC PC Flight Simulation Support Tool SMLO100_049 001 RLS RS File Path Preferences 7 APT LSZH aso FS200 GPS Simulations General FS Adventure LASU3U ZH518 050 155 001 0 LASU3U Prec 050 Actual Flightplan LASU3U ZH554 F280 260 010 3 002 05 LASU3U ZH570 F280 254 013 1 002 04 LASU3U LASUN F300 281 019 1 003 04 Title of Files UT10 TORPA F340 276 035 9 005 07 Mmao L2H okk SSS UT10 REKLA F340 275 033 0 004 04 SMELIO ESEHAN UT10 RLP 117 30F340 312 033 0 004 04 Description of Files DREA ROTET PAAR oaa Ranee eee oat SML100 ZURICH to JOHN F KENNEDY INTL Departure Time 11 00 UL613 KOTUN F340 310 040 6 006 05 Flightlevel 391 4330 233 at Runway 16 UL613 RASAM F340 325 037 5 905 05 UL 13 DIDOR F340 325 004 9 001 00 UL613 NURMO F340 325 037 0 005 05i m J UL613 DIPER F340 318 041 1 005 05i Get Departure Position act Departure Rwy v Section Nr UL613 VESAN F340 317 002 1 000 00 FS 2002 4 UL 613 RATUK F340 317 022 7 003 03 Enter Flight Title SML100 UL613 SOVAT F340 316 009 8 001 015 UL613 SANDY F360 316 022 8 003 03 Enter From To ZURICH to JOHN F KENNEDY INTL UL613 DET 117 30F360 306 022 8 903 02 Ene Depakae Tones mo UL 13 STOAT F360 329 049 1 007 06 UL613 MOGLI F360 328 019 3 003 02 Max Cruise Level Ba SS UP LESTA F360 308 03
80. need to modify the port setting in order to get through the firewall Contact your system administrator for instructions on how to do this NOTE THE ABOVE E MAIL USER NAME and ADDRESS ARE SAMPLES ONLY AND ARE NOT WORKING ADDRESSES PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO SEND MAILS TO THIS ADDRESS IT DOES NOT EXIST 31 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center If you don t have a POP 3 mail you can get one for free at several e mail services such as MSN GMX or other free mail services It is recommended to set up a special address for this purposes if possible and not to use your main home address for this purpose You can not receive e mail using this tool In order to receive e mail sent to this account use your e mail program Future professional versions of FOC will include further mailing and sending options such as direct SITA AFTN modules and fax facilities 30 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center THE ROUTE MAINTENANCE TOOL Building routes is one of the major tasks a dispatcher or pilot faces Our route building and maintenance tool is a very powerful utility provided you know how to use it What you need In order to use our router to its maximum capacity you will need to learn about air navigation Our flight planning chapters in the back of this manual will give you some hints on that Further you need a set of maps for the area you fly with The current release of FOC incorporates a navigati
81. ng to regularly To create such a set between Zurich and New York for instance requires quite some work Let me talk you through the steps necessary Outbound Routes from ZRH Select NEW Outbound Route in the TRUNC ROUTES Menu of the FOC Router Enter LSZH as departure airport Select the SID out of ZRH you would normally expect to reach your desired NAT Entry Point Click onto the ENROUTE option Construct the route along airways as you would construct a normal route up to the NAT entry point Save the Trunc Route by Once you have done this work you are now ready to proceed Create new route and select the airports e g LSZH to KJFK TOOLS Proceed NAV Indices Create NAVYDATA GO NATPLOT 44 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center OGEIFK_CYCOLOR I LSZH_EGCGIPER N CYBANCS_LFREGHI EA KJFEKLSZH S00 OGEKJFEK_CYYYT 0 I LSZH_EGGUNSO N CYCOLOR_EGGUNSO E KJFEKLSZH S01 OGEIJFR_CZVIXUN I LSZH_EGKENUK N CYYQX_EIDOLIP ENA KJFELSZH S02 N CYYYT_EGKENUE ENA N C2VIXUN_EGGIPER E N EGBALIX_CYSTEAM W N EGERAKA CYREDBY W In MENU OTS ROUTES select now the item GENERATE ROUTE SET In Generate Route Set section all available outbound inbound and NAT Truncroutes for this route s are listed now Click on PROCEED button will generate route files for all matching truncroutes e g O LSZH_EGLIMRI and N EGLIMRI_CZVIXUN WNAT_D and I KJFK_CZVIXUN Close the win
82. not operate If a flight operates every day enter 1234567 1 representing Monday and 7 representing Sunday If it operates only Monday and Saturday enter 1 6 That way the flight will only be generated for these days The From and To windows define the first and last date of the flight default being today as the first and the season end as the last IATA defines 2 seasons for scheduling purposes Summer and Winter whereas SOO would be Summer 2000 and W00 Winter 2000 1 The seasons are Summer from March 28 to October 28 and Winter from October 29 to March 27 These default dates are adapted to the nearest weekend since the season change always happens from a Saturday to Sunday The active season is displayed in the window If the flight is only for one day you can simply enter the day in question at both windows Once you have finished editing the figures press Enter to add the flight to the list on top Then click SAVE AS ACTUAL and the new list is saved to disk To delete a flight from the schedule list click on it in the list and then click the DELETE button To modify a flight click on it and the flight details appear on the right Change the necessary data and as before Then click SAVE AS ACTUAL and the new list is saved to disk For more details e g how to open and save schedule files and for other menu options see Flight Operation Center 2002 Manual Once you are done with the scheduler click on DONE and the scheduler wi
83. nt for flight Displayed if the entered actual fuel is too small for the required fuel for the flight FUEL CAPACITY INSUFFICIENT Reaching limit at Displayed if a flight requires more fuel than can be physically carried using full fuel tanks OUT OF FUEL at XXX add fuel XXX needed Displayed together with FUEL CAPACITY INSUFFICIENT Indicates where the fuel would run out and how much more fuel would be needed to reach the destination This is an indicated 28 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center value that gives an indication on the whereabouts of a fuel stop in such a case Nav Data Cycle THIS ROUTE IS BASED ON CYCLE DATE YYYYNN ACTUALLY YYYYNN IN USE This message is displayed if a route is calculated that is based on navigational data that is not the same as the current database In such a case please update the route to the new cycle The Route Window The route window shows the actual route as it is set up from the router database It is used to center the map as well as to crosscheck data on the OFP The Operating Buttons Several Operating Buttons allow releasing filing e mailing and printing of operational flight plans The functions of the buttons are equal to those mentioned above Release and filing of flight plan files If a flight is planned several calculation runs will be necessary to obtain the desired result In order to identify the desired plan that is to be
84. of 60 minutes is now exceeded a bit but we are well within the distance of 430 NM This is legal as the time of 60 Minutes refers to still air and here we have a wind component calculated in EEP 5820N 0086 02 37 16 0 34 8 187 8 57 91N 017 32W EROPS STOPS EINN 0430 01 28 7 1 136 1804 7 NCR 100 000 S SE EROPS EINN 0430 01 03 3 2 9 7 184 6 ERO 100 000 Here now we see a different sort of calculation No longer are we looking at an ETP but this is the ETOPS Entry Point EEP As we are 430 NM away from Shannon we now need to calculate 2 ways to get back One is the STOPS way using normal cruise the other one is ETOPS Cruise We can see that the ETOPS cruise is actually faster the reason for that being that normal cruise includes a 250 kt limit below FL100 Nobody is going to fly 250 kts on a diversion much less at this altitude but if you have to the reserve is there ETP 6040N 0154 03 49 22 7 28 2 181 2 60 13N 034 87W EROPS RET EINN 0902 02 12 6 8 13 3 174 4 ERO 100 000 S SE FWD CYYR 0902 02 12 6 8 1343 174 4 ERO 100 000 SE S Here again an ETP this time tough and ETOPS ETP Between Shannon and Goose Bay the equal time point lies at 60 13N and 034 87W 154NM before 6040N If we loose an engine at this point and have a decompression as well we will need to fly 2 hours 12 minutes to either Shannon or Goose Bay Again this is at FL 100 on one engine 76 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center EEX PRAWN 0268 04
85. olves only STOPS airports Between each of them a so called Equal Time Point is calculated ETP So the first line of each calculation shows the information about that waypoint the 2 line shows the calculation for the event of returning to the previous airport and the 3 line shows the calculation for a diversion to the forward airport ETP KARGO 0013 00 20 1404 6125 60 1 46 14N 006 00E STOPS So the ETP between Zurich and Marseille is 13 NM before KARGO we reach it 20 minutes after departure and have burnt 1404 kg of fuel we still should have 6125 kg on board and the gross weight should be 60 1 tons The position of the ETP is 46 14N and 006 00 E The STOPS label indicates we are talking of a STOPS calculation here RET LSZH 0166 00 38 1101 3587 59 0 OEI 100 000 S FWD LFML 0166 00 38 1100 3586 bean OEI 100 000 S S To fly back to LSZH it is 166 NM a flight time of 38 minutes we will need 1101 kg of fuel to get there the minimum fuel we need to divert is 3587 kg the gross weight at ZRH will be 59 0 tons and the calculation was done using One Engine Out Cruise at FL100 with no ice correction To fly forward to LFML it is again 166 NM 38 minutes of flight time we will need 1100 kg and so on 73 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center The same applies for the second pair between Marseille and Palma SCHEDULED OUT 04 30 ASSUMED OFF 04 40 LSZH ZRH 04 40 04 40 06 38 DEP STOPS LFML MRS 05 28 04 28 07
86. om You will then need to register your copy of FOC Follow the instructions on the Website to register A credit card is required for this operation Above indicated prices are subject to change without notice Refer to the website for up to date information DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Getting started Installing Flight Operation Center on your PC Download the software from the website and store it in a temporary file Then proceed to the web shop and register the software as described above Remember the user name and password as this is your registration key To install Flight Operation Center on your PC launch the downloaded program file by double clicking on it Setup will initialise and you will see the intro screen You have the choice to do a default installation or to choose a custom installation which will give you the possibility to select the directory into which to install Flight Operation Center If there are no binding reasons do proceed with the default install This will install Flight Operation Center into the default folder which is C Program Files Flight Operation Center Choosing the default installation path will also help you to later install upgrades to the product as they become available They all assume this default path and you will have to specify a different one over and over again Also during the installation process an option to see a Read Me file comes up Print the re
87. on database dated from 1999 so charts like Simcharts Charts from products like Airline Simulator 2 and others are suitable The Main Window KS Foc eae NAV Cycle 200410 EDIT MAIN ROUTE LSZHLIRF 001 ALTERNATE ROUTES TRUNC ROUTES OTS ROUTES TRACK olalu a solola olcia oI m ols B A m v pE 5 i i F isz C SD C STAR PIAR iot LSZHASASTIMNAIRR a ENROUTE mF Allow Directs ELBTA SELB 114 70 a c a DIRECT Waypoints found w ICAO AREA Jaa z I fa AREAS Bal GERS3Y CERSA Ey lies 9 Ei o m py 114 70 a A 9 D rA m The main window consists of the menu bar the button bar the map window and the editor functions All features of the router are described below 332 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Different Types of Routes There are several different kind of routes Normal Routes Point to point airway routes from a departure to a destination airport Alternate Routes Routes from a destination airport to an alternate airport Trunc Routes Route segments from waypoint to waypoint airport to waypoint or waypoint to airport OTS Routes Routes involving the Organized Track System over the North Atlantic In the following chapters we shall explore the different types of routes and what to do with them Basic Controls and Functions In order to build your routes you need to make yourself familiar with the following e
88. on the SAVE button To delete or modify an existing airline click on it it s details will appear in the line below If you want to delete the airline click on the DELETE button if you want to edit it overwrite the data and click on the OK button Again click SAVE to save the changes After you are done with your changes click the DONE button to close the window and to return to FOC Before you can use the new airline or the changes you made you need to reset the airline data To do this open the COMMON DATA menu and click the Reset Aircraft Airline data option This forces FOC to reinitialize it s aircraft and airline database COMMON DATA WEATHEF AIRCRAFT Editor AIRLINE Editor DATA UTILITY Reset Aircraft Airline Lists 59 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center SETUP IMPORT AND EXPORT DATA IN FOC This utility is run automatically when FOC is first started after the installation It is accessible directly from START MENU or from running FOC in MENU COMMON DATA The tool is set up to deal with all sorts of exchange data such as navigation data aircraft and others What results are files with the extension FOX for FOC EXPORT These files are always expected to be located in the SERVICE folder of FOC NAV DATA Import This feature is used for Cicle file updates To import Nav data first selct Import files option and click on Proceed This will open the file selector window
89. or Waypoints enter ID and press ENTER Key same pattern as in Router All existing matching waypoints in Cycle data and User data will be listed 46 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center press ADD to Segment to add the waypoint to the segment list In FOC Directs follow the pattern of airways but have 2 waypoints only When the Direct is completed select the altitude range High Low or Both and press SAVE to add the Direct to User database Directs cannot be edited but only removed from database Remarks Only add and delete records in database will refresh all related indices All NAV data refer to the ARINC specifications This tool is not programmed to create Airport procedures or Airways or VOR NDB data It is planned to build such a tool in future 47 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center THE FOC AIRCRAFT EDITOR This chapter will explain to you how to set up a plane in FOC FOC employs a very sophisticated way of calculating plans and you will need a good bit of patience to make your own Please bear in mind that the more exact your entries the better the results While you can cheat at the performance data by omitting intermediate entries this will definitely have an impact on the final results Another word needs to be told about accuracy towards Microsoft Flight Simulator airplanes While there are some excellent examples of planes that will perform very closely to the
90. oss the pond It consists of daily adjusted routes for west and eastbound flights whereby the westbound routes are valid in the day hours while the eastbound tracks become valid in the night hours The OTS Routes are constructed daily by Gander and Shanwick Control Centers on the basis of a PRM Preferred Route Message sent to them by the different airlines planning to have NAT flights on the next OTS period A so called NAT Message is then released by them describing tracks and access routes These are then fed in mostly manually by dispatchers all over the world into their flight planning systems FOC can make this task a lot easier for you Once you have signed up to our weather server you can download the NAT Track Messages automatically when you collect the weather A dedicated utility allows to import the message directly into FOC without any typing THE OTS ROUTES Utility 1 HOW TO SELECT EDIT OTS files OTS ROUTES NAT FILE Active OTS Set Select Type Date Available Routes 7 PROCEED SET OF 5 i DELETE OTS TRUNCS TRUNC ROUTES PELETE SET OK m Edit N4T NAR Data Yalable DATE Char yyyy mm dd From TIME hh mm To TIME hh mm MAR 10 2002 03 12 11 30 18 00 IMPORT NAT DATA NAT k ARMED 44 20 46 30 46 40 44 50 BOBTU JAROM WEST LYLS 1310330 CLEAR EASTLVLS NIL EUR RTS W NIL NAR N48E N54E In MENU OTS ROUTES select item Select Edit OTS Files Click Import Data
91. path indicated is correct before proceeding Thereafter the program will copy all the needed flies into the necessary location 64 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center r Customized FS ATC Adventure Output Airports LSZH KJFE General Atis Afis i 20 52 ft 20 77 M Copilot Mode Delivery i 2780 fi 2505 Scroll Messages Apron i 21 75 I On Ground Control Ground f21 30 f21 90 W ENAT Jumpers Tower i 1810 fi 23 90 W Alerters ON Departure j 25 95 fi 95 90 W Cha MAN fw DEP mW APP Approach fis00 fasas Failures No Failures Fw f E a L Fire 1 Engine Chee z z Cabine Decompression ViafTa oO OF Autor NAVE Pushback Gate Gate p amp FS2000 2 F598 Default Frequencies save Frequencies FS ADVENTLBE To create an adventure use the menu above Generally you can simply press the FS Adventure button to create an adventure with default options The different options allow you to change the adventure Experiment with them to see the effects Pushback will prompt you to ask for Pushback from a gate before taxi The different other options allow failures such as engine fires Cabin Decompression and much more to develop The checkmarks above allow different adventure features to be disabled or enabled NOTICE THE FOLLOWING ADVENTURE KEYLIST key 0 to display keylist key 1 for report contact key 2 ask request repeat message key 3 switch A
92. red when registering plus all the weather data Once you have finished leave FOC and restart it You should now see your register level instead of the TRIAL level DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Producing your first flight plan On the list on the left hand side you are presented with a list of flights which are available at this time Select one of the example flights represented there You will note the departure and destination airports pop up in the Active Flight window top right Also in the Alternate window below it ALT 1 and ALT 2 are filled in The aircraft type used in the flight is marked in the blue status bar on top If you want to change it click on the Aircraft option on the menu bar and select another plane or registration Now look at the route window You will see 2 routes displayed in the route box Click on both of them to mark them Now click on the big Calculate button The output window appears and you will be able to follow the calculation process as it develops Once it completes you will see what is known as a Citypair comparison Both selected routes are displayed in a short form together with fuel burn weights and most importantly flight time Based on this calculation you can now select the quickest route You can print out this route by using the Print button on the output screen Close the view window and go back to the route window Click now on the fastest rou
93. rnet however this does not include any of the aircraft or navigational data included in the program as such The navigational data in this product are licensed to you via European Aeronautical Group UK Ltd They must under no circumstance be used for real world navigation You are not allowed to use the data for any other purpose than creating flight plans and other products using this edition of Flight Operation Center The data includes some unique structures and facilities that protect it against illegal use and which would allow us to identify such use easily within such products as scenery or other navigational products Any violation of this copyright will be prosecuted with all the available means of the law Credits Product design Heinz Oetiker and Urs Wildermuth Programming Heinz Oetiker parts by Simon Hradecky Database design Heinz Oetiker Manual Urs Wildermuth Aircraft data compiled from different sources by Urs Wildermuth MS Flight Simulator Aircraft by Heinz Oetiker Weather and NAT Server Simon Hradecky Nomissoft GmbH Navigational data Virtual Navigation Systems Limited adapted for use with Flight Operation Center by Heinz Oetiker Webshop and Licensing Simon Hradecky Nomissoft GmbH NAT PLOT Contributed by Bob Raemer We sincerely thank Bob for his adaptation of NATPLOT to our needs and for his kind consent to include it with our product DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Pricing
94. rt Internet explorer in the background and make sure your connection is up Once you have finished with the setup of preferences click on download button to proceed the jobs First the tool gets the servers time range and the customized download can begin Watch the progress indicated in the status label All data are stored in files in the FOC folders Weather UWX and Weather METAR Filename conventions YYYYMMDD ZZC where YYYY year MM month DD day ZZ Zulutime and for C U UWX file M Metar file S Short TAF file and L Long TAF file Do not forget to close the internet connection at the end Scheduled Download Those of you who have a constant high speed internet connection may want to use a schedule to download weather data to automatically keep the system current To set a schedule open the EDIT Schedule button The following window appears oix METAR STAF LTAF NOTAMS NAT AVN UW Never Auto You now can define at what times in UTC you want to download which data The Never option will block this particular set from downloading AUTO will download according to the server schedule which includes all of the below dates If you want to reduce the amount of data that is being downloaded apply the times when you wish downloads to occur You may create different schedules for standard home workplace according to your needs To activate a scheduled download you have to click the green checkmark Sc
95. s and expansions That is not because we did not do our job but because we shall listen to you and your inputs Our perspective comes from one operation one world on how to do things we know and are painfully aware that there are others that we are very much looking forward to explore I also urge you to keep in mind what you have got in front of you Development of this software took us 6 years from the outset We that is Heinz Oetiker who programmed and reprogrammed at my gusto and who did a tremendous job at following up on all my leads and changes He is no aviation person as such but a teacher of fine music Yet he spent hundreds of hours finding out how to do what had taken big companies longer We that is my dear friend and flight simulation legend Simon Hradecky who came up with solutions when we were ready to give up With his products he has taken Flight Simulation further than most people recognize today and he s just started FOC also gives you an indication of things to come because you will need tools such as these in the future to keep up with developments down the road Finally myself Urs Wildermuth known to some of you for my work at FlightXpress AS2 and with Flylogic I have been there and done that namely I had the great pleasure of dispatching long range flights for some years until my then employer collapsed in the first of major airline bankruptcies And I wanted a tool at home that would give me the same if
96. se of names for the files however we would like to give you some indications how we have done things NCR always corresponds to NORMAL Cruise and should be the cruise regime mostly used HSC corresponds to High Speed Cruise Here usually no climb and descent tables are needed OEI One Engine Inoperative Cruise Mostly needed for STOPS EROPS or for inflight problems If a one engine inoperative ferry flight should be calculated climb descent FL Select and Holding tables MUST be entered as well ERO EROPS Cruise Normally this is a specially defined cruise mode for EROPS conditions i e one engine inoperative plus icing plus decompression 54 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Time Fuel and Distance to Climb Descend 3A FOC AIRCRAFT EDITITOR A330 233 SWR ENCODED FILE FLEET PERFORMANCE r RECORDS EDIT SELECT Fleet Record Select PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT MAIN RECORD fm to STOPS EROPS RECORDS SAVE ACTUAL LIST m Edit Performance Records Available Performance Lists 000140 000000 000013 000004 000990 000100 000140 000010 000014 000004 001030 000100 000160 000000 000016 000004 001150 000100 000180 000000 000018 000005 001320 000100 000190 000000 000020 000005 001410 000100 000200 000000 000021 000006 001510 ERO CRS M82 CRS NCR CLI NCR CRS NORMAL CLIMB LONG RNG CRS NORMAL DESCENT NCR DEC 000100 000210 000000 oO00022 000006 001610 NORMAL F
97. sponding option You may now INS PREVIOUS ify th t EROPSIN J EROPS OUT specify the new airport DELETE CLEAR ADD NEXT Once all airports used have been determined use the check boxes to OPEN SCN SAVE SCN DONE determine how the airports are used The STOPS checkmark will generate a equal time point between 2 airports and will check if the 1 hour range is exceeded The EROPS checkmark will create an EROPS Entry Point EEP Equal Time Point ETP and an EROPS Exit point EEX between the selected airports and check whether the EROPS range is exceeded Please note that this option is only available if the aircraft used has been set up as a STOPS EROPS aircraft according JAR OPS You may open or save any scenarios by clicking the OPEN SCN or SAVE SCN button It is recommended to save the scenarios according to the route number they are valid for e g if a scenario is valid for route number AAAADDDD 001 save the scenario also with extension 001 That way you will find easier access to your scenarios On top of the list there is a special button SCENARIOS for quick access to the available scenarios related to the actual flight Refer to the ETOPS EROPS section in the flight planning chapters for more information on how to use this feature 19 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center WEATHER SECTION THE UPPER WINDS and METAR DATA REQUEST FOC offers import of NOAA Upper Winds and METAR TAF
98. start add V Short TAF V Long TAF V OTS Tracks JV Apply Server Time Save password UW range unknown to unknown GRIDWIDTH DEG EDIT SCHEDULE M Schedule enabled Dial up before request Selected Uw Jv UW RANGE Scheduled stand by DONE The UWX and METAR Data are available at the NOMISSOFT Weather Server and can be downloaded with this tool Likewise OTS North Atlantic and Pacific Tracks can be accessed At a later stage this tool is also prepared to deal with Navdata Updates Insert user name and password first Tip Save Data in Configuration File Menu FILE Check uncheck METAR Short TAF and Long TAF as well as the UWX options If you check UWX RANGE the whole time range of available upperwinds on the server will be downloaded and the ZULU time actually in performance is indicated in ZULU start add list If you check Selected UWX only the highlighted ZULU time will be downloaded 20 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Apply Server Time This feature allows the setting of your computer clock remotely with the atomic clock driven server time Whenever a connection with the server is established your computer clock will be adjusted to server time Make sure you have a valid connection established Normally your connection will establish itself by rmging your ISP using your standard Winsock however if that does not happen dial up manually or sta
99. te only so that one route is marked now Click Calculate again to calculate the Operational Flight Plan Now you can see the Operational flight plan On the top right corner you see the sequence number and a Release remark If you now click on Release and then the Print button the release remark will change to ReleaseO1 and the plan is printed on your printer If you want to create output to your simulator now close the output window and click on the Go option on the menu bar Select the FS Utility A window opens where you can create different outputs to Microsoft Flight Simulator For Microsoft Flight Simulator you can create Adventures GPS flight plans FMS routes ACS GPS routes and EFIS routes at the time of writing If you want to send the plan to anyone open the Message option on the menu bar In this edition of the program you can e mail any of the output to your friends Now you can experiment around with these flights choose different airplanes or routes Get used to the inputs described in this chapter Then once you have done that it is time to go on DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Program Operating Manual Starting the program Click on the START Button Choose Programs Choose Flight Operation Center You are presented with a choice of options ans Deinstall will uninstall FOC from your machine me ocana EOC xxx High Res Starts FOC in 1024x798 mode fee FOC 2002 ADMI
100. the choice of route files to delete Delete Files EXIT of the router program I I I I Exit Open Route Remark The programm executes a check of the cycledate of navdata set of the route file If outdated you get a warning Rebuild the route with actual navdata then See also BUTTONS IN TOOLBAR Starting a New Route Select New Route CTRL N from the file menu or click on the New Route Button in the button bar First select Airports for Departure and Destination of your route Clicking on the related button will open the Airport Input Window Imput ICAO code IATA code or try the Name of Airport or search in pulldown menu Press OK or Enter to confirm it The selected Airports will appear right of the Buttons 2352 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Route Segments Each route consists in 3 Parts depending on the Type of route The segments of Main Route are SID ENROUTE STAR Standard Instrument Departure SID To specify a SID check the SID mark in the window above From the appearing window select a SID by clicking on the list window Once you have found the SID and Runway you wish to use click on the ADD Button If you want to add a transition route click on the list window next to TRA The window is only available if there are transitions available that start at the END point of the SID RW29 LIM6C RWZ9 LIMRA DD Selecting SID Option will bring up the Lists of avail
101. the window At left side of the window the available performance lists to edit and right of it the Input values as above 53 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center The following performance tables are compulsory for each aircraft The FOC 2002 Route Calculation will fail if this set is incomplete To generate new lists select Type in menu PERFORMANCE Input Description e g Normal Climb CODE and optionally some remarks Important All these compulsory tables force the use of NCR as CODE of the Ist generated new list Normal Climb File NCR CLI Time Fuel and Distance to climb Normal Cruise File NCR CRS Cruise Control Table Normal Descent File NCR DEC Time Fuel and Distance to descend Normal FL Select File NCR FLS Flight Level Selection Table Normal HOLDING File NCR HLD Holding Fuel Flow table In addition to these lists you may to generate special cruise lists according to the specifications of the aircraft such as EROPS cruise or lengine out cruise To start with see that you have all of the above tables available for at least one cruise mode Then if there are other cruise modes you wish to use obtain the necessary documents The Cruise Mode itself is what defines which climb descent FL Sel and Holding tables are used however if a dedicated climb descent FL Sel and Holding table is not entered for a new cruise mode then the normal tables are used You are free in the u
102. to select file This will add a new item in List of Active OTS set e g w064 means w for westbound e for eastbound followed by the day of year value 43 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Select Set in list displays the available NAT Tracks Click PROCEED SET OF TRUNCROUTES button to create NAT Truncroutes The utility scans for waypoint data in FOC database for each waypoint in tracks and generates a truncroute file e g N EGLIMRI_CZVIXUN WNAT_D where N means NAT Track EG coutry code and LIMRI ID of Ist waypoint CZ coutry code and VIXUN ID of last waypoint of track extension W westbound and NAT_ D NAT ID When you create routes using the routing tool you then are able to select the NAT Tracks out of the TRUNC Section as you can do with any other trunc route REMARK In case of waypoint not found in database error try to fix that manually or better update your NAV database 2 HOW TO create a route set from Departure to Destination using NAT Tracks Before proceeding this feature you need to build outbound truncroutes from Departure to the NAT entry points and as well inbound truncroutes from the NAT exit points to Destination The method is as follows 1 Create departure trunc routes from any airport you are flying from over the NAT to all NAT entry points using the published routes 2 Create arrival trunc routes from any NAT exit point to any airport you are operati
103. tuation They will be incorporated in the minimum required fuel for the flight Whenever there is a quantity and time window only one must be filled in the other will adjust automatically That means if you give a fixed quantity you will see the time this gains if you give a time fuel is calculated Company Fuel is used to add fuel for special procedures air traffic delays and other known factors It is calculated using an unfavourable holding condition Holding Fuel is used to add fuel reserves for anticipated holding patterns when arriving at busy airports Some operators compulsory carry holding fuel others don t that is why it is selectable Holding fuel is calculated of the holding table from the aircraft file Taxi Fuel is the fuel used to taxi from the parking stand to the runway It is used in almost all fuel calculations for planes bigger than very small propeller planes therefore it is selected on per default Bias Rise allows modification of the fuel bias or performance factor The standard factor is 1000 meaning 100 of book values The bias allows adjustments to performance 15 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center deficiencies of aircraft which are known to use more fuel than it is written in the performance tables A Bias of 1040 means e g that the aircraft uses 4 more fuel than book values The Bias Rise feature allows to manually rise NOT diminish the bias to allow for special conditions en rout
104. u tak 4898 UN852 TANKO E370 202 OLO iO 00D Mss actof aara a naa 00 52 2OBS Sinoga 4844 UN852 PAPAS F370 203 040 07 20 209 sepa fan S005 2893 Sraa 4636 UN852 ACCUA F370 202 030 3 0204 v2 a8 Ais faa ee J OL01 3048 aa nae 4481 TOD VERSO D 018 UN852 VERSO F365 202 0323 0 05 04 coisa facia fs toes SOLOS 3499 Aiia 4030 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center UA6 BLASO F295 202 029 1 0 04 Pee ha Hf iJ OT OF SBLa E 3715 LUNI1P LUNIK F245 201 017 4 0 03 6b Seta eae d OR BO4T hates 3482 LUNI1P D20 F173 176 024 2 0 04 ta faded fis aud of O16 4236 gt Airaa 3293 LUNI1P CDP 112 90 F111 176 020 0 0 03 wheel ce OU 9 E3925 EES 3157 I24L CDP14 F067 275 014 0 0 02 ttf Seat ef es POL 2d BAS 36 Mf oe aso 2993 I24L MUROS F059 272 002 6 0 00 we fina ad ing tra POL S21 OSES A EEES 2954 I24L IPA16 F052 200 002 2 0 00 hia sae i POV OT A605 fies 2924 I24L IPAL9 F030 238 006 8 0 01 E E E Ol 22 BO28 of sticsiics 2901 LEPA 0 00 etela d OVi24 5083 Jot i 2486 Additional Information WAYPOINTS AND WINDS ENROUTE ICAO FREQ LATITUDE LONGITUDE MAG WD KTS TMP WC NAME AIRPORTS LSZH 47 27 6N 008 32 9E 000 1 ZURICH LEPA 39 33 1N 002 44 3E 002 0 PALMA DE MALLORCA WAYPOINTS WIL 116 90 47 10 7N 007 54 4E 000 5 267 008 0010 007 WILLISAU FRI 110 85 46 46 7N 007 13 4E 000 5 247 024 0001 023 FRIBOURG SPR 113 90 46 28 1N 006 26 9E 000 9 259 039 014 037 ST PREX PAS 116 60 46 09 8N 006 00 1
105. utoreport ON OFF key 4 Jump to D5 actual Waypoint key 5 switch ADV FMC ON OFF key 6 Copilot mode ON OFF key 7 Weather Report FS98 key 8 Chatter ON OFF key 9 Scroll Text ON OFF key CTRL c to quit adventure key CTRL e to switch emergencies key CTRL i for checklists 65 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Keys 0 to 9 are the normal number keys of your keyboard used in FS to select of a multiple choice Remark Running adventures in FS 2002 always disables the ATC 66 DANUR COMPUTERFLIGHT SYSTEMS Flight Operation Center Reading the Flight Plan Forms Flight Operation Center produces a great range of flight plan forms In this chapter we shall examine how to read and use those forms The Short Plan The short plan is the first plan you see after calculating a route It is intended to give you some quick and concise information about the results of the calculation Sample EDW4554 03 05 19 A320 214 EDW HB IHX LSZHLEPA 001 SEQ001 RLSOOO WARNINGS THIS ROUTE IS BASED ON CYCLE DATE 199811 ACTUALLY 200201 IN USE FUEL CALCULATION ALL IN KG WEIGHT FUEL BREAK DOWN ALL IN TO BIAS 1000 ZEW 54 0 61 0 TAXI 200 TOF Tas Ve ad LEPA 5043 01 24 TOW 6145 t3ad RR20 252 00 20 TIF B40 LEIB 1134 00 28 FLO80 LW 56 5 64 5 FR 1100 OO 30 REM ad CF 0 HF 0 AIRPORTS ALL IN KG MIN 7729 02 42 ADD 0 ACT 7729 NOTES Route exeeds 105 of GC CALCULATED 1ST ALTER

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