N747NA SOFIA Telescope
Operating Handbook
Cockpit
Part One:
Manual Setup Sequence
（Automatical：AG5）
Step 1: Turn on the power (battery):
Open the black lid, click and switch to "ON", there will be a prompt tone. Then close the black cover
Step 2: Turn on the standby power :
Switch to the "ON" position.
The STANDBY POWER light will work.
Step 3: Enable ground power:
Move the paddle to "GRD SERV“.
Two GEN OPEN lights will work.
Step 4: Enable APU air in-take:
Toggle the paddle 1 to the
"BLEED AIR OPEN" ;
Move paddle 2 to the "START" for 2
seconds.
When APU is started and APU tachometer is activated, the paddles 2 will spring back to the middle position.
Load waiting:
Wait until the two MFDs in the cockpit are loaded. Click the screen to view the loading LOG.
Step 5: Close the APU power circuit breaker and ground power supply:
Click to toggle the paddle 1,2,3 to the "CLOSE" position.
Two "FIELD OFF" lights will work.
(The paddles to the "OFF" position, and the GEN OPEN light will not turn off.)
Step 6: Panel lights’ brightness adjustment: Not required.
Step 7: We have nothing called Step 7 lol.
Step 8: Turn on yaw damping and turn off automatic anti-skid:
Open the black lid UPPR, and move the paddle to"ENGAGE" ,then close the lid.
Open the black lid LWR, and move the paddle to "ENGAGE", then close the lid.
Open the black lid ANTI-SKID, and move the paddle to "OFF" ,then close the lid.
Open the black lid BODY GR STRG, and move the paddle to "ARM" ,then close the lid.
第九步：启用惯导：
将三个白色旋钮尖端指向“NAV”档
Step 10: Enable windshield heating:
Switch the four paddles to "ON, The four paddles are adjusted in no order, but the next step can only be carried out when all four paddles are in place.
Step 11: Start the fuel pump – Part 1:
Turn all paddles 1-10 to "ON", from left to right, and the PRESS light on the top is off. Number 1-10 paddles are turned on from left to right. The PRESS light is on when the gear is OFF, but not when the gear is ON. The next step can only be carried out when the paddles and lights are in place.
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Step 12: Start the fuel pump - Part 2:
Open the fuses of the 1-4 paddles, turn all the paddles to "OPEN", and the sequence is from left to right. The ENG VALVE light on the left will turn off. Number 1-4 paddles are opened from left to right. ENG VALVE lights up when it is OPEN, but does not light up when it is in CLOSE. Operation method of the paddle fuses : click to activate the horizontal black sheet that blocks the paddle, activate the hinge, and open the safety. After the paddle is turned up to OPEN, the fuses not close. When it is turned off, click the paddle to turn down to CLOSE again, and the fuses will automatically kickback. The next step can only be carried out when the fuse, paddle and lights are in place.
1-4
Step 12: Start the fuel pump - Part 3:
Open the fuses of the 1-4 paddles, and turn all the paddles to "NORMAL". The sequence is from left to right, and the PRESS lights at the top will turn off
Click the switchs:
once, the lever body will not move at first, and the fuse pin will retract from the slot.
The paddles are automatically turned to the desired gear:
First, NORMAL, the pin is put away, and the light is off.
Second, SUPPLY, the pin is closed and the light is off.
Third, OPEN, the pin is inserted back, and the light will turn on.
Number 1-4 paddles are opened from left to right, and the next step can only be carried out when all four paddles are in place
1-4
Step 13: Turn on navigation lights:
All paddles are in ON gear (initial full OFF, IND at BRT).And link the corresponding light actuator (bulb), and turn the DOME knob to switch the light on the ceiling.The adjustment of paddles and knobs is not in order, and is partly affected by time and weather, so this panel does not make mandatory requirements,
Step 14: Turn on the emergency exit light:
Open the black lid EMERGENCY LIGHTS, move the paddle to "ARMED", close the lid, and the UNARMED light goes out.
Click the black lid, the cover will open, and the cover will automatically close after push. When an aircraft problem is detected (defined in the game as damage to components, losing power in the air and other conditions that are unfavorable to the normal flight for the aircraft), the paddle automatically turned to the ON position and lights up, and the UNARMED light lights up when it is in the OFF position.
Step 15: Ignition mode setting:
Turn the knob to IGN1 or IGN2.
Click once, IGN1, click twice IGN2, click thrice NORM, and it is closed.
This step must be completed before proceeding to the next step.
Step 16: Start the engine:
1 – First, decide to enable the left or right panel according to the startup mode (previous step),
2 - Turn the idle switch to IDLE gear, click the paddle according to the 1-2-3-4 sequence, turn the paddle to the upper position for 1 second, activate the valve open light, and then rebound to the middle position.
The corresponding engine starts, the valve open light then goes out, and activate
the corresponding N1 rotor tachometer.
3 - Repeat the above action for all four paddles.
4 - When the 4 # paddle completes the above actions, the two valve open lights
will be on 0.5 seconds.When the engine is shut down, IDLE is turned to CUT OFF,
and the valve open lights are all OFF.
This step must be completed before proceeding to the next step.
left IGN1 right IGN2
2 3 4 1
2 3 4 1
Step 17: Close the air bleed and fuel pump channels:
Turn the four knobs to 90 degrees by counterclockwise.
The corresponding four valve closed lights are on,
the DUCT meter returns to zero from 20The four knobs are adjusted in no order,
but the next step can only be carried out when all four knobs are in place.
Click to turn 90 degrees, and then click to turn back (for reverse closing).
Step 18: Turn on the air pump:
Turn the four paddles to Auto.The initial position is Auto (set on status),The program will automatically check them, and the next step can be carried out only after ther were all okay. The Press light is off. The four paddles are adjusted in the order of 1-4.
Click once , Auto, and then OFF, the Press light will turn on.
1-4
Step 19: Close APU bleed:
Turn the paddle to Close.
If this action is ignored and do next step, the buzzer alarm will be activated.
Step 20:
Turn the controller to 5 °.
Requirements:
1 - Click the handle box to call out the angle input interface.
Only 0~30 inputs are accepted, which corresponds to the negative half axis input of Slider1.
30 corresponds to - 100.
AG2 to open the leading edge flaps.
2 - If not do this action and go to the next step ,the buzzer alarms.
Step 21: You can Take off now
Part Two:
Other Features In Cockpit
1、Alarms and Faults
This is an expansion of the function of cabin components to increase playability:
The random fault activation group--AG12 contains several possible faults.
After you activate it, a random fault appears and the relevant components are controlled to enter the fault state and the activation group(AG12) will be closed. After the player sloved the fault, the faulty components will be recovered.
Players can continue to use the activation group to experience other faults after troubleshooted.
Alarm button on the main panel: it is for the alarm and buzzer for all faults and warnings, and the text will not be displayed when there is no faults.They are at each ends of the pilot panel.
Content of fault package:
WARNING mode includes faults:
APU fire
Main engine fire
Main engine failure
Wing fracture
Pull Up
STALL
CAUTION mode includes faults:
Cabin Altitude
APU bleed not off
Flaps Configuration
"Landing Gear" landing gear not retracted
"Landing Gear" landing gear ground lock
"Ver Tail" Vertical Tail Rudder Surface Jam
Parking Brake
AP Disconnected
Wind Shear, sent randomly during landing
Alarm for SINK
Fault: APU fire
APU fire alarm and fire handle:
on the flight engineer panel.
operation mode:
1 - Test status: Click the FIRE TEST paddle once, click any of the left and right paddles, and the two paddles will be turned to the top together. The red handle will light up, the buzzer will alarm, and the alarm on the main panel will be Warning. After 2 seconds, the paddle will spring back, and the buzzer will stop, and the alarm on the main panel will stop.
2 – Fault status: Fault AG selects the fault operation code APU FIRE, the red handle lights up, the buzzer alarm, the main panel alarm Warning, the APU engine shuts down, and the tachometer drops to 0.Solution: click the handle, extend the handle, activate the APU fire extinguisher, retract the handle 5 seconds later, extinguish it, stop the buzzer, and stop the alarm on the main panel.
Main engine fire alarm and fire handles:
On the pilot's roof panel.
Operation mode:
1 - Test status: click the TEST button once, all red handles will light up, buzzer will alarm, and the alarm on the main panel will be Warning. The button will automatically close 2 seconds later, and the buzzer will stop, and the alarm on the main panel will stop. (Need to be able to repeat the test)
2 - Fault state: Fault AG selects the fault operation code ENGINE FIRE (there are 15 fault states in total), the corresponding red handle lights up, buzzes, the main panel alarm Warning, the corresponding engine shuts down, and the corresponding instrument indication decreases to 0.
Solution: click the corresponding handle, extend the handle, activate the engine fire extinguisher, retract the handle 5 seconds later, extinguish it, stop the buzzer, stop the alarm on the main panel, and shut down the engine.
Main engine failure:
Operation mode:
Action state: Fault AG selects the fault operation code ENGINE FAIL (there are 15 fault states in total), the red handle lights up, buzzes, the main panel alarm Warning, the engine shuts down, and the instrument indicators decreases to 0.
Solution: Players can adjust thrust or posture by themselves
15 engine fire fault states:
1. Engine 1
2. Engine 2
3. Engine 3
4. Engine 4
5. Engines 1 and 2
6. Engines 1 and 3
7. Engines 1 and 4
8. Engines 2 and 3
9. Engines 2 and 4
10.Engines 3 and 4
11.Engines 1, 2 and 3
12. Engines 1, 2 and 4
13. Engines 1, 3 and 4
14. Engines 2, 3 and 4
15. Engines 1, 2, 3 and 4
15 engine failure fault states：
1. Engine 1
2. Engine 2
3. Engine 3
4. Engine 4
5. Engines 1 and 2
6. Engines 1 and 3
7. Engines 1 and 4
8. Engines 2 and 3
9. Engines 2 and 4
10.Engines 3 and 4
11.Engines 1, 2 and 3
12. Engines 1, 2 and 4
13. Engines 1, 3 and 4
14. Engines 2, 3 and 4
15. Engines 1, 2, 3 and 4
Landing gear didn’t up warning:
When the aircraft is higher than 300m above the ground and the landing gear did not been retracted, the Caution alarm will be issued.
Landing gear ground lock warning:
When the plane stops on the ground, taxies, or takes off at a height less than 10 meters, but the player tries to use AG3 or activate the lever to retract the landing gear, it will refuse to respond and sends a Caution alarm.
Warning of jamming of vertical tail control surface:
After receiving the corresponding event of the fault packet, lock the vertical tail hinge and the wing and send out Caution alarm.
Wing break warning:
Detect the status of the wing, and trigger WARNING if it breaks or explodes.
This fault is based on the fault found in the test, which is not intentional.Players may encounter it when they do not open the fault package, so this fault is not in the fault package program.
2、Flight Controls
The panel is specially set for the telescope cabin door is on the flight engineer panel. But it is instead by AG1.
Throttle lever and thrust reverser:
According to the state of starting the engine, it is decided how many handles can be pulled: when fully opened, it is fully active,
No. 1 will not move until No. 1 is opened, including accelerator and thrust reverser.
Click the white column of the big handle to temporarily lock the throttle of this engine and reverse thrust to adjust the throttle of other engines, for example, there is an engine failed.
Reverse thrust can only be used after receiving two conditions:
grounded or the automatic brake works, or the player manually presses B key or pulls Brake to the top.
Open the spfueler controlled by Slider2 (- 100) while opening thrust reverser, and close AG2 leading edge flap immediately.
If the player stops the reverse thrust operation or the speed is lower than 5, the Brake and spfueler will automatically return to their original positions.
Automatic brake and hand brake:
At the moment of grounding, the automatic brake will lock the wheels.
When it works, just call Brake directly.
How to use: Turn the knob to MAX AUTO to take effect, Turn OFF to manual mode.
The hand brake is the same as that in the car. It is used to stop the aircraft. Click the white handle, and the handle pops up and stops,
Brake can also be called, but only for wheels. Other parts should not be linked.
The handbrake cannot be pulled up when it is already off the ground and in the air.
Landing gear panel:
Rod position :Automatically landing lock, OFF.
Flap control details:
1 - When the player directly uses S1 and AG2 to control the front and rear edge flaps, the gear lever will correct the value of S1 according to the rounding of S1 input: which gear should the handle be.
2 - When returning to the gear position, when returning to the gear position with 30/25 degrees less than 20 degrees (such as 10 degrees), the handle shall be engaged at 20 degrees first,Then the player returns to gear again; When the 10/5 degree gear is shifted back to the retracted gear, the handle shall be engaged at 1 degree first, and then the player shall operate the gear back again.This operation echoes the two clips in the figure and is designed to prevent stall and insufficient lift.This action has nothing to do with the gear up position. The gear up position can be directly shifted from gear 0 to gear 30, gear 0 to gear 5, gear 5 to gear 25, etc.
3 - For each shift of the handle, the piston is jacked up first, then the shaft rotates, and then the piston is lowered and put into gear.
4 - When the flap is greater than gear 0, the leading edge flap of AG2 will be opened, and AG2 will be closed separately during thrust reverser operation. AG2 shall not be opened again before thrust reverser stops.
(0.9.920 series update made leading edge flap has direction problem, it is a game bug)
3、Gauges
Speedometer:
Indicated speed.
Unit: knots, Mach,
Attitude meter:
Attitude indicators generally appear when there is a problem with the aircraft attitude. Their intersection points are used to indicate where you want to correct the attitude, that is, the projection position of the intersection points on the ball is opposite to the actual space attitude of the current aircraft. For example, in this state, the aircraft nose is pulled to the upper left.
Electromagnetic localizer:
the white pointer above corresponds to the current heading.
Two pointers correspond to different course
Referenced by VOR and NDB navigation stations
Heading instrument:
Orange is the route.
Clock
Attitude indicator：
Altitude (ft)
00 is the integer of altitude
020 is the decimal place of altitude
1013: mbar/hPa (air pressure)
2992: inches of mercury
(barometric pressure)
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Anti-collision indicatorUp down Adjust the map view,
Circle number should be Check the nearby terrain or vehicle,
and use the dial to indicate the distance
between the nearest thing
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Vertical Speedometer, ft/min
Central control digit display screen:
from top to bottom corresponding: pressure ratio, N1 rotor (percentage), exhaust temperature (℃ * 100), fuel flow (pounds per hour * 1000)
Engineer digit display screen:
circled from top to bottom:N2 (high pressure rotor of generator) speed, hydraulic fuel flow, fuel pressure,
Scientists’ Area
Passenger compartment:
1 - Internal screen display
10 laptops, 15 workstation screens, 11 wall maps, one oscilloscope and one large screenShow pictures or text
2 - Optical equipment
The equipment consisting of a huge blue disk and silver equipment at the bottom of the passenger compartment shall operate at the same axis and angle when the telescope is chasing the star (AG6).
Telescope cabin:
1 - Star chasing function
In the flight phase, use AG1 to open the door of the telescope.
Select a planet or other target as the observation object. After switching back to flight, use AG6 to start the tracking function of the telescope.
Within the usable range of the rotation axis (60 ° upward, 15 ° left and right), the secondary mirror of the telescope shall point to the target and automatically adjust the angle of the telescope with the attitude of the aircraft.
2 - Inner cabin light cover operation.
The telescope hood is a layer of white arc plate & brown crescent structure that rotates coaxially with the telescope. When the telescope rotates in pitch, the hood should also rotate.
The science cabin is divided into crew cabin and telescope cabin, which are located on the first floor of the fuselage with transparent windows.The main functional parts of the passenger compartment are screen display status and operation of optical equipment;The main functions of the telescope cabin section are the telescope star tracking function and the operation of the inner cabin light cover.
Landing Gears
When the landing gear is on the ground, the retraction and retraction function will be locked, so the retraction and retraction of the landing gear can only be carried out after takeoff.
Retract landing gear: AG3
Landing gear down:AG4
The main landing gear (the rear four "trolleys") shall be in a "seesaw" shape after being off the ground, with the front wheels higher than the rear wheels.
When retracted, all doors of the landing gear shall be opened first, and then all doors shall be closed after the landing gear is slowly retracted.
When extending, the doors of the landing gear shall be fully opened first. After the landing gear is slowly lowered, some doors shall be closed, and a pair of auxiliary doors of the nose gear and the rear main gear shall be opened.
Landing gear retraction and retraction are not directly controlled by PGM Core.
If AG3/4 does not work, you can use AG8 (landing gear door),AG9,AG11,Slider4 (nose landing gear sub cabin door)to try to make them work.