With the addition of the FSFlyingSchool Cherokee 140 Detail Pack, your instructor will be looking at your aircraft and your performance in it in a lot more detail.
The FSFlyingSchool Cherokee 140 Detail Pack will engage when any aircraft is flown with that name in its aircraft folder name in X-Plane.
Mr Smith is the Cherokee 140 instructor - he is the one with expert knowledge of this aircraft!
The following is a list of different stages of flight in which events will cause your instructor to talk to you, with specific reference to the Cherokee 140 you are flying...
Cold
and Dark
[Shortly
after flight starts on ground with master battery on]
Estimate
of current fuel as a percentage of full.
Starting
Engine
[Engine
start attempted and mixture control not correctly set]
Advice
that mixture control should be full rich when starting the engine.
[Engine
start attempted and throttle not set]
Advice
that throttle should open about ¼ to ½ inch when starting.
[Engine
start attempted and parking brake not set]
Warning
that parking brake must be set when starting the engine.
[Shortly
after moving in taxi mode]
Advice
on which instruments and systems should be checked during taxiing.
Take
Off
[Shortly
after entering takeoff mode]
Advice
to set flaps normally up, or with 10 or 25 degrees for a short field.
[Take
off mode and pilot just selected too much flaps]
Advice
to set flaps normally up, or with 10 or 25 degrees for a short field.
[Shortly
after beginning takeoff]
Advice to
move throttle smoothly up to full.
[Shortly
after beginning takeoff]
Advice
that the nose wheel can be lifted at 55 MPH.
[Shortly
after takeoff]
Reminder
that this aircraft’s ‘vX’ (Best Angle of Climb Speed) is 78 MPH at sea level.
Use this speed to clear runway obstacles or to lift off from a soft field
quickly.
[Shortly
after takeoff]
Reminder
that this aircraft’s ‘vY’ (Best Rate of Climb Speed) is 89 MPH at sea level. Use
this speed to climb after takeoff in normal operations.
[Shortly
after takeoff]
Reminder
that in this aircraft you should normally turn with a 20 degree bank and when
doing so you will want to rollout about 20 degrees before your desired
heading.
[Shortly
after takeoff]
Advice
that if you encounter heavy turbulence you need to be at or below maneuvering
speed (‘vA’) and to remember that this will decrease as you burn fuel.
[Shortly
after takeoff]
Advice to
use right rudder to correct for any unwanted yawing to the left caused by P
factor and torque.
[Shortly
after takeoff]
Advice to
get any take-off flaps retracted.
[Shortly
after takeoff]
Advice
that in "cruise climb" in this aircraft you should normally fly at 100 MPH - and
this gives good vision over the nose.
Cruise
[Entering
cruise mode]
Advice to
cruise with around 75% power, 2500 to 2600 RPM and consider leaning mixture
above 3,000 feet MSL and certainly above 5,000 feet MSL.
[Above
maximum altitude]
Advice
to descend below 14,300 feet.
Descent
and Landing
[Descending
and below maximum flap speed while landing]
Advice
that once below 115 MPH the pilot may lower 10 degrees of flaps.
[Descent
to landing and mixture not set]
Advice
that mixture must be at full rich for descent to landing.
[Descending
and decelerating to maximum flap speed while landing]
Advice
that once below 115 MPH the pilot may lower 10 degrees of flaps.
[Descending
and decelerating to 112 MPH while landing]
Advice
that once below 112 MPH the pilot may lower 25 degrees of flaps.
[Descending
and decelerating to 109 MPH while landing]
Advice
that once below 109 MPH the pilot may lower 40 degrees of flaps.
[Descent
to around 600 feet AGL while landing]
Advice to
use pitch to control airspeed and power to control rate of descent during
approach and landing.
[Descent
to around 500 feet AGL while landing]
Advice
that you typically want to approach around 76 MPH with 40 degrees flaps and
touch down around 58 MPH.
[Descent
to around 400 feet AGL while landing]
Reminder
to flare at about 10 to 15 feet above the runway and to lift the nose to land on
your main gear first, lower the nose gently and use minimum braking required.
[Descent
to around 300 feet AGL while landing]
Reminder
that at about 10 to 15 feet above the runway you should reduce power to idle and
flare.
Taxi
In
[Flaps
not fully retracted]
Reminder
to get flaps up.
[Carburetor
heat on]
Advice
to turn off carburetor heat.
[Pitot
heat on]
Reminder
to turn pitot heat off.
Shut
Down
[Flaps
not fully retracted]
Reminder
to get flaps up.
[Avionics
master switch on]
Reminder
to turn off avionics master switch.
[Mixture
control not cutoff]
Reminder
to cut off the mixture control.
[Ignition
key not off]
Reminder
to turn key counterclockwise to OFF.
[Master
battery on]
Advice
to turn off master battery.
General
Warnings and Advice
[Engine
running on ground and below 800 RPM]
Advice
to maintain at least 800 RPM to avoid fouling the sparkplugs.
[Engine
off and pitot heat on]
Advice
to turn off pitot heat.
[Carburetor
heat on and on ground and not performing run up]
Advice
that normal operation requires carburetor heat off unless landing or attempting
to clear suspected carburetor icing.
[Pitot
heat off and not taxiing and OAT below 40° F (4° C)]
Reminder
to use pitot heat when OAT (outside air temperature) is below 40° F (4° C).
[Pitot
heat on and taxiing or OAT not below 40° F (4° C)]
Reminder
to turn off pitot heat when taxiing or when OAT (outside air temperature) is at
or above 40° F (4° C).
[Loss of
engine while airborne]
Advice
that the best glide speed in this aircraft is 80 MPH.
[Speed
approaching vNO]
Reminder
that you need smooth air to fly above 'vNO' (Maximum Structural Cruising Speed)
which is 140 MPH for this aircraft.
[Speed
approaching vNE]
Warning
that you are close to exceeding 171 MPH which is ‘vNE’ (Never Exceed Speed) for this aircraft.
[Decreasing
speed approaching vSO]
Warning
that stall speed with full flaps is 55 MPH which is ‘vSO’ (Stalling Speed in
Landing Configuration) for this aircraft.
[Decreasing
speed approaching vS]
Warning
that stall speed with flaps up is 64 MPH which is ‘vS’ (Stalling Speed with
Flaps Up) for this aircraft.
[Left or
right fuel level is low]
Warning
that one or both fuel tanks are getting low and you may wish to consider your
refueling options.
[Carburetor
heat on during approach or landing]
Advice
that normal operation requires carburetor heat off unless landing or attempting
to clear suspected carburetor icing.
[Fuel
level low]
Warning
that total fuel is below 10 percent and you may wish to consider your refueling
options.
[Master
battery just switched on]
Estimate
of current fuel as a percentage of full.
[Master
battery on and fuel level getting low]
Estimate
of current fuel as a percentage of full as fuel falls below 50%, 25%, 10%, 5%
and 3%.
[Carburetor
heat on while cruising]
Advice
that normal operation requires carburetor heat off unless landing or attempting
to clear suspected carburetor icing.
[Engine
running and avionics master switch off]
Reminder
to turn avionics master switch on.
[Flaps
down and flying too fast for any flaps]
Advice
that once below 115 MPH the pilot may lower 10 degrees of flaps.
[Flaps
down beyond 1st notch and flying too fast for 2nd notch of flaps]
Advice
that once below 112 MPH the pilot may lower 25 degrees of flaps.
[Flaps
down beyond 2nd notch and flying too fast for 3rd notch of flaps]
Advice
that once below 109 MPH the pilot may lower 40 degrees of flaps.
In addition your
instructor will read out checklists on your command!
- Cold and
Dark
- Run
Up
- Take
off
-
Descent
-
Landing
- Shut
Down
