FUIII Flight Training

Here I hope to provide summaries of the flight training included in FUIII. It's a shame you don't get this with the manual.

Basic Training

Taxi and Takeoff

Start Engine (e) - check artificial horizon, oil temp/pressure come on

Turn on Becon Light (')

Turn on Taxi Lights (k)

Take off parking brakes (b)

Other lights include Nav Lights (") Anti collision Lights (;) Pulse Lights (L) and Landing Lights (l)

Throttle to 1000rpm to get moving

Then moving throttle back to idle

Use left and right rudder to steer (Cursors <- and ->)

Brakes (Numpad Ins and Del)

From main parking area taxi along yellow line

Stop at hold short lines

Radio to tower for clearance (Space Bar)

Look right and left (Numpad <- and ->)

Move onto runway

Switch on Landing Light (l)

Final takeoff check - (correct runway and direction, oil temp/pressure, fuel, instruments)

Throttle to full

At 55kias pull yoke (stick) back slightly to takeoff

Climb at 10-12 degrees inclination, 70kias 1000ft/min (can look left and right to compare wings with horizon)

Level off at 3000ft, power to 2400rmp, 100kias

Trim out pressure i.e. ([) nose up (]) nose down

Fundamentals

Cruise - Throttle at 2400 rpm, 110Kias - trim out pressure
Bank Left - Yoke left, 30 degrees bank, pull up nose slightly
Bank Right - Yoke right, 30 degrees bank, pull up nose slightly
Climb - Throttle to full, airspeed reduces to 80kias - may need to compensate for loss of lift by pulling back yoke
Level off - Slightly before desired altitude - Throttle to 2400 rpm, 110Kias - trim out pressure
Descend - Throttle down to 2000rpm

Instrument Scanning

Airspeed, Artificial Horizon, Altitude

Turn Coordinator, Directional Gyro, Vertical Speed

Artificial Horizon is primary instrument, the rest are for backup.
Scan to compare with artificial horizon each instrument inturn.

Be aware of possible instrument failure... e.g.

Artificial Horizon & Directional Gyro - powered by engine driven vacuum pump, lost if engine fails
Turn Coordinator - powered by electrical system. lost if broken or short ciruit, battery failure or master switch off.
Airspeed, Altitude, Vertical Speed - powered by pitot static system, lost if pitot tube blocked

Traffic Patterns

Traffic pattern controlled airport - turn downwind, base, final

45 degree entry point, cruise speed, 1000ft AGL, 2400 rpm and flaps up
Downwind 2000rpm, 90 kts, flaps up 1000ft
Reduce to 1400rpm, 1 notch flaps and start descent, carbs heat on
Speed at 75kts, 1400rpm, add 2 notches of flaps, altitude 700-500ft AGL
Turn to final at around 500ft about 1.5 out at 70 kts, 1400rpm
On final 60kts, 1400rpm, full flaps on short final

Standard Rate Turns

Keep IFR pilots out of trouble by limitting bank angles to 15 degrees so that

you are less likely to get unintentional aerobatics
airtraffic controllers can easily predict your position

Turns rate turns change direction by 3 degrees per second hence it takes 2 minutes to turn 360 degrees.

Can use 3 degrees per second rule if directional gyro fails

When doing a standard rate turn

Keep aeroplane lined up with side marking
Keep ball in middle of slip indicator by using rudder correctly

Landings

Begin approach 2miles out at 600ft
Fly on 3 degrees glidepath
Align on centre line of runway to land between it's first 500 to 1000ft
Approach at 65kias by bringing power to 1500rmp and flaps full
When touching down 10ft from runway cut power to idel and ease nose up

Use Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) to assist with glide path. This is a set of special signs at side of runway visible 4 miles out and 10 degrees alignment to runway