Alsim AL50 Technical specifications

Flight Manual
AL50/MPG5
Alsim
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AL50/MPG5
Table of Contents
0-1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-7
0-2 REVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-7
1 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1-1
1-1 EMERGENCY STOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
2 GENERAL 2-1
2-1 WARNINGS, CAUTIONS AND NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2-2 SYMBOLS, ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMINOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2-3 UNITS OF MEASUREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2-3-1 SPEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2-3-2 DISTANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2-3-3 MASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2-3-4 VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2-3-5 VOLUME/MASS RELATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2-3-6 PRESSURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2-3-7 TEMPERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
3 LIMITATIONS 3-1
3-1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3-2 AIRSPEED LIMITATIONS FOR SAFE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3-3 AIR SPEED INDICATOR MARKERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3-4 POWER PLANT LIMITATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3-5 STARTER LIMITATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3-6 POWER PLANT INSTRUMENT MARKINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3-7 WEIGHT LIMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3-8 CENTER OF GRAVITY LIMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3-9 MANEUVER LIMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
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3-10 CREW LIMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3-11 FUEL LIMITATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3-12 EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEM LIMITATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
4 NORMAL PROCEDURES 4-1
4-1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4-2 COCKPIT PREPARATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4-3 BEFORE ENGINE START . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4-4 ENGINE START UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4-5 WARM-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4-6 BEFORE TAXI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4-7 TAXIING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4-8 ENGINE RUN-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4-9 BEFORE TAKE-OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4-10 NORMAL TAKE-OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4-11 CLIMB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4-12 CRUISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4-13 DESCENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4-14 APPROACH AND LANDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4-14-1 NORMAL LANDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4-14-2 SHORT FIELD LANDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4-15 GO-AROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4-16 AFTER LANDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4-17 ENGINE SHUT-DOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
4-18 PARKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
5 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 5-1
5-1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5-2 ENGINE INOPERATIVE PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5-2-1 ENGINE FAILURE DURING TAKE OFF (Before Rotation) . . . . . . . . 5-2
5-2-2 ENGINE FAILURE DURING TAKE-OFF (After Rotation) . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5-3 ENGINE POWER LOSS IN FLIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5-4 POWER OFF LANDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5-5 ENGINE OVERHEATING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
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5-6 OIL PRESSURE LOSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5-7 FIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
5-7-1 ENGINE FIRE DURING START UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
5-7-2 ENGINE FIRE IN FLIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
5-7-3 ELECTRIC FIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
5-8 ELECTRICAL FAILURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
5-8-1 ALTERNATOR FAILURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
5-9 SPIN RECOVERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
6 PRESET VALUES FOR DIFFERENT FLIGHT PHASES 6-1
6-1 TAKE-OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6-2 CLIMB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6-3 CRUISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6-4 CRUISE PERFORMANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
6-5 DESCENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
6-6 HOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
6-7 APPROACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
6-8 LANDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
7 OVERVIEW OF THE COCKPIT 7-1
7-1 COCKPIT FITTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
7-1-1 OPENING THE CABIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
7-1-2 SEAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
7-1-3 LIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
7-1-4 START/STOP PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
7-1-5 HEADSETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
7-2 FLIGHT DECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
8 OPERATION OF THE SIMULATED AIRCRAFT’S SYSTEMS 8-1
8-1 FLIGHT CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
8-1-1 PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
8-1-2 SECONDARY FLIGHT CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
8-2 POWER PLANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
8-2-1 ENGINE AND PROPELLER CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
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8-2-2 ENGINE INSTRUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
8-3 STARTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
8-4 LANDING GEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
8-4-1 WHEEL BRAKES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
8-5 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
8-5-1 AIRSPEED INDICATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
8-5-2 VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
8-5-3 TURN AND BANK INDICATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
8-5-4 ALTIMETER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
8-5-5 ATTITUDE INDICATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
8-6 NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
8-6-1 ADF INDICATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
8-6-2 HEADING INDICATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
8-6-3 GYRO SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
8-6-4 MAGNETIC COMPASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
8-6-5 OBI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
8-6-6 DME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
8-7 AVIONICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21
8-7-1 RADIO NAVIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21
8-7-2 MARKER ANNUNCIATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
8-7-3 COMMUNICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
8-8 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
8-8-1 OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
8-8-2 ELECTRICAL CONTROLS AND INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30
8-9 FUEL SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
8-9-1 FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
8-9-2 FUEL SELECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
8-9-3 ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
8-10 AUTOMATIC FLIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33
8-10-1 FLIGHT DIRECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33
8-10-2 AUTOPILOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
8-10-3 AUTOMATIC FLIGHT DISENGAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-36
8-11 ICE PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
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8-11-1 PROPELLER DE-ICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
8-11-2 PITOT HEAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
8-12 LIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38
8-13 MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39
8-13-1 ANNUNCIATOR TEST SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39
8-13-2 STOPWATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
8-13-3 BUG SELECTOR SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-41
9 Failure Reports and Modification Requests 9-1
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AL50/MPG5 0-1. INTRODUCTION
0-1 INTRODUCTION
This is the flight manual for the Alsim Synthetic Training Device model AL50, serial number
A05G11, flight model MPG5. The flight modelling software is based on a single-engine aircraft
with fixed-pitch propeller and non-retractable landing gear.
This manual contains the information needed by the pilot to operate the trainer A05G11. The
procedures presented are the result of Alsim’s knowledge and experience up to the date of issue
of the manual or its latest revision. The manual is not intended to be a guide for basic flight
instruction or a training manual.
For information on the instructor station, please refer to the Instructor’s User Manual, for main-
tenance information to the Maintenance Manual.
Please address all comments, questions or suggestions to
Alsim Simulateurs
Z. I. No Bachelon
44430 Le Loroux Bottereau
France
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]
E-Mail serv[email protected]
0-2 REVISIONS
Changes in hard- or software will lead to updates of this manual. Please replace the pages we will
send you and fill in the log of revisions. The pages of this manual are identified by date of issue
and page number (in the format chapter-page).
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AL50/MPG5 0-2. REVISIONS
LOG OF REVISIONS
Rev. Issue Date Reason for Revision Author Pages Revised
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Chapter 1. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: This Synthetic Training Device has been de-
signed for professional flight training. Whenever some-
body is “flying” it, an instructor trained in its use must
be present!
Assuming the trainer is installed correctly and in proper working order, there is only a minimum
of rules to follow:
CAUTION: Do not smoke, eat or drink in the cockpit or
at the instructor station!
For further safety information, on topics such as installation, moving or cleaning of the trainer,
please see the Maintenance Manual.
1-1 EMERGENCY STOP
There are two emergency stop buttons: One on the start/stop panel in the instructor station; the
second one is connected to the side of the cockpit by means of a cable and can be used either inside
or outside the cockpit.
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PUSH TO STOP -
POWER OFF LOCKED
TURN & PULL BEFORE
START
Figure 1.1: Emergency Stop
In the case of an emergency, hit the button - the power supply to the trainer will be cut and
everything stops.
NOTE: Do not hit the emergency stop button “for fun”. It will
switch off everything, including the projectors, which may destroy
their lamps.
Have the problem solved before restarting the trainer.
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