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Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet

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Speedy Copilot fot the Whisperjet Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet makes the first officer and pilot monitoring actions, when you are pilot flying and captain of the JustFlight/Thranda BAe 146.

Principle With this plugin designed for FlyWithLua, you endorse the role of the captain and Pilot Flying. The purpose of the plugin is to automate First Officer actions. You still have to perform manually your dedicated lefthand seat and captain actions during the course of the flight. To code the first officer, we used directly raw material from BAe Systems, published in 2007, like the expanded checklists (146 RJ Fcom v3p1, Chapter 12). The excellent JustFlight documentation should be able to help you, especially the chapter “Normal procedures”.

Worths mentioning too, the older QualityWings documentation.

Installation 1. Please install FlyWithLua first. Speedy Copilot works with “FlyWithLua 2.7 NG”. 2. Extract the Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet archive content here :

\X-Plane 11\Resources\plugins\FlyWithLua\Scripts\ 3. Optionally, install Simple and Nice Loading Equipment v19 or above.

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Areas of responsibilities Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet assumes a typical split of responsibilities in the flight deck.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES, CAPTAIN AS PILOT FLYING

Illustration 1 : Speedy Copilot special repartition of the areas of responsibilities Some items are moved to the user area of responsibilities in the simulator context (yellow sectors). At all times for all procedures, please complete all actions on red and yellow sectors by yourself. You may also intervene directly on the blue sector as needed. The First officer will check and reset trims initially.

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Procedure triggers, a.k.a. mandatory steps It’s a good practice to start with Cold and Dark. In case of doubt, clicking the ‘Toggle power’ (the lightning bolt) twice will cycle ‘Ready for Take-off’ then ‘Cold & Dark’ states. The table shows how to sequence the different procedures of Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet. 1. Some events are triggered with on-screen actions. You must click inside a circle to continue. 2. Some procedures are instead started naturally in reaction to a user action on the cockpit, the later being part of the expected left hand seats actions. – ◊ FLIGHT DECK SAFETY

Click on screen (on-screen action).

– ◊ REDUCED FLIGHT DECK SAFETY (less tests)

Click on screen (on-screen action).

◊ BEFORE START

Contact RAMP with with on-screen action.

Option : DELAYED APU START

◊ STARTING

Click on screen (on-screen action). The FO makes the start procedure including action on the start panel (overhead) but the captain has to select FUEL ON for each engine on the pedestal.

◊ AFTER START

Automatic when 4 engines running and stable.

◊ BEFORE TAKE-OFF (to the line)

Taxi light ON (by the user as CM1) AND Perform flight controls check. Roll, Pitch and Yaw.

◊ BEFORE TAKE-OFF (lining UP) 

- Pedestal reminder set to CABIN SECURED AND - Quick glance at both approach path and runway

◌ AFTER TAKE-OFF, flaps schedule

Automatic

◊ CLIMB

PTU switch OFF

◊ DESCENT

Integraly done by the user. Not coded.

◊ APPROACH

FASTEN BELTS... ON

◌ LANDING or GO-AROUND

Automatic

◊ AFTER LANDING

AIRBRAKES and SPOILERS IN when away from RWY.

◊ SHUTDOWN

Brake YELLOW AND PARK AND BEACON light OFF

◊ LEAVING AIRCRAFT

Click on screen. The part of the LEAVING AIRCRAFT procedure if aircraft is not handed over is not coded.

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Flaps schedule The copilot will trigger flaps and gear during takeoff and approach. Unless deselected in the options. This option is not persistent, ie not saved for your next session. It is meant only for temporary action.  The PNF sets FLAPS and moves the GEAR handle.

The Pilot Monitoring will handle gear and flaps retraction and extension on schedule, during take off and later in approach, as if under your command.

During the approach, simply manage the aircraft speed and attitude. The PNF will naturally deploy flaps and slats in response to the deceleration. Your automated FO is conservative and you should be always below the VFE NEXT at each next stage of flap1. For instance, during the climb the First Officer will retract flaps from 24° to 18° passing 160 KIAS. During the descent, he will deploy flaps from UP to 18° passing 190 KIAS.

Acceleration height

VFE 18°

Select 18°

190 KIAS

Select UP

Select 18°

162 KIAS Select 24°

BIRD SPEED Below 8000 ft

VFE 33°

VFE

24°

°

160 KIAS Select 24°

TO FLAPS : 18 or 24 or 30°

18 VFE

24° VFE

30° VFE

150 KIAS

180 KIAS

VREF + 20

→Acceleration altitude

Reduction height Maintain - V2+10 until ACC H. - V2 (One Engine)

Glide slope interception

→Reduction altitude

Select 33° as required

Select CLIMB THRUST

Gear UP

You can take over and act manually yourself on the flap lever to smooth things as you like it. On the other hand, to delay flaps extension you only need to delay speed reduction adequately.

1 V FE is the maximum speed with the slats or flaps extended. VFE NEXT is the V FE for the next Flaps step.

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Options Options are set in a menu accessible via Plugin → FlyWithLua → FlywithLua Macros → Show menu Or move your mouse over the bottom right corner of the screen to pop up the command bar.

✔ Options : open the option menu. ✔ Hide : hide every Speedy Copilot messages from screen immediately. ✔ Cab : jump to a cabin seat for a wing view, provided the aircraft is a passenger version.

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 Speedy Copilot is active.

Turn ON/OFF the PNF and the flight following. ▲ Speedy Copilot will be reset when turned ON.

By default active.  AUTOMATIC RESET

The copilot is automatically reset to detected flight phase. Manual reset buttons are also available.

Click button.  The PNF sets FLAPS and moves the GEAR handle. Not persistent.

The Pilot Monitoring will handle gear and flaps retraction and extension on schedule, during take off and later in approach, as if under your command.

 The PNF uses the APU to start the engines

The APU electrical generator can run the electrical starters, or otherwise the external ground power will be used.

 The PNF delays the APU on departure (airport regulations)

The APU start is postponed (usually to comply with environmental regulations) until before start flow. When you deactivate this option, the PNF follows more closely the FCOM : the APU is started earlier.

 The PNF starts the APU after landing

At any moment but at the latest during landing, you can tell to F/O to start the APU in after landing.

 The PNF releases PARK BRK with chocks By

default

inactive

for

compatibility

AutoGate jetways.

Usually when chocks are in place, parking brake is released. However, this is inactive by default because third-parties like with AutoGate animated jetways will stay attached to the aircraft only if the parking brake is kept set.

 The PNF calls 'rotate'

You can silence rotate call on takeoff (Note : V1 is said by the aircraft systems, not the PNF).

 Noise abatement altitudes

This calculator provides reduction and acceleration pressure altitudes. It is used by the copilot for flaps retraction schedule and TMS management.

 Progressive boarding [Passengers planes]

The number of passengers will be stored then reset to zero initially. Then they will be boarded progressively during the flight deck safety procedure. Maximum cannot be excedeed.

→ [Target number of passengers]  Transponder OFF during taxi By default active.  Activate "Quick Glance" By default active.  Sounds → Aircraft is a freighter

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Transponder is kept OFF when taxiing as ruled by IVAO. When this option is not selected, transponder is ON as required in real life on modern airports from push-back until parking procedure. When active, when you look towards approach path and runway area or when you turn a landing light on, the PNF starts the runway entry flow. When inactive, only the light will signal the runway entry to the PNF. At each start, we look automatically for occurences of the string 'Q' in the aircraft path inside the simulator folders. It it finds it, then the model you are currently using must be a QT or QC freighter. You can change that manually here. Some adjustements are made like no cabin sounds, no flight attendant sounds, no delay to secure the cabin for take off.

Ground services Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet contains a backbone to manage automatically Ground Handling and door servicing without user intervention. By default, the ground services will be driven automatically by a free plugin, Simple and Nice Loading Equipment - (low tech ground services). If you want to activate the JARDesign Ground Handling Plugin with a custom set instead, you'll have to dig in the configuration file using a text editor and change the option. Keep in mind JAR GHD was not tested with the Bae 146, only Simple and Nice Loading Equipment. Therefore, the GHD option is hidden in the menu.

Before takeoff “Quick Glance” trigger Upon runway entry, the first thing to do is to check approach path and the runway. Once the cabin is secured, we will monitor your head direction. To begin before takeoff procedure, move you head towards both port side and starboard side, in any order but within 5 seconds2. Directing your look towards the two areas will trigger the runway entry flow.

Port glance ▼Starboard glance ▲

However, you can also use the legacy trigger, which is setting a landing light on. You can disable Quick Glance as before takeoff trigger in the options to only retain the legacy trigger.

Switching between the legacy menu and a pop up You can swap between a detachable pop up window and an fixed user interface (FPS friendly) for the Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet menu. In the main script, please find & edit local JF146_LegacyGUI = “deactivate” to local JF146_LegacyGUI = “activate” or the reversal.

2 If you look at the two directions successively in an elapsed time longer than this few seconds, Speedy Copilot will not recognize this as the runway and approach check behavior. This is done to avoid (or at least limit) false runway entries during taxi.

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Notes on procedures Using the manufacturer procedure as much as possible, I personnaly decided to move some items from the “Before take-off“ procedure a step earlier in the “After Start” procedure to reduce subsequent workload during the taxi-out. FCOM V3 Part 1 Chap 12, AFTER START : modified

modified

modified

START POWER ................... NORM START SEL and MSTR …..... OFF ENG ANT-ICE ..................... AS REQD GEN 4 and 1 switches ....... ON BRAKE FANS ...................... AUTO Before tow-bar is connected : ← inserted new mandatory step - check yellow hyd pressure > 2500 PSI - brakes on yellow - brakes applied

DOORS and WINDOWS .…………………….... CLOSED CHOCKS and GROUND EQUIP ................. REMOVED TRANSPONDER ...........……………………….... AS REQD Continue : ← inserted BRAKES ......... YELLOW and GREEN CHKD, YELLOW ← moved - - - - Continue only after pushback : - - - from Before Take-off - ← modified to enforce hydraulics SPEEDS/N 1 ....................... CHKD ← moved from Before TO if any : EFIS, MCP TRP ..................... Speeds correct only after push-back TRP/TMS ........................................ Thrust rating correct HYDRAULICS ...………...... ON and CHKD PED ....................................... N 1 SET correct HEATERS ....................... ON CONT IGN A and B ….. AS REQD ← moved from Before TO APU/ENG AIR ............... AS REQD CONTROLS .......…....... CHKD ← moved from Before Take-off PACKS/CABIN AIR ........ AS REQD CAUTION. While a tow-bar is connected : • The green system must not be pressurized. • Do not use the PTU or ENG 3 PUMP.

Difference between procedures (workflows) and checklists The copilot is doing the FCOM procedures (not checklists). At the end of a procedure, you may run (on your own) the according checklist to verify critical items are correctly set. In 2005, the American manufacturer Boeing dramatically simplified and shorten its operational checklists for its B737 aircraft. By contrast, BAe has lagged behind. The so-called “checklists” historically provided for the BAe-146 where in fact very long read-and-do lists in the British Aerospace original documentation. More in phase with nowadays flying habits and environment, a renovated practice would be to: 1. do the flight phases procedures by memory - as expanded in the manuals ; 2. then, at the end of each procedure, run a short control list of selected critical items, namely a “true “ checklist. Our card (see next pages) contains reworked, short, modern, challenge-and-response checklists. Only mission critical items are checked. A lot of other actions are required for all phases of flight, but they are not part of the lists of critical controls. Normally, as indicated in the card, in a dual pilot environment, some items would be responded by both pilots, some by the Pilot Monitoring, or Pilot Flying, or Captain or FO. Behind the sim it's just me and my MC (Monitoring Cat), so I challenge and response everything by myself, with the cat listening. Inverted text like « AUTO SPLR » means an AVRO RJ item, skipped in the older Bae-146. Note that for Bae-146 ALF-502 engines we only display a pink BLEED OFF N1 table. It’s expected to takeoff with bleed air from the APU. On the contrary, for the AVRO-RJ we provide a BLEED ON TOGA N1 table.

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BAE-146 / AVRO RJ NORMAL CHECKLISTS – MODIFIED - MODERN S.0.P. - 20210513-2246-SC FLIGHT DECK SAFETY

AFTER START

EXT/INT SAFETY CHECKS COMPLETE, COVERS & PINS EMERG EQUIPMENT CHECKED & SECURE OXY MAIN VLV ON OXY MASKS 100% FLOW/MIC CHECKED

PM PM PM B

ELECTRICS

CIRCUIT BREAKERS BATT Voltage (BATT ON, min BUS-TIES STBY INV & STBY GEN GENS 1 and 4 FIRE HANDLES FIRE AND EXTG TESTS (6) ICE PROT/HEATERS

SET 23V) __V AUTO ARM & ARM OFF/RESET IN COMPLETE OFF

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

ON 1 or 2 ON A/B

PM PM PM PM

MASTER SWITCHES

YAW DAMP MASTER 1 and 2 FGC SELECT AVIONICS MASTER 1 and 2 GRND IGN ANTI-SKID AND LIFT SPLRS

AUTO SPLR LIFT SPLRS YEL and GRN

ON PM ON PM

HYDRAULICS

AC PUMP PTU switch

ON/AUTO PM ON PM

LIGHTS & NOTICES

OVHD ANNUNCIATORS TESTED & NORMAL PM CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARM PM GROUND TESTS (7) COMPLETE PM MAIN PANEL

FLIGHT INSTS HDG ___, Altimeter ___ FLIGHT ANNUNS TESTED Master Warn. Syst TESTED & NORMAL IRS/GNS/EFIS ON

B PM PM PM

PARK.BRAKE YELLOW & PARK,PRESS CHKD PF THRUST LEVERS FUEL OFF PF BEFORE START FLIGHT DECK DOOR CLOSED WINDOWS LOCKED FUEL PANEL _ KGS,PUMPS ON MCP V2___, HDG___, ALT___ TRP/TMS/N1/SPEEDS CHCKD, BUGS SET, V1__,VR__, V2__ RUDDER AND AILERON TRIM FREE AND 0 HYDRAULICS ALL OFF PRESSURISATION CHECKED & SET TAXI AND TAKEOFF BRIEFING COMPLETE ANTI COLLISION LIGHT ON PACKS & APU AIR OFF ENG ANT-ICE ON

FO B C C C C C C C C C C

START PANEL SET GENERATORS ON SPEEDS/N1* CHECKED ENG ANT-ICE OFF/AS REQD CONT IGN AS REQD HEATERS/ANIMAL BAY ON/AS REQUIRED ENG AIR . AS REQD ➘ if ENG AIR : CABIN AIR RECIRC PACKS AS REQD HYDRAULICS ON, AC AUTO & CHCKD CHOCKS & GRND EQUIP REMOVED BRAKES GREEN & YELLOW CHECKED,YELLOW FLIGHT CONTROLS CHECKED

FO FO FO FO FO FO FO FO FO C B C C

* OCCASIONALLY SPEED BUGS AND N1 TARGET ARE IN ERROR AFTER POWER IS TRANSFERRED TO THE ENG GENS. ALF 502 BAE-146 Table 8.1.1 - TOGA PINK 10 15 20 25 30

ENG ANTI-ICE OFF

ENG AIR OFF

1

0°C 5 35 40 45 50 N1 REF 92.7 93.6 94.2 93.7 92.9 92.1 91.4 90.7 89.9 88.9 88.5

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N1 REF 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.7 93 92.2 91.4 90.7 89.9 88.9 88.6

X 1000 ft

ALF 507 AVRO - RJ Table 8.1.3 - TOGA YELLOW

ENG ANTI-ICE OFF Pr. Altitude (1000 ft)

ENG AIR ON

For take-off use temperature (°C). For go-around use IOAT (°C)

0°C

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10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

N1 REF 93.1 93.9 94.8 95.4 94.8 93.9 93.0 92.3 91.3 90.3 89.2 1

TREDU 24.0 24.0 24.0 26.0 29.0 34.0 37.0 41.0 46.0 49.0 50.0 N1 REDU 90.2 91.1 91.8 92.1 91.7 91.0 90.7 90.1 89.1 89.0 89.2 N1 REF 91.8 92.6 93.4 94.2 94.8 93.9 93.0 92.3 91.4 90.4 89.3

0

TREDU 28.0 28.0 28.0 28.0 30.0 34.0 38.0 42.0 46.0 50.0 50.0 N1 REDU 88.9 89.7 90.5 91.3 91.4 91.0 90.5 89.9 89.2 88.7 89.3

BEFORE TAKEOFF FLAPS STABILISER TRIM CONFIG

SET C SET C CHECKED C

LINE UP

CABIN MWS RADAR/TRANSPONDER

READY C CHECKED C AS REQUIRED/TA+RA C

AFTER TAKEOFF ENG AIR PACKS GEAR FLAPS TRP or TMS

ON ON UP & LIGHTS OUT ZERO AS REQD

PM PM PM PM PM

CLIMB PTU OFF PM ALTIMETERS 1013 SET & X-CHECKED B PRESSURIZATION ΔP BUILDING PM CLIMB (ALF-502-R5) 3 t < 3 t Emergency descent VMO (kt IAS) total wing fuel VMO MMO (IMN) RJ70 300 0.73 RJ85 270 225 300 0.73 RJ100 305 0.73 Bird impact speed : max 250 KIAS below 8000 ft GEAR 205 KIAS max APU MAX 732TGT /START 974 10 SEC Flight: 6.55 to 7.5 ∆PSI Max. ∆Press (PSI) (see placard). Ground: ∆0. Unreliable airspeed 2°ANU, 85%N1 then FCOMv2 Ch4. TAKE OFF 882TGT 96.7 %N1 ALF 502 Rat.5 MAX CONT 857TGT 96.7 %N1 ALF 502 Rat.5 SOP - MODIFIED WORDING OF PROC. AND CHECKS HERE « CHECKLISTS » ARE LIMITED TO SELECTED CRITICAL ITEMS CONTROLLED ONCE A « NORMAL PROCEDURE » IS COMPLETED. THEREFORE THOSE CHECKLISTS DO NOT COVER THE FULL ACTIONS, PROCEDURES, WORKFLOWS FROM BAE. ALSO, KEEPING 146-RJ PECULIARITIES, THEY WERE ALTERED TO RESEMBLE OTHER MANUFACTURERS CHECKS (GREY MARGINS).

Updates Version 1 from 2021-05First release.

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Producer Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet is released under the french Etalab Open Licence 2.0 and qualifies as free software. You are free to reproduce, copy, publish and transmit the « information », adapt and modify it to create « derivative information » but you must attribute the origin of the « information » by acknowledging the producer (Aérographe) and date (May 2021). This attribution shall not suggest any official status or endorsement, by the « Producer » of the re-use of the « Information ».

Media Is included : « Upbeat Party » by Scott Holmes on http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/ under Creative Commons licence « Attribution 3.0 Unported » (CC BY 3.0).

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