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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><I><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="6">BOEING 707-320
panel - Basic Flight Instruments</FONT></I></B> </P>
<P><B>The Airspeed and Mach Indicators</B></P>
<P><IMG SRC="airspeed.gif" ALT="Airspeed indicator" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="105" HEIGHT="105">The
Boeing 707 airspeed indicator has a slightly different scale to the ASI in
the default FS2000/FS2002 737, and this panel reflects this. You may also note
that the instrument has no digital readouts whatsoever. The airspeed
indicator contains a speed bug which may be useful as a reference when
taking off or landing. However, the only place on the panel where the
speed bug has an effect is the Fast/Slow gauge on the ADI - the 707 is not
equipped with an autothrottle. <IMG SRC="mach.gif" ALT="Mach meter" ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100"></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">Since there is no Mach reading on the ASI, a separate Mach
meter is required - it is located below the Turn Co-ordinator. Since the
707 is a subsonic aircraft, the scale of the Mach meter ends at 1.0.</P>
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<P><B>The Altimeter</B></P>
<P>This panel's altimeter is in fact quite modern, in that it displays
a digital reading of the entire altitude, by means of rotating drums
(In 707s from a few years earlier, only the thousands were displayed
numerically). The gauge also displays its pressure setting by means of
numeric drum readouts, in both imperial and metric units.</P></TD>
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<P><B>The Radio Altimeter</B></P>
<P>This instrument indicates the aircraft's height above the ground,
and is useful for judging the approach to the ground when landing. The
instrument reads as far as 2,500 ft, and contains an adjustable
Decision Height bug - when the decision height is reached, the DH
light on the ADI will come on momentarily.</P> </TD>
<TD WIDTH="120"><IMG SRC="radalt.gif" ALT="Radio altimeter" ALIGN="MIDDLE" WIDTH="110" HEIGHT="110"></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="250"><IMG SRC="rmi1.jpg" ALT="Image of RMI" ALIGN="MIDDLE" WIDTH="110" HEIGHT="110">
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<P><B>The RMI</B></P>
<P>This instrument on the Captain's panel has two switches, permitting
the needles to be switched between pointing to the VOR, or the ADF.
Since there is only one ADF available in FS2000/FS2002, when both needles are
set to ADF, they will point in the same direction. <BR>
Directly below the RMI is the DME 2 readout, giving the distance to
the NAV 2 beacon. The distance to the NAV 1 beacon is given on the
HSI.</P></TD>
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<P><B>The DME</B></P>
<P>Below the RMI, there is a readout for the distance to DME 2 (the DME
1 readout is on the HSI).</P> </TD>
<TD WIDTH="120"><IMG SRC="dme.jpg" ALT="DME" ALIGN="MIDDLE" WIDTH="98" HEIGHT="77">
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<TD WIDTH="110"><IMG SRC="turncoord.jpg" ALT="Turn Co-ordinator" ALIGN="MIDDLE" WIDTH="102" HEIGHT="102"></TD>
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<P><B>The Turn Co-ordinator</B></P>
<P>This instrument is in some ways a hangover from the instrument
panels of piston-engined aircraft - the needle indicates the rate of
turn, while the ball indicates slipping or skidding of the aircraft.
If you have Auto-Coordination switched on in FS2000/FS2002, the ball will
always be centred.</P></TD>
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<P><B>The Clock</B></P>
<P>The 707 is fitted with an analogue clock with hour, minute and
second hands. To adjust the clock, there is a knob at the lower right
which increments/decrements by 1 minute per click. When passing
through zero, the hours change accordingly, as with a real analogue
clock. However, to speed up setting time, there is an extra knob at
the lower left which adjusts hours directly. Note the small inset
clock above the main clock - this reads Zulu Time.</P> </TD>
<TD WIDTH="120"><IMG SRC="clock.gif" ALT="Clock" ALIGN="MIDDLE" WIDTH="102" HEIGHT="102">
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<TD WIDTH="110"><IMG SRC="controls.jpg" ALT="Image of RMI" ALIGN="MIDDLE" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100"></TD>
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<P><B>The Flight Control Positions Indicator</B></P>
<P>This instrument, located on the First Officer's panel, indicates the
position of the flight controls. When the control column or autopilot
are commanding a roll to the left, the aileron position indicator
rolls right - this symbolizes the movement of the ailerons up on the
left hand side of the aircraft, and down on the right hand side.</P></TD>
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<P><B>The ADI</B> </P>
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<P>This ADI layout was used on most US-built airliners from the mid-60s
up until the 1980s, when EFIS computer displays began to take over. In
addition to the attitude indicator, the ADI contains the following
components:</P>
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<LI><B>Fast-Slow Gauge</B>- to the left of the attitude indicator
this indicates the aircraft's airspeed, relative to the speed
selected with the airspeed bug. Each dot on the scale represents 10
knots.</LI>
<LI><B>Localizer and Glideslope indicators</B> - located below and
to the right of the attitude indicator respectively, these indicate
the aircraft's position relative to an ILS beam. This information is
also available on the HSI.</LI>
<LI><B>Decision Height Light</B> - comes on momentarily when
descending through the Decision Height.</LI>
<LI><B>Flight Director</B> - allows the autopilot to give commands
to the pilot, rather than flying the aircraft directly. This is
integrated with all of the autopilot's modes, but is most useful
during the landing approach.</LI>
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<TD WIDTH="200"><IMG SRC="adi.gif" ALT="Image of ADI" ALIGN="MIDDLE" WIDTH="185" HEIGHT="185"></TD>
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<P>The presentation of various types of information in one location makes
the ADI helpful when carrying out an instrument approach and landing. </P>
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<TD WIDTH="110"><IMG SRC="hsi.jpg" ALT="Image of HSI" ALIGN="MIDDLE" WIDTH="166" HEIGHT="187"></TD>
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<P><B>The HSI</B></P>
<P>The HSI has the standard layout for pre-EFIS jet aircraft. Note the
setting knobs on the instrument - the left one sets the OBS course,
while the right one sets the target heading for the autopilot (newer
aircraft models have these controls in the autopilot on the
glareshield). The instrument also has numeric readouts for the current
OBS course, and DME 1.</P></TD>
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