FLIGHT
TUTORIAL

A330-300
For flight simulator use only. Not intended for real world use.
  

Welcome to the flight tutorial for the A330-300. Today we will be flying from
Perth (YPPH) to Adelaide (YPAD).

Please uncheck “Start each flight with engines running” box in the Operations
and Warnings tab and reload the aircraft. Then go into Weight and Fuel and
make sure you have 6 hours of fuel on board.

The cockpit in its cold and dark state should greet you. (Fig 1.)

We should now go through our pre flight

checklist.

Battery 1 & 2: ON
APU Master Switch: ON
APU Starter Switch: ON
Bus Tie: ON
Galley: ON
Commercial: ON
APU Bat: ON
(Fig 1.)
APU Master Switch: ON
APU Starter: PRESSED
Transponder: SET
QNH: SET
No Smoking: ON
Seatbelt: ON

We then need to align the IRS’s. On the

FMC, press the INIT button. A page like
the one in (Fig 3.) should appear.

Click CLR and enter “YPPH/YPAD” into (Fig 2.)

the FROM/TO.

The scratchpad should then read out

“RESET IRS TO NAV”. Do this by going
into the overhead and clicking all 3 IRS
knobs into the NAV position. Then go
back to the FMC and hit clear. A orange
arrow that says “ALIGN IRS ->” should
appear under the ALTN value. Click the
soft key next to it to begin the aligning
process. (The time this takes is
determined by how far north or south of
the equator, the aircraft is.)

While this is happening, you can enter

your Flight Number, Cost Index (9.5 is
recommended) your alternate airport
(YMML) and your FL (360). When
entering your FL, do not put FL in front of (Fig 3.)
the number. Otherwise the FMC will not
understand. Simply enter 360 or 300 etc.
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Next, click the PERF button and you

should be greeted with the
Performance page (Fig 4.). Enter the
Runway we will be departing (03), the
flaps we will be using for departing (1)
and the Flex Temp (57).

This will in turn give you V1, Vr and V2.

It will also give you Flap Retraction
speed, Slat Retraction speed and a
clean target.

Flight Plan Preparation:

It’s now time to prepare the flight plan

and enter it into the Flight Management
Computer. Its recommended to use a
program like Plan-G to build the flight
plan.

Hit the F-PLN button. Click the soft key

next to YPPH and select runway 03. (Fig 4.)
Then scroll down and find the
departure SOLUS1. Click the soft key
next to it and then hit insert.

Our Flight Plan is as follows:

VIA: TO:

WIKEP
J68 BIDDY
J68 MUKIN
J68 ESP
Q12 LUCRE
Q12 LODGE
Q12 LESON
Q12 TUNAA
Q12 LONLY
(Fig 5.)
Click the soft key aligned with the next
free space under the SID. Enter the
Flight Plan. (Currently you have to add
all the airways. This is not correct
behavior and will change in v1.1).
After the this happened you should see
something that looks like this (Fig 5.)
Click the F-PLN button to return to the
flight plan page. (Currently ND only
displays waypoints entered into the
FMC)

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The FMC automatically assigns altitudes

for the climb and cruise but you may
wish to override these. This is done via
the F-PLN page. Enter the speed /
altitude and click on the right soft key
corresponding to the altitude. W

E.g. “245/13000” (Fig 6.)

Now that our flight plan is inserted into

the FMC, we now need to start our
Engine Start Checklist:

(Fig 6.)

Engine Start Checklist

BEACON: ON
NAV LOGO: ON
STROBE: OFF
THROTTLES: IDLE
L1, L2, L STBY: ON
R1, R2, R STBY: ON
R Engine Switch: ON
R ENG MASTER: HOLD FOR
15 SECONDS
L Engine Switch: ON
L ENG MASTER: HOLD FOR  
15 SECONDS  
(Fig 7.)
 

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After making sure that both engines are running. Go through the After Engine
Start Checklist to turn on Generators and Hydraulics.

After Engine Start Checklist

GEN 1, GEN 2: ON
GREEN ELEC PUMP: ON
GREEN ENG 1 PUMP: ON
BLUE ENG 1 PUMP: ON
YELLOW ELEC PUMP: ON
YELLOW ENG 1 PUMP: ON
GREEN ENG 2 PUMP: ON
ENGINE BLEED: ON
HOT AIR: ON
APU BLEED: ON

The aircraft is now started and ready to fly. You may start the Taxi Checklist:

Taxi Checklist

PARKING BRAKE: OFF

FLAPS: SET
SPEEDBRAKE: ARMED
TAXI LIGHT: TAXI
FLIGHT DIRECTORS: ON
STROBE: ON

You can arm the speedbrake by grabbing the lever and dragging it upwards.
When it’s fully up, the speedbrake is armed. Change the selected altitude to
10000 and change the vertical speed to +4500.

Taxi to runway 03 and line up. Then pull both ALT and VS knobs out and
push the HDG knob in. When ready to depart, click the click spot next to FLX
MCT, push the FD, push the A/THR button and then pull the IAS knob out.

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Once airborne and the aircraft is aligned to the autopilot attitude, click on the
AP1 button and the VS knob and slowly return the joystick to the center. Then
click the throttles into the CLB gate. The pilot can choose to push the altitude
knob in which will make the aircraft fly to the waypoints at the altitude selected
in the FMC. This will also enable stall protection and not allow a climb that will
loose speed.

Raise flaps at pilot’s discretion.

After 10,000 ft, we can turn off taxi lights and landing lights. We can also turn
off the APU by hitting the APU MASTER button. Also turn off the APU GEN
and APU BLEED

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With the autopilot in NAV mode, the aircraft will fly automatically from
waypoint to waypoint. No pilot interaction if the flight plan is entered correctly.

See the Flight Manual for explanation on autopilot.

As we pass TUNAA, contact ATC to ask for a expected runway. For this
tutorial, we will assume that we will use runway 23.

To add a STAR into the FMC flight plan, click the left soft key next to the
arrival ICAO code. Then click 23, choose RIKAB8 and then hit insert.

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We now want to enter the ILS frequency
into the FMC. The frequency for runway
23 is 109.70. We enter
“10970” into the scratchpad and add it
into the VOR. (Fig 7.)

To begin our decent, we can either add

the speed and altitudes manually into the
FMC or and put the autopilot into
managed vertical mode (altitude knob
pushed in).

We can also just adjust the altitude in the

autopilot window and select our VS. As
we are not on any network, descend at
pilot’s discretion.

When descending through 10,000 ft, turn  

on the landing lights and turn the seatbelt  
sign on. (Fig 7.)
 
Lower flaps to the 3rd detent at pilot’s discretion. Use of the spoilers is permitted to
 slow the aircraft.

As we fly over RIKAB, dial 140 into the airspeed autopilot window and pull the
airspeed knob out (selected mode).

When we approach GLOBE, we will manually change the heading. Click the HDG
knob so it returns to its neutral position. Turn the heading to 150 and then pull the
knob out. The aircraft should start to bank towards 150 degree’s.

Hit the LOC button. A grey LOC should appear on the PFD showing that it’s armed.
As you intercept the runway bearing, LOC mode will become active. As you
intercept the runway.

Then hit the APPR button. A magenta diamond will show the vertical position of the
glideslope on the right side of the PFD. If the diamond is high, the aircraft is below
the glideslope. If the diamond is low, the aircraft is above the glideslope. To capture
the glideslope, the aircraft must be less than 200 ft vertically from the glide slope.
Adjust your altitude to “000” and select your vertical speed to capture the
glideslope. Then pull both the altitude and VS knob out.

Once captured, arm your spoilers by pull the lever up. Engage the autobrake by
hitting the MED or MAX button.

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When over the runway threshold, the plane should begin to flare out. The
autopilot will then cut out as the plane touches the ground. X-Plane is only
capable of CAT II ILS procedure.

To slow the aircraft down, apply brakes by hitting the ‘b’ key, or use reverse
thrust at pilot’s discretion.

Reverse thrust can be engaged by clicking on the reverse thrust levers and
then using your key board short cut to advance the throttles. When you wish
to disengage reverse thrust, pull the reverse thrust to idle and then click the
reverse thrust levers. This will put the engines back into the normal thrust
mode. Then run through the after landing checklist.

AFTER LANDING CHECKLIST

FLAPS: UP
SPOILERS: RETRACTED
TAXI LIGHT: ON
LANDING LIGHT: OFF
STROBE: OFF

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Taxi to the ramp and begin the engines shut down process.

ENGINE SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST

L Engine Switch: OFF

R Engine Switch: OFF
L1, L2, L STBY: OFF
R1, R2, R STBY: OFF
L GEN: OFF
R GEN: OFF
ANTI ICE: OFF
Seatbelt Sign: OFF

Once the engines and generators are off, power will be draining from the
batteries. When AVAIL is illuminated on the EXT A and EXT B buttons. This
will hook up ground power and allow pilots to carry on with in-cockpit
procedures (unloading passengers etc).

AIRCRAFT SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST

GREEN ELEC PUMP: OFF

GREEN ENG 1 PUMP: OFF
BLUE ENG 1 PUMP: OFF
YELLOW ELEC PUMP: OFF
YELLOW ENG 1 PUMP: OFF
GREEN ENG 2 PUMP: OFF
ENGINES BLEED: OFF
HOT AIR: OFF
APU BLEED: OFF
EXT B, EXT A: OFF
BAT 1, BAT 2: OFF

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Thank you for flying the JetSim A330-300. Blue Skies!

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