VC10 C1K Panel Manual
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Main Panel
Airspeed Indicator Displays Indicated Airspeed (IAS) in Knots. The gauge uses a clock style display, with the larger needle showing tens & the small needle showing hundreds of knots. This airspeed indicator has no maximum speed indication (barber pole). The bugs around the outside can be used to mark important speeds as a reference. Clicking on the Speed Reference Chart (on the centre panel) will automatically set the bugs to important reference speeds depending on your situation. At non-flying speeds (under 100kt), the four bugs will be set for takeoff and will mark VR, V2, Climb Speed & Flaps Up Safety speed. If you are at flying speed, the bugs will be set for landing and will mark Flaps Up Safety Speed, Minimum speed with 35 deg flaps, Minimum with 45 deg flaps & Vat (Landing speed at runway threshold). The bugs can also be moved manually. Click the bottom half of the gauge to toggle the 'current' bug (the current bug is yellow). Click in the top half of the gauge to move the current bug. The amber light above the airspeed indicator (top right) is lit when auto throttle is turned on. Note: Previous versions of the VC10 panel used the Airspeed indicator to select the speed for Auto Throttle. This version of the panel now has a proper Auto Throttle unit (on the Auto Pilot window) to set the Auto Throttle speed.
Attitude Indicator Visual representation of the aircraft's bank & pitch angles. The scale across the bottom shows marks for 0, 10, 20, 30 degrees of bank. The outer marks are at 60 & 90 degrees. The scale on the inside shows a pitch reading in either direction. If the flight director is turned on, two yellow guide lines appear to show the required bank & pitch from the flight director. The idea is that if you keep the green wings lined up with the yellow guide, you are on the correct course. The Flight Director can be used with or without the autopilot being switched on, but only if the relevant NAV modes are selected on the autopilot panel (eg. GS Auto). If the flight director is receiving localizer or glide slope signals, the relevant 'LOC' or 'GS' light shows at the top. When the Flight Director is inactive a 'COMPUTER' flag shows on the right.
Altimeter Displays height above sea level in feet. This is a modern electronic display that is fitted in the current C1K fleet. Altimeters need to be adjusted according to local pressure readings. These readings are given out by ATC & also by ground information radio channels at airports. The VC10 gives this pressure setting in both commonly used units. The picture on the left shows a setting of 1013 millibars or 29.92 inches of mercury. You can click either side of the gauge to increase or decrease the pressure setting.
HSI (Horizontal Situation Indicator) Also known as CDI (Course Direction Indicator) Visual representation of the aircraft's heading & the aircraft's position in relation to any beacon tuned in on the NAV1 receiver. This gauge also sets the Heading & Course values which are used in the 'HEADING' & 'LOC/VOR' modes of the autopilot. Click on the relevant dial (bottom left & right) to adjust these values. The Heading bug is triangular & the Course bug is pointed. The course setting is also shown by the numbers in the centre section. There are localizer & Glideslope indicators on the centre section. Each one returns to it's central position & shows a flag if there is no signal currently being received. The localizer line moves sideways relative to the Course bug. The four dots provide a scale with the outer dots being the maximum deflection of the instrument. The Glideslope line moves up & down, again with dots showing the maximum deflection top & bottom. The gauge pictured here is from an aircraft that is already turning left to settle onto the localizer beam (course 057) & which is flying below the glideslope.
VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) Shows the vertical speed in thousands of feet per minute. This gauge is a modern electronic display type VSI, which is now fitted on many of the C1Ks. In the real aircraft this gauge has traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) capability, but this is not programmed into the model. The model's gauge is permanently on TCAS standby.
Machmeter Shows the Mach number for the current air speed & altitude. It is also used to set the MACH hold value for the autopilot. The bug can be moved by clicking either side of the gauge with the mouse. Click the right side to increase the speed, click the left side to decreases it. The machmeter shown in the picture is not going fast enough to register a Mach number, so the needle points down. The bug is set at Mach 0.5
VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range) If you tune your NAV1 or NAV2 receiver to the frequency of a VOR beacon, the VOR instrument will automatically display the direction to you. The single lined arrow shows the direction for NAV1 & the double lined arrow is for NAV2. A VOR beacon radiates separate beams for every degree of the compass.
Radio Altimeter Displays the aircraft's height over the ground directly below it. It gives an accurate & reliable reading during approach & landing. The warning light (top left) lights if you are descending less than 800 ft above the ground.
ADF (Automatic Direction Finder) If you tune your ADF receiver to the frequency of an ADF beacon, this instrument will automatically show the direction to that beacon. The orange arrow shows the ADF direction. The double lined arrow is for any beacon on NAV2. ADF beacons are less complex devices than VOR beacons. They only emit a single signal & are less accurate.
Turn Coordinator Shows a central position with three standard rate markers each for left & right turns. The outer marker shows a standard 2 minute rate turn (time taken for a full 360 degree turn). The middle marker shows a half rate turn (ie. it would take 4 mins to do a 360 degrees turn). The inner marker (half line) shows quarter rate. It is usual to use only half rate (or 4 min turn rate) in a large jet. The turn is considered 'coordinated' when the bubble indicator is central.
OMI (Outer Middle Inner markers) These indicators light up in turn when the aircraft is over the relevant marker during the approach to an airport. Blue for Outer, Orange for Middle, White for Inner. Not every airport will have all of these markers.
Stopwatch Counts minutes & seconds. Click to start, click again to stop, click again to reset to zero. If you stop over it with the mouse it gives the current time in FS.
Clock Gives GMT (zulu) time. Also has a stopwatch to counts minutes & seconds. Click to start, click again to stop, click again to reset to zero.

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