Cockpit | e.g. flight: Mooney Bravo Flight Simulator X Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Hi! The following guide will cover the preparations for flight and the flight itself between the airports of Krakow (code EPKK) and Prague (code LKPR).

Let me begin with the Mooney Bravo cockpit description. You will not find much difference between this cockpit and cockpits of other Flight Simulator's light aircraft. If you are familiar with this particular cockpit, you may as well skip to the next paragraph.

Let's begin with the main panel.

Gauges of the main panel:

1 - alternator main switch	2 - battery master switch	3 - avionics switch	4 - starter
5 - aerodynamic brakes indicator	6 - warnings indicator	7 - navigation mode switch (NAV or GPS)	8 - real time clock
9 - autopilot master switch	10 - Flight Director switch	11 - marker beacon annunciator lights	12 - DME indicators
13 - autopilot panel	14 - NAV2 Radio	15 - fuel flow gauge	16 - airspeed indicator
17 - turn coordinator	18 - fuel selector	19 - attitude indicator	20 - Horizontal Situation Indicator
21 - standby vacuum pump switch	22 - prop de-ice switch	23 - Pitot heat switch	24 - fuel pump boost switch
25 - elevator trim switch	26 - altimeter	27 - vertical speed indicator	28 - cowl flaps position indicator
29 - cowl flap switch	30 - flap position switch	31 - throttle control	32 - prop control
33 - mixture control	34 - magnetic compass	35 - landing gear lever	36 - rudder trim switch
37 - flap position indicator	38 - manifold pressure gauge	39 - tachometer	40 - rudder trim indicator
41 - rudder trim indicator	42 - fuel tank quantity gauges

Radio and autopilot panel

Press Shift + 2 to open the panel. Radio and autopilot panel comprises the following gauges:

1 - audio switches used to listen to various radios and navaids;

2 - COMM1 section - the VHF1 radio section. Left part indicates current frequency, while the right part is used for storing backup frequency. Only that frequency can be edited and then set current using the arrow buttons.

3 - NAV1 section - radio receiver that is tuned to VOR transmitters. Frequencies are set similarly to the COMM1;

4 - COMM2 section - VHF2 radio section, frequencies are set similarly to the COMM1;

5 - NAV2 section - works similarly to the NAV1 section;

6 - DME indicator - left side shows the distance in nm to the VOR, right side shows our speed in relation to the VOR. R1 & R2 switches are used to choose the signal source - NAV1 and NAV2 respectively;

7 - transponder panel - the transponder squawk code is stored there using the digits;

8 - autopilot panel - lets you set the required altitude (ALT), vertical speed (VS) that is adjustable with the use of UP and DN buttons, enable the autopilot with the AP button and set HDG, NAV, APR, REV, ALT autopilot modes.

Autopilot modes:

HDG - the autopilot follows the set heading;

HDG - the autopilot follows the NAV course;

APR - the autopilot follows the ILS landing system indications;

REV - back-course type approach;

ALT - altitude change and holding.

Lights panel

1 - rotating beacon	2 - taxi lights	3 - strobe lights
4 - recognition lights	5 - landing lights	6 - navigation lights

Rotating beacon light is turned on before the engine start-up sequence and turned off after the engine shutdown. Taxi lights are used during taxiing and take-off. Landing lights are used during take-off and landing. Strobe lights are used before entering the runway and turned off after vacating the runway. Recognition and navigation lights should be turned on incessantly.