Stormworks: Build and Rescue

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Rosefinch mk2 WIP aircraft user guide
By macafeeje
User guide for Rosefinch mk2 WIP medium utility helicopter.
   
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Autopilot guide
AUTOPILOT GUIDE:

(green means active, amber means armed but unavailable, blue means alternative mode, grey means unavailable, white means off)

FD (flight director):
couple - couples the selected navigation source
select - selects the navigation source (1 = co-pilot, 2 = pilot)

SAS - (Stability Augmentation System) provides basic rate dampening
ATT - (ATTitude reference system) current aircraft attitude is maintained from pilot input or from any coupled autopilot mode
- FT - Force Trim, disabled allows the controls to be repositioned freely, enabled the controls will return to their original positions once the controls have been released

autopilot modes, single click to open submenu, press and hold to enable/disable mode
click submenu items to activate/deactivate

HDG - hold - maintains current heading (use yaw keys to change target heading by +/- 5 degrees, or on the screen use the arrows to adjust heading in increments of 1 degree)
- nav wpt - with a coupled and valid navigation source, autopilot will navigate to a waypoint
- loc - with a coupled and valid pseudo ILS navigation source, autopilot will fly the localiser signal of an approach
(HDG enabled and hold deselected will enable a further submode whereby the aircraft will adjust its heading into the direction of slip. e.g. if you bank right, the aircraft will nose round to the right)
- TUNE - no navigation source has been selected with a valid ILS approach (e.g. there are no ILS waypoints added, no valid signals from either RTU, autopilot is not coupled or coupled to the wrong navigation source)
- ARM - valid ILS source, but mode not active until the aircraft is flown into the capture area (shown on the map screen)
- CAP - localiser signal captured
IAS - hold - maintains current airspeed (use pitch keys to change target airspeed by +/- 5 knots, or on the screen use the arrows to adjust airspeed in increments of 1 knot)

ALT - mode - BARO/RALT (select altitude source, barometric altitude above sea level or radio altimeter altitude above the ground)
- trgt - maintains current altitude (use collective keys to increase target altitude, or on the screen use the arrows to adjust altitude (press and hold))
- vs - maintains a desired rate of climb/descent (use the on screen arrows to adjust rate, may also be enabled to change the rate of climb to trgt altitude)
- gs - with a coupled and valid pseudo ILS navigation source, autopilot will fly the glide slope signal of an approach
- TUNE - no navigation source has been selected with a valid ILS approach (e.g. there are no ILS waypoints added, no valid signals from either RTU, autopilot is not coupled or coupled to the wrong navigation source)
- ARM - valid ILS source, but mode not active until the aircraft is flown into the capture area (shown on the map screen)
- CAP - glide slope captured

HVR - assist - maintains a relative gps position when enabled (nose into strong winds, assists in counteracting drift only)
- hold - not currently enabled

NAV - enables HDG nav wpt
APPR - enables HDG loc and ALT gs
GA - enables ALT and sets a positive rate of climb
Multi-function display guide
MFD (MultiFunction Display) guide:

4 primary MFD displays (1&2 on the co-pilot side, 3&4 on the pilot side)
CAS display (center, top):
displays warnings (red), cautions (amber) and advisory (white) information. Active warnings and cautions may be acknowledged by selecting the display.
Triple tachometer/torque meter (center, middle):
left - displays engine speed and engine torque
right - displays main rotor speed and torque
EICAS (center, lower):
displays engine and fuel information, including fuel crossfeed selection
AFCS (center console)
permanment display of autopilot status
RTU 1 (center console, left)
co-pilot radio and navigation tuning
RTU 2 (center console, right)
pilot radio and navigation tuning

There are 6 MFD pages which are selected by the green ribbon at the top of each main display. Left to right, these are:

PFD - primary flight display, shows flight attitude, heading, airspeed, altitude, radar altitude, main rotor and engine speeds and main rotor torque, slip, terrain warning coupled autopilot modes and navigation source

NAV:
click on the map screen to look around, zoom using the arrows at the right of the screen
CTR - centers the view on the aircraft
SRC - WPT - enables waypoints (press and hold WPT to clear/reset waypoints)
- NAV1/2 - will use the RTU VHF navigation source (equipped, but requires a ground station})

waypoint mode:
Select SRC, select WPT
navigate on the map screen to where you want to place a way point, then press and hold to add one.
waypoint type can be changed or deleted by clicking on the waypoint.

wpt - a navigation waypoint
circl - circle mode (not equipped)
ils - changes to the waypoint type to a pseudo ils point. Place the first one at the start of a runway. Place another waypoint at the end of the runway (if the previous waypoint was an ILS waypoint, it will automatically default to the second ILS waypoint). A runway is created from a pair of ILS waypoints. Runway approaches can be flown from either direction and is not dependant on which ILS waypoint was added first. This pseudo ILS system can also be used to fly an approach to an area where a runway does not exist.
delete - removes waypoint

a waypoint may be typed into the keypad on the center console with WPT mode selected

press and hold the purple ribbon at the top to enter NAV sub menu:
EGPWS - ground proximity warning system scans the terrain ahead and calculates if a collision is imminent. Caution is displayed directly to the onside PFD. Terrain height information is overlayed onto the map
RADAR - not equipped
ATIS - weather information, not equipped
BEACON - starts beacon finding. Once enabled, return to the map screen and follow the directions. Flashing 'rng' means increase distance from where you were. Flashing 'hdg' means change your heading my +/- 120 degrees in order to triangulate beacon position. If SRC is in WPT mode, a waypoint will automatically be added

EICAS - displays engine information (top left), fuel status and fuel time remaining (right), and electrical system information (bottom left)
AFCS - Auto Flight Control System, refer to autopilot guide above
VIDEO - SRC - selects video source (side mount gimbal camera, tail camera, baggage camera)
gimbal camera:
lt - turns search light on/off
< > - enables/disables yaw lock (gimbal can be free, or locked to the aircrafts heading)
^ / \/ - enables/disables pitch lock (gimbal can be free, or locked to the aircraft pitch/roll)

lt - turns infrared search light on/off
nv - enables/disables camera night vision

CTR - centers camera
[HDG] - displays camera heading
SRC - selects camera source
zoom using the arrows at the right of the screen

SPARE - not in use

RTU - Radio Tuning Units, COM VHF range is 118.00 to 137.00 MHz, click the numbers to change their value. Handheld radio can be tuned with the 3rd digit, e.g. channel 0 is xx0.xx, channel 1 is xx1.xx and so on up to channel 9. By clicking COM or NAV on the screen, to can XFIL (cross fill) or SWP (swap) frequencies to/from the other side RTU.
- in order to use the radio, you must select on the side consoles which com channel (1 or 2) you are transmitting on and which com channel(s) (1 and or 2) you are listening on
Checklists
START CHECKLIST:

overhead console
battery master - on
position lights - on
anticolision lights - on
monitor dim - as required
rotor brake - off
throttle - idle (6)
fuel crossfeed switches - off
#1 or #2 engine switch - on
verify start caption extinguishes
dc gen for active engine - on
opposite engine switch - on
opposide dc gen switch - on
cabin heat - as required

PRE-TAXI CHECKLIST:
advance throttle to flight (14)
landing lights - on
strobe lights - on
center console
parking brake - off
verify no active CAS messages
collective to 1/4
taxi

TAKEOFF CHECKLIST:
AFCS configuration - as required
hover
verify no active CAS messages
main rotor speed - green
engine bounding boxes - green
takeoff roll
airspeed cross check - 30 kias
rotate - 50 kias
positive rate of climb - confirm

CLIMB CHECKLIST:
AFCS configuration - as required
verify no active CAS messages
landing lights - off
landing gear - up


CRUISE CHECKLIST:
verify no active CAS messages
cabin heat - as required

APPROACH CHECKLIST:
landing gear - down
parking brake - off
landing lights - on
AFCS configuration - as required