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  1. I attempted to use the Erase button to remove HEC31..... Really I should have just re-inputted the arrival, I just wanted to fiddle
  2. I assume this roughly translates as "Sir, I think that may be a non-standard method of attempting to remove a waypoint..." Love it!
  3. Looking at the charts for LOWI, there are 3 approaches to 08 that approach from the west, two of which are RNAV and are straight in (with different minima), the RNAV RNP Z 08 being particularly promising with a DH of 1000'. I can't imagine anyone wanting to do the CTL at night (though I don't know enough of the regs to exclude it), but the RNAV approaches give good options for a straight in, conditions and equipment permitting.
  4. No, he just enjoys the company of his relatives as much as the rest of us Cheers, Jamie
  5. What? No wing flex? zOMG! I had such high hopes, but now it's all ruined.... Only kidding Glad to see that the majority of things there are on the post release to-do list, but no show stoppers in there.
  6. Hi Jim, Thanks for the prompt response To clarify about leakage, would this just impact at the start or do you simulate leakage during the flight? If the latter, that would explain the occasional pump activation throughout the flight. I've only had the Saab 3 days and have flown it each day, so I wouldn't expect a huge amount of leakage between flights (it's not a rusty Ford I assume?). On the second point, yesterday it was definitely activated the whole flight (except when specifically turned off). I'll try recreate it again tonight, what sort of info would you regard as "all the details"? Just want to be sure that I give you the right information the first time! Cheers, Jamie
  7. Hi all, I've just started flying the Saab and I've hit on a slightly confusing behaviour from the hydraulics, which doesn't seem to have an obvious answer (at least based on my reading of the Systems manual). For my first few flights, the hydraulics pump would activate for a couple of seconds every few minutes and then switch off, this was irrespective of phase of flight or config, as long as I had started up it kept happening. No warning lights were showing, and it didn't seem to have any effect, so I put it down to a quirk of the type (never having flown a real one). On my last flight, it seemed that after startup, the hydraulics pump activated continually, again, irrespective of flap or gear actuation. If I used the Hydraulic Pump switch and moved it to OVRD then back to AUTO, it would turn off, only to re-activate a minute or so later. I was additionally getting Low Hyd Pressure warnings on the panel. The only thing I could see that didn't look like the previous flights was that the Hyd Fluid quantity was slightly lower, but still in the middle of the green arc. From the Systems Manual, the only things simulated that should influence this are wheel brakes, gear & flap actuation and the pump switch, but I've been following the checklists and given for the bulk of the flight the pump was on auto, gear was up, flaps were up and wheel brakes were off, I'm rather stumped as to what could be causing this. Any thoughts? Cheers, Jamie
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