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I cannot get Autothrust to work. I got rid of the FAIL message on the ATS window, but I cannot activate ATS whatsoever.

I push it on Ground or in Flight with VNAV enabled, but whatever I try, Autothrust will not come on, ATS pushbutton is not lit.

Can anybody explain to me, what the condotions exactly have to be to get ATS working?

I am sure I forget something to activate, but I don't know what it is.

Help is much appreciated!

Thanks!

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I followed the checklist and came to the After Start Checklist point ATS….N1 TO. 
 

I don’t have it as you see in the image. 
 

on the top right the checklist says 1 Action. Can I do something there to make the F/O does the correct switch. 
obviously something is missing here. 

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The tooltip asks you to make sure the ATS display shows something. First step would be to look at the ATS display ;)

Just this once, I'll try not to be too unhelpful: the ATS display is to the left of the autopilot controls and left of the captain's master caution/warning indicator, above the primary flight display.

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You’re asking for takeoff power, cowl anti ice, while running the packs on the engines. IIRC this is not allowed. The procedures show takeoff and landing with the APU running and supplying the packs. There are options for cowl, or 10th stage, but not both.

Also TOGA will not rearm ATS when the flight directors are displayed. You need to remove the flight directors, then press TOGA. This is a real quirk of the Challenger.

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5 hours ago, Stevens said:

Thanks Rodeo, but I in fact know where the ATS window is. 
 

Maybe you or hopefully the developers could explain the system behavior in the following video. 
I cannot believe this is normal…

This is indeed normal. The reason is quite simple: the ATS needs an N1 limit target to operate. Otherwise, it would have no idea what the maximum allowable thrust is. This value is supplied by the FMC. The FMC uses performance tables made by the aircraft manufacturer to determine what the takeoff thrust limit is supposed to be and if I show what the table looks like, you'll immediately see the source of the problem:

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Your SAT is +35 C. At that temperature, the FMC has no data to compute a takeoff N1 target, so the target blanks and the ATS goes to FAIL (and cannot be re-engaged). Take the cowl A/I off, FMC goes back to the normal takeoff tables and voila, ATS is back in business.

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no more ATS for me, 

 

it used to work great for a few first flights; then never went back online again. it happened inflight during approach; then after i have landed and used the same airframe the next day, never could i engage the ATS again.   when i press ATS it shows "FMC ERR" on the matrix. i don't get the "FAILED" message anymore at all.  i did my last fly on full manual throttle, this time after landing i have cleared up all the flp / perf  and fuel data from the FMS before leaving the aircraft and saving the airframe before tomorrow. if the ATS will not work on my next flight; then i don't know .. 

this is very frustrating and must be cleared out, someone please do a video tutorial explaining all the proper ATS conditions. thanks advance. 

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Hello Bernado, 

I recommend doing a full power down of the aircraft and upon restart cycle the FMC (IDX -> STS -> Cycle Nav Databases). This should clear out any errors that are originating in the FMC. 

If this does not work I recommend ensuring that there are no failures triggered. 

Let us know how you get on. 

Best regards,

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17 hours ago, oisin650 said:

Hello Bernado, 

I recommend doing a full power down of the aircraft and upon restart cycle the FMC (IDX -> STS -> Cycle Nav Databases). This should clear out any errors that are originating in the FMC. 

If this does not work I recommend ensuring that there are no failures triggered. 

Let us know how you get on. 

Best regards,

i did it all, i have cleared the previous flp and reset everything i could. it seems to have worked and now i have ATS working back on track as before, except "DISENG'D" messages i have at crz 

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