proper way to set the speed bugs?

[DaH]

good morning,

how do you set up the speed bugs for takeoff and landing?
are there any rules by Boeing or are the settings more or less pilots choice of what he thinks is important?

Daniel

 

[Litjan]

Hi Daniel.

there is some variation between airlines, but most common use for takeoff would be:

1st bug to 80kts, second bug to V1, third bug Vr, set speed cursor to V2, fourth bug to V2+15 (this is the speed that is minimum for going over 15 deg bank), fifth bug to 170 (for flaps 5 and 15 takeoffs), this is the speed to retract 5 to 1.

For landing we set 1st bug to Vref, speed cursor to target speed, second bug to Vref + 15 (min speed for going over 15 deg bank) and i often set another bug right next to the second one if planning a flaps40 approach (as a reminder).

Cheers, Jan

 

[DaH]

Hi Jan,
thank you very much! :-)