Flight Management System (FMS) for the Agusta AW139/AB139 Helicopter
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REV 3 Mar 2009
Multifunction Control Display Unit (MCDU) Entry Format
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Table 10--1 (cont)
MCDU Entry Format
Entry
Format
Nondirectional
Beacons
All nondirectional beacons in the NAV
database are accessed by appending
the NB suffix to the beacon identifier
D
The minimum entry is three characters
D
The maximum entry is five characters.
NOTE:
When the NDB also has a waypoint
identifier, the NDB waypoint identifier is
in the NAV database only under the
waypoint name.
Obstacle Distance
D
Entry is one to six digits
D
Range is from 0 to 1220.
Obstacle Elevation
D
Entry is one to five digits
D
Range is from --2000 to 16,500.
Oceanic Waypoints
D
These waypoints are named according
to ARINC 424 navigation database
specification
D
Southern hemisphere uses the letters
S
or
W
D
Northern hemisphere uses the letters
N
or
E
D
Latitude always proceeds longitude
D
Only the last two digits of longitude are
used
D
Placement of the letter designator (N,
S, E, W) in the string of five characters
indicates the value of the longitude
one--hundredths digit
--
The letter in the last position
indicates longitude is less than 100
--
The letter in the third position
indicates longitude is 100 or greater.
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