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5.11.4
Visual/Runway Conds
This page is selectable from the
tab suite and allows you to set various
visual and runway conditions.
Period of Day
Allows you to select the time of day (Day, Dusk, Dawn or Night) for
the visual scene.
Ambient Lighting
Allows you to set the level of ambient lighting to automatic, always
on or always off.
Surface
Roughness
Allows you to set the surface roughness as a percentage.
Contamination
Allows you to select from a list of available runway contaminations.
Visibility
Allows you to set the amount of visibility in kilometers.
Fog
Allows type of fog to be selected from pop-up menu.
Fog Height
Allows you to set the height of the fog layer.
RVR
Allows you to set the runway visual range.
Visual Category
Allows you to select from a number of pre-defined setups, detailed
below:
Scenario
CAVOK CAVU CAT I CAT II
CAT
IIIA
CAT
IIIB
Non
precision
Circling
Min
T/O
Upper Cloud
Top ASL (ft)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Upper Cloud
Base ASL (ft)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Upper Cloud
Scud (Y/N)
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Lower Cloud
Top ASL (ft)
None
None
10000 10000 10000 10000
8000
8000
10000
Lower Cloud
Base AGL (ft)
None
None
230
130
70
40
1100
1000
400
Lower Cloud
Scud (Y/N)
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Visibility (km)
100
400
2
2
2
2
3
6
2
RVR (meters)
None
None
600
300
200
100
None
None
125
FOG*
None
None Ground Ground Ground Ground
None
None
Ground
Fog Height
AGL (ft)
None
None
230
130
70
40
None
None
400
NOTES:
(1) * Available Fog: None, Ground or Patchy
(2) Cloud Transition Depth is automatically defined by these settings.
Scene
Displays a pop-up menu to allow you to select the type of visual
scene.
Rain
Displays a popup menu which allows you to select the level of rain
intensity.
Hail
Displays a popup menu which allows you to select the level of hail
intensity.
