Any operation. Any asset. Anywhere. ACH1000 Advanced Control Head User Guide v1.3
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Using the Flight Plan Option
A Flight Plan containing data such as ETE, People on Board, Fuel, Cruising Altitude, and Departure Time
can be sent from the ACH1000 to the SkyRouter portal.
NOTE
: This is not a formal filing of a flight plan and should be used for informational purposes only.
CREATE & SEND A FLIGHT PLAN
Follow the steps below to create and send a Flight Plan.
1)
Select ‘FLIGHT PLAN’ from the Main Menu.
2) Press the right menu navigation button.
NOTE
: Depending on how the Flight Plan option is
configured, some or all of the following Flight Plan data may be displayed. For the purpose of this
user guide, we will assume all options have been activated.
3) Use the left or right menu navigation buttons to input and edit the information in the order you
wish.
Pressing ‘CLR’ erases all data in the field. The ‘OK’ button stores data and will progress you
to the next field.
4)
Press ‘OK?’ after filling out the Flight Plan, which will be sent to the SkyRouter portal.
Below is a list of possible fields that can be activated and their acceptable input formats.
FLIGHT RULE
Choose between Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) and Visual Flight Rules
(VFR).
Press ‘1’ for IFR and ‘2’ for VFR.
ETE
Estimated Time En-route (ETE); this field accepts data in the format of hours
and minutes and is used to calculate the ETA displayed on SkyRouter.
Ex:
2:35 (2 hours and 25 minutes)
POB
People On Board; this field requires a number between 1 and 999.
Ex:
12 (12 people on board)
FUEL
This field accepts the hours of fuel remaining on the aircraft in hours and
minutes format.
Ex:
2:15 (2 hours and 15 minutes of fuel remaining)
CRUISING ALT
This field requires a 1-5 digit number represented in feet.
Ex:
6500 (cruising altitude is 6500 feet)
DEPARTURE TIME
This field will accept data in the format of a 24 hour clock; it is used to
calculate the ETA displayed on SkyRouter.
Ex:
13:30 (departure set for 13:30 or 1:30 PM)
