Any thoughts on why the FD would display VMIN and set autothrottle to max thrust seconds before I land? It just did that to me, forcing three go-arounds. I turned off the FD completely, set the BARO minimums to well below the altitude of the runway, tried setting the FD to APR mode, etc. I tried lots of things, but I could only land if I manually pushed my throttle all the way in and back out again to override the autothrottle each time it came on. It made for a pretty rough landing.
The worst part is, this happened to me trying to land RWY 19 at LZHA. It’s a very tricky final, steep and low over some hills and a very short runway. Career mode won’t let you change your landing runway, but IRL I definitely would have. I’m not even sure a Vision Jet is a good idea to fly into that airport.
That’s a bug I think. MINSPD (which is the annunciation IRL) is part of the elevator underspeed protection system (USP), which is normally inhibited when the autopilot is off.
Hi, please what are your rules of thumb for going from flaps 50 to 100 on a stabilized ILS approach at Vref to Vref+10? Just landed with a moderate quartering crosswind and held off on full flaps, but needed to add a lot of power so thinking I didn’t wait long enough to drop all the boards. Thanks for any tips!
The “Cirrus Approach” calls for flaps 50 and 140 knots when at the IAF inbound, and flaps 100 and VREF+10 at the FAF. Of course, in the real world (as in, not in Cirrus’s fantasy world), ATC would be pulling out their hair if you slowed to 140 knots 15 miles away from the airport. So generally we fly clean at 200 knots until we get to a few miles from the FAF. The airplane slows down very nicely.
