NOT FOR REAL LIFE USE

*Work is currently in progress here*

After setting up the tutorial route from San Diego to Los Angeles select the Bombardier Dash 8Q-400 (short Q400) in the fresh green or colorful celebration Horizon livery and use the location dialog to place the aircraft in San Diego on the ramp (white aircraft symbol).

In the control settings in the Autopilot section we need to assign a key/button to the TOGA button (“Take off / go around mode”), because we will need this button later.

Move the throttle to idle and if you have your condition levers assigned, move them all the way forward now. Then press “Start” to begin the flight.

Take your time and look around the Cockpit for a bit. Directly in front of the pilot two monitors can be found. The left one is the primary flight display (PFD) and the right one is the navigation display (ND).

The PFD displays, left to right, the current airspeed, the attitude, the altitude and the vertical speed. In the lower half of the display you find the horizontal situation indicator (HSI)

You can skip this part if you don't want to do this, the engines should already be running at this point But if you want to start the engines for yourself go ahead and move your condition levers all the way down to FUEL OFF.

* Item should be completed by default

We're now preparing the aircraft for taxi and takeoff.

Release parking brake advance the power lever to start moving. Start taxiing to runway 27.

We have now reached the takeoff configuration. When you set the aircraft onto the runway using the location dialog in the main menu almost all the steps above will be completed already.

Advance your throttle levers fully forward to set the pre-selected takeoff power. Maintain the aircraft on the center line using the rudder. When the airspeed on the PFD reaches VR easy the nose up gently and rotate with about 3° of pitch rate. Positive rate - Gear up! Fly a speed about 10kts above V2 and engage the autopilot if desired. The autopilot will switch to PITCH HOLD mode which can be controlled with the vertical wheel in the center of the autopilot panel if necessary. Scrolling with the mousewheel will lower the nose and allow speed to increase or increase the pitch attitude and slow the aircraft down. Monitor the indicated speed and correct the selected pitch as necessary.

In the initial climb phase up to about 1000ft there isn't much to do if the autopilot is flying. Use the rudder trim to reduce the slip angle as indicated on the PFD at the top of the attitude indicator.

At 1000ft above the airport press the “NAV” button on the autopilot panel. With the already selected navigation source “FMS1” this will tell the autopilot to follow the planned lateral flight plan. Check if “LNAV” is engaged in the top left corner of the PFD. If you already deviated from the flight plan too much the autopilot will select the mode “LNAV HDG SEL”. To fix this make an adjustment to the selected heading and turn it towards the route. Upon reaching the route the autopilot should switch to “LNAV”.

When reaching the MDA (1500ft above airport) press the “IAS” button on the autopilot panel. Then use the vertical wheel to increase the selected airspeed to 210 kts. When the aircraft is accelerating though V-FRI (Flap Retraction Indicated speed) the flaps can be selected to up. Set climb power by reducing the condition levers to 900 and continue the climb. Re-trim the aircraft with rudder trim if the slip indicator on the PFD isn't centered.

Above transition altitude (18,000ft in USA, about 5,000ft in Europe) push the BARO SET knob left of the PFD. This will set the pressure to 1013 hPa or 29.92 InHg (which at the current development state it already is). In this tutorial this won't be necessary as we are flying in the USA but stay below the 18 thousand feet anyway.