Windows

Most important windows of ACVacars

Wnd Main / section “Aircraft”

The section “Aircraft” shows important aircraft data of the reserved and now chosen flight bid but also of the currently chosen aircraft inside your FSim. The most data are self-explaining. Of special interest are:

▪ “Th:” stands for “thrust” and indicates the current thrust in percent of your aircraft, flying with the connected FSim.

▪ A title showing e.g. “ACV B-727-200F N327LH” means the precise type of aircraft (“ACV B-727-200F”) including its registration number (“N327LH”) of the currently chosen flight bid. You can only start a flight when the correct aircraft type (including the correct registration number) is loaded inside your FSim.

Wnd Main / section “Flight”

The section “Flight” shows the relevant data of the loaded flight bid. This section contains only meaningful data after loading a reserved bid from your webVA into ACVacars. Most data are self-explaining. Of special interest are:

▪ “Route-FL:” indicates the demanded cruising altitude. Try to achieve and to hold this flight level for the most time you are at cruising altitude. Not reaching the pre-given “Route-FL:” can result in a penalty, if activated by your VA. Furthermore, to fly lower or higher than “Route-FL:” could result in a not matching fuelload if the aircraft has been loaded only in accordance with the value of “Fuelload (estimated):”.

▪ “Fuelload (estimated):” stands for the predicted needed fuelload to fulfil this flight. To refuel your aircraft with a lower amount of fuel could result in a too short range. To refuel with a higher amount of fuel could lead to an unwanted waste of payload.

▪ “Economy” indicates the current economical situation of the worldwide flight business. E.g. “Excellent” shows that the predicted profit rates should be achievable. The worse the current economy is, the more fuel efficient you have to fly to accomplish the flight within profit range.

Wnd Login

The user can use ACVacars only after log in. Doing so, the following parameters are needed:

▪  Activated and not retired user-account on the website of ACV;

▪  Matching password;

▪  Matching VA-Code (pre-given by VA, if any).

The Wnd Login is shown during start-up of ACVacars if:

▪  Your VA-account is not (anymore) activated, is retired or has been deleted;

▪  The login parameters (Login, Password) of your ACVacars profile do not match the saved parameters of the relevant VA-account.

Wnd Minimal

The button "Show Minimal" appears in the menu bar of ACVacars after starting a new flight.

Click the button "Show Minimal" to open the Wnd Minimal.

The ACVacars main window is sent to system try of your OS task list during this process. It is not possible do show both windows (Wnd Minimal and Wnd Main) at the same time.

- Right-click to open this forum manual post.

- Double-click Wnd Minimal to return to Wnd Main.

- Drag & Drop Wnd Minimal with pressed mouse-button to place it at any wished location on your screen.

- Wnd Minimal is always placed on top of all windows, not only on top of your FSim.

Wnd Minimal shows some basic values which are of special importance:

"Th:", stands for current percent of thrust (0% - 100%)

"GS:", stands for ground speed (true airspeed plus wind speed)

"TSc:", stands for "Time Schedule" and indicates as sub-specifications: PB, TD or AR.

- "PB" means the moment of "push-back". But the event for measuring the moment of time is starting up the first engine.

- "TD" means the moment of "touch-down" on the runway of the arrival airport.

- "AR" means the moment of "arrival" at the destination gate, cargo- or parking position. But the event for measuring the moment of this is shutting down the last engine.

"FT:", stands for "flight time" which is currently predicted to reach the arrival airport at the present speed over ground (GS) following the entered waypoint route.

(see also forum post: https://www.arrowcargovirtual.com/acvforum/index.php?topic=88.0)

"Pen:", stands for "penalty" and indicates the predicted reduction of the final flight time considering the until now happened penalized pilot mistakes/errors (e.g. having an engine running without beacon lights on).

Best value is -0% meaning that the final flight time will not suffer any reductions. Worst value is -100% meaning that the complete final flight time value will not be accepted. The predicted reduction depends on the severeness of the happened pilot mistakes/errors.

Only while boarding-phase on ground,

the Minimal window show further information about:

- Flight number

- Minimum to reach flight level once during flight

- SHOULD payload and IS payload

- Warnings about exceedings of maxPayload, maxGW, rangeCG

Only on ground and only for some specific aircraft,

the Minimal window show additional buttons to indicate aircraft-triggers, like

- Parking Brake ON/OFF

- Autopilot ON/OFF

- Beacon Lights ON/OFF

- etc.