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EHM-1465 Dominic:
I've just received a penalty for excessive descent speed... during my initial climb away from Luanda (1st leg of the UNHCR event) :o
On checking my ACARS I see this is when I hit the B key at 6000 feet to reset the altimeter and due to the stormy atmospheric conditions the altitude (adjusted to the standard atmosphere) has nosedived in a fraction of a second..! Of course I was actually climbing at about 1500 fpm at that same moment...
Is there any way to get my 240 penalty points cancelled as it's clearly not an accurate record of how the flight went - it was my only penalty so far on ProPilot :'(
EHM-1703 Philip:
Sorry Dominic, I am pretty sure you can not get penalties credited. (there may be a way but I certainly don't know where it is in the backend!)
This is the first time this penalty has arisen from pressing the B key. To go from +1500 fpm to -4500fpm is a difference of 6,000 fpm, maybe it is possible to record the penalty by dropping 100 feet of altitude in one second!
I am sure Bruno/Armando will look in to it when they read this.
EHM-0654 Murray:
Bruno/Armando - just to add to the discussion a little. The Project Magenta FMC (B737 settings), even at CLB-2, will occasionally climb at over 5000ft/min in N1 (TOGA) mode! And I've seen the PMDG implementation do it too.
In partial/full computer controlled climb, the speed is controlled by the (mis)use of the climb rate until SPEED/VNAV mode is engaged. I'd hazard a guess that most sim pilots don't fully appreciate this and subsequently see/get climb rate penalties when having the FMC fly the departure.
EHM-1905 Mikael:
--- Quote ---Originally posted by EHM-1703 Philip
This is the first time this penalty has arisen from pressing the B key. To go from +1500 fpm to -4500fpm is a difference of 6,000 fpm, maybe it is possible to record the penalty by dropping 100 feet of altitude in one second!
I am sure Bruno/Armando will look in to it when they read this.
--- End quote ---
I got the 4500 penalty twice in a row, yesterday and today, and didn't notice anything like that at the yoke. But it's big leaps in pressure passing TA, from 2992 to 2958in my last flight. Suspicious? Not sure... :o
EHM-1905 Mikael:
Well, after monitoring my own lift off this morning in the F70, I think I probably earned my penalty. :$ Or is it just descending that causes the penalty?
After forgetting to click "Pro Pilot" in the Flight Logger, I have to re-fly the route again - yeaaaah!!
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