Changeset 725:b5728792c4f0 for doc/manual/en/index.html

Timestamp:

12/06/15 13:40:12 (8 years ago)

Author:

István Váradi <ivaradi@…>

Branch:

default

Children:

726:216171714496, 731:0290e3f39968

hg-Phase:

(<MercurialRepository 1 'hg:/home/ivaradi/mlx/hg' '/'>, 'public')

Message:

Minor updates to the user's guides

File:

• doc/manual/en/index.html (modified) (2 diffs)

doc/manual/en/index.html

@@ -53 +53 @@
     or your ground speed becomes 5 knots or greater during the
     boarding stage, your flight enters this stage.</li>
-    <li><b>takeoff</b>: If you turn on the strobe lights
-    during taxi or after a rejected takeoff (RTO). If your plane's
-    strobe lights cannot be detected properly, switching the transponder
-    to mode C causes the program to enter into this stage. If your plane has
-    no strobe lights, the program will track your status after
-    exceeding 50 knots during the <i>taxi</i> stage, and if you lift
-    off within less than 40 seconds, it will be considered a takeoff.</li>
+    <li><b>takeoff</b>: If your ground speed exceeds 50 knots
+    during taxi or after a rejected takeoff (RTO), and then you lift-off in at
+    most 60 second, your flight enters the takeoff stage. The takeoff
+    configuration, however is saved at the time of exceeding 50 knots GS, but
+    will be checked and logged when leaving the ground. If you do not lift-off
+    within 60 seconds of exceeding 50 knots GS, a fault will be logged. If,
+    however, you check the <i>Rejected takeoff</i> checkbox on
+    the <a href="#takeOffPage"><i>Takeoff</i></a> page, the fault will
+    disappear and your flight will enter the <b>RTO</b> (rejected takeoff)
+    stage.</li>
     <li><b>climb</b>: When you retract the gears or you reach 3000
     feet altitude AGL with a positive climb rate after takeoff.</li>
-    <li><b>RTO</b>: If you switch off both the landing and the
-    strobe lights, and your speed is reduced below 50 knots while on
-    the ground during takeoff.</li>
     <li><b>cruise</b>: When the aircraft's altitude is within 2000
-    feet of the cruise altitude and you are climbing.</li>
+    feet of the cruise altitude and you are climbing either after takeoff or an
+    aborted approach or landing.</li>
     <li><b>descent</b>: If the altitude decreases to more than 2000
     feet below the cruise altitude during cruise.</li>
     <li><b>landing</b>: If the gears are lowered and the altitude is
-    less than 2000 feet AGL during descent or go-around.</li>
+    less than 2000 feet AGL during descent or go-around. Also when you start
+    to descend during a climb and the previous conditions also hold.</li>
     <li><b>go-around</b>: If you retract the gears during landing.</li>
     <li><b>taxi after landing</b>: When the aircraft is in the
-    ground and its ground speed is below 50 knots after landing.</li>
+    ground and its ground speed is below 25 knots after landing.</li>
     <li><b>end</b>: If the N<sub>1</sub> of the turbines becomes
     less than 0.5, or the RPM of the piston engines becomes 0 during
-    parking. This is the final stage.</li>
+    the parking brakes are set. This is the final stage.</li>
   </ol>
 
@@ -235 +237 @@
   notify the author if this happens. In this case, try to copy and
   save the <a href="#debugLog">debug log</a> and send it with your bug
-  report.
+  report. You can use the <a href="#bugReportWindow">bug
+  reporting</a> facility as well for this purpose.
   </p>