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Visual/Runway Conds (1 of 2)

This page is selectable from the Environment Control tab suite and allows you to set various visual and runway conditions.

Period of Day Allows you to select the time of day (Day, Dusk, Dawn or Night) for the visual scene.
Ambient Lighting Allows you to set the level of ambient lighting to automatic, always on or always off.
Surface Roughness Allows you to set the surface roughness as a percentage.
Contamination Allows you to select from a list of available runway contaminations.
Braking Action Allows you to set the braking action of: Good, Good to Medium, Medium, Medium to Poor, Poor, Very Poor
Visibility Allows you to set the amount of visibility in kilometers.
Fog Allows type of fog to be selected from pop-up menu.
Fog Height Allows you to set the height of the fog layer.
RVR Allows you to set the runway visual range.
Visual Category Allows you to select from a number of pre-defined setups, detailed below:


Scenario CAVOK CAVU CAT I CAT II CAT IIIA CAT IIIB CAT IIIB Circling 1 Circling 2 Circling 3 LVTO Zero/Zero
Visibility 50 SM 124 SM 1800 1200 700 300 300 800ft 2.5 SM 600ft 2.5 SM 400ft 1.2 SM 410ft 125m 0
RVR 0 0 1800ft 549m 1200ft 366m 700ft 213m 300ft 92m 300ft No DH 0 0 0 410 0
Fog FALSE FALSE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE TRUE
Patchy Fog FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
Fog Height 0

0

 230 130 65 55 40 0 0 0 400 200
Cloud 1 Top 0 0 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000 8000
Cloud 1 Base 0 0 230 130 65 55 40 800 600 400 400 200
Cloud 1 Scud FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE

Cloud 2 Top

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cloud 2 Base 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cloud 2 Scud FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE

Scene Displays a pop-up menu to allow you to select the type of visual scene.
Rain Displays a popup menu which allows you to select the level of rain intensity.
Hail Displays a popup menu which allows you to select the level of hail intensity.