E/WD - Engine / Warning Display

General Layout

| This system displays many useful information about engines, fuel, flaps, and also watches all the aircraft systems to display alert messages when necessary. The information shown on this screen are displayed in several parts: The top left part shows N1, EGT, N2 and Fuel Flow (FF) for each engine. 2 white rotating indexes (triangle) around N1 displays show the throttle lever positions. When auto-throttle is engaged, 2 blue rotating indexes (lines) around N1 displays show the throttle power set by the autothrottle system. This is useful in the Airbus aircrafts because the throttle levers don't move in auto-throttle mode. The top right part shows the FADEC position set on the throttle lever: IDLE, FLX, CLB or TOGA. When the throttle lever is set into one of these predefined positions, a sound can be heard to simulate the "hard points" which exist in the real aircraft. For more information, please refer to the Throttle section. The blue indication shows the MAX percentage of N1 that you can obtain, depending on the FADEC position. FOB (Fuel On Board) is the total quantity of remaining fuel (in KG) in all the tanks. The flap display shows the flap handle position (in blue) and the current position of the flaps and slats. This display may be wrong with some aircrafts. To make sure it can work with your aircraft, read the fine tuning section.

All the information displayed about engines now have a different appearance when engines are shut down. The quadrants turn to orange, and all the values displayed are replaced by "XX", meaning that the value is not available any more.

Note: The Airbus aircrafts are not supposed to be flown like Boeings... One of the specificity of Airbus aircrafts is their auto-throttle system. This is explained in details in the throttle section. You should engage auto-throttle when the levers are in the CL position, and the throttle levers don't move at all as soon as the auto-throttle mode is engaged. For this reason, you can use the white and blue indexes when you disengage the auto-throttle, it is very easy: align the white indexes with the blue indexes just before disengaging. Doing this, you will make sure that engine power remains constant when you disengage auto-throttle. Train yourself in doing this a few times, you will realize how useful it is.

Message Display - Left part

The bottom part of the E/WD screen contains 2 message areas.
The left area displays dynamic messages about gears, engines, signs, etc... The messages are shown in different colors according to the level of alarm:

- GREEN for normal messages
- YELLOW for low level warning
- AMBER for mid level warning
- RED for high level alerts

Mid and high level alerts also trigger Master Caution and Master Warning alarms, shown on the left part of the glareshield.

Normal Messages | Reason
GEAR DOWN LOCKED | The gear is down and locked, you can land safely.
SEAT BELT | The seat belt sign is on
NO SMOKING | The No Smoking sign is on
LDG LIGHTS ON | Landing lights are on
SPOILERS ARMED | The spoilers are armed and will be automatically deployed when the aircraft touches the ground
Low Level Warnings | Reason
HIGH GROUND SPEED | Your ground speed is higher than 30 kts
HIGH AIRSPEED | Your airspeed is over the speed limit of 250 kts below 10000 ft
Mid Level Warnings | Reason
CONFIG | Your airspeed is not apropriate to the current flight configuration
UNSUFFICENT FUEL | Your total fuel quantity is low
ELAC DISC | Indicates that the ELAC computer is disconnected, the Alpha-floor system is not active
STALL WARNING | You are at the limit of the flight enveloppe, incidence is too high
BATTERY | Engines are running, and generators are still OFF, the batteries are discharging
High Level Warnings | Reason
ENGINE x OFF | The aircraft is in flight, and the x engine is OFF
ENGINE x FIRE | The engine x is on fire
DOOR | The engines are running, and an aircraft door is still opened
RELEASE BRAKES | The parking brakes are set and you require a push-back
LOW FUEL | The total fuel quantity is VERY low, you should land immediately on the closest airport
TRAFFIC | Another aircraft is close from your aircraft, possible collision
GEAR DOWN | The curent airspeed is too high to keep the landing gear down
MAX TIRES SPEED | The ground speed is too high for the tires, risk of tire explosion
ALPHA FLOOR | The Alpha-floor system has detected a dangerous situation and will take the apropriate action to keep the aircraft in its flight envelope
BANK ANGLE | The bank angle is too high (higher than 67°) and the alpha-floor system will take the apropriate action to keep the aircraft in its flight envelope
HYDRAULICS | A problem has been detected in the hydraulics system. The HYDRAULICS page should appear on the System Display, look at it for more details about the problem.
OIL PRESSURE | A problem has been detected in the oil system. The ENGINE page should appear on the System Display, look at it for more details about the problem.
VACUUM | A problem has been detected in the vacuum system.
ELEC FAILURE | A problem has been detected in the oil system. The ELEC page should appear on the System Display, look at it for more details about the problem.
STALL | The aircraft is about to stall, take the apropriate action immediately
OVERSPEED | The current airspeed is too high for your aircraft.

Message Display - Checklists

The left mesage area also displays Take-Off and Landing checklists. These lists show a list of items in bright blue if not activated, in green if OK. All items should be green for a correct take-off or landing.

| Take-off is automatically detected when your aircraft reaches a high speed on the ground. This checklist can also be displayed by pressing the "TO - CONFIG" button on the "Page Keys" panel, on the pedestal.
| Landing is automatically detected when the aircraft is descending, with 2 notches of flaps or landing gear extracted.

Message Display - Right part

The right area is used to display standard system message:Auto-pilot (when it is turned off), Auto-throttle (when it is turned off), Autoland, Auto-brake, Speed brakes and Parking brakes.

- A/P OFF when auto-pilot is turned off
- A/THR OFF when auto-throttle is disengaged
- AUTOLAND indicates an automatic landing (armed automatically when all the conditions are fulfilled)
- AUTOBK OFF, LOW, MED, MAX or RTO indicates the current auto-brake status
- SPEED BRK indicates the spoilers are deployed (partially or totally)
- PRK BRK indicates parking brakes are set

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