KLM MD-11 - WEIGHT INIT Page

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MD-11 Flight Crew Operations Manual

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FMS.30.18

WEIGHT INIT Page

At engine start the TAXI field in 1L disappears, the BLOCK and TOGW fields

change, and ZFW will be displayed in large font whether or not it was pilot entered

or calculated. Large font boxes will be displayed in data line 3R if ZFW was never

entered or calculated prior to engine start. CHECK ZFW is displayed in the

MCDU SP if the absolute value of UFOB minus BLOCK is > 500 KG.

The BLOCK field changes to show the sensors used for UFOB calculation

(FF+FQ) in the data line and the label line is blank. FF represents the fuel flow

sensor and FQ represents the fuel quantity sensor. The flight crew may deselect

either sensor used for calculating UFOB, or may re initialize UFOB by entering a

new value (thereby deselecting the fuel quantity sensor). After deselecting either

sensor, the flight crew may re-select it by clearing the 1R field. Should UFOB be

invalid, the INITIALIZE WEIGHTS message will also be displayed in the

scratchpad.

The TOGW field changes to GW and displays dashes, a calculated value, or an

accepted flight crew entry.

If an entry is made into the ZFW, GW, or UFOB field, the pilot entry will be

displayed in large font and the computed value will be displayed in small font.

The TOCG field is displayed until airborne, at which time the field disappears.

Entries into the TOCG field on the WEIGHT INIT page will cause the display on

the TAKEOFF pages to change as well.

NOTE: If the UFOB is invalid (dashed) and GW is invalid (dashed), the

pilot must first enter UFOB before entering GW. When UFOB is

pilot updated, the fuel quantity (FQ) is removed from the UFOB

computation and only fuel flow (FF) is used to update UFOB.

LB1-3-0067

After Engine Start

October 02, 2006