MD-11 Flight Crew Operations Manual
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FMS -
Controls and Displays
FMS.30.30
• Pushing the FMS SPD switch any other time activates the ECON speed
mode.
• Pushing or pulling the FCP speed knob resets the FMS speed mode to
ECON.
Preselect Pages - preview and define speed profiles to be used in the cruise and
descent phases of flight. This page is accessed by pushing the PAGE mode key
from the active performance page. Available preselect performance modes are:
• In cruise, available FMS speed modes are ECON and EDIT.
• In descent, available FMS speed modes are ECON (POLICY) and EDIT.
If the CLB page is the active performance page then two preselect performance
pages are available (PRESELECT CRZ and PRESELECT DES). If the CRZ page
is the active performance page, then only the PRESELECT DES page is available.
Available FMS speed modes and their associated speeds are displayed for review
or preselection. The speed of the preselected mode is displayed in large font.
Speeds of other FMS speed modes are displayed in small font with an asterisk
prompt for preselection.
The following pages provide some examples of specific performance mode pages
related to the individual phases of flight.
October 02, 2006
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