Virtual Copilot for the BOEING 737-800
Which May or May Not Work Due to Experimental Features Being Used

Programming the FMC

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Enter a Flight Plan

1. Example Flight Plan

   KSAC → ALWYS → CEDES → ARCHI → KSFO
   Altitude: 5000ft, Airspeed: 250 KIAS, Callsign: AAL1738

2. Press FPLN

   
   

3. Press CLR to clear the Scratchpad

   
   

4. Enter origin ICAO airport code into Scratchpad

   

5. Press button next to ORIGIN

   
   

6. Enter destination ICAO airport code into Scratchpad

   

7. Press button next to DEST

   
   

8. Enter your flight number into Scratchpad

   

9. Press button next to FLT NO

   
   

10. Enter the first waypoint into Scratchpad

    KSAC → ALWYS → CEDES → ARCHI → KSFO

    

11. Press button next to TO

    
    

12. Press EXEC

    
    

Waypoints

1. Press LEGS

   
   

2. Enter the second waypoint into Scratchpad

   KSAC → ALWYS → CEDES → ARCHI → KSFO

   

3. Press button for the empty space below your last waypoint

   
   

4. Press EXEC

   

5. Repeat the previous steps as needed. If required, press NEXT PAGE to add more waypoints

   KSAC → ALWYS → CEDES → ARCHI → KSFO

   
   
   

6. If there's multiple options, choose the one that matches your waypoint's location

   Note the distance: 6186 nautical miles is on another continent

   

Takeoff and Landing Runways

1. Press DEP/ARR

   
   

2. Press button next to DEP

   
   

3. Choose runway you will be taking off from

   
   

4. Press EXEC

   
   

5. Press button next to DEP/ARR

   
   

6. Choose your destination airport

   

7. Choose which runway to land on

   
   

8. Press EXEC

   
   

Remove Discontinuities

1. Press LEGS

   
   

2. Go to the next page, push button for the item following DISCONTINUITY from previous step

   
   

3. Go back to page 1, press button next to DISCONTINUITY

   
   

4. Press EXEC

   
   

Prepare the Autopilot

1. Press CLB

   

2. Modify SPD/ALT LIMIT to your needs

   

3. Press either CRZ or NEXT PAGE (Both go to the same page)

   

4. Modify entries to suit your needs

   

5. Press DES or NEXT PAGE

   

6. Modify the page to suit your needs

   

Take Off and Fly

1. Taxi and Takeoff

2. Flip F/D (Flight Director) to ON

3. Press CMD (Autopilot ON)

4. Press LNAV

5. Press VNAV

6. Flip A/T (Auto-Throttle) to ON

7. Relax while the plane flies itself.

Autoland

1. Have VNAV set in your flight plan

   To get the ILS frequency from your FMC, you need to have your flight plan set all the way up to your approach runway. You don't need the VNAV set but you do need the LNAV.

2. Press INDEX

   

3. Press button next to ARR DATA

   If you did not file a flight plan, selecting ARR DATA will show a blank screen.

   

4. ILS frequency shown as FREQ, your course as LOC BRG

   

   ILS radios transmit two signals: One helps finding the vertical approach path (glide slope, G/S) and another for the horizontal track (locator, LOC).

5. Enter ILS frequency into both NAV radios

6. Enter LOC BRG into A/P (COURSE)

7. Descend to 3000ft before intercepting the ILS localizer

   If you reach 3000 feet and you still have LNAV enabled, then you should see two diamonds next to your artificial horizon. The diamonds should be solid pink and the vertical diamond should above the middle.

8. When both diamonds are pink, press APP on the A/P, before the vertical diamond reaches the middle

   ? Do not press APP when the vertical diamond reaches the middle. If you do, the airplane will pitch down slightly.

9. If vertical diamond is empty, has pink outline and is at the bottom, go around

Touchdown

1. After touchdown you will need to react immediately

   After touchdown, the plane will bounce and start to go into the sky again. Right when the wheels touch down, push the yoke forward, apply reverse thrust and raise the spoilers. While the airplane is slowing down, disconnect the autopilot and turn off autothrottle.

   Congratulations, the airplane has landed.