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- NAVSIM - the Windows Navigation Calculator for Flight
- Simulator pilots.
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- OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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- NAVSIM IS A SHAREWARE PROGRAM - all rights reserved
-
- You may acquire the program for the purpose of establishing its
- suitability. If you use it regularly, please become a
- registered user by sending £15.00 (fifteen pounds sterling) or
- equivalent value International Money Order to:
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- John Crabb
- Pax
- Bishopswood
- Chard
- Somerset
- TA20 3SD
- UK
-
- The above address is ALWAYS valid.
-
- (email J.A.Crabb@exeter.ac.uk)
-
- The shareware version of NAVSIM has a slightly restricted air
- speed range. Whilst it is perfectly usable, most people like
- to fly faster than its upper limit. Registered users will receive
- a full working version with the top airspeed extended to six hundred
- knots to cover jet simulations.
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- NAVSIM OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
-
- Description
-
- NAVSIM is a program written to allow flight simulator pilots to
- conduct pre-flight dead-reckoning navigation calculations and to
- produce a flight log form on which to chart the progress of the
- flight.This enables you to fly compass headings in any wind conditions
- in the same way as the majority of private pilots would do. Even if
- you habitually use radio navigation aids, NAVSIM will enable you to
- calculate headings to counteract wind drift. Add realism to your
- simulator flights!
-
- NAVSIM is suitable for simulators using the original SubLogic/
- Microsoft system of North and East coordinates. NAVSIM is a flight
- simulation version of a program used by pilots of real aircraft
- in flight planning. It runs under Microsoft Windows version 3.0
- or later, and utilizes a wide range of convenient Windows
- features. It is almost entirely mouse driven - the only typing
- required is when entering descriptive details for printing on
- the hard copy flight log form. NAVSIM offers the following
- facilities:-
-
- * convenient mouse driven entry of windspeed, wind
- direction, true airspeed, fuel consumption rate and
- magnetic variation
-
- * convenient mouse driven entry of turning point coordinates for
- up to twenty individual flight legs
-
- * immediate, simultaneous calculation of distance, track,
- magnetic heading, ground speed, time and fuel consumption for each leg
-
- * automatic on-screen graphical plot of track lines; watch
- your route build as you enter details
-
- * compilation of complete on-screen summary of your route,
- including total time, distance and fuel
-
- * file-save facility to allow previous trips to be
- recalled and updated for new in-flight conditions
-
- * hard-copy printed output of completed flight log form
- for use in the cockpit
-
- * weight, volume, speed, temperature and distance
- conversions
-
- * calculation of true altitude, density altitude and true
- airspeed
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-
- Program layout
-
- NAVSIM presents four different work screens to the user. In
- addition there is an introductory screen from which the initial
- selection of a work screen is made. The screens are:-
-
- * introductory screen and initial function selection
-
- * route planning screen
-
- * route summary screen
-
- * conversions work screen
-
- * altitude and speed correction work screen
-
- The user may easily move from one screen to another, without
- altering their content, by selecting the appropriate item from
- a menu bar.
-
- Using NAVSIM - an overview
-
- The normal sequence of events in planning for a forthcoming
- flight would be as follows:-
-
- 1. Decide the route you will be taking on your simulated flight
- and note down the North and East coordinates of your departure and
- destination airfields, as well as those of any intermediate turning
- points. Set the "simulator grid offset" - see explanation later.
-
- 2. Set the wind conditions in which you wish to fly.
-
- 3. Load NAVSIM on to your PC and run by double-clicking the
- icon. Full details for installing and running NAVSIM are given
- at the end of the manual.
-
- 4. Select the "NAVIGATION" function by clicking on the
- appropriate button in the INTRODUCTORY screen. The ROUTE ENTRY
- screen will appear. This screen will allow you, simply and
- easily, to enter the coordinates of your departure, turning and
- destination points. You will also be able to set the wind speed and
- direction, true airspeed, fuel consumption rate and magnetic
- variation for each leg. The necessary magnetic heading to
- achieve your desired track will be automatically calculated.
- NAVSIM also automatically calculates ground speed, time and
- fuel consumption for each leg.
-
- As you enter the North and East coordinates, you will see your
- routing vectors plotted on a graphical work pad. Hopefully, on
- a round trip, you will have the satisfaction of seeing that
- your final leg actually returns you to your point of departure!
-
- 5. From the navigation screen you may, if you wish, switch to
- the SUMMARY screen to see a tabulated summary of the details
- for each leg. Total trip distance, time and fuel consumption
- are also reported on this screen. If you wish to alter any of
- the in-flight conditions, wind speed, true air speed etc. this
- may be done and the details for all legs will be automatically
- adjusted to reflect the new conditions. You may exclude any
- number of legs from this updating if you wish to allow for the
- possibility that conditions may differ from leg to leg.
-
- 6. When your route details have all been entered you would
- normally select the PRINT function. You will be invited to add
- descriptive details for each leg which will be reproduced on
- the printed flight log form. This is the only typing involved
- in NAVSIM. When satisfied, select PRINT and a hard copy of
- your flight log sheet will be printed on your printer. This log
- is the same as that used by pilots to monitor progress of the flight.
- It enables ETAs to be calculated.
-
- 7. Before quitting NAVSIM, select the FILE function and save
- the details of your route to disk. If planning to repeat the
- trip at a future date, saving the file will allow you to recall
- the details and re-calculate headings etc. for changed flight
- and meteorological conditions. You may not, however, alter the
- distances or track bearings of any leg of a recalled file.
-
- 8. If, at any point, you wish to check on weight, distance,
- speed or temperature equivalences; to calculate true airspeed
- from indicated air speed or to determine true or density
- altitude, simply select the appropriate work screen.
-
- NAVSIM screen by screen
-
- The following detailed instructions will guide you through
- NAVSIM screen by screen. In case you are not totally familiar
- with the operation of Windows, we define here two terms used
- throughout the following sections:
-
- "clicking" means moving the mouse to place the on-screen cursor
- over the desired object and then pressing and releasing the
- left mouse button.
-
- "double-clicking" is the same except that the button is pressed
- and released twice in moderately rapid succession.
-
- INTRODUCTORY SCREEN
-
- This is the self-explanatory menu screen which presents on
- first activating NAVSIM. The user is presented with the choice
- of three options:-
-
- 1. NAVIGATION.
- Clicking once with the cursor arrow on this button will cause
- the ROUTE ENTRY screen to be loaded. This would be the normal
- entry to NAVSIM. Using this screen you can enter the route of
- your proposed trip. You can also access the ROUTE SUMMARY
- screen from the ROUTE ENTRY screen.
-
- 2. CONVERSIONS
- Clicking the mouse once with the cursor arrow on this button
- will load the CONVERSIONS work screen. This screen allows you
- to perform a number of volume, weight, distance, speed and
- temperature conversions.
-
- 3. ALTITUDES/ SPEEDS
- Clicking on this button loads the ALTITUDES/ SPEEDS work
- screen. This enables you to perform some of the less common
- correction calculations such as calculating True Air Speed from
- Indicated Air Speed (rectified).
-
- ROUTE ENTRY SCREEN
-
- The ROUTE ENTRY SCREEN may be immediately recognized by the
- bright green graphical work pad occupying most of the left hand
- side of the screen. On the green pad are two vertical sliders
- to allow entry of coordinates. The coordinates required are those
- listed in the flight simulator documentation to define airfield
- position. In a block to the right of the graphical pad are
- the in-flight condition selectors. At the bottom of the
- screen, the selected North and East coordinate values and the
- resulting track and distance values for the currently active
- leg are presented, as are the results of the navigation
- calculations.
-
- As you enter details of your route, bright red track vectors
- will automatically be drawn on the graphical pad so that you
- may see the pattern of your trip building up. The green pad is
- approximately 320 miles wide and 260 miles deep. The first
- action you must take is to select a starting point for this
- representation of your trip, bearing in mind the predominant
- direction in which your route lies. Although it does not matter
- if the red route vectors leave the confines of the green pad,
- it is more satisfying if they do not! Therefore, if your trip
- will carry you in a predominantly easterly direction, choose a
- starting point towards the left hand side of the green pad, and
- so on. Place the cursor arrow at this point and click the left
- mouse button once. A small red circle will be drawn at this
- point, it represents your airfield of departure. If you do not
- click somewhere on the green pad and cause a small red circle
- to appear before setting coordinates, a message will pop
- up to remind you.
-
- There is no typing involved in entering values on this screen.
- All details are entered using Windows "sliders". You may not
- have come across these before but their operation is completely
- straightforward. Each slider control has a small square sliding
- knob or button. To obtain a particular value of windspeed, for
- example, place the cursor arrow over the sliding knob, click
- the left mouse button and hold it down, move the cursor and the
- knob will slide with it. At the same time the changing
- numerical value of, in this instance, windspeed will be shown
- in the adjacent box. When you have achieved approximately the
- value required release the mouse button. Small adjustments to
- the value may be made by repeatedly clicking on the small
- arrows which are located at the ends of each slider control. If you
- hold down these arrow buttons, the values will change continuously.
-
- So, after placing your starting circle on the green pad, the
- next most sensible thing to do is select the appropriate flight
- conditions. Using the sliders in the manner just described,
- display the values of wind speed, wind direction, true
- airspeed, fuel consumption rate and magnetic variation
- appropriate to the first leg of your trip. Normally, these
- values will apply to the whole trip. If you wish to change them
- for a particular leg, however, you may do so, but you should
- not do so before you have read the description of how this is
- achieved in the next section. If you have entered details for a
- number of legs and then wish to alter flight conditions, you
- may do so, but you will find the operation of the sliders
- noticeably more sluggish as the computer struggles to perform a
- large number of calculations. Do not worry, everything happens
- eventually.
-
- Next, return to the green pad and enter the listed North and East
- coordinates of your departure airfield. Minor adjustments may be
- made using the slider control arrows as described previously.
- When these coordinates are displayed correctly in the two white
- boxes below the green pad, click on the "next leg" button.
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- DIGRESSION FOR AN
- IMPORTANT NOTE: The North/East grid used by the simulator is, in
- general, NOT aligned with true North. The angle by which the grid
- has been rotated is stated on the navigation chart or airfield
- coordinate list provided with your simulator or scenery disc. It is
- VITAL that you enter this value using the SIMULATOR GRID OFFSET
- slider. Grids canted counterclockwise have negative offset values.
- Sometimes the grid is aligned and the offset is then 0.
-
- The interesting news is that, even with this rotational correction, the grid
- will not be aligned with true North over the whole chart. This is
- because lines of longitude converge, especially at northern latitudes,
- and a rectangular grid cannot cope. The net result will be that you
- will find some small angular inconsistencies in your calculated headings.
- The best thing is to regard this as extra realism! Pilots make their
- flight logs on the basis of forecast winds, these are often wrong and
- in-flight corrections to headings have to be made using the evidence
- of the actual track being achieved over the ground. Look out for
- recognizable features and make necessary adjustments.
-
- You will also have to discover the value of MAGNETIC VARIATION
- assumed. In the later charts this is also usually marked. Otherwise
- you will have to measure it. It's easy. Microsoft and SubLogic charts
- are drawn with True North vertically up the page - even though the
- North/ East coordinate grid may be canted. (This North/East grid is
- just the invisible reference grid for locating airfields, it does not
- appear on the charts nor affect the way in which they are drawn.) To
- measure MAGNETIC VARIATION, find a VOR direction rose on the chart.
- There are always dozens of them, they have an arrow running from the
- centre of the rose to the point 0 on the circumference. This arrow is
- aligned with magnetic north. MAGNETIC VARIATION is simply the angular
- difference between TRUE and magnetic north. Draw a fine pencil line
- vertically up through the centre of the VOR rose. If lines of longitude
- are marked, draw parallel to the nearest of these instead. The angle between
- the pencil line and the arrow is the one you want. You can estimate it using
- the angle markings on the circumference of the rose; the bigger marks
- are 10 degrees apart, the smaller ones 5 degrees (or 30 and 5 depending
- on chart, it's easy to see which). If the arrow is to the
- right of the pencil line MAGNETIC VARIATION is easterly and should be
- entered as a negative value. If the arrow is to the left, it is westerly
- or positive. If you don't do this, you will fly off in the wrong direction!
- BACK TO THE PROCEDURE . . .
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- Then set the coordinates for your first turning point. As you do
- you will see a red track vector swing round to reflect the
- changes you are making. As you effect changes in either direction
- or track, the values of magnetic heading, ground speed, time
- and fuel consumption will be automatically calculated by the
- program and displayed in the four light blue boxes at the very
- bottom of the screen. Distance and track are reported in the small
- green boxes.
-
- When you are satisfied that you have entered the details of the
- first turning point, again move the cursor over the NEXT LEG button,
- located at the bottom of the green pad, and click once with the left mouse
- button. A further small red circle will be drawn to terminate
- this leg.
-
- The next coordinate values which you scroll in will determine
- details of the second leg of the trip, and so on. In this way
- you will enter details of the whole trip, clicking on the NEXT
- LEG button between legs. Remember to terminate the final leg
- by pressing the NEXT LEG button for one last time. A maximum of twenty
- individual legs is allowed. Note that you may either regard a "leg"
- as being the portion of the trip between turning points or, the portion
- between waypoints on the same track. The calculated values
- displayed in the boxes at the bottom of the screen refer only
- to the latest leg being processed. The values calculated for
- the previous legs are being stored by the program and may be
- reviewed by displaying the SUMMARY screen as described in the
- next section.
-
- ROUTE SUMMARY SCREEN
-
- The route summary screen is entered by placing the cursor arrow
- on the word SUMMARY in the white menu bar, visible along the
- top edge of the screen, and clicking once on the left mouse
- button. The green graphical pad is replaced by a tabulated
- summary of the route details so far entered. All the other
- controls and data boxes that you used on the ROUTE ENTRY screen
- remain visible. This screen may be entered at any time.
-
- The table is largely self explanatory. The details of the last
- eight legs of your trip only will be displayed on first
- switching to this screen. The details of earlier legs (if any)
- will have been displaced leftwards off the screen. To view
- these legs, click on the small control marked with a double
- arrow at the bottom right hand corner of the summary table.
- Earlier legs will shuffle into view as you repeatedly click on
- this button. Likewise, if you wish to see the details of legs
- which may lie to the right of the screen, click on the control
- marked with left-pointing arrows.
-
- Below each column of data boxes is a small square box with a
- cross. The presence of the cross indicates that the calculated
- heading and ground speed values etc. for that leg will be
- updated to reflect any changes you may make to the flight
- conditions with the scroll bars to the right of the screen. If,
- for any reason, you wish to exclude a leg from being adjusted
- in this way you may do so by:-
-
- 1. Using the left and right arrows to ensure the leg in
- question is displayed.
-
- 2. Click the cursor on the small box with the cross
- beneath that leg. The cross will disappear indicating
- that this leg will be excluded from updating. Clicking
- again on the box causes the cross to re-appear and will allow
- updating to any future changes.
-
- This mechanism is useful if you wish to enter different flight
- conditions for separate legs. In this case, extinguish the
- crosses for all legs except the one (or ones) you wish to
- change, then move the control sliders to the appropriate
- conditions.
-
- If you wish to return to the previous screen to add further
- legs, click the cursor on the word ROUTE in the white menu bar
- at the top of the screen.
-
- Printing the flight log
- When you are satisfied that your trip details are complete, you
- may choose to produce a printed flight log form. You must
- obviously have a printer attached to your computer, and Windows
- must have been set up to deal correctly with this printer.
- Assuming that this has all been taken care of, simply click the
- cursor on the word PRINT in the white menu bar at the top of
- the screen. You will be offered two further options in a drop-
- down menu box.
-
- Normally you will click on ADD DETAILS to enable you to type in
- descriptions of your starting and finishing points for each
- leg, and the MSA and altitude at which you intend to fly. If
- you have recalled a file for alterations to flight conditions,
- this step will not be necessary, nor possible. Clicking on the
- ADD DETAILS option causes a further form to be displayed .
-
- When first displayed, the cursor will be flashing in the box
- marked PILOT, simply type the name of the pilot in this box and
- press the "enter" button on your keyboard. The cursor will move
- to the DATE box, and so on. In the OBSERVATIONS box you may
- type anything in the form of notes, reminders or trip details
- which you would wish to see appear at the top of the flight log
- form. The FILE box allows you the opportunity of noting the
- file name under which you may wish to store your trip details.
- These first four boxes are the only ones which may be amended
- if you are dealing with a recalled file.
-
- Once you have entered the file name, the cursor will move to
- the FROM box. You will want to enter the name of your airfield
- of departure, followed as always by pressing the "enter" key.
- In the TO box, enter the name of the turning point at the end
- of the first leg, or the name of the first waypoint depending
- on how you have divided up your log. Then proceed to enter the
- MSA and planned altitudes for that leg. The cursor will then
- return to the FROM box for you to enter the name of the start
- of the second leg; as this will normally be the same as the
- name you entered as the end of the first leg this is displayed
- for you and you need only press the "enter" key if this is
- correct. You may change the name in this box by deleting the
- displayed text with the "delete" key and enter the desired
- name. The program will automatically prompt you for similar
- entries for all the legs of your trip. You will automatically
- be returned to the main screen once this process is complete.
- Should you tire of it at any point, simply click on the return
- button at the bottom right of the screen.
-
- Assuming that you now wish to print your completed flight log,
- select PRINT again from the menu bar and this time click on
- PRINT when the drop-down menu is displayed. First make sure
- that your printer is switched on, selected on-line and loaded
- with paper. Printing should start almost immediately. If a
- problem occurs at this stage, it is almost certainly because
- the Windows operating system has not been correctly set up for
- your printer. If the Windows Print Manager icon is visible on
- the screen, double-click on this and sort the problem out
- before continuing. If you cannot see the Print Manager icon,
- save the route you have been working on and quit NAVSIM. If
- your computer successfully prints from other Windows applications
- programs you should have no trouble with NAVSIM.
-
- Saving your route
- To save your route, click on the word FILE in the white menu
- bar, and then click on the word SAVE in the drop-down menu
- which will appear. A file dialogue box will be displayed. At
- this point you will need to enter the name of the file under
- which you wish to save your trip details.
-
- Type the name, in the upper text box. The file name you choose
- must not be greater than eight characters long and may not
- start with a numeral. It must end with the extension .pln.
- Examples of valid file names would be:-
-
- CARDIFF.PLN, ROUNDTRP.PLN, TRIP2.PLN etc.
-
- When satisfied with the name, press the "ENTER" key on the
- keyboard. The route details will be saved under the chosen file
- name in the same directory in which NAVSIM resides. Normally
- you need not bother about this, although you may select a
- different drive or directory to store your files by using the
- drive and directory lists on the right hand side of the
- dialogue box.
-
- Alternatively, if you wish to re-save a previously recalled
- file under its original name you may double-click on this file
- name which should be displayed in the list of files in the
- larger of the two left hand boxes. File handling in NAVSIM is
- identical to that used in other Windows applications.
-
- Recalling saved files
- To recall a previously saved file, select FILE from the menu .
- This time when the drop-down menu appears, click on the word
- OPEN. Find the file name of the appropriate file in the list
- and double click on it. The previous route details will be
- loaded into NAVSIM.
-
- Note that only files with the extension .PLN will be displayed,
- this is why it is so important always to add this extension to
- the names of files which you save. If you don't, you may not be
- able to find them again.
-
- Modifying recalled files
- There is only one thing which you can legitimately do with
- recalled files, and that is to enter new values of windspeed,
- wind direction, true airspeed, fuel consumption rate or
- magnetic variation. This would be useful, for example, if you
- wished to re-fly a previous trip on a different day.
-
- It may also be convenient to prepare the flight plan for the
- next day's trip the previous evening, even though wind
- conditions may not be known. This may then be saved and
- recalled the next morning to allow the latest winds to be
- entered before printing the flight log.
-
- To enter the new in-flight conditions, simply adjust the
- appropriate slider on the right hand side of the SUMMARY
- SCREEN. You will see the tabulated values of heading, ground
- speed etc. change in sympathy. By default, all legs will be
- recalculated but, as stated before, any particular leg of the
- trip may be excluded from this updating by clicking to
- extinguish the cross in the small box below the leg details. If
- the leg is not visible, use the "shuffle right" or "shuffle
- left" buttons to bring it into view.
-
- As noted, the sliders may seem a little sluggish if your trip
- has many legs.
-
- Other items in the menu bar
- Most of these have already been mentioned. In addition,
- "SELECT" returns you to the initial INTRODUCTORY menu screen
- and "QUIT" terminates the program without saving files. Note
- that you may return to the INTRODUCTORY screen, and from there
- to any of the other work screens with impunity at any time.
-
- CONVERSIONS WORKSCREEN
-
- In complete harmony with its name, this is the screen which
- enables you to perform standard weight, volume, etc.
- conversions.
-
- Operation is simplicity itself. Simply adjust the slider in the
- chosen section until the number against the quantity you wish
- to convert is correct, the other boxes in the section give the
- equivalent quantity in other units. So, for example, to convert
- 3240 feet to metres, move the slider until the number 3240
- appears in the "feet" box. You may then read off 987.8 in the
- metres box and, should you want it, 1080 in the yards box.
-
- There is only one exception to this mode of operation and it
- involves the control marked "AVGAS". If you wish to calculate
- the weight of a given volume of avgas (SG=0.72), adjust the
- volume slider to give the required volume figure, e.g. 40 US
- gallons, then click the "AVGAS" button. The numbers which then
- appear in the adjacent weight boxes are the equivalent weight
- of that volume of avgas.
-
- ALTITUDES/SPEEDS WORKSCREEN
-
- This is perhaps the screen you will use the least. Many of the
- functions included here, whilst they are found on standard
- manual flight computers, are not usually of great significance
- to most VFR pilots flying at modest speeds and altitudes. They
- are, however, included to complete the emulation of the
- standard flight computer.
-
- The upper group of controls allows you to set, PRESSURE
- ALTITUDE, INDICATED ALTITUDE, QNH or QFE and TEMPERATURE. With
- these quantities correctly set, the two lower left hand boxes
- will report values of TRUE ALTITUDE and DENSITY ALTITUDE. The
- lower right hand control allows you to set INDICATED AIRSPEED
- and to obtain TRUE AIRSPEED in the box below.
-
- The controls work like this. In order to calculate density
- altitude, true altitude and true airspeed, the computer must be
- given information on PRESSURE ALTITUDE and TEMPERATURE.
- Temperature is easiest, just move the slider to give the
- appropriate temperature at the pressure altitude you are about
- to enter.
-
- To enter PRESSURE ALTITUDE, you would normally simply use the
- slider provided - this is the way to do it if you know the
- pressure altitude. Alternatively you may enter INDICATED
- ALTITUDE and QNH or QFE, whichever datum is in use. The
- equivalent value of PRESSURE ALTITUDE will be calculated and
- displayed. The practical use of this procedure is to determine
- pressure altitude when it is not known directly.
-
- For example, if you wish to determine DENSITY ALTITUDE to help
- assess take-off run, you could enter the known elevation of
- your airfield in the INDICATED ALTITUDE box and the known QNH
- in the QNH box; pressure altitude will be calculated for you.
- Set the air temperature and the equivalent value of DENSITY
- ALTITUDE will be displayed. Alternatively, set the INDICATED
- ALTITUDE to 0, which would be the indicated altitude if your
- aircraft were on the runway with QFE set, and enter the value
- of QFE in the QNH/QFE box and you will get the same value of
- pressure altitude.All pressures are in millibars.
-
- It is obvious from the foregoing that the controls in the upper
- panel are linked. The rules for their operation are:
-
- 1. Set pressure altitude directly if you know it.
-
- 2. If pressure altitude is not known, set indicated altitude
- and qnh or qfe as just described.
-
- Once set:
-
- 3. Changing qnh alone will cause a new pressure altitude to be
- calculated, consistent with the value of indicated altitude
- which remains unchanged.
-
- 4 Changing indicated altitude alone will cause a new pressure
- altitude consistent with the value of qnh, which remains
- unchanged.
-
- 5 Changing pressure altitude will cause qnh to change
- consistent with the value of indicated altitude which remains
- unchanged.
-
- At all times NAVSIM displays consistent values of PRESSURE
- ALTITUDE, INDICATED ALTITUDE and QNH/QFE. Note that altitudes
- may vary by up to ten feet.
-
- INSTALLING NAVSIM
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- All the files you have obtained from your shareware source
- should be placed in a separate sub-directory on your hard disk,
- or on an empty floppy disk. The following instructions assume
- that you are using a separate floppy disk, if not just
- substitute reference to the floppy with the name of the
- separate NAVSIM sub-directory.
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-
- To run NAVSIM you must have an IBM or compatible personal
- computer with at least one megabyte of memory and a 286
- processor (or better). Microsoft Windows version 3.0 or later
- must be installed and running. You will not be able to control
- NAVSIM without a mouse.
-
- There are two methods of running NAVSIM. The program may be
- run directly from the NAVSIM sub-directory or floppy disk, or
- it may be installed on your hard disk and allocated a Windows
- icon. For the best all round performance, the latter method is
- recommended. Both methods are described below. Whichever you
- choose, you must have Windows installed and running on your
- computer.
-
- Running NAVSIM from the NAVSIM sub-directory or floppy disk
-
- 1. Place the NAVSIM floppy disk in drive A.
-
- 2. Locate and activate the Windows "MAIN" control window by
- double-clicking on its icon on the screen. This step will not
- be necessary if the MAIN control window is already open.
-
- 3. Double-click on the "FILE MANAGER" icon (a small filing
- cabinet) in the MAIN control window.
-
- 4. When the FILE MANAGER is active, you will see a symbol in
- the upper control bar for each of the disk drives installed on
- your machine. Click on the drive symbol for drive A. A list of
- the contents of the distribution disk in drive A will be
- presented down the right hand side of the screen.
-
- 5. Double click on the list entry NAVSIM.EXE. The program will
- then load and run.
-
- This procedure will have to be repeated each time you wish to
- run NAVSIM after having, in the mean time, switched your
- computer off. By default, if you save the details of a trip,
- files will be stored on the floppy disk. You may, however,
- change this by selecting a different drive and directory when
- the file dialogue box is displayed.
-
- Installing NAVSIM on the hard disk
- 1. Perform steps 1 to 4 above.
-
- 2. Double click on the list entry SETUP.EXE (nb NOT
- SETUP1.EXE). This will load and run the installation program
- which will keep you informed of its own progress. When
- complete, a small icon with the label NAVIGATION COMPUTER will
- be visible on your screen. To run NAVSIM, double-click on this
- icon.
-
- 3. On subsequent occasions when you switch on your computer,
- the NAVIGATION COMPUTER icon will be visible and, as with any
- other Windows application, you only need to double click on the
- icon to run the program.
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- Whilst every care has been taken in writing and checking the
- functioning of NAVSIM, the author accepts no responsibility
- for any consequences arising from its use. No warranty, specific
- or implied, is given.
-
- Please play fair with Shareware; register if you use NAVSIM.
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