Originally Posted by
flynavyj
always love hearing how "non-automated" the 145 is....really gotta jumpseat on one of those 170's to see if it really flies itself for me....everything i want in the 145 is only a button press away.
well, you don't have to adjust speeds on TO (assuming you're using FMS speeds) it holds V2 until you hit VNAV, then i kicks up to 210, 230, and 250 as you retract flaps.
no more CHYNA Packs flow after TO. plane knows to kick in climb pwr, YD is on, and turns the packs back on by themselves, etc
oh, and it autotunes the LOC for you assuming you loaded the approach in the FMS.
now, if i can find a way for it to autotune the next ATC freq, i'm set...
and the jumpseat is actually a bit nicer. your knees only hang a bit over the pedestal, not almost over the thrust levers.