PEDESTAL

1. Flight Information Panel Power switch. | 17. Selects Com 2 as active.
2. Selects Time Display. | 18. Selects Com 1 as active.
3. Selects Weather Display. | 19. Speed Brake handle.
4. Selects Flight Data Display. | 20. Parking Brake.
5. Selects Flight Plan Data Display. | 21. Air Ram switch (shift-w).
6. Radio 1 Standby Freqs. | 22. Engines 1~4 starter switches.
7. Swaps Standby to Active. | 23. Flap Lever.
8. Radio 1 Active Freqs. | 24. Engines 1~4 Fuel Master switches.
9. Standby Freq Tuning Knob. | 25. Throttles.
10. Selects Com 1 for display and tuning. | 26. Transponder Power switch.
11. Selects Nav 1 for display and tuning. | 27. Transponder Display.
12. Radio 1 Power switch. | 28. Transponder Adjustment knobs.
13.Marker Audio switch. | 29. ADF Power switch.
14. ADF Ident switch. | 30. ADF Display.
15. Nav 2 Ident switch. | 31. ADF Adjustment knobs.
16. Nav 1 Ident switch. |

FLIGHT INFO PANEL- The flight informational panel displays additional info, it is not an FMC (Flight Management Computer). If any one has the desire to build an FMC for this panel, I can supply a full set of graphics. The FIP right now has 4 different displays, F-Plan, Flight Data, Weather Data and Time Data. Following is a picture of the 4 different displays. The items are pretty self explanatory.

F-Plan

ETA is the time you will arrive at the next way point in Local Time.

Flight Data

MSL is Mean Sea Level, this is your altitude above sea level, it is also the altitude used by ATC and that you file your flight plans with.

AGL is Above Ground Level, this is simply your height above the surrounding terrain.

Weather Data

The barometric pressure displayed here will always read the local sea level pressure, regardless of what altitude you are at or what is set in the altimeter.

Time

The Time to WayPoint and Time to Destination are the in local time.

RADIOS

The radios on the lower panel and on the pedestal are the same. One radio has Com 1 and Nav 1 the other is Com 2 and Nav 2. To display and tune Nav 1 select the Nav 1 button on the first radio. Now you can adjust the standby frequency with the adjustment knob. The outer ring of the knob adjust the whole numbers, the inner ring the fractional numbers. Once you have the standby set, to make it active push the swap button. To display and tune the Com 1 simply select the Com 1 button and adjust as you did with the Nav 1. The same procedures apply to the second (Nav 2- Com 2) radio.

Note: The pics used here are from the A340, however the functions are the same.

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