All about the CRJ

[blesko]

Adding the FF's at cruise nails the airspeed issue..e.g 280 kts, 1400 lbs/side.

Take your landing weight speed card drop the last 3 zeros and add 20, that will be an approx N1 setting (47000 ---> 47 + 20 to get 67% N1 fully configired at the marker.

Going to pitch mode before adding flaps or pulling one notch of spoilers helps that pitch ballooning from the flaps deploying

Disconnnecting the a/p by using the trim makes the disconnect sometimes smoother

 

[dojetdriver]

Marinegrunt-Thank you for your service to our country.
Your biggest challange in the RJ will be:
If your in the right seat...taking orders from a 20-something year old kid while he puts everyone else at risk.
If your in the left seat...keeping an eye on that same kid because he's constantly pulling out the FOM to question your every decision.

You forgot to add trying to get by on the crappy pay check.

 

[Hovernut]

Going to pitch mode before adding flaps or pulling one notch of spoilers helps that pitch ballooning from the flaps deploying

Disconnnecting the a/p by using the trim makes the disconnect sometimes smoother

Ditto! I thought the A/P disconnect via trim was so second-nature, I didn't even think to mention it...it's been the only way I've seen people here do it for some time.

Saw the flaps/pitch mode thing a while ago and was impressed to see how it calmed down the ole' broad when dirtying her up.

Going along with keeping the ride out of the "E" ticket range, if she begins to buck in a high-speed descent, engage turbulence mode to dampen out the oscillations.

Now if we can just get it to stop the altitude oscillations on the GS without having to punch out and go manual, that would be nice!

 

[i fly boxes]

We were at 30000 in the 200 and I was looking at the flight controls page, and then all of a sudden it shows that the left hand flaps are at 5 degrees and the right are at zero. This was followed by 3 caution messages that would have been related if this were a real scenario, plus the high speed and low speed tapes met in the middle at the speed i was flying. There was no rolling of the wings at all and 5 minutes later it all disapeared.

 

[CitationLover]

Going to pitch mode before adding flaps or pulling one notch of spoilers helps that pitch ballooning from the flaps deploying

Disconnnecting the a/p by using the trim makes the disconnect sometimes smoother

waiting till Vmm will not balloon either. you are simply fast and thus the ballooning.

 

[Spinplate]

Ditto! I thought the A/P disconnect via trim was so second-nature, I didn't even think to mention it...it's been the only way I've seen people here do it for some time.

Saw the flaps/pitch mode thing a while ago and was impressed to see how it calmed down the ole' broad when dirtying her up.

Going along with keeping the ride out of the "E" ticket range, if she begins to buck in a high-speed descent, engage turbulence mode to dampen out the oscillations.

Now if we can just get it to stop the altitude oscillations on the GS without having to punch out and go manual, that would be nice!

Doesnt the turbulence button just shorten up the bank angle on turns?
(Its been over a year since Ive flown the RJ)

 

[nethan]

No, the TURB button is the turbo boost button. It makes the plane actually climb above 15,000.

I think it just slows the response time to correct the FD. As if the FD isn't slow enough already. TURB does do a nice job with damping out some of the oscillations when climbing in speed mode though. It's a shame you can't use it when on the glideslope.

 

[bustinmins]

Flight idle, 2000 Down VSI = 250 knots.
Flight idle, 1500 Down VSI = 210 knots.

Don't expect any climb performance above FL220. You'll be lucky to get 700 FPM in the CRJ200. The CRJ's 700/900 are really nice flying birds. They will climb 1000 FPM at .80 above FL330. Great fun!!!

You can get about 9000 FPM down in an emergency descent profile....so have fun on your empty legs!!!

 

[bertengineer]

What is the circle around the Alt Static Port mean?
WHat does the circle around the Stby Pitot Probe and TAT mean?

These are the only ones that have the red or white painted circle around them.

What is Potasium Superoxide? Do we have it on the CRJ? If so, how long is it good for?

What the heck is ADSHC?

Fun Stuff!

 

[DiverDriver]

-200 Stuff.

On approach, whatever N2 setting kept 250 knots at about 10,000 feet will also keep your Ref+5. About 80-82% in the winter and 84-85% in the summer at heavy landing weights.

900 PPH will maintain 200 knots in level flight flaps zero OR 8.

Your fuel flow rate is higher at 10K doing 320 knots than low flaps 20, gear down. Remember this if you need to burn gas before arriving.

In smooth air pulling the power to idle at 100 feet above the touchdown height will put the mains in the TD blocks just about every time.

Speed mode DOES work in climb. Just turn on TURB and keep the N1s in the carrots religiously and you won't have oscillations in smooth air. If it pitches down then it's doing it's job which you would have had to do anyway to stay on profile using VS mode.

1,800 FPM down at idle = 250 knots
Need to slow to 250 by 10K with continued descent to lower altitude with no crossing restriction? AT 12K use 1200 FPM and idle. It will slow to 250 before reaching 10k.

You do not have to go direct to a fix in order to put in a crossing distance if there are waypoints between the crossing and the crossing reference point. Say they give you cross 30 prior to XYZ but BUBBA is less than 30 to XYZ. If you try to go XYZ/-30 it will give you "distance too large". Just go to FIX page. Enter XYZ. Enter 30 mile ring. It will show a little circle where it crosses your path. RESELECT XYZ at the top of the fix page. It will now give you a crossing point that you can enter in the FMS LEGS page and enter your crossing altitude. Works great when you have a dogleg in the route before the reference fix. I always hear people asking for direct after getting a clearnace like that and I just grin. It's not necessary.

Check your climb charts before going high to see if you can reasonably make it. Even if the chart says you can don't climb at less than profile speed. Just say unable and take a lower altitude. If the bottom red raster is coming at you fast make a move and tell ATC about it later. Fly the plane.