Felis Boeing 747-200 Classic – Cockpit Guide

Hello! Welcome to the Felis Boeing 747-200 classic. This is an in-depth, highly detailed
model of the iconic Boeing 747 classic based on real-world documents and with the input of a
real-world 747 classic flight engineer. This guide is meant to introduce you to the cockpit of
the whale. When you first step in, you may find yourself somewhat disorientated – this is
normal, it’s a very complex cockpit, as befitting a complex aircraft. However, with practise it
will fit like an old glove.

This is not a tutorial.

Instead, it is meant to supplement tutorials. If you find yourself getting stuck on where
exactly the item you are looking for is located, reference this to find it. I have included
descriptions for certain instruments, as well as a few hints here and there.

Happy flying!
Flight Instruments
Note – these displays are mirrored on the First Officers’ side

1 – Captain’s Clock.
2 – Airspeed Indicator. Displays airspeed in both knots and mach. The main white needle
displays your current airspeed. The small yellow needle is slaved to the MCP speed bug. The
red and white needle is the barber pole – if you exceed this it means you’re overspeeding and
need to slow down. An aural alarm will sound if you overspeed. The white bugs at the top are
used to remind pilots of their reference speeds for take-off and landing.
3 – Attitude Indicator. Displays the aircraft’s attitude. The blue half is for positive attitude
and the black half for negative. The white needles at the top display the aircraft’s bank angle.
The left-hand side column indicates any auto throttle system airspeed error. The bottom
display shows the aircraft’s position relative to the localiser, and the right-hand side relative
to the glideslope. At the very bottom of the display is the turn and bank indicator, and to the
left of that the test switch.
4 – Instrument Warning Flags.
5 – Automatic Flight Annunciator Panel. More information can be found in the section on
automatic flight.
6 – Marker beacons. Will flash when passing the outer, middle and inner marker on the ILS
system.
7 – Altimeter. Displays the aircraft’s altitude in feet. The bottom-left knob will adjust the
aircraft’s altimeter to match the departure/arrival airfield using the latter’s altimeter setting.
The bottom-right knob has two settings – CADC – default. Raw altitude information from the
static system is corrected, and STBY – will display the raw altitude information without
correction.
8 – Radio Altimeter. Used for landing to set the approach minima altitude. Will activate at
2500 feet above ground level. The bottom-right knob adjusts the desired minima. The
bottom-left knob tests the system.
9 – Standby Altimeter.
10 – TCAS Vertical Speed Indicator. Displays the aircraft’s current vertical speed and, when
the transponder is on, any nearby aircraft.
11 – Horizontal Situation Indicator. Shows the aircraft’s current heading in 360-degree
increments. The yellow needle display’s the aircraft’s position relative to the selected
NAVAID. The top left numbers display the aircraft’s position in nautical miles from the
nearest navaid (or, when using the INS, waypoint). The top-right numbers shows the
aircraft’s groundspeed in knots. The left-hand side reading shows the current VOR/ILS, and
the right-hand side the glideslope.
12 – Radio Magnetic Indicator. Displays the course from the currently programmed
VOR/NDB station. The bottom needles switch between displaying VOR or NDB data. The
top instruments show the current DME from the selected VOR stations.
13 – Miscellaneous.
 VHF/NAV. Selects the VHF 3 NAV radio for use of/display in place of the pilot’s
normal radio.
 INS 1 and 3 – chooses which INS system will feed information to the HSI.
 Compass 1 and 2 – selects which compass will feed information to the HSI. Changing
the source will cause the autopilot to switch from CMD to MAN mode.
 FLT DIR CMPTR – selects which flight director will feed information to the attitude
indicator.
 Attitude NORM and ALT – selects INS three to feed pitch and roll data to the ADI
and compass stabilization. Changing the source will cause the autopilot to switch
from CMD to MAN mode.
14 – Reserve Brake Hydraulic System Two – selects reserve brakes to system two.
15 – INS DME Updating Flags.
Engine Instruments

1 – Inhibit the below glideslope warning.

2 – Max Ind Reset. Resets the red flags on the N1 and EGT instruments.
3 – Altitude Alert, Ground Proximity and Rudder Ratio Tests.
4 - Standby Altimeter and Instrument Warning Test.
5- Centre Instrument Panel Warning Lights.
6 – Reverser Lights.
7 – EPR Indicators.
8 – N1 Indicators
9 – EGT Indicators.
10 – Fuel Flow Indicators.
11 – EPR Display.
12 – Outboard Flap Indicators.
13 – Inboard Flap Indicators.
14 – LE Flaps Lights.
15 – Static Air Temperature Indicator.
16 – N/A
17 – Gear Lights.
18 – Gear Lever.
19 – True Air Speed Indicator.
20 – Flight Control check instrument.
21 – Hydraulic Brake Pressure indicator.

Weather Radar

1 – Range Marker. 25, 50, 150 and 300.

2 – Brightness Selector.
3 – Hold/Scan Mode.

Pilot’s Light Controls

1 – Controls pilot’s panel instrument and flood lighting.

2 – Controls pilot’s panel map lighting.
3 – Start’s pilot’s chrono.
Throttles

1 – Stabilizer Trim Controls.

2 – Stabilizer Trim Wheels.
3 – Parking Brake and Speed brakes.
4 – Green Band Select. Extends the position on the green band on the trim wheel in either
direction. Used for when the desired takeoff trim setting is lower or higher than the default
green band.
5 – Fuel levers.
6 – Thrust levers.
7 – Stabilizer trim cutout switches.
8 – Flap handle.
Pedestal
Captain’s Radios

1 – Captain’s Radio
Volume.
2 – VHF 1 Receivers.
3 – ADF 1 Dial.
4 – VHF 3 Receivers.
First Officer Radios

1 – First Officer Radio Volume.

2 – VHF 2 Receivers.
3 – ADF 2 Dial.
4 – Weather Radar.
Pedestal Miscellaneous

1 – Transponder
2 – EPR Panel. Controls the autothrottle
 RTRN/DECR switch – derates the EPR setting for a reduced takeoff power. Can go
from 0.0 to 0.6.
 EPR DECR – shows what derate is selected.
 EPR – autothrottle is set to EPR mode. Used for takeoff and climbout.
 MACH – autothrottle maintains the selected MACH speed. Used for cruise.
 SPEED – MCP speed bug controls the speed. Used for level altitude below cruise and
approach/Autoland.
EPRL Mode.
 TOD – Takeoff dry. Used for takeoff.
 CON – continuous ignition.
 CLB – climb thrust.
 CRZ – cruise thrust.
 GA – go around thrust.
1 – Manual pitch wheel. Used for controlling autopilot pitch in turbulence. Only works when
the autopilot is in MAN mode.
2 – Manual roll wheel. Used for controlling autopilot roll in turbulence. Only works when the
autopilot is in MAN mode.

1 – Aileron Trim wheel.

2 – Rudder trim wheel.
3 – Warning horn cutout – used to turn off the warning when the aircraft is in flaps 1-20 with
idle throttle.
4 – Control stand panel lighting.
5 – Centre forward panel lighting.
Overhead Panel

1 – Storm Lights.
2 – Main Panel Background Lights.
3 – Overhead Lights.
4 – Outboard and Inboard Landing Lights.
5 – Runway Turnoff Lights.
6 – Navigation Light.
7 – Beacon Light.
8 – Strobe Light.
9 – Wing Light.
10 – Logo Light.
11 – Dome Light.
12 – Indicator Lights. Has two settings, bright and dim. Place in TEST to check all the
forward and overhead lights.

1 – Engine One and Two Fire and Bottle Switches.

2 – Wheel Well Fire Detection and Test.
3 - Engine Three and Four Fire and Bottle Switches.
4 – Cockpit Voice Recorder Controls.

1 – Compass DG/SLAVED Switch.

2 – Compass SET DG knob.
1 – Engine One and Two Ignition Switches, SYS 1 and 2.
2 – Engine Start Valve.
3 – Ignition Switches Norm, Ignition 1 and Ignition 2.
4 - Engine Three and Four Ignition Switches, SYS 1 and 2.

1 – Alternate Gear Extension Switches.

2 – SELCAL Panel.
3 – High Frequency Radio No. 1.
4 – Interphone Panel. (Hint – PA announcements are included in the Felis 747. Press the
switches to play).
6 – No Smoking, Seatbelt, Ground Call and Flight Deck Door lock switches.
7 – Windshield Wipers and Washers.
8 – Evacuation Horn and Signal Panel.
9 – Alternate Flaps Trailing and Leading Edge Switches.
10 - High Frequency Radio No. 2.
1 – Radio Master Bus Essential and No. 2 Switches.
2 – Stall Warning Controls.
3 – Mach Airspeed and Overrotation test switches.
4 – Nacelle Anti-Ice Controls.
1 – Wing Anti-Ice switches.
2 – Probe Heat switches.
3 – Window Heat switches.
1 – Flight Controls Hydraulic Power
Switches - Rudder and Elevators.
2 - Flight Controls Hydraulic Power
Switches - Spoilers, Ailerons and CCA.
3 – Yaw Dampers.
4 – Autobrake.
5 – Ground Proximity Flap Systems Inhibit
switch.
6 – Anti-skid and Body Gear Steering
switches. Body Gear Steering is used for
taxiing.
Autopilot Panel
This instrument is mirrored on the First Officer side.

1 – Panel Light switch.

- RADIO/INS switch. Controls whether the HSI instrument is slaved to the navigation
radio or the INS.
2 – VHF Navigation Radio.

1 – No. 1 Flight Director.

- The pitch wheel controls the pitch bar on the flight director when the Turbulence/Speed
Mode Selector (No. 8) is set to OFF. This is used to set the desired takeoff attitude.
2 – A/T Speed Bug. Controls the orange speed bug on the airspeed indicator. (Note – this will
only set the aircraft speed when the thrust computer is in SPEED mode).
3 – Autopilot Switches A and B. A is used when the Captain is flying, and B when the First
Officer is. Both are used for Autoland. When the switch is in MAN mode, the autopilot will
engage the existing pitch (25 degrees maximum) and roll (30 degrees maximum).Use the turn
and pitch knobs on the pedestal to control the aircraft In this mode.
4 – Navigation Radio commands. The switch controls which navigation radio controls the
autopilot. DUAL is used for ILS approaches.
5 – Heading selector.
6 – Navigation Mode Selector.
- HDG (Default mode) - Autopilot is slaved to the heading bug.
- INS - Autopilot is slaved to the INS flightplan.
- VOR/LOC – Autopilot is slaved to the navigation radios and the ILS localizer.
- ILS – Autopilot is slaved to the ILS glideslope and localizer.
- LAND – Used for conducting an Autoland. Both autopilots must be engaged for this to
work.
7 – Vertical Speed Wheel. When the Turbulence/Speed Mode Selector is set to V/S, this
wheel controls the aircraft’s vertical speed. (Hint – if you zoom in on the side of this knob,
you can see the FPM in 500 feet increments).
8 - Turbulence/Speed Mode Selector. Controls the autopilot’s pitch.
- TURB. Only used with Autopilot MAN mode. Autopilot maintains altitude.
- OFF – Default setting,
- V/S – slaved to the vertical speed wheel.
- IAS – the autopilot will automatically adjust pitch to maintain the current airspeed.
(Note – this will not work when the autothrottle is in SPEED mode).
- MACH – the autopilot will adjust pitch to maintain the current Mach speed.
10 – No. 2 Flight Director.

Automatic Flight Annunciator Panel

Engineer Station

1 – Auxiliary Power Unit RPM, EGT and Oil Quantity Indicators.

2 – Fuel Valve, DC Pump, APU Fault and APU door lights.
3 – APU Start Switch and APU Bleed Air Switch. (Note – to properly start the APU, click the
switch once to put it in ON, wait for the lights next to it to extinguish, then click it upwards
into START to crank the APU. The bleed air switch must remain off until APU power is
established.
4 – APU Fire Panel.
5 – Passenger Oxygen Panel.
6 – Galley Power Bus 1 through 4.
7 – Galley control, Galley Chiller and Galley/Lav Fan.
8 – DC BUS Isolation Switches.
9 – N/A
10 – External Power 1 Generator.
11 – Auxiliary Power Generators.
12 – External Power 2 Generator.
13 – Split System Breaker.
1 – Bus Tie Switches.
2 – Engine Generator Switches.
3 – Generator Field Switches.
4 – CSD/ISG Disconnect Switches.
5 - CSD/ISG Oil Temperature Gauges.
6 – DC Volts and Amps Gauges.
7 – Battery Switch.
8 – DC Meter Switches.
9 – Standby Power Switch.
10 – Essential AC Bus.
11 – AC Freq and Volts Gauges.
12 – CSD Oil Temperature Rise.
13 – AC Meter Switches.
1 – Engine N2 Gauges.
2 – Engine Oil Quantity Gauges.
3 – Engine Oil Temperature Gauges.
4 – Engine Oil Pressure Gauges.
5 – Engine Breather Gauges.
1 – Zone Compartment Duct/Temperature Indicators.
2 – Zone/Upper Deck Overhead Lights and Trim Air Indicators.
3 – Trim Air Switch.
4 – Zone Temperature Switches.
5 – Humidifier.
6 – Air Cycle Machine Outlet, Compressor Discharges and Air Flow Indicators.
7 – Pack Control Switches. Each Switch will show what the corresponding air flow is.
8 – Pack Controls 1, 2 and 3.
9 – Manual Heat/Cool Switch.
13 – Bypass Valve. Inlet Door and Exit Door Indicators.
1 – Supplementary Vent and Gasper Fans.
2 – Pack Control Switches 1, 2 and 3.
3 – Recirculating Fan Zone Switches.
4 – Pack Isolation Valve Switches.
5 – Bleed Air 1 and 2 Switches.
6 – Duct Pressure Gauge.
7 – Bleed Air 3 and 4 Switches.
1 – Cabin Vertical Speed.
2 – Flight Engineer Altimeter.
3 – Differential Pressure Gauge.
4 – Altitude Horn Cutout.
5 – Cabin Outflow Valves.
6 – Cabin Rate Limit test.
7 – Baro Altitude Selector.
8 – Cabin Altitude Selector. (Note – set this is your cruising altitude + 1000 feet.)
9 – Cabin Altitude Mode and Rate Selectors Switches.
1 – Gross Weight Gauge (must be set manually before takeoff to work).
2 – Fuel Used gauges 1 and 2.
3 – Fuel Temperature Gauge and Switches.
4 - Fuel Used gauges 3 and 4.
5 – Fuel Gauge test.
6 – Fuel Pressure, Fuel Heat and Engine Valves 1 and 2.
7 – Fuel used reset switch/fuel scavenger pump.
8 - Fuel Pressure, Fuel Heat and Engine Valves 3 and 4.
9 – No 1. Reserve Tank (hint – turn these tanks on when No. 1 and No. 4 Main tanks drop
below 2300kgs/5070lbs or at top of descent, whichever is first).
11 & 12 – No. 1 and No. 2 Main Tanks.
13 – Centre Tank (hint – this is always filled last, and only if needed).
14 & 15 - No. 3 and No. 4 Main Tanks.
16 - No 2. Reserve Tank (hint – turn these tanks on when No. 1 and No. 4 Main tanks drop
below 2300kgs/5070lbs or at top of descent, whichever is first).
1 – Normal Brake Source Selector.
2 – Hydraulic Temperature Gauges.
3 – Electric Hydraulic System 4 Pump (hint – turn this on before pushback. It will
automatically turn off after engine start).
4 – Hydraulic Quantity Test.
5 – Hydraulic Pressure Gauges.
6 – Hydraulic Air Demand Pumps.
7 – Hydraulic Engine Pumps.
8 – Hydraulic Quantity Gauges.
1 – Engine Squib Tests.
2 – Equipment Cooling Panel.
3 – Wing Le Overheat Panel.
4 – Main and APU Generator indicators.
5 – Electrical indicators.
6 – Aft Cargo Heat Panel.
7 – Lower Cargo Fire Protection Panel.
8 – Nacelle Temperature Indicators.
9 – Engine Fire Detection Panel.
1 – Brake Temperature Monitor.
2 – Anti-Skid Lights.
3 – Landing Gear Lights.
4 – Landing Gear
Primary/Alternate Switches.
1 – APU Hourmeter gauge.
2 – Engine Vibration Pickup and Gauge.
3 – Leading Edge Flap lights.
4 – Body Gear Steering Lights and Primary/Alternate Switch.
5 – Flight Engineer’s clock.
6 – Total Air Temperature Gauge.
1 – Fuel Jettison No.2 Main and No. 3 Main Pumps.
2 – Fuel Jettison Valves No 1. Main, Ctr Wing and No. 4 Main Lights.
3 - Fuel Jettison Valves No, 1 Main, Ctr Wing and No. 4 Main Pumps.
4 – Fuel Jettison Nozzle Valves Left and Right.
5 – Fuel Jettison panel safety door.
1 – Flight Engineer’s Audio Controls.
2 – Flight Engineer’s Light Controls/Indicator Light Tests.
1 – Main Generator Lights.
2 – APU Generator Lights.
3 – Door Lights.
EFDARS Panel (See
Introduction).