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1. The radar screen is updated only every 3 seconds because the radar antenna has to complete a full rotation before providing new data The screen can be zoomed to some extent by moving two fingers apart or together as usual on your Android device At the top of the screen the menu bar is shown It consists of the following fields and buttons e TIME The current time in UTC Universal Time Coordinated is shown e TRK DIST The track and distance from a target to any position on the screen is shown See section Controlling Traffic for details e H O REQ This field shows if there is a new aircraft approaching from the adjacent sector The target will be yellow and the H O REQ display will flash yellow as long as you have not accepted the aircraft See section Controlling Aircraft for details e DEP Shows the number of pending departures and initiates departure release See section Departure Traffic for details e SCORE Shows your current session score See section Score for details e PG2 PG1 Switches between page 1 and page 2 of the options bar Fig 2 Menu Bar Page 1 Items on page 2 are explained in the following e TIME Also displayed on page 2 e UP WIND Shows the current average upper wind Will influence the target s track above ground e TFC RTS Opens a dialog where departure and arrival traffic rates can be modified and the vertical speed assignment switched off and on e SETUP Opens the2. Radar Contact 6 3 User Manual Support maxhirn at RadarContact User Manual Page 1 Max Hirn 2015 I GENERAL Radar Contact is an ATC Air Traffic Control Simulator that lets you take the position of an air traffic controller in the terminal area of an airport Your job is to safely and efficiently guide aircraft from the boundary of your airspace to the landing runway or in case of departures from the airport to a target waypoint To achieve this you can assign altitudes headings and speeds Furthermore you can send aircraft to certain waypoints and let them hold there if your airspace becomes full The difficulty is controlled by setting the rate of new aircraft in a 10 minutes period However at the beginning of the game two or three aircraft will be present instantly three up to a selected rate of 4 aircraft per 10 minutes and 2 for higher rates Your success is measured by a score that mainly depends on the number of aircraft that land within your shift This application is more a simulation than an arcade game and aims at replicating a real radar screen as well as possible Without any advance air traffic control knowledge it takes some time to be able to handle it efficiently However every effort is made to explain everything required in this document II MAIN MENU In the main menu you can select the airport you want to work at and the aircraft arrival and departure rate expressed in aircraft number per 10
3. minutes At the beginning of the game two or three approaching aircraft will be present instantly three up to a selected rate of 4 aircraft per 10 minutes and 2 for higher rates The rates can be modified during a session by touching the field RATES on menu bar page 2 You can also enter your name if desired This name is only saved locally and will be displayed as a default the next time you start the game At the bottom of the screen you find a button to open the instructions as well as general information version number etc Note Not all airports can be selected from the beginning Starting from the second airport Whitehaven you need a specific total score to unlock them The total score is the sum of all your session scores achieved so far To unlock Whitehaven airport 5 points are needed you need a total score of 300 for Mountainview 500 for Ragged Peak 650 for Innsbruck 750 for Montr al 850 for Munich and 950 for Nice This does not apply for the trial version where only one airport is available The total score will also determine your rank as an air traffic controller You start as an Air Traffic Controller in Training after 40 points and then move on to Junior Air Traffic Controller Air Traffic Controller Senior Air Traffic Controller Supervisor Examiner and finally Senior Examiner total score needed 1200 To exit the game from the main menu press the back button on your device as usual RadarContact User Manual
4. Dash 8 M82 MD 82 E19 Embraer 190 The datatag can be positioned at any convenient position by drag and drop Just tap on the datatag hold it and drag it to the desired position Just tapping the datatag briefly will open the aircraft control menu see section Controlling Aircraft for details The following datatag and target symbol colors exist Normal cyan white or orange depending on your settings yellow aircraft not yet accepted or ready to be handed over to tower green departures magenta Missed approach and red conflict alert or emergency RadarContact User Manual Page 9 Max Hirn 2015 VI CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT Aircraft can be controlled by assigning altitude speed heading or by clearing them to proceed to a waypoint Additionally a target can be cleared for approach or handed off to tower This section explains how this is done in detail SAS61M TRAJECTORY ALTITUDE HEADING DIRECT SPEED ADDITIONAL ACT 120 APG 23970 SPD 270 ALT 080 TRANSMIT DISREGARD Fig 8 The Aircraft Control Menu Tapping a datatag will open the respective aircraft s control menu In the first line labelled CALLSIGN TRAJECTORY basic trajectory items can be selected altitude heading and speed ALTITUDE After tapping this button you can select altitudes between 1000 and 15000 feet Altitudes above 5000 feet transition altitude are shown as flightlevel for example FL14 The transition altitude is fixe
5. Emirates RYR Ryanair Ryanair TCX Thomas Cook Kestrel AZA Alitalia Alitalia SWR Swiss Airlines Swiss ISK Intersky Intersky AEE Aegean Aegean BER Air Berlin Air Berlin COA Continental Airlines Continental AAL American Airlines American FDX Fedex Fedex AFL Aeroflot Aeroflot NLY FlyNiki Niki THY Turkish Airlines Turkish QFA Qantas Qantas SAS Scandinavian Airlines Scandinavian RadarContact User Manual Page 8 Max Hirn 2015 JAI Jet Airways Jet Airways FIN Finnair Finnair BMA British Midland Midland TOM Tomson Tomson CLX Cargolux Cargolux TRA Transavia Transavia EZY Easyjet Easy EIN Aer Lingus Shamrock ETD Etihad Airways Etihad ADR Adria Airways Adria MSR Egyptair Egyptair CTN Croatia Airlines Croatia MAH Malev Hungarian Airlines Malev BEE Flybe Jersey LOT LOT Polish Airlines LOT ANA All Nippon Airways All Nippon JAL Japan Airlines Japan Air OAL Olympic Air Olympic ACA Air Canada Air Canada Aircraft if not labelled Heavy wake turbulence class is Medium 736 Boeing 737 600 737 Boeing 737 700 738 Boeing 737 800 753 Boeing 757 300 Heavy 744 Boeing 747 400 Heavy 748 Boeing 747 800 Heavy 763 Boeing 767 300 Heavy 773 Boeing 777 300 Heavy 318 319 320 321 Airbus A318 A319 A320 A321 332 Airbus A330 200 Heavy 333 Airbus A330 300 Heavy 343 Airbus A34 300 Heavy 344 Airbus A340 400 Heavy 380 Airbus A380 Super DH8
6. always be 22 knots or less and RadarContact User Manual Page 11 Max Hirn 2015 cannot be changed An aircraft may refuse a speed clearance if you have instructed a high descent rate before and it is unable to fly the requested speed at the given rate You then have to either increase the cleared speed or assign a lower descent rate In the second button line of the control menu labelled ADDITIONAL the following functions can be found APP CLR Clears the aircraft for approach For this to work it has to be on an intercept heading of less than 55 degrees 45 with parallel runway operations to the extended runway centerline and at an altitude that allows it to intercept the glidepath For example on runway 26R the runway direction is 260 degrees and the intercept heading has to be between 215 and 305 degrees At a distance of 10 miles the aircraft has to be at about 3000 feet above ground you have to take airport elevation into account to intercept roughly distance times 300 This is valid for a standard glidepath angle of three degrees At Innsbruck the approach angle is almost four degrees so aircraft have to be higher at a given distance The approach clearance button will only be active if the aircraft is ona suitable intercept angle and distance from the threshold less than 30 miles at Innsbruck 25 at Munich 20 otherwise It may also happen that you can select the function but the aircraft is too close to the threshol
7. 3 miles behind a medium aircraft or 5 miles behind another heavy one A distance of less than 2 miles between any two aircraft on approach to the same runway is considered as a severe error and will terminate the session 10 points will be deducted in this case At airports with two runways independent parallel approaches are used two aircraft established on the approaches to different runways do not need to be separated as explained above It is advisable to vector aircraft for the primary runway 100 feet higher or lower to the approach track than aircraft vectored for the secondary runway to maintain separation until both are established Aircraft with a horizontal or if not on the approach vertical distance below the minimum will change their color to red and a red conflict alert warning will be displayed in the upper menu bar If sound is on an alarm tone will also be heard You can then take action to avoid a closer approximation RadarContact User Manual Page 15 Max Hirn 2015 Fig 10 Conflict Alert If one aircraft is established on the approach and the distance to another target gets less than 2 miles and the altitude difference less than 1000 feet the session is over as well and 10 points will be deducted The conflict alert will be triggered later when one of the two conflicting aircraft is established in the approach below 1000 feet vertical separation and below 4 miles horizontal distance if the preceding is heavy and belo
8. 400 feet below the respective minimum altitude its terrain warning system will activate and you will be relieved from your shift game over The screen width always corresponds to 80 miles and the height to 50 miles The landing runways are shown as a small line with the runway designator e g 26R next to it The airport elevation is shown in the lower right corner of the radar screen From the runway s a dashed line representing the extended runway RadarContact User Manual Page 3 Max Hirn 2015 centreline s extends for 2 nautical miles a bit longer at Munich and Innsbruck At Innsbruck this line and the approach course is five degrees offset to the runway this is a peculiarity of the localizer approach there Additionally 3 circles are drawn around the landing threshold with radius 5 10 and 15 nautical miles respectively The radar screen also shows waypoints as small triangles with their name next to them 4 waypoints exist at every airport more at airports with RNAV transitions and you may clear aircraft to proceed directly to them If they reach it without a further clearance from you they will enter a holding pattern there except at transition waypoints This is needed if traffic becomes dense If an aircraft leaves the boundaries of the radar screen because you failed to direct it away from it it will disappear and the controller of the adjacent sector will have to handle it again 10 points will be deducted of your score
9. AUA123 086T060 320 250 shows an Austrian Airlines Airbus A320 currently at 8600 feet with a cleared altitude of 6000 feet and a groundspeed of 250 knots The two altitude values are separated by a T if the aircraft is climbing descending and by a if it maintains its altitude From the small aircraft symbol square a line is extending showing the target s track It s length corresponds to 5 miles Additionally a trail showing the target s last 10 positions is shown behind the aircraft symbol Pc san Arr ALT EO GROUNDSPEED TRACKLINE TRAIL AIRCRAFT Fig 6 Full Datatag The reduced datatag shows the following information First line Callsign Second line C D Current Altitude Groundspeed alternates with target waypoint for departures RadarContact User Manual Page 7 Max Hirn 2015 For example the following datatag AUA123 DQ86 280 shows an aircraft currently at 8600 feet descending and a groundspeed of 280 knots A D before the altitude shows the aircraft is descending and a C that it is climbing CALLSIGN ACTUAL ALT GROUNDSPEED Fig 7 Reduced Datatag Here is a list of airline and aircraft codes with the radio telephony callsign in parentheses Airlines DLH Lufthansa Lufthansa AUA Austrian Airlines Austrian BAW British Airways Speedbird AFR Air France Air France IBE Iberia Iberia BEL Brussels Airlines Beeline KLM KLM KLM UAE Emirates
10. ON ROUTE m Fig 12 RNAV Transition Transitions allow an air traffic controller to assign a predefined arrival route to an aircraft which is then followed without further lateral clearances Furthermore and equally important they are used to establish an arrival sequence and ensure separation by the assignment of shortcuts To get one aircraft ahead of each other it can be issued a direct clearance to one of the downstream waypoints whereas the other aircraft continues the full transition In addition to speed assignments a transition can therefore be an efficient means of traffic control A transition is shown on the radar screen by its waypoints and lines connecting them making up the route to be flown in pink color Each transition has an initial waypoint from which it has its name For example the transition starting at EAGLE point is called EAGLE Transition The initial waypoints are shown in white but can be recognised as belonging to a transition by a pink line leading to the next waypoint The transition waypoint names begin with RP6 and end with a single digit number If you clear an aircraft to a transition start waypoint the ones with normal names shown in white you will be asked whether you want to clear the target for the respective transition If you choose yes it will follow the route shown in pink until reaching the last waypoint found on the extended centerline You should clear the aircraft for a
11. Page 2 Max Hirn 2015 After selecting Start New in the main menu you are presented with the radar screen and the first approaching aircraft target will be visible at some position near the edges of the screen for more about targets see the Target Symbols section The next aircraft will appear according to the rate you have selected in the main menu However at the beginning of the game two or three aircraft will be present instantly three up to a selected rate of 4 aircraft per 10 minutes and 2 for higher rates In the trial version the maximum number of aircraft per session is 15 09 21 50 UTC SCORE 0000 SY 0 fal 10 21 Fl Fig 1 The Radar Screen The screen has a black background and consists of several sectors which are divided by lines and have a number displayed somewhere close to their center These sectors are minimum radar vectoring altitude sectors and define an area where an aircraft has to be above a specific altitude when it is guided by you This minimum altitude is expressed by the mentioned number and is given in hundreds of feet For example the number 86 means that the minimum altitude in this sector is 8600 feet In practice this means that you may only assign altitudes from 9000 feet upwards to targets in this sector as you can only assign whole thousands to aircraft Altitudes that can be assigned are 1000 to 15000 feet in 1000 feet increments If by your mistake an aircraft descends to
12. able anymore If you fail to hand the aircraft off to tower before it is 5 miles from the threshold it will contact the tower anyway but 1 point will be deducted from your score When on short final the target will either disappear from the screen or initiate a missed approach In this case it will continue to fly straight ahead climb to the missed approach altitude of 6000 feet and you will have to vector it around again At Innsbruck missed approach traffic will turn left to a heading of 060 at 3000 feet and then turn to RTT waypoint at 9500 feet climbing to 12000 feet Be sure to use appropriate spacing there as otherwise missed approach aircraft will get too close to approach traffic It will change its color to magenta as a reminder that it is missed RadarContact User Manual Page 12 Max Hirn 2015 approach traffic Make sure to only assign a new heading when the aircraft is above the minimum altitude for the respective sector ACCEPT When a new aircraft arrives its datatag will be yellow indicating that the controller of the adjacent sector requests a handoff If sound is on you will also hear a short beep By selecting Accept the target will get under your control You can then immediately issue a clearance TRK DIST After tapping this button you can tap anywhere on the screen and the track and distance of the respective target to this point will be displayed in the upper menu bar Below the first two button lines you
13. air traffic controller is measured with a score system For every single session a session score is determined and additionally a total score which is the sum of all previous session scores is stored After each session the session score is compared to your highscore and you will be informed when you have achieved a new highscore Additionally after each session you may compare your score to global highscores The best 200 scores for each airport are stored on a remote server to enable comparison to other players if desired If you choose to compare your RadarContact User Manual Page 17 Max Hirn 2015 score it will be transmitted to the server where your global rank is determined No personal data is transmitted to the server but only date time and your score A Wi Fi connection is recommended IMPORTANT NOTE Your total score will only be updated after ending a shift without saving If you save a game it is expected that you continue it at a later time and therefore your total score will not be updated right away If you exit the game directly without visiting the main menu and do not save your total score rank and the available airports will be updated and shown in the main menu the next time you start the app However you will not get any information dialog about your achievements like in the main menu before exiting The total score influences which airports are available full version only and which rank as an air traffic con
14. and then turn to RTT waypoint at 9500 RadarContact User Manual Page 19 Max Hirn 2015 feet It will change its color to magenta as a reminder Make sure to only assign a new heading when the aircraft is above the respective minimum altitude Minimum Altitude Aircraft have to be above the minimum sector altitude at all times with only one exception after intercepting the approach path For all other cases if the target descends to less than minimum altitude minus 400 feet you will receive a game over message and the session ends Screen Boundaries When an aircraft reaches the edge of the screen it will disappear and 10 points will be deducted from your score Direct To If you clear an aircraft to proceed direct to a waypoint it will do so until over it when it will enter the corresponding hold All holdings have an inbound course of 27 degrees and right turns For Simplicity targets will only use either a direct or a parallel entry depending on their heading when entering the hold The aircraft will remain in the hold until you issue a new clearance Aircraft will automatically reduce their speed to 22 knots when approaching a holding pattern Aircraft cleared to a numbered transition waypoint will be implicitly cleared for the subsequent transition Emergencies An emergency target will change its color to red to easily recognise it You have to bring such aircraft to a landing within the time indicated or it will be lost a
15. arget will disappear if it passes overhead the target waypoint or climbs above 14500 feet If it passes the target waypoint you will receive 2 3 or 4 points depending on how high it is the higher the better If the aircraft climbs above 14500 feet you will receive 3 points It will then be removed from the screen even if not above the target waypoint yet Fig 9 Departure Datatag As a reminder the first three letters of the target waypoint of departure traffic are shown in the datatag alternating with the groundspeed readout Departure targets are shown in bright green Be careful not to release a departure too close to another one as it might cause a conflict alert To ensure minimum separation no departure can be released until the previous one has appeared on the screen The tower controller will make sure there will be no runway conflict between departing and arrival traffic VIII SOUND When starting the app in version 4 0 or above for the first time you might be asked by the operating system which text to speech engine you would like to use If this is the case select Android Text To Speech If you have already chosen any other option saved it and are unable to hear any sound re install the app and proceed as stated before Sound effects featured are a reminder beep when a handoff is waiting or a system message is shown an alarm when there is a conflict alert and audio readback of all aircraft using voice synthesis Voi
16. ce readback will only work if you have Android voice synthesis installed which should be the case by default on most RadarContact User Manual Page 14 Max Hirn 2015 devices In the main menu you can choose between no sound sound together with text readbacks and audio readback only IMPORTANT NOTE During an aircraft s audio transmission you cannot use the TRANSMIT button on the control menu of any target except for accepting a handoff You cannot issue any instructions as long as speech can be heard but you can prepare them The transmit button will also be unavailable during the first seconds after a transmission was heard This simulates the time it would take in real life to speak the instruction you prepared in the control menu ALSO IMPORTANT If the speech output of non native english airlines like Lufthansa Alitalia etc sounds strange please make sure you have all needed languages French German Italian installed Settings gt Language amp Input gt Text to Speech Output gt Settings gt Install voice data IX AIRCRAFT SEPARATION Aircraft have to be separated from all other aircraft at all times The minimum separation is 5 miles horizontally or 1000 feet vertically unless one of the targets is established on the approach When both are on the approach to the same runway a medium aircraft has to be at least 3 miles behind another medium aircraft and 5 miles behind a heavy aircraft A heavy aircraft has to be
17. ceive a message from it shown in red describing the problem especially the time frame within it has to land Additionally the target will change its color to red Your job then is to bring it to a safe landing within the mentioned time This may mean moving other traffic out of the way If you fail to do so the session will be over and 10 points deducted from your score If you are successful you will receive 20 points upon landing The remaining time to landing is shown in the title line of the emergency aircraft s trajectory control menu XIII IMPORTANT FACTS In this section you can find a brief overview of some selected important facts when controlling aircraft Clearances To issue a clearance tap the aircraft s datatag A clearance will only be transmitted when tapping the Transmit button except for handover accepts A clearance can therefore contain several different items altitude speed etc Approach An approach clearance should only be issued when the aircraft s track is within 55 degrees of the approach course and it is at a suitable altitude The approach clearance button will only be active if the aircraft is on a suitable intercept angle and its distance to the threshold is 20 miles or less 25 at Munich and 3 at Innsbruck You can estimate this altitude by multiplying the distance to the threshold by 308 For example a target 10 miles away should be at around 3000 feet or below considering minimum vecto
18. d or too high In this case the aircraft will not intercept the final track but continue on some heading In this case you have to vector it to the final approach course again The latest allowed approach intercept at all airports except Innsbruck is at 7 miles at 2000 feet if minimum altitude permits Aircraft will reduce their speed to 220 knots when cleared for approach and less than 15 miles from the threshold unless they have been cleared slower before and will further reduce their speed to 160 knots when 6 miles from the threshold At airports with two runways you will be asked for which runway you want to issue the approach clearance IMPORTANT Do not try to align the aircraft with the extended centerline using headings and then clear it for approach It may continue to fly parallel even if very close to the centerline and never intercept Always have a target intercept the localizer at an angle of about 30 to 45 degrees Aircraft will report when established on the localizer After this report the responsibility for terrain clearance rests on the pilots To have an aircraft on the localizer discontinue the approach assign a new higher altitude and when above the sector minimum a new heading TOWER When an aircraft has intercepted the final approach track and is less than 9 miles from the threshold signified by the target s color changing to yellow you can instruct the aircraft to contact the tower It will then not be controll
19. d at 5000 feet which is done for simplicity but not realistic at Innsbruck where it is 11000 feet Above it all aircraft fly with reference to 1013 hPa standard pressure at sea level Below it aircraft adjust their altimeters for actual local sea level pressure For aircraft control in the context of this game you need not worry about this It is sufficient to know that flightlevel 080 corresponds to 8000 feet After selecting an altitude it is selected for the new clearance However this clearance is not issued yet because you may enter additional clearance items a specific speed for example If the assignment of climb descent rates is activated in the TFC RTS menu page 2 of the menu bar you can also assign a vertical rate of 500 to 3000 feet per minute in 500 feet steps The airplane will then climb or descent at the given rate but will reduce the rate a bit shortly before reaching the target altitude However if you also assign a very low speed together with a high descent rate the aircraft may be unable to keep that speed and will inform you accordingly You must then either reduce the assigned rate or increase the assigned speed The same is applicable for RadarContact User Manual Page 10 Max Hirn 2015 climbs when it may happen if the aircraft is very heavy that an instructed climb rate is too high for the airplane s performance and will therefore also be refused by the pilots If you do not want to assign vertical rat
20. e presented with a selection of waypoints Selecting a waypoint will have the aircraft proceed to it and if it receives no further clearance enter a holding pattern there Aircraft will reduce their speed to 22 knots when approaching the holding pattern At airports with RNAV transitions you can also clear aircraft direct to transition waypoints On the numerical keypad simply press the last digit of the respective waypoint for example to clear a target to waypoint RP6 5 press 5 The aircraft will then also be cleared for the transition SPEED You may select indicated airspeeds from 160 to 250 knots Aircraft entering your sector will have a standard speed of 27 knots indicated This is the airspeed as measured by the aircraft s pitot system It is except at sea level in standard conditions neither the aircraft s actual speed in relation to the surrounding air nor to the ground Indicated Airspeed corrected for air density is called True Airspeed The True Airspeed corrected for wind is called Groundspeed This is the actual speed of the aircraft in relation to the ground and is displayed in the datatag Therefore if you assign an indicated speed to a target this is not what will be displayed in the datatag because there groundspeed is shown As a controller you have to take the different groundspeeds of aircraft with same indicated airspeed but different altitudes and wind conditions into account Speed in a holding pattern will
21. eep is heard if sound is on The number indicates how many aircraft are waiting at the holding point The maximum is nine when this number is reached no more aircraft will be cleared for startup and taxi by tower By tapping the DEP button you can release the next departure A dialog will open asking you to confirm the release and indicating the waypoint the departure should be guided to The trajectory control menu of a departure aircraft will show the name of the exit waypoint in the title line When you confirm the release the aircraft will get its line up and takeoff clearance by tower After about one minute it will appear on the screen in about 500 feet on runway heading a cleared altitude of 5009 feet 12000 feet at Innsbruck and accelerating to 25 knots It then has to be accepted just like any other target It will climb straight ahead to 3000 feet and then turn towards the exit waypoint The exception to this rule is RadarContact User Manual Page 13 Max Hirn 2015 again Innsbruck where due to the high terrain it will initially turn to a track of 320 degrees and then turn to the target waypoint at 11000 feet As long as it proceeds under own navigation terrain clearance requirements will be met You can cancel the standard departure route and guide the aircraft to the specified departure waypoint using vectors or direct to CAUTION Only assign a new heading or direct to after the target has climbed above minimum altitude The t
22. enu bar page 2 a three dimensional display of all traffic is opened On the left side a legend shows the different altitudes in feet Aircraft are shown as small blue or green departures rectangles Lines extend from them to indicate various data In the upper left corner the display can be customized By touching PROJECTION a pink line is drawn from all aircraft to the point in space where they will have reached their cleared altitude based on present vertical speed and track This line can therefore only be shown for targets that are climbing or descending By selecting ALTITUDE a blue line is drawn from all aircraft symbols to the altitude grid in front to show their present altitude Touching POSITION shows a green line extending from the aircraft symbol to the ground indicating the 2 dimensional position in relation to the radar screen RadarContact User Manual Page 22 Max Hirn 2015 At the moment the vertical situation display is for information purposes only but may be extended in functionality at a later time PROJECTION POSITION ALTITUDE SOSEA A N on ne AUAG3K N 15000 14000 13000 12000 11000 10000 sooo 8000 MMMM b 7000 k 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 Fe CLOSE Fig 14 Vertical Situation Display XVII SAVE amp LOAD GAMES Sessions can be saved and continued at a later time even after app shutdown At the moment only one game ca
23. es at all switch this feature off in the rates menu on menu bar page 2 This will prevent the vertical speed assignment dialog from appearing and will make altitude assignments quicker When a descending aircraft is below 6000 feet and high in relation to the distance to the runway it will expedite its descent to increase the chances of catching the glideslope HEADING After selecting this function you can enter all 3 digits of the heading successively Headings can be assigned in steps of 5 degrees Heading 345 is possible but not heading 342 For example to assign heading 340 you press 3 then 4 then Headings must be entered with leading zeros if applicable e g heading 005 Simplified a heading is the magnetic direction 1 360 degrees e g 090 is east 270 is west an aircraft s nose points to If there is wind this is not the same as the direction the aircraft travels in relation the ground For example if the aircraft s nose points exactly to the west but there is strong wind from the south the track above ground will approximately be west northwest Wind is simulated as there is random upper wind generated for each session that influences all aircraft tracks Its direction and speed can be seen on menu bar page 2 Aircraft will always turn in the direction giving the smaller required heading change unless turn direction assignments are switched on in the TFC RTS menu DIRECT After pressing this button you will b
24. heading before this last waypoint Otherwise it will continue its present heading Approach clearance can only be given as usual with the aircraft being on an intercept heading If you choose no the target will enter the hold at the RadarContact User Manual Page 21 Max Hirn 2015 waypoint You can also clear aircraft direct to a downstream transition waypoint To do this open the direct to menu as usual At Ragged Peak and Munich you will see the usual waypoints at the top of the menu and a numerical keypad below To clear a target to a numbered transition waypoint simply press the waypoint number The Previous Clearance field will then show the waypoint name followed by T e g DCT RP6 8 T to indicate the transition clearance For example if you want a target to fly directly to RP608 just press 8 If you clear to a numbered transition waypoint a clearance to follow the subsequent transition will be implicitly given as no holding pattern is associated with these waypoints SELECT WAYPOINT NUMBER BALDY EAGLE EVANS LIONS CHOOSE WAYPOINT NUMBER HERE LAST DIGIT ONLY Fig 13 RNAV Transition Menu Aircraft cleared for a transition will keep their speed until inbound a sharp turn waypoint the ones with a 90 degree turn following or the last waypoint when they will reduce to 228 knots if they have not been issued a lower speed before XVI VERTICAL SITUATION DISPLAY By touching the label VERT S DSP on m
25. n be stored After returning to the main menu or when directly exiting the game a dialog will appear asking you whether the game should be saved If you choose yes all present session data is stored You can continue this game from the main menu by choosing Resume at the bottom of the screen The last saved game will be opened All settings from the main menu traffic rates weather etc will be ignored except for sound and loaded from the saved game Sound settings will always be taken from the main menu If the session is terminated due to a game over situation loss of separation aircraft below minimum altitude etc it cannot be saved IMPORTANT NOTE Your total score will only be updated after ending a shift without saving If you save a game it is expected that you continue it at a later time and therefore your total score will not be updated right away but only when you really end the session exit without saving When a previously saved game is loaded continued and then ended without saving it cannot be loaded anymore to prevent the score from the same session being awarded multiple times RadarContact User Manual Page 23 Max Hirn 2015
26. nd you will be relieved from your shift The probability that an aircraft experiences an emergency is 0 5 percent XIV SCORE TRANSFER You can transfer your total score if you upgrade from the free trial to the full version After transferring your score your rank will be imported into the full version Furthermore all airports requiring fewer points than your transferred score will be unlocked The score can be synchronized as follows Press the button SCORE TRANSFER at the bottom of the in game help screen In the trial version you will be presented with a numerical code Please write it down In the full version press the same button You will be asked for the code If it is entered correctly your score will be updated and you will receive a success message If you get an error message please check the code again You can also repeat the process to get a different code If the error persists please contact support with the faulty code and your score IMPORTANT The app has to be restarted afterwards for the changes to come into effect RadarContact User Manual Page 20 Max Hirn 2015 XV RNAV TRANSITIONS At Ragged Peak airport so called RNAV Area Navigation Transitions can be found Such transitions are series of waypoints defined by coordinates These waypoints can be navigated to by the use of RNAV equipment where the aircraft position is determined by GPS or inertial navigation systems or both INITIAL WAYPOINT TRANSITI
27. not accept it and continue on their present heading All storm cells move very slowly across the screen according to the wind direction When they reach the screen boundary they disappear After all clouds have disappeared no more will be generated so after a long session the significant weather will have dissipated Aircraft established on final approach or in a holding will not turn to avoid a cell However one point will be deducted from your score for each radar update the target is inside a cell Therefore it is advisable to vector aircraft on the instrument landing system so as to avoid as much of the weather as possible and avoid holding clearances into holdings in bad weather Departures and missed approaches will also not turn to avoid weather as long as you have not assigned an initial direct to or heading In this case should they fly into a cell no points will be deducted from your score as there is nothing you can do against it turning a departure or missed approach too early would have it fly below minimum altitude If an aircraft is on a weather avoidance heading and descends below minimum safe altitude the game will continue as long as the target keeps avoiding You have to use this time frame 1 point is deducted from your score for every radar update to have the aircraft climb to above the sector minimum if possible If it is still below when clear of weather the game will be over XI SCORE SYSTEM Your success as an
28. ring altitude At Innsbruck the glidepath angle is steeper so the respective altitude is higher There is a small tolerance but when an aircraft is unable to intercept the approach it will continue past the final approach track and you will have to vector it again If it intercepts it will start the required descent automatically Aircraft will reduce their speed to 22 knots when cleared for approach and less than 15 miles from the threshold unless they have been cleared slower before IMPORTANT Do not try to align the aircraft with the extended centerline using headings and then clear it for approach It may continue to fly parallel even if very close to the centerline and never intercept Always have a target intercept the localizer at an angle of 30 to 45 degrees Tower You can hand off an aircraft to the tower when it is less than 9 miles from the threshold approach clearance has been given and it has successfully intercepted the approach signified by the target s color changing to yellow After transfer to tower the aircraft cannot be controlled anymore When it is less than 5 miles from the airport it will disappear from the radar screen or with a small probability start the missed approach and climb straight ahead to 6000 feet It will transmit an according message to let you know You can then take control over it again for a new approach vectoring At Innsbruck missed approach traffic will turn to a heading of 060 at 3000 feet
29. se button will stop the simulation at once without clicking the Done button To resume the simulation the pause button has to be pressed again The button End Shift ends the session and takes you back to the main menu Closing the sector can be useful when traffic gets too much to handle It causes the controllers of adjacent sectors to prevent aircraft from entering your airspace which gives you some time to handle the traffic you already have However the sector may only be closed for 10 minutes of every hour In the setup menu you can also select the color in which targets are shown You can choose between cyan default white and orange Furthermore the datatag display can be Switched between full and reduced mode and the track line display may be turned on or off TARGET COLOR CYAN ORANGE TAG FULL TRACKLINE ON DATATAG TRACKLINE ca lel 20 14 Fa Fig 5 The Options Menu RadarContact User Manual Page 6 Max Hirn 2015 V TARGET SYMBOLS A target aircraft is represented by a small square with a text of block of information about it datatag and a line connecting both A full and a reduced datatag mode are available and either can be selected in the options menu The full datatag shows the following information First line Callsign Second line Current Altitude T Cleared Altitude Third line Type Groundspeed alternates with target waypoint for departures For example the following datatag
30. setup menu See section Setup Menu for details e VERT S DSP Opens the vertical situation display Fig 3 Menu Bar Page 2 RadarContact User Manual Page 4 Max Hirn 2015 Traffic Rates Arrival Rate 1 IN 10 MINUTESIs Departure Rate 1 IN 10 MINUTES Vertical Speed Assignments ON Turn Direction Assignments CANCEL Fig 4 Traffic and vertical rates menu TFC RTS In the TFC RTS menu you can modify the traffic density by specifying how many aircraft should appear in a 10 minute period individually for departures and arrivals Furthermore the vertical speed assignment dialog can be switched on and off If this feature is on you will be asked for a vertical speed assignment after each altitude clearance You can then either specify a climb descent rate between 500 and 3000 feet per minute or have the airplane choose its own rate by selecting free There is also an option to switch on turn direction assignments If on you will be asked for the desired turn direction If this feature is switched off aircraft will always turn in the direction giving the smaller required heading change RadarContact User Manual Page 5 Max Hirn 2015 IV SETUP MENU The setup menu can be opened by touching the respective button on page 2 of the top menu bar Here you can pause the simulation the game is stopped except for the UTC time that continues to run end your shift and close your sector Pressing the pau
31. troller you have At a total score of 5 points the second airport Whitehaven at 300 points the third airport Mountainview at 500 points the fourth one Ragged Peak at 650 points the fifth one Innsbruck at 75 points the sixth one Montr al and at 850 points the seventh one Munich will be unlocked Furthermore from time to time you will receive promotion to a new rank from Air Traffic Controller Trainee in the beginning to Senior Examiner in the end Here is an overview of all actions influencing your score e Aircraft successfully handed over to tower 3 4 points depending on weather e Departing aircraft reaches target waypoint 2 3 4 points depending on altitude and waypoint e Departing aircraft climbs above 14500 feet 3 points e Aircraft successfully handed over to tower after a previous missed approach 5 points e Emergency Aircraft lands in time 20 points e Aircraft lands without handoff to tower 1 point e Target reaches the screen boundary 10 points e Emergency aircraft does not land in time 10 points e Aircraft descends more than 400 feet below minimum altitude 10 points e Conflict with less than 3 miles separation 10 points Please also see the section Score Transfer for information about transferring your total score from the free trial to the full version RadarContact User Manual Page 18 Max Hirn 2015 XII EMERGENCIES From time to time an aircraft will declare emergency You will re
32. w 3 miles if the preceding is light or medium X WEATHER SIMULATION A weather simulation which generates thunderstorm cells can be switched on in the main menu There are two levels light and medium that determine the number of cells that will be generated The radar detects cells with precipitation and depicts them on the screen in two colors Dark magenta means light and light magenta heavy precipitation Generally aircraft should not get into contact with the storm clouds It is your job to guide them around the cells making traffic control more challenging as some parts of the airspace cannot be used Pilots will also take measures to avoid thunderstorms If they are on a heading directing them into a cell they will if you do not issue a heading in time fly their own avoidance heading You will be informed about the heading and as long as the aircraft considers the heading as necessary you will not be able to issue any new heading Therefore it is strongly advisable to vector targets away from clouds early enough Otherwise a target may take an avoidance heading putting it into conflict with another aircraft Targets on their own avoidance heading will inform you when clear of weather you can then assign a heading again RadarContact User Manual Page 16 Max Hirn 2015 Fig 11 Precipitation Area If a target is close to a cell and you issue a heading or direct to that would take it into the thunderstorm the pilots will
33. will find three text lines showing the target s actual data altitude magnetic track and groundspeed its previous clearance and the now selected clearance The abbreviation CA means cleared for approach The new clearance will be transmitted by tapping the button Transmit Selecting Disregard will cancel the transmission The aircraft will continue according to its previous clearance Only after tapping the Transmit button the clearance will be sent except for ACCEPT which will be immediate The respective aircraft then sends back its readback which can be heard when sound is on and which is additionally shown as a text field for a few seconds near the bottom of the screen if selected in the main menu IMPORTANT NOTE During an aircraft s audio transmission you cannot use the Transmit button on the control menu of any target except for accepting a handoff You cannot issue any instructions as long as speech can be heard but you can prepare them The transmit button will also be unavailable during the first seconds after a transmission was heard This simulates the time it would take in real life to speak the instruction you prepared in the control menu VII DEPARTURE TRAFFIC Departing aircraft will be generated according to the departure rate selected in the main menu As soon as a new departure is waiting at the runway holding point the DEP field in the menu bar changes its color to yellow and a b
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