Speedy Copilot

for the Whisperjet

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 Speedy Copilot fot the Whisperjet
Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet makes the first officer and pilot monitoring actions, when you are pilot
flying and captain of the JustFlight/Thranda BAe 146.

Principle
With this plugin designed for FlyWithLua, you endorse the role of the captain and Pilot Flying. The purpose
of the plugin is to automate First Officer actions. You still have to perform manually your dedicated left-
hand seat and captain actions during the course of the flight.
To code the first officer, we used directly raw material from BAe Systems, published in 2007, like the
expanded checklists (146 RJ Fcom v3p1, Chapter 12). The excellent JustFlight documentation should be
able to help you, especially the chapter “Normal procedures”.

Worths mentioning too, the older QualityWings documentation.

Installation
1. Please install FlyWithLua first. Speedy Copilot works with “FlyWithLua 2.7 NG”.
2. Extract the Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet archive content here :

\X-Plane 11\Resources\plugins\FlyWithLua\Scripts\
3. Optionally, install Simple and Nice Loading Equipment v19 or above.

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Areas of responsibilities
Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet assumes a typical split of responsibilities in the flight deck.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES, CAPTAIN AS PILOT FLYING

Illustration 1 : Speedy Copilot special repartition of the areas of responsibilities

Some items are moved to the user area of responsibilities in the simulator context (yellow sectors). At all
times for all procedures, please complete all actions on red and yellow sectors by yourself. You may also
intervene directly on the blue sector as needed. The First officer will check and reset trims initially.

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Procedure triggers, a.k.a. mandatory steps
It’s a good practice to start with Cold and Dark. In case of doubt,
clicking the ‘Toggle power’ (the lightning bolt) twice will cycle
‘Ready for Take-off’ then ‘Cold & Dark’ states.
The table shows how to sequence the different procedures of Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet.

1. Some events are triggered with on-screen actions. You must click inside a circle to continue.
2. Some procedures are instead started naturally in reaction to a user action on the cockpit, the
later being part of the expected left hand seats actions.

– ◊ FLIGHT DECK SAFETY Click on screen (on-screen action).

– ◊ REDUCED FLIGHT DECK SAFETY (less tests) Click on screen (on-screen action).

◊ BEFORE START Contact RAMP with with on-screen action.

Option : DELAYED APU START

◊ STARTING Click on screen (on-screen action).

The FO makes the start procedure including action on
the start panel (overhead) but the captain has to select
FUEL ON for each engine on the pedestal.

◊ AFTER START Automatic when 4 engines running and stable.

◊ BEFORE TAKE-OFF (to the line) Taxi light ON (by the user as CM1) AND
Perform flight controls check. Roll, Pitch and Yaw.

◊ BEFORE TAKE-OFF (lining UP)  - Pedestal reminder set to CABIN SECURED AND
- Quick glance at both approach path and runway

◌ AFTER TAKE-OFF, flaps schedule Automatic

◊ CLIMB PTU switch OFF

◊ DESCENT Integraly done by the user. Not coded.

◊ APPROACH FASTEN BELTS... ON

◌ LANDING or GO-AROUND Automatic

◊ AFTER LANDING AIRBRAKES and SPOILERS IN when away from RWY.

◊ SHUTDOWN Brake YELLOW AND PARK AND BEACON light OFF

◊ LEAVING AIRCRAFT Click on screen. The part of the LEAVING AIRCRAFT

procedure if aircraft is not handed over is not coded.

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Flaps schedule
The copilot will trigger flaps and gear during takeoff and approach. Unless deselected in the options. This
option is not persistent, ie not saved for your next session. It is meant only for temporary action.

 The PNF sets FLAPS and moves the GEAR handle. The Pilot Monitoring will handle gear and flaps retraction and
extension on schedule, during take off and later in approach,
as if under your command.

During the approach, simply manage the aircraft speed and attitude. The PNF will naturally deploy flaps
and slats in response to the deceleration. Your automated FO is conservative and you should be always
below the VFE NEXT at each next stage of flap1.
For instance, during the climb the First Officer will retract flaps from 24° to 18° passing 160 KIAS.
During the descent, he will deploy flaps from UP to 18° passing 190 KIAS.
VFE

18°
VFE

VFE
18
VFE

24°

24°
30°

VFE
180

33°
160 KIAS
190 KIAS

VFE
150 Select
KIAS UP
KIAS Select
18° Select 18°
Select 162 KIAS
24°

BIRD SPEED Select 24°

TO FLAPS : 18 or 24 or 30° Acceleration height Below 8000 ft VREF + 20
→Acceleration altitude

Reduction height Glide slope Select 33° as

→Reduction altitude interception required
Maintain
- V2+10 until ACC H. Select CLIMB
- V2 (One Engine) THRUST

Gear UP

You can take over and act manually yourself on the flap lever to smooth things as you like it. On the other
hand, to delay flaps extension you only need to delay speed reduction adequately.

1 V FE is the maximum speed with the slats or flaps extended. VFE NEXT is the V FE for the next Flaps step.

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Options
Options are set in a menu accessible via Plugin → FlyWithLua → FlywithLua Macros → Show menu
Or move your mouse over the bottom right corner of the screen to pop up the command bar.

✔ Options : open the option menu.

✔ Hide : hide every Speedy Copilot messages from screen immediately.
✔ Cab : jump to a cabin seat for a wing view, provided the aircraft is a passenger version.

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 Speedy Copilot is active. Turn ON/OFF the PNF and the flight following.
▲ Speedy Copilot will be reset when turned ON.
By default active.

 AUTOMATIC RESET The copilot is automatically reset to detected flight phase.

Manual reset buttons are also available.
Click button.

 The PNF sets FLAPS and moves the GEAR handle. The Pilot Monitoring will handle gear and flaps retraction and
extension on schedule, during take off and later in approach,
Not persistent. as if under your command.
 The PNF uses the APU to start the engines The APU electrical generator can run the electrical starters, or
otherwise the external ground power will be used.

 The PNF delays the APU on departure (airport The APU start is postponed (usually to comply with
regulations) environmental regulations) until before start flow. When you
deactivate this option, the PNF follows more closely the FCOM
: the APU is started earlier.
 The PNF starts the APU after landing At any moment but at the latest during landing, you can tell to
F/O to start the APU in after landing.

 The PNF releases PARK BRK with chocks Usually when chocks are in place, parking brake is released.
However, this is inactive by default because third-parties like
By default inactive for compatibility with AutoGate animated jetways will stay attached to the aircraft
AutoGate jetways. only if the parking brake is kept set.

 The PNF calls 'rotate' You can silence rotate call on takeoff (Note : V1 is said by the
aircraft systems, not the PNF).

 Noise abatement altitudes This calculator provides reduction and acceleration pressure
altitudes. It is used by the copilot for flaps retraction schedule
and TMS management.

 Progressive boarding [Passengers planes] The number of passengers will be stored then reset to zero
initially. Then they will be boarded progressively during the
→ [Target number of passengers] flight deck safety procedure. Maximum cannot be excedeed.
 Transponder OFF during taxi Transponder is kept OFF when taxiing as ruled by IVAO. When
this option is not selected, transponder is ON as required in
By default active. real life on modern airports from push-back until parking
procedure.
 Activate "Quick Glance" When active, when you look towards approach path and
runway area or when you turn a landing light on, the PNF
By default active. starts the runway entry flow. When inactive, only the light will
signal the runway entry to the PNF.
 Sounds → Aircraft is a freighter At each start, we look automatically for occurences of the
string 'Q' in the aircraft path inside the simulator folders. It it
finds it, then the model you are currently using must be a QT
or QC freighter. You can change that manually here. Some
adjustements are made like no cabin sounds, no flight
attendant sounds, no delay to secure the cabin for take off.

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Ground services
Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet contains a backbone to manage automatically Ground Handling and
door servicing without user intervention. By default, the ground services will be driven automatically by a
free plugin, Simple and Nice Loading Equipment - (low tech ground services). If you want to activate the
JARDesign Ground Handling Plugin with a custom set instead, you'll have to dig in the configuration file
using a text editor and change the option. Keep in mind JAR GHD was not tested with the Bae 146, only
Simple and Nice Loading Equipment. Therefore, the GHD option is hidden in the menu.

Before takeoff “Quick Glance” trigger

Upon runway entry, the first thing to do is to check approach path and the runway.
Once the cabin is secured, we will monitor your head direction. To begin before takeoff procedure, move
you head towards both port side and starboard side, in any order but within 5 seconds2. Directing your
look towards the two areas will trigger the runway entry flow.

Port glance ▼Starboard glance ▲

However, you can also use the legacy trigger, which is setting a landing light on.
You can disable Quick Glance as before takeoff trigger in the options to only retain the legacy trigger.

Switching between the legacy menu and a pop up

You can swap between a detachable pop up window and an fixed user interface (FPS friendly) for the
Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet menu. In the main script, please find & edit local JF146_LegacyGUI =
“deactivate” to local JF146_LegacyGUI = “activate” or the reversal.

2 If you look at the two directions successively in an elapsed time longer than this few seconds, Speedy Copilot will
not recognize this as the runway and approach check behavior. This is done to avoid (or at least limit) false
runway entries during taxi.

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Notes on procedures
Using the manufacturer procedure as much as possible, I personnaly decided to move some items from
the “Before take-off“ procedure a step earlier in the “After Start” procedure to reduce subsequent
workload during the taxi-out. FCOM V3 Part 1 Chap 12, AFTER START :
<page 1> modified <page 2> modified <page 3> modified

START POWER ................... NORM CAUTION. While a tow-bar is DOORS and WINDOWS .…………………….... CLOSED
START SEL and MSTR …..... OFF connected : • The green system must CHOCKS and GROUND EQUIP ................. REMOVED
ENG ANT-ICE ..................... AS REQD not be pressurized. • Do not use the TRANSPONDER ...........……………………….... AS REQD
GEN 4 and 1 switches ....... ON PTU or ENG 3 PUMP. Continue : ← inserted
BRAKE FANS ...................... AUTO BRAKES ......... YELLOW and GREEN CHKD, YELLOW ← moved
Before tow-bar is connected : ← inserted - - - - Continue only after pushback : - - - from Before Take-off
new mandatory step - ← modified to enforce hydraulics SPEEDS/N 1 ....................... CHKD ← moved from Before TO
- check yellow hyd pressure > 2500 PSI only after push-back if any : EFIS, MCP TRP ..................... Speeds correct
- brakes on yellow HYDRAULICS ...………...... ON and CHKD TRP/TMS ........................................ Thrust rating correct
- brakes applied HEATERS ....................... ON PED ....................................... N 1 SET correct
APU/ENG AIR ............... AS REQD CONT IGN A and B ….. AS REQD ← moved from Before TO
PACKS/CABIN AIR ........ AS REQD CONTROLS .......…....... CHKD ← moved from Before Take-off

Difference between procedures (workflows) and checklists

The copilot is doing the FCOM procedures (not checklists). At the end of a procedure, you may run (on
your own) the according checklist to verify critical items are correctly set.
In 2005, the American manufacturer Boeing dramatically simplified and shorten its operational checklists
for its B737 aircraft. By contrast, BAe has lagged behind. The so-called “checklists” historically provided for
the BAe-146 where in fact very long read-and-do lists in the British Aerospace original documentation.
More in phase with nowadays flying habits and environment, a renovated practice would be to:
1. do the flight phases procedures by memory - as expanded in the manuals ;
2. then, at the end of each procedure, run a short control list of selected critical items, namely a
“true “ checklist.
Our card (see next pages) contains reworked, short, modern, challenge-and-response checklists. Only
mission critical items are checked. A lot of other actions are required for all phases of flight, but they are
not part of the lists of critical controls.
Normally, as indicated in the card, in a dual pilot environment, some items would be responded by both
pilots, some by the Pilot Monitoring, or Pilot Flying, or Captain or FO. Behind the sim it's just me and my
MC (Monitoring Cat), so I challenge and response
everything by myself, with the cat listening.
Inverted text like « AUTO SPLR » means an AVRO RJ item,
skipped in the older Bae-146.

Note that for Bae-146 ALF-502 engines we only display a

pink BLEED OFF N1 table. It’s expected to takeoff with bleed
air from the APU. On the contrary, for the AVRO-RJ we
provide a BLEED ON TOGA N1 table.

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BAE-146 / AVRO RJ NORMAL CHECKLISTS – MODIFIED - MODERN S.0.P. - 20210513-2246-SC

FLIGHT DECK SAFETY AFTER START

EXT/INT SAFETY CHECKS START PANEL SET FO
COMPLETE, COVERS & PINS PM GENERATORS ON FO
EMERG EQUIPMENT CHECKED & SECURE PM SPEEDS/N1* CHECKED FO
OXY MAIN VLV ON PM ENG ANT-ICE OFF/AS REQD FO
OXY MASKS 100% FLOW/MIC CHECKED B CONT IGN AS REQD FO
ELECTRICS HEATERS/ANIMAL BAY ON/AS REQUIRED FO
CIRCUIT BREAKERS SET PM ENG AIR . AS REQD FO
BATT Voltage (BATT ON, min 23V) __V PM ➘ if ENG AIR : CABIN AIR RECIRC FO
BUS-TIES AUTO PM PACKS AS REQD FO
STBY INV & STBY GEN ARM & ARM PM HYDRAULICS ON, AC AUTO & CHCKD C
GENS 1 and 4 OFF/RESET PM CHOCKS & GRND EQUIP REMOVED B
FIRE HANDLES IN PM BRAKES GREEN & YELLOW CHECKED,YELLOW C
FIRE AND EXTG TESTS (6) COMPLETE PM FLIGHT CONTROLS CHECKED C
ICE PROT/HEATERS OFF PM
* OCCASIONALLY SPEED BUGS AND N1 TARGET ARE IN ERROR
MASTER SWITCHES AFTER POWER IS TRANSFERRED TO THE ENG GENS.
YAW DAMP MASTER 1 and 2 ON PM
FGC SELECT 1 or 2 PM ENG ANTI-ICE OFF
ALF 502 BAE-146
ENG AIR OFF
Table 8.1.1 - TOGA PINK
AVIONICS MASTER 1 and 2 ON PM
X 1000 ft 0°C 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
GRND IGN A/B PM
1 N1 REF 92.7 93.6 94.2 93.7 92.9 92.1 91.4 90.7 89.9 88.9 88.5
ANTI-SKID AND LIFT SPLRS
0 N1 REF 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.7 93 92.2 91.4 90.7 89.9 88.9 88.6
AUTO SPLR ON PM
LIFT SPLRS YEL and GRN ON PM ALF 507 AVRO - RJ
ENG ANTI-ICE OFF ENG AIR ON
Table 8.1.3 - TOGA YELLOW
HYDRAULICS For take-off use temperature (°C). For go-around use IOAT (°C)
Pr. Altitude
AC PUMP ON/AUTO PM (1000 ft) 0°C 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
PTU switch ON PM N1 REF 93.1 93.9 94.8 95.4 94.8 93.9 93.0 92.3 91.3 90.3 89.2
LIGHTS & NOTICES 1 TREDU 24.0 24.0 24.0 26.0 29.0 34.0 37.0 41.0 46.0 49.0 50.0
OVHD ANNUNCIATORS TESTED & NORMAL PM N1 REDU 90.2 91.1 91.8 92.1 91.7 91.0 90.7 90.1 89.1 89.0 89.2
CABIN EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARM PM N1 REF 91.8 92.6 93.4 94.2 94.8 93.9 93.0 92.3 91.4 90.4 89.3
GROUND TESTS (7) COMPLETE PM 0 TREDU 28.0 28.0 28.0 28.0 30.0 34.0 38.0 42.0 46.0 50.0 50.0
MAIN PANEL N1 REDU 88.9 89.7 90.5 91.3 91.4 91.0 90.5 89.9 89.2 88.7 89.3
FLIGHT INSTS HDG ___, Altimeter ___ B
FLIGHT ANNUNS TESTED PM BEFORE TAKEOFF
Master Warn. Syst TESTED & NORMAL PM
IRS/GNS/EFIS ON PM FLAPS SET C
STABILISER TRIM SET C
PARK.BRAKE YELLOW & PARK,PRESS CHKD PF CONFIG CHECKED C
THRUST LEVERS FUEL OFF PF LINE UP
CABIN READY C
BEFORE START MWS CHECKED C
FLIGHT DECK DOOR CLOSED FO RADAR/TRANSPONDER AS REQUIRED/TA+RA C
WINDOWS LOCKED B
FUEL PANEL _ KGS,PUMPS ON C AFTER TAKEOFF
MCP V2___, HDG___, ALT___ C ENG AIR ON PM
TRP/TMS/N1/SPEEDS PACKS ON PM
CHCKD, BUGS SET, V1__,VR__, V2__ C GEAR UP & LIGHTS OUT PM
RUDDER AND AILERON TRIM FREE AND 0 C FLAPS ZERO PM
HYDRAULICS ALL OFF C TRP or TMS AS REQD PM
PRESSURISATION CHECKED & SET C
TAXI AND TAKEOFF BRIEFING COMPLETE C
ANTI COLLISION LIGHT ON C CLIMB
PACKS & APU AIR OFF C PTU OFF PM
ENG ANT-ICE ON C ALTIMETERS 1013 SET & X-CHECKED B
PRESSURIZATION ΔP BUILDING PM
CLIMB (ALF-502-R5) <840 TGT or 88%N1 @SL then +1%/+5000ft
 BAE-146 / AVRO RJ NORMAL CHECKLISTS – MODIFIED - MODERN S.0.P. - 20210513-2246-SC

DESCENT LEAVING AIRCRAFT

PRESSURISATION LDG ALT ___ PM OXY MAIN VLV OFF FO
PTU ON PM IRSs OFF FO
LANDING DATA VREF__ SET, MINIMUMS__ B MASTER SWITCHES OFF FO
APPROACH BRIEFING COMPLETE PF BRAKE FANS OFF FO
ANTI-SKID & LIFT SPLRS OFF FO
APPROACH FLTDK EMERG LIGHTS OFF FO
HEATERS OFF FO
ALTIMETERS QNH ___, SET & X-CHECKED B PACKS OFF FO
STEEP APPROACH AS REQD B APU AIR OFF FO
APU [PERF IMPACT] AS REQD PM ➘ IF AIRCRAFT IS NOT HANDED OVER
AIRFRAME ANTI & DE-ICE OFF PM APU STOP C
AIR & PACKS AS REQD PM FUEL PUMPS OFF C
GALLEY SWITCH SHED C
LANDING LIGHTS OFF C
CABIN SECURED PF BATT OFF C
CONT IGN* AS REQD PF EXTERNAL AC OFF C
AUTO SPLR ON PF AIRCRAFT CHOCKED C
GEAR DOWN 3 GREENS PF
BRAKES YELLOW & CHECKED PF
FLAPS ___ PF Landing Gear Operating Fuel Flow
Speed (kt IAS) @FL150, LRC
*SOP. SELECT CONT IGN ON IF HEAVY PRECIPITATION EXISTS
Series All RJ ALF 507
VLO and VLE 210 494 KG/H Per engine
AFTER LANDING Flaps airspeed limits (kt)
Flap Angle RJ70 RJ85 RJ100
FLAPS ZERO PM VFE 205 215 220
AIRBRAKES & SPOILERS IN PM 18° Max for
TRANSPONDER AS REQUIRED PM holding 170 175 175
PACKS AND AIR AS REQD PM VFE 24° 170 180 180
VFE 30° 160 170 170
SHUTTING DOWN ENGINES WHEN TAXYING-IN
VFE 33° 150 150 155
INBOARD ENGINES MUST BE RUNNING SO THAT HYDRAULIC
BRAKING WILL NOT BE LOST DUE TO A SINGLE FAILURE. IF Maximum Operating Speed
THE APU GENERATOR IS AVAIL., BOTH OUTBOARD ENG. MAY BE
SHUT DOWN. IF NOT, ONLY ONE OUTBOARD MAY BE SHUT DOWN. VMO (kt >3 t < 3 t Emergency descent
IN EITHER CASE ONLY ONE MAIN GEN. IS AVAIL. IAS) total wing fuel VMO MMO (IMN)
RJ70 300 0.73
➘ BEFORE SHUT DOWN ON TAXI (S.O.P.) RJ85 270 225 300 0.73
RJ100 305 0.73
APU GENERATOR ON & OUTPUT __ V C Bird impact speed : max 250 KIAS below 8000 ft
#
CONFIRM GENERATORS TO DISCO 1/#4 C GEAR 205 KIAS max APU MAX 732TGT /START 974 10 SEC
#
CONFIRM THR LEVERS TO CLOSE 1/#4 B Flight: 6.55 to 7.5 ∆PSI
Max. ∆Press (PSI) (see placard). Ground: ∆0.
SHUTDOWN Unreliable airspeed 2°ANU, 85%N1 then FCOMv2 Ch4.
THRUST LEVERS FUEL OFF C TAKE OFF 882TGT 96.7 %N1 ALF 502 Rat.5
GENERATORS 1 AND 4 OFF C MAX CONT 857TGT 96.7 %N1 ALF 502 Rat.5
ENG ANT-ICE ON C
PRESSURIZATION P ZERO C SOP - MODIFIED WORDING OF PROC. AND CHECKS
FUEL PUMPS OFF FO HERE « CHECKLISTS » ARE LIMITED TO SELECTED CRITICAL
ALL HEATERS OFF FO ITEMS CONTROLLED ONCE A « NORMAL PROCEDURE » IS
HYDRAULICS ALL OFF FO COMPLETED. THEREFORE THOSE CHECKLISTS DO NOT COVER THE
FULL ACTIONS, PROCEDURES, WORKFLOWS FROM BAE. ALSO,
FLAPS UP C KEEPING 146-RJ PECULIARITIES, THEY WERE ALTERED TO
PARKING BRAKE SET/RELEASED C RESEMBLE OTHER MANUFACTURERS CHECKS (GREY MARGINS).
WEATHER RADAR OFF B
Updates
Version 1 from 2021-05-
First release.

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Producer
Speedy Copilot for the Whisperjet is released under the french Etalab Open Licence 2.0 and qualifies as
free software. You are free to reproduce, copy, publish and transmit the « information », adapt and modify
it to create « derivative information » but you must attribute the origin of the « information » by
acknowledging the producer (Aérographe) and date (May 2021). This attribution shall not suggest any
official status or endorsement, by the « Producer » of the re-use of the « Information ».

Media
Is included : « Upbeat Party » by Scott Holmes on http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/ under
Creative Commons licence « Attribution 3.0 Unported » (CC BY 3.0).

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