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Chapter 1 - Philosophies and Basic Features

Basic Features, Installation and Initialization guide to FlightStrips

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TABLE OF CONTENT

  1. DownloadBasic & InstallationPhilosophy
  2. Basic Features

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1 DownloadBasic & InstallationPhilosophy

FlightStrips is includeda withprogram thedesign Danishto sectoraid filecontrollers package.in Copenhagen. It is not a gimmick it is as:

  • ThereTraffic Organization tool
  • Coordination platform
  • Flow mangement program

It is noa installation or download process as thevital program isto web-based.

  • Thererun, to ensure a smooth session, especially with several controllers online.

    FlightStrips is noa actionmandatory requirement when sitting on a ground position in Plug-insEKCH

    needed in Euroscope


    • Activation1.1 Traffic Organization Tool

    WhenFlightstrips openingbuild Euroscopeitself on its real life counterpart, and is build around the FlightStripsold dialoguepaper opens,strip promptingsystem, youdigitalized toand login if not already

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    The login is savedoptimized for ~30use days,at andCopenhagen willAirport.

    only need to be revalidated if not utilized within that time.

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    FlightStrips consist of a selection of "Scopes" specifically designed for each station, and its responsibilities, based either on Geopgraphical location of the position (TWR), or the Area of Responsibility (GND+DEL).

    within each of these "Scopes" are a number of "bays" present each designed to mark the phase of flight the aircraft is currently is. These phases can be:

    Opening FlightStrips

    Once login is complete, you have several options of how to open flightstrips

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    • selectPlanned “OPEN APP” to open the Flightstrips window.Departures
    • ClickPushbacks
    • Taxi-outs
    • Takeoffs
    • Airborne flights
    • Flights on the FS app in your Euroscope folderfinal
    • Navigate to www.flightstrips.dk/appTaxi-ins

    image.pngThe list in not exhaustive and is carefully tuned for any and all scenarios we can encounter on VATSIM.

    IfAs a controller you havemust notmanipulate yetthese loggedflights intoin and out of their respective bays, and onwards to other controllers, when you contact with them terminates.

    FlightStrips is configured to work in tandem with Euroscope, themanaging FlightStripsSTATES connectionand willOWNERSHIP remainof in standby

    You MUST Prime a frequency first!flight!! FlightStrips does not work without a PRIM FQ


    1.2 Coordination Platform

    Flightstrips fills the gap in lieu of the absense of COOPANS, the usual tool for airborne controllers to coordinate.

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    FlightStrips consist of various coordination tools, to ensure each flight is appropriately tracked by controllers. Coordination is at the very heart of FlightStrips, to work in an environment where we are not sitting next to eachother.

    Coordination features includes

    • Transfer, Assume and Ownership status of the flights through ownership of strips
    • Tactical instruction and non-standard taxi coordination
    • Direct messages, and memory aids to other controllers
    • Tactical requests through helper strips for crossing, landing and departing traffic on non-standard runways.
    • Automatic Go-Around coordination intergrated with COOPANS.

    The list in not exhaustive and is carefully tuned for any and all scenarios we can encounter on VATSIM.



    1.3 Flow Management Program

    Flightstrips allows through its user interface to sequence traffic, manage startup times and direct intergration with CTOTs.

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    Automatic intergration with most of the plugins of Euroscope, Flightstrips allows you to take advantage of managing all phases of flight within the scope.

    This includes features such as:

    • CDM and vIFF intergration
    • ECFMP mandatory routing intergration
    • VACS intergration
    • StopBars intergration (in progress)
    • GSX stand/pushback intergration (in progress)

    The list in not exhaustive and is carefully tuned for any and all scenarios we can encounter on VATSIM.


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    2. Basic Features

    WithThis Flightstripsection open,is to highlight the very basic features when you canopen choose “Open in APP”FlightStrips for the optimalfirst aspecttime. ratioThese ofare features not related to the programdifferent "scopes", "Bays" and "positions", but are general for FlightStrips.

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    WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO ALWAYS RUN FLIGHTSTRIPS IN FULL SCREEN VIEW

    When you open the program youFligthStrip will bealways presentedconsist with a basic layout. This basic layout contains following basic featuresof:

      1. Active View information on the bottom left side of the screen, showing the Selected Scope
      2. 4Four collumns spanning fromacross topthe to bottomscopes
      3. Variety of bays within those columns containing "Headers" and space for strips.
      4. A Task bar at the bottom


    Selected2.1 Scope

    When you open FlightStrips, the default scope is selected, based on the frequency you have primed.

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    Columns

    All standard scopes have 4 columns.

    Columns may have different features and needs, but will "in general"

    • Have Arrivals on left columns
    • Have Planned Departures (Uncleared) on the right side.

    TW/TE/GW/GEsome scopes will have slightly wider columns certain places to accomendate strips that contains more information.



    2.2 Bays

    Bays are making up the columns and contains a header and space for strips

    BaysWithin the four columns described above are various "bays" located.

    Each bay corresponds to the active phase of flight the aircraft is in.

    They are logically build up, and have Fourthe differentgeneral designs:feature that:

    • Departures "mainly" moves from RIGHT to LEFT
    • Arrivals "mainly" moves from LEFT to RIGHT.

    You move a strip from bay to bay, until it is transfered to next controller.


    The bays you have on your scope have four different variations to easily distinguish certain capabilities

    1. Regulular Bay
      • Gray background, with darker gray header. The normal bays you use.
    2. RWY bay
      • Black Background. These are to signify that they correspond to an Active Runway.
    3. Passive bay
      • Light Gray header. Bays there for your information but that you cannot manipulate in any way
    4. MESSAGES bay
      • A special green colored header, reserved for messages in between controllers, not usable for Strips.
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    Each bay can be resized to be made larger or smaller depending on the amount of strips that are neededneeded.

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    1.3 Task Bar

    Common to all scopes areis the Task bar, which enables various features.features relating to the operation of the airport.

    It contains from left to right:

    • Scope View
    • Weather Information
    • Runway Status
    • Strip Action Icons

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    SCOPE VIEW

    The scope view is accessed by pressing on the bottom left icon, opening up a row of scope selections.

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    ThereFligthStrips arewill aalways selectionselect of:

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    • 7appropriate Differentscope Mainwhen Scopes
      • ESTyou Screen:log Aon, specialbut standthere viewcan be reasons for allselecting controllers
      • CLR DEL: A Clearance Delivery Scope for providing ATC Clearance
      • SEQ PLN: A Sequence Planner / Clearance Delivery Scope, for providing both.
      • AA+AD: A combination of Apron Departure and Apron Arrival
      • GW+GE: A combination of Ground West and Ground East
      • TW+TE: A combination of Tower West and Tower East
      • TWR+GND: A bandboxanother scope, for whencertain younon arestandard sittingsituations.

        along


        on

        An EKCH_TWR.

    • 4expanded view of other, more secondary scopes are available by pressing the arros on the left side. This is mainly non-airport based views, views in new windows, and views for splitted positions
      • A split ofpositions.

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        into

        Additionally APRONthere DEPis:

        and APRON ARR
      • A split of TWR into TWR WEST and TWR EAST (Not yet implemented)
    • 2 Misc. Scopes
      • OpeningRESET, ESTto screen in a separate window (for 2 instances of FlightStrips)
      • Opening AMAN-CPH (Arrival Manager)
    • Upward Arrow
      • To reveal the secondary and misc. scopes
    • Fullscreen view
      • To put application in full screen
    • RESET
      • Resets your scopereturn to the default viewscope.
    • FULLSCREEN icon to put the program into fullscreen mode.

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    WEATHER INFORMAITON ICONS

    Displays the Weather and Runway in use information for the airport. Connects to VATIS and Euroscope Runway setup to sense correct selection

    • DEP RWY / ARR RWY can be selected manually (Shows RED if different from other controllers setup)
    • QNH Read from vATIS
    • ATIS can be clicked to view full ATIS (Shows RED if ATIS is not set up for Airport)
    • Current Information from vATIS
    • Current Wind

    RWY STATUS ICONS

    Three icons displaying each of the three runway pairs. They are black by default.

    • Can be selected as OPEN (Black, Default)
    • Can be selected as LOW-VIS (Orange displayed)
    • Can be selected as CLOSED (Red displayed)


    STRIP ACTION ICONS

    To the right of the runway status icons is the 4 strip action icon.

    • TRF: After selecting a strip (click on callsign), clicking on TRF will open a menu to manually select any online controller to transfer a strip to.
    • MRK: After selecting a strip (click on callsign), clicking on MRK will mark the strip by a purple outline for tactical purposes
    • REQ: After clicking on REQ, click on any strip on your scope to request a transfer to you, to receive the strip.
    • X: After selecting a strip (click on callsign), clicking on X will delete the strip.

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    REQ X

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