Profile Segment - Bezier

The Profile Segment - Bezier strategy is a vertical plane strategy that uses the same logic as the Bezier segment of a Sequenced Climb or Sequenced Descent performance model. The aircraft flies a vertical flight path that is shaped as a Bezier curve until a specific goal is met.

Reference Frame

Select Earth Frame to force the aircraft to overcome wind effects and perform the maneuver with strict respect to a fixed Earth frame, or Wind Frame to allow the maneuver to be perturbed by wind effects without attempting to overcome them.

Fly To

The Fly To parameters define the flight path of the maneuver.

Field	Description
Down Range	The ground distance from the beginning of the maneuver.
Altitude	The aircraft's altitude. You cannot specify an altitude below sea level (0).
Airspeed	The aircraft's airspeed; select a reference from the drop-down menu - true airspeed (TAS True Airspeed: the speed that the aircraft is moving relative to the airmass that it is flying in.), calibrated airspeed (CAS Calibrated Airspeed: the speed reported by the airspeed indicator, corrected for position and instrument error.), equivalent airspeed (EAS Equivalent Airspeed: the airspeed at sea level (International Standard Atmosphere) at which the dynamic pressure is equal to the dynamic pressure at the aircraft's current true airspeed and altitude.), or Mach The ratio of the aircraft's speed and the speed of sound at the aircraft's altitude, with local atmospheric conditions. number.
Altitude Rate	The constant rate at which the aircraft will climb and descend once established in a steady climb or descent.
Flight Path Angle	The initial pitch angle of the flight path.

Stop When

The Stop When options are used to define conditions that will cause the aircraft to stop the maneuver. You can define airspeed and altitude rate stopping conditions for the maneuver. Select both check boxes, Airspeed is and Or Altitude Rate is, to stop the maneuver if either condition is met.