JvanE
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@MightyDash said: I assumed that majority of descends are done in IAS mode... And I assumed climb was done in IAS mode and descend in VS mode. That’s also how the real life Q400 pilot does it in the Airline2sim courses. Seems more logical…
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Hm, well, I get that message without using alt sel and at the START of descent, so as soon as VNAV is engaged, so not when nearing a level off point. So that seems a bit odd... But anyway, if it's not used that often in real life... I suppose mos…
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@JvanE said: You don't have to install anything into FSX. It also doesn't matter when you start the control panel: personally I start the panel, set it up (cargo, pax, fuel), start (in my case) P3D and once I am in the plane on the airport I use …
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You don't have to install anything into FSX. It also doesn't matter when you start the control panel: personally I start the panel, set it up (cargo, pax, fuel), start (in my case) P3D and once I am in the plane on the airport I use the panel to loa…
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Well, I have experience (in sims) with Boeing and Airbus FMC's/MCDU's but I have to say that while the Q400 FMS is indeed quite different, I find it easier and more logical to use. First of all it doesn't have as many pages as a Boeing/Airbus FMC ha…
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'99 Enter' only removes the current flightplan from the FMS's flightplane page, so the one that is currently programmed and in use. It clears the flightplan so you can set up another. It doesn't remove/delete saved flightplans. (I never save flightp…
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@Guenther said: My next experiment will now be to discover whether this kind of Approach is also possible on Airports without VOR/ILS. Or do you/has someone experiences about this question? Yes, RNAV approaches are possible on airports th…
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@hhatch said: Finally, I have seen posts by people on some of the other forums that suggest the Q 400 is hard for one person to fly. I am an experienced simmer, but how tough is this plane to fly alone ? It may be hard at first but wh…
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@hifly said: The reason the necessity of DirTo is that after vectoring by ATC there is no need to re-intercept a course which is what clearing the link would do. Once cleared, the objective would be to just go to the IAP (or maintain a heading t…
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@rondon9898 said: Using the DTO function is not the same as clearing the NO LINK, but anyway. Glad you've worked it out. I know. I suppose real world pilots also have their own way of doing things...
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> @rondon9898 said: > You most certainly do NOT have to delete the NO LINK in relation to the approach, and shouldn't. The quote says you have to leave that NO LINK until you get clearance, in other words: after getting clearance you ma…
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This is how it should be. First, when you send data from the CPAN to the plane, the sim will pause. This way you know the transfer has succeeded. This is how it should be. Secondly, sending the data from CPAN to the plane actually loads the pl…
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Double post, sorry.
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@rondon9898 said: JvanE: If that works for you, great - I only mention it because the Universal FMS manual specifically states that you should not delete NO LINKS or duplicate waypoints in any FMS-based approach. The system manual of…
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@jpgmultimodal said: It appears to work OK. It does indeed, see my last posts. And yes, activation is automatic once you armed the approach: that’s what I meant to say with step 6.
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In addition: if in step 5 the FMS already shows ACT APPR (instead of ARM APPR) leave it as it is: apparently sometimes the approach is armed automatically. Don't know why and how but it just happened to me. ACT APPR only shows up whenever the appro…
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I think it would be wise to indeed check everything but you don't have to set it up all over again. Of course this depends on how you left the plane. If you really turned everything off to cold and dark (so if you also turned off MAIN BUS TIE, RECI…
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Okay, here is how it works for me. * Make sure all NO LINKs (above the runway entry) are removed from your flightplan. This way LNAV will lead you all the way to the destination runway in one go without you having to do anything for it. (You ca…
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@rondon9898 said: By the sound of it, from your other post, you’re possibly not getting LNAV APPR because you’re editing the flightplan by removing the NO LINK or routing direct from the end of the STAR to the IAF - if so, I said in the video tha…
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At 15:22 you are saying that when you ARM approach the mode will change to LNAV APPR. That doesn’t happen on my pc. On my pc nothing happens when I ARM APPR: only when I get to the final approach track it automatically changes to ARM APPR. So my que…
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Okay, problem solved. Turns out you only have to ARM the APPR. You won't see any indication on the PDF of this (or anywhere else: the FMS will only show ACT APPR now) but as soon as you intercept the final course the mode will change from LNAV to LN…
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Okay, something is wrong somewhere. In your video you say that when you ARM APPR on the FMS the mode changes to LNAV APPR. It doesn't on my PC! When I press ARM APPR nothing happens but... as soon as the plane intercepts the final path towards the r…
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@rondon9898 said: Chaps this is a video I’ve done on my channel - I hope it’s of some use: I see you ARM the APPR but you don't activate it...? I myself am having problems as soon as I activate the approach: shouldn't I do that at all the…
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@jpgmultimodal said: As soon as you see MISS APPR, usually after passing the IAF, and before to start the descent on the G/S you click on the LSK. If you enter it when you have started your descent on the G/S it is then that it could disco…
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@jpgmultimodal said: Arming the MISS APP gives you the LATERAL path that you'll have to follow and it should be done. Same with conventional, the Miss is always prepared. But when should this be done? As I said I clicked on (the LSK n…
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Hm, well, I think I got it already... It's pretty simple, really. Instead of using VNAV for the final approach only I used it for the entire descent. I flew from Bergen to Oslo. During cruise I set VNAV on the FAF of the RNAV approach I selected…
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@jpgmultimodal said: 7- Select APP on the FMS. It could be done earlier. This one confuses me. Where exactly on the FMS can you select APP...?
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I would love a video of all this...! Or a definitive list of things to do. I am having a hard time collecting all the proper steps from this topic. I prefer RNAV approaches because there simply are more of them over where I fly.