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I have FSX so I will outline the process I use. In the FSX/simobjects/airplanes/mjc8q400 folder. Open the NAV folder and in it you will find ROUTES folder that contains all of your saved routes. They can be deleted from there. Can't help with PD…
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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 to intercept the …
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Also take note that the actual ZFW in the sim (at least this is occurring in the FSX version) differs from the one calculated in CPAN. In the sim PAYLOAD menu the sum of the Empty Weight + Payload gives you the ZFW. I subtract the CPAN value from …
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Normally a STAR will end far enough away from the IAF to allow ATC to assign vectors as necessary (for spacing, etc.) before clearing to the approach. It is never to be assumed (unless loss of communications) that an aircraft proceed directly from …
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I had the same issue on my first 3 flights with Q400. In all my cases the trim tab suddenly moved to a drastic pitch-down setting, and like you, I was unable to manually pitch up in time to save the crash. I have recently been first putting the FD…
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All the TOGO button does is set the flight director bar to 10 degree climb. You still have to manage power and pitch to that bar. So my question is whether pressing the "Miss Apr" in the FMS/Nav page has any effect on the miss procedure. Some oth…
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@jp: Interesting to note on 2 points. One, that you entered an altitude of 500 below the T.O.D so you could arm VNAV and that makes sense. I have been entering the MDA which really unnecessary since I am going to enter the Miss altitude as soon a…
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It was indeed a pleasant surprise for me to discover the "virtual" glide path that Q400 would create for an RNAV. It will not do so with any other non-precision approach as far as I am aware. The trick, as I have eventually realized is to input th…
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You're absolutely right. I discovered that yesterday by trial and error. You hit the nail on the head. I was deleting the duplicate waypoints because they didn't make sense. I have done the same with ILS approaches but because they are navaid de…
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I am learning! Q400 definitely has a distinct personality! Thanks for the response, John Craig
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Thanks, John. I have been doing some experimenting. One major discovery is that it seems not to want to create a virtual glide path if any of the fixes in the approach have been altered from what is in its current Q400 datebase. I use charts tha…
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Thanks for the info. I will just shift my view up to the overhead instead then. Using the SH-3 2D is my preference, however, since it provides quicker access during times of heavy workload without the need to re-adjust my cockpit view. Craig
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Please disregard these questions. I found the answers within the literature. Thank you. But still have a problem with the APU refusing to shutdown properly. See my later post Craig
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Unfortunately the issue was not remedied as I had once thought but instead keeps coming about at weird times. In my last flight, the APU refused to stay shut down with the APU fuel lights flashing rapidly back and forth and the start button with am…
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The problem disappeared midflight after I went to outside view and then back to VC then to overhead. It must be an FSXism. Will monitor it during this flight and future flights but seems to have nothing to do with the Q400 sim directly so disregar…
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I was hoping it was something like that but absolutely no documentation on it. Thank you very much for your usual quick response. Your immediate attentiveness to our issues is a real plus for your company. Again thank you. Craig
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Ah! I thought that it had to be set to FMS1 but I now understand that its setting has to do with display whereas the autopilot source setting needs to be at FMS1 to track the flightplan waypoints in FMS. Is this the correct thinking? BTW thanks…
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Am I to gather from your response that just selecting the NAV frequency on the ARDCU by itself should be sufficient to display the DME without any further manipulations? That is not working for me. My PFD is correctly recognizing the VOR and wil…
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Aah! I found it. Thanks Craig
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The only adjustments I see on the sound page are to determine the choice of the sound output. I can find nothing to adjust the volumes. If I am missing something please inform me. Craig