July 4, 200322 yr I have tried clicking the "IN - HPA" switch but I can't get my pressure in milibars. Is this really not implemented? I assume I must be doing something wrong.Here's a list of my "observations":Firstly I also experience the fictional "Insufficient Fuel" message, and have generally noticed the FMC annunciator lighting up when the fmc has no error message on of it's own, i.e. false alarms - is this my mis-operation? I too experience the apparent lack of pitot heat, the VNAV dive, the inability to move or delete RWXX waypoints in the LEGS page (same with fixes created on the FIX page I've heard).The lines on the ND are also very bizarre sometimes - I know that's not per the real NG!On to others I've not heard mentioned:The default HOLD pattern drawn seems to be created such a way that the aircraft turns the "wrong" way. See picture.http://forums.avsim.com/user_files/21088.jpgI've noticed that the VOR/LOC light can stay on even after FD switch recycle and AP off.And lastly, if I save a flight, the panel settings aren't loaded with the location. 767PIC had the ability to do this, a definite pro in my opinion. The are no disadvantages, but many pros. For someone using autosave, reloading a flight in mid-air is not really possible because the panel programming and switches aren't loaded. This is the case with me, anyway. Could be just me! I've heard there are issues reprogramming the FMC inflight, legs not working properly or something. Could this not be implemented?Just contributing my findings, enjoying this product a great deal.Best wishes,Alex Rowe
July 4, 200322 yr Commercial Member Alex-thanks for the finds. They're all known issues we're fixing.As for the IN/MBAR settings, click on the "BARO" label and it should work! ;-) Lefteris Kalamaras - Founder www.flightsimlabs.com
July 4, 200322 yr Thanks Lefteris, I have that sorted now!A couple of other things to note.I was flying into Gatwick, and was being vectored for the initial approach. I was given 070 and so dialled it in and pressed HDG SEL, however the aircraft settled on 073 and refused to move, as you can see wings perfectly level in the screenshot. Incidentally, the hdg bug and wind correction angle triangle indicating my true heading rather than my track are in the same place.http://forums.avsim.com/user_files/21114.jpgOtherwise a little slight issue. This isn't something the real NG has to contend with, but it would make FS life easier. By hitting "B" your altimeter subscale is automatically changed to the current pressure. I hate using it, but it is necessary, as sometimes ActiveSky or whatever doesn't agree with Vatsim and the priority is obviously to land safely on the correct QNH.It seems that if you are set to STD, and change the QNH via the dial ready for the swap and then swap, the correct QNH is "activated". However, while pressing "B" DOES change the non-active QNH while you're on STD, swapping doesn't keep the setting, and instead reverts to whatever was on before.Here's an example. Leaving LUTON on QNH 1018. Climb to cruise of FL100 (positioning flight) and on the way STD is selected. 1018 still shown but not selected. Change the setting manually to 1014 and swap over from STD - no problems. But hit "B" and it changes to 1014 and you swap over from STD - 1018 is displayed. This might be a one off, just me, I don't know. I know it's not a bug as such, but it wouldn't harm to implement it, the whole B thing is not real world anyway, but as I've explained can be necessary.Lastly (sorry Lefteris!), I don't know whether this is a feature or a bug (as is so often the case with 767PIC converts). If I go into the DEP/ARR page and go to, say, page 4/5 and then hit CRZ, INIT or any other page and later return to DEP/ARR, it's still on page 4/5. I can't see this as a problem, perhaps Boeing prefer it. Would just like clarification, that's all.All the best, and THANKS!Alex Rowe
July 4, 200322 yr Commercial Member Alex-so where's the bug in your picture? Thanks for reassuring us that things work as they should!!! ;-)(Your ND MAP Mode is indicating all MAGNETIC information - Track and Heading are MAGNETIC - not True). As such, you're flying at 255 IAS, with a HDG of 070 and a TRK of 073, due to the winds coming in at 16kts from the North. :-)As for the B button- well, the B button is not emulating reality - the EFIS knob is. (There's no B button in the real aircraft ;-) ). As such, I think it works fine as it is... ;-)For the FMC stuff- well I'll let Anthony take that one! ;-) Lefteris Kalamaras - Founder www.flightsimlabs.com
July 5, 200322 yr Lefteris, we misunderstood each other a bit - I probably didn't explain it well.The "bug" in the picture is the fact that I have 070 selected on the MCP (track) and the flown track is 073. It wouldn't budge from there. If you're given a vector of 360 and there are 40kt winds from the west the controller doesn't care what heading the nose is pointing, they want you to go from bottom to top on their scope, so track is what I meant, I was getting confused. This is still an issue isn't it? Dial 070 it should fly 070?The "B" thing - I know it's not in the real aircraft, naturally! What my point is, is that it doesn't reduce realism by eliminting this disagreement - the realism, or lack thereof, is entirely with FS. It would however make it a little more compatible. If you think about it, I think you'll see what I mean:-Sometimes, when flying online etc. your FS's pressure and the controllers' are different and it's more important your aircraft is set to FS otherwise you could end up having a nasty encounter with a large hill or something. For that reason, hitting B allows you to change the pressure to the locally correct (and important) setting. This being incompatible with the swap from STD as explained in the previous post does not make it any more or less realistic, just incompatible.It's a pain of a thing to explain properly. My florid descriptions are incomprehensible at the best of times.Are you with me?Alex
July 5, 200322 yr Commercial Member Alex-with no disrespect intended, you are asking me to teach you how an aircraft flies. That is well beyond my duties here in this forum.The controller OF COURSE cares what the winds are in this case, as they KNOW that if they ask you to fly a heading, there are winds to take under consideration! Please ask around, I must keep addressing real support issues, and this is NOT one of them ;-). Suffice it to say, the behaviour you notice is the CORRECT one- end of story!As for barometric pressure - AGAIN, please try to read up on how things work in the Real World- when you are in STD, you're telling the aircraft to fly flight levels (in other words, fly in 1013.2hPa or 29.92inches regardless of outside temp). When you come OUT of STD, you better make sure you have corrected for barometric pressure AT THE TIME. No- I am not changing the behaviour because MSFS thinks it's "Cool" to correct itself by pressing "B". I have never encountered the B button in the planes I fly. :-) Lefteris Kalamaras - Founder www.flightsimlabs.com
July 5, 200322 yr Lefteris,We are on totally different wavelengths. I am actually a real world PPL and have been for 2 years, so yes shame on me for getting confused. My point is simply *if you set the HDG SEL on the MCP to 070 should the ND not display 070 on it?*Forget the whole B thing. Clearly I haven't explained it well enough since you seem to think I need FLs explaining to me! I'm afraid on this occasion you're not talking to a 12 year-old simmer but an adult, I think you've perhaps been answering one too many of those type posts ;-)Take care,Alex Rowe
July 5, 200322 yr Hello Alex,Yes, we're all a bit tired ;-)As you see, the ND display the 070 heading selected with the dashed purple line and the marker, and the current track is displayed at 12 o'clock. That's how it shows on the 737 NG ND.12 o'clock on ND will always show where the aircraft is flying (MAG TRK), not where its nose is oriented.cheers,anthonyAnthony MertonPrecision Manuals Developmenthttp://www.precisionmanuals.com
July 5, 200322 yr Alex, I am a real world PPL too, but that is irrelevant.The plane is flying heading 070 and the ND is displaying it (magenta heading bug showing 070 with white heading pointer inside it). The PFD is also showing heading 070.Don't forget that in several modes the ND will display track up and not heading up.Lee Hetherington (KBED)
July 5, 200322 yr Thanks for the patience, I didn't mean to sound all "I'm PPL yah-dee-yah!", if you get my drift. Just wanted to point out to Lefteris that I wasn't "asking him how to fly"...I now understand that it's perfectly correct for the TRK on the ND to be different from the HDG selected on the MCP. I assume you mean LNAV flies by track, when you referred to other modes (Lee).Cheers again. Out of interest, you fly from up north don't you Lee? Seem to recall that you do. I'm out of RAF Henlow.Take care gents.Alex
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