October 31, 200322 yr Hi PMDG,I'm not sure if these bugs have been reported or not so I thought I should post about them. Tonight I felw the FMG6 departure out of KRNO. It required intercepting a couple of radials of the FMG VOR. After takeoff I used LVL CHG mode until the flaps were cleaned up, which was fine. I then engaged VNAV, which was also fine. When I hit my first FMG radial however, two problems arose.1. VOR LOC was armed shortly after takeoff and showed in white below HDG SEL on the PFD. When I hit the radial it did not become the active mode, instead the plane just flew right through the radial and I had to press VOR LOC 2 more times (I think) to get it to engage.2. After VOR LOC became the active roll mode, VNAV kicked out, saying "CHECK MCP ALTITUDE". I could not use VNAV for the rest of the flight, nor could I access the CLB or CRZ pages in the FMC, only DES. This leads me to believe that any use of VOR LOC will cause the FMC to think it's in the descent/approach phase of flight, even if you have just left your departure airport.I hope these descriptions are detailed enough to be helpful. My flight plan was as follows:KRNO FMG6.FMG.J92.BTY.TRAGR2 KLASPlease let me know if you need any additional information to track these bugs down and I will supply it if I can recall.-Shaun
October 31, 200322 yr Point 2 has been mentioned frequently, Shaun. I believe it has been fixed in SU2. After it was reported, I can't say I bothered to try this mode, so I can't help you with your first point ;-)Cheers.Ian.
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