VOR radial capture and tracking in PMDG 747-400

[Guest daviddevries44]

Hi there!I'm very much enjoying flying the PMDG 747-400 within FS 2004. However, there seems to be a bug in the prgram as follows: Whenever I enter a VOR + course to track for that VOR as VOR-L in the FMC on the NAVRAD page, for instance in order to execute a VOR-DME approach, arming of the VOR-CRS does occur, but proper capture and tracking does NOT take place after pressing the LOC button on the MCP.Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug in the software?LNAV and ILS as well as HDG select all function properly.Please advise!!Thank you very much!David de VriesThe Netherlands.

[jc_150 3]

Hi DavidI use the 747 lots for online flying but have to say that I do not do VOR- DME approaches as I tend to use the ILS capture. I am only about 60% sure of my answer here so others please feel free to correct me. I think I remember reading that the 747 ILS radio and the VOR radios are totally seperate devices and do not think it operates or is modelled to operate to capture and track a VOR through the LOC button, so my opinion is that your 747 is working correctly.hope this helpsJohn Calleja

[Guest Jeff Berman]

http://ops.precisionmanuals.com/wiki/PMDG_..._the_747-400.3F

[Guest daviddevries44]

Thanks very much, Jeff, it seems my problem is solved thanks to your help! In retrospect I could have figured this out from my experience with using the Level-D 767 FMC. Thanks again, you've made my day!David.

[Guest daviddevries44]

Thanks very much, John, my problem is solved for now. In case it interests you, check out Jeff's reply to my question. David.