Is that normal? 744 FMC

[Guest blackswan]

hi,We discussed in another forum about this ANET picture.http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0866495/L/I tried to do the same in FS9 with PMDG744... And I made some screenshots. Check them out... Some "strange" results as I think.http://blackswan.ch/1.jpghttp://blackswan.ch/2.jpgEvery comment is welcome!regards,tobi

[Tabs 2,790]

Tobi,What exactly are you trying to do here? What's with that BLACKSWAN fix? That doesn't even comply with the FMC's waypoint naming conventions.

[Guest blackswan]

hi,Yes I know. I never knew I was able to enter stuff like that. BLACKSWAN by the way is my username and it was just a word I tried to enter. Could be everything.cheers,tobi

[Guest blackswan]

Any news on this problem?cheers,tobi

[Chaos81 110]

What is it you are trying to do here?

[Guest blackswan]

Hi,Maybe I don't understand your question correctly. But I just want to tell PMDG that one can enter stuff like that in the 747 FMC. It's not normal I guess. I was trying to simulate a real 747 flight according to the picture I posted above. Tried out a few things and these pics are the result. They are not faked. I've been flying the 744 from PMDG for a long time and on an awful lot of routes but that happend the first time to me. Maybe you're able to reproduce my kind of "problem".cheers,tobi

[darian 0]

this is got to be the most rediculous topic I've ever seen

[darian 0]

It is perfectly normal to enter a waypoint of that nature. The FMS in a real 747 can hold a waypoint of more than 6 characters. How do you think they enter PACOTS and NATA's. So that should answer your question.

[Guest blackswan]

>What's with that>BLACKSWAN fix? That doesn't even comply with the FMC's>waypoint naming conventions.cheers,tobi