On almost any flight Radar Contact tells me that I am way out of course and sends me in directions that don't make any sense.I am excactly on course of my FlightPlan in FlightSim Commander 8.5 and I am exactly on the FMC course in PMDG 747-400XAny suggestion will be appreciated.I use:FSX, PMDG 747-400X, FlightSim Commander 8.5, Active Sky Advanced, Radar Contact V4

On almost any flight Radar Contact tells me that I am way out of course and sends me in directions that don't make any sense.I am excactly on course of my FlightPlan in FlightSim Commander 8.5 and I am exactly on the FMC course in PMDG 747-400XAny suggestion will be appreciated.I use:FSX, PMDG 747-400X, FlightSim Commander 8.5, Active Sky Advanced, Radar Contact V4

The most likely reason is that you have missed one of your waypoints. Is the next waypoint in the instrument display the same as in the Radar Contact window? If they are different, the one in the RC window, which will show you getting further from it, is the one you missed.Solution. In the RC window select "next" until you see an option "Dir waypoint". Select that and then from the list of waypoints select the next one showing on your map display (unless you are very close to it, in which case select the next one). Your pilot voice will then ask to be cleared direct to that waypoint which will almost certainly be granted. As soon as you acknowledge, that will show as your next waypoint in the RC window and ATC will stop nagging you! :( I understand that this will be improved in v5.Iain Smith

Thank you Iain for your quick response.I will try this out, hope it helps.I will let you know (may take some time)Kind regards, Wim Thie

The most likely reason is that you have missed one of your waypoints. Is the next waypoint in the instrument display the same as in the Radar Contact window? If they are different, the one in the RC window, which will show you getting further from it, is the one you missed.Solution. In the RC window select "next" until you see an option "Dir waypoint". Select that and then from the list of waypoints select the next one showing on your map display (unless you are very close to it, in which case select the next one). Your pilot voice will then ask to be cleared direct to that waypoint which will almost certainly be granted. As soon as you acknowledge, that will show as your next waypoint in the RC window and ATC will stop nagging you! :( I understand that this will be improved in v5.Iain Smith

Thank you Iain for your quick response.I will try this out, hope it helps.I will let you know (may take some time)Kind regards, Wim Thie

Hi Wim,You are not alone with having the controller having do a 180 to get back on course.All of us will have encounted this.One other occurence which can occur is that the Keyboard strokes used by some addons,conflict with the RC keystrokes.RC does provide a reassignment utility inorder to solve this sort of problem!Enjoy your flights with RCNorman

Hi Wim,You are not alone with having the controller having do a 180 to get back on course.All of us will have encounted this.One other occurence which can occur is that the Keyboard strokes used by some addons,conflict with the RC keystrokes.RC does provide a reassignment utility inorder to solve this sort of problem!Enjoy your flights with RCNorman

really? have you clicked the button marked "keyboard"? you can make the rc keys anything you want them to be.

If RC ATC gives you a command to resume your own navigation thazt is from you present position to the next waypoint in your plan. The same applies to the menu option direct next waypoint. In either case you do not return to your original path.On your aircraft avionics including FMC know how to to a direct-to and execute the change so it will show on your navigation display and couple with your autopilot if you so choose.

It seemed I have been inaccurate while installing FSX and AddOns on a new configuration.I transfered some older flightplans to the RC directory in Flightsim Commander.The Flightplans for FSX/Flightsim Commander, PMDG and Radar Contact have to be exactly the same and they were not.Thank you guys for trying to help me, Wim