http://www.vataware.com/flight.cfm?id=7804140Watched the landing on the ground in LAS. -- Great Crosswind landing Ryan!!Best Regards,

Im jealous.

She handled the RNAV profile descent into KLAS extremely well - we're getting close on the VNAV folks...I had a 23 knot crosswind for 25L and I want to emphasize again how awesome the collimated and conformal HGS is for this - it makes it DEAD SIMPLE to land the plane in such conditions - you just put the FPV on the runway, get the 3 degree slope line aligned and you fly a perfect approach any condition - it's amazing.

I can only dream of the day I can do this flight. So jealous Ryan, but you guys deserve flying your own plane! Regards

I was going to watch Ryan landing at LAS too, but when I decided to log in he had already landed. :( Well, maybe next time. :(

Don't you need to stay below 250 knots below FL100? :( :( just kidding

Don't you need to stay below 250 knots below FL100? :( :( just kidding

Vataware shows ground speed, not indicated airspeed. The ground speed will of course be higher than the indicated airspeed when you fly at 10 000 feet.

Vataware shows ground speed, not indicated airspeed. The ground speed will of course be higher than the indicated airspeed when you fly at 10 000 feet.

doh! should have noticed hehe, thanks for the clarification

She handled the RNAV profile descent into KLAS extremely well - we're getting close on the VNAV folks...I had a 23 knot crosswind for 25L and I want to emphasize again how awesome the collimated and conformal HGS is for this - it makes it DEAD SIMPLE to land the plane in such conditions - you just put the FPV on the runway, get the 3 degree slope line aligned and you fly a perfect approach any condition - it's amazing.

Forgive me, but what is the layman's definition of RNAV?

Ryan......I'll give you $1000 worth of virtual poker chips if you let me fly it into KLAS. :(

Forgive me, but what is the layman's definition of RNAV?

The fixes in the procedure are purely FMS/GPS waypoints, not defined by radio navaid cross radials or DME...

What exactly is a RNP approach? It appears to be some sort of combo RNAV/non-precision approach, but could someone elaborate?

I have a question of my own, what do the VATSIM controllers call you? Do they say PMDG738, or is there some clever callsign like "Precision"?

My read on RNP/RNAV, is that instead of following a glideslope, you follow step down heights (using VNAV) on final approach, with lateral guidance from LNAV (as opposed to a localizer). I think it is possible to "pretend" you are doing such approaches with current addon aircraft and Navigraph coded RNAV approaches, but the problem here is the way VNAV is coded in the present state in Flight simulator aircraft systems. VNAV will allow you to descend to the step heights, but it most likely will acquire that height too early, which causes the aircraft to level off and use additional thrust. And then it adjusts to the next step height, and the process continues, which is not very efficient or realistic.I figure that the NGX will allow for proper RNP style VNAV approaches where the aircraft will follow a constant slope to the runway threshold (or missed approach point) without leveling off at each height constraint. And the NGX will have deviation markers on the PFD similar to what we see with ILS approaches (like the ILS's localizer/glideslope scales), which will be a first for Flight Simulator and will allow us to practice RNP approaches as they are intended in the real world. This is a complex concept, but that's my take on it.

... and I want to emphasize again how awesome the collimated and conformal HGS is for this - it makes it DEAD SIMPLE to land the plane in such conditions - you just put the FPV on the runway, get the 3 degree slope line aligned and you fly a perfect approach any condition - it's amazing.

On the way back to the land side...