Hi, I have a short question: For planing my descent I am used to load a waypoint manualy 40nm away from the aiport/rwy with the following constraints: 240/10000. In general I would like to descent to this waypoint with a descent rate of 1500v/s. To do this, I am used to load this waypoint on the decent page (I thinK: R3). When the v/s rate shows 1500, I initiate the descent. However, during cruise it is not possible for me to load a waypoint manualy on the NGX. The question is why? Thank you for your answers. Markus

It is possible to enter different kind of waypoints at any stage of flight. I was playing with this yesterday. Have a look at this. Maybe it will help. http://forum.avsim.n...oints-tutorial/ Shows different ways of doing it in this thread. Regards Hmm just noticed you are specificaly talkng about the decent page. Should have read more carefully. I will have a look at this later if I can myself.

Edited September 19, 201114 yr by jazz69

Thank you for your answer. The problem is not the way how to enter custom waypoints in the Leg page. The problem is a manual waypoint entry on the decent page. This is different issue. But thank you for your answer. Markus

Has nobody an idea?

According to documentation you 'll see calculated V/S (and FPA and V/ during the DES phase ONLY. Note that this entry assumes a direct line between the aircraft position and the waypoint position and does NOT take into account flightplan track miles --- in bigger Boeings this is sort of similar to OFFPATH DESCEND. It also does not take into account altitude restrictions and other speed restrictions. Accordingly it is a very very bad guide for descend planning. PS. Your 1500 fpm style to 240/10000 is not exactly the best way to fly properly <cough>...

Hi, thank you for your clear answer. I know, that my descent style is ... unusal, but I was just wondering, whether this is possible. But thank you for your clear answer