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Since alot has changed since 2006 as far as the poles shifting, Fsx does not receive airac updates like the FMC's in complex add ons, what do I do as far as setting up for an ILS approach? Should I go off the course listed in FSX instead of the fmc or what?


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Since alot has changed since 2006 as far as the poles shifting, Fsx does not receive airac updates like the FMC's in complex add ons, what do I do as far as setting up for an ILS approach? Should I go off the course listed in FSX instead of the fmc or what?
Fly the approach normally, the only thing thats changed is the runway heading in the FMC's,

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Fly the approach normally, the only thing thats changed is the runway heading in the FMC's,
That wont work for an ILS approach. The aircraft will fly a incorrect heading according to the runway position. So at this point I will update the mag table in fsx.

~Spencer Hoefer

MOBO: Gigabye Aorus z590 elite | CPU: Intel i9-10900k  | RAM: GSKILL RIPJAWS 32GB DDR4 3200 |GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080Ti 11GBOS: Windows 10 

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Since alot has changed since 2006 as far as the poles shifting, Fsx does not receive airac updates like the FMC's in complex add ons, what do I do as far as setting up for an ILS approach? Should I go off the course listed in FSX instead of the fmc or what?
The localizer doesn't "know" or "care" about magnetic north. Your aircraft compass will see whatever is in the magdec.bgl file in fsx and "knows" nothing of airac. If the localizer deviation indicator is centered, you are on the proper approach track.scott s..

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