Hi everybody,

 

 

I have a problem with the FMC of the J41: I am currently at BIBA in Iceland and apparently this airport is not within the database of the FMS. That was not a problem when I got here, since I just entered the coordinates into the fms and it led me right to the airport.

But now upon starting the FMC up again it ask for my current position. Obviously I can't put BIBA an but I can't put any coordinates in either.

Can't I put in custom coordinates to initialize the FMC? If I can how can I do it?

 

 

Greetings

 

Stefan

Hi there i just loaded up my fsx and i havnt got biba in my list of airports in iceland so are you correct its biba and what is the actual name of the airport so i can check for my self. Anyway i just picked any airport in ice land and my fms had no troubles in initialization of the airport that i was at. By the way just a thought you havnt got any add on scenery packs or airport packs installed for iceland have yoiu since this could be the problem.

You can put any airport in there, just don't use it for navigation until after the first fix or waypoint. Unlike the newer boxes in big jets, this little FMS is pre-GNSS adoption and the primary means of navigation is VOR/DME and what GPS is there is for reference only. Keep it simple and it works great.

 

I suspect you could create a user fix at as an airport in the real device but not sure that would work in the simulation.

The airports in there are from the AIRAC. Perhaps adding a new airport entry to your AIRAC data (from navigraph downloads, modify in notepad etc) would work?

 

Trent Hopkinson