If you guys download the 1207 version 3 cycle you'll notice that they've implemented alphabetical sorting of approaches at our request. This means you'll actually get the ILSes at the top of the DEP/ARR page approach list like they are in the real airplane and the less common approaches like NDB, VOR etc down further below them. Nice little time saver at most airports...

 

Several bugs were fixed in this cycle too including the one that was causing approaches with just a runway to appear and screw up the approach list in the FMC, an issue that was causing certain waypoints to not appear in STARs and a couple other small things. I'm working with Richard on some more enhancements/fixes for the next cycle too.

Great Work Ryan and the guys at Navigraph. Downloading now.

Can someone point me to something that will explain this? I don't know what Navigraph is. It applies to the J41, I assume?

Can someone point me to something that will explain this? I don't know what Navigraph is. It applies to the J41, I assume?

 

The SID/STAR/Waypoint/Approaches database in the computers of each aircraft around the world gets old with the new items being implemented almost every day. The airplane databases need update in the real life.

Navigraph does the same for our Flight sim world. With monthly updates (example 1207 is Year (20)12, Month 07) almost all add on airplanes that use flight management computers can have their database in tune with the real world changes. Navigraph releases specific files for most of the major developers. Further reading:

 

http://www.navigraph.com/www/default.asp

Nice!

 

I've noticed the past couple cycles key waypoints in numerous STARS were missing, plus some waypoints gave errors loading them into the JS41 CDU.

Good to see improvements being made!

The SID/STAR/Waypoint/Approaches database in the computers of each aircraft around the world gets old with the new items being implemented almost every day. The airplane databases need update in the real life.

Navigraph does the same for our Flight sim world. With monthly updates (example 1207 is Year (20)12, Month 07) almost all add on airplanes that use flight management computers can have their database in tune with the real world changes. Navigraph releases specific files for most of the major developers. Further reading:

 

Do we have to buy credits to get refreshed data? What's the cost? I think someone mentioned something about this to me about the Flight1 Mustaing.

Are PMDG going to work with the new Aerosoft data when that comes out?

Registered.. found out you had to pay for some credits to buy it. :( Pass.

Very nice.

 

Cheers for the hu Ryan

I was under the impression Navigraph had no control over the navdata....

I was flying into CYOW yesterday and I had no ILS approaches listed. Can you try?

I was under the impression Navigraph had no control over the navdata....

That's what I was told too by one of their forum admins when I said that the ILS for KTNX wasn't listed. I'm on 1206.

I was under the impression Navigraph had no control over the navdata....

They can still rewrite their parser so that it outputs ILS approaches before VOR/NDB ones. This is trivial to program (it would of course have been trivial for PMDG to program their navdata parser so that it sorted ILS approaches before VOR approaches as well)

I think it's funny when people balk at having to pay for nav updates...

You paid $70 (or $95) for the plane(s), but don't want to pay ~$25 for a year's worth of nav updates?

 

If you don't want to pay, go diving into the FAA database and parse it into the proper formats yourself. Have fun.

Further to my previous post, I can see the approach data for CYOW in the nav data files, but only the LOCB25 is visible in the FMC for some reason; all other approaches are not there.