I will have to look around here for my credit card .... I know it's here somewhere!

Landing lights light up the immediate space where the beam falls. If you have a runway which is light in texture, the beam is less strong. Darker runways are best because they provide better contrast between the beam and the runway surface.

 

Thank you Sir!

Rob/Sean ... thank you, great work ... the PDuke and TDuke are my primary AC.  Can't wait to see an update to an already great aircraft.

 

Cheers, Rob.

Looking forward to it. My modest request after all that would be a placard. 

 

Just seen this.As far as i can recall the RealAir Duke B60 has always had a placard placed to the right of the co-pilot. It has a white background and is pretty much the standard placard.

Yes, the B60 has that placard just below the co-pilot's right window.

I've got the turbine sitting on the ground waiting for a flight and there it is on the door.  139 hours on the hobbs...I wonder how long it was going to take me to notice that if someone hadn't pointed it out.

Can you guys help me out with the autopilot "Approach mode" and RealityXP GNS530?  I took a flight into KSLQ (...at night...bad weather...short runway...fence just before the runway....lousy framerates ) and flew the GPS 30.  I've been trying to sort out the right buttons to push for the autopilot to fly the approach.  I've noticed that if I just click APP the airplane doesn't do anything logical with altitude.  I have approach vectors-to-final activated in all the following examples and the GS indicator on the compass is active.

 

• I was below the glideslope and descending down to my approach assigned altitude prior to intercepting the course.  I clicked APP and it showed APP/GS (arm) but kept going down past the assigned altitude (which I had dialed in).  I clicked ALT and got the airplane back to where I was assigned.
• Next time, I was at my assigned altitude and pressed APP and it showed APP/GPS(arm) but it seemed to just wander up and down some.  I clicked ALT and it then showed APP/GS(arm)/ALT.  But, when it intercepted the GS it just ignored it...flew level.  I unclicked ALT and it descended but went below the GS. 
• The next time it tried to ignore the GS I unclicked APP and clicked it again to turn it back on.  This time it immediately went to APP/GS and seemed to work. 

So, do you have to wait until intercepting the GS before clicking APP?  Is it a bug (in FSX? in the Turbine Duke?)  Is there a different sequence of buttons I'm supposed to push?  Am I making some incorrect assumptions?

 

I wonder if we need an "Unofficial RealAir" forum for stuff like this.

 

Gregg

Can you guys help me out with the autopilot "Approach mode" and RealityXP GNS530? I took a flight into KSLQ (...at night...bad weather...short runway...fence just before the runway....lousy framerates ) and flew the GPS 30. I've been trying to sort out the right buttons to push for the autopilot to fly the approach. I've noticed that if I just click APP the airplane doesn't do anything logical with altitude. I have approach vectors-to-final activated in all the following examples and the GS indicator on the compass is active.

• I was below the glideslope and descending down to my approach assigned altitude prior to intercepting the course. I clicked APP and it showed APP/GS (arm) but kept going down past the assigned altitude (which I had dialed in). I clicked ALT and got the airplane back to where I was assigned.
• Next time, I was at my assigned altitude and pressed APP and it showed APP/GPS(arm) but it seemed to just wander up and down some. I clicked ALT and it then showed APP/GS(arm)/ALT. But, when it intercepted the GS it just ignored it...flew level. I unclicked ALT and it descended but went below the GS.
• The next time it tried to ignore the GS I unclicked APP and clicked it again to turn it back on. This time it immediately went to APP/GS and seemed to work.

So, do you have to wait until intercepting the GS before clicking APP? Is it a bug (in FSX? in the Turbine Duke?) Is there a different sequence of buttons I'm supposed to push? Am I making some incorrect assumptions?

 

I wonder if we need an "Unofficial RealAir" forum for stuff like this.

 

Gregg

I think you meant KSQL, (San Carlos, CA) rather than KSLQ?

 

The GPS Y and Z approaches for SQL runway 30 are not WAAS enabled - there is NO vertical guidance available - only lateral. To have vertical guidance on a GPS approach with the GNS530, the approach chart must be annotated "LPV" in the minimums section. There is no physical glideslope transmitter on the ground at an airport served only by GPS approaches.

 

Not all real world LPV approaches now available will necessarily be found in the RXP GNS, as the database is not current.

 

As far as standard ILS approaches in the Duke using the RXP GNS530 or 430, be sure to have the unit set to VLOC mode, or it won't display or capture the localizer and glideslope.

 

 

The GPS Y and Z approaches for SQL runway 30 are not WAAS enabled - there is NO vertical guidance available - only lateral.

 

Didn't know that...leaves me to wonder why the GNS displays the GS indicator on the compass then.

Didn't know that...leaves me to wonder why the GNS displays the GS indicator on the compass then.

 

Did you see LPV on your Garmin?

 

 

I wonder if we need an "Unofficial RealAir" forum for stuff like this.

 

Gregg

 

Hi Gregg,

 

Almost all the RXP functionality in the Dukes is RXP's. We just make their gauges look nice, add atmospheric lighting, add our own tuning knobs and buttons, and integrate them so they look natural for the Duke panels. I know RXP support is a bit flakey nowadays but there is plenty of third party support around the forums and any google search will produce tons of RXP related advice.

 

We have always resisted a forum for a simple reason: We already do the rounds of public forums like this, and adding yet another forum just detracts from our email support which is very fast, even on weekends and public holidays. We don't have a ticket system which in my opinion just delays things even more. We respond directly and quickly.

 

Regarding approach modes, unless there is a certainty of an approach that is both published and part of the GNS database, it is always better to use Nav mode for landings and I believe that is the case in real world flying too.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Rob - RealAIr

I like public open forums the best.

That way everyone gets to see first hand information on all the problems and the solution(s).

Just my opinion.

 

 

Regarding approach modes, unless there is a certainty of an approach that is both published and part of the GNS database, it is always better to use Nav mode for landings and I believe that is the case in real world flying too.

 

That's an interesting bit of info.  I'll go back and try flying the approach again just to make sure I do have everything right and, also, to answer the LPV question but, In truth, the only reason I've been doing GPS approaches was to see how to get the autopilot to fly them (I fly almost all approaches by hand). I wouldn't be surprised at all that I was doing something not quite right. 

 

The biggest flakiness I seem to see with the RXP stuff is that the databases are older (I did update it to more recent data but it still has things off that I run into a fair bit).  Add that to the fact that FSX often has some things wrong/out-of-date all on its own (markers where none are indicated for the approach, etc, etc.) and you feel like there's a fair amount of near-randomness going on. 

 

Also, I get your point about the forum.  It is nice to share info and ask other users questions but I think we waste vast, vast amounts of time on forums.

GPS is your flight ... when you select the Arrival runway procedure ... you can choose e.g. a normal ILS or you can choose one of the displayed GPS type approaches.

 

If on a GPS approach and LPV is possible .. it will be selected and displayed automatically ... if LPV is not possible .. then you will see somethining else displayed .. like LNAV ..... you are still on GPS.

 

Now, for an ILS APPR, you must change modes.

Greg,

You mentioned in your previous post:
"Also, I get your point about the forum.  It is nice to share info and ask other users questions but I think we waste vast, vast amounts of time on forums."

But, also mentioned:
"I wonder if we need an "Unofficial RealAir" forum for stuff like this."
 

As for wasting time ... well, cell phones, texting, TV, PC games ... and yes, forums everywhere, getting an giving information (product reviews, new releases, opinions and technical support).