Descend and climb arcs

[janbergwall01 10]

Hi, is it possible somewhere in the settings to get arcs when climbing or especially when descending? I have the latest version of GTN750 in my X-plane Turbo Commander 690B and it works great.

[fppilot 4,371]

32 minutes ago, janbergwall01 said:

Hi, is it possible somewhere in the settings to get arcs when climbing or especially when descending? I have the latest version of GTN750 in my X-plane Turbo Commander 690B and it works great.

The GPS will respond to the autopilot in regard to a lateral flight plan, but the only vertical control is directing the autopilot on a coupled final approach.  It is the autopilot that also controls climbs and descents in other phases of flight, and the capabilities and techniques to do so vary autopilot to autopilot.  They are not all the same.

[janbergwall01 10]

2 hours ago, fppilot said:

The GPS will respond to the autopilot in regard to a lateral flight plan, but the only vertical control is directing the autopilot on a coupled final approach.  It is the autopilot that also controls climbs and descents in other phases of flight, and the capabilities and techniques to do so vary autopilot to autopilot.  They are not all the same.

I'm not sure you understood my question. I just wonder if there's a visual arc in GTN750 showing where the i.e. descend ends. Like in Aerobasks Skyview. Or the navigation display in a 737. That way you can set v/s exactly to where you want to level out in a descent. I will not use GTN750 for setting the descent or climb since it's not possible :).

After 20 yrs of flight simming, I know very well how to manage a flight properly in most aircraft. From Cessna 172 to FFA320 or Zibo 738X. In this case, I'm using the GTN750 in the Turbo Commander 690B and it should be nice to set the specific level in v/s at arrival to a waypoint in the star. The inbuilt v/s calculator in GTN750 is not precise enough and you often end up several nm ahead or behind.

[fppilot 4,371]

8 minutes ago, janbergwall01 said:

After 20 yrs of flight simming, I know very well how to manage a flight properly in most aircraft. From Cessna 172 to FFA320 or Zibo 738X.

No intent to oversimplify.  31 posts here usually, but of course not always, is a characteristic of someone with less experience.  The Garmin GTN series does not provide the feature set you desire, and the RXP uses the real world Garmin GTN Trainer as it's core.  I have not seen a feature like that.

Edited July 13, 2018 by fppilot