Hey guys,

I am getting ready to get on board with PE as I finally want to properly sim with ATC and spend less time "setting/tweaking" my sim.  Anyway here is the issue

For PE you want latest Nav DB and latest Airport AFCADs....now I do know the options like FSAerodata and Hans.Sors (the freeone) and good ole Navigraph updates.

If flying airliners with navigraph - then there really isn't any problems but I am planning to fly GA and get some CAT ratings on PE.

Here is what I have 

Orbx all US FTX Regions and US airports - Now with this most of the airports should be fine but what Airac updates? If I use FSAerodata - it apparently has an issue with P3D4.5HF2 as it is now below the addon sceneries vs being on top.  

All of this would be different if I had latest Garmin updates for Reality XP 750 but I do not know any pilot who has Garmin db tied to real hardware.

My best conclusion that I can think of - is go to Xplane Route for GA flights - as the Navigraph updates the entire DB for Xplane and I can then use X1000 on most of the planes.  Once I am ready to fly Heavies (I would fire up P3Dv4.5HF2) for PE.

 

Is my conclusion correct for this situation?

 

Thanks

I use Aero.Sors to keep the core navdata updated.  GTN updates are tricky to come by unless you know someone who has that data.  The FS Aerodata/Navigraph solution is also decent from what I hear and read.  These really are your only options.  What issues are you speaking of with Orbx products?  I own and use all of them for the PE area.

@Skywolf you can sign up to the forum without a subscription. Would be good to check with those folks too.

16 minutes ago, yurei said:

@Skywolf you can sign up to the forum without a subscription. Would be good to check with those folks too.

I am already on PE forums and Discord - Just super excited to get my simulation to the next level - I just can not fly randomly anymore (bored with that).  VoxATC is helping me for now.

Technically CAT ratings don’t require updated nav data in the sim. You’re not going to be referencing any IFR navaids or shooting instruments approaches. I think I did all my CAT ratings using pilotage/dead reckoning and Skyvector for my VFR charts and airport info/diagrams. 
 

For CAT ratings, even the old Garmin data is good enough to get you through them. 

9 hours ago, snglecoil said:

Technically CAT ratings don’t require updated nav data in the sim. You’re not going to be referencing any IFR navaids or shooting instruments approaches. I think I did all my CAT ratings using pilotage/dead reckoning and Skyvector for my VFR charts and airport info/diagrams. 
 

For CAT ratings, even the old Garmin data is good enough to get you through them. 

Thanks for this info