GTN 750 support of heli nav database (resolved)

[Ammo113 1]

Hi

Do anybody know if RXP GTN 750 supports the nav_heli_db2.bin?

For GTN to take use of this database, it has to be told to use Jeppesen database and use a rotorcraft setup.
It is not enough to just rename the nav_heli_db2.bin into nav_db2.bin. Then heli approaches will become unavailable.

If anyone would like to test it for me, I can give you a download link to cycle 1809 (db included in GTN Aviation Trainer 2400).

[RXP 2,338]

Hi,

I'll have to review this but IIRC:

The RXP GTN auto-detects by default which kind of aircraft your flying in order to pick up the aircraft icon appropriately. If it is a helicopter, it will also run in 'helicopter' mode.

Then you can select which DB included with the GTN trainer you'd like to use.

 

Edited May 4, 2020 by RXP

[Ammo113 1]

Thanks for your reply.

If I run the simulator in windows, I have to choose Jeppesen and Rororcraft to aquire helicopter approaches.

I can't make it work in F1 GTN 750, so I wonder if it works with RXP?
With F1 I can choose Jeppesen, but I can't choose Rotorcraft. Only a "4-bladed rotorcraft" option that only gives me a helicopter icon on the map.
It's not a true rotorcraft setup like when I run it in Windows. In Windows it chooses the nav_heli_db2 database, but F1 uses a shortcut to nav_db2.
 

Is it possible to make RXP use the nav_heli_db2 database?

Edited May 4, 2020 by RXP

[RXP 2,338]

 

23 minutes ago, Ammo113 said:

I can't make it work in F1 GTN 750, so I wonder if it works with RXP?

yes:

4 hours ago, RXP said:

The RXP GTN auto-detects which kind of aircraft your flying in order to pick up the aircraft icon appropriately.

If it is a helicopter, it will also run in 'helicopter' mode.

 

 

23 minutes ago, Ammo113 said:

Is it possible to make RXP use the nav_heli_db2 database?

yes:

4 hours ago, RXP said:

Then you can select which DB included with the GTN trainer you'd like to use.

 

Edited May 4, 2020 by RXP

[Ammo113 1]

Many thanks 🙂

 

 

[RXP 2,338]

You're welcome. If you find anything not working as expected, please let us know!

[Ammo113 1]

Hi again.

I am now an owner of RXP GTN750.

The RXP GTN 750 uses the nav_db2 and not the nav_heli_db2...
So I can't load the heli approaches and transitions I need.

In the manual page 11 it looks like you can force the use of the helicopter database (Americas Rotor (Jepp.)).
But i can't find a way to fix this in the .ini file or any other place.
I have a helicopter icon on the map, but that's it.

 

[RXP 2,338]

 

2 hours ago, Ammo113 said:

I am now an owner of RXP GTN750.

I thank you for choosing Reality XP!

You have to select the correct database in the GUI Settings Panel.

[Ammo113 1]

I found the GUI settings panel and selected the database i need.

By using different database cycle in nav_heli_db2 and nav_db2, I can confirm that RXP GTN 750 chooses the correct database!!
So it is no problem to take use of the helicopter database 🙂

But there is something else. There is still many procedures it will not load. It finds the Heliport, but no associated procedures.
If I run GTN 750 i Windows with the same nav database, all the procedures are present.
Seems like every procedure wich includes RF-legs are hidden. That's strange since it's all there when you run it in Windows.

[RXP 2,338]

3 hours ago, Ammo113 said:

Seems like every procedure wich includes RF-legs are hidden. That's strange since it's all there when you run it in Windows.

Please take the time reading the RXP GTN User's manual and all its "Settings" chapter!

There is a setting for this in the RXP GTN and in the real world, it is a device configuration setting at the FBO.

Hint: AFMS 

Edited May 5, 2020 by RXP

[Ammo113 1]

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!

You made me happy 🙂

This solved it.

Love RXP!!!

Edited May 5, 2020 by Ammo113
Overlooked last answer. Will check it out. Thanks