Hello all

Just done couple flights in 787-10 over land and decided to try flying across pacific. Got a flight plan from simbrief heres how it is:

GNNRR2 AMAKR DCT BOXER DCT 47N130W/N0496F340 52N140W 55N150W 58N160W DCT EHM DCT 61N170W/N0488F360 DCT RUSOR/K0904F360 T658 TK G370 BANOT T634 GIRUD/K0922F380 T634 MAGIT/K0924S1160 R213 JMU G212 DABMA W74 SABEM G332 GITUM GIT01A

I'm really confused of how to correctly enter these "47N130W/N0496F340 52N140W 55N150W 58N160W" ocean waypoints into my FMS. I've done much research online and here are what I found:

1. go to LEGS and enter coordinates directly (LEGS seems not working and not letting me enter anything in 787-10)

2. format to ddNdd (did'nt quite understand how to get to this format)

3. the only format RTE accpets is ddddN, like 4713N but it is completely a different waypoint, thousands nm away.

Could someone teach me how to translate these ocean waypoints into something that my FMS can read?

Thanks in Advance

 

I believe right now,the performance impact of multiple legs pages in the CDU is prohibitive. You can try these permutations,

This is right out of a 787 FCOM I have,

Unnamed oceanic control area reporting points in the northern hemisphere use the
letters N and E, while points in the southern hemisphere use the letters S and W.
Latitude always precedes longitude. For longitude, only the last two digits of the
three digit value are used.
Placement of the designator in the five character set indicates whether the first
longitude digit is 0 or 1. The letter is the last character if the longitude is less than
100° and is the third character if the longitude is 100° or greater.
N is used for north latitude, west longitude. E is used for north latitude, east
longitude. S is used for south latitude, east longitude. W is used for south latitude,
west longitude. Examples:
• N50° W040° becomes 5040N
• N75° W170° becomes 75N70
• N50° E020° becomes 5020E
• N06° E110° becomes 06E10
• S52° W075° becomes 5275W
• S07° W120° becomes 07W20
• S50° E020° becomes 5020S
• S06° E110° becomes 06S10

7 minutes ago, BIGSKY said:

I believe right now,the performance impact of multiple legs pages in the CDU is prohibitive. You can try these permutations,

This is right out of a 787 FCOM I have,

Unnamed oceanic control area reporting points in the northern hemisphere use the
letters N and E, while points in the southern hemisphere use the letters S and W.
Latitude always precedes longitude. For longitude, only the last two digits of the
three digit value are used.
Placement of the designator in the five character set indicates whether the first
longitude digit is 0 or 1. The letter is the last character if the longitude is less than
100° and is the third character if the longitude is 100° or greater.
N is used for north latitude, west longitude. E is used for north latitude, east
longitude. S is used for south latitude, east longitude. W is used for south latitude,
west longitude. Examples:
• N50° W040° becomes 5040N
• N75° W170° becomes 75N70
• N50° E020° becomes 5020E
• N06° E110° becomes 06E10
• S52° W075° becomes 5275W
• S07° W120° becomes 07W20
• S50° E020° becomes 5020S
• S06° E110° becomes 06S10

Thanks, that really helps a lot😃

it is also true that long flight route and excessive waypoints result in terrifying performance, pre-planned intercontinental route gives me single digit fps.

I have yet to be able to complete any long haul flight and only 3 out of 10 medium haul flights result in no program crashes. 

Edited August 28, 20205 yr by UAL4life

2 hours ago, UAL4life said:

I have yet to be able to complete any long haul flight and only 3 out of 10 medium haul flights result in no program crashes. 

I have completed many NEO flights as I should have,because there are no aerodynamics and weather to speak of,that will probably change if we get the aforementioned features.....

Does anyone know what the format would be for N06° W010°? I keep getting a 'Not in Database' error when I try 0601N