October 29, 20205 yr I see some concerns about IFR and wondering where a problem might start.. World map = set departure and arrival airport and runways. Set the waypoints or VORs and the ILS frequency. Seems straightforward enough. So are there 3 possible problem areas? 1) The aeroplane is not recognizing some of this 2) ATC interaction 3) Autopilot I saw a Youtube video with fs2020 A320 default plane and it seemed to work ok, For the moment i am fine with basic flight planning procedures and not looking for total real-world procedures,Rnav etc. Are 3rd party add-ons a workaround? Cheers, dan.
October 29, 20205 yr No problem. I just prefer beautiful skies and clouds. I also do IFR flight in the Mooney and they are just as enjoyable. MSFS
October 29, 20205 yr I don't use the flight planner. So I think this limits me to traditional radio navigation. (VOR/ILS/NDB). Sometimes I can load an approach out of the blue on the default avionics, but typically it will not work well. So I just stick to skyvector and VOR/ILS | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
October 29, 20205 yr Author Sweet. I am still waiting for the sim🙂 IFR must be crazy good. Good to hear a thumbs up with the ifr as well..
October 29, 20205 yr Author 3 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said: I don't use the flight planner. So I think this limits me to traditional radio navigation. (VOR/ILS/NDB). Sometimes I can load an approach out of the blue on the default avionics, but typically it will not work well. So I just stick to skyvector and VOR/ILS Is skyvector with the sim or addon? Cheers dan
October 29, 20205 yr The biggest issue is ATC. You largely have to ignore them. It's not a very immersive experience. The AP and navigation aspects are fine. Edited October 29, 20205 yr by Virtual-Chris
October 29, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, icewater5 said: Is skyvector with the sim or addon? Cheers dan It's a website... From an airliners and glass cockpit perspective, IFR capability is not very good. If you're used to the capabilities in xp11, even when using default aircraft, you'll be disappointed in this sim. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
October 29, 20205 yr Author 1 minute ago, Virtual-Chris said: The biggest issue is ATC. You largely have to ignore them. It's not a very immersive experience. The AP and navigation aspects are fine. Thanks V-C. Good to hear. Ill look at some ATC programs.
October 29, 20205 yr Author 2 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said: It's a website... From an airliners and glass cockpit perspective, IFR capability is not very good. If you're used to the capabilities in xp11, even when using default aircraft, you'll be disappointed in this sim. Thankyou, ill look that site up
October 29, 20205 yr 4 minutes ago, Virtual-Chris said: The biggest issue is ATC. You largely have to ignore them. It's not a very immersive experience. The AP and navigation aspects are fine. ATC will step climb and descend you based on arrival and departure constraints. If its bobbing you up and down its probably to do with waypoint info in sim. Apart from that issue i hear about, i tend to get along fine with ifr in sim.
October 29, 20205 yr Author Thx AP. Sounds like a few ATC wobbles but nothing that cannot be workaround.
October 29, 20205 yr 23 minutes ago, icewater5 said: Thx AP. Sounds like a few ATC wobbles but nothing that cannot be workaround. You just need to ignore it. The ATC is not terrain aware so will have you fly into mountains if you follow their instructions. They will also have you expedite a climb to 15,000 feet when you're near your initial approach fix, only to tell you seconds later to descend to 3000'. It's maddening at times. And don't ever ask for a vector to the next waypoint unless you want to go off in a random direction. 😄
October 29, 20205 yr Author 2 minutes ago, Virtual-Chris said: You just need to ignore it. The ATC is not terrain aware so will have you fly into mountains if you follow their instructions. They will also have you expedite a climb to 15,000 feet when you're near your initial approach fix, only to tell you seconds later to descend to 3000'. It's maddening at times. And don't ever ask for a vector to the next waypoint unless you want to go off in a random direction. 😄 OK🙂 So just continue with the basic plan/approach path. Will do
October 29, 20205 yr flightplanner is buggy but latest beta of Little Nav Map has support for MSFS 2020 .PLN files, so create your complex flight plan in LNM and export .PLN then import into the flight planner, works a treat. Sometimes (don't know why) I have to reselect SID/STAR and I always have to select gate/ramp through the UI from the drop down menu, not using the zoom in feature (because this wipes your imported flightplan) Thomas Derbyshire
October 29, 20205 yr Author 6 minutes ago, sidfadc said: flightplanner is buggy but latest beta of Little Nav Map has support for MSFS 2020 .PLN files, so create your complex flight plan in LNM and export .PLN then import into the flight planner, works a treat. Sometimes (don't know why) I have to reselect SID/STAR and I always have to select gate/ramp through the UI from the drop down menu, not using the zoom in feature (because this wipes your imported flightplan) Thx. Funny that, I tend to avoid zoom iff there are other commands available in all kinds of programs. Looks like a good program though on the default, Will check it out.
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