RNAV Approaches

[piperarrow41 4]

Are RNAV approaches working in the sim?  When I activate an RNAV approach in the Longitude it reverses course and flies back to the previous waypoint on the flight plan.  It does not fly to the IAF.  Glide slope also does not react and stays pegged at the bottom of the glide slope scale even when intercept should be happening.  Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.

[Wnuk 12]

The U turn is a bug in MSFS. No eta on when there will be a fix. 

Edited March 25, 2021 by Wnuk

[Bert Pieke 7,585]

As is the glideslope...  broken..

[kiwikat 506]

Use the WT CJ4 instead. Done many rnav approaches without any problem.

[piperarrow41 4]

Thanks for the info, just wanted to make sure it wasn't a problem on my end.  The WT CJ4 is definitely my favorite aircraft in FS2020.

[MrFuzzy 2,118]

16 hours ago, piperarrow41 said:

Are RNAV approaches working in the sim?  When I activate an RNAV approach in the Longitude it reverses course and flies back to the previous waypoint on the flight plan.  It does not fly to the IAF.  Glide slope also does not react and stays pegged at the bottom of the glide slope scale even when intercept should be happening.  Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.

This is a general issue of all aircraft's autopilots in MSFS. When you set up any kind of approach on the fly, the aircraft starts turning in circles or makes a 180 (when it doesn't crash to desktop...)

A workaround I found is this: immediately after you enter the approach procedure, set the A/P with the DIR function in order to head directly to the first waypoint of the approach path. Sometimes one DIR trick is sufficient, otherwise you may have to repeat the procedure later for other waypoints.

[Chock 17,769]

Another workaround, and guys, guys, hear me out! I know it's radical, but you can actually try flying the aeroplane yourself. 🤣

Edited March 26, 2021 by Chock

[MrFuzzy 2,118]

7 minutes ago, Chock said:

Another workaround, and guys, guys, hear me out! I know it's radical, but you can actually try flying the aeroplane yourself.

50% of the times I have to land the A320 manually 🙂

[Dominique_K 10,146]

27 minutes ago, Chock said:

Another workaround, and guys, guys, hear me out! I know it's radical, but you can actually try flying the aeroplane yourself. 🤣

Yes, this is what I do. The MFS G3X cannot automate a RNAV without botching it  but the screen gives the waypoints with their altitudes. I love this kind of flying but it might be time for MS to implement  automation. Like if we were serious simmers.

Edited March 26, 2021 by Dominique_K

[Will Fly For Cheese 1,710]

23 minutes ago, Chock said:

Another workaround, and guys, guys, hear me out! I know it's radical, but you can actually try flying the aeroplane yourself. 🤣

Don't be ridiculous Chock.

That's a final break point, last ditch stand, "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE", written my will on the back of the sick bag, option to be used only in a dire emergency.

Edited March 26, 2021 by Will Fly For Cheese

[Alpine Scenery 1,609]

I've done a few "RNAV" in the CJ4, but I manually corrected the descent using VS Pitch to match the slope indicator. The auto-descent on an RNAV seems a bit buggy sometimes, but I don't know I'm not an expert at using this plane.

Working Title CJ4 VNAV Descent and RNAV Approach

Edited March 26, 2021 by Alpine Scenery

[Bobsk8 12,723]

I use Avliasoft EFB to set up all my approaches, visual, Rnav and ILS.  They all work perfectly every time. 

[EmaRacing 302]

Sometimes approaches look a bit like this on the world map:

How do you manage them? Are they wrongly coded inside the sim or am I doing something wrong? I just try and pick the less messed up for the runway that I want, when it happens.

[FPStewy 538]

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

I use Avliasoft EFB to set up all my approaches, visual, Rnav and ILS.  They all work perfectly every time. 

How can they work perfectly when the markers for Rnav don't even exist in MSFS. Also it's not even on their roadmap to even fix.

[Bobsk8 12,723]

2 minutes ago, FPStewy said:

How can they work perfectly when the markers for Rnav don't even exist in MSFS. Also it's not even on their roadmap to even fix.

Aivlasoft reads whatever is in the sim as well as my PF3 Atc program, So  they all connect together. No point in trying to fly an approach that isn't in the sim.