RC3 is really good, well done guys. Adds a whole new dimension to simming!One question- I store most of my flight plans as files for the PIC FMC (since I fly PIC a lot). Is there any way to make these FMC flightplans into RC3 flights? If it is possible, will the RC3 controllers recognize any alt restrictions from the FMC vertical nav?Thanks,Bruce.

>One question- I store most of my flight plans as files for >the PIC FMC (since I fly PIC a lot). Is there any way to >make these FMC flightplans into RC3 flights? If it is >possible, will the RC3 controllers recognize any alt >restrictions from the FMC vertical nav? Bruce,Yes, it's a simple matter to convert your PIC *.rte plans to a format useable by RC3. All you need is Jason Barlow's freeware utility for converting *.rte format to *.pln format - pic2fs.zip available from the libraries at Flightsim.com and AVSIM.com.This is a command-line utility so read the included instructions carefully if you're not familiar with this type of program! Once you have converted all your plans, simply load the *.pln version of your chosen flight into RC3 and the *.rte version into the PIC FMC in the normal way. Although RC3 and PIC work separately, they are then working from identical data. If you have a lot of *.rte plans to convert, you'll be glad to know pic2fs version 1.2 (I think that's the latest) has a batch processing facility. I converted all 309 of the real-world B767/757 plans I released for PIC to *.pln format (10 at a time) and used them during testing without problems.The answer to your question, "will the RC3 controllers recognize any alt restrictions from the FMC vertical nav?", is no, they won't. This, however, is not a limitation of RC3 but of the *.pln format. Only one level is allowed in a *.pln file so the converter strips out all the PIC level information.PeteP;http://jdtllc.com/images/RCbeta.jpg

Thanks Pete,I appreciate the help.Bruce.

Hi Pete,I can't find this file at either of AVSIM nor Flightsim. I did a search on "PIC" at AVSIM, and nothing like this came up. Could you please e-mail me the file?Thanks for any help,Bruce.

>Hi Pete, >>I can't find this file at either of AVSIM nor Flightsim. I >did a search on "PIC" at AVSIM, and nothing like this came >up. Could you please e-mail me the file? >>Thanks for any help, >>Bruce. I cant find it either Pete. Is that the right zip file name ?Jim

Bruce/Jim,Yes, you're absolutely right - it's not in either library. I'm sorry for the 'bum steer' but I assure you it was there when I last looked! This probably means that Jason has withdrawn it for some reason or other so I'm not sure about sending it out. However, I can't see anything in the documentation to prevent redistribution in its original form so if you want to send an e-mail to [email protected] with the subject line 'PIC2FS' I'll attach it and send it back to you.Pete;http://jdtllc.com/images/RCbeta.jpg

Bruce,Being a hard core PICster myself here's how I do it -Grab the FP off the web or construct using FS Build.Export to FS Nav, fine tune, Sids, Stars etc.Export this to FS2002 giving you a *.pln for RC to work with.Now, you could of course import this into PICs FMC but I'll always enter the route manually. Save this as as an *.rte (same name as the pln naturally) for next time :)If the flight involves step climbing then simply use your initial FL for the FP. At the appropriate time it's just a case of requesting a higher FL from RC.

Thanks Pete- I have sent you the e-mail (I did get an auto reply indicating you were moving?).Thanks for any help,Bruce.

Thanks Dean,That's a good procedure you have there. I might try that.Thanks,Bruce.

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