It is here in flightsimming that a real paradox appears. P3D and its predecessor FSX utilise a runway platform with a flat field, which is not the case in reality. Approach and departure ends of some runways are quite different in elevation. In RW instrumentation the approach end particularly is properly set, but in FSX/P3D it can vary many feet from the true elevation. To use FSX/P3D as a professional training tool would require the introduction of contoured runways for precision approaches, as in XP,
A slight shift of topic, but YBCG is my nearest major airport, where an ILS is being installed at the insistence of international airlines. There are excellent published RNAV approaches already and airlines with properly equipped aircraft are able to make almost all approaches without missing out at minimums. The new ILS will not be Cat 111 so no autoland, therefore the only difference will be a much longer straight final leg with mimima about the same. Local conservatism v new technology can turn into a political debate
RNAV: What’s In A Name?
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It is here in flightsimming that a real paradox appears. P3D and its predecessor FSX utilise a runway platform with a flat field, which is not the case in reality. Approach and departure ends of some runways are quite different in elevation. In RW instrumentation the approach end particularly is properly set, but in FSX/P3D it can vary many feet from the true elevation. To use FSX/P3D as a professional training tool would require the introduction of contoured runways for precision approaches, as in XP,
A slight shift of topic, but YBCG is my nearest major airport, where an ILS is being installed at the insistence of international airlines. There are excellent published RNAV approaches already and airlines with properly equipped aircraft are able to make almost all approaches without missing out at minimums. The new ILS will not be Cat 111 so no autoland, therefore the only difference will be a much longer straight final leg with mimima about the same. Local conservatism v new technology can turn into a political debate