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  1. How are you confirming your winds in the sim are matching any authentic METAR data? Just because the METAR noted in MSFS is the same report, my confidence in the actual weather conditions being produced... marginal at best. How can I see what the winds are really doing in the sim?
  2. Crazy but it's the age old question - game versus simulator. I've always tried to use my simulators as just that. It's apparent other facets of the software series are more profitable, which I completely understand. I don't care about the ATIS per se, I only want to know that the winds in the simulator are close to the METAR I see on FF. I am not really sure what the sim is depicting between METAR, ATIS, REX... what are the actual wind conditions depicted? How do I confirm the Wx (wind) depiction in the simulator if the ATIS and METAR aren't saying the same thing?
  3. Morning all- I have eased my way back into MSFS to work on my Instrument Rating. I am glad to see some many improvements with MSFS over the past year. I see Wx is still a tough subject all around with the clamped down 3rd party access. I had been using REX Weather Force and see that it's similar often times to the MSFS METAR data. Fine. ATIS from MSFS doesn't match anything very close to METAR from say ForeFlight or any other online METAR source. It looks like I can take or leave REX in terms of weather depiction and complete disregard the ATIS information I hear when dialed into a local station? I trust the Wx depiction, specifically winds, are more closely aligned with the METAR data and not what ATIS is reporting? At the end of the day, I want the winds to match as close as possible to what I see on Fore Flight. That sounds like I should use Live Weather in MSFS and disregard ATIS? Thanks Benjamin
  4. Hey Bert! Ha, that's good to know and assumed that to be the case. Since I am not as plugged in as I once was, knowing what I might be missing is taking a little more research along the way.
  5. Thanks Chris. Yeah, that's what I've heard about the WT G1000NXi. I do have it installed and things appear to be improving slowly but surly. For now, I am treating any weirdness as if something was going wrong in an RW flight. You sort it out, adjust your plan and fly that plan according. I am just surprised I don't see more folks having the issue or at least noting the issue. I guess they aren't treating MSFS2020 in the same capacity or stuck with P3D / XP11 in the meantime. Benjamin
  6. Thanks for the information. I will keep my eye on the version number so I can crosscheck with current version on the street. Regarding the ILS issues and missing IAF waypoint. I ran into another one last night: KPHF - Williamsburg (ILS 25). If I select HASBA for the IAF, it will preview correctly but then skip HASBA and go directly to the STEVE INT. If I select ORF as the feeder route, the plan will load HASBA correctly. No idea why... Benjamin
  7. Hey all- I am getting my simulator system back up and running after a couple of years watching MSFS simmer. I have a couple of questions that I can't seem to find definitive answers to: How do I know if the SU8 has been installed? I go to the content manager and see 386 items installed and only world updates 'available'. Is there a specific location to see what SU is currently installed? Approaches : I have been fiddling with the GTN750 *both default gps and PMS50 gtn) and have an issue. When I activate an approach with a certain transition, it looks correct on the screen map and preview display but when the approach is loaded, it skips the IAF. My examples approach are into KHRO ILS 36 and KSGF ILS 14. For the Harrison (HRO) approach, I select the ZENUN transition and the map and plan load up heading to BOLTE. For the Springfield (SGF) approach, this happens on ILS 14. If I select BVRLY (IAF) as my transition, it only loads up from REEVZ onward and skips the IAF although the previews look ok. The results are the same when using the default GPS also. Is the GPS issue something to do with the databases used? The GPS knows the transitions as I can select them but they are not part of the flight plan once loaded. The FP goes straight to the FAF. I've noticed that right when I hit Load and Activate, the IAF will show up in the flight plan for about 1 second then the screen adjusts on the GPS to eliminate the IAF (replaced with the approach name) and goes directly to the FAF. Do I need Navigraph or some other GPS to get approaches to load correctly? Can someone test these approaches and see if they have the same results? Thanks for your help- Benjamin
  8. BTW - where do I find a road map of the 2H21 - 1H22?
  9. I am totally going to give the NXi + RY Bonanza a go. It's all about the logic and process of anticipation. The exact replica is not as critical as I make it out to be!
  10. P3D was definitely dialed in. I did reinstall the base components about a month after 2020 was released just because it was all show at that point. Since that time, I refreshed my OS and didn't have anything installed for a while. I figured MSFS had picked up steam over the year and it has. However, it is still just a little short of where P3D was in terms of my simulation. It's getting there and I will just be patient. If I can get the fundamental procedural practice between Foreflight and the GTN, that's all I really need. Things begin to break down when IAFs are absent..
  11. Yeah, the Flight1 GTN 750/650 was great on P3D + A2A PA28-181. It was about as close as I could get to my plane configuration. I have not yet ventured over to xp11.
  12. I see. My goal was to remain as true to my in-plane 650GTN for IFR practice but I'll have to deal with it in some fashion if it happens on multiple approaches. There is no doubt the PMS50 versions is vastly improved over the default navigation. I haven't checked out the NXi but it sounds like I should. It would be nice if they would share in the project with PMS50!
  13. Hey Bert - long time, no chat. I hope all is well and I am glad to see you are still engaged with the FS community. My simming took a backseat while working on my rw certificates. Kind of fun to get back into it now. I thought maybe there was something buggy as this was really my first full flight with the PMS50 GTN and I ran into this error. Seems a bit too coincidental out of the thousands of approaches. Benjamin
  14. Hey All - This is a pretty easy question but I just want to be sure before I subscribe to a NavData plan. I have been flying around Just Flight's PA28-161 + PMS50 GTN addon. I am having an issue where some approaches are accurately depicted on the GTN preview but incorrectly load and skip the IAF. My example from last night was flying into Springdale AR and shooting the ILS 18 approach. The approach appeared fine in preview but the loaded and activated / loaded plan skipped right over the IAF 'TINSE'. The waypoint was depicted but the loaded p[lan didn't load this leg and it went straight to the FAF. Is this a function of NavData being out of date or something going on with PMS50 GTN? I am wondering if I need to update the NavData for the simulator. Thanks for the help- Benjamin
  15. Yeah - I tried to update the Garmin Trainer to 3.0.0.0 and it broke the path of the Garmin Trainer for F1 GTN. I'll wait for the update. I wager Garmin focused on the newer GPS units versus my, now antiquated, GTN 650. Ha. Benjamin EDIT - Well, word not allowed. The trainer that you download from the F1 GTN tool forces and update to the trainer (v3.0.0.0). Hopefully Flight1 wont take too long to update their mapping to the trainer. I am without a GPS until then.
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