Mauleflyer

Got it figured out. Thanks for the help.

It is set up like , however the hat takes you to those specific views, it is not truly freeview. It wants to go back to forward view over the panel once the switch is released.

I tried this, it still doesn’t give free view look inside like the mouse, it only goes to specific views. Maybe I didn’t something wrong.

faaerodata claims it updates and adds approaches. IDK.

I have purchased fsaerodata and installed latest airac data 1804. fsaerodata says that it updates the approaches and installs new approaches in P3D however I see no new approaches in the ATC pull down menu. What is up with that? Any suggestions?

It has a lot of promise but it is very buggy and crashes to desk top a lot. I have been very frustrated with it.

i waited until most of my add-ons were V4 compatible. Bit the bullet last week and reloaded Windows 10 and purchased V4. It took me a day and a half to get everything re-downloaded in V4 compatible versions and place it in V4. Was it worth it? Hell yes, I have seen a 20-30 fps increase with V4.

I downloaded the fee skins, where do i place them in P3DV4? They look like texture files in a folder called Objects. I did this for V3 but beats the hell out of me if i remember how I did it. Do you have to modify CFG file?

I'm running Windows 10 as well. I have the newest versions and have reloaded them several times with the same issue. There is a thread somewhere about this same exact problem in FSX but I am running P3D. Carenado claims it is a P3DV3 issue but if that was true everyone would be having the issue.

Bought and installed into V3. Missing textures and control issues. Anybody else having this problem?

Anyone having missing textures when installing into P3DV3 like me? Also control issues like the throttle?

Having this problem in P3DV3, will this fix work there as well?

Some good ideas here. Since I'm just getting back into it, I am on a learning curve a bit. I did purchase the GTN 650 as that is what I have in my Maule Mx-7 that I am IFR training in. I have a subscription to Garmin's Nav data base but I could not figure out how to update the Sim version. I know some or maybe a lot of the GPS approaches are out of date compared to what my Garmin Pilot shows for the approach plate. If there is a good link to directions on how to do this I would appreciate it. Garmin's website is not the most intuitive for sure. I also noticed that not all the GPS/RNAV approaches are available in P3DV3. Does Lockheed update that at least? Thanks for all the help.

Thanks all. I am somewhat surprised that Lockheed would not globally update the data. After all they are supposedly the developers going forward and they sell it as a training tool. For me it is real world training at this point so it's a bit frustrating. I don't think Prepard3D will be a viable sim training tool until that is done. Microsoft was able to do it so I cant image it is that difficult.

I've been in and out of simming for almost 20 years (yikes). I recently got back into after reading about P3DV3 and of course had to buy a new computer to go with it. While I am very happy with what I see and how it runs, I am sort of sad to see that the aviation data base hasn't been updated since FSX or am I wrong. What I mean to say is that airports that have changed identifiers are still the old identifiers from years ago. Allentown/Queen City airport has long been changed to KXLL, frequencies are old and airports that have added towers still are not Class D airports in the data base. For example, KUNV added a tower about 3 years ago but in P3D its still uncontrolled. Am I missing something or is this something that Lockheed hasn't gotten around to yet? Will it be updated?

For what it is worth, LNAV + V approaches are not real vertical guidance, it is referred to advisory guidance and is proprietary to the maker of the NAV. It is generated via an algorithm in the NAV. It is supposed to help the pilot with the step down procedure shown in the profile view. I can guarantee you though, if you keep the cross hairs centered it is as good as any precision approach and I would bet my life on it.

Jim, that very well is the issue then. So it is limited to the Garmin trainer even though Garmin updates their (real) data bases on a monthly basis? How far out of date is the trainer? I can assure you that in the real world, KDYL has RNAV approaches to 5 and 23 (LNAV+V) approaches. I fly them all the time. thanks for all your help!

Jim, I will try the update tonight and let you know. Thanks

Maybe I'm crazy. When doing a RNAV (LNAV+V) into KDYL (my home airport in the real world) in the PD3 Maule, and using the Flight 1 GTN650 set to Com1/Nav1. I get lateral guidance but there is absolutely no yellow tabs indicating vertical guidance. So frustrating. I haven't tried a ILS to see if I get vertical guidance on those approaches.

Why is there no glideslope in any of the default aircraft? I dont understand that.

In Prepar3D, the King Air is a glass cockpit (not G1000). The default Mooney (non G1000) doesn't have a GS, only a HSI and VOR.

I need an AC with a GS in Nav1. ​ Almost no default AC have glide slopes and none in Nav 1 spot, why? I remember FSX with this feature.

No, I am using Prepard3dV3 and neither the Maule or the Beech has a GS. How do I reprogram Nav2 to Nav1?​

I made some progress. I was able to take the glide slope out of the Caranado 208 and place it in the Maule panel. However this glide slope was operated from Nav 2 and is called VOR2. I replaced the HSI in the Maule panel with this so i figured that it would operate from Nav1 but that is not he case. it is slaved to Nav2. There is more then changing the name of the gage to VOR from VOR2 as I found out. How do i get NAV1 to operate this?

The Beech Baron in Prepard3D has a HSI and what appears to be a NDB (i dont remember). However the HSI is just that, no glide slope.