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Yeah I click lnav and vnav on but it doesn't seem to descend automatically nor show me my top of descent. I'm a little confused.
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Yeah I click lnav and vnav on but it doesn't seem to descend automatically nor show me my top of descent. I'm a little confused.
Next flight post some screenshots of your legs page on the fmc.
Also in cruise, on the progress page, it should tell you the distance to t/d
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Bang on with this. I've ditched all my Ortho attempts - too much like hard work and bought the central Orbx stuff and its amazing. So real!
Shame that they have such little available for X Plane 11. Anyone know if they have plans to expand their X Plane 11 catalogue beyond just Britain? They have loads for other areas around the world for FSX.
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Will do.
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The true earth stuff is only recently out so they will be loads more to come a bnelive they are now slowly doing America.
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Could say the same about us who use P3D 
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Just been mooching round their forum and it seems like they have a good chunk of stuff planned for release this year for XP11. Seems like the west coast of the US is planned with Washington state being the first and perhaps a few more territories in Europe.
I have noticed XP11 releases in general have really taken off which is great news as I love it. But ORBX stuff is very awesome
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I have noticed XP11 releases in general have really taken off which is great news as I love it. But ORBX stuff is very awesome
Figured out my 737-800 woes. I've switched over to using the Zibo mod and the FMC is much better on there. I think I was missing out pressing execute on a particular page so I repeated my Heathrow to Edinburgh flight again and it was flawless this time, switched speeds and altitudes right where it was supposed to, landed flawlessly. Small steps each time building up my ability to use all the games features.
Some little bumps on the way with the route planning, just some minor improvements and tweaks to make to it and it should be spot on. The STAR used to the approach was a bit weird and required a sharp 270 degree turn at the end to line up to the runway which was a bit odd. Might have to look into it to see if there is a better way.
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Sorry for the delay, but tried it out briefly earlier today. Just messing about with a Cessna. Its pretty damned good with the Orbx stuff but super computer intensive. Its VERY demanding. But it was decent enough. I'm minded to try a 737-800 in it now and use the hand controllers that come with the Rift to switch the buttons on and off and things like that. It was cool, but I've got to have a play with some of the settings to make it a bit more playable and less prone to stuttering.
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OK, so I'm still having a little trouble with ILS approaches using the Zibo mod. I'm trying to do a flight from Copenhagen to Cardiff, with this route:
EKCH/30 LANGO2D LANGO M611 DEGUL DCT DHE DCT SOMPO UP999 EEL UN872
PAM UL980 IDRID UM40 RINIS M40 SABER L980 LAM L179 CPT CDF1C EGFF/30
So I set my STAR to CDF1C and select my ILS30Y as my ILS approach, so it takes me from CPT to ABDAL then to BRI but then my plane heads directly to Cardiff airport - taking the direct route, not lining up with runway 30 at all.
Can anyone point me to something I'm doing wrong here? Is there a step I've missed out? Was it all fine but I should have pushed the APP button around BRI?
Bit confused....
EKCH/30 LANGO2D LANGO M611 DEGUL DCT DHE DCT SOMPO UP999 EEL UN872
PAM UL980 IDRID UM40 RINIS M40 SABER L980 LAM L179 CPT CDF1C EGFF/30
So I set my STAR to CDF1C and select my ILS30Y as my ILS approach, so it takes me from CPT to ABDAL then to BRI but then my plane heads directly to Cardiff airport - taking the direct route, not lining up with runway 30 at all.
Can anyone point me to something I'm doing wrong here? Is there a step I've missed out? Was it all fine but I should have pushed the APP button around BRI?
Bit confused....
Are you setting the Nav frequencies and course headings for the ILS?
If not then check the charts for the approach. You can also find this info on the Fmc.
You need to set both courses to the runway heading. And both Nav radios to the ils frequency. Once you get to approx 10 miles away you should be at the hight which is the top of the glide slope (usually around 3000ft) and are able to select approach.
I strongly suggest watching the likes of FD2S for the proper procedure. Skip to 1:20.00 for the decent and approach.
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Are you setting the Nav frequencies and course headings for the ILS?
If not then check the charts for the approach. You can also find this info on the Fmc.
You need to set both courses to the runway heading. And both Nav radios to the ils frequency. Once you get to approx 10 miles away you should be at the hight which is the top of the glide slope (usually around 3000ft) and are able to select approach.
I strongly suggest watching the likes of FD2S for the proper procedure. Skip to 1:20.00 for the decent and approach.
Thanks for the reply. I am setting the frequency correctly, just pressing the buttons in the map view for ease, and setting course headings on the AP controls.
I started the flight from cold and dark so am wondering if I was doing something wrong or not setting something on the radio control panel between the fmcs perhaps? When I got visual of the airport, just after Bristol, I pressed the APP button but it did nothing.
One thing I've noticed that I didn't do was switch the transponder to on, would that have been the reason?
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No, the transponder is a different thing entirely.
There's not a lot required for ILS to work, you need NAV1 and NAV2 frequencies set. Both Course headings set and to be appox 3000ft 10 miles out, and it should pick up the localiser and the purple diamonds should appear on the PFD as below:
If you hit APP at this point is should just follow the glideslope.
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Hmmm trial and error with me in this game!
I'll give it another go soon. I'm trying to learn but there is a lot to get the hang of. I have no idea yet what to do at airports that don't have ILS! I just manually fly it and land it somewhere on the runway
I'll give it another go soon. I'm trying to learn but there is a lot to get the hang of. I have no idea yet what to do at airports that don't have ILS! I just manually fly it and land it somewhere on the runway
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