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I don't understand how we can be getting such different results on these things. I just tried David's flight from KHEG to KJAX ILS 26. Loaded the approach on the ground. Flew GPS with the AP to about 1 mile before TIKRY then manually switched the CDI to LOC1. The AP continued flying to intercept the localizer (it didn't disconnect). I pushed APPR about 1 mile before DALTN and it intercepted and tracked all the way down. I don't get it.
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I don't know how to enter the Departure so I used the World Map Planner to go IFR from KBEH to KBEH for an ILS 28 Approach. It set up a big arc and went through WOVKA, MALLY. I flew the first part manually and approaching WOVKA I switched the PFD to VOR1 and then engaged NAV mode. The localizer and GS both worked. Then I tried a GPS Direct flight from KLWA to KBEH via 40C. Used NAV mode after takeoff and selected the ILS 28 Approach from the PFD and loaded it. The autopilot took me via 40C and then on to WOVKA (though it said MALLY) then MALLY. Localized and GS worked.
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Pilot lingo question
Cavulife replied to Aptosflier's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
When you get the ATIS for your destination it will start with something like “Information Golf 2200 Zulu weatherâ€. These are updated every hour and they go in alphabetical order: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie… Golf is just one of those. If you call the tower and say you have “Foxtrotâ€, they would know that you had the previous weather report, not the current one. -
How do you Determine...
Cavulife replied to JohnnyJohnJohn's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
I use SkyVector for the winds at the takeoff and landing airports. I then select the corresponding runway from those airports and it works pretty well. -
Help!!!! Anyone?
Cavulife replied to waymon's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
It sounds like you've got the mouse set up to also handle rudders? Check that out in Options. Pan around for looking is usually right mouse button or middle mouse button. -
It seems like the people who are having problems with the Updates and Hot Fixes all purchased through MS Store? Is that true? Last year before the game came out I saw several comments on YouTube by people who said they had problems with other games through MS Store so I purchased through Steam and it's been pretty seamless for these updates. Just wondering...
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Approach and landing
Cavulife replied to SSP76's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
The GPS will not take you to the approach. You will probably be assigned your selected runway by the tower, but that may not correspond to the current wind. You can select an approach on the the GPS when you're in the plane and it will navigate you through the approach points. Just make sure you have an intermittent waypoint in your plan and you select an approach BEFORE reaching that waypoint. If you don't do this you may get routed back to the previous waypoint before continuing to the first approach waypoint. -
I'm no expert, but I've had problems activating a procedure if the current waypoint is the landing airport. I thought that might be your problem so I recreated your flight. GPS direct from KDEN to KJAC. Flew on autopilot and just after passing KSAA I activated the procedure for VOR 1 Approach to KJAC. The magenta line started where I activated it and it's taking my to the first point on the approach EBACA. It continued to fly the approach correctly to the airport. I do notice from your pic that the Autopilot was not on NAV mode. It says ROL, instead of GPS. Did you purposely do that when it started to go haywire, or is that what caused it to go haywire? Your GPS says it's taking you to EBACA, but it won't do it if the AP says ROL. Hope that helps.
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OK, if you want to give up, but it’s pretty easy to change it to what you want. Go into Options/Controls and highlight the Keyboard. Under Search by Name type Attitude Hold. It will show your CTRL+T there. Highlight the box and click Clear Current Input then Validate to clear it out. Now under Search by Name type Altitude Hold. It will probably show nothing assigned so do CTRL+T in that box.
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Hi Aptos, Regarding the rudder ball in the 152, it does move when you bank but only with a pretty big initial bank. You'll see here that it's displaced to the right so you should apply right rudder to get it back in line. I couldn't find anything under General Options for setting Auto-rudder so it's probably not on, but there are settings under the Controls. Mine are all blank as you'll see here. Maybe you should search for "Rudder" under Controls and make sure you don't have an assignment defaulted there.
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uncontrolled rolling
Cavulife replied to jtempler's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
You state that it says "X Axis" under controls. I'm using a Thrustmaster T 16000, but mine shows "Joystick L-Axis X" for the Ailerons: If I click on "Aileron Left (Roll Left)" then it says in the description that it's a digital input. I think you've just got the joystick mapped there rather than to the "Aileron Axis" like in my picture above. -
Updates?
Cavulife replied to Aptosflier's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
They definitely are not installed automatically. For each one I’ve had to go to the Marketplace and “BUY†the free tokens to install them. Give that a try and parts of your world may look much better. :) -
747 Auto-Pilot Question
Cavulife replied to SouthportGuy's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
There is a known bug currently that the planes will sometimes start on the runway with no screens. Just hit Escape and then RESTART and it will work. As for the 747, I’ve had no problems with the autopilot. Maybe check YouTube for some vids about it to see if you’re doing something wrong? -
HELP! Stuck in this menu!
Cavulife replied to Mac6737's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
Isn’t it the ESC button above the screen? -
ILS in the C172
Cavulife replied to stevetag's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 General Discussion
I can't tell which plane you're talking about because you mention the 182 glass vs the standard 172, but then you mention the diamond. I tried this ILS 7 with both versions today and the glide slope worked fine. KIZA to KSBA. In the Glass version I loaded the ILS7 Procedure via HABUT. Flew AP via HDG at first to get over mountains at 3500 then NAV to HABUT. The diamond was alive before HABUT a little above center. At GOYED the Garmin switched itself to show LOC1 selected and AP captured GS right after that. In the non glass version I entered 110.3 into NAV1, pushed the NAV/GPS button to NAV. USED AP HDG to head toward HABUT at 3500ft. This pic is right before HABUT and I was ready to set AP to NAV. Then AP to APR when both LOC & GS were about captured. The AP took me all the way down and I turned it off at about 500ft.