I’m not sure how much this has been coded into aerofly already, but it would be nice to see the Baro-VNAV function that most airliners have when it comes to flying a non precision approach. It basically involves the fms using the barometric altitude based off the altimeter to calculate a vertical glide path down the approach, whether by computing a path between two waypoints or an angle from a single waypoint. This allows the aircraft to fly down to LNAV/VNAV minima, which is just a little higher than LPV or Cat 1 ILS minima. Examples of this include the FINAL APP function in Airbus, which seems quite rudimentary in Aerofly, although it does just about work.
VNAV on non-precision approaches
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We have this but using the perfect aircraft position, not derived from barometric altitude.
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Ah ok. But sometimes I find that VNAV on the boeings doesnt compute a constant glidepath from the descent point/faf to the threshold, or rather pitches up and down to lose airspeed, while in real life it will prioritise the profile on approach, not the speed.