Posts by rocco_mx

  • LNAV can´t follow magenta path if there is a INTC leg

    Just checked last AFS4 update and seems like the issue with INTC legs is finally fixed!

    At least all approaches that couldn't be completed in my above post (D23 MMMM, D26 MMMZ and D36 MMVR) now can be flown and finished.

    Thank you for solving this, took some time but looks like LNAV now works as it should :thumbup:

    I was a bit disappointed at first but now that it's fixed I have the motivation to go back to airport creation tool and continue working hard ;)

  • Fidelity

    Quote from Jet-Pack (IPACS)

    From what I heard from real pilots is that the free 737 Zibo mod for X-Plane 12 comes closer to the real thing than the PMDG add-on but that was many years ago, not sure if thst is still the case.

    Anyway, the Aerofly FS 737 is also pretty good I think and we even have the 737 MAX, NG and classic.

    Oh yes, Zibo is on par, if not better, than PMDG 737.

    Zibo mod alone is worth the price of XPlane and is continually updated and refined by it´s developers (Zibo and Twkster) and tested by a great community of real and virtual 737 pilots.

  • Navigation Database AIRAC Cycle, Navigraph

    Quote from Jet-Pack (IPACS)

    We are, but you also have to understand our side. We just can't afford a million dollar database or what ever the current prices are right now. This database being out of date is not an issue if you ask most of the users. Only the top 1% players would notice a difference and most of them are here in the forums because they are dedicated enough to make a user account and check for new posts in the community. But it's far from an average sample of all users. Our estimate is that most users have never created a single navigation route in Aerofly, so how would the majority of users even notice. And then again 90% of the old database is probably still accurate till today and just using the sim alone it's still very accurate and you would not even notice many issues at all, except a few airports where the runway layout has changed. Only if you bring your other apps into play does it become an issue.

    I may be wrong but I think supporting Navigraph in your sim doesn't mean you have to purchase the data yourself from them to redistribute it to all your customers, as far as I know you only need to become a Navigraph developer, develop for them in your sim using their tools and they will provide the data (in your own format) to the authorized end users, the ones with an active paid subscription who as a big number of subscribers (regardless if they use MSFS, X.plane or Aerofly) are the ones that "pay" for the whole current Navigraph data.

    Correct me if I am wrong but at least that is what I understood from here:

    The Navigraph Model | Navigraph Developer Portal
    A description of the way that Navigraph authorizes access to its services, free of charge for any developers.
    developers.navigraph.com

  • LNAV can´t follow magenta path if there is a INTC leg

    Quote from Mr_Smith

    I have reported this issue a year ago or so. Are bugs not logged internally?

    Yeah, I saw what you wrote but wasn't sure if it was the same issue so I decided to make this new post instead of reviving a year old one.

    I really hope the IPACS team get it fixed someday because there are a lot of approaches to airports of my country that are unflyable right now, same thing happens in both 737ng and A320

  • Navigation Database AIRAC Cycle, Navigraph

    Quote from FrankLFRS

    Business is business, it does not work like this.

    Access to Navigraph charts only works while you are subscribed of course but navigation data on your sim (the Airac cycle database you download to your sim) is not deleted once you cancel your subscription so although you can not update it anymore if you no longer have an active subscription you can still use that (outdated) data. In X-Plane this data measures about 150 Mb.


    In the past Navigraph used to offer a cheaper plan for updating Navigation data only but now they only offer a $10/month flat rate plan (charts, navdata and current Simbrief Airac).

  • LNAV can´t follow magenta path if there is a INTC leg

    Quote from Jet-Pack (IPACS)

    Thanks, can you please screenshot the route in the navigation menu so that we can reproduce it?

    of course

    also the next two route/approaches also can´t be finished:

    to be fair not all approaches with INTC legs are unflyable, the next one is similar to the above approaches but it follows the magenta flight path up to the runway:


    sorry about the quality of the menu screenshots but had to use my cell phone because AF FS4 wouldn´t allow me to do it directly on the PC

    Regards

  • LNAV can´t follow magenta path if there is a INTC leg

    Seems like AP LNAV can´t follow the magenta flight path if one of the legs (on the legs page of the CDU) is a INTC leg


    instead it just continues on the same heading without turning to the next waypoint:


    The workaround is going to the location menu and set the aircraft position on the map a little ahead of the last waypoint before INTC (between D103P and D077N in this case) and resume navigation from there, then the AP flies the route beautifully, but again having to pause the simulation and respawn the aircraft kills the immersion.

    @Jet-Pack (IPACS) Do you know if there are plans to fix this kind of INTC legs?

    I think this topic or something similar has been discussed before in this thread:

    Post

    RE: Minor LNAV Issue

    Thanks for the report, we'll check if we can prevent that issue at the intercept point.
    Jet-Pack (IPACS)
    January 11, 2023 at 8:55 PM

    Regards