Bob Fiedler
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Look at page 7 of the manual.
"A vertical green line at the left of a waypoint marks this waypoint as part of a SID or STAR."
Bob F.
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For those who didn't get it, BOD means Beginning Of Descent. TOC means Top Of Climb.
Bob F.
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It's only good for the one time though. If you should lose the installation for some reason like "hard disk crash" or unintentional wipeout, you can't redownload and use the same key.
Bob F.
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it's built into the program under the "options" menu.
Bob F.
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Since it is only "not good" for you, I suggest that the problem lies somewhere else. Thousands of others are enjoying the hell out of it. Probably the others you were flying with too!
Bob F.
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Sometimes the directional gyro gets out of whack and although the heading is entered right, the aircraft heads in a slightly different direction.
Try pressing the "D" key to reset the gyro. If you are viewing the panel, the heading needle should jump a bit and the heading inputs from FSNav should put you back on track.
Bob F.
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ATC and GPS only know what the filed plan is in FS9. Once you have changed the plan in FSNav, you have to reexport it to FS9 and reload it in the flight planner. Now the airplane will start the whole flight over again unless you click the big cene\ter button of the GPS and then step through the plan to the next point in the flight as you are flying it, Then press the
Menu button and the option to "fly from this point" or something like that appears. Then press the GPS ent button and the flight will continue from there and ATC should be aware of the change.
This is all from a failing memory, but it should be close. The details are in the GPS manual.
Bob F.
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I'm sorry! I missed that part about FS2002. I don't have FS2002 on my system anymore. I duplicated your route in FSNavigator 4.7 for FS9.
It exported just fine. You will run out of fuel a couple of times though.
Maybe someone else with FS2002 loaded can help you more.
Bob F.
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FSNavigator export requires an origin airport or runway and a destination airport or runway as a minimum. Is it possible that one or the other was omitted?
Bob F.
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I need to caveat my last post. The FSNav programming should not require the runway in order to autocalculate the route using SIDs and STARs. However, there is GREAT utility in FSNav in that you can insert the runway for the ILS procedure and have autopilot fly that procedure.
When I was doing my flight plan from Atlanta to Miami, I tried to select the Cypress Three STAR with a St Petersburg VOR transition (PIE.CYY3). FSNav had PIE.CYY3 in its database, but does not allow selection of that STAR, it forces me to choose a Miami runway and ignores the Cypress Three STAR when calculating the route. So that raises another question - If FSNav has all the US STARs in its database, why doesn't it use them properly during the autocalculate route mode? Is there a method to force FSNav to use the correct STAR?
While "autoroute" may not select the star of your preference, you can manually enter the STAR.
I start by going to the PLAN portion of the program and clicking on the brown button, if the list of SIDS/STARs is not showing.
Then selecting the US and finally Miami.
IF I havent already, I enter the Airport in the plan. No runway yet, just the airport.
Now, with Miami highlighted, I select any runway under the STAR list and then click the "chevron" which brings up the complete list of STARs for the airport.
Now I can select the PIE - St. Petersburg STAR (changing the + to a -), and a list of the STARS by runway appears.
Now I can highlight the runway of my choice, right click, and select "send to flight plan.
That's it, I think.
I don't use these very much, but I think that is as close as you can come.
Subsequent use of the "Autoroute" should append the rest of the missing flightplan, assuming you also have a originating airport or runway in the plan.
Hope this is clear enough to be of some help and is somewhat accurate.
Bob F.
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FSNavagator doesn't have disks, so I imagine that it is looking for your installation of FS9. Have you already reinstalled that?
Bob F.
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When you ran FSNavDBC did you have all of your scenery areas checked in the list? And, did you wait for the program to completely run?
Bob F.
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Try the user's manual that comes with the program. Very comprehensive.
Bob F.
P.S. Etc. is short for Et Cetera (and soforth).
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I don't think you will be able to map the Ctrl key or the Alt key or the Shift key or the Caps Lock key or the Tab key or the Backspace key to do anything other than what the operating system already has assigned them to do.
The Ctrl and Alt keys are meant to be used in conjunction with other keys and not independantly.
I have a CH ProThrottle and I have the ~ key mapped to a hat switch on that. I also have the 1, 2 and 3 keys mapped to buttons on the throttle.
Many other functions are also mapped to the many switches available.
I have a five-button Microsoft corded optical mouse which allows me to map the left rear button to F9 to toggle FSNavigator on and off. I also use the Scroll wheel (which can be depressed as a key) to switch tasks so that I can have the Traffic Toolbox map running and just toggle back and forth to The FS9 window(s) and the Map window.
FSUIPC allows you to assign mapping of keys also, but I don't think you can use the Ctrl key by itself.
Bob F.
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Per the manual:
Making your own SID/STARS
If you have the necessary maps and descriptions you can make the SIDs and STARs for an airport yourself. Making a
SID or STAR is like manually making one half of a flight plan. But don’t think it is an easy job to do.
A SID should always begin with a runway, and end with a VOR, NDB, ISEC or Fix point. If it ends with a Fix point,
then this Fix should be given a name manually. Important is also that the first waypoint after the departing runway lies in
line with it using the runway heading.
A STAR must always begin with a VOR, NDB, ISEC or Fix point, and end with a runway (landing runway). If it starts
with a Fix point, this Fix should be given a name manually. The last waypoint before the landing runway should be in
line with the landing runway as much as possible.
A SID or STAR must not necessarily end/begin with a waypoint that is connected to an airway.
A bearing point is a point included in the flight plan to use as a reference in creating another point. It is not a part of the route and as such, can't be used as a "destination point" for a SID.
Hope this helps!
Bob F.
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Even if you do "auto calculate", you can edit the result and add or remove waypoints or even runways of your choice.
Bob F.
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You are right that ATC doesn't recognize FSNavigator flight plans. I still make my flight plan in FSNavigator, save it, and then export it to FS9.
After returning to the FS9 window, I go to the flight plan window, clear any already loaded plan and load the new one. Now the ATC menu will allow me to register my flight plan and ask for IFR clearance.
I have the option of flying the plan manually, waiting for ATC to vector me, or using the GPS and NAV1 to automatically fly the plan. With the last option, ATC will still vector you away from the plan as you near your destination. ATC may have differing altitude requirements along the way also.
Bob F.
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I found the manual to be very comprehensive. The program is very feature rich and to describe all of the commands and options takes a lot of explaning. You might print it out and refer to it as you go. A tutorial would have to cover the same ground and would probably be overwhelming. There is no "normal" way to use the program. Each user applies those features that serve his/her intentions best. There are some features that I haven't ever tried yet. After 5+ years of using the program. When I do, I'll go read that section of the manual that covers the function.
Bob F.
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I don't know! I wouldn't think so because the file is read by the program to create the parameters of the aircraft in the table shown when the "airplane" logo is activated. I don't know how you would cause it to skip unrelated data. Try it though. You can't do much that can't be undone by deleting the additions. These comments would not show up in the program window though. Incidentely, be careful to locate any added aircraft alphabetically in the listing so they can be found in the program.
Bob F.
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It is in the FSNavigator folder in the Modules folder of FS9.
Bob F.
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In the upper left window, You can enter the name or the ICAO code in the upper line and the location will show in the lower window, Right clicking on the location of your choice will bring up a menu which includes "send to flight plan".
However, zooming in is a fairly simple matter of creating a box around a location on the map with the cursor. When you are finished, the "plus" icon in the right vertical menu will return you to the previous view(s).
When "zoomed in" a right click on a location (with the info box showing) will bring up a menu allowing you to send it to the flight plan also.
You can create your own "fixes" by clicking a a location that has no identity info box and dragging (with the left cursor) or showing the menu choices (with the right cursor). These will get an identity of "Fix1, fix2, etc, in the flight plan and will be, temporarily shown on the map for that session or if the plan is saved and recalled.
Hope this helps some.
Bob F.
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What a lot of people do is try to find an existing airplane that is similar to the new one and use or modify the specs to suit the specifics of the new airplane.
The "Aircraft.ini" file is not "picked up" from FS9, but is a part of the downloaded program. I agree that it would be nice if someone would create and publish the specs for add-on aircraft, but it hasn't, to my knowledge, been done. When you think about it, it would be quite a daunting task to be comprehensive. There must be many thousands of aircraft out there.
Bob F.
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What do you mean by "can not"? New aircraft specs can be entered either by clicking on the "airplane icon" in the upper tool bar and then clicking new in the subsequent window or by directly editing the "Aircraft.ini" file in the Modules/FSNavigator folder.
In both cases you have to have the pertinent information about the aircraft to enter. FYI, Withoutash means "Autopilot without air speed hold".
The aircraft.ini file can only be edited while FS9 is not running.
Bob F.
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I don't have that or any other really complex add-on scenery, but I have heard, right here on this forum, that they can really slow down the database build process,
I suggest that you run run the database build program either in the night before retiring or in the morning before leaving for work. It should be ready by the time you return to the computer.
Without those types of scenery bgls, the database program takes less than five minutes.
Bob F.
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in FSNavigator Support Forum
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When you have your flight plan complete, use the "export" function to export it in FS2004 format. Then use the Flight planning menu in FS2004 to load the plan either as IFR or VFR. It will then be shown on the GPS. You can choose to either fly manually or with GPS control or FSNav control.
Be sure to save your flight plan in FSNav first! I use "cut and paste" for the file names so the export file has the same name.
Good luck!
Bob F.