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FS2004 Transition errors

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I noticed that on some stock airports in FS9 that a red indicator shows on some of the legs of an approach. The stock EGCC is one example. The RWY06R ILS approach has a red segement on the curved turn before final. This appears on all transitions since this segement is shared by them all for runway 6 right (I know the runway has been renumbered and I will do that when I resolve this issue).

The red bordered box has the following information:

Transition type: CF
Fix Type: T_Waypoint
Heading 318.9 mag
Length 1.9nm
Course is not correct

Can anyone shed some light on this?

I have noticed the same at other default airports such as KIAD.

Thanks for any help!

Nigel
 
The Answer is in your Post:

Course is not correct

Set the correct Course and you solve it.
 
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Thanks for your speedy reply! How do I correct the course heading? Since these are default FS9 airports I am talking about, I would have thought the approaches would have no errors. Yet these errors appear at several stock airports. Am I assuming too much regarding Microsoft's skills at writing approaches without errors?

Nigel
 
Transition DALEY

and the last TransitionLeg CF

the right Course is between 306 and 326 Degrees,
I have get 316 Degrees, the half of the Difference
and than it will change the Colour to Mangenta in ADE9X.

At Transition DAYNE you do the same and it will to Mangenta Color change.

At Transition MCT the same how above.

At Transition MIRSI the same how above.

At Transition ROSUN the same how above.

This is for R06R:VORDME

Control all the others and then save it at:

Addon Scenery Folder in the Scenery Folder.

Start FS and control it by GPS.
 
Bambi_007 said:
Transition DALEY

and the last TransitionLeg CF

the right Course is between 306 and 326 Degrees,
I have get 316 Degrees, the half of the Difference
and than it will change the Colour to Mangenta in ADE9X.

At Transition DAYNE you do the same and it will to Mangenta Color change.

At Transition MCT the same how above.

At Transition MIRSI the same how above.

At Transition ROSUN the same how above.

This is for R06R:VORDME

Control all the others and then save it at:

Addon Scenery Folder in the Scenery Folder.

Start FS and control it by GPS.
Click to expand...

Very nicely done Sandra :)
 
nigelb said:
Thanks for your speedy reply! How do I correct the course heading? Since these are default FS9 airports I am talking about, I would have thought the approaches would have no errors. Yet these errors appear at several stock airports. Am I assuming too much regarding Microsoft's skills at writing approaches without errors?

Nigel
Click to expand...

Nigel

We have to assume that no one at MS sat there and wrote every single approach. Most of the approach code was contracted out and I have to speculate that scanners read in the ARINC 424 approach plate data the same when the software is updated to a FMC or GPS.

Most headings are captured properly if listed on the approach plates but the curved headings can be a guess at best. We built into the Approach Mode an error checking scheme against the ARINC 424 standard and as Sandra points out some curved courses may need tweaking. High Lite the course box and a small set of up/down arrows appear. Hold down each arrow and the course heading will change for you. When the correct course in seen by the Approach Mode Editor the line color will change.

As you continue to work with approach code you will also find that some leg types will not combine (list). ARINC 424 and ADE9X only allows the correct legtypes to follow each other. IF ARINC 424 says certain leg types do not belong together then ADE will also show you that.

Since the Approach Mode Editor is the first tool of its kind for FS9/FSX our release does not have all the possible capaibilities. In time and updated versions of ADE I will be adding some more power to the Approach Mode Editor (with additional automation).
 
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Thanks guys! I am off to try it now.

Nigel

Hey, it works! Thanks again. Raises another question, however. Since it appears that many airports with a curved leg have this error, what, if anything, is the affect on AI aircraft? I don't often use the GPS because I have FSNAV which has independant STAR's so I am not bothered if it does affect the GPS.
 
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None, since AI aircraft do not use the IF, CF, AF, etc. legs. They only use the information in the main ILS approach header - the location of the FAF, and the heading from there to the runway.

Hope this helps,
 
Thanks, Tom! Yes it does help - it means I don't need to worry about editing hundreds of approaches.

Nigel
 
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