If you don’t see the runway at the minimum descend altitude, continue to the missed approach point and the flight plan sequencing will go into suspend. The GPS is capable of flying non-precision GPS-approaches with a localizer-like guidance and varying CDI sensitivity: The X-Plane 430 is there to help you stay alert to common errors in approach navigation: Under ATC (read: when flying online) the vector-to-final function will often be used instead of a transition: Review approach transitions and initial approach fixes:Īnd then load any approach and transition into your flight plan: With a little help from your friend, knowing when to start your descend becomes easy:įor IFR approaches, load precision and non-precision approaches from a world-wide, updatable database: Using the nearest airport function you always know your nearest alternatives for landing (though we all know X-Avion does a much better job at that!) You will be warned when you are about to violate an airspace: While flying under VFR, stay alert to any Bravo, Charlie, Delta or special use airspace in the United states (open database, user-expandable): You can then navigate along your flight plan using one of different map views that provide situational awareness: Many online services for virtual flight planning are compatible with that: Loading or saving the route works using the X-Plane FMS format. You can create directs or flight plans using a worldwide database of airports, fixes and navaids:
The new X-Plane unit can create and fly multi-leg flightplans in addition to the direct-to function:
#X PLANE 10 FLIGHT PLANNER UPGRADE#
The 430W is a popular aftermarket GPS replacement in many older general aviation aircraft, because it is approved for WAAS approaches and thus an easy upgrade to allow flying instrument approaches at lots of smaller airports without ILS. In X-Plane 10.30 we are introducing a new generation of the X-Plane 430 GPS navigator, modeled more closely after the Garmin 430W that is very popular in general aviation aircraft. The built-in GNS430 instrument could only do direct-to navigation and not use X-Plane’s FMS plans, making long IFR flights inconvenient.
X-Plane has been lacking a decent navigation solution for general aviation aircraft for a long time.
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