![]() ![]() How easy is it to add navaids and airfields to X-Plane? I am no computer fundi so anything remotely complex will probably be beyond my limited computer skills. It is of little help to giving one a feel for the aircraft but I expect this would be the same for any flight simulator costing less than a seven-figure sum. Before flying into a place for the first time it is quite useful to be able to view it and try its approaches on FS2002 first. I find that FS2002 is great for practicing one’s scan and keeping familiar with procedures. Like the original poster I would be interested in using X-Plane for IFR currency. Where can the X-Plane list of airports and navaids be viewed? I would like to be able to check the list to see that it will include the places that I currently fly to and might fly to in future. Yes, I have pointed out these errors to Jeppesen but they will not correct them until they receive an official publication or NOTAM from the aviation administration of each country concerned. I have MS FS2002 and can confirm that a number of errors in the Jeppesen database of the GPSs in various aircraft that I fly are faithfully reproduced in FS2002. What database does X-Plane use for its navaids and airports? I believe Microsoft uses the Jeppesen database for its Flight Simulator. Comprehensive Operations Manual (English, 350 pages, robust glossy paper in sturdy wire binding). Data output for external add-on programs. Analysis functions: Take-off & approach profiles, and zoom-able track plotting across the world. Copilot Simulations: Specific checklists & calls, recorded by 744 pilots of different airlines. User programable ATC vectors scenarios. Different accents, recorded by real controllers. Semi-random ATC model: Pushback, vectors, step climb & descent clearances, holdings etc. Navaid & airway world database by Swissair. Weather generator: Fog, CBs, rain, windshears/microbursts, volcanic ash, ice and more. This affects engine types (GE, RR, P&W), fuel system, hydraulics and other aircraft systems, also EFIS/EICAS symbols (Cross-Bar or V-Bar Flight Director, TDZ etc.), GPWS sounds, as well as copilot call-outs. The simulator can be switched to specific airline configurations. ![]() GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System). External traffic can be simulated to demonstrate the various aural and visual TCAS alerts and system logic. TCAS (Traffic Alert & Collision Avoidance System) with authentic Resolution & Traffic Advisories. Video recorder/player: Training videos may be created! Text bars and sounds can be added. Secondary EICAS: All Synoptics & Displays. Fully functioning EICAS message logic with hundreds of alert, memo & status messages. Random or user defined malfunction scenarios. ![]() alignment simulation and drift errors, Fuel System Management, Pneumatics, etc. alternate controls, Doors, EEC, IRS incl. Precise and highly detailed Systems Simulations: Electrical, Hydraulics, Fire & Ice Protection, Gear & Flight Controls incl. Exact 744 pitch/power/path and fuel flow ratios etc. Highly accurate aerodynamics simulation. ![]() Trend Vector, Energy Management Circles, Offset Route, Fix Info etc., incl. Simulation of the entire 744 FMC: HOLD, VNAV, FORECAST, OFFPATH DES, FIX INFO, All INIT/REF pages, LEGS, RTE DATA, WINDS, ROUTE 1 & 2, DEP/ARR, PROGRESS, etc. Complete Autopilot / Flight Director mode logic and accurate Thrust Management System. ![]()
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