Sids and Stars entry?

[Andayle]

Hi all,

Just a little query about Sids and Stars. I read that Sids and Stars can be put into the flight plan by editing the plan made by IF. It also says that I would need to copy the waypoints from a navigraph file, I have my PMDG navigraph file, is this the file? I take it it can be opened with a normal text editor like Notepad etc?

I sometimes use VOXATC for FSX and they use sids and stars that are taken from the level-D Navigraph file. Could something similar be done for IF? or have VOXATC managed to get some kind of special permision to use the files?

Many Thanks.

[Steve Waite]

Normally the SIDs/STARs would be selected in the GPS/FMC when you have them from ATC. But they can be entered into the route beforehand for fun/practice. Yes there is permission required to use the files computationally. There are features that could be enhanced but other parts of the program have taken priority. I am looking into this as part of the featureset for an upgrade later.

For now I would look to extract lines with notepad, find an appropriate approach:
APPROACH VORD06 FIX 65DME 2500 FIX DME05 1900 FIX DME02 AT OR ABOVE 1400 FIX OVERFLY DME01 344 RNW 06 TRK 063 UNTIL 2000 TURN LEFT DIRECT FIX HN AT OR ABOVE 4000

From the list of fixes, choose Edit Plan, copy paste them straight in before the destination:

FIX 65DME LATLON S 9 28.65066 E 159 54.84966
FIX DME05 LATLON S 9 28.1775 E 159 56.29182
FIX DME02 LATLON S 9 27.231 E 159 59.17602
FIX DME01 LATLON S 9 26.2842 E 160 2.05986
FIX HN LATLON S 9 26.10666 E 160 2.23836

These wapoints then appear in the plan, and are computed for in the fuel and ETA. Only works with FSX plans.

Thanks for your support
Steve

[Andayle]

Thank you for the info Steve,

Having a great blast with this program. I have already travelled to 2 airports that I have never flown into before hehe.