Circling at waypoints etc.

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Circling at waypoints etc.

Postby commoner » Mon Sep 20, 2004 9:38 am

Hi all.....coming recently from FS98 I find the "new" GPS a little different in FS9  ::) One thing I would like to ask is that in FS98 I could chose to automatically circle when I arrived at a selected point simply by clicking in the GPS display.............this was so handy if I had to leave the flightdeck for any length of time...as one does ;D   How is it done in FS9 please....that is if it can be done...thanks in advance....commoner.
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Re: Circling at waypoints etc.

Postby Skittles » Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:54 am

What I do is switch the NAV/GPS switch back to NAV. I tune in the nearest VOR and circle that until I get back. Then I go back to Navigating via GPS
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Postby commoner » Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:02 pm

Thanks Skittles....so there is no little "pressy, switchy  button thingy" to make it all simple ??? Pity that!
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Re: Circling at waypoints etc.

Postby Skittles » Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:18 pm

I haven't gone too deep into the use of the GPS, but I don't believe there is such a thing.
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