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Old 4th Jul 2020, 20:38
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737Andi
 
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Originally Posted by eckhard
It could be that your sim does not reflect all the functionalities of the aircraft?
It was the PMDG 737 NGXu

Originally Posted by eckhard
One neat feature that your sim may have is on the VNAV descent page. Around the 4R Line Select Key you may see a Waypoint/Altitude line. Normally, this will display the next waypoint in the flight plan that has an altitude constraint associated with it. Below that, you will see some fields labelled FPA, VB and VS. The FPA shows your current Flight Path Angle, in degrees below the horizon. The VB shows the current Vertical Bearing between you and the waypoint/altitude (in a straight line, not via the flight plan waypoints). The VS shows you what Vertical Speed you need to achieve the VB at you current ground speed.

What is really useful is that you can enter any waypoint that is in the Nav Database, even if it is not in your flight plan. You can also enter any altitude against it (provided that it is lower than your current altitude) and the VB and VS fields will display what you need to do. Then you can either use VS mode to match the required VS and/or you can use any mode and see if your FPA matches the required VB.

Once you’ve finished with that waypoint, you can delete it and the next flightplan waypoint with an altitude constraint will once again be displayed.

Give it a try!
That sounds really cool. I will try that
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