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DVA5947
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Posted onPost created on August 26 2009 19:57 ET by Alex Deutz

okay, i have been trying to fly the KEWR VHHH route about 4 times now (each unsucessfull). Each time i get above about 80 degrees North vasfmc just starts making the aircraft fly in circles. one time i was flying in circles for over 6 hours....anyone know why this is? Does it happen with payware planes to? (pmdg specificly)

thank you very much.

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Posted onPost created on August 26 2009 20:16 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

Bo, what version of VASFMC are you using?

What is the AIRAC version you have for it?

What is your flight plan and at what waypoint does it start doing this?

Andrew Kaufmann (DVA3931)

Posted onPost created on August 26 2009 20:50 ET by Alex Deutz

vasfmc 2.0 beta 7
908 (the latest)
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/COA99

DVA6167
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Posted onPost created on August 27 2009 05:33 ET by Bryan Klawiter

If you didnt do anything to change the format of the coordinates, that is probably the problem.

MERIT HFD PUT PQI J582 UAC 5565N 60660N 6564N 7060N 7559N 8050N 8530N ABERI B934 BINTA B934 UOHH B480 BRT G490 LIRTA SERNA M520 POLHO G218 TMR B458 WXI A461 LIG R473 WYN W18 NLG W23 ZUH R473 SIERA SIER4A

Try using that route once, I am not sure if you use FSBUILD or what you use, but regardless, the coordinates are in a wierd form when they come out of flightaware like that. I personally use FSBUILD so I combine the coordinates like I did above then rebuild the flightplan and export to VASFMC or LEVEL D or whatever and it works fine.

I am guessing thta is where your problem is because where points started to occur was about 80 degrees north.

Bryan Klawiter

Senior Captain, B737-800

Posted onPost created on August 27 2009 06:31 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

Yes

Posted onPost created on August 27 2009 11:38 ET by Alex Deutz

well i entered the route like this "N85.0.0/W141.0.0" and im pretty sure thats format for the lat/long. but it may be diffirent when you get up bye the poles.

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Posted onPost created on August 27 2009 14:00 ET by Kevin Cornish

Bo, don't know how long you've been trying to fly this route, but the new AIRAC cycle was just released. Could that have been playing a part in the problem?

Kevin Cornish

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Posted onPost created on August 27 2009 15:51 ET by Alex Deutz

nah i was flying her last week with the current airac. i havent bought 909 yet

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Posted onPost created on August 27 2009 16:51 ET by Lewis Gregory

Are you in FS2004 or FSX? FS2004 doesn't model the world as spherical, it's more of a cylindrical projection. It gets VERY squirrely above about 80N. FSX models the world as a true sphere and so polar routes work a lot better.

Not long after I bought FS2004 I tried doing a few polar routes, and I don't think I could get much over about 85N before things went haywire.

Lewis Gregory

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Posted onPost created on August 27 2009 23:36 ET by Alex Deutz

thanks lewis...i was thinking that just kinda wanted confirmation.....very embarrassing going in circles for 4 hours....lol

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