Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Newbie question regarding Flight plans and VOR

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler \| Airline Operations \| Newbie question regarding Flight plans and VOR
DVA7899 Captain, B737-800 Joined on October 29 2009 Online Double Century Club Long Beach Century Club Triple Century Club DVA Ten-Year Anniversary "PMDG or go home :)" Springfield, MO USA 304 legs, 743.8 hours 283 legs, 682.2 hours online 303 legs, 740.0 hours ACARS 30 legs, 47.9 hours event	Posted onPost created on October 30 2009 15:23 ET by Skylar Macminn
	I have been using FSX and VATSIM for a while now, but I never found a guide on how to setup my Auto Pilot to follow the waypoints setup. It is my general understanding that you setup your Flight Plan then grab the frequencies and plug it into your radio stack. Do we have a more detailed guide on this? If so, I am probably just blind, but could you provide me with a URL? Thanks advance for any help, and happy flying!
DVA3931 Senior Captain, L-1011-100 OLP, COMM Joined on January 19 2007 50 State Club Tri-Jet Triumph Million Mile Club Online Quadruple Century Club Flying Colonel Globetrotter Burbank 500 Club Eurocap Club DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary "De oppresso liber" Surry, ME 1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours 478 legs, 767.8 hours online 1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs, 114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours	Posted onPost created on October 30 2009 15:27 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
	Skylar, for the default GPS navigation you make your flight plan and save it. Load the plan (it is automatically loaded into the defualt GPS) start your flight. The altitudes, speeds are set by you, and you need to ensure that your NAV/GPS switch is set to the GPS position. Then set AP for your route and off you go.
DVA3931 Senior Captain, L-1011-100 OLP, COMM Joined on January 19 2007 50 State Club Tri-Jet Triumph Million Mile Club Online Quadruple Century Club Flying Colonel Globetrotter Burbank 500 Club Eurocap Club DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary "De oppresso liber" Surry, ME 1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours 478 legs, 767.8 hours online 1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs, 114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours	Posted onPost created on October 30 2009 15:29 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
	www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls1IbAzf8KM
DVA7899 Captain, B737-800 Joined on October 29 2009 Online Double Century Club Long Beach Century Club Triple Century Club DVA Ten-Year Anniversary "PMDG or go home :)" Springfield, MO USA 304 legs, 743.8 hours 283 legs, 682.2 hours online 303 legs, 740.0 hours ACARS 30 legs, 47.9 hours event	Posted onPost created on October 30 2009 15:48 ET by Skylar Macminn
	Awesome thanks. That helps a lot For whatever reason I thought it involved a lot more than just a button switch! Fooled yet again
DVA7702 Captain, B747-400 Joined on August 25 2009 "If it ain't Boeing, I'm not going!" Scandinavia 75 legs, 174.7 hours 41 legs, 104.7 hours online 61 legs, 131.4 hours ACARS 7 legs, 19.5 hours event	Posted onPost created on October 30 2009 23:27 ET by Tommy Hansen
	You can always fly VOR to VOR or/and VOR radials the way you described Skylar. Then you have to tune your NAV radio to the VOR in question,and course if on VOR radial, and so on as you go. But, with all the nice payware popping out the last years,with FMC,ND and coupled AP with Autoland function, it seems to be a lost art. All to many pilots jump into the heavy iron without having done the basics first these days. So I can only reccomend doing it that "old fashined" way to acchieve better undestanding on how to navigate,witout all the automation involved.
DVA7899 Captain, B737-800 Joined on October 29 2009 Online Double Century Club Long Beach Century Club Triple Century Club DVA Ten-Year Anniversary "PMDG or go home :)" Springfield, MO USA 304 legs, 743.8 hours 283 legs, 682.2 hours online 303 legs, 740.0 hours ACARS 30 legs, 47.9 hours event	Posted onPost created on October 31 2009 01:32 ET by Skylar Macminn
	Very true Tommy, When I started flying, I had skipped the basics (sadly) and went straight for a 737. I now get to learn the hard way how to do it all right. Having far too much fun with the CRJ-900 though for sure.

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