For the last week or so I have noticed that my flightplans in FlightSim have not been complete and have a hard time adding in the missing waypoints. Furthermore, and this may be more the sim than SimBrief, my AutoPilot will not engage despite having everything properly set up, generated, and imported into FlightSim. During ascend when I engage AP, the plane just keeps flying straight. Doesnt matter what plane, airport, or route that I fly, it is just unresponsive. Not sure if I am the only one with this issue but would love some feedback on how to correct. Up till about a week ago, or so, everything was perfect.
Thanks!
hello there, i have the same issue, but it comes from simbreif, the flight plan is correct when i look at the route on the map (in simbreif), but when i look at the route that is written, it just stops before the airport, and there is a huge gap between the last waypoint and the airport, same when i import it to my plane. I can’t do flights anymore so, can you help me please ?
Hello, looking over your flight plan, this is correct. You have filed the PARCH4 into JFK with the ENE transition. Be aware that this arrival is a VECTOR arrival and you must provide your own vectors or ATC vectors to the applicable approach fix. Notice that if you are landing 22L/R CRAIL is your fix and then it’s on to vectors. In your case your are expecting 4L/R, 13L/R, or 31L/R and your final waypoint is JFK VOR-then it’s ATC vectors to your approach. You can tell it’s a vectors when you see little arrows after your last waypoint. As I was saying before, when you get into the airplane you have to add this STAR into your FMC if not, it will show a big gap in your airplane flight plan and possibly a DISCO.
hello, thanks for the solution, but i don’t realy enderstand why i have to do all of those vectors things, before i had this issue, i just had to put my aircraft, departure and arrival airport; and it just made me the hole flight plan (TOD and stuff) and Now i have do do more things than before, i didn’t change anything in my way of doing flight plans, and yet it did this (the problem that i have). Is there a way for me to go back to what is was like before all of this or i just have to do evrything like you told me.
best regards
AutomatedWeather738
Okay, first, please update your AIRAC data in Simbrief if you can. You are working with 2506 and 2507 is current. #2 can you ensure that this is checked?
This is the new route I got today using a more south NATTRACK OBOK5G OBOKA Z29 TORNU GALSO Q63 KOPUL ENHAQ GAJIT GAPLI BEDRA 48N020W 46N030W 44N040W 42N050W 41N060W DOVEY PLYMM PARCH4
Some airports have procedures that plug neatly into each other, such that you can program your FMS, and fly from the runway, via the SID, the enroute portion, then the STAR and finally the approach where you capture the ILS or the RNAV all the way to the arrival runway.
Some simply don’t. In the United States, for example, some/many airports have vectored departures where you simply take off on runway heading and Air Traffic Control gives you vectors to the first enroute waypoint. Similarly, you will often encounter STARs that end with a “manual termination” (vectors) where ATC is responsible to guide you to the final approach course.
Whether there will be “gaps” in the flight plan does not depend on what you do, but instead on how the procedures are designed at your departure and arrival airports.
Either way, now is the opportunity to learn how to deal with vectors
Sadly, I don’t have a specific tutorial to recommend; I learned by watching YouTube videos and Twitch streams of experienced simmers, trial and error, and a bit of reflection (like, thinking about where you are, where you need to get, and figuring out a sensible/logical way to get there).
