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n7ifr
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Great question, David. Agree, each 540-WiFi can have a separate Password & SSID and associated iPad, but I'm not sure I have room for another iPad in my Visual Scan - LOL. Tom
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ddgates
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OK here's another thought, applicable to those who have dual IFDs, as Tom and I both do.
Would there not be an advantage to using WiFi output from both IFDs? The SSID and password are configurable, and I believe even the WiFi channel can somehow be specified... Would this not increase the number of connected devices to four? And would it not allow an IFD100 to each IFD for frequency setting etc? Is there a gotcha or downside that I am missing? Thanks for the info, Steve.
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n7ifr
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Steve -
"you will get the traffic on IFD100 for the IFD to which it is connected." Thanks you. That is exactly what I was wanting to know. . So if I configure my #1-540 & Aspens to display TAS-A 1090 traffic, I will use my WiFi #1 and IFD100 will display this as well, and for UAT 980 ADSB traffic on the IFD100, I will use WiFi#2. . Wx should cross synch from either 540-WiFi. Very helpful info Steve - Thank you for answering. Tom W.
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AviSteve
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I don't quite get the scenario you're trying to set up, but as I stated before, you will get the traffic on IFD100 for the IFD to which it is connected.
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n7ifr
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Steve - With my dual 540's, the IFD100 displays SOME cross-synched data, but also displays certain data from only the 540 whose WiFi is Active : . For example, with my WiFi #1 On: IFD100 displays Fuel & Frequency Data from #1 (since the Fuel Data is hard wired to #1-540), but if I use WiFi from #2 IFD instead, the IFD100 no longer displays Fuel, and shows #2 Frequencies. So Question: If my #1-540 was hard wired to receive my TAS-A, and my #2-540 hard wired to Skytrax100 and If I display TAS-A on #1-540 and Skytrax100 on #2-540, Which traffic will my IFD100 display? Dependent on which WiFi is Active? Tom W. |
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AviSteve
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No, the TAS6XXA uses the Ryan TCAD protocol, which Foreflight doesn't understand.
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AviSteve
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Yes, weather will still be received on the IFD100 even if you are connected to the IFD that is not directly wired to the Skytrax100 (as long as the two IFDs use crosssync)
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chflyer
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New Request:
Add support for the (GTN-only, not GNS) VNAV data stream so the IFD can provide this function to a/p that support it (e.g. G5/GFC500). There are a couple of threads discussing this, but I don't see that it has ever been specifically requested to Avidyne hence the new request entry here.
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n7ifr
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Henry -
My solution is my Dual Aspens receive ARNC from Ryan TCAD and display TAS-A from both IFD540's display 978 ADSB from Skytrax100 (aka MLB) with UAT format + Wx. I set my Transponder as 1090=NO and 978=YES so all ADS-R from ground stations is all in 978 UAT format. iPad displays WiFi out from either 540 WiFi (they are cross-synched) source with UAT icon targets and Wx. End result is: . Aspens display only 1090 TAS and ADSB . IFD540's and iPad displays 978 UAT format ADSB and Wx. Works great. Tom W.
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Catani
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I have a Lynx 9000+, which internally combines TAS and ADS-B targets and outputs to its display and any other connected display representations of both types of targets. The resulting combo of TAS and ADS-B targets appear on my IFD and ForeFlight. I think the key is that the box generating the targets for display must internally combine the TAS and ADS-B targets in a way that is fool-proof enough to convince the FAA that the display will not misrepresent target locations and characteristics to the pilot looking at a display. Most boxes do not have this capability. And the FAA will not allow a display to show traffic inputs from two different boxes at the same time, since the two would not be able to synchronize or calibrate the data with sufficient accuracy. A box that internalizes both traffic functions can do that.
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HenryM
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Could you make one IFD the local WiFi hotspot, and the second remote, and have all traffic (TCAD and TIS-B) and weather sent out to Foreflight?
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ddgates
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Assumption correct.
IFD#1 displays Skytrax Trfc + Wx. IFD#2 displays TAS-605A. So if I use IFD#2 as the WiFi box, and it ports out TAS traffic - will the IFD 100 get weather? Thanks. |
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David Gates
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AviSteve
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I'm assuming you have two IFDs, one configured for Ryan TCAD and one configured for Skytrax100. You will get the traffic on IFD100 for the IFD to which it is connected. Say IFD #1 is configured for TCAD and IFD #2 is configured for Skytrax100. If the IFD100 is connected to IFD #1, it will display TCAD traffic. If the IFD100 is connected to IFD #2, it will display Skytrax100 traffic. If the assumption above is incorrect and you have a single IFD, then the Skytrax 100 traffic will take priority on the IFD and IFD100.
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Steve Lindsley
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AviSteve
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I'm sure that's because I posted the suggestion on their forum :)
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Steve Lindsley
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teeth6
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Steve,
That’s a good analogy. I hear Samsung is going to reverse that in 16.7.9. 😂😂
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AviSteve
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Orest pretty much covered it - state buttons vs command buttons. We don't plan on changing that. This is not a new debate and it's usually about 50/50 on which way people see it. The history of this goes back to R9, though. On that system, each of the LSKs were rockers similar to the ones on the bottom of the IFD. So, you could go backward through the cycle or forward through the cycle. Clearly, the button cannot say what's next because you don't know which side of the button the user is going to press. Anecdotally, I have a Samsung TV. The little red light is on when the TV is off. The light goes off when the TV is on. Drives me bananas. |
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Steve Lindsley
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FlyingCOham
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+1 !!!! |
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Jmack
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Thank you teeth 6 for the follow-up. Orest's explanation totally blew over my head until you asked for clarification. I suppose the root of the problem is the IFD 540 is so intuitive that I never read the PG cover to cover but only referred to it when I had questions. But I still would rather the button told me where I am going rather than where I already know I am!
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John
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teeth6
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Good discussion. I see your point and I'm very used to it like this also but I never understood why the button which says Expanded tells me where I already knew that I was (Expanded). I might prefer to know in advance where I will be if I push the button if I am looking for a compact view, for instance. Certainly not a big deal. I just push the button until I get to where I want to be. :) |
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oskrypuch
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Ok, poor choice of words. Read "straight swapper" as a command button. The brighter cyan shows where you are, the state; the darker cyan tells you what the button does, the command. That is consistent throughout the UI. It is discussed in the PG. So, above, the VIEW tells you it will change the
view, the INSERT tells you you will insert a waypoint, but the Expanded
tells you where you are. Same with the Land & Nav buttons. There is a command in darker cyan, and the state in lighter cyan. * Orest Edited by oskrypuch - 23 May 2020 at 6:36pm |
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teeth6
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Orest, I am normally on the same page as you so would you explain what you mean, please. When I am on the
chart tab, for instance and I have an approach showing, the "view"
button tells me the page I am already on (which I knew) but not what page will come up
next. When I am on the plan view, it says "plan." When I do hit the button
the page changes to header view and it says "header" below the cyan
view button. Likewise, on the FMS page, when I am on the expanded view
in FMS, the button tells me where I already am..."view expanded." What do you mean by the darker cyan in straight swappers?
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Aerochip
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Feature request for the IFD100 app: Make it work in Split Screen on iPad.
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oskrypuch
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Two different colors are used on the cycle keys, the light cyan shows that you are looking at current page/function. The straight swappers are all one color, darker cyan. Works for me, and changing that now would make it very confusing. I would vote to leave it as is. * Orest
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ddgates
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Can you develop this a little further, perhaps with your colleague? I have a TAS605A and a Skytrax 100. I haven't seen the TAS traffic on the IFD100. It stands to reason it should be there. Does it require turning off the Skytrax 100 feed? And in the case of dual IFDs, I suppose the TAS traffic then has to be displaying on the box which is also the WiFi output unit?
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FlyingCOham
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AviSteve, looking for a comment on Jmack's request and Teeth5's comment. I 3rd the observation that you don't need a hotkey to tell you what you already have done.
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AviSteve
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One of my colleagues reports that active traffic (Ryan TCAD) is already being sent to the IFD100. It is not forwarded to third party apps, though.
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Steve Lindsley
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teeth6
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+1. I’ve always felt that but never said it. Don’t need a soft key to tell you where you already know you are.
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Jmack
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Please make the soft key on the left side show what the key will select, not what the screen is showing.
For example: 1) On the FPL screen the View soft key shows Expanded when the display is expanded. If it said Compact, I would know that selecting it would give me a compacted display. 2) On the SYS screen the Status soft key shows Software and the page displays the S/W Ver. I have no indication that the next time I press it will show me the database currency. If it said Databases, I would know that pressing it will show me the database currency. After years of flying with an IFD 540 it finally came to me watching tonight's webinar that this is the reason I have had trouble finding things on the SYS page in particular! Thanks. John
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ddgates
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Here's a big one - request, that is.
The IFD sends Capstone traffic to the IFD100 It does not send active traffic (or hybrid TAS/ADS-B as provided by the TAS-6XXA). I believe the best traffic solution is just that, the TAS output <which does display on the panel mount IFD). The ability to port that to the IFD100 by WiFi would be providing the best traffic solution on the IFD100 display. So that is my ask.
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David Gates
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Kentucky Captain
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If this is possible, that would be awesome. With my Aspen 2000 MAX you
get approaching minimums and a minimums call-out. Having an approaching
FAF, and/or other fixes call-outs would be another step forward.
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Woo Hoo!!!
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Kentucky Captain
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I was a controller is a busy radar facility for 27 years and if I was vectoring an aircraft for an approach, I based my separation on the fact that the aircraft was not going to do a procedure turn and vectored them to a point where they were within the no PT area. I would really like to see this feature also, thanks.
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Woo Hoo!!!
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chflyer
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+1
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Vince
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jhbehrens
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would be great to get support for Aviation HS as an RS232 protocol so European customers can hook up an ADL device and send both the flightplan and bring weather into the IFD with the same baud rate.
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skybum02
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Here is a PDF Linked on my DropBox with some UI improvement requests.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mqxadgo7bb3bina/IFD440%20UI%20Improvements%20.pdf?dl=0
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paul_deb@yahoo.com
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This NAV/HSI screen from the GNS480/CNX80 was useful as a backup to Primary HSI. Would be nice to see this as an addition to future software update.
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teeth6
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Great idea
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oskrypuch
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Here is another old request (2012), you will find a FIX page on the Smith & Honeywell FMS to add such FIX/circle defiinitions. Very handy. Topic: Feature Request: What about a FIX page?
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oskrypuch
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Here is a copy of that post (2015): Topic: Feature request: special waypoints
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oskrypuch
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I asked for the addition of a feature to allow for flexible addition of waypoints, relative to waypoints in the flightplan as well as direct entry of rad/dist type waypoints, years ago. Don't know if it is in the database still. Maybe we will see it some time. But, from one of the comments below that youtube video, a nice tip ... ..... think I found a slightly easier method. As you demonstrated, we can easily set a crossing altitude at 15nm prior to our fix. That point is not in the waypoint list so we can not set a hold there but the point is depicted on our map screen along the route. Where that point is on the route, press and hold for a moment to activate the "rubber band" function and then release your finger while still on the altitude crossing point. You will then be prompted to name the new point or accept a default name of "RB001" where the number is how many rubber band waypoints you have created during your flight. Once the waypoint is created, you can now easily program your holding pattern. A nice feature of this method is that if you keep the generic name of "RBxxx" it will not save that as a user waypoint and clutter up your IFD.
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chflyer
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New request:
Add the capability to create a hold along the currently active leg x miles before the active waypoint. As I understand, such a request from ATC currently requires creation of a usr waypoint using rad/dist from a fix (active wpt in this case) that then needs to be added to the route before defining the hold at it. A lot of typing especially if no a/p & bumpy. For extra points: - also allow adding hold x miles after active waypoint on next leg. Much more elegant today with the GTN: Edited by chflyer - 29 Apr 2020 at 3:40am |
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MysticCobra
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skybum02
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NRST isn’t on the IFD440. Only the bigger IFD5xx
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MysticCobra
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Er, why not just use the NRST button that already exists?
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Aerochip
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Some ideas for 10.3:
Would be nice to be able to change sensitivity of FLTA. IFD FLTA is much more sensitive than KGP560 in same airplane.
On IFD440, make a long hold of the Direct button bring up Nearest Airports. When using the left knobs to change the frequency, it's annoying that you have to clear the frequency list. This should automatically clear when you hit the swap button. |
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FlyingCOham
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A request about user waypoints. Currently the only use for user waypoints seems to be for creating Routes/Flight plans.
I request a checkbox/switch on the user waypoint creation page that in effect means "show waypoint when in MAP mode". (If practical, the same feature could/should apply to any waypoint.) This would give a user the ability to define waypoints that show up in the airspace in either of the MAP modes for better situational awareness. The default display should be minimal size, just discernible. (I'm not suggesting the ability to show all or nothing. That would be WAY too cluttered. Other's thoughts?? |
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chflyer
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This is more for 10.4 as it certainly wouldn't make it into 10.3.
There is a lot of traffic on the forum about IFD hardware interconnection to ADS-B In and Weather devices. There are also a lot of reasonably priced portable devices that provide the same information over wifi, but the IFD doesn't support them probably due to certification issues. However, ForeFlight does support most of them and the IFD also currently exchanges flight plans (send/receive) with ForeFlight. If would mean some collaboration between Avidyne and FF, but it would be very useful if this information could also be passed on by ForeFlight to the IFD via the wifi connection. In particular, the traffic information on the IFD could be presented exactly as with the hard-wired interconnections today without the high purchase & installation costs of an ADS-B In system.
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oskrypuch
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Well, that is why we have 29 flavors of ice cream. * Orest
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2thomas
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i totally disagree. we should minimize workload, especially in this phase of flight. in +30.000 ifr hours i never was reverted to a fix or waypoint, just rh. and if, you still can request rh or punch in this fix. sequencing means an other task to do in most, not to say on all approaches. and maybe with a new rh you have to sequence it back to the old one. same with the default hold by activating app. i never flew this hold and with avidyne you need to clear it everytime. even the systems at airbus, boeing etc don't create a hold by default and they are painting an extended center line to reduce workload for the most critical phase of flight. but maybe avidyne is able to put this item in for customizing? then everybody can set it up how he likes it. :)
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“Respect others and their views. And demand they respect yours”
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Awful Charlie
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+lots and lots Having
been recently bitten by this and the associated impossibility to get
this problem resolved before a big trip, this really needs attention.
Coming from a GNS480 where I could load the next cycle in advance of
needing it this really hurts
+1 Somewhere
the consolidation of TAS and ADSB traffic needs to occur,. and weather
too. I don't care where this happens so much, but connected devices need
to be able to display it!
+1 Eg
I have my home 'drome arrivals via VRPs and a couple of other waypoints
defined for activation when I get close - personally I'd like them
always at the bottom of the list, but I'd like to have genuine x-country
routes in eg last modified or by "title" sequence (and then I'll define
the title to suit the sort)
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oskrypuch
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I would not want to see the G style of removing all the other
waypoints when activating VTF. ATC can always change their mind, and in
any case, I prefer not to lose the additional SA. If the leg you want active, isn't, you can easily sequence it, or it should sequence on its own as you approach it. |
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