Kyprianos Biris Posted December 25, 2008 at 11:17 AM Posted December 25, 2008 at 11:17 AM Something I was wondering about and just needed to clarify : The route that ES extrapolates from an FPL is based on AIRWAY.txt (FSNavigator data) only or the [FIXES] data in each sector file as well What about the [LOW AIRWAY] & [HIGH AIRWAY] set of data as well in the sector file ? Is this used as well on FPL's If the AIRWAY.txt AIRAC data is much more recent than the one in the sector file (Airway's & Fixe's) which one is the governing set of data for FPL precessing Hellenic vACC | Olympic Air Virtual Europe Region Director 2001-2011 Pilot: P5 | ATC: C3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephan Boerner 945550 Posted December 25, 2008 at 12:23 PM Posted December 25, 2008 at 12:23 PM The route is calculated based on the airway.txt. The low and high airway section is only for your personal display and has no effect on the calculation. I'm not completely sure about the fixes ... if a FIX (or VOR or NDB) is not in the sectorfile, ES doesn't know it, so it can not work with it. But I am always working with AIRAC-based updated sectorfiles, so I'm not sure how it influences the route calculation. What I know is, that ES can not work with outdated routes in flightplans as it is missing the airway-data. But I don't know how it works if the airway.txt is based on date, not included in the sectorfile. If You have an airway with a fix in the sectorfile missing, You could simply test the behaviour of ES, using the simulator. Just create an aircraft with that route, and see what ES does. My guess would be, it skips the missing fix ... Stephan Boerner VATEUD - ATC Training Director EuroScope Board of Designers | GVCCS Beta Tester EuroScope Quick Start Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Csernak Posted December 26, 2008 at 08:04 AM Posted December 26, 2008 at 08:04 AM Hi, The AIRWAY.TXT contains the airways and all the points along them. It also holds the coordinates. Therefore as far as I am able to find all data from the AIRWAY.TXT I do not touch the SCT file. It is tested all time as a FP can be shown far far away from your sector. Only if a name is completely missing (like SID/STAR internal points) then I ask for the coordinates from the SCT. So for fix-airway-fix-airway-fix section the AIRWAY.TXT is the important, while for non-airway part (SID/STAR) the SCT is used. Gergely. EuroScope developer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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