NZFF

I'm new to FS X and want to know how to do long haul flight ex NZ such as AKL LAX.

Or AKL SIN or AKL HKG

How to I track my way there? ie know i'm going the right way???

Just go into flight planner and enter places you are heading too which can include waypoints and then start flight go to your gps" shift3 " in vc and you will see a pink line usually thats the way you have to go you can if you know how to use it autopilot and just hit gps and it will turn and follow flight line ,goggle earth is good if you want to plan a flight and dont know where you want to visit ..there are many other ways of doing flights but this is a simple way to get there ..

You may also want to have a read through the learning centre within FSX and do some of the training missions... lots of useful/helpful info there

If you're like me and just want to fly quickly without learning the FMC which only some aircraft have, then you can use the autopilot linked to the GPS.

For a practice, maybe try something like AKL-WLG to make sure you have it right.
First, open up the flight planner, and for departure airport select NZAA (Make sure you set it for a gate, not the runway) and arrival airport NZWN. Then choose Direct-GPS out of the three check boxes (High Altitude Airways would normally be used but I prefer Direct as it's quicker). Set your cruising altitude to between 25-37000 feet. Load the flightplan, using the default 737-800. Find the switch in the cockpit that says "NAV-GPS" and make sure it is set to GPS, then select 'NAV' on the autopilot and the plane will follow the route to Wellington.

Hi there,

Do you want to fly direct routes or routes that follow waypoint?
I think there are places where you can find the route which you can then load in.
If you have some high quality payware aircraft you can have an FMC (flight management computer) which you can enter the flight plan into. (this is how real pilots do it). If you don't then try what Tom (victor_alpha_charlie) said.

Cheers
Daniel

Daniel wrote:

QUOTE (Daniel @ Aug 12 2008, 05:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Do you want to fly direct routes or routes that follow waypoint?

Both. Direct sounds easy.....

Way points... how do you do this over water???

kiwis wrote:

QUOTE (kiwis @ Aug 12 2008, 06:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Both. Direct sounds easy.....

Way points... how do you do this over water???

The easiest is to select 'High Altitude Airways' in the Flight Planner page. Your flightplan/GPS line will then follow waypoints.

Yer I remember when I first started out with Flight Sim, doing a flight from say AKL-BNE or ROT-WLG or something.
I'd takeoff and then I'd be Whisky Tango Foxtrot? What happens now - where do I go?
I Googled it for a while and read the help files and eventually I got it sorted.
I have never used anything like a FMC as I find the built in tool works just fine, so I just do what victor_alpha_charlie said.
Seems to work fairly well and it's not dependent on whether the aircraft comes with an FMC. Maybe not as realistic, but it is easy.

Many waypoints in the GPS are geographical co-ordinates, so even though you are over the ocean, they don't require any land based nav aids to be accurate. When you are learning, GPS is the way to go.

Okay I've set myflight plan to AKLSYD and GPS then switched to GPS in the cockpit. Once i'm airborne how do i know which way to head. I'm gussing something in the flight deck will tell me which way GPS wants me to head???

on the larger aircraft it will display as a line on the MFD screen (pink from memory?...I dont have it in front of me so that may be wrong)

When on autopilot, switch from 'Nav' mode to 'GPS' mode and the aircraft should track to the GPS location

Yep, on most of the stock airliners there is a "NAV/GPS" switch. Flick that to GPS then turn on the Autopilot, and the turn on the NAV button there.

Alex

What aircraft are you using?