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830: A Quick Guide to RNAV Approach

| Tom Tsui

Since the story “808: VORs are Now RNAV Compatible” was posted in March, once in a while I received enquiries from friends who asked me for instructions to run RNAV Approach.  I used to reply them by emails individually.  But I think it does no harm to write up a short post for those who might be interested.

RNAV (Area Navigation) is an aviation method that allows an aircraft to fly along any desired flight path defined by waypoints under GPS operation instead of navaids.

Here’s a quick guide about setting up the RNAV Approach from 5WA8 to KHQM as demonstrated in the Post mentioned above:

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Open WORLD MAP and choose to fly the Cessna 172 from 5WA8 (Hogan’s Corner) to KHQM (Bowerman)
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809: DHC-2 VOR1 now RNAV Compatible

| Tom Tsui

Following the release of the Multi-Shared VORs updated with RNAV compatibility last MSFS_DHC2_VOR1_JPGSweek, the MSFS DHC-2 Beaver VOR1 has been revised similarly with the same capability.

Emails with the download link for the update have been sent to all users earlier today.  If you have not received it, please check your spam folder first. Continue reading →

808: VORs are now RNAV Compatible

| Tom Tsui

Thanks to Bryan in the US, the long-missed vertical guidance on my Multi-Shared VOR1 and VOR2 FIP Gauges under RNAV approach has been implemented finally.


The codes of the two FIP gauges were nearly rewritten. In addition, layouts and appearances of the gauges were revised accordingly to the recent MSFS sim update.

Furthermore, as the NAV/GPS toggling of the VOR2 on the C172 Classic is now independent from the VOR1, an extra NAV-only VOR2 is therefore included.

This is done so because Continue reading →

685: GPS Navigation Enforced

| Tom Tsui

Without a flight plan, the NAV needle (or CDI) on the VOR(s) will always stay in the center when the GPS Mode is selected:


Otherwise, when a flight plan is active, the needle will Continue reading →