When you push that button you will go to a page with all of your saved flight plans. When you set up the file and download the flightplan to the proper folder, go to the FLTPLN button on the Dash8 FMC and click on it, then at the right side you will see an option to load existing flight plans. Your new flight plan will not be available until you hit "Generate OFP"
Each aircraft will show instructions on the far right of exactly what to do using that tooltip. If you notice when you download, install and open the SimBrief Downloader, that if you look at the far right side of the line for "Majestic Dash8 Q400", it will show a tooltip showing just where to place your flight plan files. How is that SimBrief flightplan then imported into the Dash-8's FMS? Thanks. Fastest response and on-the-mark too compared to vague 'input-it-like-real-Dash-8-pilots-do-manually-in-the-FMS' from the 'other's Forum, considering how many waypoints there are on a short 690m flight from LOWI to EGCC. Do keep in mind that you need to have the 'STEERING CONTROL MODE' found in the MJC8 Q400 Control Panel app set to 'Ailerons+Mouse'.įrom there on, the rudder axis on your joystick will control ground steering as well and if you're still running short of control authority, you could use the aileron axis on your joystick to get a pronounced response from the nosewheel. Adjusting that to anywhere between 4 and 6 will allow you to control the steering on the ground with relative ease. The variable you're looking for is 'PEDALS_STEERING_EFFECTIVENESS='. FSUIPC could assist you in assigning the tiller to a function on your hardware or if you only have access to a single rotating axis (used for rudder usually), you could edit the 'mjc84.ini' file found in 'Prepar3D v4\SimObjects\Airplanes\mjc8q400\ini' folder. Similarly, if you go through the product manual, you'll see that the Majestic Q400 simulates the tiller axis separately from the rudder axis so you'd have to use the tiller controls on the captain's side to turn the airplane on the ground (assuming you've already flipped the switch for nosewheel steering correctly after pushback). Surely you haven't been typing each and every waypoint (without considering you could feed in airways) and that's why it's taking you so long? Even if you push the endurance of the aircraft to its maximum, you can still finish inputting the entire route in under 5 minutes.
From there on it's a simple case of clicking on 'List', then 'Airways' and selecting the appropriate airway/endpoint until you're ready to type in your destination field. Type in the departure airport (SID, if you're using/been assigned one). I presume this is an exaggeration as feeding a route into the Q400 is frankly quite easy. Spend more than half an hour just inputting every waypoint into the FPL on the FMS
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