Store / transfer pilot waypoints and routes

[KirkR]

Is it possible to store and load pilot waypoints and routes in order to transfer them from one stored "state" or even between airframes as sim versions are released, or as we add to these lists over time?

[Pils]

5 hours ago, KirkR said:

Is it possible to store and load pilot waypoints and routes in order to transfer them from one stored "state" or even between airframes as sim versions are released, or as we add to these lists over time?

Negative. They are part of the avionics NVRAM state saving.

[KirkR]

This would be of real value in terms of a future capability.  Ability to manage routes and pilot wpts across states and airframes, basically simulating the storage module / USB capability, versus manually re-entering them (esp. pilot wpts) multiple times.

Edited September 20, 2022 by KirkR

[Pils]

32 minutes ago, KirkR said:

This would be of real value in terms of a future capability.  Ability to manage routes and pilot wpts across states and airframes, basically simulating the storage module / USB capability, versus manually re-entering them (esp. pilot wpts) multiple times.

Do you have source for the use of USB for this function?

[KirkR]

Following are a few excerpts from the Adv FMS document:

 

 

Edited September 21, 2022 by KirkR

[Pils]

Thanks. I’ll consider writing a feature request.

[KirkR]

Thank you.  The specific example would be KTEB (Teterboro, NY) where the ILS 6 Circle 1 involves a turn and reversal as part of the circling approach off of the localizer, and the addition of two pilot waypoints enables NAV assisted automation to guide between a 675 ft tower and MetLife stadium.  So after doing the work to identify the coordinates of these waypoints and to store them, it would logically become part of an accumulating DB of pilot waypoints (and also routes), for reuse.

In this case, it's more frequent than just between releases of the jet simulation.  It's also between saved states which are not all sourced from a common underlying foundational state.  But the foundational state is the work-around for now.

Edited September 21, 2022 by KirkR