Transponder modes

[aph]

Hello.

I'd love to fly this plane on VATSIM, but I'm a little concerned about the transponder. Usually, at least in Europe, you taxi on STDBY mode, turn on the ALT mode before entering the runway and turn it off after vacating the runway you landed on. Corvalis however has this GND mode that turns on automatically after touch down. Is this an actual mode that can be used with XSquawkBox? For the controller, does it look more like ALT or STDBY?

[JGregory]

Hello.

I'd love to fly this plane on VATSIM, but I'm a little concerned about the transponder. Usually, at least in Europe, you taxi on STDBY mode, turn on the ALT mode before entering the runway and turn it off after vacating the runway you landed on. Corvalis however has this GND mode that turns on automatically after touch down. Is this an actual mode that can be used with XSquawkBox? For the controller, does it look more like ALT or STDBY?

aph,

I'm not sure how VATSIM handles the transponder. Maybe someone else can answer that for you.

Although the transponder will automatically set ALT on takeoff and GND on landing, you can select any mode you like at any time.

Hope this helps,

Jim