AIRACs

[EHM-1838 Andrew]

Airacs i download them,i install them.BUT! what exactlly do the do.
cheers Andy(still battling with MD!!

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Andy,

Which AIRAC(s) did you download and install? I'm pretty sure that Richard Stefan doesn't do an FS2004 AIRAC, so you must have installed one of the specific third-party product cycles...

That being the case, you've now got the most up-to-date navigation data in whatever product it is...

[EHM-1838 Andrew]

Murray its the latest for FS navigator,BUT! what are they?what do they do?
I download them because iam told i should.
cheers Andy

[EHM-1617 Iain]

Fixes change. VORs change frequency, new ones are added, airways are updated etc etc - these new airways will now be in your FSNavigator.

[EHM-0654 Murray]

And you might also have gotten some new SIDs/STARs (never been 100% sure with FSN...)

[EHM-1838 Andrew]

Thanks for your help guys.
Andy

[EHM-1703 Philip]

Whilst on the subject, has anybody else had problems with the new AIRAC for the PMDG 738? I have all sorts of problems arriving at EHAM it gives none of the Runways, STARS or Transitions it used too?

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Phil,

I've said this a long time ago, and recently to Matt Heywood, but it wouldn't.

Richard Stefan's AIRAC cycles are enroute only. The SID/STAR data must be downloaded separately. Go to the SID/STAR section of navdata.at and grab the current all-in-one.

Finally, grab Terry Yingling's PMDG DAFIF terminal procedures package from http://planepath.com/.

Install order matters greatly - NAVDATA AIRAC, then Terry's TP package, then finally the NAVDATA AIO.

Terry has a sticky post in his AVSim forum on this subject (just use http://planepath.com/ instead of http://home.sw.rr.com/filesherenow/index.html) - http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=230&topic_id=7&mesg_id=7&page=

[EHM-1703 Philip]

Thanks Murray,

Sorry really wasn't making myself clear, I have downloaded the AIRAC and SID/STAR/IAP packages from NAVDATA as you suggested above. The problem was that there is some sort of error in the SID/STAR information from NAVDATA as when I attempt to program a flight to EHAM I was getting an FMC arror and no Runways or STARS would appear for EHAM. I have now installed Terry Yinglings package and it seems to have cured it.

[EHM-E4S]

where do you put the files in the All-In-one package?

[EHM-1703 Philip]

Matt, it depends which aircraft you are downloading them for. For example if it's the PMDG aircraft, there is a folder inside your Flight Simulator 9 folder called "PMDG", inside this folder is a folder called "SIDSTARS". They should be unpacked in to this folder.

If you open the compressed file and scan through the files, there will be a README.TXT file in there with installation instructions in.

[EHM-E4S]

thanks mate!