Cool…this happened few years ago!!! You probably meant 10.40!

Hi Chris,

Yes, ATC can provide vectors to the ILS. Please contact tech support (info@x-plane.com) for help using the sim.

Re: ATC not being a GPS…you probably already know this if you are a commercial pilot.

– If you call ATC while receiving radar services, declare an emergency, and go “where’s the nearest airport”, the controller will give you a vector. You can hear this in the Sully cockpit recording – ATC keeps offering Sully vectors to return to the field, and Sully keeps rejecting them because he knows he doesn’t have that kind of glide range.

– However, if you’re just receiving normal ATC services, you can’t just go ask GPS “where is my next fix.” ATC is not a GPS.

– The X-Plane 9 ATC was not even remotely realistic, and it would

– The X-Plane 9 ATC would give you vectors to your destination – e.g. you could just go “I want to fly to Boston” and ATC would guide you -the entire way-.

Users want this back because it’s an easy way to take a flight, but it’s not a realistic ATC function. X-Plane never had a real surveillance approach, although the carrier landing is close to it, kind of.

Hello – I am new to X-plane, and a commercial pilot. Is it possible to use X-plane ATC function to receive vectors to the ILS? This is a common, everyday procedure. How can I request this kind of approach? As a commuter airline pilot, this is what we do all day long.

I think the comment below that ATC is not a GPS was related to what’s called a surveillance radar approach, only used in emergency situations when the onboard navigation equipment has failed.

Thanks in advance for clarification.

Chris
Rochester, MN

That did look like 2008-09 kind of wave tech. I think if the devs of X-plane want to take the approach towards 3d water then this probably would feel closer to hand, especially taking into consideration that developing a new engine for water maybe takes 1-3 years *from now*:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iilqtDkeIBE

No, but it is -is- a solution to receiving email. 🙂

“Off coarse” is a known bug – that’s for us to fix.

My view is that ATC is -not- a GPS. We may some day bring back some kind of vector assistance but if you liked ATC to give you vectors, you’re not really using ATC as ATC.

Blocking every e-mail is not the solution to everything 🙂

I can’t say what Dennis is alluding to, but I have 4 things that could bring ATC more in line with the previous versions:
1 Instead of just saying you are off course say you are off course and then give a heading to steer to get back on course.
2 Allow to report in flight emergency and get vectored to nearest airport.
3 Bring back tower radar vectored approaches, this may have been in version 5.

Yeah , you right . thank you! I am embarrassed now. I didn’t notice it. Thank you again.

Looking forward to the 9.40 final 🙂