Hey I am new here, need some help, as I am currently learning the Sim switching from 172, 408b and BSQ Bonanza and so on now to the vision jet. (having a blast with the sim)
In Career mode I own the Vision jet and plan a flight and enter the flight plan completely in, all the arrival procedures with height and speed, its all in there. BUT in the PFD Nav source it will stay in GPS all the way, and when I click on it there is only LOC1, LOC2 and GPS. All the Tutorials I have watched online show “FMS” under Nav Source. So when I approach Lugano LSZA (like today) or any other GPS /Rnav approach it completely goes sideways, losing the magenta line, nose down, crazy. ILS Approaches are not the problem, cause I can switch to LOC1.
I dont know what is wrong, are the tutorials out of date and it never shows FMS? Or are my settings of? The flight plan is 100% in (sometimes via the EFB sometimes manual, does not matter) I am in Nav mode, everything is working fine, VNav mode is on, ALT hold off, Autothrottle on, then I see the magenta vertical track coming down and sometimes it catches on the Vpath but then suddenly it loses it or goes out of control. BUT it is never ever in FMS mode, how do I switch it to FMS?! I have watched everything on YT, I don’t know what to do. Thank you.
Disclaimer: I am a FlightFX Staffer
GPS is the correct mode.
I recommend watching Tim Morgan’s video on how to fly the Microsoft/Working Title Vision Jet in MSFS 2024.
Tim is one of our Core Advisors when we built the original FlightFX Vision Jet in MSFS 2020 - and is also a real life Vision Jet Owner/Operator. So he has very detailed knowledge of the real deal as well as the differences between our MSFS 2020 Jet and when Microsoft/Working Title took it over for MSFS 2024.
Thanks for the fast response - I watched this exact video earlier today. You are right, it’s one of the best. But like in this video as well: everyone switches on the plane battery and is already in “FMS” on the CDI. My problem is that for me it only ever shows GPS. So my understanding is that in the PFD under Nav Source it should be in FMS for flight plan navigation. While GPS is for Direct-Navigation. But no matter how much effort I put into the init and flight plan, it always stays in GPS, I don’t know why. And since every video tutorial out there already is in “FMS” … it seems the whole world is in FMS navigation, but me not once. And obviously has problems staying with the magenta Vpath, and will eventually lose it, and the either lose control or switch to alt hold mode and just overshoot the runway. I don’t know what is happening…
I basically expect it to cycle through like:
Tap / click it repeatedly — it cycles: GPS → FMS → VOR1 → VOR2 → back to FMS, etc.
nope, not for me. Its just GPS, Loc1, loc2, back to GPS again… at least in career mode.
GPS is not for direct navigation. GPS will follow all waypoints in your flight plan. When you reach an RNAV RNP procedure, you arm Approach Mode and the plane should show glide path is armed, and it will capture assuming your are on an intercept course with proper speed. If you are intercepting an ILS, then you need to switch NAV source to LOC/ILS, arm Approach Mode, and Glide Slope should show armed, ready to capture. Some avionics auto-switch from GPS to LOC so auto switching depends on plane.
I’m not sure on the semantics between “FMS” and “GPS”, but broadly speaking, you can consider them the same mode.
Having the battery on and the “CDI” (Course Deviation Indicator) set to “FMS” (Flight Management System) means your plane is currently using its GPS/FMS navigation computer as the primary source for navigation, rather than traditional ground-based radio stations (VOR/LOC).
The FMS is the Garmin 3000 in the Vision Jet, the actual kit you are entering your FP into, it manages the flight plan, navigation and performance. It basically handles the GPS positioning from the satellite/s. They are fundamentally interlinked with each other.
