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Setting Active Leg

Started by defreitj, September 20, 2013, 07:09:54 PM

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defreitj

The manual reads, as follows:

14.3 Right-Click Options in the 'Plan' Window
As well as adding new waypoints to Plan table, there are a number of other options for modifying your plan.
14.3.1 Set This as the Active Leg
Clicking this option sets the 'active' leg for calculating time & distance to next waypoint. It is only useful if connected to FS and where you may have opened a flight plan part way through a flight. Setting a new active leg allows you to "pick up" the leg in the flight on the flight plan which your aircraft is currently flying. Put another way, (and it is not exact of course) it "sort of" synchronises your flight to the plan. It can also be useful if
The pilot misses a waypoint completely, and wants to tell Plan‐G to forget pointing to the last waypoint, but to now help get to the next one, or
The flight plan has been changed mid‐flight, or
The leg sequencing goes awry in Plan‐G for some reason

The Options element "Set this leg as active" or something to that effect, is not part of the list of options, when right-clicking on the Plan-G interface, when in "Plan" view; i.e. with the Flight plan window open, waypoints visible. I saw it once, only. During a flight the GPS info in FSX reverted to the first two legs of the trip, CYYZ > YYZ en route to KATL (Atlanta) with the next waypoint being BROKK. I am unable to invoke "Active leg" and the flight plan under GPS turns the plane back to CYYZ, and starts over the route.

Obviously I am doing something wrong. Any suggestions, please.

tim arnot

You are clicking on the leg in the plan window, and not on the map, yes?

Tim. @TimArnot

defreitj

I right-clicked everywhere, but I will focus on the "leg" in the plan window, specifically.
Thanks for the quick response! I appreciate it...jd