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FAQ
If you don‘t find the answer to your problem here please ensure you
check the PFE section on our website for more upto date information:
http://www.oncourse-software.co.uk/pfe_faqs.htm
Q: I‘m using Copilot Mode 2 but PFE doesn‘t detect when I get near
to the active and so doesn‘t tell me to switch to the Tower.
A: PFE waits for you to be within 700‘ feet of the active runway
before issuing a ‚Contact Tower on...‘ command. If you happen to
be taking off from a position other than the end of the active
runway you may well be more than 700‘ away from that detection
point. Should this be the case you would need to manually switch
to the Tower frequency, then use Hotkey 6 to contact Tower and
request takeoff clearance.
Q: I‘m using FS2004/FSX to create a flight plan for PFE but I get errors
when trying to compile it.
A: ProFlight requires the flight plan to be created in FS2000 format,
after all, it was developed back in FS2000 days. Flight planners
used during testing for this purpose included FSBuild, Ultimate
Airlines, FSNav and NAV3. We have also provided a means to
convert FS9/FSX Flight Plans for use with ProFlight 2000.
Q: PFE ATC routed me to fly right into a mountain.
A: In such hazardous areas it is vitally important to create a good flight
plan to ensure PFE delivers safe approach vectoring. PFE is not
aware of mountains or obstacles on your approach route so you,
as the pilot, need to ensure you plan your flights correctly. Remember
also that YOU are the Captain in charge and if, during approach
vectoring, you consider ATC to be issuing a bad and dangerous
turn you should ignore it and use the #1 hotkey to request a ‚
Cleared to Final Approach‘.