Tim Capps wrote on Sep 7^th, 2010 at 11:37am:

So when you guys set up and switch to A for your first leg, it doesn't reset the miles?  I can't imagine what I'm doing wrong -- after all, the instructions are pretty simple.  Maybe you could provide a step by step? EDIT: Never mind.  According to the tutorial, something is going wrong when I switch to A.  Instead of showing the route, the miles just reset and I get nothing.  I don't think this is operator error.  I'm glad it's working for others, though.

Hi Tim.

You MUST turn the Stage Selector to A AFTER you turn the Control Switch to MAN or AUTO. If you turn the Stage Selector to A before you turn the Control Switch to MAN or AUTO, it will reset the miles to 0 (zero).

More woes though! :(

I just did a flight from YMML (Melbourne) to YSSY (Sydney). I set A to 45^o and 372 miles and I set B to 5^o 10 miles. This should have given me a flight path to out over the coast off of Sydney then a 30^o intercept for ILS 34L. As the flight progressed, the heading slowly move to 38^o (instead of 45^o) which put me on the coast at Sydney, with an intercept on ILS 34L near impossible. Then, when I got to the start of B anyway, it turned to a heading of 225^o with a distance of 372 miles. It was returning me back to Melbourne!

On the other test I was doing, from Seattle, I set it all up on the ground just prior to takeoff. As soon as I turned the A/P to NAV, it turned to intercept the course. With my Melbourne to Sydney trip, it refused to set while I was still on the ground. It worked fine once I was airborne. It's sure got me beat. :-/

Mark