bud7h7 wrote on May 19^th, 2012 at 9:46pm:

Am I correct that this feature works like the FSNavigator "fly flightplan" toggle? In other words it's not necessarily following a "GPS flightplan" but rather, following the loaded FSX flightplan, whether it was saved as Direct, VOR, or whatever. If that's an accurate description, then I think it's innacurate to say that if you use this you are not navigating realistically. You can fly a perfectly realistic VOR or Hi Altitude airway flightplan and use this feature which is very handy when you want to step away from your PC for a time. I don't see how letting the sim take over for a few minutes is any less realistic than pausing the sim  ;) Considering this is a pc simulation, and not everyone can sit at their pc for 4 hours at a time, I think it's very practical feature that all developers should include (most of them do) on classic non-FMC aircraft.

It is not realistic in any way for this aircraft to follow a GPS. This Aircraft never came out with GPS, since it was built in the sixties, there was no such thing. This aircraft as said many times is not meant to do anything but follow the VOR or NDB which it is modeled for (-100 & -200 series). The only reason it has this basic GPS is that Captain sim put it in for those who who need  help learning VOR navigation as a visual AID. So realistically speaking, the aircraft does do what it is intended to do, fly VOR's & NDB's. Sorry to tell you but starting a 4 hour flight and walking away from the Simulator is not realistic either.  I hope you can enjoy this aircraft for what it is, a CLASSIC. ;) ;D