Captains,
We hope the following info will help those who are not familiar with the original C-130 autopilot ops and its vintage avionics overall:

1. Attitude Hold. Standard maneuvers may be executed with the pitch and turn knobs.
PILOT SWITCH: ON
RADIO BEAM COUPLER SWITCH: GYRO PILOT
FLT DIR Switch: NORMAL
MODE SEL Switch: any
ALTITUDE CONTROL SWITCH: OFF

2. Altitude Hold
PILOT SWITCH: ON
RADIO BEAM COUPLER SWITCH: any (In APPROACH position, when the glideslope is intercepted, the altitude control switch will go to the OFF position)
FLT DIR Switch: any
MODE SEL Switch: any
ALTITUDE CONTROL SWITCH: ON

3. Heading mode
PILOT SWITCH: ON
RADIO BEAM COUPLER SWITCH: GYRO PILOT
FLT DIR Switch: MANUAL
MODE SEL Switch: HDG
ALTITUDE CONTROL SWITCH: any
Heading set knob (on HSI) can be used to select a heading to fly.

4. Automatic flight on an VOR course
PILOT SWITCH: ON
RADIO BEAM COUPLER SWITCH:  RANGE-LOC
FLT DIR Switch: NORMAL
MODE SEL Switch: VOR/ILS 1 or VOR/ILS 2
ALTITUDE CONTROL SWITCH: any
VOR receiver: set to the desired frequency
Pilot's HSI: set the desired course with the Course Set Knob

5. Automatic Approach
PILOT SWITCH: ON
RADIO BEAM COUPLER SWITCH: APPROACH (APP)
FLT DIR Switch: NORMAL
MODE SEL Switch: VOR/ILS 1 or VOR/ILS 2
ALTITUDE CONTROL SWITCH: any (when the glideslope is intercepted, the altitude control switch will go to the OFF position)
ILS receiver: set to the desired frequency
Pilot's HSI: set the inbound localizer course with the Course Set Knob

6. Following GPS flight plan
PILOT SWITCH: ON
RADIO BEAM COUPLER SWITCH:  RANGE-LOC
FLT DIR Switch: NORMAL
MODE SEL Switch: NAV
ALTITUDE CONTROL SWITCH: any

7. Flying inbound on the back course of the localizer or outbound on the localizer beam.
PILOT SWITCH: ON
RADIO BEAM COUPLER SWITCH: BLUE LEFT-LOC
FLT DIR Switch: NORMAL
MODE SEL Switch: VOR/ILS 1 or VOR/ILS 2
ALTITUDE CONTROL SWITCH: any
ILS receiver: set to the desired frequency
Pilot's HSI: set the localizer course with the Course Set Knob

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Hello Captain Sim team,

I am experiencing a flight-plan tracking issue with the C-130H V2 in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on PC.

After loading my flight plan through the EFB, selecting “Send Route to Avionics” and engaging the autopilot in NAV mode, the aircraft does not follow the route toward the next waypoint.

**My configuration**

- Platform — PC
- MSFS 2024 version — 7.2 FINAL 1.9.24
- Aircraft version shown in My Library — 2.0.0
- Flight-plan loading method — EFB → Load → Send Route to Avionics

**Autopilot setup**

The procedure I am following uses these settings. Please confirm whether they are correct for version 2.0.0 in MSFS 2024.

- PILOT — ON
- RADIO BEAM COUPLER — RANGE-LOC
- FLT DIR — NORMAL
- MODE SEL — NAV

**Expected behaviour**

The autopilot should intercept and follow the active flight-plan leg, then continue through the subsequent waypoints.

**Observed behaviour**

The aircraft does not follow the route toward the next waypoint after NAV mode is selected.

Could you please clarify the following?

1. Are the settings above correct for GPS flight-plan tracking in this version?
2. Is EFB → Load → Send Route to Avionics the correct loading procedure?
3. Is an additional navigation-source selection or flight-plan activation step required?
4. Is this a known issue with aircraft version 2.0.0 or my simulator version?
5. Is there a workaround or planned fix?

I found the older forum thread “C-130J Nav not working,” which describes a similar symptom in MSFS 2024. My report concerns the C-130H V2, version 2.0.0.

Thank you for your assistance.

HRK063/GREECE AIR FORCE