RJ Professional

Will try again today…

@Mark I did some more "holding flights" and it definitely needs investigation.
-Often i notice that the RJ is turning first a bit in the wrong direction before entering the holding pattern. Example entering the KERKY holding at Brussels
-Entering a holding pattern from a direction different from the inbound track seems impossible with LNAV. I manage to enter the holding pattern only with HDG select until the RJ is more or less on the standard inbound track, thereafter switching to LNAV is ok.
-Unable to exit the holding using FMS2.
-The holding pattern might be flown more accurate too i feel. The RJ should correct wind effects more precise.
-Clicking NEXT HOLD deletes the waypoints on the legs page between present position and the next holding fix. Shouldn't it just add a next holding to the legs page ?

Flying the RJ is wonderful, congratulations to the developing team

@Martyn I should have thought of that myself 🫢

Thank you Martyn.

...and we really needs this FCOM Volume 3 Part 3 – Abnormal & Emergency Checklist because I just had some failures during the flight (Engine1 out and failures on Gen1&4)... and...no docs for me...

@Mark Here's more details about how to reproduce:

Departure

Load flight Select "Turnaround" state from EFB Sound appears Set EXT AC to OFF or Close FWD PAX DOOR from EFB Sound disappears Set EXT AC to ON or Open FWD PAX DOOR from EFB No sound appears!

Arrival

Land aircraft Decelerate below 15 kt Sound appears Connect Ground Power & APU Set EXT AC or APU to OFF Sound disappears Set EXT AC or APU to ON No sound appears!

This indicates a bug, since I cannot imagine any situation where such sound could appear in line with the actions described. While the sound may be similar to ground roll rumbling, it can also be a clacing induced by air vent/flow or similar - in the end it's up to you to define the sound origin, since there is no other source like FS Realistic etc.

A point of interest. On the RJ aircraft, master switches on the avionics overhead panel MUST be switched on from left to right, and switched off from right to left. Failure will cause spurious warning to be logged by the Flight Guidance System, or Systems, if 2 are fitted

I have just checked this in the nav data and the "D161D" fix does appear in the AIRAC 2301 navdata that is included with the RJ (I haven't checked the latest 2411 cycle but I assume it will too):

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As far as I'm aware, all of the navaids used by the FMS (and displayed on the ND) are pulled directly from the navdata. We're not creating any additional navaids, or moving any of the existing navaids on procedures, we're just using whatever navaids are listed in the procedure and the coordinates associated with them.

Mark - Just Flight

That is indeed a strange one. It's not something we are able to replicate on our end, nor have we seen it reported previously, but we will continue to monitor this (pun not intended) to see if other users are experiencing the same issue.

Regarding the engine start switch, I seem to recall seeing similar reports from users of the 146, and that turned out to be that users were accidentally moving the engine start switch to MOTOR instead of START (note the engine start switch is a three-position switch, springloaded to the centre position, so you have to press the switch to START in order to trigger the engine starter).

Thanks for the compliment on the cockpit door clickspot. That is one of the many things I kept pestering our development team to add 😅

Mark - Just Flight

Thanks for all the feedback. We'll look into adding this as an EFB option.

The first few times I loaded the RJ Pro 100 at EGKK I had numerous problems with my GSX Pro, either not loading properly or all its addons disappearing then been unable to go back to the MSFS 2020 Main Screen. I have since found by removing "Just Flight FS Traffic" and "GSX Pro" extra ground clutter all is now working smoothly. I am running a 4-year old Alienware m17 R3 which when new seemed to handle anything but now I have to be selective with addons and graphic settings.

@Gabe777 Oh, I have faith. The 146 is my favorite plane in the sim to hand fly. It performs fabulously, so I imagine they'll eventually get the RJ optimized once they (like everyone else) is done adapting things to MSFS 2024...

As stated in the FAQ linked above, those are performance tips, not mandatory settings. The settings chosen are completely up to the discretion of the user based on their personal experience and preferences.

Unfortunately, just as a low-spec PC will struggle to run MSFS at Ultra Graphics settings, with high-fidelity third-party aircraft and high-quality third-party airport scenery, Xbox consoles will also struggle (particularly the Series S with its extremely limited VRAM).

As Xbox users don't have access to the Graphics settings that PC users do, there is a very limited number of ways that performance can be adjusted. The tips listed in that FAQ are some ways that Xbox users can improve their performance if required, based on our experience when testing products.

Mark - Just Flight

Thank you.

Thank you Mark, that does help very much.

Thank you for the info. Changing ND formats shouldn't have any relation to how the flight plan is displayed on the ND. It's not something we have seen reported elsewhere (and not something I've personally seen on my test flights), but we have logged this one internally and we'll keep monitoring it. If we're able to reproduce this one, it'll then make it much easier to fix.

Mark - Just Flight