FMS GPS

[chris0007]

G’day,
The F70/F100 is looking like a great product and will definitely be a day one purchase for me.
Just wondering if GPS implementation has been considered for a future update?

In Australia where I’m based we still have a number of operational F70/F100 aircraft which primarily operate to regional or mining airports.
Instrument approaches at these airports are almost exclusively RNAV/RNP based GNSS approaches.

Cheers,
Chris

[Mark]

Thanks for the interest! Yes, we are considering GPS implementation for a future update, but it's tricky to commit to that or give any timeframes at this stage. For the initial release, we've focused on replicating our reference aircraft, which didn't have GPS equipment, and then any post-release updates/upgrades will be largely driven by community feedback.

The aircraft in the sim, even without GPS equipment, are still fully capable of flying RNAV approaches; they'll just generate scratchpad messages informing you of low position accuracy and when the aircraft has been degraded to IRS Only Navigation.

Mark - Just Flight

[Merikeri]

Upvoting this! I know Just Flight loves retro but simmers overwhelmingly value real-world routes and operations, which are currently "legally" impossible due to lack of GNSS.

[Jpol]

I'm all for GPS implementation too, if a retrofit exists IRL (I haven't done my homework!)

[aydoh8]

Fokker Services introduced a GNSS retrofit option back in 2009 https://www.airport-technology.com/uncategorized/news61714-html/

This question was also asked last year https://community.justflight.com/topic/8516/fokker-70-100-gps-retro-fit

[esaahonen]

Altought retro is great, my vote for GPS being an option too.

[atcogl]

Yes please, would love to see this too for doing some current Fokker ops down under

[osa]

Def my vote to. It would be great to see a GPS retrofit

[neinnunb]

I would love GPS RNAV as an option, especially since many of them IRL have had this retrofit.

[FurtiveFeat]

I'd like to also show my interest and support for the addition of an optional integrated GPS. Ideally this would be an option in the EFB aircraft configuration menu that would add a GNSS navigation status display unit and change the FMS to receive position updates that are corrected by the GNSS receiver.

This is necessary in Australia where the aircraft are largely operated into remote airfields that lack ground-based radio navigation and often have only RNP approaches. I suppose this is a feature request for those of us nerdy enough to want to do it right

[Fab10]

I too vote for GPS integration.
The loss of NDB beacons in the real world as well as in-sim in conjunction with the lack of availability of old school NDB, VOR, DME approach charts alongside the increasingly widespread implementation of RNAV/RNP approaches doesn't diminish our love of flying old school techniques but it definitely affects our ability to fly them.
If we had GPS integration then at least we can continue visiting airfields where these aircraft were once operated, albeit flying more modern approaches.

[StefanBravo]

@Fab10 said in FMS GPS:

The loss of NDB beacons in the real world as well as in-sim in conjunction with the lack of availability of old school NDB, VOR, DME approach charts alongside the increasingly widespread implementation of RNAV/RNP approaches doesn't diminish our love of flying old school techniques but it definitely affects our ability to fly them.
If we had GPS integration then at least we can continue visiting airfields where these aircraft were once operated, albeit flying more modern approaches.

+1

[kityatyi]

I'd love the GPS option. In Australia, most if not all Fokker 70s and 100s have it.