NXi and airways
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:55 pm
A couple of weeks ago I was flying back from Southern California and a controller nicely called me up to revise my clearance and cut a few miles off my trip. The original cleared route was similar to one I had yesterday which is attached (the ATC computer must have been in a very retro mood with so many airways). Specifically I was between PRB and PXN VORs, cleared to join V301 at PXN and he revised my clearance to join V301 at BORED, cutting the corner past PXN.
But I had no idea where BORED was. I tried to expand the airway, but the Expand Airways menu item was grayed out. I requested a vector while I searched for the waypoint on the chart in Foreflight which I found and entered. I originally thought this was my mistake in not knowing how to manage the flight plan in the G1000NXi, but upon further investigation and a second flight, I think there is something odd about our version of NXi (2948.11 and GDU 20.8 ).
If you look at the screen shot, you can see that none of these airways is shown as "Collapsed" and as a result they cannot be Expanded to show the interim waypoints. The flight plan shows only the entry and exit waypoints. This is very different from a G1000 which shows every waypoint and does not include the option to collapse an airway.
It's also different than the Garmin NXi simulator which collapses and expands the airways.
I could possibly have used the "Nearest" function to find BORED, but since it was about 90nm away I don't think it would have made the Nearest list.
So what's going on? Is this an NXi bug or "feature"?
But I had no idea where BORED was. I tried to expand the airway, but the Expand Airways menu item was grayed out. I requested a vector while I searched for the waypoint on the chart in Foreflight which I found and entered. I originally thought this was my mistake in not knowing how to manage the flight plan in the G1000NXi, but upon further investigation and a second flight, I think there is something odd about our version of NXi (2948.11 and GDU 20.8 ).
If you look at the screen shot, you can see that none of these airways is shown as "Collapsed" and as a result they cannot be Expanded to show the interim waypoints. The flight plan shows only the entry and exit waypoints. This is very different from a G1000 which shows every waypoint and does not include the option to collapse an airway.
It's also different than the Garmin NXi simulator which collapses and expands the airways.
I could possibly have used the "Nearest" function to find BORED, but since it was about 90nm away I don't think it would have made the Nearest list.
So what's going on? Is this an NXi bug or "feature"?