CASE III : "Approach button XY" - then never used?

[Razor18]

Sorry if already discussed, I didn't find search function in this new forum format yet.

 

Anyways, shortly after commencing, Marshall tells you to "Switch approach, button XY". But when I turn the knob to the new button number, communication seems to seize, unless I'm switching back to Marshall frequency. Is switching to Approach not implemented, or just considered done without doing it? If not, why mentioning the approach button in the radio comms at all?

 

Not a showstopper, just asking...

 

Thanks

[randomTOTEN]

WIP i suspect

I didn't think I heard button assignment. That might be new?

[Razor18]

Button is just a slang for preset Channel Nr., nothing to do with button assignment per say. Just means "Switch to channel x (with a different frequency}.

[Harker]

All comms are currently only on one frequency. Later in Early Access, I believe ED is planning to add the full procedure, with different frequencies.

[ruddy122]

X and Y are the TCN channels

 

Usually for navigation they are X for example 96X OMAM

 

Y is Air to Air TCN usually like 29Y/92Y

 

 

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[Dragon1-1]

He didn't mean TACAN channels, in this example, XY is a stand in for a number. IRL, Marshall would tell you to switch to a specific preset channel number to talk to the LSO. However, right now this is not implemented.

 

This is one thing I'm really looking forward to in land-based ATC, as well. Only the smallest airfields (as in, "1000m of concrete and watchman's booth on a pole" small) will have a single frequency for everything. Most have two or three, international ones have four or five plus one more for ATIS.

[ruddy122]

Oh that makes sense I thought it was TCN channels like the KC10

 

 

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[randomTOTEN]

Just means "Switch to channel x (with a different frequency}.

Thanks,

 

Yes I know what they're referring to when they use the word "button," what I'm saying is I don't remember that line of dialogue in sim. I seem to remember "switch approach" and that's it. But I admit it's probably been over a month since I've flown a Case 3 approach.

 

My understanding is that all comms for a single facility are handled on a single frequency (mother, marshal, paddles) just like land bases (approach, tower, ground).

 

 

[Bloodhound57]

Hoping that ED adds the ability to switch to the different channels at some point. That would be an awesome feature!

 

Steve