Navigraph, LittleNavMap and Simbrief Integration in the FlyByWire A320 in Microsoft Flight Simulator 

Cheers :)

You're welcome!

You are very welcome

Yeah I completely agree with this, the auto generated routes on SimBrief are often really poor. and just feel very unrealistic, I fly the Citation CJ4 regularly now and have paid Navigraph and use Simbrief to import the flight plans and I'm really glad I've watched Johnathan's video because at times I felt that I was missing something but clearly I'm not. What I tend to do now is do a basic plan with SimBrief but then use Navigraph to properly plan the route using the charts for departure and arrivals with approaches etc as per my own preference of a route so on the top line of Navigraph I have all the way points and approaches. Then I simply type them into the SimBrief route box which hardly takes any time really. Then I validate the route to check it and then export it so once in the aircraft it's ready to download from Simbrief. I also feel reassured now that I know the whole plan often doesn't install in the aircraft as again I thought I might have missed something, but ironically I actually like entering the departure and arrival parts, I don't want the thing to be completely automated, I like the feeling of having to know how to plan and enter a route directly into the aircraft as for me personally it's part of the realism. Some people seem to want to fly a 747 under the Tyne Bridge and then crash it into the Stadium of Light but for me this learning about planning and programming the flight is as exciting as the flight itself. I think it comes from having to use a lot of imagination with flight sim back in the 80s/90's. :) Hopefully Johnathan reads this too.

Glad it helped!

Glad I could help!

Glad it helped!

Glad it was helpful!

If you have deluxe you should be able to download the software from the navigraph website.

For each plane that has the Navigraph option, you must get permission to connect it to the plane. Find chart inside the plane's aviation menu, click it, and Navigraph's website will open where you sign in and give it permission.

That is a good tip, so good, I wrote it down, just in case. lol Much appreciated, Gumper & Slainte

You were correct, it had lapsed. Much appreciated, Jonathan Slainte

@Jonathan Beckett I wrote it all down, & thank's for the advice Slainte, Con

Glad it was helpful!

I would do it if you can afford it as a bit of a luxury in these current times. I subscribed last year and I think it's well worth it if you love the sim and flight planning especially. Then it's worth every penny towards the realism aspect. You feel like you are properly planning route and learning more about real life flying unlike the simplistic automated routes in sim. For me I love attempting to be as realistic as possible so Navigraph gives you that and the charts are superb, plus as demonstrated in Johnathan's video the software allows you to overlay your aircraft position on the charts too which is easily brought up in game en route too.

I'll do another at some point - thanks for the feedback :)

Thanks again!

I haven't updated yet :) I had to work it all out too- which is why I recorded the video.

@@jonbeckett I felt bad mentioning it, as I didnt want to come across as an 'Armchair Annie' :)

@@KaitlynnUK There are almost always inconsistencies and mistakes in my videos - I always record in one take, and never edit - it keeps things relatable and transparent (unlike the legion of edited to death story tellers out there) :)

@@jonbeckett this is why I like your videos, they are very honest

The problem is Simbrief does not communicate the SID and STAR to the aircraft (if you're using Simbrief integration). You have to configure it in the FMC yourself.

Thank you! Cheers!

No problem 😊

I've ended up entering flight plans by hand (i.e. typing them out) - Navigraph then interprets them.

It's not ignoring it - the simbrief import will never import the full plan - it totally ignores SIDs and STARs and always has - and any runway choices, or anything like that. I think the main thing here is people expect the simbrief import to do a lot more than it does - all it really provides is the en-route waypoints - and leaves discontinuities in the flight plan at each end.

Funnily enough, I have never had the SIM erase anything.

Yes. This is a subject I'm going to be addressing in some upcoming videos about flight planning. There are a huge number of people playing with Flight Simulator that see it as a game - versus another group that see it as a simulation. Each group think the software should help or not help in all sorts of different ways. Those of us with a little more exprience perhaps of how aviation really works are also perhaps more amenable to what is required of us - but by the same token, some people just want to know how few button clicks they can get away with. I'll try to cover it off for both groups - perhaps helping those just starting out or playing for fun, and those that want to learn more.

Yeah - I've heard a few people saying that - I've not had it happen myself.

@@jonbeckett Didn't you literally have it happen in this vid, lol?

If you still have the Navigraph data in your community folder, that's not going to go away because you've stopped paying for it. If the folder isn't there, you won't have the up-to-date AIRAC.

@jonbeckett Thanks for the clarification, now I am clear on it! I will keep using 2209 then and maybe update again at a later date.

I haven't had xplane installed for a couple of years!

I'll take a look the next time I have it loaded

Navigraph has the real-world diagrams - which teach you how to interpret them.

@@jonbeckett Yes I know, I subscribe to Navigraph

It's not misinformation - it's just old information. Yeah - without a navigraph subscription to make the map, simbrief, and simulator agree, you're going to have problems from time to time.

Simbrief gets you the routing - which may be 50 waypoints on a long flight. It depends on the aircraft if the integration pulls in the SID and STAR too.

If a discontinuity is proceeded by a manual or vector step, you'll have to remove that too.

Yes. You will retain access. But then when the airac updates again, you're buggered :)

@@jonbeckett Is it such a big deal if your data is a bit old? Surely airports don't update their procedures that often?

@@chrisloach9658 It only becomes an issue if you're doing IFR with a group, or you're on VATSIM :)

That's very odd.

@@jonbeckett on the flight pad in the plane, settings>3rd part options then you will see the option for simbrief ID

Have you filled in your navigraph username in the EFB (the tablet) ?

SOLVED!@@jonbeckett

This is the FlyByWire version of the A320 - not the stock one.

I'm at work today - I'm sure somebody will jump in and help.

The study level aircraft don't let you import flight plans, and simbrief doesn't completely configure the MCDU or FMC.

@@jonbeckett ahh ok thx

Are you using the FlyByWire version ?

@@jonbeckett yes But as i watched the Video 2times i understand and ist Works thank you verry much

Navigraph gives you charts and up-to-date data. Simbrief builds operational flight plans.

Visit dispatch.simbrief.com/account - the Alias or Username is listed.

Do you have the FlyByWire version of the A320 ?

I like subscriptions - you pay for what you use.

@@jonbeckett I paid a little over $600.00 for life.

I never remove mistakes from videos - that's how people learn. The journey is often more important than the destination.