Curtis L. Olson wrote:
There are probably cases where the localizer isn't really perfectly
aligned with the runway, or intentionally misaligned to avoid obstacles
or terrain.
You are correct -- for a non-precision, LOC-only approach, the localizer can
be as far as 30 deg off the runway heading
David Megginson wrote:
Curtis L. Olson wrote:
So I have made this configurable for those that trust the data more
than I do. Just set /sim/navdb/auto-align-localizers to
true/false in the preferences file to turn this feature on or off in
the code.
I'd be more comfortable fixing the
Andy Ross wrote:
Or as a compromise, make the property a threshold value.
Misalignments less than ~5 degrees (or whatever) are likely to be
problems with the input data, while larger variances probably
represent a real-world issue we want to simulate.
That seems like a reasonable compromise.
