I know you can save the INS status and restore it, but if FSX crashes on a long flight autosave utlities do not save the INS status, so it comes back switched off and unaligned.  My understanding is that if you save an INS situation you have to restore the flight situation you saved the INS situation with, so you can't use an autosaved flight.

A "quick align" in flight would enable INS navigation to continue from the current position.  Is it possible to add this capability to the existing on ground quick align in the CIVA INS?  It's no problem to reenter waypoint data, but the inability to "quick align" in flight means that once a flight has crashed it can only be continued without the INS.

Alternatively, is there a way to restore a saved INS situation without restoring an entire flight?

Kevin

Hi Gianfranco,

Thanks for replying. I realise this is a very accurate simulation of the real Carousel IV INS. However just because it is not possible in the real INS does not mean it should not be added to a simulation for user convenience. Every full flight simulator for an aircraft with INS or IRS I have seen has a quick align reset facility which can work in any flight condition. The reason for that is during training if the instructor fails the INS as part of a scenario, they don't want to have to waste valuable time going back to on ground static to realign the INS to continue training. A quick INS realign allows the flight to continue immediately.

An in flight realignment facility for CIVA would allow a flight to be continued with INS navigation in the event of an FSX crash. It's very frustrating to have to restart a long flight from scratch when you could restore the last autosave and quick align the INS.  It would also be a more user friendly way to restore INS alignment after loading a saved flight, which itself is unrealistic since in real life all flights must begin on ground, engines off.

Kevin

Sorry but it isn't possible.
Gianfranco