I flew EDDL to LOWI today and used the STAR and VNAV. On final it took me into the mountains had I continued. Is this a known error, did I do something wrong or is it just the (very nice) scenery with mountains that make it impossible to follow a STAR?
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Hey! Which STAR was this?
Leading to LOWI. In fact it is the r08-y app.
The approach type you used stops at waypoint WI814 and is visual from that point, the line you are following is simply a direct line from the end of the approach to the centre of the airport. And as this is in a valley you are bound to hit a wall.
IF waypoint locations and terrain locations are very accurate, this is simply a case of following the wrong line.
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Hi, the approach via runway 08 does lead you into the mountain if you follow your flightplan. So the approach is mostly visually done. You can also add a waypoint which lays on final, if you don’t wanna Handfly until stabilised.
Here’s how they do it in real life
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Thank you dor your comment. I did study the approach chart for the LOWI r08. However I was curious about the difference between IF and IF FPL. I think I must keep in mind that ‘vectors to final’ is not just a line to follow safely.
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