correct as-is NAV computer glitch

[Lixma 06]

Not sure if this is a bug or intended behaviour.

If you select airfield two or three then hit the RETURN button the selected airfield flips to number one. After that you can select two or three and it'll 'stick'.

 

[Dača]

3 hours ago, Lixma 06 said:

Not sure if this is a bug or intended behaviour.

If you select airfield two or three then hit the RETURN button the selected airfield flips to number one. After that you can select two or three and it'll 'stick'.

 

Return button should, as the name says, return you to original airport where you took off. Airport 1. It probably was designed for that. You can select other airports manually after. I am not 100% sure if this is the case in RL, but it seems logical.

Edited Monday at 02:49 PM by Dača

[IvanK]

I believe it should remain on the airfield selected. The Return flight path routine is a return to the selected airfield not the airfield of departure. Thats assuming you have coded airfield 3 by way of the DTC. So if it is changing then thats a bug to me.

Edited Monday at 09:35 PM by IvanK

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Aerodrome 2 and 3 are meant to be “divert airfields”, no? 
Using that logic, I can understand the RTN button flipping to AD1 automatically, since flying to a diversion base wouldn’t technically be “returning”.

[IvanK]

Divert fields ? No not really they are just airfields you can use. There is nothing specifically that says they are divert fields. There is nothing in the input routine that defines them as a "Divert" field. To the NAV system an airfield is an airfield. Return simply uses the data stored for the selected airfield to compute the return routine. 

 

Edit:

Though the RU version of the DCS manual contains a lot more info on the RETURN mode than the EN version. In the RU version it says exactly what you are seeing will happen that is if say Afld 2 is showing as soon as you press REURN then Airfield 1 is selected  .... not sure on the logic though.

Edited yesterday at 01:59 AM by IvanK

[Dača]

8 hours ago, IvanK said:

Divert fields ? No not really they are just airfields you can use. There is nothing specifically that says they are divert fields. There is nothing in the input routine that defines them as a "Divert" field. To the NAV system an airfield is an airfield. Return simply uses the data stored for the selected airfield to compute the return routine. 

 

Edit:

Though the RU version of the DCS manual contains a lot more info on the RETURN mode than the EN version. In the RU version it says exactly what you are seeing will happen that is if say Afld 2 is showing as soon as you press REURN then Airfield 1 is selected  .... not sure on the logic though.

Aircrafts are usually stationed at one airport. So that seems logical to me. Quick RTB. While airdromes 2 and 3 are more like a steerpoint (if you don't need to land at one of these).

[Phantom711]

Am 29.9.2025 um 23:53 schrieb IvanK:

Divert fields ? No not really they are just airfields you can use. There is nothing specifically that says they are divert fields. There is nothing in the input routine that defines them as a "Divert" field. To the NAV system an airfield is an airfield. Return simply uses the data stored for the selected airfield to compute the return routine. 

You are certainly right from a technical perspective. But when we are talking about actual use-cases from an aviation-minded perspective, it makes sense to have divert fields programmed in there.

But who knows…the eastern block countries often operated quite differently from how western aircrew did.