PMDG 737 + FS2Crew + "Flight Operations Center"?

[Ricardo41 5,935]

Is anyone using these three products together? I have the first two, and am thinking of buying FOC - but no very little about the program.What does it add in terms of capabilities that FSBuild and FS Navigator don't have?ricardo

[Guest pauld2004]

Hi,I've never heard of Flight Operations Center. what is it's website?Paul

[mburkhard 23]

Ricardo,FOC is a professional tool thus very precise. The flightplans it produces are nearly as complex as the real ones. Examples?Flight from Bangkok VTBD to Hong Kong VHHH(FPL-CLX0007-IS-B742/H-/C-VTBD1715-N0489F331 GRANT2 KRT W1 RAMEI A202 VILAO/N0489F330 A202 ASSAD /N0489F331 A202 SIKOU SIKO1B CORAL-VHHH0208 VMMC-EET/VTBB0019 VVGL0056 ZGZU0125 REG/RFP-E/0336 P/TBN C/Markus Burkhard)START OF COMPANY FLIGHTPLAN CLX0007 05.01.07 VTBDVHHH.001 SEQ002 RLS001 AIRCRAFT B742Q STD 17.15Z ATD ..... ABN ..... TYPE RFPE STA 19.40Z T/D ..... ATA ..... ROUTE INFORMATION: CREW INFORMATION: DIST 1069 TRACK INDEX 117 DISP: Florian Bolli /.................. ESAD 988 COMPONENT T027 PIC: Markus Burkhard /.................. CRSM NCR CLIMB NCL FUEL CALCULATION: ALL IN LB*1000 WEIGHT/FUEL BREAK DOWN: ALL IN LB BIAS 1000 ZFW 526400 526500 TAXI 4.00 TOF 105264 316310 VHHH 65.39 02.08 TOW 631664 800000 RR20 10.23 00.20 TIF 65387 VMMC* 10.02 00.13 FL030 LW 566277 585000 FR 12.28 00.30 REM 39877 CF 9.72 00.15 HF 6.48 00.10 AIRPORTS: ALL IN LB*1000 MIN 109.26 03.36 ADD 0.00 ACT 109.26 NOTES :- Route exeeds 105 per cent of GC !- CALCULATED 1ST ALTERNATE ONLY- UWX DATA FILES IN USE : 20050107.18U- STOPS/EROPS NOT CALCULATEDRTE VIA : GRANT2-KRT / W1-RAMEI / A202-SIKOU / SIKO1B-TD / (I07L-*Proc)DIST 1069 GCI 117 CP T027 ESAD 988 CRSM NCR FLIGHT PROFILE :KRT/F331 - RAMEI/F350 - DONGI/F330 - SAMAS/F331[FF]FLIGHTPLAN: AWY POS FREQ FL MT DIST TME ATO ETO ETA EET FUEL FOB RFU ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VTBD 0.00 ..../..../..../0.00 0.00 /.....105.2GRANT2 TIGER F011 207 003.4 0.01 ..../..../..../00.01 0.51 /.....104.7GRANT2 GRANT F061 090 016.0 0.03 ..../..../..../00.04 2.90 /.....102.3GRANT2 BD032 F117 049 018.3 0.03 ..../..../..../00.07 5.49 /.....99.77* TOC KRT D-005 GRANT2 KRT 113.70 F331 050 079.7 0.12 ..../..../..../00.19 15.49 /.....89.77W1 RAMEI F350 083 050.5 0.06 ..../..../..../00.25 18.09 /.....87.17A202 SAV 113.50 F350 048 137.4 0.16 ..../..../..../00.41 24.67 /.....80.59A202 VILAO F350 058 089.8 0.11 ..../..../..../00.52 28.93 /.....76.34A202 DONGI F330 058 038.3 0.04 ..../..../..../00.56 30.63 /.....74.63A202 XONUS F330 058 039.9 0.04 ..../..../..../01.00 32.30 /.....72.96A202 ASSAD F330 058 030.3 0.03 ..../..../..../01.03 33.59 /.....71.67A202 SAMAS F331 051 205.7 0.22 ..../..../..../01.25 42.34 /.....62.92A202 SIKOU F331 071 060.0 0.06 ..../..../..../01.31 44.86 /.....60.40SIKO1B GINJA F331 111 032.1 0.04 ..../..../..../01.35 46.27 /.....58.99SIKO1B CORAL F331 080 060.1 0.07 ..../..../..../01.42 48.88 /.....56.38* TOD ROBIN D-015 SIKO1B ROBIN F349 082 067.3 0.08 ..../..../..../01.50 53.42 /.....51.85SIKO1B BAKER F299 066 023.8 0.02 ..../..../..../01.52 55.48 /.....49.78SIKO1B MANGO F241 344 025.0 0.03 ..../..../..../01.55 57.21 /.....48.06SIKO1B TD 116.10 F132 344 040.1 0.06 ..../..../..../02.01 58.49 /.....46.77I07L GUAVA F094 250 014.0 0.02 ..../..../..../02.03 59.84 /.....45.42I07L SOKOE F059 250 013.0 0.02 ..../..../..../02.05 60.31 /.....44.96I07L LIMES F048 297 004.2 0.01 ..../..../..../02.06 60.59 /.....44.68I07L D157U F028 336 007.0 0.01 ..../..../..../02.07 60.80 /.....44.47I07L *Proc F028 0.00 ..../..../..../02.07 60.80 /.....44.47I07L CI07L F017 035 003.9 0.01 ..../..../..../02.08 60.89 /.....44.38 VHHH 0.00 ..../..../..../02.08 65.39 /.....39.88[FF]WAYPOINTS AND WINDS : ENROUTEICAO FREQ LATITUDE LONGITUDE MAG WD

[SAS263 1]

Paul, www.danur.comRicardo, FOC is indeed very complex and it takes a bit of time to figure out some things. I have the feeling that it is better suited if you have a number of routes that you regularly fly and use the tool to perform flightplanning with the current wind data. If you

[Guest ben_hewitt]

Where can FOC be found?

[Guest Lobaeux4]

FOC looks fantastic, but I get all the same info from our VA's dispatches.

[jjeffreys 12]

Hey Joe thats where we are lucky.

[Guest pagotan]

Here is the link to Flight Operation Center: http://www.danur.com/main.htmand here is a snapshot of the first page you are confronted with when you open FOC:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/103281.jpgThis program is more a dispatcher than a flight planner. In my opinion this is the best dispatcher available for the flightsim community I have seen sofar. You still need a flight planner like FSBuild at least to convert and export the flight plans to your preferred addons. Be aware the learning curve of FOC is very steep if you want to use it professionally. The manual are almost non existent and there is no dedicated forum I know of. Furthermore navdatas for this product are AIRINC 424 based making the updates costly. It is my understanding that DANUR will provide updates on a subscription basis. I guess the perfect combination of planner/dispatcher programs would be Flitestar + FOC + FSBuild.Note: I am not affiliated in any way with any of the products I mentioned above.Michael