Flight Planning (Winds)

[ronzie 21]

I was referring to Dispatch Planner not displaying winds at the indicated altitudes throughout the route in its navigation log screen shots. FSBuild navlogs do show that.Also I actually proceed as you state putting the FS9 exported plan into AS and processing it go get the detailed AS reports which are great for reporting winds aloft at different altitudes at major weather stations along the route. If a change of altitude can reverse a tailwind into a headwind component that is good to know. AS offers a couple of other features regarding weather dynamics when you import the plan as well and process it. After I do that I rebuild the plan in FSB and print the navlog there which will have the latest winds to report.

hello ronzie,by weather integration along the route do you mean average tail/headwind ? if it is the case, at the beginning of the navlog in FSbuild you have it under the label AVG W/C. It is very convenient for fuel planning in the MD-11's FMCbtw. I proceed as you do except that I use FSbuild export to FS9 beside export to PMDG then import the FS9 flightplan in AS, this generate in AS a very detailled weather report (for each waypoint) for your route (not limited to DEP and DEST). Then when I have time (during cruise for instance) I enter the per waypoint wind direction/speed in the FMC to have a better ETA estimation in the prog pagecheersJulien

[vedus 1]

Hi everyone!So here i am: i decided to buy FSbuild following your suggestions... And after a few days of trial, i must say that i'm really unhappy with it! I found this tool uneasy to use, with difficulties to export flight plans to FS9 and particularly to the PMDG 747... The flight plans provided are accurate but for long haul flights it becomes harder to get actual step climb path and other... Someone said that it has a somewhat old interface... That's an understatement! The tutorials are unreadable and incomplete... in one word: useless! I paid 27

[smokeyupahead 6]

One word: "vroute premium".David