The best Flightplannig Software?

[Arklight1 140]

I just checked out FSC and it looks pretty darn good! I have two monitors (I fly on my 30" dell and put anythinng else I use on the 23" Acer).I created a route in vRoute (Standard Edition), copy and pasted it in FSC and whammo! It's all right there. The graphical interface sure made choosing a SID/STAR easier as well. Of course, this is just the demo so I am unable to save the route and use it in FS, but the functionality looks pretty darn good.I am still trying to decide, but I am impressed with FSC so far.

[Bob Scott 7,720]

I use FSBuild...the plans it produces are pretty darned close to the professional grade stuff I used in the real world.RegardsBob ScottColonel, USAF (ret)ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VColorado Springs, CO

[ronzie 21]

FSBuild has a couple of tricks that can give you poor routes in minor cases using its autorouter.The developer frequently provides free AIRAC updates on FSBuild.com. Cycle 1009 is the current download. About he invalid routes -- It is delivered with a library of stored old routes. You just when autorouting disable the Stored Route ("SR" button) so it will not look through this library for an existing route. There is a statement you put in its .cfg file that limits the search radius in autoroute so non-unique labeled "soft" local waypoints don't get confused in the waypoint database. A "soft: waypoint is created in digital databases (used in RNAV charts) that mark the non-intersection labeled points such as a vor radial dme point which is not labeled except with this non-ICAO registered name. These are used for changes in heading and get you going on the right heading to and from these soft waypoints just like navaid labels or labeled intersections. You can also have this problem with NDB labels not being unique in some cases.If a recent AIRAC is not used and the SR button is not disabled that could generate possibly a plan that a VATSIM or IVAO controller might refuse.FSBuild uses standard syntax to describe the route if you want to paste in your own route such as from flightaware.com. Sometimes a SID-STAR version might need a slight change in label, easily seen with a dropdown for the suggested runway. Once corrected SID/STAR waypoints will show in its route grid and get exported that way to FS and FMCs. If you wish to edit those waypoints you turn on (each time except the first) "Build from Grid" and it will build the export plan from that. I use the FS9 and PMDG FMC exports.FSBuild connects to some versions of Active Sky (FS need not run) so winds aloft and temperatures are used in its fuel planning and both track and headings are given it its printable NAVLOG.I have a document to paste in based on my experience with it if anyone is interested. It also has a link to an exe update not on simmarket.com and the .cfg change I mentioned.