Still not sure what you want IF to do?Steve

Press F1 for help; it is html in your browser.The flight plan is loaded at the start of the flight and ATC is waiting.You can set your GPS and autopilot to navigate were you want.I hope this helps.Best regards;Steve

Press F1 for help; it is html in your browser. The flight plan is loaded at the start of the flight and ATC is waiting. You can set your GPS and autopilot to navigate were you want. I hope this helps. Best regards; Steve

One other thing; the navigation is set for an ILS approach at the most likely runway in use at your planned destination airport. For the free flight/return flight mode, this is the airport you are operating from. So if you do a free flight/return flight the navs are set for an ILS approach there *if it is possible*. You have to program your navigation as usual along the route, Ideal Flight does not interfere with the navigation en-route. Many thanks; Steve

Ok. You have anwered my question. Thank you Steve

Just purchased and finished my first flight. What a great program, works fantastic. All for less than the price of a case of beer, in Canada, at least. Thanks Steve.Glen

Just purchased and finished my first flight. What a great program, works fantastic. All for less than the price of a case of beer, in Canada, at least. Thanks Steve.Glen

Fantastic news. This is what IF is about, getting you flying. Thanks Glen.All the best; Steve.

One other thing; the navigation is set for an ILS approach at the most likely runway in use at your planned destination airport. For the free flight/return flight mode, this is the airport you are operating from. So if you do a free flight/return flight the navs are set for an ILS approach there *if it is possible*. You have to program your navigation as usual along the route, Ideal Flight does not interfere with the navigation en-route. Many thanks; Steve

Weather changes with time, so when you get in the plane or when you arrive at your destination, the winds may have altered and the runway in use may have changed. You may have to take off or land on a different runway than first intended.Many thanks; Steve.

Flight parameters don't match airplane reference. WOndering where does iflight get it paramters from? Looking at my RA Duke's reference and what Iflight10 has are very different. Should I change the flight paramters for inflight or it doesn't matter?

Flight parameters don't match airplane reference. WOndering where does iflight get it paramters from? Looking at my RA Duke's reference and what Iflight10 has are very different. Should I change the flight paramters for inflight or it doesn't matter?

This is a good subject. Your Beech 58 may be able to carry a lot of weight but not fly so high and fast at the same time. So if you put in the top cruise altitude, and top cruise speed, and fill it up with passengers, and fuel, then you simply will not be able to follow the plan.Ideal Flight looks at the aircraft and makes a rough calculation to set up the aircraft with a nominal set of values that will work. You will probably be able to go faster, higher, and for more range. It is these parameters you must play with to tune your flight plan, your flight time, and your fuel calculation.Thanks for your support. Regards; Steve.

After my first few flights I am quite impressed with it - enough to get the full version anyway !The only features that I miss would be the ability to load a pre-prepared plan to it and select your own cruise altitude (the altitudes that were assigned to me were not at all practical for the terrain or the aircraft), and probably to manually chose your fuel load rather than rely on the calculation. I know I could do that manually in FSX, but for me the main benefit of the program is going in to FSX ready to hit the starter(s) and go !G

After my first few flights I am quite impressed with it - enough to get the full version anyway !The only features that I miss would be the ability to load a pre-prepared plan to it and select your own cruise altitude (the altitudes that were assigned to me were not at all practical for the terrain or the aircraft), and probably to manually chose your fuel load rather than rely on the calculation. I know I could do that manually in FSX, but for me the main benefit of the program is going in to FSX ready to hit the starter(s) and go !G

Hi G,The post above describes how you are *expected* to set your own cruise altitude. >> This is a good subject. When you set those parameters there will be no need to set fuel, you have THE most accurate fuel calculator, with THE easiest way to do it.If you want more fuel than the calculation suggests, you set the range to less. You will get the hang of it soon. :-))You can load any plan once in the sim from the FSX main menu.Steve

Ideal Flight Page @ FSNGet up to speed: http://www.flightsimulatornetwork.com/group/idealflightforfsx Steve

The post above describes how you are *expected* to set your own cruise altitude. >> This is a good subject. When you set those parameters there will be no need to set fuel, you have THE most accurate fuel calculator, with THE easiest way to do it.If you want more fuel than the calculation suggests, you set the range to less. You will get the hang of it soon. :-))

Just realised why the fuel calculation & altitude were completely out - using the Citation X but the default range in inflight was 350nm and all climb rates were 500fpm (that seems to be the default for all aircraft) - no wonder the generated flightplan was trying to make me part of the scenery, and give me enough fuel for over 10x the distance I was planning !!Will try a flight with the calculations and see how that works out, guess that I will have to manually set the fuel for flights to & from places without facilities .. .. Seems like I will still be using the FSX loading & flightplan screens .. ..G

Just realised why the fuel calculation & altitude were completely out - using the Citation X but the default range in inflight was 350nm and all climb rates were 500fpm (that seems to be the default for all aircraft) - no wonder the generated flightplan was trying to make me part of the scenery, and give me enough fuel for over 10x the distance I was planning !!Will try a flight with the calculations and see how that works out, guess that I will have to manually set the fuel for flights to & from places without facilities .. .. Seems like I will still be using the FSX loading & flightplan screens .. ..G

You will have to reserve your judgements until you are more familiar with IF! 500 fpm is not the default for all aircraft. Also you get fuelled at ALL airports. If you land in the middle of nowhere it is called a landing site. You can get filled up at landing sites because in real life another service could get to you with fuel.As I keep saying it's impossible to guess how far or how high an add-on plane can fly and there is no help in the config file for the plane regarding those values.Let’s put this to bed; when you select an add-on, or any plane, YOU have to set your parameters, how high how fast what climb rates, and tune the RANGE to give you the fuel amount, and that's the easiest way to do it. The initial set of values *will* be off to an extent depending on the aircraft you choose. A guess can be computed based on engine power and type, aircraft weight and size, but that's still going to be all over the place for some types of aircraft.Steve

I tested a non-registered version of IF and flew a test flight from Cardiff to Isle of Man. The weather report said "overcast" but in FSX, wheather was with few clouds. Is IF's weather engine limited to the registered version?Jean-Jacques

I tested a non-registered version of IF and flew a test flight from Cardiff to Isle of Man. The weather report said "overcast" but in FSX, wheather was with few clouds. Is IF's weather engine limited to the registered version?Jean-Jacques

All weather features are intact in the demo mode.Don't forget it is a forecast and so the overcast area may have changed by the time you get there, or even by the time you get in the plane, or maybe did not materialise at all!You will get more of an idea how things work as you progress with IF.Thanks for trying it.Best regards; Steve