eurofpl has validation too :smile:

eurofpl has validation too :smile:

 

Thanks for pointing that out! Post is now fixed

Simbrief also provides routes (does not generate though) and validates against current AIRAC from Navigraph (if you subscribe) and against an older AIRAC if you dont subscribe.

Simbrief also provides routes (does not generate though) and validates against current AIRAC from Navigraph (if you subscribe) and against an older AIRAC if you dont subscribe.

 

Absolutelu true and I should have been more specific By validation, I didn't mean to validate against AIRAC. The minimum requirement for any generated route is that it is using airways and waypoints that are included in the navdata.

 

The validation that I was talking about is the Eurocontrol CFMU validation (for European routes).

 

This is where things get though. You have a route that is "valid" based on AIRAC, but based on Eurocontrol rules, you are only allowed to fly it on mondays and only after 2200Z (and so on). Also there are cases where you are not allowed to use an airway unless your origin is X and your destionation is Y. The list goes on and on and on. This is what you get, when you have so many countries in such a small place

Jarkko and Mike, thank you for your objective statements. I personally have PFPX, but really wanted to hear a voice of someone using both. I use a variety of programs depending on the type of flying I do, and PFPX only gets used on complex flights. I don't like screwing with all of that stuff for non commercial planning. I may try to add Sim Brief to my toolbox eventually though.

I would say its worth it.  Its one of the few addons that you use on every flight....can't say that about every airport or aircraft addon.   It works great for fuel planning at various weights and ETOPS.  Does a good job of SID, STAR and runway selection.  Export to FS Addons is an excellent feature and if you have TOPCAT you get the benefit of correct takeoff and landing information.  Hard to go wrong really.

 

 

This is where things get though. You have a route that is "valid" based on AIRAC, but based on Eurocontrol rules, you are only allowed to fly it on mondays and only after 2200Z (and so on). Also there are cases where you are not allowed to use an airway unless your origin is X and your destionation is Y. The list goes on and on and on. This is what you get, when you have so many countries in such a small place

 

Just to add perspective, there's about 10000-20000 of these restrictions. It's not a big deal for simulation of flight, but it's nice to have tool available.

I find Flight Sim Commander much easier to use and still fully functional.

Has anyone used both? I don't see people in this thread with experience on both, just a lot of defending of what they currently use.

Sure. See my post above. The bottom line is that PFPX is best, I use FSBuild/Simbrief mainly for the PMDG Jetstream 4100 because it is not supported in PFPX.

 

Peter

SimBrief does 99% of what PFPX does for free and no need to worry about future subscription like with PFPX. I would never pay for PFPX

SimBrief does 99% of what PFPX does

 

And with 99% probability you have never used PFPX (or you have, but used on 1% of it's available feature set).

 

Out of interest, could you please post a feature comparison between PFPX and SimBrief?

SimBrief does 99% of what PFPX does for free and no need to worry about future subscription like with PFPX. I would never pay for PFPX

 

 

For starters you don't need to pay for future subscriptions, you only need to if you use their weather update, if you use another weather addon  you can use  that.

 

Since you havnt used pfpx  cant see how  to can say  that simbrief  does 99%  of what pfpx  does  so like to know what you base this on

 

 

Since you havnt used pfpx cant see how to can say that simbrief does 99% of what pfpx does so like to know what you base this on

Exactly. And with the sub in PFPX, you get Nats support

Well it looks like I'll be saving up for PFPX!  So after reading these post am I correct to say that it can use Active Sky Next for weather info?

Well it looks like I'll be saving up for PFPX!  So after reading these post am I correct to say that it can use Active Sky Next for weather info?

Yes, correct