P3D Flight Planner

[Arndt777 1]

Hello,

I realized a problem with the default flight planner of P3D version 2.4:

If I input a specific cruising altitude of for example 6000 ft and save the flight, then this cruise altitude value is getting lost. If I retrieve the flight, then I don’t find the saved cruising altitude, but a fantasy value. This fantasy value never is four digits or above, but two or three digits only.

Is this a bug of Prepar3D 2.4, or is this a problem with my installation? Can I take any action?

Kind regards

Arndt

 

[twojastara 85]

I don't know if this is bug or feature, however, you can try external VfrFlight planner (http://vfrflight.org). It is very lightweight and easy to use, and can calculate your cruising altitude from elevation data, so you don't have to even think about it.

 

Generate flight plan, then load it in P3D and start your flight.

 

You can also SimConnect to it and follow your position on the map.

 

Lukasz

[vonmar 123]

 

Hello,

I realized a problem with the default flight planner of P3D version 2.4:

If I input a specific cruising altitude of for example 6000 ft and save the flight, then this cruise altitude value is getting lost. If I retrieve the flight, then I don’t find the saved cruising altitude, but a fantasy value. This fantasy value never is four digits or above, but two or three digits only.

Is this a bug of Prepar3D 2.4, or is this a problem with my installation? Can I take any action?

Kind regards

Arndt

 

 

All work ok here.

 

Are you using OLD flight plans (previous P3D version) or creating new ones now?

 

Look in your flight plan folder : C:\Users\yournamehere\Documents\Prepar3D v2 Files

 

open your flight saved plan in a text editor:

 

My last saved flight plan just looks ok  with 18000 feet .... and it loads with 18000 feet .

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

 

<SimBase.Document Type="AceXML" version="1,0">

    <Descr>AceXML Document</Descr>

    <FlightPlan.FlightPlan>

        <Title>testAltsaved</Title>

        <FPType>IFR</FPType>

        <RouteType>HighAlt</RouteType>

        <CruisingAlt>18000</CruisingAlt>

        

      

[Arndt777 1]

Hello Vaughan,

 

I am not using old plans, but only new one's. They are in the same format as yours.

 

But: nearly all flight plan files do contain as cruising altitude not values like 5000 ft, 5500 ft or 6000 ft (this is my usual cruising altitude), but values like 55 ft, 524 ft and so on.

 

I changed the cruising altitude values in all my flight plan files outside P3D back to my usual cruising altitude and then saved the file. Afterwards I reopened these files within P3D and cruising altitude again has changed to these strange values like 55, 524 and so on.

 

I don't have any idea regarding the source of the problem.

 

Regards

 

Arndt 

[vonmar 123]

Post a screenshot(s) of your NavLog and saved flight plan (like I did above) for a short 6000 crz flight.

I did KDTW KTOL LOW ALT/IFR plan



This is what I see

 

This is the plan:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<SimBase.Document Type="AceXML" version="1,0">
    <Descr>AceXML Document</Descr>
    <FlightPlan.FlightPlan>
        <Title>dtwtol-test</Title>
        <FPType>IFR</FPType>
        <RouteType>LowAlt</RouteType>
        <CruisingAlt>4000</CruisingAlt>
        <DepartureID>KDTW</DepartureID>
      

[Arndt777 1]

Here is the screenshot   ...

 

So far the cruising altitude is stable and didn't change, even after closing and restarting P3D for sebveral times.

 

 

 

[Arndt777 1]

 

[vonmar 123]

Do another plan but let the P3D flight planner create the route ...and see what happens.

 

I want it to look like mine so I can see what is happening.

 

For example .. your CRL should show a VOR freq ... and it does not.

 

Your photos are too small .. hard to read.

[vonmar 123]

Ok,

 

I can read your last screenshot now thanks for making it bigger.

 

The altitudes are correct .. 4000 crz and KTOL is 684 feet.

 

Correct?

 

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Do another plan (low alt IFR) but let the P3D flight planner create the route ...and see what happens.

 

I want it to look like mine so I can see what is happening.

[Arndt777 1]

Please see what I got from the P3D flight planner. Different from yours.

 

[vonmar 123]

Did you let P3D generate your route?

 

List the steps you do to have P3D create your flight plan?

 

Then I will test your steps here.

 

 

 

Also, you need to make one photo of each the Plan and then the Navlog so they are bigger in your post ... I cannot read them.

So you will post 2 screenshots here instead of one.