The other thing that a pain is that this "emulates" so it will suck up 30% of your CPU so if you plan on using this on a regular basis a Tablet is probably preferred.

10 minutes ago, FPStewy said:

The other thing that a pain is that this "emulates" so it will suck up 30% of your CPU so if you plan on using this on a regular basis a Tablet is probably preferred.

And it seems like Windows version is going to be discontinued in June 30th. I needed to get a tablet anyway. 😄

5 minutes ago, Kaan KASIM said:

And it seems like Windows version is going to be discontinued in June 30th. I needed to get a tablet anyway. 😄

Here's the question that I'm asking myself - a decent 10" Tablet for me will set me back $300 Cdn but on the other hand Aivlasoft is about $80 Cdn. just depends how bad you are willing to pay for the option.

Now having said that my biggest gripe with either Navigraph is that it's monthly/yearly, and Aivlasoft is one time but I like the "published" VFR sectionals and IFR Hi/Low which FltGo has for free.

Now the solution to ALL OF THIS would be a SkyVector P3D (working) API with tracking but oh well. FS20 is around the corner and waiting to see their Flight Aware partnership. So - decisions have to be made.

some great feedback thanks all, actually i discovered the flight sim in google earth pro this is the best way to fly a route for familiarization before a real flight to get a pretty close representation of what you will actually see in real life, it just needs a heading and altitude hold as its very difficult to look around due to the sensitivity of the controls. Hopefully when MSFS2020 comes out will be able to use for true VFR flight

 

Thank all

 

Wayne

OP - "can I connect P3D v5 to satellite maps?"

Avsim users - provide 2 pages of information on how to do this.

OP - "Actually, I'm going to wait for MSFS" - ARRGH!, not another one feeling the need to post this - PLUS, in a new and previously unseen twist, suggests in a P3D forum, that  the Google Earth flight sim is better. 😧

Despite OP wasting everyones time with this post, thanks to those who posted solutions as there's a lot of great ideas here. I wasn't aware of the littlenavmap satellite addon, will definitely try it out. 

15 minutes ago, OzWhitey said:

OP - "can I connect P3D v5 to satellite maps?"

Avsim users - provide 2 pages of information on how to do this.

OP - "Actually, I'm going to wait for MSFS" - ARRGH!, not another one feeling the need to post this - PLUS, in a new and previously unseen twist, suggests in a P3D forum, that  the Google Earth flight sim is better. 😧

Despite OP wasting everyones time with this post, thanks to those who posted solutions as there's a lot of great ideas here. I wasn't aware of the littlenavmap satellite addon, will definitely try it out. 

Wow chill out, i thanked everyone for the great info and really like little nav map which i now use, just so happens i tried google earth pro and it does what im looking for so i suggest you move on and look for other posts to criticize

21 minutes ago, suchw said:

Wow chill out, i thanked everyone for the great info and really like little nav map which i now use, just so happens i tried google earth pro and it does what im looking for so i suggest you move on and look for other posts to criticize

You asked a question of this forum, promptly got many high-quality answers and then decided you didn’t care about your original question anyway as google earth was fine as a flight simulator. 😳

There’s also way too many posts about MSFS around here right now, I would be quite content to read about people’s plans for that upcoming sim in the appropriate forum!

If you want to use P3D v5 for flight familiarization, suggest building ortho tiles for your local area if not commercially availablr, and using with FS Widgets IG Map HD if you have an iPad, or LittleNavMap if you don’t for satellite imagery. Will be an awful lot more realistic than Google Earth if you goal is to simulate a flight.

Edited June 14, 20205 yr by OzWhitey

30 minutes ago, OzWhitey said:

You asked a question of this forum, promptly got many high-quality answers and then decided you didn’t care about your original question anyway as google earth was fine as a flight simulator. 😳

There’s also way too many posts about MSFS around here right now, I would be quite content to read about people’s plans for that upcoming sim in the appropriate forum!

If you want to use P3D v5 for flight familiarization, suggest building ortho tiles for your local area if not commercially availablr, and using with FS Widgets IG Map HD if you have an iPad, or LittleNavMap if you don’t for satellite imagery. Will be an awful lot more realistic than Google Earth if you goal is to simulate a flight.

Cheers apologies i did not mean to come across as if i didnt care,i did take the info onboard and appreciated everybodys input,there are some great people here

17 minutes ago, suchw said:

Cheers apologies i did not mean to come across as if i didnt care,i did take the info onboard and appreciated everybodys input,there are some great people here

It’s ok, i’ll be less easily triggered once i’ve had my morning coffee! 😊

14 minutes ago, OzWhitey said:

It’s ok, i’ll be less easily triggered once i’ve had my morning coffee! 😊

Lol

On 6/13/2020 at 7:14 PM, suchw said:

Hopefully when MSFS2020 comes out will be able to use for true VFR flight

Thank all

Wayne

I have been flying VFR with no GPS with Orbx Global and even better with Regions and TE, Flying with VOR's only with Sectionals with no GPS is quite interesting.

cool, lots of new stuff here I didn't even know about.

Foreflight includes this as well as many other useful features. And yes, it costs money, so it may not be for everyone.