April 6, 20224 yr Noob question: Is there a compelling reason to use Active Sky’s flight planning utility (I bought AS for the weather engine… not a flight planner)? We have many flight planning apps available (P3D, Lilnavmap, Sim Brief, PFPX, etc); why would I use the AS flight planning utility instead? Thanks. Scott
April 6, 20224 yr Scott--I think they provide a rudimentary planner (route only) because the weather depiction is a lot better when a flight plan is loaded. So in case you don't have one, you can use the one provided in AS. You get a lot more from the dedicated planners (SimBrief, PFPX) in terms of fuel burn, NOTAMs etc. I've never used the AS planner myself...either PFPX or SimBrief. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
April 6, 20224 yr Administrators Plight Planner? Is this that like a pair of pliers?🤔 Gawd, I crack myself up! 🤪 Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
April 7, 20224 yr Author One of the things I like about LilNavmap is that I can filter out all of the stock airports, leaving only the 3rd-party airports I installed myself. Do Simbrief and PFPX do that?
April 7, 20224 yr Author 7 hours ago, charliearon said: Plight Planner? Is this that like a pair of pliers?🤔 Gawd, I crack myself up! 🤪 Tell you what… I’ll set ‘em up, you knock ‘em down. 😃
April 7, 20224 yr 9 hours ago, ncngrr said: Do Simbrief and PFPX do that? no, as best i know ...... the later is as up date (as you wish it to be) irrespective of how "recent" is your addon. often you realise your addon is way out of date. & besides, are you looking for a route planner or a fight planner ..... & for a C172 or a B77W ???? Edited April 7, 20224 yr by vadriver for now, cheers john martin
April 7, 20224 yr Author 2 hours ago, vadriver said: …are you looking for a route planner or a fight planner ..... & for a C172 or a B77W ???? Thanks for the reply, vadriver. I fly primarily smaller GA planes and not airliners so much. I have the notion that Simbrief and PFPX are most useful for airline flight planning. I’m not even confident that filtering out stock airports is a feature I should place high on my list of desirables. I have many add on airports that I can easily forget them all and find myself flying to/from those I’m most familiar with. Using Littlenavmap reminds me of the others available to me. Thanks.
April 7, 20224 yr 8 hours ago, ncngrr said: I have the notion that Simbrief and PFPX are most useful for airline flight planning. very much the case, though corporate cessna / beech etc props & jets are supported for OFP dispatch, not just route plans. LNM can provide route plans with some advise on fuel needs. for now, cheers john martin
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