I'm flying PMDG 738, WT 787X, FBW320n and all of them extract the OFP out of Simbrief already so no need for an auto loader from outside the sim.  It leaves just the right amount of work flow activities to sync well with everything Self Loading Cargo has one paying close attention to.  SLC has made me a much better airline pilot.  I pay for nav data only with Navigraph just to help them pay the rent.

5 hours ago, sniper31 said:

Now, I use nothing else, and feel naked without it.

Same! Been using it since 2018 and it keeps getting better and better. I have it on my ipad and this version is as in-depth as the desktop app. I fly all over the globe, and having quick and easy access to approach charts etc, VORs, NDBs is indispensable. 

When flying 'liners I plan using Simbrief then import into the sim as well as the navigraph app. Works like a charm!

Edited February 14, 20242 yr by Cpt_Piett

12 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

Also a lot of planes I flew had some avionics that didn't take navigraph (soon to change)

not yet navigraph flyer here. how does it work in VR? which I fly exclusively. I am afraid charts are all too small to read properly on a G1000?

"(soon to change)"  what do you mean by that?

For me- I use the entire suite, every airframe, every flight. Stopped bothering with Jeppview and started on this years ago.  Never looked back.

1 hour ago, turbomax said:

not yet navigraph flyer here. how does it work in VR? which I fly exclusively. I am afraid charts are all too small to read properly on a G1000?

"(soon to change)"  what do you mean by that?

Yeah you can pull up navigraph's app on the toolbar and move it around as if you had an efb sitting in your lap or mounted on your yoke.

As for you second question... Hehe.

I've used Navigraph since they were just a NavData company, and they implemented several ideas I had back when they first developed the moving map software.  I know the owner of Navigraph and I have to say that Magnus is one of the nicest, most customer friendly and committed people in the entire flight sim developer world (I used to know them all, so I feel comfortable saying that).  Frankly, Navigraph not only deseves our business because of that, they have earned it many times over.

Private aviation, at any level, is a very costly hobby. Flight sim at the higher levels is also somewhat costly, depending on your budget. For those who have limited resources, there are freeware versions that do much of what Navigraph does, though of course as you'd expect it's nowhere as good.  Just one is:

 

Of course that doesn't speak to flight planning and automatically dumping flight plans into the aircraft. I fly commerical on VATSIM, and the Simbrief and Navigraph combination makes things incredibly easy... all dispatch is essentially done for you.  As an old guy in this hobby, I remember the days of manually planning out flight plans and fuel planning when we couldn't steal them from someone else.  It was fun, but it took a LONG time, time that we now spend flying.

Best wishes.