Hi,

 

I read with interest from an Navigraph email today, that they plan to integrate a new Takeoff and Landing performance tool/calculator into the app. No news on when this will come, but development is underway.

It appears its based on the aircraft profiles Simbrief has already based on the UI screenshot they depicted.

Not quite sure how detailed the performance calculator will be if for example you were to compare this with previous Topcat functionality. Hopefully they will be able to support a wide range of up-to-date aircraft profiles to a reasonable degree of accuracy.

Also , the statement wasn't really specific if this performance tool will be available in the std Simbrief (freeware) app or whether it will require an additional paid add-on/subscription to be able to use it.

 

More to come on this.

 

 

 

 

Navigraph/Simbrief are only getting better and better every month!.

17 minutes ago, edpatino said:

Navigraph/Simbrief are only getting better and better every month!.

Agree. I have been using Simbrief since it first came out and its only got better and better in combination with the Navigraph subscription to Charts, this is a very good combination for flight planning.

I also like the recently introduced flight routes comparison option which is similar to what PFPX offers.

 

I agree. I just wonder when the price increase for all these new goodies is going to hit. Addictive app for the serious flight simmer.

I think this will definitely put Simbrief at the top for my flight planning purposes, maybe even replacing my much beloved and well used PFPX+TOPCAT.  I hope the aircraft profiles are accurate.  I have found TOPER to be a bit off on their V speed calculations, as those calculated for my PMDG 737-900 are 15-20 knots higher than what the EFB and FMC calculate.  Of course, I always fall back on the EFB, but what I want primarily from a takeoff performance calculations is the calculated derate and temp.

Will eagerly wait and see.

The entire suite of Navigraph products is fantastic.

The only thing missing in SimBrief is an aircraft profile of the Concorde and the possibility to plan "Concorde-style" routes. A much more complicated untertaking I suppose, but that would really be great for flying the FSL Concorde. Right now I plan the route more or less manually, then create the route using another profile (an A350 for instance), and then let the FSL Concorde board computer do the rest of the job. It works, but it's not great.

13 hours ago, Patco Lch said:

I agree. I just wonder when the price increase for all these new goodies is going to hit. Addictive app for the serious flight simmer.

Yes, that's been crossing my mind too lately given how far the Simbrief app has come in recent years. Its not just the flight planning capabilities it has, but also the interconnectivity via the Simbrief downloader to load up the default sim with the flight plan but also the FMS if your aircraft has one and even the virtual online flying networks. I rely on that for pretty much every flight I make.

It is nice they are adding this, I've also been clinging on to PFPX/ Topcat for many years despite them being pretty much abandonware at this point, it's increasingly long in the tooth now so as things go forward I guess I'll have more of a reason to use Simbrief going forward.

1 hour ago, mozart said:

The entire suite of Navigraph products is fantastic.

The only thing missing in SimBrief is an aircraft profile of the Concorde and the possibility to plan "Concorde-style" routes. A much more complicated untertaking I suppose, but that would really be great for flying the FSL Concorde. Right now I plan the route more or less manually, then create the route using another profile (an A350 for instance), and then let the FSL Concorde board computer do the rest of the job. It works, but it's not great.

This would definitely be a nice feature, a tick-box along the lines of 'avoid overland routes' would make supersonic flight planning much faster and more convenient. Although that being said said, I've been having quite a lot of fun drawing up my Concorde flightplans manually in Navigraph Charts.

Yay! Several of my planes in all my sims (from FS9 to MSFS) don't have any takeoff calculator or a profile in UTOPIA...until Simbrief implements this at last 😁

If You are 738 drivers try this - its payware, but works greate. I have standard one year subscription.

https://www.virtualperformancetool.com/

It's performance tool and W&B calculator with loadsheet etc, and there is PMDG profile.

Best regards

Grzegorz

33 minutes ago, Grzegorz said:

https://www.virtualperformancetool.com/

What do we get there that we don't get in the included EFBs (both P3D and MSFS versions)?

Sorry i can't compare with EFB, becouse I don't use it in PMDG - i use P3D. 

I think that will be the advantage of the Simbrief tool , is it will hopefully support more than one or two aircraft profiles. Again, how realistic it will be, time will tell.

Sounds good.

I would like to see more advanced planning features/more extensive customisation in the future.  For that, nothing has beaten PFPX yet.

9 hours ago, VHOJT said:

Sounds good.

I would like to see more advanced planning features/more extensive customisation in the future.  For that, nothing has beaten PFPX yet.

Agreed. I create my flight plans for Concorde using PFPX. I don’t use it to determine fuel load as the FS Labs Concorde has that feature depending on ZFW.

But for the PMDG737 it’s as good as it gets. Not free and no longer available to buy which probably explains why SimBrief is popular.