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Hello, As i stated on my previous message, FL060 and FL070 is referenced from Seychelles AIP which can be found at http://www.scaa.sc/files/AIP%20Seychelles.pdf Please see page 90. Page 90: http://s27.postimg.org/gkg6m2f8z/aip.jpg

Hello again, Please ignore previous message I got it now. Thak you skelsey, ViperPilot and bjratchf

Thank you skelsey, I can understand even/odd levels, that's how i am flying on normal routes actually. But this route is so short (23 nm). Seychelles AIP (http://www.scaa.sc/files/AIP%20Seychelles.pdf) explains alot of things. If you can take a look at page 90, there is table. Should i reference it for cruising flight level? And then MSA of the airport, right? FSIA has MSA 4500ft, 25nm radius. So i should pick an altitude greater than 4500ft to stay in MSA, and FL60 or FL70 for my cruising altitude. May you confirm?

Well, just completed the flight between FSIA-FSPP. I can tell it was really hard and struggling because of current weather. Amazing experience. If you are able to make short flight, go for same route right now I have filled my flightplan as FL60, however, it was impossible to keep aircraft cruising altitude. However, landed safely It was hard because no a/p involved and DHC-6's a/p is really basic one. Again, this route is highly recommended right now a short and challenging flight.

Thank you all! It's more clear now. Well i was definitely mixing flight rules and approaches but i got the difference now. Another question 1- Right now i have to operate this flight at night and weather is bad at the moment. I am going for IFR for sure. How about cruising altitude? Is there any "minimum" altitude for IFR? Should i have to read AIP to determine this? BTW, current metar of FSIA (FSIA 251900Z 12010KT 9999 FEW015CB SCT017 29/25 Q1012

Hello everyone, I am trying to "simulate" air taxi service between tropical islands. This is short and great way to flight However, i would like to make a proper and well-planned flight, since i am going to do it online on IVAO. My preferred A/C is DHC-6 Twin Otter. My departure is FSIA Mahe Island and arrival is FSPP Praslin. Well dep/arr is vicinity of Seychelles. There are many islands with small airports and airfields. My questions are below (i know there are too many!) 1- Should i go for IFR or VFR? Weather is almost always clear, wind is calm and visibility is good near Seychelles. How to decide? 2- How to select a cruising altitude for VFR? I read AIP/AIS of Seychelles, seems like its provide all information needed. Is that right way to start planning? 3- Is that possible to use ILS approach on VFR flight plan? Is this a VFR -> IFR or VFR -> VFR flight? 4- I am going to do same flight with Cessna 172. It does have all necessary equipment for IFR as far i know, so i can go for IFR, right? 5- I am little bit confused about terms IFR, VFR and Visual. Does Visual approach changes flightplan to VFR? As far i know, Visual Approach is a part of IFR. So flightplan should be stay same, right? Why and when Visual Approach needed? Is this possible to do Visual Approach on ILS runway? (Ignoring ILS and doing whole thing visually) So is this possible to do Visual Approach in VFR flight? What's the equivalent of Visual Approach in VFR? Or am i getting this completely wrong? As i understand, Viisual Approach is the VFR's itself. Because whole thing visual. So how about opposite scenerio? Can i use ILS approach on VFR? And does it changes flightplan to VFR->IFR? Any help and idea would be great. Thank you all.

Hello again Kyle, Thanks for great info and your time, you are very kind. And your videos are very informative and valueable. And thanks everyone for help and support.

Hello Kyle, Thank you. I am kinda confused with terms such as "Take-off Weight" and "Dry Operating Weight". I mean, does DOW equals to ZFW? Is there any document or page to learn all these terms?

Hello, Thanks for great video, it explains alot. And also i am already using Al Jordan's config files, these files are not matching with winglets i guess. I think theres nothing to worry about -/+ 1 changes but i just want to make sure TOPCAT and PMDG match perfectly (not precisely, i know) But also theres no certain "MTOW" or any values from PMDG. So every value is just assumption, i think.

Hello, Thanks for great info. One more thing, is there any way to see exact weight of 1 passenger of PMDG?

Stab TRIM and V1 VR V2 is not matching. Always -/+ 1 difference.

Hello Fabo, Even if i set values manually, i can't make it match with FMC. Here are some screenshots and my aircraft.cfg below Link to aircraft.cfg http://pastebin.com/Xq2hnSfu Link to my TOPCAT config http://pastebin.com/tj8BHXmA

Hello neos63, May you list the proper values for winglets? Thanks.

Hello everyone, I'd like to use TOPCAT for my calculations but MTOW, MZFW values are not matching with FCOM. May someone help me on this? I am using "Boeing 737-8K2NGX Transavia Airlines Winglets", this livery is from http://www.precisionmanuals.com/pages/downloads/liveries.html 1- Does MTOW changes on different liveries? 2- FCOM is not matching with aircraft.cfg file, is that normal? I have tested different configs from various forums and blogs but none of them is matching with my FMC.

Hello DJJose, Okay, i'll go for it. Thank you so much.