Gregory 25 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I have FSbuild now for flight planning. Some of my flight plans are missing waypoints when I load the in the Airbus 318/319 and Extended. I did a plan for KIAD to KDFW and most of the waypoints were not in the MCDU after it loaded. Is there a better program than what I am using now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emi 5161 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm using PFPX as I want full OFP's for my flight, but it depends a lot on the actual simmer. Some people prefer Flight Sim Commander 9 over PFPX, for some it's the other way round. You should simply check both programs out and see which one suits you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory 25 Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 Thanks. I like the looks of PFPX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory 25 Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 Does PFPX use Navagraph cycles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emi 5161 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 You can either use Navigraph or NavDataPro in PFPX; your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory 25 Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 Just found it in the manual. It used Navigraph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjharrall 35 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 simbrief. Its free and its fantastic! Far better than most programs you can buy. (not tried PFPX mind you) www.simbrief.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tup61 185 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I absolutely love PFPX. Very realistic. Nothing nicer than a professional realistic printed PFPX OFP on your lap during a flight. I also use that OFP to load the Airbus (instead of the load manager). Very clean interface (unlike FSC which imho looks awful but that's just my opinion. ) Take note that it exports realistic flightplans so no parking spots or gates in the plan, no SID or STAR (in the exported plan, that is: SID and STAR are/can be on the OFP!). You can also validate your plan (CFMU) within PFPX and while creating the plan and you can easily correct errors automatically by for instance making sure specific airways or waypoint may not be used. And so on. When I bought it I thought it was a bit too expensive and er... well, still think it is LOL but I am very happy with my purchase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vjcarlo 151 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Hello Gregory, My method is to use www.Flightaware.com for the real world flight plans and then plug the plan into the MCDU same as RW pilots. For example the latest route between KIAD and KDFW on flightaware is >> RNLDI3 OTTTO Q80 FAREV BWG J6 LIT FEWWW SEEVR1 . When I enter this data (INCLUDING the AIRWAYS), my AXE Extended MCDU displays ALL waypoints . :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norcal Bear 0 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 What do you guys use for real world flight plans in Europe? Flightaware works for US based flights but when browsing European flights, the flight plan is not available. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
araig 29 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 vjcarlo, I've tried this method but where do you get the airways from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
descalzi 2 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I've just been playing with simbrief.com and I reeeeealy liked it. Im creating/downloading company routes like a mad man now. Though I have to admit I never used another flight planner than the default fs/p3d planner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vjcarlo 151 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 vjcarlo, I've tried this method but where do you get the airways from? The airways are loaded directly into your MCDU. For example from my referenced flight plan (RNLDI3 OTTTO Q80 FAREV BWG J6 LIT FEWWW SEEVR1) you would enter AIRWAY Q80 at OTTTO to FAREV and AIRWAY J6 from BWG to LIT . When entering this into your MCDU all the waypoints on this airway will populate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
descalzi 2 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Does anybody know if such a thing as a "Company Route package" exists anywhere ? We all keep creating and saving our routes, keeping as close to the real ones as possible, and the only thing that changes is fuel, aircraft type, etc So i can assume they are basically all the same. I wonder if, for example, a lot of, e.g. A320 Europe routes, are already available .... I tried searching and googling with no luck though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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