drwalker Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Hi all. I know this has been done before, but I am having difficulty deciding between Abacus Co-pilot Pro, Vroute info premium, and Flightsim Commander X for general use. I mainly fly turboprops, but have the Level D 767 and PMDG 747. Most of my flying is within Aus, but not all. I have not yet gotten into online flying eg Vatsim - although that can change. Does anyone here have experience of more than one of the above? Any help is much appreciated. I have a real life multi-engine command instrument rating, so am reasonably familiar with real world procedures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yallu Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 FSBuild also has exporting plans to LDS, PMDG and many turboprops. FYI if you didn't know about this product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnip Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I looked at the site for FSBuild and it says FS2004. Does it work in FSX and also, does it have a map feature similar to FSNavigator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 There is a very basic program called NAV3 ( a basic FSNAV) which for some reason works in FSX.. for the life of me I cannot understand why this one works and fsnav does not, or why as dumpware someone with the necessary skills has not picked up fsnav and modified it for FSX.. surely this can be done? Although I paid for the original FSNAV, I would gladly pay again for a working copy for FSX.Teecee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnip Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Me too Teecee. THAT was an awesome program. Anyone know why he discontinued it? Everything was right at your fingetips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yallu Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I looked at the site for FSBuild and it says FS2004. Does it work in FSX and also, does it have a map feature similar to FSNavigator? Yes, it works well with FSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuit Chucker Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I haven't looked into it but http://simflight.com/2008/08/aerosofts-new-flight-planner/ just popped up on simflight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuit Chucker Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Eeeeek but just noticed the PRICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yallu Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I suggest you download the free vroute standard because the premium (payware) version functionality is also visible in it (but disabled) and you'll get a good idea if payware vroute would be good enough for you. If not, get FSBuild, it's pretty "pro" also only with a bit old-fashioned and partly cumbersome UI. Despite the UI, it has pretty much everything you normally need. In short: FSBuild is very comprehensive but also more diffucult to use - vroute is easy but lacks some features (but may very well be more than enough for you). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drwalker Posted August 16, 2008 Author Share Posted August 16, 2008 Thanks all! I'll keep you posted on findings. I might even try a couple and do a comparison for others trying to decide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I've been thinking about running some sort of flight planning course, Map reading and GA Flight planning for some time but I'm not sure of how well it would be recieved. Many who congregate on these forums are more into the Larger Aircraft aka Domestic and International Liner's which I almost never fly. Who would be interested ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bosch Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 *hand up* Pick me, pick me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnip Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Sounds intereting Maurice. If you would like a little help with it, let me know. I had some ideas years ago about atype of flight sim flight school. While I am only a private pilot with no instrument rating, I may be of help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnip Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Are any of those flight planners visible in FSX like FSNav was? Or is it an outside program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I believe that Flight Sim Commander is accessible but not in the same way as FS Nav , I know I harp a bit but haveing all this shit on screen is VERY annoying to me, a paper chart and Note pad with various Heading and distances from Nav Aids as jotted down when I planned the flight is all I use, I'm afraid that the KISS principle reins supreme. I've done Navigational exercises where we were given a Take Off point in the last 5 Mins before the start and several Directions, like TO and Fly 120Deg 12 NM then turn to a heading of 090 for 22 Nm etc and the amount of errors people had were amazing, simply because the various Pilots could not work out the Distance based on their IAS and allow for the Wind etc, IMHO all the Planning tols in the World are worth absolutely diddley if they fail in flight, and if you have no backup your screwed it's that simple. I don't think you would find a Commercial Pilot worth his/her salt that doesn't take to the Air with a paper copy of the Planned route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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