FS9 flight planner

[Jimmy]

hi guys

I have a flightplan (I used the VPA planner to get it) for a flight from male (maldives) to heathrow. There are 97waypoints and its a 10hour flight.

I want to enter these into the fs planner so I leave my pc just flying for some of the flight. I am aware that there are erros in the fs9 database so it makes trying to enter this difficult, and scrolling around the map trying to find a certain fix is very very time consuming and sometimes not even possible(if it doesn't exsist).

my flight plan is as follows:

VRMM            0      0  N04°11'30.60" E073°31'44.86" MALE INTL
LELEM          326    50  N04°51'14.00" E073°01'03.00" LELEM
BIBGO          326    201  N07°30'06.50" E070°56'47.80" BIBGO
ESMIT          325    170  N09°44'01.87" E069°10'19.54" ESMIT
GOLEM          324    171  N11°57'39.30" E067°22'13.40" GOLEM
DONSA          324    203  N14°35'18.50" E065°11'33.40" DONSA
BOLUR          322    188  N17°00'40.82" E063°07'21.35" BOLUR
KITAL          320    243  N20°03'00.00" E060°18'00.00" KITAL
GOLNI          329    67  N21°00'14.00" E059°41'30.00" GOLNI
TAVKO          329    18  N21°15'19.00" E059°31'47.00" TAVCO
EMURU          329    69  N22°13'57.00" E058°53'38.00" EMURU
TOLDA          328    31  N22°40'08.00" E058°36'24.00" TOLDA
GIDAN          328    25  N23°01'04.00" E058°22'32.00" GIDAN
ITURA          328    27  N23°23'51.00" E058°07'20.00" ITURA
MIBSI          328    21  N23°41'39.00" E057°55'23.00" MIBSI
SOLUD          307    82  N24°32'23.00" E056°44'21.00" SOLUD
GISMO          307    25  N24°47'43.00" E056°22'36.00" GISMO
BUBIN          304    18  N24°57'42.00" E056°06'42.00" BUBIN
AVAMI          311    12  N25°05'54.00" E055°56'47.00" AVAMI
TUKLA          311    20  N25°19'36.00" E055°40'10.00" TUKLA
KUMUN          311    30  N25°40'00.00" E055°15'15.00" KUMUN
PAPAR          323    74  N26°40'00.00" E054°27'00.00" PAPAR
ROTAL          329    61  N27°32'41.00" E053°53'20.00" ROTAL
KASOL          329    68  N28°31'47.00" E053°15'33.00" KASOL
SITEN          328    35  N29°02'07.00" E052°55'32.00" SITEN
SYZ    117.8  328    35  N29°32'24.60" E052°35'19.60" SHIRAZ SHAHID DASTGHAIB
KISED          309    70  N30°18'20.00" E051°34'28.00" KISED
RADID          308    10  N30°24'53.00" E051°25'39.00" RADID
MESVI          308    100  N31°29'20.00" E049°57'01.00" MESVI
ALTAX          322    49  N32°08'50.00" E049°23'54.00" ALTAX
KRD    116.4  321    95  N33°26'06.50" E048°17'20.80" KHORAM ABAD
SNJ    116.5  327    126  N35°14'20.10" E047°00'28.20" SANANDAJ
UMH    113.5  325    174  N37°41'13.90" E045°05'03.60" UROMIYEH
TUDNU          297    20  N37°51'22.00" E044°43'18.00" TUDNU
BONAM          296    23  N38°02'56.00" E044°17'59.00" BONAM
ZELSU          294    28  N38°15'56.00" E043°46'59.00" ZELSU
VAN    115.2  295    25  N38°27'54.69" E043°19'30.28" VAN
KESIR          297    101  N39°18'55.00" E041°27'05.00" KESIR
NEGOL          295    20  N39°28'35.00" E041°04'45.00" NEGOL
ULGAN          295    20  N39°38'30.00" E040°41'33.00" ULGAN
ARKIN          295    36  N39°55'47.00" E040°00'02.00" ARKIN
BALON          294    20  N40°05'30.00" E039°36'30.00" BALON
SEHER          294    54  N40°30'22.00" E038°34'25.00" SEHER
CRM    112.8  293    103  N41°15'55.79" E036°32'55.93" CARSAMBA
SIN    114    301    80  N42°01'20.00" E035°04'36.00" SINOP
KUGOS          312    63  N42°46'50.00" E034°05'16.00" KUGOS
LAGIR          288    84  N43°17'34.86" E032°18'48.46" LAGIR
ADINA          288    85  N43°48'10.80" E030°30'12.36" ADINA
CND    112.7  286    92  N44°17'40.05" E028°28'46.29" CONSTANTA
RIVOS          298    41  N44°39'20.53" E027°39'16.97" RIVOS
DENAK          289    56  N45°00'08.21" E026°26'08.49" DENAK
PELUR          290    44  N45°17'12.28" E025°29'17.68" PELUR
OLERU          290    12  N45°21'45.42" E025°13'45.71" OLERU
GAVRI          289    41  N45°37'19.04" E024°19'24.27" GAVRI
NEPOT          289    56  N45°57'37.08" E023°05'17.10" NEPOT
EVRIK          301    42  N46°21'06.84" E022°14'32.11" EVRIK
BUDOP          301    37  N46°41'14.55" E021°29'47.96" BUDOP
DODAR          290    87  N47°12'52.36" E019°31'39.12" DODAR
BALUX          293    18  N47°20'27.25" E019°07'46.37" BALUX
TORNO          293    29  N47°32'23.19" E018°29'24.44" TORNO
TEKNO          275    44  N47°37'25.59" E017°24'32.07" TEKNO
ABETI          280    16  N47°40'39.77" E017°00'46.23" ABETI
SNU    115.5  291    32  N47°52'29.55" E016°17'18.37" SOLLENAU
TAGAS          291    27  N48°02'38.35" E015°39'14.30" TAGAS
LUGIM          290    23  N48°11'08.23" E015°06'32.48" LUGIM
MOTIX          290    22  N48°19'06.60" E014°35'08.32" MOTIX
FRE    113.5  290    19  N48°25'54.41" E014°07'47.39" FREISTADT
PABSA          290    17  N48°31'42.00" E013°44'18.00" PABSA
RENKA          290    10  N48°35'05.43" E013°30'18.81" RENKA
GONBA          290    18  N48°41'16.00" E013°04'33.00" GONBA
STAUB          289    18  N48°47'09.00" E012°39'29.00" STAUB
MAMOR          289    18  N48°53'09.00" E012°13'20.00" MAMOR
UNKUL          297    34  N49°08'14.00" E011°27'35.00" UNKUL
ALB    111.2  297    10  N49°12'51.74" E011°13'17.17" ALLERSBERG
INBED          314    15  N49°23'15.00" E010°56'30.00" INBED
LANGI          314      9  N49°29'19.00" E010°46'43.00" LANGI
VADRU          314    22  N49°44'10.00" E010°22'30.00" VADRU
LOHRE          301    40  N50°04'01.00" E009°29'11.00" LOHRE
ESAMA          306    29  N50°20'28.00" E008°51'35.00" ESAMA
TESGA          306    11  N50°26'42.00" E008°37'08.00" TESGA
MONAX          280    31  N50°31'17.00" E007°49'23.00" MONAX
MAKOB          279    32  N50°34'54.00" E006°59'47.00" MAKOB
LENDO          278    27  N50°37'31.00" E006°16'43.00" LENDO
BATTY          277    16  N50°38'57.04" E005°50'55.61" BATTY
TERLA          289      7  N50°40'57.04" E005°39'55.59" TERLA
SOGRI          290    25  N50°48'23.03" E005°02'42.52" SOGRI
BUB    114.6  289    20  N50°54'08.00" E004°32'17.00" BRUSSELS
DENUT          304    39  N51°14'10.04" E003°39'27.36" DENUT
LUMEN          285    10  N51°16'10.04" E003°24'23.65" LUMEN
BULAM          285    25  N51°21'09.00" E002°45'01.00" BULAM
DIBLI          285    19  N51°24'43.00" E002°15'45.00" DIBLI
RAPIX          285    10  N51°26'35.00" E002°00'00.00" (LAM 104/070)
TEBRA          285    15  N51°29'20.00" E001°36'43.00" TEBRA
KOPUL          285    18  N51°32'32.00" E001°08'14.00" KOPUL
GILDA          284    21  N51°36'06.00" E000°35'01.00" GILDA
LAM    115.6  284    16  N51°38'46.00" E000°09'06.00" LAMBOURNE
EGLL          251    25  N51°28'39.00" W000°27'41.00" HEATHROW


VRMM SID LELEM R456 KITAL P570 MIBSI P574 KUMUN UP574 SITEN W10 SYZ W3 MESVI UL223 UMH UL124 BONAM UG81 ZELSU UL124 VAN UL852 CRM UT33 SIN UW704 KUGOS UL851 CND UL620 RIVOS UL851 NEPOT UL602 BUDOP UL850 DODAR UY34 TORNO UY50 ABETI UL610 BATTY UL608 DENUT UL610 LAM STAR EGLL

Usualy for a flight I just wait till I get to a waypoint then use the direct too gps function to fly to the next, as you can see I can't really sit at my pc for 10 hours entering waypoints as I go, although I would love to my Mum would not be so happy....

So how can I eathier get a acurate data base for fs so the fs planner will spit outt the same route as VPA did or just an easy way of entering it??



Thanks
James

[ZK-Brock]

Hey james, I think there are certain programs that can do this, theres a good un called FSnav I believe (ask craig).

Also bear in mind that the FSX data is much better than FS9, so bear this in mind also.

[ZK-MAT]

Hi James

1. Use FSNav - free to download, works for free for the first 30 goes, and you may be lucky and get it free. I don't navigate using anything else these days.

2. I am sure that you could reduce that route somewhat using airways rather than waypoints! Ask Alister - he's one of VPA's pirep checkers

[ZK-Brock]

and you may be lucky and get it free

What did you mean by this Matt?

[AlisterC]

Hey James, I can help you out in this regard, as yes, I'll probably end up checking your flight plan over at VPA.

Try FSNav as Matt mentioned. I wouldn't be without it now. What Matt meant above was that there is a bit of a lottery system going at fsnav. One in every "amount" of downloads will install for free. Otherwise, you get a trial version. FSNav will fly a route such as this for you, and will make it easy to create the route such as VPA's route planner has given you.

If you would like (depends when you are flying this flight I guess) I can enter all the waypoints and stuff into FSNav on my computer, and then export the flight plan as a valid FS9 GPS plan and send it to you. You would then just have to load it in your FS9 planner before beginning the flight. The route from the FS planner will be in your gps when you load the flight. Select GPS and it will fly it for you. At least the cruise section of the flight (less climb and descent instructions which FSNav would take care of for you)

[ZK-MAT]

Sorry if I wasn't clear. FS Nav is available for 20 sessions (not 30) and every 30th download gets it free.

Important:

Please use the free testing phase of 20 Flight Simulator sessions to try out FSNavigator and form your own opinion. Perhaps you are lucky! On every 30th computer FSNavigator will register itself, and so for you be free. If you won a free registration, you will be informed about this the first time you start FSNavigator


Web page: http://www.fsnavigator.com/

[ZK-Brock]

Oh sweet, but couldnt you just DL it 30 times?

[ZK-MAT]

It works on when you install it, so I guess if you were the only one in the world installing/uninstalling/changing IP/wiping registry 30 times in a row, that could work

[Alex]

There are other people downloading it as well, its not just the one person.
Odds are pretty good though, 1 in 30, much better than Lotto or Big Wednesday.

Alex

[ardypilot]

and you may be lucky and get it free

I did!

I downloaded the trial for my old computer and it worked brilliantly. Once I got a new PC and got FS up and running, I started downloading all my addons again, and surprise surprise, when I installed it, it registered itself for free

[AlisterC]

You lucky b*gger! haha It's so expensive converting it to kiwi!

[Bandit]

Here's another flight planner which some of you may find useful. Particularly for Rotorheads and Bushstrip fans when flying in the back of beyond.

It's mainly intended for when you want to go somewhere that does not have a predifined waypoint in FS9. You can define the point and then import the file into your GPS/Map. Great for those extra airstrips that you see from the RBE package.

Though I see no reason why it couldn't be used for cases like Jimmys. Any how it's available from here at Hovercontrol.

[Charl]

Brilliant pointer, I've been looking for something like that for ever.
Thanks Bandit!