Flight Planning with OEM version

[fleurenf]

Greetings all,

The MU2 is my 5th aircraft I've purchased through X-Aviation. and like it heaps but how on earth can we add or load a flight plan into the OEM version of the MU2?  There is no guidance re flight planning I can see in the on-line manual.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[Pils]

If you don’t have a GPS navigator there’s nothing to load a flight plan into?

[fleurenf]

22 minutes ago, Pils said:

If you don’t have a GPS navigator there’s nothing to load a flight plan into?

Thanks for that than how do you navigate in the OEM version? VOR!

[Ch.Cole]

Exactly. VOR and ADF. For planning, I can suggest skyvector.com (online) or littlenavmap (on your pc)

[tkyler]

11 hours ago, fleurenf said:

Thanks for that than how do you navigate in the OEM version? VOR!

The OEM version simulates the Mu2 as it was delivered back in the 70s and 80s, so VOR/ADF was the 'order of the day'

TK

[daemotron]

When flying the OEM version (or any other aircraft with radio navigation and without GPS), I use a simple pencil/paper route plan. Usually I use Skyvector (and Navigraph charts for departure and arrival) to establish the route. Then I simply note down all segments of the route on a piece of paper, using my own shortcuts. In flight, I just follow the instructions I wrote down. Here's an example of a route plan for the route EGLC/EGGD:

route: EGLC/09 CPT6U CPT CPT1B EGGD/BRI.I09

transcript:

dep RWY 09 92° clb 520+ until ILST 111.15 D+1
int BPK 117.5 329° in
int BPK 117.5 272° out D+26
trk HEN 433.5
int CPT 114.35 225° in
int CPT 114.35 274° out D+32.4
trk BRI 414 @ FL070
hdg 278° IBON 110.15 D+8
trn left 107°
int IBON 110.15 87° intc @ 2,500'

dep = depart
int = intercept
trk = track
hdg = fly heading
trn = turn

This way I can break down a flight plan with SID, STAR and IAP into 10 lines with simple instructions. I find it easier to have all frequencies and courses noted down and ready at hand. Theoretically a fully fledged LIDO format plan would deliver the same information (plus a lot more), but for me it's harder to extract those bits from a bunch of paper sheets.

[fleurenf]

Thanks all for the clarification.