Good flight planning tool?

[Ahmed]

Hello

 

Just wanted to ask, is there any flight planning tool similar to Jeppsen's one?

Jeppsen's fp tool is very expensive, and also I'm only flying on a sim not in real life .

Any good priced ones for Windows? 

 

 

Thanks

 

 

[Mario Donick]

For simple flight plans, you can use PlanG. It's freeware and very intuitive. Can also be used for simple IFR:

 

http://www.tasoftware.co.uk/planG.htm

 

PlanG has full X-Plane integration, i.e. it can use X-Plane's navigation database and show several in-flight infomation. It can also print nicely looking flight plans.

 

 

 

If you need North Atlantic Tracks, you can use FlightSim Commander. It's payware, though:

 

http://www.fscommander.com

 

Although it's website does not state this, FSCommander can export flight plans in X-Plane format -- but you need FSX, because FSCommande can't use X-Plane's navigational data directly.

 

 

Personally, I first let me generate a route suggestion by RouteFinder (online, http://rfinder.asalink.net/free/) and then use this for creating my flight plan in PlanG.

Edited March 16, 2013 by mariodonick

[-TheoGregory]

I've never heard of PlanG. Looks interesting. Gonna give it a try on some short Saab hops..

[Mario Donick]

I've never heard of PlanG. Looks interesting. Gonna give it a try on some short Saab hops..

 

The PlanG website is a little bit confusing, because the download link does not work. Here's the direct link: http://www.tasoftware.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2326.0

[pryoski]

PlanG looks very comprehensive ... downloaded and it's building it's XP database now. Thanks for the tip for using Route Finder to work out the route!

[ksgy]

If I'm flying with FMC: http://x-plane.hu/fms/
...and if VOR-2-VOR: http://simdata.wikipau.info/ - it uses xplane nav data, so you can be sure the fixes and nav aids exisits in xplane and the freq's are accurate.

[Nicola_M]

Doesn't work. I'm on XP and it won't run .NET framework. Tried resolving it with Microsoft, but my system doesn't support it.

Back to using Goodway.

Edited March 17, 2013 by Nicola_M

[birdy.dma]

Also, Plan-G works perfecty with Xpuipc ( so we have a moving map ), and Vatsim.

[sqrt(-1)]

Tried resolving it with Microsoft, but my system doesn't support it.

 

Well, you have to admit that XP is a pretty old OS.  Microsoft has already issued End-of-Life status to XP.  It won't be long before you won't even get the security updates.

 

Time to update to at least Win7 perhaps?  

[Nicola_M]

Well, you have to admit that XP is a pretty old OS.  Microsoft has already issued End-of-Life status to XP.  It won't be long before you won't even get the security updates.

 

Time to update to at least Win7 perhaps?  

 

XP? Old? tsk.   I gave up on security updates YEARS ago.  It was getting ridiculous having to download and install updates every time I switched it on.

And MS issuing end of life status? They do that with many things which run perfectly fine.

No to Win 7, too many issues for my liking.

 

Odd thing is, some of my music software requires (and runs) .NET framework (perfectly), iirc. Just Plan-G needs version 4.  So if you're running XP, forget Plan-G.

[sqrt(-1)]

XP? Old? tsk.   I gave up on security updates YEARS ago.  It was getting ridiculous having to download and install updates every time I switched it on.

And MS issuing end of life status? They do that with many things which run perfectly fine.

No to Win 7, too many issues for my liking.

 

Odd thing is, some of my music software requires (and runs) .NET framework (perfectly), iirc. Just Plan-G needs version 4.  So if you're running XP, forget Plan-G.

 

Suit yourself...

[Nicola_M]

Thanks anyway.