Aeroplanner, Fligthplan.com, skyvector, runwayfinder, AOPA - which do you use and are there better things out there?
So far I have been very disappointed with most. Aeroplanner is great but very, very slow to use to the point I sometimes give up on it.
Skyvector and runwayfinder are great for a quick assessment of a route, but not really flightplanning software as such.
Flightplan.com get low points from me.: the printout for a typical flight is horribly messy and confusing. Who needs to have lat./long. coordinates printed out on their kneeboard??
Duats - basic and to the point and great if you want something quick printed out. Pretty much everything you need even if it does look like it came from a Telex machine in 1965.
AOPA's flight planner - lots of colors. Slow. I have not yet figured if rubberbanding even works with it.
Golden Eagle - I tried it twice and dumped it from my computer permanently.
My main complaint is speed - most of these things are tedious to use. Lots of superfluous information which is of no use to you in the cockpit. Badly designed printouts where you have to hunt around for info. For example, I have no use for a column with magnetic variation - all I want to know is my heading.
I invariably end up with a hand scribbled piece of paper with just the relevant numbers and I usually end up getting those from duats. Does anyone have a pet flight log template that really works?
So far I have been very disappointed with most. Aeroplanner is great but very, very slow to use to the point I sometimes give up on it.
Skyvector and runwayfinder are great for a quick assessment of a route, but not really flightplanning software as such.
Flightplan.com get low points from me.: the printout for a typical flight is horribly messy and confusing. Who needs to have lat./long. coordinates printed out on their kneeboard??
Duats - basic and to the point and great if you want something quick printed out. Pretty much everything you need even if it does look like it came from a Telex machine in 1965.
AOPA's flight planner - lots of colors. Slow. I have not yet figured if rubberbanding even works with it.
Golden Eagle - I tried it twice and dumped it from my computer permanently.
My main complaint is speed - most of these things are tedious to use. Lots of superfluous information which is of no use to you in the cockpit. Badly designed printouts where you have to hunt around for info. For example, I have no use for a column with magnetic variation - all I want to know is my heading.
I invariably end up with a hand scribbled piece of paper with just the relevant numbers and I usually end up getting those from duats. Does anyone have a pet flight log template that really works?
