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I am working on flightplans for my local airport and surounding airports but how do I go about making the actuall flightplan text?

Not sure I understand what you mean. Are you using TTools?

There are a few programs that you can find on avsim.com, or open the flightplan.txt in Notepad and make the changes very carefully.

Best thing I can suggest and what I always recommend to everyone who ask how to do things here is "READ THE README"

Ttools Readme by Lee Swordy is very very good and easily explains how to make Flightplans. It is how the rest of us learnt the art, it will take you time until you get good at it but its the best way to learn.

Nick

I used a program called GA-Traffic and it didn't do what I thought it would do So I started from scratch made the aircraft text and airport text files its the FP text file I am having the problem with

And as Nick said, the readme file for TTools explains everything you need to know about flight planning. It WILL walk you through each step and what each part means.

awash2002 wrote:I used a program called GA-Traffic and it didn't do what I thought it would do So I started from scratch made the aircraft text and airport text files its the FP text file I am having the problem with

Hey Awash, if you don't mind using some Excel based magic then please contact me via email at RipPipPip =at= gmail.com , there is something interesting for ya on a mature Beta stage now

its the FP text file I am having the problem with

What you can do, and I do it often just to get a plane in a particular place, is copy and paste an existing flightplan from your Flightplans_whatever.txt file and then modify the parts you want to change like the airports or the departure times or the AC#. Then just compile with TTools and voila: you have a new flightplan.

Rip has got the system nailed though with his program and if I ever get the time to sit down and figure out Exel , I'll be using it.

aerogator wrote:...Rip has got the system nailed though with his program and if I ever get the time to sit down and figure out Exel , I'll be using it.

C'mon Jake, you just have to be an Excel owner, you don't have to do anything else then modify/add some familiar data to some sheet rows ...

Will you be sharing your creation, Rip?

Anything that makes writing flightplans easier sounds good to me.....!

Guys

You will love Rips magic excel treat... I have been lucky to see it and its going to be something to make the writing of FP's so simple and quick...Anybody can use it, its so easy (if I can use it then it must be simple to use)
He'd done an amazing job!

Barry

I've been using a flightplan creator that actually writes all 3 text files for you.
The interface is really easy to use and it will allow you to edit any of the 3 if needed.

AIFlight Creator by Dave Westbury.

But I look forward to anything that is 'easy'....

KevinJarvis wrote:I've been using a flightplan creator that actually writes all 3 text files for you.
l:

Rip's does as well but it will also write multiple flightplans both IFR and VFR TNG Tours Home and back all at the same time with one touch of a button

Right off to sulk now and find another job!

Signed
Redundant Flight Planner

So if everyone knows about it and seems have to used it, where can we find it?

Chris, the Beta is now in a veeery mature v0.8. We (Barry and me) just tune last ideas to have everything working (almost) 100% reliable.
A User's Guide should be written, based on the last version, and off you fly to Avsim.com.

If you are so brave to taste the Beta then just drop me an email

C'mon Jake, you just have to be an Excel owner

I'm waiting for the "User's Guide" to come out

Any group of flight plan generation is no more difficult than pressing Alt-F8, believe me

RipPipPip wrote: C'mon Jake, you just have to be an Excel owner ...

Or, go for the FOSS option and use OpenOffice.org.

Oh no, I'm very sorry but no.
OpenOffice's Calc is not compatible with VBA of MS Excel.
Macro won't run ...
This way Calc would serve you just like a notepad