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1. Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 4 6 2 View the Flight Plan No SIM Aircraft Costing Preview edit and print the various flight plan and other information printouts Costing Summary Total flight time B34 mins 5 hours 34 minutes Total distance flown 908 nm Cost of flight a a a Total planned fuel usage 287 Refuelling opening fees Route charges a a a Landing Fees DSB e nO Other airport charges Meals accommodation Catering Other pilot costs a E a Airways amp Terminal costs Cd STC C COCOC C dS Other costs Margin r fo Pressing the View button on the Options Screen will display the full flight plan information in summary form in four sections Each section covers an aspect of the flight aircraft detail route detail fuel detail and costing information Data in any of these sections can be changed and changes will be automatically saved If the flight plan is rebuilt by going back to the Fuel Screen any changes that have been manually made will be lost Pressing the Print All button will print all of the flight plan summary pages Tip For quotations fill in any further costing detail on the costing section of the flight plan summary and then print it This is an ideal method of issuing and recording quotations for flights FP5000 User
2. Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 enter the aircraft data in normal operating configuration and then use the Copy Aircraft button Enter the same callsign and then modify the aircraft details including the description to reflect the new operating parameters Tip Use the three character aircraft callsign for Australian and New Zealand aircraft and set the country in the Settings data The appropriate country prefix will be inserted in the callsign where required on international flight plans For other callsigns enter the full callsign eg N4609G or P2 ALX To select an aircraft touch on it highlight it and press either the Select or Next gt button When a flight plan has been recalled the aircraft matching that used when the flight plan was saved will be pre selected on the Aircraft Screen When New Aircraft Details or Copy Aircraft is selected the Aircraft Detail Screen is displayed This screen has a number of buttons across the top to provide access to all data associated with this aircraft SIM 4 12 44 PM Not Charging W amp B Arms W amp B Moments ICAO Survival Climb TAS Climb Fuel Rate of Climb Sundry Cruise TAS Cruise Fuel Base Data Fuel Weights COMNAV Costing Type sr22 Description cirrus SR22 65 pwr LOP Nominal Tas 165 Knots Nominal cruise fuel flow 50 Litre per hour Fuel capacity total usable Litre Climb airspeed Knot
3. This will select winds for the B sector Area B highlighted 5 1 2 NAIPS Weather Decode Flight Planner 5000 has intelligent weather decode functionality built in It will take the raw weather forecast as delivered by NAIPS and translate each section into plain English expanding weather abbreviations and abbreviated location names Area forecasts TAFs Metars Specis Inters Tempos TTFs etc are all converted in this weather decode Pressing the Weather Decode button on the TAF s or ARFOR s page of the NAIPS Result screen will activate the weather decode Press the button again to revert back to the raw weather data FP5000 User Manual Page 43 of 66 Fa a Champagne PC Services 1 FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Note The Lite software does not implement weather decode functionality or any printing support AREA85 85 AREA QNH 04 07 AREA 85 1015 AREA FORECAST 052300 TO 061100 AREA 85 OVERVIEW ISOLATED SHOWERS EAST OF PAPUNYA FREGON TILL 242Z 10000FT SUBDIVISIONS A east OF PAPUNYA FREGON WEATHER B west OF PAPUNYA FREGON WEATHER WIND 3000 5000 7000 10000 14000 CLOUD A broken altocumulus altostratus ABOVE 10000 B NIL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER A rain showers TILL 242 DUST DEVILS BELOW 10000FT FROM 01Z TILL 092 FIRES B DUST DEVILS BELOW 10000FT FROM 01Z TILL 092 FIRES VISIBILITY FREEZING LEVEL 12500FT Tore RAW Weather ARFOR s GRIB Winds
4. aP 7 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 8 PROBLEMS 8 1 A number of common problems with solutions reasons suggestions are listed on the following pages If a problem is encountered which is not addressed here or in any other documentation or if you have suggestions for the improvement of the product contact the manufacturer Champagne PC Services PO Box 565 Leederville 6903 Western Australia Fax 08 62678172 61 8 6267 8182 Email Rob ChampagnePCServices com au Recurring problems of any nature should be reported to Champagne PC Services Please provide sufficient level of detail in reporting any problem so that the problem can be reproduced at our software development center Documentation may need to include the version and date of the software the steps up to the point of the error a screen print of the error message or fault Note There is a special section in the chapter titled The Australian NAIPS System relating specifically to problems with the NAIPS interface Problems with FP5000 Software Installation The software purchase download and installation is managed by Apple via the iTunes software If you have problems with any of the above firstly make sure that you are running the latest iTunes software For continuing problems contact Apple iTunes directly FP5000 User Manual Page 61 of 66 PPE ee A ae ee Oe Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 8 2 P
5. Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 User Manual January 2014 5000 Quick amp easy flight planning for Australia Zz FP5000 User Manual Page 1 of 66 Pe ee A ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 IMPORTANT This software is designed for use on the Apple iPad platform including the iPad 1 and later generations and the iPad Mini The Flight Planner 5000 software is copyright and licensed to the individual user The software may only be used only for the purpose for which it was intended as described in this user manual The software is available only via the Apple iTunes store Flight Planner 5000 This software is produced and distributed by Champagne PC Services PO Box 565 Leederville 6903 Western Australia 08 62678172 61 8 6267 8172 Email Rob ChampagnePCServices com au mM Copyright This software is copyright and licensed for use on a single iPad The software or any part of the software or data may not be resold rented leased disassembled translated or distributed in any form including any derivative works Copyright Champagne PC Services 2014 All rights reserved Disclaimer The Flight Planner 5000 software and documentation is sold as is without any expressed or implied warranties what so ever The user must assume the entire risk in using the software Champ
6. The first time this interface is activated on a computer the NAIPS settings should be checked and set Press the NAIPS Settings button on the top of the NAIPS Screen These settings will be preserved for future use Click the Request weather amp NOTAMS via the WWW button The software will connect to NAIPS logon using the username and password you specified supply details of this flight plan to NAIPS and request weather and NOTAM s for the flight When complete the NAIPS Results screen will appear Tip The last NAIPS weather and NOTAM data downloaded can be reloaded at any time by pressing on Load Last button at the top of the NAIPS Weather amp NOTAM Download screen FP5000 User Manual Page 41 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 RAW Weather ARFOR s GRIB Winds NOTAMS NAIPS SPFIB NO 60259 PREPARED FOR SLATERR DSB VALID FROM 0417 UTC MAY 06 2013 TO 0417 UTC MAY 07 2013 AREA85 85 AREA QNH 04 07 AREA 85 1015 AREA FORECAST 052300 TO 061100 AREA 85 OVERVIEW ISOLATED SHOWERS EAST OF YPAY YFRG TILL 24Z AREAS OF SMOKE BELOW 10000FT SUBDIVISIONS A E OF YPAY YFRG WEATHER B W OF YPAY YFRG WEATHER WIND 3000 5000 7000 10000 14000 18500 070 10 070 10 080 10 210 10 PS04 210 15 MSO2 220 25 MS09 CLOUD A BKN AC AS ABOVE 10000 B NIL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER A SHRA TILL 242 DUST DEVILS BELOW 10000FT FROM 01Z TILL 092 AREAS OF SMOKE BELOW 10000FT WITH ISOLATED THI
7. 8 g aux s 0 other o Area Description Baggage area 1 s233 Behindseats si area 2 fo sd OE area 3 fo Sid E Other 1 o Units of measure for arms m D It is cricital that all W amp B information entered for this aircraft use the same units of measure both for weight Ib or kg and for length mm or inches information S FP5000 User Manual Page 36 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Aircraft Arm Information PN 11 W amp B Arms W amp B Moments oye Survival Climb TAS Climb Fuel Rate of Climb Sundry CruiseTAS Cruise Fuel Base Data Fuel Weights COM NAV Costing Basic empty arm 354 Fuel arm mains 3934 aux s tips other niii Area Description Baggage area 1 5283 Behind seats Other 1 o Units of measure for arms m D It is cricital that all W amp B information entered for this aircraft use the same units of measure both for weight Ib or kg and for length mm or inches information area 2 area 3 uaii N FP5000 User Manual Page 37 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Aircraft Moment Boundary Data No SIM 4 1 43 PM 4 Not Charging D W amp B Arms W amp B Moments ICAO Survival ClimbTAS f Climb Fuel Rate of Climb Sundry CruiseTAS Cruise Fuel Base Data
8. Page 15 of 66 Pe ee A ae ee a a Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 4 4 1 Selecting Waypoints Press the Add Waypoint or Insert Waypoint button to select a new waypoint to be added to the end or inserted at the selected position of the flight plan This will display the Waypoint Selection Screen Waypoints may be selected by typing their name or part of their name in the table and then touching highlighting the required waypoint Typing the first characters of the waypoint name will dynamically move the viewing window the table to show waypoints with a name commencing with those characters This is the quickest and most functional way of getting the window positioned on the waypoint required The waypoint can then be selected highlighted by touching it Tip A default departure point can be configured in the software Whenever a new plan is started the Segment Screen is activated and has no waypoints on it the default departure point will be displayed as a button replacing the Insert Waypoint button and can be selected by pressing the button Subsequent waypoints can be added to the plan by the Add Waypoint button Set the default departure point via a button on the Waypoint Selection screen activated by pressing the Add Waypoint button on the Segment Screen NAVAID waypoints are generally attached to the airfield to which they are associated For example selecting PERTH will add PERT
9. ire so Security Controlled Airport Weather reference location Calculate ARFOR Area Refer to ERSA for further details Some of the data displayed on this screen was provided by Airservices Australia and it is their requirement that user modification of this data not be allowed Non Airservies fields can be modified Report any data errors to Airservies This waypoint data was created modified on 05 Mar 2013 Waypoint details are viewed and or modified from this screen Press the buttons at the top of the screen to display different areas of information for the waypoint FP5000 User Manual Page 18 of 66 ae ee A ee ae ee a a Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Pressing the Print Diagram amp Info button will print a graphics screen showing the airfield diagram plus most of the waypoint details recorded for the waypoint This printout is a convenient one page format Note The Lite software does not support printing The waypoint Diagram button will display a diagram of the airfield showing approximate location of buildings wind socks parking areas and other features SIM 2 46 PM 4 Not lt Waypoint Frequencies Airfield Details Runways DIET Teli Elevation 103 Variation 3 6E DARWIN 270 degrees 0 1 nm Edit the diagram Tip The airfield diagram printout contains almost all of the information stored for the waypoint It is the most convenient form to
10. Fuel Weights COMNAV Costing Enter the weight amp then arm or moment for each corner point of the CofG envelope Up to 9 corners can be entered in sequence Check the sample aircraft to see typical data Weight Kg Arm mm Moment Boundary Kg mm 1 1007 3505 3529535 2 1224 7 3533 4326865 1 3 1456 3592 5229952 4 1542 3653 5632926 5 1542 3762 5801004 6 997 9 3762 3754099 8 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 9 0 0 o Note When entering moment boundary figure from manual they are often represented divided by 1000 These need to be multiplied by 1000 before being entered The resulting values tend to be very large numbers gt 150 000 and often over 1 000 000 for Kg mm data These are the real figures that must be entered here It is critical that you use the same units Kg or Ibs inches or mm here and in all aircraft data screens for this aircraft Note that on aircraft W amp B moments screen the moment boundary figures are large numbers Moment boundary data is usually taken from the weight and balance envelope graph that most manufacturers provide For each corner point of the aircraft envelope graph read off the weight usually shown along the left vertical axis and the moment usually shown along the bottom horizontal axis Check that the weight and moment units on the graph are the units you have selected It may be necessary to convert from pounds to ki
11. from one or more of the main screens These main screens all have a lt Previous and Next gt button at the bottom of the screen to allow the user to move backward and forward When the information in relation to the current screen is complete press the Next gt button to move to the next flight planning phase You can also move backward and forward between the main screens using the swipe gesture FP5000 User Manual Page 9 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 4 2 Recall Screen The Recall Screen is only displayed if there are one or more saved flight plans from previous use of the software If this is the case then the Recall Screen will be displayed giving the user the option of bringing back a previously saved flight plan for reuse and or modification It is worthwhile entering an informative description when each flight plan is saved see Options Screen to allow easier selection at a later time Saved flight plans are presented in a table on the screen with scroll bars on the right hand side of the table if required Further information for the highlighted flight plan is displayed at the bottom of the screen Flight Plans are ordered alphabetically by name Hint All of the screens in the Flight Planner software have a name This name is either displayed at the top centre of the screen 12 12 PM Backup Restore SETTINGS CONVERSIONS CONTACTS IFR plan Albany to Perth BIG Local flight
12. GREG VHSB Emergency Dinghies Surv Equip Number m Covered Radios Capacity Jackets Colour D U no D e gt lt Supplementary Endur POB Aircraft colour markings 2 WHITE WITH GREEN Remarks Contact r SARTIME UTC UTC TODAY osti Time For Ba D DE Any of the data on these screens can be modified However if the flight plan is prepared completely the detail on these screens should not need to be changed with the possible exception of inserting Sartime details for a Sartime flight Information in the Item 18 Information will be automatically generated by the flight plan eg the EET information or will come from either the aircraft details eg PER or from the flight plan details eg RMK SCR ILS Aircraft information can be forced in to one of these lines via entries in the Aircraft Details ICAO Info Section 18 data line This data could contain for example NAV GPSRNAV STS HOSP Australian Sartimes can be notified on the domestic or ICAO notification On a domestic notification only one stage can have a Sartime Sartimes are specified as a UTC date and time in 2 fields or can be TBA representing To Be Advised Important When you submit a Flight Notification and it is accepted by NAIPS the acceptance details will be displayed on your screen
13. MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT THE DETAILS ON THE FP5000 User Manual Page 48 of 66 Pe ee A ae ee Oe Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 SCREEN ARE CORRECT It will display route and other details in the abbreviated format FP5000 User Manual Page 49 of 66 Pe ee A ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 5 1 4 NAIPS Sartime Flight Plan Submission Sartime flight notifications can be submitted via NAIPS by selecting the Sartime flight notification radio button on the NAIPS Flight Notification screen You should then complete the Sartime details for the first stage or any one stage of the flight press the Stage 1 button at the top and complete the four Sartime related fields are near the bottom of the screen When Sartime details have been completed press the appropriate Submit button at the bottom of the screen Sartimes are specified as a UTC date and time in 2 fields or can be TBA representing To Be Advised Only one Sartime can be held by Airservices for any flight notification so any subsequent stages of the same flight should have the Sartime field empty The notification will be rejected by NAIPS if Sartime data is submitted for more than one stage Important When you submit a Sartime Flight Notification and it is accepted by NAIPS the acceptance details will be displayed on your screen MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT THE DETAILS ON THE SCREEN ARE CORRECT It will
14. Manual Page 32 of 66 Pe ee A Le ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 4 6 3 Printing Flight Plans The View and or print the Flight Plan button on the Options Screen displays the Flight Plan the Flight Plan Summary and the Enroute Information sheet and also has a Print button so that each of these can be printed Note that an AirPrint printer is required to print from an iPad Flight plan summary amp Flight plan Enroute g ENOTE et Temp EOG costing information Sheet Preview edit and print the various flight plan and other information printouts The screens displayed can be increased or decreased in size for better viewing in the aircraft Use the standard iPad expand and contract gestures Note The Lite software does not support printing Aircraft CallSign DSB Champagne PC SERVICES NAVIGATION PLAN LOG Aircraft Type SR22 Prep take flight Printing Date 22 Aug 2013 2 ava R Fuel Used i Ren f 5 jon 5 fat Actual eat Actual 4 pas The screen image can be enlarged to make it easier to read in the aircraft Use the iPad stretch gesture using 2 fingers 4 6 4 Critical Point and Point of No Return Calculations Critical Points CP and Point of No Return PNR can be evaluated for the flight Select the CP amp PNR button on the Options Screen to display the CP amp PNR Screen FP5000 User Manual Page 33 of 66 Champagne
15. NOTAMS 070 10 070 10 080 10 210 10 PS04 210 15 MS02 220 25 MS09 AREAS OF SMOKE BELOW 10000FT WITH ISOLATED THICK SMOKE NEAR AREAS OF SMOKE BELOW 10000FT WITH ISOLATED THICK SMOKE NEAR 6KM IN rain showers 8KM IN SMOKE 2000M IN THICK SMOKE Extract Area winds and Applied Encode ARFOR s to this plan AREAS OF SMOKE BELOW 18500 Notes 1 This success of this intelligent conversion of the weather forecast into plain English depends on a number of factors including how strictly the Meteorology officer entering the data complies with the rules and standards in place whether there have be new standards data formats weather and location abbreviation changes There are frequently typographical errors spelling mistakes and unsolicited changes to the content and format of the data entered These things will jeopardise the success of the translation of the information and could even result in an incorrect conversion Always refer back to the original text to confirm the correctness of the translation FP5000 User Manual Page 44 of 66 Pe ee 2 Le ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 2 Click on the Weather Decode button to cycle between raw weather information and decoded weather information 3 The Extract Area winds function on the ARFOR s page is only available when the raw weather information is displayed FP5000 User Manual Page 45 of 66 P
16. NT AUS DND DAUAN ISLAND QLD AUS YDAI DAVENPORT DOWNS QLD AUS YDPD Search for Abbreviation Special Search Delete this Waypoint Define User Waypoint Default Departure Point F i m Area work can be specified via the Waypoint Selection Screen rather than an actual waypoint Press the Area Work button and specify the number of minutes for area work The level for area work can be specified later on the Segment Detail Screen Area work normally starts at a location and finishes at a location i e YSDU AREA YSDU fly to Dubbo do some area work and land at Dubbo or depart for elsewhere s d The Special Search button on the Waypoint Selection Screen provides some advanced search functionality for locating waypoints User waypoints can be searched for or waypoints containing specified characters or the waypoint selection table can be reduced to contain only waypoints for a particular state or country If a flight is to be planned entirely in one state this can speed up the waypoint selection process Also if you wish to see all of the United Kingdom UK waypoints for example just these can be displayed in the waypoint table Tip To restore all waypoints to the waypoint selection table use the Reload the full waypoint database option via the Special Search button Do this before reducing the waypoints to those in a particular state country if a subset of waypoints was selected previously FP5000 User M
17. and 100 of the specified cruise fuel flow No SIM 4 33 PM 4 Not Charging W amp B Arms W amp B Moments ICAO Survival Climb TAS Climb Fuel Rate of Climb Sundry Cruise TAS Cruise Fuel EERDE C Weights COM NAV Costing Fuel capacity mains sor e Fuel flow cruise so hour Fuel capacity aux s b e Fuel flow climb ss hour Fuel capacity tips fo Ss Fuel flow taxi lo how Fuel capacity other b e Fuel flow holding 37 hour Total fuel capacity 307 Fuel flow fixed res so hour Engine horsepower 310 jo Default fuel load Default taxi fuel allowance e Fixed reserve 45 mins Fuel type Fuel units ute ano The second area that influences the fuel calculations is the software settings There are four configuration parameter pages under the Settings button available only from the Recall and Aircraft screens which directly relate to fuel calculations See the Fuel button on of the Settings Screen FP5000 User Manual Page 29 of 66 Pe ee Ae ae ee Oe Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 PM 7 NAIPS Flight Plan Country Fuel Magnetic Var Pilot Purchase Info Product Info Fuel Managment These options modify the way in which fuel calculations are performed The calculation of endurance for multi stage IFR Charter RPT flights in paricular is affected by these settings For endurance calculation
18. at Darwin DK AL Denmark to Albany DK BUN Flight plan saved with a password DK FRT DK to Forrest Delete this Plan Start a new Flight Plan Select This Plan Plan 2 of 6 departing ALICE SPRINGS in DSB Cirrus SR22 65 pwr LOP 06 May 2013 12 11 46 PM NEXT FP5000 User Manual Page 10 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Press the Start a new Flight Plan button if you do not wish to recall a saved flight plan Alternatively recall reload a stored flight plan by touching the plan required highlights it and then pressing the Select this Plan button Tip To have flight plans ordered so that they can easily be located consider a naming convention or scheme Possible schemes might be 1 Naming them beginning with the departure point For example flight plans out of Bankstown could be named BK xxxxx and then all of the Bankstown flights will be grouped together in the table 2 Naming them based on the destination This may be more appropriate than the suggestion above when you nearly always fly from the same location Note that flight plan names are a maximum of 8 characters in length Saved flight plans can be deleted selectively from this screen Select the flight plan to be deleted by touching it to highlight it and then press the Delete this Plan button Note FP5000 User Manual The Lite software supports a maximum of 5 saved flig
19. display route details followed by the Sartime details etc FP5000 User Manual Page 50 of 66 Pe ee Ee ee ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 5 1 5 Problems with the NAIPS Interface The automated NAIPS interface is possibly more at risk of experiencing problems than most software due to the fact that it must communicate with a remote computer system over which we have no control This is common to most data communications software We have attempted to detect and diagnose errors as they occur and present a meaningful diagnostic message Below are some areas to check if problems are encountered and possible remedies 1 Make absolutely sure that the NAIPS connection and access information has been correctly set in the Flight Planner software Do this by pressing Settings at the top of any of the NAIPS screens Under the Settings check NAIPS Username Password to confirm that your username and password provided by Airservices has been correctly specified here The password will be represented by a for each character for security reasons retype the password to ensure that it is correct Almost all problems experienced by users connecting to NAIPS are caused by incorrect information being entered in the Flight Planner software in the above areas Note that the NAIPS password is case sensitive Your NAIPS username is not case sensitive 2 Check that the connection to the Internet is available Try ru
20. name that you can use to pick out the right crash dump Sync your iPad and then once you have located the right crash file attach it to an email and send it to Support ChampagnePCServices com au Please describe what you were doing when the crash occurred whether it crash s consistently at the same place and any other detail that may help us identify and reproduce the issue FP5000 User Manual Page 64 of 66 Fa Fa 7 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 9 DATA BACKUPS 9 1 9 2 It is very important to have a backup of all of the data on your iPad iTunes performs this function for you automatically Connect to iTunes regularly and allow iTunes to perform its backup process on your device FP5000 has an inbuilt backup and restore functionality that will backup all the user data associated with FP5000 ie all of the information and data that you have entered to customize the base software for your exact needs This option is activated via the drop down Backup Restore button on the Aircraft Screen The backup process utilizes Dropbox a Cloud based storage and file sharing facility Dropbox is free to download including a 2gb account go to www dropbox com Backup User Data Use the Backup Restore button to select the option Backup Database to Dropbox at the top of the Aircraft Screen This option allows all user data in FP5000 to be transferred to your Dropbox
21. of aeronautical information weather NOTAM s Flight Plans ATS Routes aeronautical waypoints etc It is primarily used for Australian Weather NOTAM data but can also be used for this information anywhere in the world The New Zealand FP5000 software does not include the NAIPS interface Flight Planner 5000 provides an advanced fully automatic NAIPS interface via a normal Internet connection on an iPad The NAIPS connection can be used to retrieve weather and NOTAM information for the specific flight and automatically extract the winds and apply them to the flight plan and also to submit a domestic International or Sartime flight notification to Airservices It will be necessary to have an Internet connection configured and available in order for the FP5000 software to communicate with the Airservices NAIPS computer In order to access NAIPS every user is required to have an individual username and password that is issued by Airservices Australia Contact Airservices Australia regarding this 1800 801960 This username and password must be set in the FP5000 software SETTINGS NAIPS access is not supported for New Zealand FP5000 versions 5 1 1 NAIPS Weather amp NOTAM Download The NAIPS Weather amp NOTAM connection can be activated from two places in the Flight Planner software from the Segment Screen press the NAIPS button at the top of the Segment screen and by pressing the Load area winds via NAIPS button on
22. print waypoint information and it is contained on a single sheet of paper Press the Print Diagram amp Info button after pressing the Diagram button at the top of the screen Waypoint details for a selected waypoint can also be displayed from the Segment Screen by pressing the Waypoint Details button FP5000 User Manual Page 19 of 66 tl s r F Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Tip Any changes to waypoint data will be automatically recorded in the waypoint database with a timestamp when the OK button on the Waypoint Detail Screen is pressed To exit the screen without saving any changes press the Cancel button 4 4 3 IFR Routes A database of all IFR routes Australia and New Zealand is provided with the software For an IFR flight ie a flight using an aircraft designated as an IFR aircraft when waypoints are entered on the Segment Screen the IFR routes database is searched for a direct route between the locations If a one or more direct route s and are identified as screen displaying these route options is shown The user can select the desired route and the intermediate waypoints will be automatically inserted in the flight plan A number of IFR route options have been identified for the sector Select the route required from those listed below I Direct BRISBANE to CAIRNS not selecting an ATS route I erissane CORAL LOAFA GLADSTONE CAPRI HAMILTON ISL J erissane SUNSHINE COAST MAGPI
23. 0 V1 2 Airservices 2 Airservices require that you change your NAIPS password every 6 months This can be done on the Airservices WWW site www airservicesaustralia com naips Account Logon 5 2 Alerts An alerting function is available in the software to alert the user to an approaching License or Medical renewal The license and or medical renewal date is specified in the Settings section of the software along with the number of days notice required When the renewal date is within the specified number of days the Flight Planner pops up an alert message to alert the user The alert is issued once each day when the Recall Screen is accessed until the renewal date is reached 10 11 PM NAIPS Flight Plan Country Fuel Magnetic Var Pilot Purchase Info Product Info Defaults weight for W amp B Captain Rob Slater 88 A for Captain Company Contact number Telephone 0419955777 Mobile Fax License details Type Number 22 03 2014 7 License renewal date dd mm yyyy 15 12 2014 Medical renewal date dd mm yyyy Security ID expires date Alert me xx days prior to this medical Alerts 60 license or security ID expiry date Appears in the NAIPS flight notification Remarks section 18 RMK area Designed for PIFR FPA s or NVG s 91 chars max To set an alert press Settings at the top of the Recall or Aircraft screen The Pilot informat
24. 00 wind i7 20 ree Route Designator WSezreN Torrente Route Qualifiers Aircraft Callsign DSB Aircraft Category VFR po m Previous Detail Next Detail If an approved IFR LSALT or MSA is published for the segment it will appear on this screen If there is no approved IFR LSALT then any user LSALT will be displayed if there is one otherwise a Grid LSALT will be calculated and displayed If no LSALT is displayed or if the LSALT displayed is changed the new LSALT for the segment will be automatically entered in the User LSALT Database View and or delete user LSALT S via the LSALT button at the top of the Segment Screen Caution Grid LSALT S MSA s are calculated by taking the maximum published LSALT for any 1 degree by 1 degree square of latitude and longitude that the flight route traverses This Grid LSALT for the route WILL NOT reflect any requirement such as considering obstacles within 10nm of track for example If such obstacles fall outside the 1 degree by 1 degree square that the track is inside they will NOT BE REFLECTED in the Grid LSALT calculation FP5000 User Manual Page 22 of 66 ae ee Ee ee ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 The Route Designator field on the Segment Detail screen will display the route designator for the segment It can be entered manually or pressing the Search for route button will attempt to locate i
25. 9 30 4 6 1 Saving Flight Plans 31 4 6 2 View the Flight Plan 32 4 6 3 Printing Flight Plans 33 4 6 4 Critical Point and Point of No Return Calculations 33 4 6 5 Aircraft Weight and Balance 34 L ee ee 40 40 5 1 1 NAIPS Weather amp NOTAM Download 40 5 1 2 NAIPS Weather Decode 43 FP5000 User Manual Page 3 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 5 1 3 NAIPS Flight Plan Submission 46 5 1 4 NAIPS Sartime Flight Plan Submission 50 5 1 5 Problems with the NAIPS Interface 51 5 2 Alerts 52 6 FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 LIMITATIONS ___ 7 53 6 1 Limitations in Flight Planner 5000 Software 53 6 2 Features in FP3000 Not Implemented in FP5000 53 6 3 FP5000 Special Instructions 53 7 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FAQ s _ 55 8 PROBLEMS _ S 61 8 1 Problems with FP5000 Software Installation 61 8 2 Problems During the Operation of the Software 62 8 3 Reporting Problems 64 9 DATA BACKUPS ____ 65 9 1 Backup User Data 65 9 2 Restore User Data 65 10 FP5000 SOFTWARE UPDATES 66 FP5000 User Manual Page 4 of 66 Pe ee Ee ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 Flight Planner 5000 is an advanced system for electronic flight planning for pilots The software is based on the Flight Planner 3000 software which has been extensively used on Windows based computers for a number of years The operation of FP5000 on the iPad is v
26. A DropBox interface is provided as part of this functionality How do I change the flight from VFR to IFR The aircraft data determines whether the flight is VFR or IFR When the aircraft is initially selected for the flight check that the correct category is set Aircraft Screen Details button and then the Sundry button To change the category go back to the Aircraft Screen from the Options Screen and modify the aircraft data If VFR and IFR operations are conducted we recommend that you set up two aircraft definitions for each aircraft one for VER operations and one for IFR operations I Want to Track to the Cooktown NDB but the software is taking me to the Cooktown airfield FP5000 User Manual Page 55 of 66 Pe ee Ee Le ae ee a a Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Flight Planner 5000 waypoint database has a single entry for waypoints with Navaids not a separate Navaid and Airfield entry The software will decide based on the type of flight VFR or IFR to base track and distance calculations on the airfield position for VFR flights or the primary Navaid position for IFR flights This information can be viewed and changed if necessary on the Segment Detail Screen For example to track via the Cooktown NDB select COOKTOWN in the flight plan and then on the Segment Detail Screen press the Track to Navaid button near the top of the screen For an IFR flight plan if a waypoint is marked as a l
27. BALGO HILL HALLS cReEK 3400 A045 164 348 017 20 351 147 116 43 PORT KEATS 3800 A055 165 021 017 20 020 145 262 96 DARWIN 2500 A035 017 20 030 145 135 FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 When the OK button is pressed any aircraft data changed on any of these screens will automatically be written to the aircraft database and reflected when the aircraft is used subsequently If the Cancel button is pressed any changed aircraft data is ignored and the original data retained Segment Screen The planned route for the flight is specified in the Segment Screen This screen is one of the more complex screens for the Flight Planner 5000 software It has options to select waypoints show information about waypoints insert and remove waypoints from the flight plan reverse the route back to the departure point optimise the flight plan enter area winds and display the route graphically on a map All of these options are easily selected via buttons on the bottom of the screen A flight plan can consist of up to 50 waypoints specified on the Segment Screen Waypoints are selected from the waypoint database that contains almost every waypoint of interest to the aviator for the state country of operation Waypoint Details Enter Area Winds Route Map Display FP5000 User Manual PREVIOUS NEXT ALICE SPRINGS Departure Note The Lite software supports a maximum of 5 waypoints in any flight plan
28. CK SMOKE NEAR nenna Extract Area winds and Applied Whether Decode ARFOR s to this plan View the weather and NOTAM s for the flight and selectively add the area winds to the flight plan The area winds will be added to any already saved area wind datasets and will be available for 12 hours Applying Area Winds to your Plan Area winds can be automatically extracted and applied to the current flight plan pressing the Extract amp save area winds amp apply to this plan button This will locate the area winds for each area in the weather briefing display it on the screen ask for confirmation that the winds have been correctly identified and then apply them to the flight plan They will also be memorized and available for 12 hours The area winds to be loaded and saved need to be highlighted by touching them when offered on the screen below Eg FP5000 User Manual Page 42 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 070 10 070 10 080 10 210 10 PS04 210 15 MS02 220 25 MSO9 110 10 100 10 090 10 050 10 PSO7 VRB 10 PSO3 220 15 MSO6 100 10 110 15 110 15 130 15 PSO8 180 10 PSO6 200 10 MS03 If an area wind has an A and B or C subdivision then touch the correct wind for the flight plan B 290 10 310 10 310 15 310 25 PS02 300 35 MS03 300 45 MS11 This will select winds for the A sector Area A highlighted A 340 10 330 20 320 25 300 35 PSO3 300 35 MSO3 290 40 MS11
29. GEESE ROCKHAMPTON The automatic search for IFR routes as waypoints are entered on the Segment Screen can be disabled via an option in the configuration settings for Flight Planner No search for routes is made if the flight is a VFR flight A stored route can be manually added to a flight plan by pressing the Add a Stored Route button on the Segment Screen Note The Lite software does not support IFR route selection All IFR waypoints are included in the database however so IFR plans can be created FP5000 User Manual Page 20 of 66 ae ee A ae ee Oe Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Stored Routes the segments in that route A database of IFR routes is provided with this software Add a route or part of a route to the flight using this screen Click on a route to display HOBART gt LAUNCESTON gt gt LAUNCESTON gt HOBART gt gt MOORABBIN gt PLENTY gt gt gt gt PLENTY gt MOORABBIN gt gt gt gt W295 u w295 u W296 L W296 L w297 L w297 L w298 L w298 L EAST SALE gt GIPPS gt MERIN MERIMBULA gt GIPPS gt EAS1 SAINT GEORGE gt MOREE gt S SINGLETON gt MOREE gt SAIN Waypoints Define the range of waypoints from this route to load Then press OK W302 L LIGHTNING RIDGE gt BURCF W306 L WARRACKNABEAL gt BURR W306 L YARROWEE gt BURRA gt WAF W307 L CARNARVON gt BRUCE gt PA Cancel Stored routes are s
30. H to the flight plan and by default generate a track and distance based on the Perth airfield reference point for VFR plans or to the Perth VOR the primary aid at Perth for IFR plans Select the Segment detail screen to identify and to change if required where the software is tracking to from To add a new waypoint a user waypoint press the Define User Waypoint button on the Waypoint Selection Screen Get to the Waypoint Selection Screen by pressing the Add Waypoint or the Insert Waypoint button on the Segment Screen User waypoints are permanent entries in the waypoint database even if the software is updated They are always available unless specifically deleted Note Changes made to waypoints other than user waypoints ie the waypoint data provided with the software will be lost when the software is re installed or updated If there are changes required to the supplied waypoints contact Champagne PC Services Waypoint data provided by Airservices Australia is locked and is not user modifiable If the data is incorrect contact Airservices Australia to have the data corrected FP5000 User Manual Page 16 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Er Name Q DARw x 8698 waypoints available Waypoint ii DARR RIVER DOWNS DARRAWONG AUS DARTER GREY SA AUS DARTMOOR vic AUS DARTS vic AUS DARTS a ee ee es DARWIN HOSPITAL NT AUS YXDH DARWIN NDB NT AUS DN DARWIN RIVER DAM
31. If you have downloaded NAIPS weather and selected the option to load area winds into you flight plan the wind vectors may not be displayed if 1 Cruising levels are not set for each segment 2 The wind at the selected cruising level is variable eg VBL 10 on the weather forecast 3 The segment involves a user waypoint and the ARFOR area for that waypoint has not been set Why is the LSALT between my A and B so high LSALT s displayed for a route segment between A and B will be the User LSALT if one has been specified or the published IFR LSALT if there is one or the GRID LSALT if neither of the above are available If the LSALT for a route segment especially a short route segment is larger than expected then it is probably a GRID LSALT calculated based on the published 1 degree by 1 degree grid If this GRID LSALT is not suitable then calculate the actual LSALT for the route segment using a current chart and the LSALT calculation rules appropriate to the flight Enter this FP5000 User Manual Page 59 of 66 Pe ee A ee ae ee a a Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 calculated LSALT as a USER LSALT for the route segment via the Segment Detail screen Press the Segment Detail button on the Segment Screen to invoke the Segment Detail Screen User LSALT S are automatically recorded and stored permanently by the software when entered in this way FP5000 User Manual Page 60 of 66
32. Kg This is 230 02 Kg Other 1 o 0 below the aircraft maximum landing weight of 1542 Kg 2 jo 0 Boa Passenger and baggage weights should be inserted in the appropriate fields on the screen and then press the Recalculate button The total weight in relation to the maximum weight is displayed in the box below the graph Note that if basic weight information has not been entered for the aircraft in the Aircraft Details Screen then the total weight may not be the aircraft total takeoff landing weight If aircraft moment and arm information has been entered Aircraft Details Screen then a weight amp balance envelope will be displayed as shown on the sample screen above For each landing point the graph will show the center of gravity C of G for both the departure and the landing The aircraft weight and C of G can be tracked for the entire flight by pressing the Next gt gt button at the bottom of the screen Below is sample aircraft data showing completed information providing basic aircraft weights plus data required for the C of G graph to be displayed FP5000 User Manual Page 35 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Aircraft Weight Information 1N W amp B Arms W amp B Moments Survival Climb TAS Climb Fuel Rate of Climb Sundry CruiseTAS Cruise Fuel Base Data Fuel Weights COM NAV Costing Basic empty arm 3543 Fuel arm mains
33. PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Critical Point amp Normal PNR From ALICE SPRINGS To To Distance 0 Average Groundspeed out 168 kts Average Groundspeed return 177 kts Safe Endurance minutes Distance out 409 nm Critical Point Normal PNR Distance out 466 nm Time out 166 minutes Time out 146 minutes Critical Point and Point of No Return can be displayed for each flight stage Enter the groundspeeds for the outbound and return sectors and the safe endurance and press the Recalculate button 4 6 5 Aircraft Weight and Balance The Weight amp Balance form selected via the W amp B button on the Options Screen provides a facility to enter all aircraft loading details for the flight and to examine the results FP5000 User Manual Page 34 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 1 38 PM 4 Not Charging gt Aircarft Weight amp Balance DSB Loading on Arrival at DARWIN Aircarft Empty Weight 1055 Kg including oil and unusable fuel Mains Aux s Tips Other Fuel onboard 23 58 Lite 23538 Jo fo fo 16 98 Kg Max 307 0 0 0 Crew amp passenger weights Row 1 7000 Row 2 70 Row 3 0 Wt Row 4 0 Row 5 0 Baggage weight Maximum Description Area 1 0 59 Behind seats 2 jo 0 r 3 0 0 Total weight is 1311 98
34. Q s This section of the manual addresses a number of common questions relating to the operation of the Flight Planner 5000 software If the answer to a question is not in this section then it may well be covered in another section of the manual Assistance is also available from the software manufacturer Refer to the section titled Problems for contact details How do I select an aircraft from the sample aircraft database Access the sample aircraft database by pressing the Sample Aircraft button on the Aircraft Screen Select the aircraft data to load from the table Once loaded check the data set up for the aircraft before using it Can AirServices maps be downloaded into FP5000 No FP5000 is a comprehensive pre flight planning tool The electronic maps are very useful in the air and there are some good apps available incorporating these maps How do I specify Area Work in a flight plan From the Segment Screen press the Add Waypoint or Insert Waypoint button Then press the Area Work button An entry for area work will be included in the flight plan Can I plan Abeam a waypoint Not automatically We suggest that you determine the position latitude and longitude of the abeam position required and enter this as a User waypoint in the database How can I transfer part or all of my user data to a different iPad Use the Backup and Restore facility described later in this manual refer to the section named DATA BACKUPS
35. account This requires an Internet connection Individual FP5000 installations on an iPad are backed up to separate folders using Dropbox For example the FP5000 Pro version will backup data to and restore data from My Documents Dropbox FlightPlanner5000_PRO The Lite version will backup to My Documents Dropbox FlightPlannerS5000_LITE In each case the backup file will be called FlightPlannerDB zip Restore User Data Use the Backup Restore button to select the option Restore Database from Dropbox at the top of the Aircraft Screen This option allows all user data previously saved to Dropbox to be transferred to your FP5000 iPad software This requires an Internet connection Note that ALL user data is restored It is not possible to selectively restore data aircraft data for example Data restored will include Configuration settings aircraft data flight plans user waypoints and user LSALTS FP5000 User Manual Page 65 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 10 FP5000 SOFTWARE UPDATES Flight Planner 5000 software will be updated regularly and you will receive the usual notice from iTunes when an update is available FP5000 User Manual Page 66 of 66
36. agne PC Services shall not be liable for loss of data loss of profits damage to personal or public property injury of any type death or disablement or any other incidental or consequential damage No assumption should be made as to the accuracy of any data contained in this software or any calculations figures or results produced by this software The manufacturer reserves the right to change the software and or documentation without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes FP5000 User Manual Page 2 of 66 Pe ee A Le ae ee a a Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Table of Contents 1 1 Overview 2 1 Software Warranty INSTALLATION OPERATION 4 1 Overview 4 2 Recall Screen 4 3 Aircraft Screen 4 4 Segment Screen 4 4 2 Waypoint Details 4 4 3 IFR Routes 4 4 4 Segment Details 4 4 7 Area Winds 4 4 9 NAIPS Interface 4 5 Fuel Screen 4 5 1 Fuel Calculations 4 6 Options Screen 5 ADVANCED FEATURES 5 1 The Australian NAIPS System 1 INTRODUCTION _ 5 5 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS____ 6 6 ee a a a 7 3 1 Flight Planner 5000 Available Versions 7 3 2 How to Install Flight Planner 5000 a a ee 9 9 10 12 15 4 4 1 Selecting Waypoints 16 18 20 21 4 4 5 Multi Stage Plans 23 4 4 6 Optimising the Flight Plan 24 25 4 4 8 Route Map Display 26 27 27 2
37. alaysia South Africa UK and the France and almost all international airports around the world These three versions are each available as Lite versions at no cost and also as Pro versions requiring an annual subscription to be paid Lite versions of each of these products are available for free download They provide access to the app for an unlimited period with some features disabled or restricted Limit of 5 waypoint per flight plan Limit of 5 saved flight plans No NAIPS weather decode No NAIPS flight plan submit No IFR routes No printing support See www champagnepcservices com au htmldocs flightplan5000 htm for further details FP5000 User Manual Page 7 of 66 r 4 a F e Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 3 2 How to install Flight Planner 5000 Flight Planner 5000 is available for download and installation from the Apple iTunes store An iTunes account is required in order to access the iTunes store It is not available from any other source FP5000 User Manual Page 8 of 66 Pe ee A Le ae ee a a Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 4 OPERATION 4 1 FlightPlanner The operation of the Flight Planner 5000 software follows a logical flow which starts with the selection of an aircraft then specifying route segments waypoints specifying landing and refuelling points and finally options as to the disposition of the completed fli
38. anagement aspects of the planned flight are viewed on the Fuel Screen FP5000 User Manual Page 27 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 gt 1 33 PM 4 Not Charging gt DARWIN Fuel measurement units are Litre Time intervels are in minutes Holding fuel is assumed to be consumed Fuel detail ALICE SPRINGS departure L Fuel details such as departure fuel taxi fuel holding fuel and fuel available on arrival for each waypoint are shown on the Fuel Screen Changes to these figures e g add holding fuel are made by pressing the Fuel Detail button with the relevant waypoint selected highlighted FP5000 User Manual Page 28 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 4 5 1 Fuel Calculations There are a number of parameters that influence the way that fuel calculations are made Firstly the data for the aircraft selected contains fuel capacities and flow rates for different phases of the flight climb cruise holding plus default and maximum departure fuel taxi fuel etc It is not necessary to go to great detail in setting up the fuel data for the aircraft For simple piston powered aircraft just entering the fuel capacity and the nominal cruise fuel flow for the aircraft will result in acceptable fuel calculations Defaults will be used for values not specified Default values for fuel flow for climb holding and fixed reserve are 130 75
39. anding point then the software will track you to the airfield you can t land at a navaid If you want to track to the Navaid and then to the airfield at Cooktown for example you should enter Cooktown twice at the end of the flight plan and set the second to last Cooktown entry to Track to Navaid via the Segment Detail Screen For IFR flights this happens automatically This is the sequence of waypoints you enter to depart Cairns via the VOR to the Cooktown NDB and then land at Cooktown CAIRNS CAIRNS COOKTOWN COOKTOWN The software will automatically produce the correct flight plan using the appropriate NAVAIDS If your IFR flight was departing Cairns via the VOR and direct to Cooktown airfield the waypoints in the flight plan should be CAIRNS CAIRNS COOKTOWN The flight planner software is smart enough to work out when you are tracking to or from a NAVAID Note An IFR flight plan is initiated by selecting and IFR aircraft from the aircraft database as specified under the Sundry page in the aircraft data How can I use the Australian NAIPS to get weather NOTAM information for overseas locations NAIPS is an Australian system and has comprehensive support for Australian operations However flights involving overseas locations can be planned and submitted using NAIPS In FP5000 on the NAIPS Weather and NOTAMS Screen clear the Domestic Only box on the screen to provide for international coverage Note that y
40. anual Page 17 of 66 t P Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 If additional waypoints are needed for a flight i e waypoints that are not in the database they can be added to the waypoint database from the Waypoint Selection Screen These are referred to as user waypoints Press Define User Waypoint and the Waypoint Detail Screen is activated to store the new waypoint details Enter waypoint information as required All database waypoints which are not user waypoints with an airfield have an airfield diagram stored with them Also note that latitude and longitude must be entered in the form degrees minutes seconds rather than degrees minutes decimal minutes 4 4 2 Waypoint Details Details of the information stored for a selected waypoint can be displayed and or modified by pressing the Details button The Waypoint Detail Screen is displayed No SIM 4 12 46 PM 4 Not Charging m Waypoint Frequencies Airfield Details Runways Diagram Name DARWIN State nT Country aus AUS Australia Alias Country codes Abbreviation YPDN Only official approved ICAO abbreviations should be entered in here ACT Australian Capital Territory Latitude 12 24 53 s as dd mm ss S 12 24 88 as dd mm mm Longitude 130 52 36 fe as ddd mm ss E 130 52 60 as ddd mm mm Magnetic Variation 36 E xxx E Elevation 103 feet Forecast AVFAX code
41. are not supported in FP5000 3 The NAIPS screens have been redesigned in FP5000 for improved usability 4 There is no support for Uploading to GPS Abeam waypoints Generic aircraft types Flight numbers the Airfield Register Metflight Passenger manifest NAIPS charts or Pilot Selection as in FP3000 5 FP5000 does not automatically handle flight plans that are mixed VFR IFR plans 6 The Weather decode does not decode time information 7 No international airport data is supplied with the Australia or the New Zealand FP5000 software FP5000 World contains international airport data 8 The Graphical Route Display is implemented as a Google Earth based map without the functionality to add waypoints airspace or other information specifically from FP5000 It is certainly possible that support for one or more of the above points will be added to the FP5000 software as the product matures according to demand 6 3 FP5000 Special Instructions Use only approved waypoint abbreviations Check all user waypoints that may have been added to the waypoint database and remove any abbreviations that are not ICAO approved abbreviations The use of unapproved abbreviations is likely to FP5000 User Manual Page 53 of 66 ae ee 2 Le ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 FP5000 User Manual be the main cause of flight notifications being rejected by Airservices Australia There is no ICAO NAVAID desig
42. ce calculations comprehensive fuel calculations CP amp PNR calculations etc Weather and NOTAM delivery and flight plan notification via NAIPS in Australia The FP5000 software is not available for the iPhone FP5000 User Manual Page 5 of 66 aP Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 2 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS 2 1 Flight Planner 5000 is designed for operation on any of the Apple iPad devices from the iPad 1 onwards The minimum level of the iOS operating system supported is V5 The very basic iPad 16gb memory no GPS or 3G 4G connection will run the application subject to sufficient storage being available to install the software on the iPad The Route Map Display uses Google Earth maps and a connection to the internet is required for this and access to the Australian NAIPS system to operate Printing from an iPad requires an AirPrint capable printer A SIM card is not required However access to NAIPS and full functional of the Graphical Route Display requires and internet connection This can be via WiFi or an installed SIM card Software Warranty We strive to make the FP5000 product as functional stable and reliable as the FP3000 software for Windows is However FP3000 have been available and operating initially as FP2000 for almost 20 years We accept that there are some deficiencies in FP5000 at present and if you provide feedback on any issues we will attem
43. display a map of the route for the planned flight press the Route Map Display button in the Segment Screen Note that a current internet connection is required for this functionality to operate unless the map data is cached from earlier use ES ae AA Fra i i u E crs gt _ t a SNORTHERN Meee TERRITORY Tey W Google Maps data is used for this display Zoom in and out using the 2 finger stretch or squeeze gestures FP5000 User Manual Page 26 of 66 Pe ee A ae ee a a Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 4 4 9 NAIPS Interface 4 5 NAIPS the Australian National Aeronautical Information Processing System Weather and NOTAM s for the current flight plan ie the waypoints specified on the Segment Screen can be automatically downloaded from the Australian NAIPS database If computer has access to the Internet pressing the NAJPS button and then pressing Load Weather amp NOTAMS will activate the NAIPS Weather amp NOTAM Download Screen and facilitate a connection to the Airservices NAIPS computer with an automatic download of weather and NOTAM s Refer to section 5 1 for further details Note The NAIPS interface is built into the FP5000 software You will however require a valid NAIPS username and password issued by Airservices Australia to access NAIPS There is no NAIPS support for New Zealand FP5000 versions Fuel Screen Fuel m
44. e cruising level is variable eg VRB 10 then NO WINDS will be inserted in the plan The winds are indeterminate in this case FP5000 User Manual Page 62 of 66 ae ee OE ee ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Operational problems using the NAIPS interface Refer to the section on NAIPS for a discussion of problems that may be encountered when using the NAIPS interface FP5000 User Manual Page 63 of 66 Pe ee Ee Le ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 8 3 Reporting Problems Please report problems by email to Support champagnePCServices com au When an app crashes the iPad creates and saves a log file of the crash which is transferred back to your computer the next time that you sync the device with iTunes The crash files are located in the following directory on your computer Mac OS X Library Logs CrashReporter MobileDevice lt device_name gt Windows XP C Documents and Settings lt username gt Application Data Apple Computer Logs CrashReporter MobileDevice lt device_name gt Windows Vista 7 or 8 C Users lt username gt AppData Roaming Apple Computer Logs CrashReporter MobileDevice lt device_name gt lt username gt is your login name for the computer lt device_name gt is the name of the iPad for example Rob s iPad The crash file name begins with FP5000 and ends with crash There is date and time information in the file
45. e ee Ee ae ee Oe Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 5 1 3 NAIPS Flight Plan Submission From the Options Screen press the NAIPS Submit button to submit the flight plan to NAIPS via the Internet The NAIPS submission screen will appear with buttons for each stage of the flight Select the type of flight plan to be submitted from the radio button options Note The Lite software and FP5000 NZ versions do not support flight plan submission via NAIPS The Check the flight plan data for errors button can be used to verify that the data looks OK This will NOT detect every error in the flight plan but is a pre submission sanity check only Tip FP5000 User Manual Any flight plan submitted from this screen will be received by Airservices and activated To submit a test flight plan select the Submit a test NOSEND plan check box The plan will then be submitted to NAIPS for verification and then discarded Page 46 of 66 Pe ee A Le ae ee Oe Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 No SIM 4 12 13 PM NAIPS LogFile SETTINGS STAGES The flight notification to be sent is detailed on this screen under the Stage tabs above Check the details and when complete press the Submit button below to submit this plan Any errors in the notification returned by NAIPS will be displayed on this screen Corrections to the flight plan can be made on the Stage screens and the flight plan re submitt
46. ed if necessary Check the flight plan data for errors Checks for some of the more common errors and missing data in the flight plan before sending it Common errors only will be detected by this checking process The final validation will be by the NAIPS system itself m Type of Notification O Australian Domestic notification ICAO International flight notification Ignore aircraft type registration conflicts Sartime flight notification E E Submit a test NOSEND plan Submit the plan via the WWW connection The Flight Planner software automatically prepares the flight plan s and presents them in a fashion very similar to that used by Airservices NAIPS Internet Service software Press the STAGE buttons to view the flight plan detail for each stage For details of what should be entered in the different fields on these screens refer to the NAIPS Internet Service User Documentation available for download from the Airservices WWW site at this address www airservicesaustralia com naips Content Files documents NAIPS Internet Service User Documentation pdf FP5000 User Manual Page 47 of 66 Pe ee 2 ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 No SIM 4 12 16 PM General STAGE 1 Aircraft ID Rules Flight Type Num Type Wake Cat 10 Com Nav Equipment SSR Departure AD Destination AD Total EET item 18 information
47. el flow x 0 25 Fuel Flow Fuel Flow holding Cruise fuel flow x0 75 fuel flow x 0 75 F Pa Flow fixed o fuel flow reserve Weight units units Kilograms Nominal rate ae climb a aaa e feet per minute Units of measure Millimetres arms High performance aircraft will usually have data entered under the 5 buttons Climb TAS Climb Fuel Cruise Fuel Rate of Climb and Cruise TAS These pages are used to enter performance data for discrete cruising levels from sea level up to 60 000 feet This data is called Extended Aircraft Performance data and allows extremely accurate flight plans and fuel calculations to be achieved One aircraft in the aircraft database may be defined as the Default or Pre selected aircraft This aircraft will then be pre selected in the list of available aircraft when a new flight plan is commenced Note that if a saved flight plan is selected then the aircraft pre selected on the aircraft screen will be the aircraft used when the flight plan was saved If that aircraft is not available then an aircraft of the same type may be pre selected If more than one aircraft is marked as the pre selected aircraft then the first one encountered will be pre selected An aircraft other than the pre selected aircraft can always be selected for the flight including flights based on saved flight plans FP5000 User Manual Page 14 of 66 F Champagne PC Services 4 4
48. elected by touching the required route in the table Scan through the table using the scroll bar on the right hand side Note Two way routes have two entries in the stored routes table one for each direction Make sure that the appropriate direction is selected for the route Once a route is selected the right hand table on the Stored Routes Screen will display the waypoints in the route Initially all waypoints in the route will be selected but a subset of the route can be selected and added to the flight plan Touch the route waypoints to include or exclude them from the waypoints to add to the flight plan The route waypoints selected will be added to the flight plan and the route designator will be inserted in the detail for the selected route 4 4 4 Segment Details Details for a particular flight segment are displayed on the Segment Details Screen This screen provides access to view and modify segment related FP5000 User Manual Page 21 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 information such as the altitude that will be used the LSALT for the segment winds for the segment etc No SIM gt 1 31 PM 4 Not Charging m DARWIN Distance 908 nm total ETI 340 mins from takeoff Landing Point W Reporting Point W Track to waypoint airfield position o Change to track to Navaid VOR Altitude A035 Non Standard VFR Level TAS 163 LSALT 25
49. ery similar to the operation of the FP3000 software on a Windows computer Overview Flight Planner 5000 is a comprehensive computer based flight planning tool designed to produce detailed accurate flight plans and also to provide the pilot with additional information specific to the planned flight One of the principal design goals established prior to developing this software was to make the software simple and easy to use This goal was to be achieved while still providing all of the features and facilities that will allow the software to be used at all levels from the ultralight pilot through to the professional airline pilot This software is designed for use on any Apple iPad platform from the original iPad 1 through to the latest generation iPad devices including the iPad Mini Flight Planner 5000 provides the user with the facility to produce accurate flight plans to locations anywhere in the world The software is available in 3 different versions The Australia version the New Zealand version and the version covering Australia New Zealand PNG Indonesia and some other regions of the world Printed output available from the software includes the Flight Plan Navigation Log the EnRoute Information Sheet the Flight Summary and Waypoint details The software is delivered with a comprehensive database of waypoints plus over 260 sample aircraft definitions and will also perform Track amp Distance calculations Weight and Balan
50. for subseqent stages o assume FIXED RESERVE fuel is consumed default no assume VARIABLE RESERVE fuel is consumed default yes assume HOLDING fuel is consumed default yes The fuel flow used when calculating the fixed reserve fuel amount is based by default on the figures in the aircraft data Alternatively the fixed reserve fuel flow can be based on the expected fuel flow the cruise for that flight stage Oo Calculate fixed reserve based on cruise fuel flow Set the fuel specific gravity for the different fuel types as required Default values are shown in brackets AVGAS 0 72 0 720 MOGAS 0 71 0 710 Units are Kg per litre AVTUR o0 80 0 800 4 6 Options Screen ia View and or print the Flight Plan View and or print the i A l Flight Summary or Enroute fight pianeumm i Information Sheet Save the flight plan n a weight and Select a different aircraft CP and PNR check 7 i Submit the plan online via Startanew fight plan the Australian NAIPS system o 8 D FP5000 User Manual Page 30 of 66 Pa ee Ae Le ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 The Options Screen is displayed at the completion of the Fuel Screen At this point an aircraft has been selected waypoints for the flight plan have been nominated and fuel considerations have been reviewed From the Options Screen the completed flight detail can be viewed flight costing examined flight plans can be pri
51. ght plan Overview The Flight Planner 5000 software is an iPad application that makes use of the common iPad controls such as buttons pull down menus edit fields table views etc Basic familiarity with iPad operation is all that is required to operate the software The Flight Planner software is a single application that provides all of the functionality of the software Run the Flight Planner 5000 software by pressing the Flight Planner 5000 icon on the iPad The software is designed to lead you through the flight planning process by automatically transferring you to the next appropriate screen when the next phase of flight planning begins The screens are not cluttered with information buttons options that do not apply at the present stage of flight planning The phases of flight planning are implemented in a series of main screens The five main screens in the software are Screen Name Description Recall Screen Recall saved flight plans Aircraft Screen Select an aircraft Includes access to the sample aircraft Segment Screen Nominate departure enroute and landing points manage weather Fuel Screen Nominate departure fuel refuelling points Options Screen View print modify the flight plan check W amp B check CP amp PNR save the flight plan submit the plan etc Additional functionality such as area winds waypoint details aircraft data configuration parameters etc are implemented as extra screens accessed
52. ht plans only Page 11 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 4 3 Aircraft Screen Yo SIM SAMPLE 12 PM 832 mm Backup Restore SETTINGS CONVERSIONS CONTACTS Cessna Partenavia PN68C Cessna 210 6 seat config aniti Er B Use Copy Aircraft button to change the aircraft callsign Aircraft DSB VFR 4 seat Configuration L 4 F The Aircraft Screen is used to select an aircraft for the flight No aircraft are pre defined in the Flight Planner aircraft database so initially this screen will show no aircraft Aircraft can also be defined copied modified or deleted from the aircraft screen Tip There is a large range of sample aircraft available in the sample aircraft database included with the software To load one or more of these into the aircraft database press the Sample Aircraft button near the top of the screen Note that this is sample data only and should be reviewed against the actual aircraft data from the aircraft flight manual before use Aircraft are listed alphabetically by callsign with the callsign type and a description displayed on the screen There can be multiple entries for a particular aircraft same callsign to provide for a VFR and an IFR version different seating configurations different loading configurations different ISA operating conditions etc To make multiple entries for an aircraft FP5000 User Manual Page 12 of 66
53. ion should be displayed enter a valid date in the form dd mm yyyy in the License renewal date and or the Medical expires date and or the Security ID expires date towards the bottom of the page Enter the number of days advanced notice in the Alerts box If the Flight Planner software is not opened or the Recall Screen is not accessed then no alert message will be issued FP5000 User Manual Page 52 of 66 p 1 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 6 FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 LIMITATIONS 6 1 Limitations in Flight Planner 5000 Software FP5000 is not available on the iPhone FP5000 will only operate on Portrait mode on the iPad There is no mechanism available to transfer flight plans or any information between Flight Planner 5000 and Flight Planner 3000 Flight Planner 5000 supports only latitude and longitude specifications for the position of a waypoint with no abbreviation Ie bearing and distance specifications are not implemented 6 2 Features in FP3000 Not Implemented in FP5000 Flight Planner 5000 is operationally very similar to FP3000 the Windows software The functionality is very much the same screens are mostly the same names but are different in layout due to the different screen format and the different controls available on the iPad Specific differences on the iPad are 1 No Preferred routes are available in the database IFR direct routes are available as in FP3000 2 Alternates
54. lograms if you have selected Kg as the unit of weight for this aircraft Also moments are often shown on the graph divided by 1000 so that the numbers are not so large If so the numbers from the graph will have to be multiplied by 1000 before being entered into the moment boundary table Sometimes the aircraft manual will have the bottom horizontal axis as the arm inches or mm aft of the datum If this is the case then in order to enter moments the arm must be multiplied by the weight Ie The formula moment weight x arm applies FP5000 User Manual Page 38 of 66 Pe ee A ee ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Tip FP5000 User Manual The Flight Planner 5000 software contains generic aircraft data for a number of aircraft and usually includes weights arms and moments If you are having problems setting up your data have a look at a sample aircraft of similar type or size The data should be similar Sample aircraft are loaded via the Sample Aircraft button on the Aircraft Screen Aircraft with W amp B details included have at the end of the description Page 39 of 66 Ps aP i Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 5 ADVANCED FEATURES 5 1 Flight Planner 5000 has many advanced features some of which are described in the following sections The Australian NAIPS System NAIPS the Australian National Aeronautical Information Processing System is a database
55. main in the database for 12 hours from the time they entered or updated q The Flight Planner 5000 software knows which area forecasts are required for the current flight plan and shows these with any area winds that have been specified on the top of the screen The date and time that each individual area forecast was last modified is saved with the data and used to automatically delete area forecast winds that are over 12 hours old To enter an area wind firstly enter the area number in the box to the left of the table then add wind information to the table Enter all the area winds that are required for the flight and then have them automatically applied to the flight plan by pressing the Apply area winds to this flight plan check box and then pressing the OK button FP5000 User Manual Page 25 of 66 Pe ee CU Le ae ee OP a Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Area winds can also be automatically loaded for all areas covered by the current flight plan via the Australian NAIPS database If an Internet connection is available pressing the Load area winds via NAIPS button will activate the NAIPS Weather amp NOTAM Download Screen and connect to the Airservices Australia NAIPS computer and automatically download weather and NOTAM s for the current flight plan Refer to section 5 1 for further details There is no NAIPS support for New Zealand FP5000 versions 4 4 8 Route Map Display To
56. n AirPrint printer Check out FingerPrint Airprint Activator Collobos Printopia and others FingerPrint seems to do the job well Why is FP5000 locked in Portrait Mode This was a design decision If the software is to be functional in the aircraft cockpit in particular for use with one of the available iPad kneepad attachments the orientation could easily change and make it difficult to use if not locked in topside up portrait mode Why don t I get suggested IFR routes displayed when I plan from A to B When in IFR mode the software will look for a published IFR route between A and B when a flight plan stage from A to B is entered Segment Screen If this is not happening then check the following 1 Is the selected aircraft and IFR aircraft which puts the software in IFR mode 2 The Australian database contains published IFR direct routes and the New Zealand version contains IFR direct routes Is the route one of these Note that FP5000 does not implement Australian Preferred Routes FP5000 User Manual Page 58 of 66 ae ee A ae ee ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 How can I indicate that I have a TSO d IFR GPS in my flight plan There is no ICAO NAVAID designator for IFR TSO d GPS IFR GPS s are indicated by placing a Z in the Other Navaids field of the aircraft data COM NAV button on the Aircraft Details screen and entering NAV GPSRNAV in the Other i
57. nator for IFR TSO d GPS IFR GPS s are indicated by placing a Z in the Other Navaids section of the aircraft data Navaids button and entering NAV GPSRNAV in the Other information to appear in section 18 of the aircraft data ICAO Info button For an example of this load the Baron B55 aircraft data from the sample aircraft database Use only approved aircraft types A list of approved aircraft types is published in ERSA and on the WWW search on Aircraft Type Designators Where an aircraft does not have an approved type enter the type as ZZZZ and in the ICAO section of the aircraft details enter TYP lt type information gt in the section 18 field E g TYP Echo Mk 1 An example of this is available in the sample aircraft database for the first aircraft a Jabiru Where a practice NDB or GPS approach is planned Area Work must be included in the flight notification Also and entry in section 18a of the notification is required see the next bullet point For a practice ILS approach Airservices also require an area work entry on the notification normally for a 1 minute duration Items can automatically be added to section 18a of the flight plan as a remark by entering information preceded by in the Route Qualifiers section of the segment detail screen For example if an ILS approach is planned at Brisbane on the Segment Detail Screen for Brisbane enter BN ILS in the Route Qualifier field This will
58. nformation to appear in section 18 of the flight plan field ICAO button on the Aircraft Details screen For an example of this load the Baron B55 aircraft data from the sample aircraft database I sometimes fly VFR and sometimes IFR in my aircraft Do I have to change the aircraft data each time The solution to this is to have different versions of the aircraft for specific purposes This happens quite a lot for thing like VFR version and IFR version for turbine aircraft ISA performance version ISA 10 performance version ISA 20 performance version even Normal category and utility category aircraft The Flight planner database can have multiple definitions of the same aircraft for the above or other reasons Just use the Copy Aircraft button on the aircraft screen to make new version of the aircraft for the different purposes You could have a user specific version such as one for a pilot with GPS NPA approval and another without The aircraft description could have the pilots name there The aircraft category is set in the aircraft details on the Sundry page How can I select AREA B winds from the NAIPS weather When the weather returned from NAIPS has winds for area A and area B and even area C for a particular area all winds are displayed To select the area winds required touch the wind to highlight the line required See the samples in section 5 1 of this manual Why are the wind vectors not displayed on my plan
59. nning the Safari web browser to see if sites on the WWW can be accessed If not then the Internet connection may be unavailable 3 Check that the Airservices site is contactable from this computer Open your browser and enter the web URL WWW AirservicesAustralia com This should display the Airservices WWW page if a connection is currently available from your computer 4 Airservices NAIPS connection may be unavailable Check with Airservices There are many opportunities for the connection to the NAIPS computer to fail only a few of which are listed above A record of the NAIPS session is written to the file NAIPS log file This log file is useful 1 Ifthe NAIPS session completed the weather and NOTAM s can be easily reviewed at a later time using the Load Last button at the top of the NAIPS Weather amp NOTAM Download Screen 2 The NAIPS log file is likely to contain information relating to any failure of the NAIPS session If a problem is experienced that you are not able to resolve then please provide details and the contents of the NAIPS logfile Press NAIPS LogFile at the top of the NAIPS screen via emailed to Champagne PC Services Note 1 Airservices will cancel NAIPS usernames and passwords if they are not used for a period of time possibly as little as 6 months If you get a NAIPS username and password failure message contact FP5000 User Manual Page 51 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 500
60. nted critical point CP and point of no return PNR information can be displayed weight and balance details checked the flight plan can be saved etc Press the lt Previous button to go back to the Fuel and Segment etc Screen if required To start a new flight plan via the Recall Screen press the Start a New Flight Plan button 4 6 1 Saving Flight Plans Flight plans can be saved and recalled for use at a later time When a flight plan is saved the waypoints for the plan cruising levels fuel information aircraft type information etc is recorded Flight plans must be given a name to be saved under maximum of 8 characters and a description maximum of 70 characters can also be provided When the flight plan is recalled the aircraft matching that used in the flight plan is highlighted on the Aircraft Screen Tip When saving flight plans enter a name commencing with the departure point name or the destination name For example save a flight from Cairns to Townsville with the name like CS TL When flight planning in the future it will be easier to find the required plan all the plans departing Cairns or with a destination of Cairns will be grouped together Also make a point of entering a description with each plan that is saved Flight plans can be protected against deletion and modification by applying a password to the plan Leave the password blank unless this feature is required FP5000 User Manual Page 31 of 66
61. odify an LSALT in the permanent LSALT database FP5000 User Manual Page 57 of 66 Pe ee Ae Le ae ee a a Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 There is no facility to modify LSALT S in the permanent LSALT database If you believe that there is an incorrect database LSALT contact the software supplier Database LSALTS are provided by the relevant aviation authority and should be correct Where is first and last light information provided First and last light calculations for each landing point are written to the Enroute Information Sheet for the flight Access the Enroute Information Sheet from the Preview amp Print button printing options on the Options Screen Note The first and last light calculations are based on the date on which the flight plan is used in the Flight Planner 5000 software This date is recorded on the top of the Enroute Information Sheet It is critical that the date on the computer is set correctly in order to get valid first and last light calculations How can I specify a wind vector specified as variable on a forecast Specify any wind direction and a wind speed of 0 For example 360 00 What Printing Options do I have Best option is to use an AirPrint Printer There are a number available for HP Cannon Epsom Brother and others Search in Google to find the latest offerings There are also options that allow your Windows or Mac PC to allow an attached printer to be seen as a
62. on the position of the town center For IFR flights track and distances are calculated to and from the principal navaid if the waypoints have one This will result in differences according to the positioning of the principal navaid in relation to the airfield town The position of the principal navaid can be checked by displaying the waypoint information Note also that the IFR abbreviation for the waypoint will be displayed for IFR flight plans and the VFR abbreviation is displayed for VFR flight plans The Winds from NAIPS are not being applied to the Flight Plan The FP5000 software has the functionality to automatically insert the winds for the flight into the flight plan This is easily achieved by pressing the Extract and Save Area Winds amp apply them to this Flight Plan button on the NAIPS weather amp NOTAMS screen However there are a number of things that must be in place for this to happen 1 The flight plan must have cruising levels set so the software can select wind for each flight planned level 2 The waypoints must all have the correct ARFOR area number set in the information for the waypoint in the waypoint database All waypoints provided with the software have this data and it is probably only user waypoints that may not have it Check any user waypoints 3 NAIPS weather for each area of the flight plan must be available By default the FP5000 software requests this in the weather briefing Note If the wind for th
63. or New Zealand FP5000 New Zealand or the WORLD version and with data for Australia New Zealand PNG Indonesia Malaysia UK France and the Pacific rim countries plus all international airports FP5000 World What do I do to Change my NAIPS Password Your NAIPS password should be changed regularly To change your NAIPS password go to the Airservices WWW site NAIPS page https www airservicesaustralia com naips Account Logon logon with your existing password and select the option to set a new password Once this is done make sure that you enter your new password into FP5000 on the Aircraft screen via SETTINGS NAIPS page How can I add a user waypoint to the waypoint database User waypoints are added using the Define User Waypoint button on the Waypoint Selection Screen Get to the Waypoint Selection Screen by pressing the Add Waypoint or Insert Waypoint button on the Segment Screen Full details can be entered for a user waypoint User waypoints can be anywhere in the world How can I add user LSALT s to the user LSALT database User LSALT s are added to the user LSALT database automatically whenever you insert or modify an LSALT on the Segment Detail Screen There is a LSALT button on the Segment Screen which will allow you to view and delete user LSALT s and view database ie provided LSALT s Note that published IFR LSALT s will always take precedence over user defined LSALT s How can I m
64. ou may only receive TAF s and no area forecasts if you do this Note also that when you submit any flight plan using NAIPS it will be received by Airservices Australia and may not be activated if the departure aerodrome is not Australian Flight plans are normally required to be submitted via the aviation authority in the country of departure Is there any discount for FP3000 users who Subscribe to FP5000 FP5000 User Manual Page 56 of 66 Pe ee Ae ae ee a ee Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Unfortunately not FP3000 and FP5000 are separate products and are marketed by different means FP5000 is marketed by Apple via iTunes and only one price is able to be specified How can I give someone else a copy of the aircraft data I have set up for one or more of my aircraft Use the Backup and Restore facility described later in this manual refer to the section named DATA BACKUPS A DropBox interface is provided as part of this functionality However be aware that this will transfer ALL of you user data and replace theirs Configuration settings saved flight plans aircraft data The transfer mechanism is probably only appropriate for transfer of data to different personal iPad devices or within a company What Flight Planner 5000 coverage is available FP5000 can be purchased with comprehensive coverage Waypoints Navaids Airspace LSALTS IFR routes for Australia FP5000 Australia or f
65. pt to address these issues in a timely fashion If you feel that the Flight Planner 5000 software is no what you require you should contact Apple the iTunes store customer support area FP5000 User Manual Page 6 of 66 Champagne PC Services 3 Fa 7 FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 INSTALLATION 3 1 The FP5000 software is available via the Apple iTunes store The Lite version can be downloaded and installed for free The Pro subscription based version is available and has more features and expanded vcapabilities Refer to the FP5000 product description page on our www site for further details www champagnepcservices com au htmldocs flightplan5000 htm Do install FP5000 go to the iTunes WWW page via the App Store icon on your iPad or www iTunes com in your browser and type FP5000 in the search box at the top of the screen Flight Planner 5000 Available Versions Three editions of the software are available 1 Australia Version With comprehensive data Waypoints Navaids IFR routes LSALTS covering Australian 2 New Zealand Version With comprehensive data for Waypoints Navaids IFR routes LSALTS covering New Zealand 3 World Version With comprehensive data Waypoints Navaids IFR routes LSALTS covering Australian and New Zealand extensive airport Navaid and IFR reporting point data for Papua New Guinea and Indonesia Airfield and IFR reporting point data for M
66. result in this entry in Section 18a of the plan RMK BN ILS Any number of these 20 character remarks can be entered for a stage one per segment generating the appropriate RMK entry in section 18a To include additional information in section 15 of the flight notification add the information required preceded by a sign in the Route Qualifiers section of the Segment Detail Screen Note that a maximum of 20 characters can be entered The information is added to section 15 immediately following the information for that route segment IFR flights departing via a navaid can indicate this by entering the departure waypoint twice on the Segment Screen For example selecting Brisbane twice departure point and first turning point as the first two waypoints on the Segment Screen will place YBBN in section 13 departure point and DCT BN in section 15 Make sure that an appropriate level such as 1500 agl is specified for the YBBN to BN navaid departure The same method can be used to indicate arrival at a destination via a navaid We recommend when an area work sector is included that the waypoint at which the area work is occurring is present before and after the area work entry in the flight plan For example area work at Cowes after departing Moorabbin would have MB CWS AWK CWS in the flight plan Page 54 of 66 Pe ee Ee ae ee Oe Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 7 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FA
67. roblems During the Operation of the Software The C of G position is not visible on the weight amp balance envelope This is likely to be incorrect data values for the aircraft envelope data Refer to the section on Aircraft Weight amp Balance in this manual A frequent reason for this is incorrect values for aircraft moment data The weight and balance calculations are all based on the simple formula WEIGHT ARM MOMENT Weights are entered in lbs or Kg ARMS can be entered in inches or mm The result of multiplying these two items will be the MOMENT in units of Kg mm for example Moments tend to be big numbers and are often published in aircraft manuals divided by 1000 to give more manageable numbers You must use the raw moment not the moment 1000 as often given I e Add three zero s to the moment if this is the case Also ensure that the units for the moments is compatible with the units in which the weight and arms are specified i e if the weight is in Kg and the arms are in mm then the moments must be Kg mm If not convert them as necessary There is sample data for a number of aircraft in the sample aircraft database comparing these with your aircraft data may highlight a problem area Track and distance information is slightly different when the flight plan is changed from VFR to IFR Track and distance calculations for VFR flights are based on the waypoint position ie the airfield position if there is one otherwise
68. s Mach a Pre select this aircraft when starting new flight plans J set this for the one aircraft that is most frequently used Password This is a VFR aircraft and will produce VFR flight plans The aircraft category VFR of IFR is set on the SUNDRY tab top of this screen page This aircraft data was last modified on 06 May 2013 at 11 35 24 AM FP5000 User Manual Page 13 of 66 ae ee A ae ee a a Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 Aircraft information can be entered in as much detail as required for the aircraft type and operation type Basic information as presented on the Basic Data button shown above must be completed except for Mach optional to have the minimum basic aircraft data This is sufficient to allow a flight plan to be completed The program will prompt you for this data if it is not entered or where invalid information is entered Further aircraft information can be added as required For example to allow for full weight and balance information displayed from the Options Screen later data should be entered under the Weights button plus the W amp B Arms button and the W amp B Moments button Refer to section 4 6 5 A password can be applied to aircraft data to stop unauthorised modification A number of default values are used in the aircraft data where a value has not been entered Fuel Type AVGAS Fuel Flow climb Cruise fuel flow x 1 3 Fuel Flow taxi Cruise fu
69. t in the routes database 4 4 5 Multi Stage Plans The flight plan can consist of up to 50 waypoints including the departure and destination and as many stages as are required A flight stage being a unit consisting of a departure point and a landing point and possibly intermediate waypoints is indicated within Flight Planner 5000 by marking waypoints selected in the plan as landing points Activate the Segment Detail Screen for the required landing points by pressing the Segment Details button on the Segment Screen and select the landing point box The next stage in the plan will automatically use the landing point as its departure point Stages can have any number of intermediate reporting and or turning points as long as the limit of 50 waypoints for the plan is met FP5000 User Manual Page 23 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 4 4 6 Optimising the Flight Plan The Optimise Plan button on the Segment Screen can be used to optimise the flight plan based on the minimum flight time Optimisation can be configured as required between a defined range of cruising levels Select cruising levels in the range 1000 to 10000 feet O Optimise with minimum ETI and lowest cruising level Optimise with minimum ETI and highest cruising level Frequently the time interval for a flight segment will give the same ETI for several different cruising levels particularly on short legs This is mainl
70. the Area Winds Screen In either case the NAIPS Weather amp NOTAM Download Screen will appear FP5000 User Manual Page 40 of 66 Champagne PC Services FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 12 17 PM 81 m _ NAIPS LogFile NAIPS Settings Load Last Weather Radar Approach Plates Australia Download weather and NOTAM information relative to the current flight plan via the Australian NAIPS service Select the ARFOR area for which the weather is required The default selection should cover this flight Available Selected The appropriate areas should be automatically selected for the active flight plan Select any additional areas for which forecasts are required NAIPS will allow you to request weather for up to 5 ARFOR areas lt lt DeSelect Select options for this briefing B Include GRIB winds ops above FL180 If GRIB winds are requested then the usual winds are NOT provided by NAIPS B Force low level area winds to be provided even if the flight is BS Use expanded GRIB wind profiles above FL180 Domestic only Australian domestic locations only ia International flight plan include International NOTAMS E Request AREA briefing rather than SPFIB Area briefings include TAF s for major locations for the specified areas An SPFIB request returns information specifically for the route of active flight plan E Select full text NOATM display lt lt Back Request weather amp NOTAMS via the WWW
71. y due to rounding of the time intervals to give an integral number For example 4 6 minutes and 4 9 minutes will both be rounded to give 5 minutes as the ETI You can choose to select the lowest or highest cruising levels for the flight plan optimisation on the Optimisation Screen Tip Set the normal cruising level range for all of the aircraft in the aircraft database The specified lower and upper cruising levels you set will be automatically inserted in the Select cruising level range boxes at the top of the Optimisation Screen FP5000 User Manual Page 24 of 66 P Champagne PC Services 4 4 7 Area Winds Area winds can be entered by pressing the Enter Area Winds button on the Segment Screen or automatically from a NAIPS session FLIGHT PLANNER 5000 V1 2 The current flight plan enters ARFOR areas 63 60 62 To view and or edit an existing area wind enter the area number in the ARFOR area box Area winds have been specified for ARFOR areas 63 3000 5000 7000 10000 14000 18500 23500 30000 34000 38500 ARFOR area 320 300 300 290 000 000 000 000 Load area winds via NAIPS Delete all area winds Save selected area wind Clear selected area wind Delete selected area wind Always apply area winds to any flight plan being created or recalled Apply all current area winds to this flight plan F Cancel b Area winds re

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