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1. Flight Plan VFR Crowfield to Cranfield B Waypoint Description Heading M Time Dist nm Track M Track T 6 5 kts MEF Passing Alt ATA XRef1 XRef2 E6SO Crowfield 004 o o 000 000 100 0 EGSU Duxford 267 22 364 267 263 100 500 CAM Bxy 292 2895 3 nm 205 6 6 nm EGTC Cranfield 271 16 275 271 269 100 600 Figure 89 The Wrong CAM 14 3 5 Quick Snippet This is a time saving feature for inserting intermediate waypoints in a tabular Plan Open the Plan window and right click the waypoint AFTER which you wish to insert the intermediate waypoints and select the Insert Quick Snippet option The Quick Snippet dialogue opens Enter the identifier of the waypoint s you wish to insert separated by space characters as shown in Figure 90 below The waypoints will be inserted in your Plan and the map updated with the new waypoints If you try to enter a text string other than the waypoint identifier such as its name or if you separate the waypoints by commas dashes or any other character Plan G complains by turning the dialogue box pink However it will not complain if you enter them in the wrong order it is up to you the user to get that right Page 76 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Quick Snippet 98 Route EGHS EGTU Cancel OK Figure 90 The Quick Snippet Dialogue d Quick Snippet 53 Route EGHS EGT
2. Approach HKMO fal VORDME 03 E VORDME 21 En NDB 21 Jl ers os GPS 21 A i E Transitions Y gt Al 1 MOV Add toPlan Clear Figure 76 Runway 21 ILS Procedure Mombasa Page 65 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 The blue line is the track the aircraft should be flying inbound to the airport on the runway heading approaching the Final Approach Point FAP In the UK this is typically between 4 and 7 nautical miles from touchdown depending on how cramped the airspace is around the airport In the USA and Canada where congested airspace is less of a problem this can be 10 or more nm from touchdown The red line is the Missed Approach track If you do not have the runway in sight by about 2 3rds of a nautical mile before touchdown 200ft above the airfield elevation called the Missed Approach Point MAP then you must carry out a Missed Approach As illustrated you fly the runway heading outbound for 3 or 4 nautical miles climbing to typically 1 500 feet above the airfield elevation then make a rate one turn inbound back to the beacon followed in the illustrated case by a racetrack holding pattern which is flown until cleared by ATC to continue with the procedure in which case you fly the blue trackline once more in the hope of seeing the runway second time around Alternatively and actually more commonly ATC will vector you to a new a
3. Example Local IPv6 Server Configuration gt lt SimConnect Comm gt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt IPv6 lt Protocol gt lt Scope gt local lt Scope gt lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Address gt 1 lt Address gt lt Port gt REPLACE WITH PORT _NUMBER lt Port gt lt SimConnect Comm gt A Example Local IPv4 Server Configuration gt lt SimConnect Comm gt lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt IPv4 lt Protocol gt lt Scope gt local lt Scope gt lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Address gt 127 0 0 1 lt Address gt lt Port gt 4505 lt Port gt lt SET TO A VALUE BETWEEN 4500 AND 4510 lt SimConnect Comm gt lt SimBase Document gt Instead of 127 0 0 1 in the last profile of Example 2 you can enter the name localhost Either is valid Page 122 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 21 APPENDICES 21 1 Appendix 1 Table of Illustrations Figure 1 The Plan G User Interface at First Startup enne 6 Figure 2 Database Build OptiONS cccoccooonocnncncnonononnnnnnnnnnnnnanononnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnos 8 Figure 3 The Menu Ribbon for the Map Tab cccccnnonocnncnoncnnonononnnnnonnnnnnananonononnnnnannnnnnnnnss 10 Figure 4 Menu Ribbon Scroll BarsS ccoconoonocnnnccnnononononnnncnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnonanannnonnnnnnnonanononnns 10 Figure 5 Quick Access Tool
4. 50 Figure 52 Flight Plan Editing via the Dropdown MeNU cccccccnonononnnnnonnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnanonoss 50 Figure 53 Flight Plan Elevation Window overlaying the Map Window 51 Figure 54 A Mirrored profile for an Out and Back Flight Plan ssesesee 52 Figure 55 Lock Info Panel in Dropdown menus ccccconococnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnns 52 Figure 56 The Information Window cccsccccccccssssssscececeeecesssssaeeeeessessesseaeseeeesesensnaees 52 Figure 57 Airport Diagram WindoOW cccnnncocoonnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnonnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnos 53 Figure 58 Airport Diagram Window with Overlay occcccconoooonncnnnnnnonononnnnnnnnnnonannonnnoss 53 Figure 59 Weather Table eate neto b IEEE 54 Figure 60 Loading a Logged Flight Trail esses enne 54 Figure 61 A Trail Analysis Example cc cccccccesssessssecececeeecessesseeseeeescessnsssaeseeeeeeesesaaes 55 Fis re 62 PED Panel noter er ie pre Er eher oie Ronin t ta logo s inde ed eese Urt Dens evs 56 Figure 63 The PFD Panel Alive during a Flight with a Flight Plan Loaded 56 Page 124 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Figure 64 The Plan G Radio Stack cccsccccccecesessssececeeeessseseaesececesseessaeaeseeseseeessseaeeeeees 58 Figure 65 Traffic WindOW ccccccccccccccsssssssecece
5. cccccecccecccceneesseseeecececeseeueeseeeseeeeeeseaseueeeeeeeeeeseesanensess 78 Figure 95 Vertical Navigation Profile Diagram cc cccccccccsssssssececececsssessaeseeeeseesessaeees 80 Figure 96 The User Waypoint Database sess ennemis 81 Page 125 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Figure 97 User Waypoint Dropdown cccccccccsssssssscececeeeseesssssecececcsesssaeaeeeeeeseessesssaeeeees 81 Figure 98 Create User Waypoint Dialogue ccccccononocncononnnnononnnnnnnnnnnnonananonnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnos 82 Figure 99 User Waypoint Created unida ii 82 Figure 100 User Waypoint Type Symbols eene ennemis 82 Figure 101 User Waypoint Added to Database ccccccccccccsssssssceeseeeesssssssaeseseseessssseaeess 83 Figure 102 Add User Waypoint to Flight Plan oconoocococccccnnnononononcnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnannnnonnnnss 83 Figure 103 Carlisle to Liverpool The Route cccccnononocnnononcnnonononnnnnnnnnnnnananonononnnnnannnnnnnnnos 85 Figure 104 Over the Lakeland Hills oooooonccccnnononononnnoncnnnonnnonnnnnnnnnonanan on cnnnnnnnoninononnos 87 Figure 105 Sellafield and Eskmeals Don t Go There Areas eese 88 Figure 106 Controlled Airspace around Liverpool 90 Figure 107 Seaforth VRP Deleted from the Plan o occcccccnonooonnnnnnnnnnnnnaonnnnnnnonnannnnononoss 91 Figure 108 Instrument Approach Procedure cccccnnononocnnononnnnononnnnnnnnnnnn
6. At scale level 12 there is a large orange circle centred on Sellafield and just south of that a very large red fan shaped area Open the Information Window from the View menu to see what is known about them Click on the edge of the orange circle In the Information Window you will see Restricted Area Sellafield SFC 2200 You cannot overfly one of Britain s oldest and most famous Nuclear Power Stations below 2 200 feet But note also that if you move the mouse into the open area a little to the east the Information Window shows that you cannot fly above 5 500 feet because that is the Warton Radar Advisory Service Area You must contact Warton Radar for permission to fly up there Warton is an RAF station just south east of Blackpool Page 87 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 16 3 17 18 The big red area is Eskmeals Danger Area from the surface upwards to the stratosphere SFC Eskmeals is or was a naval gun testing range where they fire d big shells out to sea Avoid It might be a better plan to route direct from Scafell Pike to Barrow and look at nuclear submarines being built Pan slowly down from Ravenglass and you will see Barrow Walney Island Aerodrome EGNL and two NDBs WL and FN Add Barrow Aerodrome to your route Nick sk F Ls b Information Restricted SFC 2200 SELLAFI Restricted 5500 WARTON RA Danger SFC ESKMEALS EP ERA Y y K in Furness y
7. Range rings do not require you to be connected to FS They are purely a mapping display function You can only display as many sets of rings of range rings as you wish The example above shows one selection of two rings at 10 and 20 nautical miles radius Page 62 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 centred on Sydney Charles Kingsford Smith Airport with another ring at 10 nautical miles radius centred on Hoxton Park Airport 13 1 8 Lock Info Panel The information displayed on the Information Panel as you move the mouse round the map can be locked so that the data for a particular area is constantly displayed even though the mouse pointer is moved away To lock information hover the mouse over the area on the map which displays the information required then right click and select Lock Info Panel from the dropdown Create User Waypoint Create User Waypoint Spot Elevation 157 ft Spot Elevation 157 ft QDM Range and Bearing QDM Range and Bearing Display Range Rings Display Range Rings Hide Range Rings Hide Range Rings Lock Info Panel Unlock Info Panel Figure 72 Lock the Figure 73 Unlock Info Panel the I nfo Panel To return to changing data as the mouse is moved right click and select Unlock Info Panel 13 2 Right Click on an Airport Right clicking the mouse on an airport symbol opens a different dropdown menu from the one which is displayed when you right click on the map W
8. Y i TA Software VFR Flight Planning for Microsoft Flight Simulator X TA Software VFR Flight Pla nning for Microsoft Flight Simulator and X Plane PLAN G VERSION 3 USER MANUAL Author Peter Dodds Chester U K Plan G User Manual Version 3 1 062 November 2012 Copyright 2009 2012 TA Software All rights reserved Any unauthorised duplication of this publication including upload to public file sharing sites is prohibited Written permission is required from TA Software for the duplication in part or in full of any items herein Plan G User Manual Version 3 1 062 November 2012 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION A A da 1 2 FEATURES 1 A ab 2 2 1 Features Retained from Version Zarate 2 2 2 New Features in Version 3 ee reri catbesecanedeccrsenaveacteaieessenedvecsseniatees 2 3 PREREQUISITES user eta esteso te 4 4 INSTALLATION ua adi 5 4 1 The Download ti dd td tods 5 4 2 We ws XP rancia dai 5 4 3 Windows Vista and Windows 7 sseeeeseeeeeneeeennnneen n nennen nene nennen 5 4 4 Hristall ation aote e bacc Hcet oa 5 4 5 Mhe DAA bn tal AA A C AA 6 5 FERS TPR IN eo ti rear onte oO o e netu iter uou Sce eoo e Lia rie eL ous 8 5 1 Shri 8 5 2 Networked PCS MISES ariadna 8 5 3 Networked PCs SIGNS i tee odes da etd ec meteo dee ut certe a 8 5 4 Has qt Worked ost etas poo dao deals 9 6 HAVE A LOOK AROUND tt adi 10 6 1 The Quick ACCESS TOO Denia aia cian 10 6
9. P 500 ft to target altitu Top of Descent 5500 ft min a Circuit Height 1000 ft a Glide Slope 1 deg AN de Target 3nm rS Runway Figure 95 Vertical Navigation Profile Diagram A second alert sounds 500ft above the target altitude and a further popup 500ft to target altitude is displayed The vertical navigation profile parameters are all user configurable via the File tab in Options GPS Panel see section 8 7 6 above Page 80 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 USER WAYPOINTS Plan G builds an internal database PlanG_FSX sdf or PlanG_FS9 sdf of airports and navaids based on a scan of the FS scenery configuration file User Waypoints together with official Visual Reference Points are contained in a separate database within Plan G namely UserWaypoints sdf Plan G includes a large number of pre defined User Waypoints as shown in Figure 96 below and you can also add your own p Manage User Waypoints a Gil Category Name Identifier Latitude Longitude Elev ft Variatior POI Aircraft Carrier Fleet Fleet 27 20212173 153 6355591 0 3488 E POI Yardi Mine 2 YANDI2 22 73090744 119 1038132 1972 358 33 Obstacle 2nd Severn Bridge Joins EGTG201 New Severn 5157086182 2 691502094 0 3 41 hx Glider caatest aaa 56 285297
10. Documents Plan G Files Organize v New folder d Downloads Name Js Dropbox Charts Recent Places de de Data 21 04 Fil de DEM 06 05 12 File folder da KMZ Files 05 File folder d Old Flight Plans de de Profiles de Trail vatsim de wx HZ Desktop A Libraries Documents d Music ee Pictures B Pilot Pete E Videos wj Homegroup B Peter Dodds Computer 4 File name y Google KML files kml kmz Figure 32 A User Created KMZ Files Folder in Plan G Files Open QU User Documents Plan G Files KMZ Files Organize v New folder jg Downloads Name J Dropbox L FTX CRM NA GOLD 1 1 kmz Recent Places 1 FTX CRM NA GOLD 1 0 kmz LJ FTX NZSL kmz 1 FTXPNW NA BLUE 1 4 2 kmz L North American OZx NA1 0 ORBX kmz BE Desktop A Libraries Documents d Music E Pictures al Pilot Pete BE Videos E Homegroup B Peter Dodds 1M Computer File name Google KML files kml kmz _ Figure 33 Locally stored KMZ Files in a User created Folder Page 35 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 9 14 9 15 9 16 Select the file you want to display and click Open in the file window Plan G will display the KML overlay The KML window also opens if you click the small dropdown arrow below the KML button on the ribbon and select Show from the two available choices If yo
11. Float Plane Bases Farm Strips 1 a 2 A e Figure 35 The Airports Marker Options Pop up So in the example above e Large airports will be visible at zoom level 7 or higher e Medium airports will be visible at zoom level 8 or higher and e Small airports will be visible at zoom level 9 or higher e Helipads and Float Plane Bases will not be displayed and e Farm Strips will be displayed at zoom level 10 or higher Page 37 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 10 2 The Airports launcher button is ringed red in Figure 35 above which is shown at zoom level 10 User configured settings for each zoom level are remembered for the next time you open Plan G and unless or until you change them So every time you return to zoom level 8 the large and medium airports will be visible but the small airports will not This same principle applies to each of the four map ribbon sections Airports The Airports in Plan G are extracted from Flight Simulator and stored in the relevant database Airports close in the real world and new ones are built Flight Simulator is however frozen in time FSX is frozen at 2005 FS9 at 2004 so there will be differences from the real world in Plan G as there are in FS For X Plane you can obtain airport data updates from http data x plane com roughly in line with the Aeronautical Information Regulation And Control AIRAC cycle of updates
12. gt ilz Plan G3 v 3 0 0 35 Home Map Data View New Plan Select Option Sounds J Open Locations Y Play Sounds Units VNAV Profile Alerts Recent C Windows Media notify wav Browse Test See Waypoint Alerts gom F cti S Connection C NWindows Wedia notify wav Browse Test print EPS Panel Minimuns Alert Help User Aircraft Browse Test Options Troffic ES E Exit Weather General Figure 21 Sounds Page The three alert sounds available are 1 VNAV Profile Alerts The alert sounds e One minute before Top of Descent and e When you reach 500ft above your target altitude 2 Waypoint Alerts Waypoint alerts sound approximately 30 seconds before reaching a waypoint 3 Minimums Alert This sound is played on final approach 200ft above the airfield elevation It is not set by default 8 7 5 FS Connections There are a number of important configuration options within this tab They are explained in detail for the various connection options in Section 14 3 Connection to Flight Simulator Page 25 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 View Plan G3 v 3 0 0 35 Select Option Locations FS Connection Parameters General Connect With 9 SimConnect FSUIPC XPUIPC SimConnect Settings Network Mode IPv4 IPv Pipe FSX Computer localhost Server Port Pipe o Figure 22 FS Connections Page The following two tables are a simple summary of the
13. o o o ve 9 C Helipads Y VORs Q ISEC Y ICAO Airspace FloatPlane Bases Ej ISEC unnamed 1 ILS LOC Farm Strips Lower Airways E Navaids E Preparation Just as in the real world there is a significant amount of preparation required before flight Of course we will start by creating a flight plan in Plan G 1 Open Plan G and on the Home Tab click Find 2 Select Airport from the dropdown and enter EGNC in the ICAO Code box 3 Carlisle will be highlighted Click OK 4 Right click the airport icon and select Start Flight Plan at airport EGNC 5 Now set up the flight conditions Open the Home Ribbon by clicking the Home tab and then click Altitude and set 4 000 feet D Select Airspeed and enter 100 knots for the default Cessna 172 7 Now that you have a Start Location you can now add a Start Position for your aircraft at Carlisle In FS you have already selected PARKING 1 RAMP GA SMALL so from the Home Ribbon select Start Position From the options Page 85 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 16 2 shown in the pop up Set Airport Start Position window which appears select PARKING 1 RAMP GA SMALL again and click OK The Scenic Route You have established the flight pre conditions and now it is time to plot the route to Liverpool 1 Find the W
14. At each zoom level airports are selectively displayed as described in Section 10 1 above The as installed default display levels for airporst are e No Airports are displayed at zoom levels 1 6 e Large Airports are first displayed at zoom level 7 e Medium Airports are first displayed at zoom level 8 e Small Airports are first displayed at zoom level 9 The airport size reference used in Plan G refers to the length of the longest runway e Large Longest runway is 3 000m or more in length e Medium Between 800m and 2 999m in length e Small Less than 800m in length You can also select which airports you wish to see by clicking the appropriate tickboxes at the left hand side of the Map Ribbon However options selected by this method are fixed across all zoom levels In this section of the Map Ribbon there is also a slender green arrow symbol labelled ILS LOC This symbol called ILS feathers is used on aeronautical charts to denote an Instrument Landing System ILS If this button is pressed those airports that are selected for display Large Medium and or Small where those airports have runways equipped with ILS LOC in FS will have feathers displayed against them on the appropriate approach bearing Note that if a real world airport runway has an ILS which is not featured in FS9 FSX then the feathers are not displayed remember FSX is frozen at 2005 FS9 at 2004 so because real world approach aids are changing y
15. Airports VORs NDBs ISECs User Wpts I Eidel O2XS Elroy Seidel Ranch J ONA4 Valley City Kreidelcamp M 2NJ3 Pennington Weidel Pvt CAO7 Pleasant Grove Scheidel Ranch M ETIE Heidelberg Heidelberg AAF EX FAHG Heidelberg Heidelberg Cancel OK Figure 86 Adding a Waypoint to the Plan Table This pops up an Add Waypoint panel where you can select the type of waypoint Airport VOR NDB User Waypoint The waypoint to be added can be found either by its ICAO code or by its name If it exists in the Plan G database then as you type Page 73 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 14 2 2 14 2 3 14 3 1 14 3 2 14 3 3 Plan G will find all relevant entries and display them below the entry line As you enter a few letters of the name or ICAO code Plan G will display only those entries in the database containing with those letters In the example above the letters Eidel were entered which showed a list of airfields not starting with those letters but containing those letters from which the one required can be chosen Once the desired waypoint is found clicking OK will insert it into the Plan table and will extend the track line on the Plan G map to the new waypoint Notes Open the Plan Window Scroll across to the Notes column and double click the appropriate cell You can now enter free text to add any important information for that leg of the rout
16. Alt Figure 1 The Plan G User Interface at First Startup If you have installed earlier versions of Plan G3 you can either delete the previous contents of your Plan G folder completely or you can if you wish leave the files and the unzip routine will overwrite the files which have been added or changed The Data Plan G3 stores all its database files in a folder called Plan G Files within your My Documents Folder This makes it easy to maintain backups and other housekeeping tasks If you have created user waypoints in an earlier version of Plan G that you want to keep they will be stored in this folder either in the file UserWpts3 sdf or in your own user defined file in comma separated value CSV format Useful Tip Why not keep a backup of your User Waypoints as a CSV file anyway in a separate folder from Plan G to avoid it being accidentally overwritten when you install a new version You could make it part of your normal backup routine which of course you have With each new version you will need to rebuild the main database A warning message to this effect appears when you first start Plan G Many other settings are Page 6 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 also reset in each new version such as the locations of the important FSX files Plan G needs to access See Section 8 7 1 for details If you uninstall Plan Gv3 all your user data and your database remain in Documents Plan G Files
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18. At each step the track line will update and each waypoint will be added to your Flight Plan Note that waypoints are added to the Plan in sequence so if you decide to add an intermediate waypoint after you have gone past it your track line will double back which is probably not what you intend See Section 14 4 3 Moving and Deleting Waypoints below for the way to correct this If you click on an airport as a waypoint the second option on the right click dropdown is Select Airport lt ICAO gt as Alternate See section 13 2 2 above for details on adding an alternate It is good airmanship if not mandatory to always enter an alternate Insert an Intermediate Waypoint If as many pilots do you decide your departure and arrival points before looking at what intermediate waypoints you wish to go to then you can do this on the map Once the basic plan has been created open the Plan Window if it isn t already open and click on the waypoint of the plan before or after which you wish to add a waypoint c Add airport CAXS to Plan Insert airport CAXS in Plan before BCO3 Insert airport CAXS in Plan after BCO3 Select Alternate Destination Show Airport Diagram Spot Elevation 3 107 ft QDM Range and Bearing Display Range Rings Hide Range Rings Lock Info Panel Figure 84 Insert Intermediate Waypoint Page 710f 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Then go to the Map and right
19. Figure 36 Navaid Marker OptiONS ccccconononocnnnnonnonononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonanononnns 39 Figure 37 The ORTAC Intersection In the English Channel oooonoooocccccncnonononcnonnnncnnnananannns 39 Figure 38 Airspace Layer Options seessssseeseeeeeeeeeeeenn nennen nennen rennen ess inane sns 40 Figure 39 ICAO Airspace Classification esses nennen 41 Figure 40 The 12 Predefined Types of User Waypoint cccccnnnonoconnncnnnnnnnaoancnnnnnnnnnnana nacos 42 Figure A1 The Data RIDDODn t HR E REN EE WES EE EM aoe 43 Figure 42 Database Build OptiONS ccccnocoononnnccnnanononannnnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnannn nn nnne nenas 43 Figure 43 Database TOolS ina eee INTI a aio 44 Figure 44 The Manage User Waypoints Window eese 45 Figure 45 Editing The User Waypoint Database conooooocccccccnnonononnnnnnnnnnnanannnnnnnnnnnannnnnonoss 45 Figure 46 An Optional Folder Holding User Waypoints esses 47 Figure 47 User Defined Records Imported ccccccnononocnnonncnnnonononnnnnnnnnnonanannnnnonnnnnannnnnnnons 47 Figure 48 User Defined Records Exported cccccccnononocnnoncconnononnnnnnnnnnnnnnanannnnnnnnonnnnnnnononnns 48 Figure A9 The View Ribbon i 49 Figure 50 The Plan Window Before a Flight Plan is Created o cocccccccononooaccnnoncnnnnnnnonnss 50 Figure 51 Plan Window Expanded to Reveal Flight Plan Details
20. The Download Download the latest version from the TA Software Forum http www tasoftware co uk forum Unzip the downloaded zip file to a temporary folder of your choice Three files will be extracted e setup exe e Setup msi and e ReadMe txt Windows XP Installing Plan Gv3 is straightforward Double click setup exe and the installtion will commence Windows Vista and Windows 7 If installing under Windows Vista and Windows 7 the person installing Plan G must have Administrator privileges This means either e Having an Adminstrator account on the computer in which case double clicking setup exe will start installation or e Obtaining temporary Administrator privileges by right clicking on Setup exe selecting Run as Administrator Installation will then commence Installation The setup window opens with a window containing a copyright notice Click the Next button to open a window containing a dialogue box in which to enter the folder into which you wish to install Plan G The default locations depend on your operating system In a 32 bit Windows system the default is a folder within the standard Program Files system of Windows normally C Program Files TA Software Plan Gv3 For 64 bit systems the default is a folder in Program Files x86 normally C Program Files x86 TA Software Plan Gv3 Some people have problems with file access permissions when installing in these default locations espec
21. This mimics the standard handheld Garmin e g 296 or 496 VNAV functionality If you wish to disable the profile bar set the Profile to Oft minute accessed from the File Tab in Options GPS Panel The HSI tooltip contains context information about your position on the profile Page 57 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 12 11 12 12 The Radio Stac k The inclusion of a radio stack in Plan G might at first om seem incongruous However if you can recall any occasion when you have needed to adjust a radio frequency transponder or autopilot setting but either you are in the wrong window of Flight Simulator and you need to make the change quickly in busy traffic or the aircraft designer has made changing frequencies tricky because the numbers are too small to be resolved clearly by your slightly antique graphics card or the clickable hotspots aren t quite in the right place then you will have wished for a radio stack outside the Simulator with easy manipulation The less financially challenged can buy hardware units but Plan G provides a similar free option If you have Plan G on a separate monitor with the Radio Stack displayed you almost have the luxury of the hardware option and certainly have the ease of use The panel does not function no numbers visible and nothing is clickable unless Plan G is connected to Flight Figure 64 The Plan G Simulator Radio Stack Changing the numbers in P
22. problems If the advice in that section does not result in SimConnect successfully connecting the problem may be tricky to solve If you have other programs which use SimConnect and you are unsure of how to correct SimConnect problems please do not experiment but seek expert advice Connecting to FSX from a Networked PC with FSUIPC SimConnect is the preferred connection option for FSX It is more efficient faster and provides optimal control over the information available FSX users should be able to use FSX s built in SimConnect by carefully following the instructions in this manual but if you cannot get it to work for you then you will need to buy Peter Dowson s WideFS and use it with either with the freeware FSX version of Peter Dowson s FSUIPC FSUIPC 4 which uses SimConnect internally or you can if you wish buy the full featured version of FSUIPC 4 FSUIPC 4 may be downloaded from http www schiratti com dowson html Peter Dowson provides very friendly and attentive support for his programs on this forum http forums simflight com viewforum php f 54 The FSUIPCA installer program copies a file called FSUIPC4 DLL into the FSX Modules folder along with the FSUIPC4 User Guide pdf When you next run FSX after accepting the newly installed FSUIPC4 modules there will be a new FSUIPC entry in the Add Ons menu FSUIPCs first action will be to ask you to register the program If you simply want to use FSUIPC4 to conne
23. 1 INTRODUCTION Released in 2009 Plan G was the first Flight Simulator planning software tool to use the acclaimed and versatile Google Maps mapping tool Hitherto the inbuilt planner and third party external flight planners have extrapolated geographic data from the Simulator program itself with the limitation which that entails Plan G was instantly popular and widely acclaimed across the flight simulator enthusiast world and in September 2011 won the prestigious Mutley s Hangar Award for Flight Simulator Addon excellence Using a public domain global map Plan G overlays features pertinent to Flight and Flight Planning Airports Controlled Airspace Prohibited and Restricted Areas Instrument Approach Paths and many more Flight Plans can be graphically modified adding deleting or dragging waypoints to new positions with the mouse User defined waypoints can be created on the fly as you build a plan Plan G Version 3 is a brand new completely revised version and now uses Open Street Maps as its mapping base Although terrain modelling and shading is not currently available in OSM the vertical terrain profile feature in Plan G v2 has been enhanced and simplified to provide the same vertical navigation planning capability The several information panes are now presented as floating windows allowing the user to place information anywhere on the screen or not as they wish Many new features have been added to Version 3 to
24. 16 8 The next task is to create a vertical navigation profile You need to get safely over those mountains yet descend in time to get under the Manchester TMA near Woodvale and then be at 2 500ft on reaching the LPL NDB 1 Open the Plan in the Plan Window and using the horizontal scroll bar if necessary find the Passing Alt Column It is reasonable to assume that climbing out of Carlisle at 500 feet per minute in your Cessna 172 that in the 13 9 miles to Wigton you can easily reach 2 500ft So double click in the cell on the row CARLISLE WIGTON and type in 2500 2 Move down to the Keswick row and double click the cell in the Passing Alt column To make sure you clear Skiddaw and Scafell Pike type in 4000 3 Inthe same way enter 4000 for Fleetwood Golf Course VRP and Blackpool Airport EGNH 4 Mindful of the Manchester TMA south of Woodvale with its base at 3500ft go to the Woodvale row and the Passing Alt column and enter 2500 5 Tofly the Liverpool 27 procedure for the ILS you need to be at the LPL NDB at 2500 feet So move down to the LPL row and the Passing Alt column and enter 2500 again When you fly the route you will get Top of Descent alerts a mile before Woodvale and again a mile before reaching the LPL NDB Notes You have read in the Flight Plans section section 14 above about how to enter notes It will be important not to forget to descend below the Manchester TMA floor south of Woodvale
25. 18 HIGHTSIMULATOR AND PLAN G ON THE SAME COMPUTER This section will guide you through the configuration steps required to connect Plan G to your FS session Recommendation Plan G does not always display correctly if FS is loaded after Plan G IF you start FS and allow it to load fully before Plan G then reliable operation of Plan G can be expected 18 1 Connecting to FS9 This requires the freeware program FSUIPC3 described in Section 17 2 1 above With FS9 running start the Plan G program Click the File tab and select the Options menu and then the FS Connection tab The screen below is displayed The FS Connection Parameters dialogue see Figure 115 below can also be accessed by clicking the small diagonal arrow shaped launcher button in the Flight Simulator connections tab of the Home ribbon below the Lock Sync Free buttons at the right Plan G3 v 3 0 0 37 Home Map Data View New Plan Select Option FS Connection Parameters 4 Open Locations General Connect With SimConnect 0 FSUIPC XPUIPC Units Recent SimConnect Settings Network Mode IPv4 IPv6 Pipe FSX Computer localhost Server Port Pipe 0 Print amp PS Panel Help User Aircraft E E Exit Weather General Figure 115 File Options FS Connection Tab for FS9 All the other settings in that window can be ignored SimConnect is an FSX only function and XPUIPC the X Plane Version of FSUIPC is the connection tool for X Plane C
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27. 3 14 1 11 The Reverse Button 14 2 1 This button automatically reverses the sequence of waypoints in a loaded flight plan and recalculates the bearings to create a new flight plan for the return trip assuming you want to go back along the very same route The window title in Plan G will reflect a new name for the reversed flight plan and when you save it Plan G automatically changes the name for the new reversed plan Creating a Hight Plan in the Plan Wndow Although you may find it less intuitive Plan G nonetheless allows you to add move or delete waypoints directly in the Plan Window This could be convenient for example when transcribing a flight plan from a printed form or a handbook First click the New Flight Plan icon on the Quick Access toolbar to clear any loaded data from Plan G The departure airport must now be chosen in the usual way by either right clicking on its icon or by using the Find menu at the top left of the Plan G window Now that there is a single waypoint in the new flight plan the Plan window will contain a single line containing the departure airport plus a line in the summary box below the brown divider bar although it won t be meaningful at this point Adding Waypoints to the Plan Table The next waypoint or the destination airport can now be entered into the table Right click on the table entry for the departure airport and select Insert Waypoint Below ef Insert Waypoint
28. 3383293151855 2 17116689682007 Figure 45 Editing The User Waypoint Database Page 45 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 11 4 2 11 4 3 Deleting Records Left clicking a record will select highlight it If Shift is pressed while selecting records multiple contiguous records can be selected If control Ctrl is pressed while selecting records multiple non contiguous records can be selected If you right click a record a pop up menu appears which has two options Centre on Map and Delete Waypoint Shift right click or Ctrl right click will select contiguous or non contiguous records as in the paragraph above but in this case the pop up menu is also displayed rather than the highlight alone When multiple records are selected only one option Delete waypoint is offered Thus either a single record or multiple records can be deleted with one key press The deletion is not reversible therefore a warning is displayed This action will delete row s from the database Do you wish to proceed as a protection against accidental deletion Importing Records You can import or export data files containing user waypoints so long as the number of fields matches exactly the number of fields in the User Waypoint database 9 These files must be comma separated value CSV files of the form CATEGORY NAME IDENTIFIER LATITUDE LONGITUDE ELEVATION MAGVAR TAG NOTES e g VRP BOLAM LAKE N
29. Airport N A Tarporte If you need an Airport diagram to find out where E Parking 11 Ramp GA Medium is it s an FS parking spot so won t be shown on the official CAA Aerodrome Diagram will it right click the airport symbol once more and select Show Airport Diagram This opens the Airport Diagram Window and after a second or two loading the data the airport diagram appears in the window See Section 12 6 above for more details You can see the G A Apron with small blue circles for the parking stands Flight Plan Cix Carlisle to Liverpool i Waypoint Description Heading M Time Dist nm Track M Track T 6 5 kts MEF Passing Alt ATA XRef1 XRef2 Notes EGNC Carlisle 004 0 0 000 000 100 0 CARLISLE WIGTON 244 8 13 9 244 240 100 3000 2500 DCS 231 8 7 nm KESWIK Keswick Town 181 8 13 1 181 177 100 3000 4000 SCAFLPK Scafell Pike 200 6 9 3 200 196 100 3100 4000 EGNL Walney Island 190 12 19 6 190 185 100 3100 BLACKPOOL FLEETWOOD GOLF COUR 152 9 14 9 152 148 100 3100 4000 EGNH Blackpool 1819 5 87 181 177 100 100 CIC PARRE aso 3 54 10 187 100 3600 pa Jo E6CO Birkdale Sands 222 2 3 5 222 218 100 1600 EGOW Woodvale AB 1998 2 39 199 194 100 100 2500 LPL LIVERPOOL 349 5 KHz 145 11 18 7 145 141 100 1600 2
30. Controlled Airspace around Liverpool Figure 106 is a composite graphic showing the complexity of controlled airspace round Liverpool Just south of Woodvale EGOW is the Manchester TMA boundary and an arrow points to the Seaforth VRP The other four arrows represent mouse pointer positions The four Information Windows are shown which you will see if you place the mouse pointer at each of those positions Of course in Plan G you will only see one set of information at a time in your Information Window 9 Fortunately all you need to know as a light aircraft pilot inbound to Liverpool is Only enter the Liverpool Control Zone CTR at Seaforth VRP and only then when ATC gives permission and Not above 1500 feet 10 First however complete the next leg of the route 11 Find the Seaforth VRP just west of Bootle Add Seaforth VRP to your plan On a VFR flight when you first contact ATC at Liverpool just after Woodvale you will be told Runway 27 in use report at Seaforth not above 1 500 feet 12 Now add Liverpool Airport to the plan You now have a complete route airport to airport Page 90 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 16 5 Change of Plan However you decide to practice flying the ILS and the procedural approach called just the procedure among pilots rather than the norm of accepting vectors from Air Traffic Control so that changes the ball game completely You will now deemed
31. FSUIPC installer program copies a file called FSUIPC DLL into the FS9 Modules folder After installing FSUIPC3 you will discover when you run FS9 that there will be Page 98 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 17 2 2 17 2 3 17 2 4 a new entry in the Modules section of the FS9 top menu labeled FSUIPC FSUIPC3 can be configured to do many things it really is a most versatile tool However for Plan G you do not need to know how it works or configure it at all SimC onnect for FSX FSX normally uses a special Microsoft interface protocol SimConnect for communicating with other Windows programs either locally or across a network See http msdn microsoft com en us esp cc835021 aspx for an introduction to SimConnect SimConnect only works with FSX SimConnect is the preferred connection option for FSX It is efficient fast and provides optimal control over the information available There are three data transfer protocols available in Plan G for FSX and SimConnect Pipe IPv4 and iPv6 e Pipe is used only internally in a PC but is the fastest of the three e Pv4 is used by Windows Vista XP and earlier versions of Windows e Pv6is installed in Windows Vista and Windows 7 though it may not be enabled and may optionally be installed in Windows XP FSUIPC 4 for PSX Plan G has been designed to also communicate with FSX using Peter Dowson s free FSUIPCA which is an updated version of F
32. FSX Database Build FS9 FS2004 Database Settings Click OK or press Enter to start Cancel Figure 42 Database Build Options Plan G detects which simulator is installed on the PC and the options window reacts accordingly greying out any simulator option which is not available In Figure 42 above the FSX and FS9 options are shown black but the X Plane option is greyed out On the PC from which this screenshot was taken both FSX and FS9 are installed but X Plane is not If you click the Settings button at the right of the options window a new window opens containing the current paths to the simulator Program and Scenery cfg for FSX or FS9 These are exactly the same options and serve the same purpose as the Page 43 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 11 2 11 3 options accessed from the File menu see section 8 7 1 above and give the user the opportunity to change the paths if one or more is incorrect If you click the small diagonal arrow shaped launcher button at the bottom right of the Nav Database section of the Data Ribbon a same locations option window opens Selecting Which Database to Use You can select which database is used for the map display airports navaids controlled airspace etc by clicking one of the Display icons at the left hand side of the Ribbon If the database for that simulator exists the icon is shown with an orange background an
33. Find button drops down a list of objects you can search for Intersection MI User Waypoint e Find Airport In MSFS you can search by ICAO code airport T Address name or city and in X Plane you can search by ICAO code or Airport name f en f Figure 82 Find e Find NDB Search by 3 letter identifier or by partial name Options Dropdown e Find VOR Search by 3 letter identifier or by name or partial List name e Find User Waypoint Page 70 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 14 1 6 Once the feature is displayed on the map right click on it and select Add lt Feature gt to Plan from the dropdown The Feature can be an airport an NDB a VOR or a User Waypoint Its name and ICAO code are displayed in the dropdown menu so that you know you have selected the right one The example below shows the result of right clicking on the Clonmel NDB CML near Waterford Ireland cm EX z d Add NDB CML to Plan Spot Elevation 499 ft G Show Radial QDM Range and Bearing Display Range Rings Hide Range Rings Kill Lock Info Panel Figure 83 Right click Dropdown Add Waypoint to Plan The map will now show a track line from your start location to the new waypoint and the new waypoint will appear in the Plan table when the Plan icon is clicked on the View ribbon Continue with each subsequent waypoint in the same way until you have added your arrival airport
34. Find the current weather for Newcastle EGNX the nearest weather station to Carlisle from an Internet Aviation Weather site such as http weather noaa gov weather coded html Set the Newcastle wind cloud and precipitation information in FS Page 94 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 10 Alternatively if you are a member of an online Flightsim community such as VATSIM or IVAO simply connect to the service and the weather at Newcastle will be automatically loaded into FS 11 Start up taxi to the active and enjoy your flight over England s highest mountains to England s second most famous city 16 9 2 X Plane Figure 112 Heading towards Derwentwater in X Plane 9 Start X Plane and Open Settings Quick Flight Setup Set your Location as Carlisle EGNC Select Aircraft type Cessna 172 Bow NA Find the current weather for Newcastle EGNX the nearest weather station to Carlisle from an Internet Aviation Weather site such as http weather noaa gov weather coded html 5 Setthe Newcastle wind cloud and precipitation information in the weather box 6 Alternatively if you are a member of an online Flightsim community such as VATSIM or IVAO simply connect to the service with XSquawkbox or X IvAp and the weather at Newcastle will be automatically loaded into X Plane 7 Goto Location Local Map and move your aircraft to the main apron if X Plane has placed your aircraft in the default position a
35. KML KML is a file format used to display geographic data in an Earth browser such as Google Earth Google Maps and Google Maps for Mobile Just as web browsers display HTML files Earth browsers such as Google Earth and of course Plan G will display KML files KML and KIVZ files are stored locally on the User s PC and can be copied emailed or shared with other users as required Page 34 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 You can create KML files with the Google Earth user interface or you can use an XML or simple text editor to enter raw KML from scratch KML files and their related images if any can be compressed using the ZIP format into KMZ archives KML code is based on the XML standard and adds features that can be created with the Google Earth user interface These features include placemarks descriptions ground overlays paths and polygons When a text file is saved with a kml or kmz extension Earth browsers know how to display it In Plan G kml or kmz files can be opened and the features coded therein will be displayed as an overlay on the Plan G map KML or KMZ files used can be located on your PC You only need to tell Plan G where to find them When the user clicks the KML button the Documents Plan G Files folder window opens by default So it is a good idea to store your KML and KMZ files there perhaps in their own sub folder such as is shown in Figure 32 below Open QU User
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37. Out and Back Flight Plan 12 5 The Information Window By default on first loading a new version of Plan G this panel is shown expanded It provides important information as its title implies about the feature currently beneath the mouse pointer This may be aerodrome data active or disused controlled airspace data name type and boundary altitudes or radio navigation aids type and frequencies or all of these for example at a major airport The Latitude and Longitude of the mouse cursor location is always displayed The context menus vary in content but the Lock Info Panel is Information always the last item EGCC Manchester United Kingdom Elev 255 ft MagVar 2 9 W A Start flight plan at airport X7LF dd airport EGTC to Plan Rwy O5L 23R 3045m x 45m As Show Airport Diagram Select Alternate Destination Rwy O5R 23L 3300m x 46m As Spot Elevation 997 ft Add VOR CFD to Plan ILS DME O5R IMC 108 9 MH i Show Armor Disgram ILS DME O5L IMM 109 5 MH Show Radial 9 ILS DME 23R INN 109 5 MH QDM Range and Bearing Instrument Approaches Approach MANCHESTER RADA Display Range Rings Spot Elevation 256 ft Approach MANCHESTER RADA i Approach MANCHESTER DIREI uma ooo METAR EGTC 1810507 06013KT 9000 FEWO25 15 10 Q1003 ATIS EGCC 121975 MHz LockInfoPanel TAF EGTC 1808002 1809 1818 04010KT 8000 FEW045 ATIS EGCC 128 175 MHz BECMG 1809 1812 9999 PROB30 Clearance MANCHESTER DE
38. Recent option er Wi mtem aras zx from the left hand menu with on the ke Y eere 2x right alist of ten of the most recent E camem cy 1 x flight plans opened The left hand a ains rS menu options are described fully in Ma erwe marea Section 8 below a VER Pitt Meadows to McBride pl ax Figure 8 The File Menu Page A pushpin icon on the right of each of the ten most recent flight plans allows the selected flight plan to remain in the Recent files list while other flight plans may change as new flights are created All ten can be selected to be pinned if desired A red cross icon will delete that entry from the list but it does not delete the flight plan itself 7 2 The Home Tab Selecting the Home Tab displays the Home ribbon which contains a significant number of options described fully in section 9 below I a File Plan G3 v 3 0 0 34 lol x Home Map View 0 ASA AO ER T Start Altitude Airspeed Winds Aircraft py Bookmark KML Connect Disconnect n Profile Route One Ring P Free Flight Plan Range Rings Bookmarks Flight Simulator Figure 9 The Home Ribbon 7 3 The Map Tab Selecting the Map Tab displays the Map ribbon which shows the items which are displayed as standard at each scale level of zoom of the map It is user configurable but the more detail displayed at the lower zoom levels more map displayed the more cluttered the display will be and the slower to load and refresh following changes If the
39. Rings can be useful for estimating distance or time to run if you are connected to FS9 FSX There are two modes distance mode and time mode The rings display in yellow centred on the current cursor position The default distance range is 20 miles the default time range is 30 minutes For VFR flying you may prefer these values to be 10 miles and 10 minutes respectively You can display 1 2 or 3 rings selectable from the ribbon menu Range rings do not require you to be connected to FS They are purely a mapping display function You can only display one set of rings Switching Range Rings on or off is achieved from the right click dropdown menu See section 13 1 2 for further details Bookmark This is a most useful feature if you are in the habit of flying to and from places scattered round the globe Click the Bookmark button to open a files window If you enter a file name of your choice the current map view is saved with that name as a bookmark When you are elsewhere in the world and want to quickly return to the bookmarked map view just click the small dropdown arrow below the Bookmark button on the ribbon and select Open from the two available choices The bookmark files window again opens but this time click on the bookmarked file name of the location you wish to go to and click the Open button at the bottom right of the files window The window immediately closes and the map view changes quickly to the selected location
40. X Plane of course Remember that you must put both the XPWideClient exe and XPWideClient ini files in the same directory on the Plan G PC Which directory is not important but Documents VPlan G Files might be a good place Page 118 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 20 MORE ON SIMCONNECT Microsoft s SimConnect is software that communicates FSX flight information to another Windows program Plan G in our case See http msdn microsoft com en us esp cc835021 aspx for an introduction to SimConnect All versions of FSX Basic and Deluxe the original RTM version SP1 and SP2 incorporate the SimConnect server interface However each release uses its own version of the SimConnect client simconnect dll which is only distributed with the Deluxe version of the FSX program in the FSX Software Development Kit SDK The SDK can be found on the Deluxe edition DVD 1 You do not need to install the SimConnect client in fact you need do nothing technical with it apart from creating a SimConnect xml file because Plan G includes a version of the SimConnect Client created by Tim Gregson formerly of Microsoft Aces which seems to be more robust than the original SimConnect requires a script in order to know what to do This script is called SimConnect xml and resides on your FSX PC in the same folder as FSX CFG The structure of SimConnect xml files may look quite awesome to people not familiar with modern script compute
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42. and Plan G quickly generates a Great Circle direct track between the two This is very handy for short flights or answering questions such as Have got time to fly from A to B this evening Reverse This button reverses the sequence of waypoints in a loaded flight plan This is useful for creating a new flight plan for the return trip The window title in Plan G will reflect a new name for the reversed flight plan and when you save it Plan G automatically changes the name for the new reversed plan Page 33 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 9 9 9 10 9 11 9 12 9 13 The Frame Button If a flight Plan is loaded and displayed on the map clicking this button will move the map view to centre the displayed flight plan into the middle of the map area and will adjust the zoom level to include the whole of the plan in one view If no flight plan is loaded clicking the Frame button has no effect Copy Route This option copies the flight plan route to the windows clipboard from where it can be pasted into VATSIM or IVAO Flight Plans or used for generating Pilot Reports PIREPS for your Virtual Airline If you want to exclude the departure and destination points for flight plans press SHIFT as you click the button The button is greyed out if no Flight Plan is loaded The copied data is simple text e g From Perth International to Jandakot via two local NDBs YPPH CVM PRL YPJT Range Rings Range
43. and to remind yourself that after Wigton you need to be at 4 000ft 1 Scroll across to the right of the Plan table and in the Notes column for the Keswick Row double click and enter Continue climb to 4000ft 2 Then dothe same for the Woodvale Row double click and enter Manchester TMA base 3500ft Remember that passing altitudes cross references and notes will be printed on your plog and saved with your plan if you save the file as a PLG file but not if you save the file as a PLN file Altemate What if you cannot land at Liverpool What if some VATSIM or IVAO newbie is plonked right on the runway and is disinclined to move You need to add an Page 92 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Alternate to your plan somewhere you can go to if Newbie is still there when you are a mile from touchdown rapidly approaching the Missed Approach Point Look around the map and select somewhere suitable RAF Sealand is closed and anyway it was gliders only Manchester won t really welcome a slow Cessna 172 but Hawarden just to the southwest of Chester is G A friendly Right click on Hawarden and select Set EGNR as Alternate A red line is now drawn on the map from Liverpool Hawarden pronounced Harden by the way was in VATSIM s early years VATSIM UK s busiest airport with a controller on duty seven nights a week m x Al D Figure 109 The Track to the Selected Alternate
44. details are included in section 11 4 Page 42 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 11 11 1 THE DATA RIBBON IN DETAIL This is the ribbon which allows you to create the database for the simulator version you have and to select which database to use You can create a database for FSX FS9 or X Plane or for any two or all of them These database options are only available for the simulator version or versions you have installed If you do have more than one simulator installed either on the same computer or on separate networked computers then as well as creating a a database for each you can create flight plans for each one too in the relevant format A A EM Plane Build Navigation Data Manage abase 9 10 Data Dat Tools Nav Database User Waypoints Figure 41 The Data Ribbon Building a Navigation Database When you first install a new version of Plan Gv3 this screen is presented first with a warning First Data tab above the Build Navigation Database icon You must build a valid database before you can use Plan G See Section 5 above When you click on the Build Navigation Database option the following window is displayed in which you can select which database to build if that simulator is installed on the same PC or a networked machine Networking is fully covered in a later chapter This action will build the internal database It may take some time E Build
45. is displayed on the map which is moved to display the whole route and the vertical profile is also displayed T D Syne Trail Analysis ie Et Disconnect VATSIM x Trail_CXA470_2012 5 7 CYPK CYBW 20 40 20 50 21 00 21 10 21 20 21 30 21 40 21 50 22 00 22 10 22 2022 30 22 4022 5023 00 23 10 23 2023 30 E E Altitude M Ground 8 o Height ft y Vernon Q j 1 en Cranbrook l Figure 61 A Trail Analysis Example The example above shows a flight by an aircraft with the callsign CXA470 flying a route from Pitt Meadows British Columbia to Calgary Alberta in Canada The pilot was attempting to cross the Rockies below 8000 feet all the way hence the very convoluted trail towards the end The vertical profile shows that he was forced to go higher at times The vertical profile window title is generated as part of the IGC protocol and comprises the aircraft callsign the date of the flight and departure and arrival airports To close the vertical profile window click the Trail Analysis icon on the View ribbon To close both the trail and the vertical profile click the large red cross at the top left of the Vertical Profile window Note that although a trail is generated during a flight when connected to FS the vertical profile is only created from the saved log file so that if selected the vertical profile window remains empty dur
46. map to Level 14 The names of the Lakeland peaks are visible at that scale Move the cursor and observe the Latitude and Longitude changing on the status bar at the bottom Find the location which is at Latitude N542 27 15 Longitude W0032 12 42 You will see the name Scafell Pike England s highest mountain at 3 210ft Create another user waypoint at the top of the mountain Call the waypoint Scafell Pike with the Identifier SCAFLPK The elevation of your waypoint should be 3 100 feet If you have the downloaded the DEM files this value will already be set in the elevation box by Plan G Plan Elevation E 3 Cix Carlisle to Liverpool Planned Altitude E MEF M Ground 1 1 T r 1 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 Distance nm Figure 104 Over the Lakeland Hills Add Scafell Pike to your route as before When you fly this route alongside Bassenthwaite Lake overhead Derwentwater and down the Borrowdale Valley to Scafell Pike you will find the view hereabouts quite spectacular in default scenery but with a good mesh and photographic scenery simply stunning You now want to head more west to Ravenglass Latitude N54 24 00 Longitude W0032 29 00 But there are some things you need to watch out for Open the Map ribbon and switch on RPDM Airspace by clicking in the tickbox RPDM stands for Restricted Prohibited Danger Military which could be simply translated Don t go there
47. on your X Plane PC and build the database there You can then copy the Plan G Files Data folder across to your networked PC Page 8 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 5 4 Hasit Worked Occasionally Plan G will appear to build the database very quickly This usually means that the build has failed and you will have to build the database again You can quickly check whether a database exists because the icon for any databases not available are disabled and greyed out If a database is installed then when you move the mouse over it s icon it will display an orange background see Figure 2 above Page 9 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 6 HAVE A LOOK AROUND Most of the screen is occupied by a map If you have used online maps before moving around the map panning across the landscape and zooming to different magnifications will be quite familiar The level of detail changes at different zoom levels both the basic map features and the flight related overlays The latter are user configurable See Section 10 1 The second dominant feature is the menu ribbon at the top of the Plan G window There are four ribbon menus Home Map Data and View The Ribbon menu icons will change size and position if the main window size is changed although they stay in the same logical part of the ribbon and sequence to avoid any confusion The menu ribbon may contain scroll bars at the ends if the windo
48. options dialog small button below it to set the FS locations Figure 2 Database Build Options Networked PCs MSFS If FSX or FS9 is installed on a separate networked computer to Plan G you must first follow the instructions in Section 8 7 1 below to set up the locations in Plan G so that it knows where to get its Flight Simulator data Once you have done this Plan G will be able to find the data it needs to build the database for the appropriate sim You can even have FSX on one PC FS9 on another and Plan G on a third As long as the locations are set correctly Plan G will build the databases Building the databases is not the same as connecting Plan G to your sim To connect FS to Plan G follow the instructions in section 19 Flight Simulator and Plan G on Separate Computers However you must have first set the locations otherwise when you try to connect FS to Plan G you will get an error message You may find it simpler to install an extra copy of Plan G on your Flight Simulator PC and build the database s there You can then copy the Plan G Files Data folder across to your networked PC Networked PCs X Plane First ensure that the folder containing X Plane exe is shared Then set the location of X Plane exe on the Plan G computer There is no equivalent to scenery cfg in X Plane so you don t need to enter anything else Full details are given in Section 19 5 You may find it simpler to install an extra copy of Plan G
49. or both Page 40 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 ATC Class Controlled I FR SVFR VFR clearance Separation Traffic Information Provided for all flights N A Provided for all flights N A Provided for all IFR Provided for all VER SVFR Provided for IFR SVFR to Provided for all IFR and other IFR SVFR VFR Provided for IFR SVFR to Provided for all IFR and other IFR SVFR VFR where possible Provided for IFR SVFR to other IFR SVFR where possible Provided where possible Provided where possible Not provided Figure 39 ICAO Airspace Classification In the real world unpressurised aircraft are not permitted to maintain sustained flight above 10 000 feet 12 500ft in some countries because the crew cannot take in sufficient oxygen to maintain their mental faculties and are prone to make irrational decisions Not good in an aeroplane So if you are a light aircraft enthusiast you can switch off controlled airspace CAS boundaries above 10 000ft and reduce Plan G s processing workload And if you are crossing the USA in a 747 at 35 000ft you can save Plan G some work by switching off the Below 10 000ft CAS tick box The Centre tick box displays or hides the Air Route Traffic Control Center ARTCC boundaries Generally referred to as Centre they are responsible for controlling instrument flight rules aircraft en route in a Flight Infor
50. pilot client software is in turn passed to Plan G Update Local updates Plan G with the wind setting from FS at the user s location when connected to an online weather service Y il Plan G3 v 3 0 0 35 Home Map Data View New Plan Select Option Weather Parameters Ji Open Locations Y Download Weather from NWS Sove A When Connected to FS Units Display Nearest Weather Update Local Recent Sounds FS Connection Print GPS Panel Help User Aircraft Options Traffic n ES exit General Figure 26 Weather Parameters Page 30 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 9 1 THE HOME RIBBON IN DETAIL The Home ribbon menu contains the options you need to set up the parameters of your new flight plan Changes made here will be displayed in the Plan window and they will be saved to your new Flight Plan when you click the Save or Export buttons Those ribbon buttons with a small down arrow beneath the label are split buttons Clicking the icon itself will activate the default action e g Find Airport while clicking the bottom half which has the label and the arrow will display a menu of choices Find VOR etc dl Ale Plan G3 130 034 pm Profile Route One Ring S gt Free Flight Plan Range Rings Bookmarks Flight Simulator Figure 27 The Home Ribbon Find The Find button allows you to search for an airport or radio navigation aid The Find button is a Split b
51. the ribbon when clicked The up arrow then changes to a down arrow When the ribbon is hidden if you click on the down arrow icon the ribbon is again displayed Double clicking any one of the Menu tabs has the same effect When the ribbon is auto hidden if you click one of the Menu tabs once only the relevant ribbon for that tab opens temporarily for further user action If you click away from the ribbon on the map or window border the ribbon is again hidden The menu ribbon functions are not needed at all times so minimizing the ribbon does not necessarily reduce your options but can free valuable screen space The File tab is a special case Clicking once only opens the File screen Clicking once only again closes it In this and in other ways it functions differently from the other tabs The Ribbon Menu Tabs There are five Tabs each of which when clicked reveals its own Ribbon Menu except File which opens a page with a sidebar menu v Large C Helipads y v Medium _ FloatPlane Bases ILS LOC Filter 4 Small Airports Airports a Figure 7 The Menu Tabs Page 11 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 6 3 6 4 The ribbon menus control almost all the functions of Plan G The Main Window When Plan G starts the main window displays the map location where you were when you last exited the program and at the same magnification Features are displayed in accordance wi
52. to position that waypoint in the centre of the map Insert Move or Delete Waypoint Waypoints can be inserted or moved up or down in the table or deleted from the plan Right click the entry in the table you wish to move or delete and select the appropriate menu option from the dropdown See Figure 87 and Section 14 4 below Page 74 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Flight Plan Cix Wellesbourne Mountford to Wolverh Centre on Map Show Airport Diagram Move Waypoint Up Move Waypoint Down Insert Waypoint Above Insert Waypoint Below Cross References Start Pos 5 Y Insert Quick Snippet Insert Snippet file Add Alternate ea Delete Waypoint Ross on Wye a Set Author Ll S Figure 87 Flight Plan Waypoint Dropdown Options 14 3 4 Cross References Cross references are useful for defining a waypoint precisely using vector geometry For the non mathematically inclined it means that any point on a map can be precisely identified by an angle and distance from a point You can also get a fix if you have only the angle from two known points relative to a common axis That principle is called Triangulation In aviation the angle is of course the Magnetic Bearing from the waypoint QDR and the common axis is Magnetic North In flight if a pilot tunes in a VOR on his NAV1 radio then turns the Omni bearing selector OBS until the CDI needle is centred and the TO fla
53. to the database the user can have a complete list of all their sceneries in Plan G In addition this list can be used to overcome problems caused by different network mappings when building the database across a network Page 23 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 bil Plan G3 v 3 0 0 35 Home Map Data View New Plan Select Option Locations Data A Open FSX Program CN SX Browse Save As pq Units FSX Scenery cfg C Users Peter Dodds AppData Roaming Microsoft FSX Browse Recent Sounds FS2004 Browse Export FS Connection X Plane Browse l Print EPS Panel Additional Scenery Locations 2 CFSX Addon SceneryNTreescapes UK Help User Aircraft EH iind EJ exit Weather General add Figure 19 Adding Additional Scenery Locations Click the Add button to open a file browse dialog and select the required scenery folder that is the folder which contains the Scenery and usually but not always the Texture sub folders Click the Delete button the one containing the red X on the left of the entry to delete that entry 8 7 3 Units Because different nationalities use different measuring systems especially the difference between the USA Canada and Europe in order to be as universal as possible Plan G can display measurements in Stateside units feet and inches Hg or European units Metres Kilometres Hectopascals Note From 17 November 2011 th
54. txt 31 05 12 15 41 Text Document 294 KB XPLM dll 31 05 12 15 41 DLL File 136 KB XPUIPC xpl 13 09 10 21 39 XPL File 2508 4f XPWidgets dll 31 05 12 15 41 DLL File 96 KB Figure 128 Put the file XPUI PC xpl in X Plane Resources Plugins Put the XPWideClient exe and XPWidecClient ini files in a directory of your choice on the Plan G PC These two files must be in the same directory on the Plan G PC If there is no XPWideClient ini before you start XPWideClient the program will create it for you when you first start it However the program generates the ini file with a default IPv4 address for the server 192 168 0 20 which almost certainly won t be correct for your PC So you need to find the IPv4 address of your PC There are a number of ways to do this but the easiest is to open a Command Prompt window Click the Start button select All Programs Accessories and Command Prompt is normally the third option down the list At the flashing cursor type ipconfig no quotes of course You should then see something similar to the following EX Administrator Command Prompt Connection specific DNS Suffix Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection Media State Media disconnected Connection specific DNS Suffix Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection Connection specific DNS Suffix Link local IPv6 Address fe8B 1bf 2dd6 4aea 2h7a 12 192 168 0 8 192 168 0 1 Ethern
55. user selects too much data to be displayed Plan G can sometimes display an error message E i Ahl Plan G3 v 3 0 0 34 Home Map Data View Y Large O Helipads lt Y VORs C ISEC z 4 ICAO Airspace _ RDPM Airspace Qu Disused Y Medium Z FloatPlane Bases Y m NDBs EJ ISEC unnamed C Centre E Special Use n i ILS LOC Filter Filter Airspace Fi 1 2 Small Airports L Lower Airways Navaids Colour Guide A Obstacle IFR Waypol Airports Navaids Airspace User Waypoints Figure 10 The Map Ribbon Page 14 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 7 4 7 5 7 6 The map settings are described in more detail in section 10 The Data Tab The Data Tab displays the Data Ribbon which allows you to e Create the database for either FS9 FSX or X Plane and e Select which simulator s data displays on the map and for which you wish to create a plan e Manage the User Waypoint database These options are of course only available for the simulator version s you have installed Any current databases available are indicated by the relevant icon being a strong colour The icons for databases which have not been installed are greyed out If you pass the mouse over the icon for an installed database that icon is displayed with an orange background The icons are the same as those used for the programs they represent Plan G3 v 3 0 0 34 ims Map Data View 0 Ca o A Display X Plan
56. waypoint the dropdown has three new items which are reasonably self explanatory If you select Edit User Waypoint the Create User Waypoint dialogue is again displayed although now with the window title Edit User Waypoint at the top You can make changes directly in the text boxes including moving the waypoint by changing the Latitude and or Longitude values If you rename a waypoint that is included in the current flight plan the plan will be updated to reflect the change Any plan that is not currently open will of course not be updated Page 83 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 15 4 Deleting User Waypoints To delete a User Waypoint right click on the new waypoint and select Delete User Waypoint from Database from the dropdown menu The waypoint is immediately removed from the database and the map but not from the current flight plan or its track line on the map Page 84 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 16 16 1 AN EXAMPLE FLIGHT PLAN Much of Plan G is intuitive You don t need this comprehensive manual at all So for those who don t have time to read manuals but just want to get going here is a worked example of a short VFR flight across some of England s most beautiful and famous landscapes It introduces as many features of Plan G that can be reasonably packed into a short 115 mile flight FF de d n ls Plan G3 VFR Carlisle to Liverpool John Lennon c m x
57. wed mess Figure 105 Sellafield and Eskmeals Don t Go There Areas A Litte Stick of Blac kpool Rock English comic singer George Formby made this song famous along with his other risqu songs such as With me little ukulele in me and You are probably not interested in that but to fly down the coast to Blackpool and beyond might be interesting dl From Barrow looking south you have the wide expanse of Morecambe Bay The famous comedian Eric Morecambe took his stage name from the place When the tide is out this whole area is devoid of water when the tide is in it looks as it does in FS all water The area is treacherous with quicksand very fast flowing tides and channels so that anyone caught out on the sands on an incoming tide had better get out of there quickly It has been the scene of many tragedies In Flight Simulator where ditching in this dangerous area is not a consideration you might as well plan to go straight across to Fleetwood Golf Course a Visual Reference Point for Blackpool Make sure you have Visual Reference Points VRPs enabled on the Map ribbon so that you can see the small orange circle symbols for VRPs Right click on the small orange circle to add Fleetwood to your route Fleetwood was once home to Britain s second largest fishing fleet after Grimsby but fishing has declined to near zero and the harbour today is populated by many smart yachts If you intend to fly onlin
58. when you open the context menu by right clicking an airport it will include any charts thus stored Selecting one of the charts from the submenu will display it in its own window Note The subfolders must be named using only the ICAO code for the airfield e g Charts EGBJ EIDW KLGA etc otherwise charts will not be displayed Instument Approaches If an airport has instrument approaches built into FS then there is a menu option in the airport right click dropdown to display them They are much simplified versions of real world Instrument Approach Plates but if you are unfamiliar with instrument approaches then you will want to know what the diagrams mean When you first click on the Instrument Approach option there may be a pause while Plan G loads the information then a small Approaches window is displayed showing all the approach procedures available for that airport in FS There may be several others available for real world flight Approach HKMO VORDME 03 VORDME 21 ILS 21 NDB 21 GPS 03 GPS 21 Transitions Figure 75 Instrument Approaches Pick list for Mombasa Airport Kenya The window is split in two by a black divider bearing the word Transitions If you click on one of the displayed approach procedures two things happen e Ablue line and a red line appear overlaid on the Plan G map at the airport e Some codes appear below the Transitions divider in the Approaches box
59. 02 lt Address gt lt Port gt 4506 lt Port gt lt SimConnect Comm gt 2nd Example Global remote IPv6 Server Configuration gt lt SimConnect Comm gt lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt IPv6 lt Protocol gt Scope link local Scope lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Address gt My_FS_PCs NETWORK NAME lt Address gt Page 120 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 lt Port gt 4506 lt Port gt SimConnect Comm Example Global remote IPv4 Server Configuration gt lt SimConnect Comm gt lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt IPv4 lt Protocol gt lt Scope gt global lt Scope gt lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Address gt 192 168 0 3 lt Address gt lt Port gt 4504 lt Port gt lt SimConnect Comm gt lt SimBase Document gt 20 2 Example 2 The example below includes profiles for two remote and three local connections for Pipe IPv6 and IPv4 connections For remote connections i e a network connection you would need to enable one or more of the three Global profiles in the SimConnect xml file To enable a profile set Disabled to false lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt and then specify the IPv4 IPv6 machine name and port number pipe name in the appropriate sections lt xml version 1 0 encoding Windows 1252 gt lt SimBase Document Type SimC
60. 1 October 2012 14 1 1 14 1 2 FLIGHT PLANS This section describes the all important procedures for creating amending saving loading and deleting flight plans There are two basic methods of creating flight plans a Graphical b Tabular Creating a Hight Plan Graphically This method is intuitive and fast and will almost certainly be the choice of most users for creating a new flight plan New Right Plan To start clear the flight plan memory of any existing plan either by a Opening Plan G but not loading an existing Plan or b Clicking the File tab at the top left of the main Plan G window to open the drop down menu then click on New Plan or c Click the New Plan icon on the Quick Access Toolbar See Section 6 1 above for details of the Quick Access toolbar If no flight plan is loaded then there is no visible result from either of these two actions The map window will display normal overlay data However if a Flight Plan is already loaded and the map is showing the waypoints and legs of that existing plan those legs and waypoints will be erased but the map location will remain centred on the same position as for that plan until the User changes the map view with the usual tools Hight Conditions The Home ribbon menu contains the options you need to set up the conditions for your new flight plan The selections made here are used to calculate the headings and elapsed leg times and are
61. 100 Kts Figure 51 Plan Window Expanded to Reveal Flight Plan Details MEF the ninth and last column populated by Plan G stands for the Maximum Elevation Figure and is the highest point not including masts skyscrapers etc in a 0 5 square through which the track passes The MEF for a leg analyses all the grid squares through which the leg passes and uses the highest value The source data is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 1 2km GLOBE dataset the same source as the DEM tiles described in the next section When your plan is expanded you can add or delete waypoints move the waypoints up or down the plan add snippets and an alternate destination by right clicking the relevant entry in the plan to reveal the dropdown menu of options Flight Plan Cix Welshpool to Welshpool Centre on Map Show Airport Diagram More Werpolnt hp Altitude 2000f1 Suggested Altitude 7000ft Total Distance 110 7 nm Total Time 1 06 Move Waypoint Down Insert Waypoint Above Insert Waypoint Below Cross References Insert Quick Snippet Insert Snippet file Add Alternate Bromyard Worcester A Delete Waypoint P e j 4 X gt e O dh es Malvern Dershore S A Jl zw Evesham Figure 52 Flight Plan Editing via the Dropdown Menu Set Author Wwrtyd wells Page 50 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Plan Elev
62. 105 Figure 123 Connected to FS9 ssssssesssssssseseeeen enne nsns enter nana sine enn nnns 108 Figure 124 A SimConnect Configuration for IPv4 with Windows XP sss 112 Figure 125 A SimConnect Configuration for IPv6 with Windows 7 ccccconccooncncnnnnnnnnns 113 Figure 126 Connected to FSX ia E te Ee eire MS 113 Figure 127 FSX Connected via FSUIPC oooocooococcccconccononononnnnnncnonnnononnnnnnnonnnno nn nnnnnnnnnnnannnnnns 115 Figure 128 Put the file XPUIPC xpl in X PlaneMesources Plugins eeeeeee 116 Page 126 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Figure 129 Command Prompt Window occccccnonononoonnnnnnnnnononnnnnnonnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnns 116 Figure 130 Editing XPWideClient Ifil uueci uerit onu rnm tn dn tret eoruni enne 117 Figure 131 XPUIPC is used with X Plane ooooooocccccncconononoonnnnncnnnnanancnnnonnnnnonononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonos 117 Figure 132 XPWideClient Desktop Shortcut on Plan G PC ssseeeeeeeeeee 117 Figure 133 XPUIPC Running esses esee nennen eene diiin nai rennen ness enn 118 Figure 134 XPUIPC Connected ccccccesssssseecececsesseesececeeecesesseaeseceesesseesneaseeeeeeessesenaees 118 Figure 135 Connected to X Plane with XPUIPC oconcononococcccncccnooooonononnonnonnnnononnnnoncnnnannnos 118 21 2 Appendix 2 Support Please go to http www tasoftware co uk forum Email Contact tim tas
63. 2 19 3 3 Modifying an Existing a SimConnectxml file It is strongly recommended that you make a copy of the existing file on your computer before you modify it The code in blue above should then be added to the existing file just before the final lt SimBase Document gt Do not copy the code in red into the existing file once is enough Save the file Again if you choose to use the example above then only the computer address in bold needs to be changed to match your FSX PC s IP address Other examples are given in Section 20 below with more detailed explanation should you be interested If you don t wish to get as technical as this simply ask for help on the very active Plan G Forum There are Techies by the score there who will be only too willing to answer all your questions 19 3 4 Configure the SimConnect Settings in Plan G Once you have the SimConnect xml file created on the FSX PC you can configure Plan G on the Network PC to find the FSX data on the networked PC In the Plan G program from the File tab select Options from the menu and then FS Connection Select Auto preferably or SimConnect as the connection method The SimConnect Settings should be set as described below and shown in Figs 10 02 amp 10 03 below Network Mode IPv4 FSX Computer IP address e g 192 168 0 2 or computer network name Server Port Pipe 4506 SimConnect Settings Network Mode IPv4 IPv6 Pipe FSX Comput
64. 2 THEVIEW RIBBON IN DETAIE eii a 49 12 1 Map Graticulez ir ida 49 12 2 Map QvetlayS 2c eere reote direis 49 TAS Ehe Plan WINE OW naniii oO PR tdt ctu An 49 12 4 Plan Elevation WIIQQW sesenta rt en atte to Mna Re E Ern hae Rhen REPOS EMA IR TR eR ER EUR 51 I2 5 The Information WIBOGOW scr O deber 52 12 6 The Aerodrome WINDOW dria tdt dps oues edere e 53 12 7 The Weather WInBHOWaoda coded poner datada 53 12 8 Erail Anialysis e n err de ertet de 54 12 9 Primary Flight Display esses enne 55 12 10 The Horizontal Situation AGI CATON sea me nne e Gd est edere 56 12 10 1 Directiotilnidit bof dede ivi EU Sp CO de P idu taper 56 12 10 2 Course Deviation Indicator oooocccnnonccinocccconcnononcnonencnonancnnonanononcnos 57 12 10 3 Automatic Direction FINGER osea narices 57 12 10 34 Descent Profile Indicators 57 12 11 e Radio SEG a oom it rtp Pb DIM dean 58 12 12 The Traffic WIDODW ore titer enki tenter erre te nette natu tolo to eoe triti dat 58 12 13 MAS Maida 58 iii of vii Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 12 14 Zoom Controls A A AO 59 12 15 Keep Window on TOPencoccoconcncnncncnonnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnononnonnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnannnos 59 13 CONTEXT MENU OPTIONS cos 60 13 1 RightsClick on the Map th eter design 60 13 1 1 Create User Waypoint seeeeeeee nennen eene 60 13 1 2 Get Fly to Heading Distance and Time oconooocncccnncncnonononnnnnnnnnnana
65. 3 82 358 92 POI Abbot Pt Coal Facility Abbott pt 19 87974548 148 0805969 0 351 82 Obstacle Aberthaw EGFF2014 51 3857193 3 402817011 0 3 65 Abilbah Abilbah 24 71198273 144 2910919 928 351 89 Adaminaby YADY 35 99745178 148 7958679 3888 347 47 Adelong Adelong 35 31274414 148 0798645 1299 347 97 Agnes Waters YAWT 24 2018795 1518921661 128 350 01 Aintree 1710902 53 45563889 2 957067013 49 3 88 AINTREE RACECOURSE LIVERPOOL 53 47267151 2 939167023 49 3 87 Airey s Inlet AIREY 38 46628952 144 062088 348 57 Airth Joins 150A010 150A007 56 06742859 3 741899967 3 479 Albany Park YAPK 13 08650112 131 0366364 594 356 44 Albury Park 230C387 51 20808029 0 475816697 25 ALDERBURY OLD SARUM 51 0423317 1 725667 2 94 Figure 44 The Manage User Waypoints Window 11 4 1 Editing Records If you double click in any cell in the database its row is highlighted in blue A second click on the cell highlights it in white surrounded by a heavy black border The text or numerical value in that cell can then be changed Clicking OK will save the changes ALDERLEY EDGE HILL MANCHESTER 53 2905006408691 2 20733308792114 BARTON AERODROME MANCHESTER 53 4693298339844 2 38750004768372 E e 13 53 2585018920898 EB RS UP LIESS pe CONGLETON MANCHESTER 53 1590003967285 2 17516708374023 HILLTOP MANCHESTER 53
66. 39 10 54361343 82 358 92 POI Abbot Pt Coal Facility Abbott pt 19 87974548 148 0805969 0 351 82 Obstacle Aberthaw EGFF2014 513857193 3 402817011 0 3 65 Airstrip Abilbah Abilbah 24 71198273 144 2910919 928 351 89 Airstri Adami YADY 35 99745178 148 7958679 3888 1347 47 Gundagai Airstrip Adelong Adelong 35 81274414 148 0798645 1299 347 97 z TID z Obstacle Aintree 1710902 53 45563889 2 957067013 49 3 88 VRP AINTREE RACECOURSE LIVERPOOL 53 47267151 2 939167023 49 3 87 Airstrip Airey s Inlet AIREY 38 46628952 144 062088 92 348 57 TORRY Obstacle Airth Joins 150A010 1504007 56 06742859 3 741899967 3 4 79 S Ee Airstrip Albany Park YAPK 13 08650112 1310366364 594 356 44 Obstacle Albury Park 2300387 5120808029 0 475816697 400 25 Adelong E vee ALDERBURY OLD SARUM 51 0423317 1725667 253 294 Elev 1299 ft I gt aie N TELA Figure 96 The User Waypoint Database Creating User Waypoints You can create custom waypoints anywhere you like on the map without restriction This is particularly useful for VFR flight where towns lakes hills and other features are required as points of navigational reference Right click the map at the point where you want to create a user waypoint to display the dropdown menu which includes the Create User Waypoint option ave Kd ave A Ne WAGs Sattitjulu Aboriginal Community Create User Waypoint QDM Range and Bearing Display Range Rings Hide
67. 5 PLG File 2k Josh JOSH PC A Peter Dodds Computer T 4 n File name ight plan files plg FSX FS9 Flight plan files pln X Plane FMS flight plan files fms v3 Aircraft Breadcrumb Trail files IGC v2 Aircraft Breadcrumb Trail files txt Figure 14 The File Open Window and Options If you store flight plans or other data files at some other location you can navigate the file browser there using the usual Windows methods depending on your Operating Page 17 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 8 3 8 4 System Plan G remembers where you saved the most recent saved flight plans and will open the file browser at that folder so you can select a previously created flight plan from there Once the flight plan is loaded Plan G will change its map location and display the legs and the waypoints of the whole of your selected flight plan Save As The Save As option allows you to save the plan as a Plan G extended flight plan format plg file or to save a plan with a different name However Plan G format files cannot be used in the FS Flight Planner or the built in FS Garmin GPS units Note If your PC or Plan G crashes Plan G remembers the flight plan you are working on and will automatically reload the plan including any unsaved changes when you restart Plan G Export The Export option allows you to choose whether
68. 500 EGGP Liverpool John Lennon 269 3 45 269 265 100 600 EGNR Hawarden 210 6 10 3 210 206 100 600 Start Pos PARKING 1 Wind 000 at O Kts Altitude 4000f Suggested Altitude 8000ft Total Distance 115 5nm Total Time 1 09 TAS 100 Kts Figure 110 The Completed Plan So that is your planned flight with some local knowledge thrown in to make it more interesting In fact if you don t fly VFR often you may have discovered that short VFR flights can be just as challenging as IFR flight across continents When you fly the route don t forget to complete the task properly by taxiing to Liverpool s General Page 93 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 16 9 16 9 1 Aviation apron at the east end of the airport Park on stand E_Parking 11 Ramp_GA_Medium shut down and secure the aircraft Let s Go Hying You have printed out the Plog from Plan G so it is time to go flying Microsoft Hight Simulator O ey pom p Figure 111 Forney Aircoupe G ARHC Over Derwentwater in FSX Open Flight Simulator and select Free Flight from the Main Menu Set Country as United Kingdom and select Current Location as Carlisle EGNC Select Starting position PARKING 1 RAMP GA SMALL Select Aircraft type Cessna 172 Set a suitable time and date for a daylight VFR flight Click Fly Now When the flight has loaded save it as the default so that you can easily get back to this position if you need to
69. 7689 51 2092252 200401409 x oO Centre of Irish Music Made famous in song oo o Area of outstanding natura E Hexagonal basalt blocks cat First Transatlantic telegra Over 700 species of flora c Land on the most beautiful Landed upside down in a bog Seat of the Ancient Kings di Longest river in the British i Huge rich deposits worked 0 t 0 t 0 o 0 0 240 miles long Figure 48 User Defined Records Exported Once a number of records have been highlighted clicking the Export button opens the Plan G Files folder window Enter a suitable file name and the records will be saved to that file with a csv extension A pop up window appears in Plan G on successful completion of the export If no records are highlighted clicking the Export button does nothing Technical Note When you export user waypoints The CATEGORY field as shown in Section 11 4 3 above is a number since that s how the data is stored internally But an ENGLISH language text string is acceptable when importing waypoints The CATEGORY field is localized in non English languages Page 48 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 THE VIEW RIBBON IN DETAIL Plan G can be configured to show as much or as little detail as you wish Different features are switched on or off depending on the zoom level chosen to avoid excessive data processing delays and of course map clutter As a general
70. EWCASTLE 55 1254997253418 87133300304413 0 4 UK Note the order of fields that you must create isn t exactly as displayed in the Plan G User Waypoint Database Also note that the final comma denotes that the 9 field NOTES is empty in the example above but must be accounted for by that final comma after UK In other words in any record you wish to import you must have 8 commas otherwise the import will fail Page 46 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Manage User Waypoints Identifier Aircraft Carrier Fleet Fleet G gO Je Peter Dodds Documents Plan G Files y 43 Search Plan G Files Organize v New folder B Downloads Name Date modified Type B Dropbox J Charts 14 05 12 12 33 File folder El Recent Places Mm Data 14 05 12 14 44 File folder de DEM 06 05 12 14 30 File folder de KMZ Files 11 05 12 23 03 File folder E Je My User Waypoints 14 05 12 22 14 File folder B Documents 3 Je Old Flight Plans 06 05 12 15 09 File folder usic B Profiles 14 05 12 12 33 File folder Picti 2 A ee a Trail 14 05 12 19 50 File folder ta Pilot Pete BE Desktop A Libraries B vi L vatsim 28 04 12 21 52 File folder CE JB wx 14 05 12 22 06 File folder 28 Homegroup Airports_Export PG csv 14 05 12 13 55 Microsoft Excel C 1 127 Peter Dodd i Peter Dodds TK Airspace Export PG 21258 csv 14 05 12 16 03 Microsoft Excel C 7 97 1 Computer
71. Ends Page numbering and layout has been designed to permit this manual to be printed either single sided or double sided Page 128 of 128
72. FSX PC s IP address In most networks nowadays the router s IP Address is 192 168 0 1 and the PCs have 192 168 0 2 192 168 0 3 etc but beware occasionally default IP addresses are different so do check The Port value 4506 need only be changed from the example above if you have an existing SimConnect xml file and you see that Port 4506 is already in use Changing it in that case for Plan G to 4505 is quite sufficient but don t forget to make the same change in Plan G From the File tab select Options from the menu and then FS Connection Enter the changed port number in the Server Port Pipe dialogue box The range of port values which you can use is from 4500 to 4510 inclusive Creating a SimConnectxml file forthe IPv6 Protocol Remember that IPv6 is installed in Windows Vista and Windows 7 by default though it may not be enabled and may optionally be installed in Windows XP See the link at the end of this section for further information The SimConnect file must be created on the FSX PC in the same folder as fsx cfg This is usually C Program Data Microsoft FSX SimConnect xml is a text file which you can create using Windows NotePad or any simple text editor not MSWord Plan G will not build a SimConnect xml file for you The following is an example which has been proved to work for two networked Windows 7 machines The red coloured text will not change in any SimConnect file The blue coloured text is the part whic
73. Figure 120 Connected to FSX with SimConnect On connecting the Plan G map will move so that your FSX aircraft location is shown and a yellow User Aircraft Icon will appear If Al aircraft are in the area and as long as you have selected Al aircraft in the options panel to be displayed they will appear in Page 103 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 red If you are connected to VATSIM IVAO or other multiplayer server then Plan G displays other connected aircraft rather than Al aircraft but in blue rather than red You can now set up Trail Analysis import FS Weather data etc as described above which significantly enhances the value of Plan G If you get a connection error or a connection time out error the most likely reason is that you have not configured Plan G with the correct SimConnect parameters on the Options page under the File tab Section 20 below deals with addressing SimConnect problems If the advice in that section does not result in SimConnect successfully connecting the problem may be tricky to solve If you have other programs which use SimConnect and you are unsure of how to correct SimConnect problems please do not experiment but seek expert advice Connecting to FSX with FSUIPC Start FSX and then start Plan G From the File tab select Options from the menu and then FS Connection select FSUIPC as the connection method There is no need to change any of the other parameter
74. I j gt File name User Waypoint Import Files c ma Figure 46 An Optional Folder Holding User Waypoints Clicking the Import button opens a folder window for the user to select the correctly formatted User waypoint CSV file Double clicking the CSV file or clicking once and selecting Open starts the import process Duplicate records are not copied Manage User Waypoints Identifier Latitude Longitude Fleet 153 63555 51 57086182 2 691502094 cCOOcCs 43 Abbot Pt Coal Facility Abbott 19 87974548 148 0805969 351 82 a sii use es Abilbch delos 35 31274414 148 0798645 1299 10902 53 45563889 2 957067013 4 I OOL 51 T49 OOL 7 38 46628952 144 062088 Figure 47 User Defined Records Imported 11 4 4 Exporting Records With the User Waypoint Window open highlight the records you wish to export and only those will be exported Contiguous records can be selected by holding down the Shift key as you click each record Non contiguous records can be selected by holding down the Ctrl key as you click each record Page 47 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Manage User Waypoints Identifier Elev ft Variation Tag Curragh 53 16426849 6 859073639 Bircastle 53 09428024 7 915391922 Doolin 53 01086044 9 388847351 MoM 54 14474106 6 026000977 Dingle 52 17393112 10 31341553 Giant 55 2400856 6 51128
75. LI Ground MANCHESTER 121 85 N TEMPO 1812 1818 8000 SHRA Ground MANCHESTER 125 375 Start flight plan at airport EGBW 3 2 Show Radial Tower MANCHESTER 118 625 Show Airport Diagram Tower MANCHESTER 119 525 QDM Range and Bearing Spot Elevation 243 ft MCT MANCHESTER 113 55 M Display Range Rings sation QDM Range and Bearing A Elev 278 ft Variation 4 E H Hide Range Rings Display Range Rings NUI lp Ax f A MCH MANCHESTER 428 KHz Hide Range Rings Lo Info Panel Elev 255 ft Variation 4 T i 7 5 Figure 55 Lock Info Panel in Dropdown menus Figure 56 The Information Window As the mouse pointer moves the information displayed constantly changes so you can check out such information to help create a flight plan e g avoiding certain controlled airspace or finding out which runways at an airport have an ILS Page 52 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 The information displayed is colour coded A white background is used for airport data a pale green for VORs a darker green for NDBs and orange for controlled airspace Of course not all these items are included in every display The information displayed can also be locked so that the data for a particular area is constantly displayed even though the mouse pointer is moved away Right click on the feature for which you wish to lock the information and the context sensitive dropdown menu includes the option as the last item The Aerodr
76. MANCHESTER 53 38766098 2 503499985 72 368 UK Airstrip Theodore YTOR 24 99181557 150 0930634 719 350 28 OZQLD 17 35 2500 asphalt Obstacle Thetford Thetford 52 44271851 0 72025001 85 224 UK a Airstrip Thistle Island Thistle 35 02444458 136 1812897 167 35288 OZSA birt Disused Tholthorpe Disused Tholthorp 54 10266113 1 256000042 79 3 3 UK vap THORNBURY FILTON 5160667038 2 517667055 249 335 uk m E M z J l Import Export Figure 101 User Waypoint Added to Database 15 2 Adding a New User Waypoint to a Aight Plan Right click the new User Waypoint on the Map and the Name of the waypoint will be displayed as the first item on the dropdown menu as Add User Waypoint The Olga Hills to Plan ave ae YAYE A Add User Waypoint The Olga Hills to Plan Edit User Waypoint Delete User Waypoint from Database QDM Range and Bearing Display Range Rings Hide Range Rings Lock Info Panel Figure 102 Add User Waypoint to Flight Plan Select this option and the waypoint is added to the Flight Plan The new waypoint is added as the last item Right click on the flight plan to display the dropdown menu which allows you to move the new waypoint into its correct position The track line will adjust accordingly See section 14 4 3 above for more on editing flight plans 15 3 Modifying User Waypoints You may wish to move a waypoint slightly change its name or identifier If you right click on the new
77. NESBERG 112 6 17 6 330 346 346 0 11 see MHz Options FAWA Warmbaths 70 5 P 0667 08222 0829 0 42 Totals 1752 1 45 Lending Departure airport information Arrival airport information Elevation 5482 ft Elevation 3638 ft 11 29 1713m x 15m Asphalt Runwa ys 03 21 1200m x 23m Tarmac Johannesburg Radar 124 500 MHz Rand 118 700 MHz Not for operational use Figure 16 Print Options The third print option is available if the Plan Elevation Window is opened At the top right of the window is a small printer icon which when clicked prints the Plan Elevation Window exactly as displayed on screen Again the conventional Windows Print window opens first so you can select all the usual options portrait landscape colour greyscale bordered borderless etc Help The help Page provides four options About Plan G provides information about the current build of the program User Manual opens the Adobe Acrobat format Plan G User Manual this document Page 19 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 8 7 8 7 1 Technical Support is a link to the TA Software forum where all the experts including Tim Arnot the Plan G creator are ready and eager to solve your problem Check for Updates will automatically check for updates to your currently installed version Options Selecting Options opens an Options window with a second sidebar menu which gives access to nine different dialo
78. October 2012 8 7 8 replaced by the TAS from FS Effectively the flight plan is updated dynamically during a flight If the Show waypoint alerts tick box is ticked an alert is displayed before reaching the next waypoint on your flight plan 7000 is the International Civil Aviation Organisation ICAO standard code for VFR where no other code has been assigned This applies throughout Europe In the UK it is a general conspicuity code and does not necessarily imply VFR In the US Canada Australia and some other countries the VFR code is 1200 Select the appropriate radio button for the country you are flying in or perhaps set it for your home country and change it on the Radio Stack as required Which ever is selected becomes the default in the Radio Stack Transponder and is the value sent to your Flight Simulator when the VFR button is pressed on the Radio Stack Transponder The Radio Stack is a new feature in Plan G version 3 See Section 12 11 for full details Traffic This page sets up options about other aircraft when connected to FS These may be aircraft artificially generated by FS known generally simply as Al or other aircraft being flown on a multiplayer network such as VATSIM or IVAO when you are logged in to one of their servers Firstly you can choose whether to display Al multiplayer aircraft or not You can decide the range beyond which they will not be displayed and if the apron is full of air
79. Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 13 2 7 13 2 8 Midlands the transition point and the IAF will both be the NDB and the procedure will start from there FSX includes RNAV approach procedures for the USA and Canada but UK transition points will almost always be VORs or NDBs METAR and TAF One of the minor miracles of Plan G is its ability to fetch both the current real world weather METAR and forecast weather TAF for any airport within its database which has an associated weather station Figure 74 above shows the one line METAR followed by a two line TAF although not always two lines may only be one line or three For airports which do not have an associated weather station or for which there is no current information Plan G displays no weather rather than use the nearest available Note the Download Weather from NWS option must be set access via the File tab in Options Weather for METARS and TAFs to be shown There is a short delay after initial startup before weather data is available Other Selections The other selections in the Airport right click dropdown are e Get Fly to Heading Distance and Time e Move FS Aircraft to Here e Spot Elevation e QDM range and Bearing e Display Range Rings e Hide range Rings These options are also available on the Map right click dropdown and are described in section 13 1 above which deal with that function Page 67 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 06
80. Range Rings Lock Info Panel Figure 97 User Waypoint Dropdown Click the Create User waypoint option and a dialogue window opens for you to enter the details Page 81 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 VY Point of Interest Name The Olga Hills Identifier Elevation Variation Optional Notes Displayed on the map info popup Max EO chars Almost as spectacular as Ayers Rock Uluru Tag User date for identification Mex 20 chars od Latitude 25 4308 Longitude 130 5642 Figure 98 Create User Waypoint Dialogue Enter the waypoint name and an identifying code which can be up to 8 characters in length The magnetic variation MagVar at that point and the Latitude and Longitude are automatically added by Plan G but you can edit them to fine tune a waypoint position to an exact spot if your mouse clicking isn t so accurate If the appropriate DEM files are installed as described in Section 12 3 above Plan G will automatically fill in the Elevation for the new User Waypoint Click OK to save the waypoint AYE ES AYE YAYE Yulara L Ye ulu Aboriginal Olgas Community The Olga Hills Almost as spectacular as Ayers Rock Uluru Figure 99 User Waypoint Created The waypoint symbols which are shown on the map depend on the type defined in the dialogue Figure 98 above Figure 99 shows that the Olgas are a Point of Interest ES Airstrip di
81. SUIPC 3 specifically for use with FSX FSUIPCA will also work with FS9 If using SimConnect does not work for you SimConnect can be troublesome on some computers and solving the problem is not trivial unfortunately then use FSUIPCA This uses SimConnect internally and may be downloaded from http www schiratti com dowson html free of charge Peter Dowson provides very friendly and attentive support for his programs on this forum http forums simflight com viewforum php f 54 The FSUIPCA installer program copies a file called FSUIPC4 DLL into the FSX Modules folder along with the FSUIPC4 User Guide pdf When you next run FSX after accepting the newly installed FSUIPC4 modules there will be a new FSUIPC entry in the Add Ons menu FSUIPCAs first action will be to ask you to register the program If you simply want to use FSUIPCA to connect FSX to add on programs on the same PC you do not have to continue with registration of the program XPUIPC for X Plane This requires the freeware program XPUIPC XPUIPC is a plugin for X Plane which emulates Peter Dowson s FSUIPC interface for MSFS It was written with Peter Dowson s and others help by Torsten Spiering who uses the pseudonym Spyy The current version of XPUIPC is 1 9 0 but it is continually being developed The program is a client server interface in which the Server is the computer running X Plane and the Client is the computer running Plan G These may be one and th
82. U Cancel Figure 91 Entry Text Format Error Alert Dulverton SS Pee hs Taunton AA 7 on 5 ye p Wellington e J f Dit A us tes Sturminster ri ph Tiverton Newton A cittchgton lt Blandford Y Forum 41 m Flight Plan VFR Popham to Perranporth Waypoint Description Heading M Time Dist nm Track M Track T 6 S kH EGHP Popham 004 0 0 000 000 1G EGHS Henstridge 258 26 44 258 254 iq EGTU Dunkeswell 262 20 341 262 258 iq EGTP Perranporth 250 48 80 6 250 247 iq Figure 92 The Modified Route via Henstridge and Dunkeswell Some third party scenery developers sometimes add non standard identifiers to their products such as 4 character codes for NDBs These are not recognized in Plan G There is technically no limit to the length of the inserted text the number of intermediate waypoints you can add The limitation will be one of practicality 14 3 6 Insert Snippet File If you have exported a flight plan as a snippet See Section 8 4 above it can be inserted into other flight plans Snippets can be any length any number of waypoints but again the limitation will be one of practicality 7 Taunton TM p Wellington Mh N ec eft f hs Figure 93 Part of a Direct Route Popham to Perranporth Open the Plan window and right click the waypoint AFTER which you wish to insert the intermediate waypoints and sele
83. U UI NI rT may RocheNMer y REX fya Orpington amp X y Chal wi 4 Sn AX AS at NN j Roch ANC 2 E AT lt i N P Y hee Y A d i Leto Pr Purley 7 ees A E Coulsdon Warli Add airport EGKB to Plan Select Alternate Destination i Set Frequency on COMI Radio Set Frequency on COM2 Radio gt i Add VOR BIG to Plan Set VOR frequency on NAVI Radio Set VOR frequency on NAV2 Radio Show Airport Diagram Charts Instrument Approaches Get Fly To Heading Distance and Time Move FS Aircraft to Here X n Spot Elevation 505 ft T METAR EGKB 071920Z 21017G27KT 180V240 9999 SCTO25 14 10 Q0995 1 d TAF EGKB 0716592 0718 0721 21018KT 9999 SCT020 l IU TEMPO 0718 0721 21021G31KT e Show Radial 1 Ta QDM Range and Bearing Display Range Rings Hide Range Rings Lock Info Panel Figure 74 Right click on an Airport The dropdown menu shows some options specific to that airport some to any airport and some which also appear on the map right click menu The options are described below Page 63 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 13 2 1 13 2 2 13 2 3 13 2 4 Start Hight Plan at Airport Right click on the departure airport on your plan Start flight plan at airport lt ICAO code gt Plan G fills in the ICAO four letter code for the selected airport is self explanatory If you right click an airport after your departure airport this option changes to Add airp
84. X when using SimConnect However in Plan G the SimConnect settings will need to be configured before a connection can be made First decide which is the appropriate SimConnect data transfer protocol Pipe IPv4 or iPv6 Remember e Pipe is used only internally in a PC but is the fastest of the three e Pv4 is used by Windows Vista XP and earlier versions of Windows e Pv6is installed in Windows Vista and Windows 7 though it may not be enabled and may optionally be installed in Windows XP To configure the settings select Options from the File Tab then open the FS Connection tab Check or amend the settings so that they correspond to one of the three configurations below also shown in Figure 117 Figure 118 and Figure 119 below The FS Connection Parameters dialog see Figure 117 below can also be accessed by clicking the small diagonal arrow shaped launcher button in the Flight Simulator connections tab of the Home ribbon below the Lock Sync Free buttons EI kills Plan G3 v 3 0 0 37 Home Map Data View New Plan Select Option FS Connection Parameters i Open Locator General Connect With 9 SimConnect FSUIPC XPUIPC Units Recent SimConnect Settings Sounds Network Mode IPv4 IPv6 Pipe i FS Connection FSX Computer localhost E Server Port Pipe Print GPS Panel Help User Aircraft Options Traffic EU E Exit Weather General Figure 117 SimConnect Settings for a Single PC Using Pipe P
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86. Zoom mn Analysis In ass a Controls 3 Zoom Radio Stack s Tes sz EUY Es pe 4 TS e f Em t Lo 7 be Lo A K X Yd gt Ad 1 i n NM m x p e E el Muy Plan Elevation El a D ar 7 M l me e ve Sandhurst Cix Blackbushe to Gloucestershire a a S sre a _ Blackwater 22000 oo oy N P 0008 aPlanned Altitude EE E i a MEF 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 E Ground call i Distance nm E sat Flight Plan Cix Blackbushe to Gloucestershire Start Pos 7 Wind 000 at O Kts Altitude 2000f Suggested Altitude 4500f1 Total Distance 64 9 nm Total Time 0 40 TAS 100 Kts ETA Next 03 01 4 69 nm S A Page 102 of 128 Words 34 732 QS i Sas ST Pll Figure 113 Connected to FS Plan G can display a lot of valuable data about your flight 17 2 Communication Protocols In order for Plan G to communicate with FS data has to be transferred using a specific set of rules the communications protocol 17 2 1 PSUIPC3 for FS9 FS9 users will need Peter Dowson s free FSUIPC 3 Flight Simulator Universal Inter Process Communication program to be able to connect to Plan G either on the same PC or over a network FSUIPC may be downloaded from http www schiratti com dowson html free of charge Peter Dowson provides very friendly and attentive support for his programs on this forum http forums simflight com viewforum php f 54 The
87. age 102 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 18 2 1 18 2 2 18 2 3 Connection Using Pipe Set Connect with radio button to SimConnect Network Mode Select Pipe from the dropdown options FSX Computer Enter either localhost or 127 0 0 1 without quotes Server Port Pipe Leave blank important Connection Using IPv4 Set Connect with radio button to Auto Network Mode Select IPv4 from the dropdown options FSX Computer Enter either localhost or 127 0 0 1 without quotes Server Port Pipe Enter 0 Without quotes SimConnect Settings Network Mode IPv4 IPv6 Pipe FSX Computer localhost Server Port Pipe o Figure 118 SimConnect Settings for a Single PC Using IPv4 Connection Using IPv6 Set Connect with radio button to Auto Network Mode Select IPv6 from the dropdown options FSX Computer Enter either localhost or 1 without quotes Server Port Pipe Enter 0 Without quotes SimConnect Settings Network Mode IPv4 IPv6 Pipe FSX Computer SE Server Port Pipe Figure 119 SimConnect Settings for a Single PC Using IPv6 As long as you set up Plan G as described here it is unlikely that you will have any difficulty connecting to FSX from Plan G on a single computer Close the Options window by clicking OK and return to the main window With FSX running press the Connect button e 3 Lock a nect Disconnect Free Flight Simulator
88. al V 3 1 061 October 2012 e RADIAL menu allows you to click on multiple VORs or NDBs and display specified radials from them for easy identification of intersections e ACOM NAV Radio Stack which simplifies changing frequencies especially if Plan G is run ona separate display to FS or X Plane e Additional options added to the main map context menu e KML amp KMZ files can now be stored on your PC e Revised Elevation Plot display e Aircraft Performance Profiles Can your chosen aircraft fly at the cruising airspeed or altitude you have set e Data Tools allow data to be moved between MSFS and X Plane databases e PDF Charts display Copy your airport charts approach plates etc into e g Plan G Files Charts EGKB and they will automatically be available when you right click the EGKB airport Page 3 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 To function Plan G requires that Net 4 0 Client Profile be installed on the user s PC If it isn t installed on your PC it is downloaded automatically by the installation program and the user doesn t need to take any action Plan G requires an active Internet connection to display the OSM Map base and update it correctly An Internet connection also allows VATSIM traffic and controllers to be displayed when the VATSIM option on the Home ribbon is selected Page 4of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 INSIALLATION
89. an create custom waypoints anywhere you like on the map without restriction This is particularly useful for VFR flight where towns lakes hills and other features are requires as points of navigational reference This subject is dealt with in detail in section 14 2 1 below Get Hy to Heading Distance and Time If Plan G is connected to FS this option provides a useful quick check on things like What is the flight time remaining to the point clicked from my aircraft given my airspeed and the current weather Will have enough fuel to get to the point clicked gt How far have come The option also appears in the dropdown menu displayed when you click anywhere on the map during a flight The information is displayed in a small pop up window in the centre of the map window Clicking OK in the window closes it Move FS Airc raft to Here This can actually be a faster way of relocation to a new airport than can be achieved via the Flight Simulator menus However it is actually a slew manouevre the Y key in FS not implemented in X Plane with some of the quirks of that action such as blurred scenery trying to catch up and your aircraft sometimes being airborne when it was previously parked Page 60 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 13 1 4 Spot Elevation If the user has downloaded the optional Digital Elevation Model DEM tiles from the NGDC GLOBE Global Land One km Base Elevation website see
90. and are unaffected You can also delete the database files any time you wish as long as Plan G is not actually running it will recreate them next time it runs Of course you will need to run the Build Navigation Database option from the Data tab again to populate the database Page 7 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 5 1 5 2 5 3 ARST RUN The first time you run Plan G it opens with a map view centred on Enstone Airfield in the UK In addition the Flight Plan Window and the Information Window are open They can be closed by clicking the relevant icon on the View ribbon or you can move them to one side of the map view if there is space on your screen The Data ribbon is open by default which includes a tab which prompts you to build the Plan G internal database before doing anything else Once the database has been created you can explore at leisure Single PC To build the internal database with Plan G and a Flight Simulator on the same computer go to the Data menu and click on the Build Navigation Database icon You may then select the Flight Simulators for which you want to build databases You can build databases for any one two or all three Once they have been built you can switch between them and Plan G will load the correct dataset Plan G3 v 3 0 0 32 Please generate a database for FSX or FS9 Click on the Build Database button at left If the button is not enabled use the
91. ange to suit your set up lt xml version 1 0 encoding Windows 1252 gt lt SimBase Document Type SimConnect version 1 0 gt lt Descr gt SimConnect lt Descr gt lt Filename gt SimConnect xml lt Filename gt lt SimConnect Comm gt lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt Auto lt Protocol gt lt Scope gt global lt Scope gt lt Address gt 192 168 0 2 lt Address gt lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Port gt 4506 lt Port gt lt MaxRecvSize gt 4096 lt MaxRecvSize gt DisableNagle gt False lt DisableNagle gt lt SimConnect Comm gt A Page 109 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 19 3 2 lt SimConnect Comm gt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt IPv4 lt Protocol gt lt Scope gt global lt Scope gt lt Address gt 192 168 0 2 lt Address gt lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Port gt 4506 lt Port gt lt MaxRecvSize gt 4096 lt MaxRecvSize gt lt DisableNagle gt False lt DisableNagle gt lt SimConnect Comm gt A lt SimBase Document gt The example above includes two profiles the blue coloured code between lt SimConnect Comm gt and lt SimConnect Comm gt One is configured for an Auto connection the other for an IPv4 connection If you choose to use the example above then usually only the computer address in bold needs to be changed to match your
92. appropriate tickboxes in the Airspace section of the Map Ribbon However options selected by this method are fixed across all zoom levels X Plane Airspace Data There is no airspace data included in X Plane Plan G can import Airspace data from Flight Simulator to display on the map assuming that X Plane users have access to a legitimate copy of Flight Simulator Data transfer between MSFS and X Plane is described in detail in Section 11 below User Waypoints User waypoints may be created in 12 different types ES Airstrip Disused y POI E Glider 1 H Helipad Location O vre E useri Y ilter D Water Obstacle IFR J User2 Waypoints User Waypoints Figure 40 The 12 Predefined Types of User Waypoint User Waypoints are stored in a User Waypoint database Many of these are provided in the Plan G package in the file UserWaypoints sdf These can be optionally displayed or hidden by ticking the relevant tick box on the Ribbon All except IFR waypoints are displayed by default the icons showing with an orange background colour If you add your own waypoints see Section 11 4 they can be categorised in one of the 12 options shown above This also means that only selected ones are displayed in the same way as other features Note Whenever a new version of Plan G is issued the file UserWaypoints sdf is overwritten so if you create your own waypoints be sure to keep a safe copy somewhere outside the Plan G folder Further
93. ard disks DVD drives etc which start from C 5 In the Folder box type the network path of the folder or computer or click Browse to find the folder or computer 6 Toconnect every time you log on to your computer select the Reconnect at logon tick box 7 Click Finish Windows Vista or Windows 7 1 Open Computer 2 Click Map Network Drive on the Command Bar 3 Continue as for Windows XP Page 22 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 8 7 2 Your computer is now connected or mapped to the network drive So once you have successfully created a network drive say Z which points to the network location MyFSXPC C Program Files Microsoft Games FSX you only need to enter Z in the FSX Program dialogue box In the example path above MyFSXPC is the Network name of the FSX PC created when your network was first set up Of course you must use the network name of your FSX PC You can repeat the process for another network drive Y to point to the location of FS9 if you have it installed The location of Scenery cfg is usually the same Networked drive as for the main FS program location You can of course simply enter the full path to these locations but it is more prone to typing errors than the network drive method although Plan G does remember them between sessions and between program updates Other FS applications can also often make use of network drives The default paths in Window
94. art FS9 Note that in the top frame of the FS9 Window you will see the words FS2004 with W ideserver Waiting for clients This is your indication that the WideFS server module is working 12 Start Wideclient on the Plan G PC from the desktop icon if you have one You won t see anything happen except a blank grey screen opens unless you have configured it to start minimized If you maximize the Wideclient window from the taskbar you will see the word Connected in the top frame of the window That is your indication that Wideclient is working You can now minimize Wideclient to the taskbar again Once you become familiar with WideFS you will almost forget about it as it works silently and reliably in the background 13 Start Plan G 14 From the File tab select Options from the menu on the left and then FS Connection Select FSUIPC as the connection method 15 Return to the Home ribbon in Plan G and click the Connect button After a few seconds you will hear a Connected sound from the Network PC and the Connect Disconnect buttons will show that you are connected Pw nect Disconnect Flight Simulator Figure 123 Connected to FS9 Page 108 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 19 3 19 3 1 In the FS9 window top frame the wording will now have changed to FS2004 with Wideserver 1 connected All the additional data features mentioned above for connecting to FS will be available in an
95. as found in most aircraft which can be used instead of the aircraft s own radio stack if preferred Displays on the main map a small red aircraft symbol for any aircraft which satisfies the display criteria set on the Files Options Traffic page Opens a window which lists all Air Traffic Controllers and Pilots currently connected to VATSIM in alphabetical order by call sign The default view at startup displays the Plan and Information windows and after the initial startup i e once the database has been built the ribbon associated with the Page 12 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Home tab The function of each of these optional windows is described fully in Section 12 6 5 Tool Tips If you hover the mouse over any symbol menu option tick box radio button or aeronautical feature on the map a context sensitive tooltip is displayed briefly describing the item s function or identity Of course many are obvious but it surprising how useful they can be when your mind goes blank as it will sometimes fear not Page 13 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 7 THE RIBBON MENU TABS 7 1 The File Tab If you click the File tab then the map view closes and a new view opens emt fo containing several file handling and Q qe m setup options shown as a menu on the X wu 2 x left hand side of the page Prin l rt ste k l pl 8 x nee z The default view is of the
96. ation Window This feature requires the optional download and installation of one or more Digital Elevation Model DEM tiles from the NGDC GLOBE Global Land One km Base Elevation website at http www ngdc noaa gov mgg topo gltiles html There are sixteen files covering the whole world each one downloadable from one of a row of links labeled A to P below the diagram of the world Do not click on the graphic as that results in you being navigated away from the page The tile files are TAR compressed files with the extension gz or zip Both can be extracted with Winzip or Winrar The extracted files have no extension You need to download and install a minimum of one tile to enable the Plan Elevation Window functionality in Plan G but you do not need to download and install every tile No elevation data will be shown in Plan G where tiles are not installed The extracted files must be placed in your Documents Plan G Files DEM folder For example Documents Plan G Files DEM b10g is the file for the tile that covers the western half of the USA and south western Canada When the Plan Elevation icon is selected from the View Ribbon an elevation window will open at the top of the Plan G screen If no tile files exist in the folder Plan G DEM the Plan Elevation tick box is displayed in a faint grey and cannot be selected If no flight plan is loaded the elevation window is displayed but contains no elevation data The Flight Plan E
97. bar c a aa 10 Figure 6 The Customise Quick Access Toolbar Dropdown eese 11 Figure 7 The Menu Tabs ire eee d re i e y MED 11 Figures The File Meny Pap e tri res AE ias 14 Figure 9 The Home Ribbon ccccccccccccssssssececececesseseeaeeecescseseaeseeeeeeseesseaeeeeeeseeseesenaees 14 Figure 10 The Map RiDDON cc cccccccccsssssssececececesseseaeseeeeesceesesaeseseesessessnseaeeeseeseseseeeaaes 14 Figure 1T Data RibbOn iis hte etes red edid teres ves iios 15 Figure 12 The View Ribbon ccccccccccccssssssscceceeeesseesesaeseeecescsesesaeseseesesesseesueseeeeseseseseaaees 15 Figure 13 The Minimise the Ribbon icon and Tooltip ccocoooococccnncnonooannnnnnnoncnnnananonoss 16 Figure 14 The File Open Window and Options cccconocooncnncncnonononanoncnnnnnnnnnanonnnnnnonnnnnnonnnnos 17 Figure 15 The Flight Plan Export Options ccccccccononoonnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnnonnonnnnnnnononoss 18 Figure 16 Print Options cccccccccssnsssssesceccceccenenssesceceececesseeeussescececessaasenaessessecesessauegssss 19 Figure 17 The Locations Page oooconccncncccnononoonnnnnnnnnnnnannonnnnonnnnononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn nnns sen enn rn nnns 21 Figure 18 Browsing for the Location of Scenery CFG cccccccnononoonnnnonnnnnnnaonnnnnnnnncnnnano rones 21 Figure 19 Adding Additional Scenery Locations cocoocococncncnnnononononnnnnnnnonnnannnnnnnonnnnnnnononoss 24 Figure 20 The Units PaB
98. ble to run FSX on the FSX PC and Plan G on the Network PC There is just one extra step in the procedure than for connecting on the same PC 1 Start FSX Note that in the top frame of the FSX Window you will see the words FSX with Wideserver Waiting for clients This is your indication that the WideFS server module is working 2 Start Wideclient on the Plan G PC from the desktop icon if you have one You won t see anything happen except a blank grey screen opens unless you have configured it to start minimized If you maximize the Wideclient window from the taskbar you will see the word Connected in the top frame of the window That is your indication that Wideclient is working You can now minimize Wideclient to the taskbar again Once you become familiar with WideFS you will almost forget about it as it works silently and reliably in the background 3 Start Plan G 4 From the File tab select Options from the menu and then FS Connection Select FSUIPC as the connection method 5 Return to the Home ribbon in Plan G and click the Connect button After a few seconds you will hear a Connected sound from the Network PC and the Connect Disconnect buttons will show that you are connected In the FSX window top frame the wording will now have changed to FSX with Wideserver 1 connected All the additional data features mentioned above for connecting to FS will be available in an identical way to connecting with only
99. ceesseesssaeaeeeeesseesesaeseeeceescesssaeaeseesesesssessaaees 58 Figure 66 VATSIM Pilots World Wide ccccccccccccscssssssseeeeeeeesssesssaececeesessesseaeeeseeeesenssaaes 59 Figure 67 VATSIM Controllers Worldwide cccccononoooonnccnonononoonnncnnnononanannnnnonnonnonnnonnnnos 59 Figure 68 Right Click Map Dropdown MenuUS ccccconononocnnnnonnnnnononnnnnnnnnnnonananonnnnnnnnnnnnnnononoss 60 Figure 69 ODM DISplay oii entra eere verde eed e Pn ore agens 61 Figure 70 Select the Ticked QDM Option to Switch it Off oo ccconoocccccconaccccnaonccnnonananononnn 62 Figure 71 Displaying Range Rings marrat etaan an a aa E aS iii 62 Figure 72 Lock the Info Panel A e RT RE 63 Figure 73 Unlock the Info Panel ccccccnonoononnnonnnononononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn nnnnnnnannnnononnos 63 Figure 74 Right click on an Airport cccccononocoonnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnonannnnnnnnnnnnonannnnnnos 63 Figure 75 Instrument Approaches Pick list for Mombasa Airport Kenya 65 Figure 76 Runway 21 ILS Procedure Mombasa cccconooocnccncncnonononnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn enanos 65 Figure 77 Lead in Procedural Turn to the MOV VOR Transition Point ssssse 66 Figure 78 Setting Flight Plan Conditions esee enne ennemis 68 Figure 79 The Aircraft Profile Form cccccscccccccessesssssceceeeeecessesseaeeceeseessesseaeseeeesesenssaaees 69 Figure 80 Using the Find Fu
100. click on the intermediate waypoint you wish to insert A pop up menu appears which provides two options for inserting an intermediate waypoint either before or after the waypoint on the plan which you had selected in the tabular Plan Note that in Figure 84 above the Plan G generated user waypoint label BCO3 has been added to the screenshot to identify the waypoint mentioned in the dropdown menu Normally it is not displayed unless the mouse is hovered over the waypoint 14 1 7 Start Position A Start Position on your departure airfield can be entered once the Start Location of your plan has been created Until then the Start Position icon on the Home ribbon is greyed out One leg is defined as a departure location plus an end location The end location can be your first waypoint or for direct flights your destination location You can of course complete your plan be it a direct track plan or one involving a number of waypoints and add the Start Position at the end of the process just before saving the Plan If you add a start position in Plan G and load your plan into Flight Simulator then when FS asks if you want to move your aircraft to the departure airport listed on the flight plan and provided you click Yes your aircraft is moved in FS not to the active runway which is the FS default but to the start position you selected in Plan G If you are flying online then this position should be a starting gate or GA ramp a
101. craft you can turn off Show Parked aircraft by unticking the relevant tick box In the same way as for your own aircraft you can show the flight trail for each of these You can change the colour and line width if the defaults are not to your liking You can also record and save the trails for future analysis See the chaos you caused ploughing through Heathrow s Class A airspace VFR in your microlight forcing all those IFR go arounds and aborted takeoffs gt il Plan G3 v3 0 0 35 Home Map Data View New Plan Select Option AI Multiplayer Traffic Parameters when connected to FS A Open Locations Aircraft Breadcrumb Trail Units Y Show Moving V Show Parked Show Trail Recent Log Trail Sounds Range Km 100 Colour FS Connection Refresh Rate seconds 30 Width 1 S print EPS Panel Help User Aircraft Options Traffic p E exit Weather General Figure 25 Traffic Options Note Al flight trail display and recording is selected Off by default when Plan G is first installed Page 29 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 8 7 9 Weather The Display Nearest Weather tick box makes Plan G get the weather from FSX This may be user generated within FS or may be from an online system e g if FSX is set for Jeppesen then that is the weather station data displayed If connected to VATSIM or IVAO the weather fed to FS from VATSIM or IVAO via the
102. ct FSX to add on programs on the same PC you do not have to continue with registration of the program WideFS In addition you will need a second Peter Dowson program called WideFS which installs a server portion WideServer dll on the FSX PC and a client portion WideClient exe on the Network PC WideFS is available from http www schiratti com dowson html Note that in contrast to FSUIPC WideFS is not free and must be purchased and registered using an access key There is an option to buy the registered version of FSUIPC which has many more features than the free version and WideFS as a bundle which costs less than the two purchased separately Note that for FSX you must buy the FSX specific version Follow the instructions in the WideFS User Guide a pdf document to install the client and server portions along with their configuration files WideServer ini on the FSX PC and WideClient ini on the Network PC The two ini configuration files have to be edited to match your two PC network names and IP addresses Page 114 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 19 4 2 19 5 One of the WideFS installation options is to place an icon on your desktop It is strongly recommended that you do so so that you don t forget to start it whenever you want to run FSX and Plan G on separate PCs a very common user error Connection Steps After the installation and configuration of FSUIPC and WideFS you will be a
103. ct the Insert Snippet File option The Documents Plan G Files Folder window opens Select the file you wish to insert and Page 77 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 click Open at the bottom right of the window After a slight pause the Folder window disappears and the Plan Window will be displayed with the waypoints from the snippet inserted in your Plan and the map updated with the new waypoints exactly the same as shown in Figure 92 above 14 3 7 Add Altemate This option is described at section 13 2 2 above 14 3 8 Set Author If you want to be recognised as the world leader in creating Plan G flight plans then click this option and enter your name in the dialogue box Now when you send your plans to others your fame will go with you Modifying Existing Hight Plans With a previously created flight plan opened in Plan G you can either e Add one or more waypoints to the end of the existing chain of waypoints e Insert a new waypoint between two existing waypoints 14 4 1 Adding a New Waypointto the End of a Plan Adding a new waypoint to the end of the sequence is just a matter of right clicking it and selecting Add waypoint ID to plan You then Save or Save As the changed flight plan as described above 14 4 2 Inserting a New Waypoint Inserting a waypoint between two others in a flight plan must be done in the Plan Window Open the Plan window and right click on the entry ab
104. ction 16 3 numbered item 8 above TMA stands for Terminal Manouevring Area and being Class A Airspace and you are flying VFR you absolutely cannot go there so you must plan to descend Page 89 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 About 6 miles further south again is the Liverpool Control Area CTA from 2500 3500ft with beneath it the Liverpool Control Zone CTR which extends from the surface to 2500 feet Both are Class D airspace You can go there but only with permission from Air Traffic Control Because IFR traffic inbound to Liverpool will be brought down to a minimum altitude of 2 500 feet to capture the ILS and required traffic separation is 1 000 feet IFR from VFR in Class D Airspace you will be given the instruction from Liverpool Approach to fly not above 1 500 feet So you must plan to descend from 4 000 to 1 500 feet in 8 miles or so about 4 minutes A quick calculation tells you that that is 650 feet a minute quite a rapid descent in a light aircraft ES p taa 4 Yo c i Information El Class D 2500 3500 MANCHESTER CT Class D SFC 2500 LIVERPOOL CTR Class A 3500 MANCHESTER TMA 1 a1 SD EBRO GA W 2 t Ne e or fa EX Wi Vf a Class b 2500 3500 LIVERPOOL CTA f NO De Class b SFC 2800 LIVERPOOL CTR by p f Whi A Class A 3500 MANCHESTER TMA 1 PA MPO 4 MEM Sco CC BY SA_ Tiles CloudMade Figure 106
105. d the map will display data from that database If no airports controlled airspace or navaids or any other aeronautical data appear on the map when the correct Active FS Version for your sim is displayed then you should rebuild the database Note that for networked PCs the icons will only display in the Active black on orange background mode if the correct communication protocols are in place see section 17 2 below Data Tools This option allows Plan G data to be moved from one database to another It is particularly useful for exporting Airspace data from FSX or FS9 to X Plane which does not contain Airspace data In this way a map showing X Plane Airports can be made to show also Airspace boundaries Data Tools Airports table Export Name List Merge Name List Airspace Table Export Data Import Data Clear Figure 43 Database Tools You can export the Flight Simulator Airports from FSX or FS9 for use in a different application The data file is saved in Comma Separated Value CSV format in your Plan G Files folder The default filename is Airports Export PG csv and it contains the airport Name City State and Country only The data within Flight Simulator is not affected Page 44 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 11 4 If you have an existing CSV file of airports you can merge your exported data into that file When the Plan G files window o
106. de assumes that you fly to your destination before diverting to your alternate Set COM NAV Frequencies The context menu will also include a submenu of the radio frequencies that have been defined by FS for that selected airport e g Tower Ground Approach etc Selecting the frequency will set the STANDBY radio display for COM1 in your aircraft radio You will need to press the Toggle Active Standby button to activate the frequency either within FS or on the Plan G radio stack The Submenu is only displayed when Plan G is connected to FS You can select the frequency on COM2 in a similar manner The context menu which is displayed when right clicking on a VOR or NDB gives the option to load its frequency into the NAV1 or NAV2 radios in the same way as for the COM radios Show Airport Diagram If you select Show Airport Diagram from the dropdown menu the Aerodrome Diagram is displayed as a pop up window see also Section 12 6 above You can use the mouse wheel to zoom in out and if you hover the mouse pointer over the parking spots runways amp taxiways the relevant details are displayed Page 64 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 13 2 5 13 2 6 Charts If you create a folder called Charts within the Documents Plan G Files Folder you can store pdf format charts amp instrument diagrams plates there Create a sub folder for each airport and put the relevant charts in that folder Then
107. derstorms or mountains of iron ore so is more reliable than a real world ADF not that magnetic mountains are simulated in FS It does get more sensitive as you get nearer to the waypoint and swings round in the normal way an ADF needle does as you pass the waypoint When Plan G decides it is time to look for the next waypoint it will swing round automatically to point to the new one If you are directly on track this will be the instant that the aircraft passes over the waypoint If you are off track a little it will swing round to about 150 or 220 depending whether you are left or right of track before changing to the next waypoint so don t chase the needle as you near the point of changeover 12 10 4 Descent Profile Indicator The fourth feature is the descent profile indicator Whether you create an altitude profile or not Plan G will calculate a Top of Descent point along your route As you near the Top of Descent the profile bar a small green letterbox shaped rectangle appears on the HSI dial and descends downwards This is similar to a glideslope indicator and shows the rate of descent you need to achieve to maintain your VNAV profile It works in the same sense as an ILS glideslope indicator If the bar is below the centre you should increase your descent rate and if it above centre you should slow your descent rate Full scale deflection on the profile bar is 1 degree above or below the profile the same as a normal ILS
108. dynamically adjusted in the Flight Plan if you make changes These conditions are saved to your new Flight Plan when you click the Save or Save As buttons Altitude Cruising airspeed Wind and VFR or IFR can be entered before or after creating the plan but Start Position e g Parking Ramp Active Runway can only be entered once the start location of a flight plan has been created see section 14 1 6 below i A bile Home Data View P 3 p A A OA Brrr AL d M Find Start Altitude Airspeed A Aircraft Quick Reverse Copy p on Profile Route Find Flight Plan Figure 78 Setting Flight Plan Conditions Page 68 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 14 13 Aircraft Profile Creating an aircraft profile is an optional feature which influences how Plan G fits a flight plan to the aircraft which is going to fly the route No point in trying to fly a Tiger Moth over the Alps or land a 747 on a 700 metre grass strip You can build a plan without using Aircraft profiles at all and make your own judgements on how to execute the flight with regard to the aircraft s performance characteristics or you can build and save the performance characteristics of your favourite aircraft and Plan G will attempt to tell you whether you can fly from New York to San Francisco in 6 hours in a Beech Baron very unlikely The form for entering the information is opened by selecting the Aircraft Profile icon from t
109. e Build Navigation Data Manage 9 10 Data Database Tools Nav Database User Waypoints Figure 11 Data Ribbon Further details of how to use these options is given in section 11 below The View Tab The view tab displays options to customize some elements of what you see on screen Map overlays and the map graticule can be switched off to improve clarity and speed map refresh rate for example There are also three customisable fixed zoom buttons for quickly selecting a favourite zoom ratio The ten icons commencing with Plan on the left and ending with VATSIM on the right each enable a pop up data window These are resizeable with the exception of the Radio Stack and the PFD Windows I AHi Plan G3 v 3 0 0 34 5 8 Home Map Data View 9 Map Graticule pmm Ba e m E FJeH e s 2 Y Map Overlays io Plan Plan Information Aerodrome Weather un PFD Radios Traffic VATSIM Zoom Zoom Kee Elevation Out Bi on e Show Hide Controls Zoom Windo Figure 12 The View Ribbon Ribbon Auto Hide At the far right hand end of each ribbon is a small caret icon which when clicked hides the ribbon whichever ribbon you are viewing at the time It hides the whole ribbon system not just the one you are currently viewing When you click one of the Menu tabs the associated ribbon is displayed until you click on the map or window border when it is automatically hidden again Alternatively the hot key combination Ctrl F1 t
110. e e aleam dad 24 Figure 21 Sounds Pale sooo ai 25 Figure 22 FS Connections PaQe c ssssceccceccccceneesseseecececessensssseecececesssueusssseeceeeeeeesaneessss 26 Figure 23 PFD Panel Configuration Page esses ennemi nnns 27 Figure 24 User Aircraft Options oocccccconononocnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 28 Figure 25 Traffic OptiONS ccoconocconocnnnnnnonononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnns 29 Figure 26 Weather Parameters eicere dt rete ee ue dandus 30 Figure 27 The Home Ribbon c ccccccecessssssecececeeeseesseaeaeeecesceesesasseseeeessesseseseeeceesesseessaaes 31 Figure 28 Using the Find Function to Locate an Airport ccccnnoncononcnnnncnonononcnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 32 Figure 29 Start Position WindOw cccccononoooonnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnoncnnnnononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn on nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 32 Figure 30 Cruising Altitude WIDUOW sind A eu ERES e duis 33 Page 123 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Figure 31 Cruising Airspeed Wind Wii ad caves 33 Figure 32 A User Created KMZ Files Folder in Plan G Files cocccononooconononcnnnanannnoss 35 Figure 33 Locally stored KMZ Files in a User created Folder cocccononoocnnnnonononanannnnss 35 Figure 34 The Map Ribbon cto tenter a REO aaa 37 Figure 35 The Airports Marker Options Pop up cccconooocnnoncncnnnonnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnos 37
111. e The cell expands to accommodate the text entered Save Your Plan Once you are satisfied with the all the information in the Plan table save the plan in the usual way Note that if you export it as a PLN file for use within Flight Simulator cross references passing altitudes and notes cannot be saved All these are included in saved PLG files Therefore it is recommended that you save the Plan as a PLG file first to preserve all that additional Plan G data and then export it Right Click Options in the Plan Window As well as adding new waypoints to Plan table there are a number of other options for modifying your plan Set This as the Active Leg Clicking this option sets the active leg for calculating time amp distance to next waypoint It is only useful if connected to FS and where you may have opened a flight plan part way through a flight Setting a new active leg allows you to pick up the leg in the flight on the flight plan which your aircraft is currently flying Put another way and it is not exact of course it sort of synchronises your flight to the plan It can also be useful if e The pilot misses a waypoint completely and wants to tell Plan G to forget pointing to the last waypoint but to now help get to the next one or e The flight plan has been changed mid flight or e The leg sequencing goes awry in Plan G for some reason Centre on Map If you right click on a waypoint in the plan the map moves
112. e Find Function to Locate an Airport Start Position Plan G extracts the runways and parking spaces available at your planned departure airport from the FSX or FS9 database Initially the icon is a faded blue but once you have created your flight plan it is displayed in black This indicates that it is available for use al Set Airport Start Position X mo NO w oo ES amy PARKING 1 RAMP GA Small ES PARKING 2 RAMP GA Small PARKING 3 RAMP GA Small PARKING 4 RAMP GA Small PARKING 5 RAMP GA Small PARKING 6 RAMP GA Small E Figure 29 Start Position Window Click on the icon to display a window containing the options Some airports have more options available than others usually depending on how big the airport is in terms of runways taxiways importance even When the Flight Plan is saved then loaded into FSX or FS9 this will be the place and zeroed elapsed time from which your simulated flight will depart Altitude Here you can set the overall planned altitude for your new flight plan after consulting the Plan G map for airspace and terrain constraints Page 32 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 9 4 9 5 9 6 9 7 9 8 Passing Altitudes can be set for individual waypoints by editing the plan table directly although these altitudes cannot be used directly by FS lt gt Cruising Altitude x dl Set Airspeed EXT 11500 fe 10d Kts
113. e U K adopted the use of Hectopascals instead of Millibars Units can be selected for Runway Dimensions Speed and Distance Altimeter Setting Time and Date for English American or European preferences The rest of the world tends to adopt one of these three systems although Plan G allows you to select a non standard hybrid if you wish tp il Plan G3 v 3 0 0 35 Home Map Data View New Plan Select Option General Units Ki Open ncalions Runway Dimensions Metres Feet Units 2 Speed and Distance Recent 9 Nautical Miles Knots Miles MPH Kilometres KPH Sounds Export QNH Altimeter FS Connection Millibars Hpa Inches Hg Print GPS Panel Nav Log Time Display UTC Local Help User Aircraft Nav Log Date Display haus a m P E exit Weather Latitude and Longitude Display Format DD MM 55 5 Decimal General Figure 20 The Units Page Page 24 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 The default system used is the English system with local time and date used in the printable Nav Log Just click the relevant radio button to change a setting Settings are remembered by Plan G so it will probably be a once only operation 8 7 4 Sounds You can choose to play alert sounds for three situations where your attention is primarily on another task You can accept the Windows default illustrated in Figure 21 below or choose your own as long as Plan G is told where to find the sound files
114. e and by chance Blackpool Approach is on duty this is where you will make your initial call to them Request transit your Page 88 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 16 4 overhead at 4 000 feet So you had better add Blackpool EGNH to your Plan now 3 The track line from Fleetwood to Blackpool is over land but the Left Hand Rule for VFR flight states that if you are following a line feature you should keep it on your left This route is well used by light aircraft in the real world who follow the convention of keeping the shoreline on the left Thus southbound traffic flies a mile or so out to sea Northbound traffic flies over the land So although the trackline is over land when you come to fly the route you should really do the same passing a mile or so west of the 08 end of Blackpool s main runway Blackpool Approach will want you to call them at the the tall tower They don t say Blackpool Tower as you could well think they mean the building on the aerodrome not the world famous 518ft high lattice steel structure a couple of miles further north 4 After Blackpool add Marshside VRP to your route you can do this now without help surely and then once more follow the coast to Woodvale 5 Add Woodvale aerodrome EGOW to your plan The airport symbol is red because it is a military RAF in this case aerodrome The track line is again inland but you will want to fly on the seaward
115. e same or two networked PCs It is very easy to install and the manual is clear and unambiguous Page 99 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Download XPUIPC from http www tosi online de XPUIPC XPUIPC html The download is a zip file which can be unpacked to any folder you wish The download includes the excellent manual an executable XPWideClient exe anda plugin XPUIPC xpl Installation instructions for XPUIPC are simple and clearly explained in the manual but are repeated here for completeness Put the file XPUIPC xpl in X Plane Resources Plugins coe EB GO m Vista C X Plane9 00 Beta 1 Resources plugins gt s Search P Name S Date modified Type Size Le PluginAdmin 31 05 12 15 41 File Folder _ DataRefs bd 31 05 12 15 41 Text Document 294 KB 2 XPLM dll 31 05 12 15 41 DLL File 136 KB XPUIPC pl 13 09 10 21 39 XPL File 2508 4f XPWidgets dll 31 05 12 15 41 DLL File 96 KB Figure 114 Put the file XPUI PC xpl in X Plane Resources Plugins if you only have one PC XPWideClient exe and XPWideClient ini files are not needed so can be left in the XPUIPC Package folder If you intend to run Plan G on a network the instructions for setting up XPWideClient exe and XPWideClient ini files are detailed in section 19 5 below These two files must be in the same directory Page 100 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012
116. e the line lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt s present For the other Elements you can change the line to lt Disabled gt True lt Disabled gt but this isn t essential Plan G will use the protocol set in File Options FS Connection For Ipv6 connections Note that Scope needs to be set to link local not global Example 1 This example contains four Profiles one for a local pipe connection two for remote network IPv6 connections and one for a remote IPv4 connection Note that the Pipe protocol cannot be used for networked connections lt Example Local Pipe Server Configuration gt lt xml version 1 0 encoding Windows 1252 gt lt SimBase Document Type SimConnect version 1 0 gt lt Descr gt SimConnect Server Configuration lt Descr gt lt Filename gt SimConnect xml lt Filename gt lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt SimConnect Comm gt lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt Pipe lt Protocol gt lt Scope gt local lt Scope gt lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Port gt lt Port gt THE PORT IS GIVEN NO VALUE lt SimConnect Comm gt Example Global remote IPv6 Server Configuration gt lt SimConnect Comm gt lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt IPv6 lt Protocol gt lt Scope gt link local lt Scope gt lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Address gt fe80 5974 d93 646d a9
117. ear on year such differences may become more common over time Page 38 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 10 3 Navaids The radio navigation aids Navaids in Plan G are also extracted from Flight Simulator and stored in the database and subject naturally to the same obsolescence as Airports The Navaids Marker Options pop up is opened by clicking the small arrow shaped launcher button at the bottom right of the Navaids section The Navaids Marker Options allows the user to select which navaids are visible at each zoom level Navaid Marker Options Display Minimum Zoom VORs 4 NDBs ISEC ISEC unnamed Lower Airways Figure 36 Navaid Marker Options The tick boxes on the Ribbon also allow you to display or hide navaids However options selected by this method are fixed across all zoom levels Very High Frequency Omni Range beacons VORs and Non Directional Beacons NDBs are probably familiar to most Sim pilots There is an excellent tutorial on the theory and practice of using these on the Cix VFR Club website at ISEC is the standard aviation abbreviation for Intersections Intersections exist in two forms named normal and unnamed Named intersections are the standard type of intersection On the Navaids section of the Map Ribbon the ISEC tick box switches on or off named intersections and the ISEC unnamed tick box switches on or off unnamed
118. enu against the QDM Range and Bearing line indicating that QDM Line drawing is ON Clicking on QDM Range and Bearing again on the dropdown menu will remove the check mark and switch OFF the QDM feature Create User Waypoint v QDM Range and Bearing i Display Range Rings Hide Range Rings Lock Info Panel Figure 70 Select the Ticked QDM Option to Switch it Off If you wish to draw a new line then you must close the QDM option and right click again from the new point Display and Hide Range Rings Place the hand cursor at the point on the map where you want the range rings to be centred and right click Select Display Range Rings from the dropdown menu If you want to move them simply move the cursor to the new location and select Display Range Rings again To hide the range rings right click anywhere on the map and select Hide Range Rings from the dropdown menu Range rings are hidden by default so if you exit Plan G they will not be displayed when you re start the application wv HI Kurrajong HS i p RIC 1 f we P Sa 1 e aisce D YRI N a ts itt et i x hi 3 Nf E BIK BIK Pictoh A Ta p X Appin j A Figure 71 Displaying Range Rings Range rings can be set to display in units of distance or time If time is chosen the rings will automatically be distorted to take account of any wind entered in the Winds dialogue box see sections 9 5 and 14 1 2
119. er 192 168 0 2 Server Port Pipe 4506 Figure 124 A SimConnect Configuration for IPv4 with Windows XP In Figure 124 above the corresponding SimConnect profile would be lt SimConnect Comm gt lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt IPv4 lt Protocol gt lt Scope gt global lt Scope gt lt Address gt 192 168 0 2 lt Address gt lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Port gt 4506 lt Port gt lt MaxRecvSize gt 4096 lt MaxRecvSize gt lt DisableNagle gt False lt DisableNagle gt lt SimConnect Comm gt Page 112 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Network Mode IPv6 FSX Computer IPv6 address e g fe80 899d 395 b16c 168f Server Port Pipe 4506 SimConnect Settings Network Mode IPv4 IPv6 Pipe FSX Computer fe80 899d 395 b16c Server Port Pipe 4506 Figure 125 A SimConnect Configuration for IPv6 with Windows 7 In Figure 125 above the corresponding SimConnect profile would be lt SimConnect Comm gt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt IPv6 lt Protocol gt lt Scope gt link local lt Scope gt Address fe80 899d 395 c919 168 lt Address gt lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Port gt 4506 lt Port gt lt MaxRecvSize gt 4096 lt MaxRecvSize gt lt DisableNagle gt False lt DisableNagle gt lt SimConnect Comm gt Note Link local is an IPv6 mechanism for accessing co
120. er then the Ipv4 address of your X Plane PC may not always be the same This can be rectified by reserving the Ipv4 address of your X Plane PC in your router Read your router Page 105 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 documentation to find out how to do this For X Plane enthusiasts this is normally a good idea anyway if other software needs to interface with X Plane Page 106 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 19 19 1 19 2 FLIGHTSIMULATOR AND PLAN G ON A NETWORK You can install Plan G on a second PC the Network PC that is connected to the Flight Simulator PC through a home TCP IP network either wirelessly WiFi IEEE 802 11a b g n ac or wired via Ethernet Firstly follow the steps in the Prerequisites and Installation sections of this manual sections 3 and 4 to install Plan G on the Network PC It does not need to be installed on the Flight Simulator PC Firewall software must be configured to allow TCP communications on the port you set below this includes Windows Firewall and any router firewall and applies to both computers Flight Simulator PC and Network PC FSX users can choose between using SimConnect or using Peter Dowson s FSUIPCA program the same choice and for the same reason as connecting on a single PC i e SimConnect may not always work and finding out why isn t always easy whereas FSUIPC almost always works However SimConnect is the preferred con
121. et adapter Local Area Connection Media State Media disconnected Connection specific DNS Suffix H DL TEST unnel adapter Local Area Connection 15 Media State Media disconnected Connection specific DNS Suffix Figure 129 Command Prompt Window There may be quite a lot of information displayed so look carefully for the IPv4 line In Figure 129 above the IPv4 address is 192 168 0 8 If you are running Windows the data displayed is much briefer and the line to look for starts IP Address Page 116 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Now open the file XPWideClient ini in Notepad and change the default 192 168 0 20 to the IPv4 address of your PC Save the file Note that you cannot use any alternative name such as Server or host etc There is no error checking in the current version of XPUIPC so be careful to enter the numbers correctly deClientini Notepad File Edit Format View Help xPwideclient version 1 3 0 0 ini file Network settings Server Adress 192 168 0 5 Figure 130 Editing XPWideClient ini XPUIPC should now be configured for your PC Start the Plan G program From the File tab select Options from the menu and then FS Connection select XPUIPC as the connection method Now close the Options window by clicking OK and return to the main window dl of bile Plan G3 v Home Map Data View New Plan Select Option FS Connection Pa
122. fers s2 00 59 Columbus Tower Information ALPHA Winds calm Vis 105M Sky FEW200 Alt 3009 Landing amp departing runways 10L 4 10R Visual approaches in use DCA_1_TWR 119 100 Chad Gurchinoff 53 00 51 Washington Tower DCA Welcome to ZDCARTCC s prized DCA Airport AIRMETs and SIGMETs are included in the ATIS if this is an issue let me know KDCA ATIS 3 mmt men mrs rro lt r 4 Alt Figure 67 VATSIM Controllers Worldwide 12 14 Zoom Controls There are two zoom controls on the View Ribbon A single click on either changes the zoom level by one If the View Window isn t active there are a pair of zoom buttons at the bottom of the map window at the left of the status bar For those with a mouse which includes a scroll wheel the scroll wheel will also zoom the map window In addition there are three configurable preset zoom buttons By default they are set to 8 times 10 times and 12 times zoom level Clicking the small diagonal arrow shaped launcher button at the bottom right of the preset zoom buttons group opens a Set Zoom Presets window where you can change the default settings to your choice 12 15 Keep Window on Top Click the pushpin icon and Plan G stays on top of all other windows This can be handy if you are running with two monitors you wouldn t want to use this feature while flying with a single monitor if you have other windows getting in the way on occasion It ca
123. g is displayed and also observing the DME instrument the pilot is able to obtain a position fix for the aircraft which will be for example 262 TO the VOR i e broadly to the west of the aircraft and 22 4 miles from it In other words The QDM of the Aircraft to the VOR is 262 By selecting a second VOR within range and carrying out the same exercise the position fix may be confirmed or the accuracy of the pilot s rough plot on the chart improved remember he she is flying the aircraft at the same time Ideally the radials from the two VORs should intersect as nearly at right angles as possible VOR 2 Figure 88 Position fix from two VORs Page 75 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 In Plan G if you select Cross References you can enter two radio Navaids in the dialogue box which opens Click the Add button for the first cross reference then select the table you wish to search either VOR or NDB by clicking the appropriate tab at the top of the window Now select a Navaid either by typing in the ICAO Identifier e g BPK for Brookmans Park VOR or pick the one you need by scrolling down the very long worldwide database of Navaids displayed The vector lines are drawn on the map and the bearing TO the Navaid QDM remember and distance are shown in the flight plan in the Information Window and included in the Pilot s Log PLOG To use this information to arrive at the waypoint yo
124. gs although it is clever enough to find the Perth in Western Australia rather than Perth in Scotland This feature is limited in X Plane because the X Plane database does not contain City or State fields Page 31 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 9 2 9 3 The Find Airports dialog includes a CSV button This button allows the user to save a list of the airports in the table above it This may be the whole FS database of airports may be a very large file or just a small number depending on the search criteria and the Country State and City filters applied Clicking this button opens a Save As dialog for the user to select a filename for the CSV formatted data and a location to store it By default these csv files are stored in Documents MPlan G Files and can be opened in Notepad or a Spreadsheet program such as Excel de Find Airport Fai Search ICAO Code Name City Perth ICAO Name city State country ONY7 Murphys Lndg Strip Perth New York United States B ONY8 Wenskoski Field Perth New York United States 9NY7 Hart Perth New York United States a EGPT Scone Perth United Kingdom NY50 Johnson Perth New York United States EM VPJT Jandakot Perth Western Austral Australia y ES NB Filter Country State City Clear 9 csv 2 Ji je Gs gr mm mm Figure 28 Using th
125. gue panes When you open Plan G the first time you visit the File Options menu selection the right hand area of the page is blank and remains so unless you select one of the nine options Plan G keeps open the last selected pane for the duration of the Plan G session The options panes are reasonably self explanatory Default values are included which can help decide appropriate values You may not wish to change the defaults but when things get busy for example you can de clutter the screen by selecting the Traffic option and switching off Al or parked aircraft or limit the range within which they are shown If you want to see your own aircraft when Plan G is connected to Flight Simulator you clearly have to have the first box ticked in User Aircraft but there may be occasions when you only want to see everyone else This element of Plan G allows you to choose Of course these options only apply to Plan G itself What you see in your Flight Simulator is unaffected by these selections The nine options are e Locations e Units e Sounds e FS Connections e GPS Panel e User Aircraft e Traffic e Weather e General The options are described in detail below Locations The Locations menu option allows Plan G to locate the FS files it requires in order to build its internal database of airports and navaids and to communicate with a running instance of Flight Simulator on either the same computer or a networked PC run
126. h another application such as Flight Simulator The Plan Window The Flight Plan Window is open by default when Plan G is first run after installation The table contains the conventional flight plan headings although initially when it opens it is empty with a brown bar line across two thirds of the way down Below this bar appears the summary of your planned flight above it the details of each leg As you build a flight plan each new entry is added to the window in sequence and the summary information is updated A vertical scroll bar will appear on the right of the details section if necessary as new legs are added To view the complete plan either drag the brown bar line down or drag the lower border of the window down to reveal the whole plan If the window is reduced in width a horizontal scroll bar allows all 14 data fields in the plan to be shown Page 49 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Plan G remembers the window size last used so if you open an existing Flight Plan and the window was left expanded when Plan G was last closed the window opens expanded with the flight plan details visible Flight Plan M Time Dist nm Track M Track T 6 EGCW Cix001 Builth Wells EGBO Wolverhampton EGCW Welshpool 100 2700 Start Pos 4 Wind 000 at O Kts Altitude 2000ft Suggested Altitude 7000ft Total Distance 110 7 nm Total Time 1 06 TAS
127. h you may need to change to suit your set up lt xml version 1 0 encoding Windows 1252 gt lt SimBase Document Type SimConnect version 1 0 gt Descr SimConnect Descr lt Filename gt SimConnect xml lt Filename gt Page 110 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 lt SimConnect Comm gt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt IPv6 lt Protocol gt lt Scope gt link local lt Scope gt lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt Address fe80 899d 395 c919 168 Address lt Port gt 4506 lt Port gt lt SimConnect Comm gt lt SimBase Document gt A The example above includes just one profile the blue coloured code between lt SimConnect Comm gt and lt SimConnect Comm gt If you choose to use the example above then usually only the computer address in bold needs to be changed to match your FSX PC s IP address To find your Windows 7 Vista computer s IP address e On the Start menu right click on Network e Select properties then click on the active connection Local Area Connection or Wireless Connection for example e This brings up the Connection Status dialog Click on Details and all your parameters are listed including the IPv6 address which always starts fe The Port value 4506 need only be changed from the example above if you have an existing SimConnect xml file and you see that Por
128. he Home ribbon All the information required is available on the Internet for most aircraft but you may need to adjust some values if Flight Simulator doesn t perform to those values and it often doesn t Aircraft Profile LX Aircraft Manufacturer Model Callsign Tag E Turbine Jet Reference Speeds V1 Decision 0 Kts Vx Best Angle Climb 0 Kts VsO Stall Dirty 0 Kts V2 Take Off Safety 0 Kts Vy Best Rate Climb 0 Kts Vsi Stall Clean 0 Kts QE VR Rotation 0 Kts Vfe Flap Extension 0 Kts Vine Min Control 0 Kts Vle Landing Gear 0 Kts Vne Never Exceed 0 Kts Vref Landing Speed 0 Kts Piston Performance Climb Cruise Descent Aat Speed O Kts Econ Speed 0 Kts Speed O Kts Rate 0 ft min Econ Fuel 0 usg hr Rate 0 ft min Fuel O usg hr Perf Speed 0 Kts Fuel O usg hr Perf Fuel 0 usg hr Taxi O usg Preferred Alt 0 ft Avgas Jet A 1 Fuel Reference Max Fuel 0 Unusable 0 Reserves 0 New Open Save Figure 79 The Aircraft Profile Form 14 1 4 Departure Airport First find your departure airport on the map If it is visible on the current map then move the mouse pointer over the airport icon and right click If it is not visible on or near the current map display you can zoom out or pan by dragging the map with the mouse Alternatively you can click on the Find button on the Home menu ribbon far left Clicking on the upper half of the Find button allows you to search for your starting a
129. her map or Pilot s Log PLOG or both can be printed Customisable database of user waypoints Visual Reference Points VRPs airstrips etc Many useful waypoints are included in the download Multiple user databases can be built if required Additional User Waypoint comma separated text files can be imported Can be run on a second monitor or on a networked PC across a local area network LAN Synchronised connection to FSX or FS9 either on the same computer or across a LAN Aircraft telemetry aircraft flight trails traffic weather etc available when connected to FSX or FS9 Saved flight trails can be displayed for later analysis Configurable Range Rings can show distance or flight time Display instrument approaches and low altitude airways Display current weather for known weather stations in TAF and METAR format even if not connected to FS New Features in Version 3 OpenStreetMaps interface replaces Google Maps for comprehensive topographical detail including railways traditional VFR navaid woodland parkland and watercourses Snippets multiple waypoints which can be inserted into a plan either by quick entry or from a snippets format snip file Now supports X Plane Versions 9 amp 10 Fully editable flight plans can be saved in the X Plane format fms or in Plan G s own format plg VATSIM Support show all VATSIM controllers and active pilots on the map Page 2 of 128 Plan G User Manu
130. ially with Windows Vista and Windows 7 If you would prefer to install Plan G outside these secure areas of your file system you may Simple click the Browse button and navigate to the folder in which you wish to install Plan G for example C Users John Doe Aviation Flight Simulation Plan Gv3 You can install Plan G for everyone that uses the computer on which it is being installed or just yourself the person installing it You can also check the amount of Page 5of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 4 5 disk space needed When you then click the Next button following an Are you sure confirmation screen on which you again click the Next button installation will then proceed rapidly The installer will place a small yellow aeroplane symbol on your desktop which is the shortcut to start the program Move it somewhere convenient if you wish That is installation complete l Ahl Plan G3 v 30 032 File Home Map View gt a E QS Please generate a database for FSX or FS9 Click on the Build Database button at left If the Mi CA to T button is not enabled use the options dialog small button below it to set the FS locations Display Display X Plone Build Navigation Data Manage F59 Data 9 10 Data Database Tools Nav Database a User Waypoints TU Y 1 X72 K bw insta NEN gd PA E x NS Mos A Zoom 10 Lat N53 33 15 04 Lon W2 51 38 03
131. identical way to connecting with only one PC and it is highly unlikely that you will experience any loss of FS9 performance Connecting to FSX from a Networked PC with SimConnect There are three steps required to connect the two PCs with SimConnect Don t be put off by the seemingly technical instructions which follow The procedure is actually quite easy e Decide the appropriate data transfer protocol see section 17 2 above Note that Pipe does not work across a network e Create or modify a special file SimConnect xml on the FSX PC e Configure the SimConnect parameters in Plan G to match those in SimConnect xml Note You do not need to build a SimConnect xml file if you are running FSX and Plan G on the same PC Creating a SimConnectxml file for the IPv4 Protocol This file must be created on the FSX PC in the same folder as fsx cfg For Windows XP users this is usually C Documents and Settings lt user name Application Data Microsoft FSX For Windows Vista users this is usually C Users lt Username gt AppData Roaming Microsoft FSX SimConnect xml is a text file which you can create using Windows NotePad or any simple text editor not MSWord Plan G will not build a SimConnect xml file for you The following is an example which has been proved to work for two networked Windows XP machines The red coloured text will not change in any SimConnect file The blue coloured text is the part which you may need to ch
132. igton VRP to the south west of Carlisle Right click and select Add User Waypoint CARLISLE WIGTON to the plan Wigton is a Visual Reference Point and included in the default Plan G database although it is called a User Waypoint If you do not have photographic scenery for the UK Wigton the town will not be obvious so you may wish to add a Cross Reference to it from Dean Cross VOR Right click the Wigton VRP symbol and select Set Waypoint Cross References In the Cross reference window click Add for the first point and enter DCS in the entry box Select the Dean Cross the only entry and click OK Observe the Cross reference red line from Wigton to Dean Cross VOR In the plan note the bearing and distance 2319 8 7 nautical miles When you fly the route you can compare your present bearing and distance from Dean Cross VOR to find which way to fly to arrive overhead Wigton From Wigton you will fly over Keswick and admire the beauty of the Lake District You need to create a User Waypoint for Keswick pronounced Kezzik by the way You will find Keswick to the south east of Dean Cross on the south side of Bassenthwaite Lake and just north of Derwentwater At zoom level 12 you will see the town clearly Right click on the town name Keswick shown on the map and complete the User Waypoint Dialogue box Check that Location is set as the waypoint type Enter Keswick Town in the Name box and KESWIK in the Identifier b
133. ing selection and display of an existing Flight Plan file Page 10 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 6 2 The File Save icon opens the My Documents Plan G Files folder allowing the currently open Flight Plan to be saved The Down Arrow Icon clicking this icon displays a small dropdown menu with six options In the picture below an additional option Save Flight Plan has been selected as well as the default and the relevant icon is shown on the Quick Access Toolbar 1 Aaf Ha Customize Quick Access Toolbar View V New Flight Plan v Open Flight Plan y IE IFR Start 73 raft pad V Save Flight Plan Ens Print Map ight Plan Print Flight Plan Xx Show Below the Ribbon AV Figure 6 The Customise Quick Access Toolbar Dropdown In addition to the five Quick Access Toolbar options the Quick Access Toolbar itself can be shown below the ribbon rather than above it When the Quick Access Toolbar is below the ribbon the final item on the dropdown changes to Show above the Ribbon as you might expect The menu ribbon can be hidden by double clicking on one of the four ribbon tabs Home Map Data amp View To restore the ribbon double click again any of the ribbon tabs The ribbons can also be auto hidden At the far right hand end of each screen above the ribbon and next to the question mark Help icon is a small up arrow icon which hides
134. ing a flight Primary Hight Display Selecting the Primary Flight Display PFD icon displays your aircraft s performance instruments This can be useful for instance where you have only one monitor but you need to check out progress on Plan G and also make sure your hand flown VFR aircraft doesn t suddenly enter a spiral dive while your attention is elsewhere If used in conjunction with the Radio Stack Autopilot See Section 12 11 below it is possible to conduct almost an entire flight from Plan G and not look at the aircraft in Flight Simulator at all not that this is recommended Page 55 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 12 10 Figure 62 PFD Panel PFD C172 G CIXN 8 Figure 63 The PFD Panel Alive during a Flight with a Flight Plan Loaded Figure 62 above shows the PFD Panel as it appears when no flight plan is loaded Figure 63 shows the PFD panel during a flight with a Flight Plan loaded The instruments are not labeled but it is obvious which they are the basic 6 pack except for the Horizontal Situation Indicator HSI which has additional features described below Airspeed and altitude are also shown digitally The Horizontal Situation Indicator An unique feature of Plan G is a Horizontal Situation Indicator with more than attitude It incorporates four navigational features a A Direction Indicator DI b A Course Deviation Indicator CDI and c An Automatic Direc
135. intersections Figure 37 The ORTAC Intersection In the English Channel Named Intersections are now commonly used in VFR flight resulting from the increasing use of GPS worldwide Some are included in GPS Databases and VFR pilots can navigate to them simply Because it isn t easy to discriminate between those useful to VFR pilots and those which are not Plan G includes all the ones identified in Page 39 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 FS e g ORTAC at N50 00 W002 00 well known to VFR pilots crossing the English Channel Unnamed intersections are computer generated infill intersections They still have names but these names are generally not memorable Unnamed intersections are generally not valid for use as a turning point on an IFR flight plan The intersection symbol is a small triangle Blue triangles denote terminal intersections i e they are owned by an airport and typically form part of an approach procedure Magenta intersections are En Route intersections and typically are associated with an airway In addition to the above user intersections can be defined and these are denoted by green triangles Plan G can display Lower Airway routes if the Lower Airways tick box is ticked Airways are radio and area navigation routes within which ATC ensures smooth and orderly traffic Lower Airways are routes up to a 24 500 feet ceiling above sea level primarily used for smaller aircraft
136. ironment are also displayed and the information in the status bar is the same as that for MSFS Fight Data Transfer The data passed to Plan G includes As overlays on the basic Map e User s aircraft icon yellow e Alaircraft icons smaller red e Multiuser aircraft icons also small and red e VATSIM aircraft icons smaller blue e User s Aircraft trail default colour red e Multiuser and Al trails default colour magenta e Fly to Heading distance and time en route from the user s aircraft to any point on the map by simply right click the point for which that information is required Optionally switchable in the View Windows e The Tabular Flight Plan e The Vertical Navigation Profile e Airspace and Aerodrome Information e Airport Diagrams e Weather e Trail Analysis e PFD data airspeed heading altitude rate of climb descent e Radio Stack e Traffic table Multiuser amp AI e VATSIM connected members And in the status bar below the plan Page 97 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 e Current position Latitude and Longitude e Altitude e Heading e Groundspeed e Course deviation e Estimated Time of Arrival at the next waypoint e Estimated Time of Arrival at the destination airport PFD C172 G GYAV Plan G3 Cix Blackbushe to Gloucestershire P Sle 29 an es N Q a Information E lodrome Weather Trail Traffic VATSIM Zoom
137. irport If the searched for item exists in your simulator s database it will be found and the map will centre on it Search text is NOT case sensitive When you click on the OK button on the Find Airport window the map is centred on that airport Page 69 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 a Find Airport IE Search ICAO Code Name City Waterford ICAO Name city State EIWF Waterford Waterford Ireland Add to Plan l Cancel OK Figure 80 Using the Find Function to Locate an Airport Select Start flight plan at airport lt ICAO code gt Plan G fills in the ICAO four letter code for the selected airport n E 1 lody 4 ge FR monast Start flight plan at airport ENF Show Airport Diagram y y Instrument Approaches 2 Spot Elevation 112 ft Show Radial QDM Range and Bearing Display Range Rings Hide Range Rings Lock Info Panel Figure 81 Right Click Dropdown Start Flight Plan from Here 14 15 Continue to Add Waypoints You now can add further waypoints which may be any map feature you wish If it is an aeronautical feature and you can see it on your map simply right click on the feature and select the first option Add Feature to Plan If you can t see your next waypoint then either pan the map with the mouse or use the Find function on the Home ribbon Clicking on the lower half of the
138. is sometimes used by real world pilots S aya Mewa A sm me fo in Ld Kumagaya E Ap n YN 3 E EIN b Higashir atsuy y chu gr pa Elev 291 ft MagVar 7 0 W J Rwy 17 35 2001m x 45m Concer Approach YOKOTA 118 3 MHz ad Approach YOKOTA 120 7 MHz 6 Approach YOKOTA 123 8 MHz Departure YOKOTA 122 1 MHz Approach YOKOTA APPROACH A Approach YOKOTA APPROACH 4 Tower IRUMA 122 05 MHz Tower IRUMA 126 2 MHz S YLT IRUMA 110 6 MHz Elev 291 ft Variation 7 C O gt p o ro z ETT MODRTS 2 OF ung pues y pom 69 QDM Display The example above shows the distance from Tokyo s Shimofusa Aerodrome and nearby Iruma Aerodrome The QDM feature can also be usefully used to measure any straight line distance in Plan G such as the distance between two aerodromes Place the cursor at the point on the map to which you want to know the bearing and distance from your aircraft or feature and right click to display the dropdown menu see Figure 72 below Select QDM Range and Bearing A red line will be drawn from Page 61 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 13 1 7 the right click point to the mouse cursor with the range and bearing values displayed in the Information Panel at the top with a blue background to separate it from other information which may be valid for the point you have selected Right clicking any point again will show a check mark on the dropdown m
139. is the Plan G Files folder located in My Documents Windows XP or simply Documents in Windows Vista or Windows 7 The user can select a flight plan from the list or open a Trail file by opening the Trail folder and selecting one of the trail file options from the file type selection dropdown at the bottom right of the window The file type selection dropdown includes options for Plan G PLG flight plans the default Flight Simulator flight plan files PLN X Plane flight plans FMS Plan G Version 3 Trail files JGC and Plan G version 2 Trail files txt Open e e ere M QGO User Documents Plan GFiles gt Y y Search Plan G Files p Organize y New folder v Hh de Dropbox i Name i Date modified Type Size Recent PI ME sane dmi do Data 21 04 12 00 19 File folder BE Deskt Trail File folder eskto eg Lib E vatsim 8 File folder ibraries WX 02 05 12 File folde Documents D URN 3 d MES _ CIX Manchester to Blackpool plg 26 04 12 21 4 PLG File 3 k usic Pict _ Cix Ocean Reef Club to Chalk s Key West plg 25 01 12 15 20 PLG File 4k i Pictures E z a Pilot Pet _ Cix Opa Locka to btepec plg 09 Of PLG File 6 ot Pete a a _ Cix Popham to Perranporth plg 21 03 12 21 2 PLG File 2k ideos amp H _ CXA Playa De Oro Intl to Ua Huka plg 14 12 11 13 46 PLG File 3k omegrou ms _ CXA Teterboro to Martha s Vineyard plg 04 03 12 21 4
140. k Show Waypoint Alerts Help VFR Code 1200 7000 Traffic ES Exit Weather General Figure 24 User Aircraft Options Free The Map and user aircraft are not synchronized You can move the map wherever you like and it won t be synchronised with the plane If you don t move the map the plane will fly off the edge and will never be seen again Sync The Map will move as necessary to ensure the yellow aircraft remains visible on screen You can move the map but it will re centre on the yellow aircraft when it is refreshed a few seconds later 10 seconds is the default but it can be changed in the FS Display window If you leave the map alone it will stay where it is until the plane reaches the edge when it will re centre Lock The user aircraft icon stays in the centre of the Map which is re centred on the user aircraft at every refresh The default refresh rate is 5 seconds so this option can degrade Plan G s performance on some less powerful computers If the Update TAS from FS tick box is ticked and if a flight plan is loaded and if Plan G is connected to FS then Plan G shows the true airspeed TAS in the Airspeed dropdown accessed from the Home Ribbon taken directly from FS The user will have entered an estimated indicated airspeed in the Airspeed dropdown while compiling a flight plan but if the Update TAS from FS tick box is ticked that value is Page 28 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061
141. k in the X Plane Location box then enter or browse to the location of your X Plane exe file e g D X Plane 10 C Networked Computers FS9 FSX and X Plane The simplest and preferred method of creating a database on a networked computer is to create that database on a single computer i e one with a Flight Simulator and Plan G both installed and then simply copy the folder My Documents Plan G Files Data to the networked PC Note This method does not enable Plan G to be connected to Flight Simulator for data transfer during flight That is a separate function which requires the correct FS Connection data to be set up See section 8 7 5 below D Networked Computers using a Network Drive If you are reasonably computer literate another reliable way to get Plan G to find a networked computer is to map a Network Drive to the location of FSX EXE This has the advantage that you can at any time build the database on the Plan G PC which is going to use it and Plan G will use the Network Drive to connect to FS during a flight To map create a short cut to a network drive do the following Windows XP 1 Open My Computer 2 Click the Tools menu and then click Map Network Drive 3 Ifyou don t see the Tools menu press ALT 4 In the Drive list click a drive letter You can choose any available letter Starting from Z and working backwards is recommended for network drives only to avoid confusion with the normal h
142. lan G changes the numbers in the aircraft radios and also works with VATSIM or IVAO ATC when connected to those networks In fact it works in precisely the same way as any Flight Simulator radio stack so it will not be further described here except to explain the convention of changing numbers Click above the numbers to increase them click below the numbers to decrease them The Traffic Window The Traffic Window shows a table of all the Flight Simulator artificial intelligence AI or online traffic within a defined distance of your aircraft The maximum distance for the display of Al traffic can be user defined on the Options page under the File tab The default setting is 100 kilometres approximately 50 nautical miles Traffic Figure 65 Traffic Window VATSIM Opens a window which lists all Air Traffic Controllers and Pilots currently connected to VATSIM worldwide in alphabetical order by call sign A separate tab is used for pilots and controllers All available data is displayed if the window is expanded in width or Page 58 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 scrolled with the horizontal scroll bar The vertical scroll bar allows the often very long list to be fully explored VATSIM E Pilots 522 Controllers 55 Callsign Name Aircraft From To Groundspeed Altitude ETA Time
143. ld Jeppesen weather FSX only Plan G displays all the available weather data as shown in the following extract If you select Download Weather from NWS access via the File tab in Options Weather weather from the NOAA National Weather Service NWS will be displayed without having to be connected to FS The format displayed in the table is very slightly different however since it comes from real METARs rather than the adapted data provided by FS Page 53 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Weather Ej Nearest Weather Station ie EGOS 031650Z 060 15Kts 6000 RA OVCOI0 Flight Plan Route Weather Station Timed At Wind T Visibility Precip Cloud Temp C Dew C QNH 1600 ft EGBJ 031650Z 180 OOKts 100KM CLR 15 12 1013 4 p a Figure 59 Weather Table A yellow wind arrow is displayed in the top left hand corner of the main Map window whenever Plan G is connected to Flight Simulator It indicates the strength in knots and the TRUE bearing of the wind so you need to make the normal adjustment for magnetic variation Variation west magnetic best variation east magnetic least Trail Analysis Trail plotting is enabled from the File tab in Options User Aircraft See section 8 7 7 above If Trail plotting is enabled and Plan G is connected to Flight Simulator a trail of the flight of the user s aircraft is displayed on the ma
144. levation window shows the total profile for the flight as a continuous profile even if the flight Plan comprises multiple legs which are not in a generally similar direction In the example below a flight plan has been created across Canada from Port Hardy British Columbia to Calgary Alberta crossing the Rocky Mountains As you would expect the elevation profile is quite interesting VFR Port Hardy to Calgary Inti Figure 53 Flight Plan Elevation Window overlaying the Map Window In the example above the DEM profile is shown green the Flight Plan altitude is shown as a solid blue line at an impractical 2000ft and the highest point on track the Maximum Elevation Figure MEF is shown as a solid maroon line at approximately 13 000ft The distance is shown along the x axis Page 51 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 If for example the flight crosses a range of mountains and includes a return track reversing the outbound leg such as the one shown below between Hawarden EGNR and Caernarfon EGCK crossing Snowdonia in North Wales the same mountain range will be shown twice the second being a mirror image of the first It is important to realise this when interpreting the diagram gig Ra FNYD Plan Elevation VFR Hawarden to Hawarden E Ej n planned a a MEF 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2 E Ground Distance nm Figure 54 A Mirrored profile for an
145. lose the Options window by clicking OK and return to the main window With FS9 loaded press the Connect button ve gt Lock Ens 1a C Connect Disconnect Free Flight Simulator Figure 116 Connected to FS9 On connecting the Plan G map will move so that your FS9 aircraft location is shown and a yellow User Aircraft Icon will appear If Al aircraft are in the area and as long as you have selected Al aircraft in the options panel to be displayed they will appear in Page 101 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 red If you are connected to VATSIM IVAO or other multiplayer server then Plan G displays other connected aircraft rather than Al aircraft but in blue rather than red You can now set up Trail Analysis import FS Weather data etc as described above which significantly enhances the value of Plan G If you get a connection error or a connection time out error the most likely reason is that you have not selected the correct connection option which must be FSUIPC on the Options page under the File tab Less commonly you may have installed FSUIPC incorrectly Be sure to read the FSUIPC installation instructions It has to be said though that FSUIPC is almost always trouble free in use so the problem is most likely to be something you have done or not done 18 2 Connecting to FSX With SmConnect With Plan G on the FSX PC there is no setup required in FS
146. make Plan Gv3 the essential Flightsimmers utility application As well as working with FS9 and FSX Plan Gv3 now interfaces with X Plane and with VATSIM if the user is connected to the Internet To avoid complicating the text unnecessarily where the words Flight Simulator appear in the text X Plane is included unless there is a specific difference between the behaviour of the Microsoft product and X Plane which is explained separately New features include creating separate aircraft performance profiles Quick flight plans IFR flight plans local KML amp KMZ bookmarking particular map views and a unique Radio Stack which simplifies changing frequencies especially if Plan G is run on a separate display to FS or X Plane Page 1 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 2 2 FEATURES Features Retained from Version 2 Supports FS9 and FSX Shows airspace airports and radio navaids on the map from Flight Sim data Configurable levels of detail objects displayed for each zoom setting Vertical Navigation profile requires additional Digital Elevation Model DEM download Fully editable flight plans can be saved in FSX or FS9 format pln or in Plan G s own format plg Existing FS plans and Plan Gv2 plans can be loaded and edited if required Flight plans can be reversed at the click of the mouse Flight Plans can be annotated and waypoints cross referenced to ground based radio navaids Eit
147. mation Region at high altitudes between airport approaches and departures In the UK the National Air Traffic Service NATS combines the London Terminal Control Centre LTCC and London Area Control Centre LACC at the Swanwick facility Centre is unticked by default at all zoom levels RPDM Airspace is shorthand for Restricted Prohibited Danger Areas and Military The latter are areas where the RAF does it s much of its training military low flying areas air to air refueling areas high altitude danger areas etc For VFR pilots these are not normally an issue and for IFR pilots IFR routes invariably avoid these areas RPDM Airspace is either bordered in red or coloured red with a red border and is switched off by default at all zoom levels In addition to the classified airspace there is a Special Use tick box Special Use includes Areas of Intense Aerial Activity AIAI which are also RAF training areas but where General Aviation traffic is not likely to cause too many problems Special Use airspace is coloured grey with a grey border and is switched off by default at all zoom levels The Airspace Colour Guide icon at the right of the Airspace ribbon area opens a window showing every classification of airspace and the boundary colours used in Plan G Page 41 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 10 5 10 6 As with the other marker pop ups you can also select the Airspace you wish to see by clicking the
148. most commonly used of those options for FS9 and FSX FS9 FS9 amp Plan G on FS9 amp Plan G on same PC network Connect with FSUIPC FSUIPC Network Mode Not used Not used FSX Computer Not used Not used Server Port Pipe Not used Not used esas deeem FSX amp Plan G on a IM on same PC AC enger network with FSUI PC SimConnect Connect with SimConnect SimConnect FSUIPC Network IPv4 Win XP Mode Not used IPv6 Vista W7 Not used IP Address 192 168 0 2 FSX ipealhibat etc Value must be Not used Computer same as SimConnect xml S Range 4500 to 4510 erver Not used Value must be same as Not used Port Pipe h SimConnect xml X Plane X Plane amp Plan G X Plane amp Plan G on on same PC network Connect with XPUI PC XPUIPC Note Connection Protocols are fully described in Section 17 2 If installing FS9 amp Plan G on a network you need Peter Dowson s WideFS as well as FSUIPC There are more details about WideFS in section 19 2 1 Page 26 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 8 7 6 The PFD Panel The PFD Panel option allows you to configure the Primary Flight Display window which will display primary flight instrument indications whenever Plan G is connected to an active FS session See Section 12 9 for details of using the PFD panel gt 417 Plan G3 v 3 0 0 35 Home Map Data View New Plan Select Op
149. mputers on a network that does not involve traversing a router It is required for link local IP6 addresses which start 19 3 5 Connected Close the Options window by clicking OK Now press the Connect button re wv GE anect Disconnect Free Flight Simulator Figure 126 Connected to FSX Lock nc After all the above you may feel that you have achieved a minor miracle The good news is that hopefully you only have to go through that process once unless you re install FSX or something equally drastic On connecting the Plan G map will move so that your FSX aircraft location is shown and a yellow User Aircraft Icon will appear If Al aircraft are in the area and as long as you have selected Al aircraft in the options panel to be displayed they will appear in red If you are connected to VATSIM IVAO or other multiplayer server then Plan G displays other connected aircraft rather than Al aircraft and in blue rather than in red Page 113 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 19 4 19 4 1 You can now set up Trail Analysis import FS Weather data etc as described above which significantly enhances the value of Plan G If you get a connection error or a connection time out error the most likely reason is that you have not configured Plan G with the correct SimConnect parameters on the Options page under the File tab Section 20 below deals with addressing SimConnect
150. n be a bit unnerving if you have Plan G in full screen mode as it can at first seem that your computer is not responding to mouse clicks on other running applications in the task bar Page 59 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 13 1 1 13 1 2 13 1 3 CONTEXT MENU OPTIONS Context menus with appropriate options are available in Plan G when you right click on various elements of the display Right Click on the Map If you right click on any part of the map a dropdown menu is displayed containing several commonly used functions The options available from the dropdown vary in accordance with the way in which Plan G is being used If the DEM Elevation files have not been loaded then the version on the left below is displayed If the relevant DEM elevation file does exist in the Plan G Files DEM folder then the version on the right is displayed which includes a spot height value Create User Waypoint Create User Waypoint QDM Range and Bearing Spot Elevation 56 ft Display Range Rings QDM Range and Bearing Hide Range Rings Display Range Rings Hide Range Rings Lock Info Panel Lock Info Panel Figure 68 Right Click Map Dropdown Menus If you right click on an Airport VOR or NDB etc the dropdown menus are changed to be appropriate for those features If Plan G is connected to FS or X Plane the right click menu has an additional option Move FS Aircraft to here Create User Waypoint You c
151. na nacos 60 13 1 3 Move FS Aircraft to Here sessi e hi eid ed de rbd dU ERA REMISE 60 13 1 4 Spot El VatiOn zin eee t te tete ee ees 61 13 1 5 Show Radial RH lora aa 61 13 1 6 QDM Range and Bearing cccccnocoooncncnoncnonononononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnss 61 13 1 7 Display and Hide Range Rings 62 I3 L 8 Eockinfo Paliela ors canes etude as ie ee Pbi e a AS 63 13 2 Right Click on an Airport cccocononococnnononnnonononnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 63 13 2 1 Start Flight Plan at Airport cccconncoononncnnnnnonononnnnnnnnnnnonanononnnnnnnnnnanonnnnos 64 13 2 2 Select Alternate Destination rir sant e Maa e ha Ra 64 13 2 3 Set COM NAV Frequencies cccsscccesssecsssecssseecssseecsseeecseeesseeecsseeeees 64 13 2 4 Show Airport DiagraM cccccnononononnnnnnnnonnnonnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnonnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnos 64 T9 33S SEHE Saa ia 65 13 2 6 Instrument Approaches ccccccononoooonnnnoncnononononnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnonnnnnnnnnos 65 13 2 METAR ANG DAE adio con 67 13 2 9 Other Selec OS eon D oeste teda taa d aede tet ee trente Deb iet 67 14 FUGHT PLAN Sii Cocteau dM ARS 68 14 1 Creating a Flight Plan Graphically cococoococonnccnonononoonnnnnnnnnnonrannnnnnnnnnnann nos 68 14 1 1 New Flight Plan erinnere rise ere a E e E e 68 14 1 2 Flight Conditions coconoocococccncnnononoonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnninnnnnnos 68 T4 TS Al cratb Profile e otim defit eer
152. name If the desired waypoint exists in the Plan G database as you type Plan G will find all relevant entries and display them below the entry line As you enter a few letters of the name or ICAO code Plan G will display only those entries in the database not starting with those letters but containing those letters from which the one required can be chosen Select the one you want often there will be only one if you enter a unique identifier by clicking on it to highlight it then click OK Clicking OK will insert it into the Plan table and show it on the Plan G map and will move the track line to match the order of entries in the table Moving and Deleting Waypoints You can of course move waypoints up or down in the table or delete them See section 14 3 3 above for details Save Your Edited Plan If you have edited your Flight Plan by adding or inserting new waypoints for example and wish to keep the original as well then go to the File Tab and select Save As select either a PLG or a PLN file and give the modified plan a new name Vertical Navigation Profiles User Defined VNAV Profile You can build a custom vertical navigation VNAV profile in Plan G if you wish At key waypoints where altitude is critical such as controlled airspace boundaries or high terrain you can fix the altitude to fly Load a flight plan and open the Plan Window Scroll across to the right of the plan to the Passing Alt col
153. nction to Locate an Airport 70 Figure 81 Right Click Dropdown Start Flight Plan from Here cccccconononocnnnnnnnonananonoss 70 Figure 82 Find Options Dropdown List ooooooooncccncnnnonononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnno nn nnnnnnnnonnnnnnn nos 70 Figure 83 Right click Dropdown Add Waypoint to Plan oooooooocccccncnonononcncnnnnnnnnnnanonoss 71 Figure 84 Insert Intermediate Waypoint esses enne enne nnns 71 Figure 85 Move your Aircraft but not to the Activel coccconnnconocnnnnnnonononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnananoss 72 Figure 86 Adding a Waypoint to the Plan Table occccccnonoocnnnnononnnnnnaonncnnnnonnonnnnnnnnnns 73 Figure 87 Flight Plan Waypoint Dropdown OptiONS ccccccconoooonnnononnnonnaannonnnnoncnnnnnnnnnoos 75 Figure 88 Position fix from two VORS ccccononococnncnoncnnconnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaninannnnns 75 Figure 89 The Wrong CAM coccoconccncnnonnnnnonnonnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnanannnnnnnos 76 Figure 90 The Quick Snippet Dialogue eeseseseseeen nennen nennen nnne nnns 77 Figure 91 Entry Text Format Error Alert oooooooocccccnnnonononnnnnnnnnnnnnannncnnnnnnnnnnan on nnne nnns 77 Figure 92 The Modified Route via Henstridge and Dunkeswell 77 Figure 93 Part of a Direct Route Popham to Perranporth ccoccccocnccncncnonononanonnnnnnnnanananoss 77 Figure 94 Inserting a WaYyPOINt
154. nd definitely NOT the active runway Note To use this option your plan must be exported to a PLN file first Set Airport Start Position 17 35 7 25 LO GATE 14 GATE SMALL GATE 13 GATE SMALL a GATE 12 GATE SMALL PARKING 1 RAMP CARGO GATE 9 GATE MEDIUM gt GATE 8 GATE MEDIUM GATE 7 GATE SMALL Sea GATE 6 GATE SMALL De cares GATE SMALL d Cancel 4 Figure 85 Move your Aircraft but not to the Active 14 1 8 Vertical Navigation Building a vertical navigation profile by adding passing altitudes cannot be done graphically but requires the parameters to be entered from the keyboard It can be done by entering the details in the Plan once the flight plan route has been completed graphically See section 14 4 below for full details 14 1 9 Notes Adding notes to a flight plan is carried out from the keyboard It can be done by entering the details in the Plan once the flight plan route has been completed Page 72 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 graphically Open the Plan Window Scroll across to the Notes column and double click the appropriate cell You can now enter free text to add any important information for that leg of the route The cell expands to accommodate the text entered 14 1 10 Save your Plan Once you are satisfied with the sequence of waypoints passing altitudes and notes in the Plan table save the plan as described in section 8
155. nection option for FSX It is more efficient faster and provides optimal control over the information available First Find Your Sim Section 8 7 1 above describes how to set up the locations in Plan G so that it knows where to get its Flight Simulator data This must be done before attempting connect the Sim to Plan G whether it be FS9 FSX or X Plane Connecting to FS9 from a Networked PC FS9 users will have to install Peter Dowson s free FSUIPC Flight Simulator Universal Inter Process Communication program http www schiratti com dowson html on the FS9 PC to be able to connect to Plan G You will also need to buy Peter Dowson s WideFS and use it with either with the freeware FS9 version of Peter Dowson s FSUIPC FSUIPC 3 or you can if you wish buy the full featured version of FSUIPC 3 FSUIPC 3 may be downloaded from http www schiratti com dowson html Peter Dowson provides very friendly and attentive support for his programs on this forum http forums simflight com viewforum php f 54 The FSUIPC3 installer program copies a file called FSUIPC DLL into the FS9 Modules folder along with the FSUIPC User Guide pdf When you next run FS9 after accepting the newly installed FSUIPC modules there will be a new FSUIPC entry in the Add Ons menu FSUIPCs first action will be to ask you to register the program If you simply want to use FSUIPC3 to connect FS9 to add on programs on the same PC you do not have to co
156. ning FS A Single Computer FS9 amp FSX The two directories Plan G needs to know about are Page 20 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 The main Flight Simulator directory which by default is C Program Files Microsoft Games but this is often changed by users during FS installation e g E FSX as shown in Figure 17 below The directory containing FS s scenery configuration file scenery cfg For Windows XP users this is usually C Documents and Settings lt user name gt Application Data Microsoft FSX For Windows Vista and Windows 7 users this is usually C Program Data Microsoft FSX In most cases these directories will be in these default locations and Plan G will be able to automatically locate the correct location but if your FS installation differs from the default you may need to point Plan G at the correct locations on your FS PC vd fl Plan G3 v 3 0 0 34 Home Map Data View New Plan Select Option Locations A Open FSX Program EAFSX Browse Units FSX Scenery cfg Browse Recent Sounds FS2004 Browse i FS Connection X Plane Browse Print EPS Panel Additional Scenery Locations Help User Aircraft s pa ES exit Weather General Add r gt il Plan G3 v 3 0 0 34 Qe Z E a A 0 New Plan Select Option Locations Open FSX Program CAFSX Browse zs Units FSX Scenery cfg Brow
157. nnananonononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 91 Figure 109 The Track to the Selected Alternate Airport essere 93 Figure 110 The Completed PlanN cccccononococnnonononnnoonnnnnnnnnnonnnanannnnnnnnnnonanan nn nnnnnnnnnnnna rocoso 93 Figure 111 Forney Aircoupe G ARHC Over Derwentwater in FSX oooooocccccocononnnncnnincnnnos 94 Figure 112 Heading towards Derwentwater in X Plane 9 coononcccocccccncnonononcnnnnnnnonnnnnnonnos 95 Figure 113 Connected to FS Plan G can display a lot of valuable data about your O eee Sv antea het a ea brc etu Med ML A t E 98 Figure 114 Put the file XPUIPC xpl in X PlaneMesources Plugins eeese 100 Figure 115 File Options FS Connection Tab for FS9 ooooccccoccnoconanooonanonnnnonnnnnononononnononnos 101 Figure 116 Connected to FO eei ee id e Ete ee YE ehe Ridens 101 Figure 117 SimConnect Settings for a Single PC Using Pipe sees 102 Figure 118 SimConnect Settings for a Single PC Using IPv4 eeeeeeeeeeeeees 103 Figure 119 SimConnect Settings for a Single PC Using IPv6 seeseeeeeeeeees 103 Figure 120 Connected to FSX with SimConnect cccconooccccnononcncnononnnnnnanoncnonononanonoonnnnnnnnos 103 Figure 121 XPUIPC is used with X Plane ooooooocccccccnoconononnnnoncnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnncnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 105 Figure 122 Connected to X Plane with XPUIPC ceeccccesssntecesestececssseeeeeesseeeeeeseaeeeeeees
158. ntinue with registration of the program Page 107 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 19 2 1 19 2 2 WideFS In addition you will need a second Peter Dowson program called WideFS which installs a server portion WideServer dll on the FS9 PC and a client portion WideClient exe on the Network PC WideFS is available from http www schiratti com dowson html Note that in contrast to FSUIPC WideFS is not free and must be purchased and registered using an access key There is an option to buy the registered version of FSUIPC and WideFS as a bundle which costs less than the two purchased separately Note that for FS9 you must buy the FS9 specific version Follow the instructions in the WideFS User Guide a pdf document to install the client and server portions along with their configuration files WideServer ini on the FS9 PC and WideClient ini on the Network PC The two ini configuration files have to be edited to match your two PC names and IP addresses One of the WideFS installation options is to place an icon on your desktop This is strongly recommended that you do that so that you don t forget to start it whenever you want to run FS9 and Plan G on separate PCs Connection Steps After the installation and configuration of FSUIPC and WideFS you will be able to run FS9 on the FS9 PC and Plan G on the Network PC There is just one extra step in the procedure than for connecting on the same PC 11 St
159. o FS9 from a Networked PC cooooncocococccccncnonononcnnnnnnnnnnanannnnnnnonon 107 19 2 1 o Anetta esta etos ons A on a iaa 108 932 2 Connection Steps acide A oreet ee ado ah gee edges aun 108 19 3 Connecting to FSX from a Networked PC with SimConnect 109 19 3 1 Creating a SimConnect xml file for the IPv4 Protocol 109 19 3 2 Creating a SimConnect xml file for the IPv6 Protocol 110 19 3 3 Modifying an Existing a SimConnect xml file ssse 112 19 3 4 Configure the SimConnect Settings in Plan G uuueese 112 A cce dte A ei etatis ets 113 19 4 Connecting to FSX from a Networked PC with FSUIPC ssse 114 vi of vii Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 19 41 IES a QE 114 19 4 2 Connection Steps ooooococcnnncnnnnoninnnnconnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonocnnnnnnnnonnnanacnnancnnnnns 115 19 5 Connecting to X Plane from a Networked PC with XPUIPC 115 20 MORE ON SIMCONNECT cutis 119 20 1 EM di OT asm 120 20 27 NA 121 21 APPENDICES 123 21 1 Appendix 1 Table of Illustrations sese 123 212 Appendix 2 Support aeu En eH 127 21 3 Appendix 3 Acknowledgements sese 127 po E INN NN vii of vii S e Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012
160. oftware co uk 21 3 Appendix 3 Acknowledgements Many people have contributed to testing Plan G but the ones below deserve a special mention for the very significant contribution they have made over a long period Adam Micheals Alex Feldstein Andrew Godden bman Benjamin Claude Bouissiere Cristiano Tagliabue Dave Belsey Don Fraser Edge Fenric Frank Turley Gary Shaw Geoff Cooper Geoffrey Shipton Glen Coyne John Fail Jeff Schallenberg Joe Morrison John Lygo Keith Dangerfield Ken Alger Ken Pratt Norman Dean Paul Donnelly Pete Allnutt Peter Dodds Roddymod Ruth McTighe Thomas Hawk Tom Earl Vic Baron Page 127 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Servinfo Files My thanks to Michael Frantzeskakis the author of Servinfo for permission to include certain files with Plan G Localisation At the time of writing Plan G has been localised into French German and Italian We would like to extend our thanks to the following people for their translation expertise Marc Berthomeux Rejean Essiambre J rg Dannenberg Cristiano Tagliabue If you have the necessary linguistic skills and would like to help translate Plan G into other languages please get in touch via the forum This Manual Our thanks are also gratefully extended to Peter Allnutt and Mark Brown for assistance with those sections of this Manual which deal with the interface of Plan G with X Plane Document
161. oggles hidden or displayed mode If Auto hide is enabled The ribbon is auto hidden in this way on first installation Page 15 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Minimize the Ribbon Ctrl F1 Show or hide the Ribbon When the Ribbon is hidden only the tab names are shown Figure 13 The Minimise the Ribbon icon and Tooltip Double clicking any of the tabs except the File tab will also auto hide the ribbon Double clicking a tab again will display the relevant ribbon and switch off the auto hide feature Page 16 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 8 1 8 2 THE ALE MENU IN DETAIL The File Menu isn t a ribbon but a page with a vertical sidebar menu The page default function is to display the last ten flight plans created or opened A pushpin icon on the right of each of these ten most recent flight plans allows the selected flight plan to remain in the Recent files list while other flight plans may change as new flights are created All ten can be selected to be pinned if desired A red cross icon will delete that entry from the list but it does not delete the flight plan itself New Plan Selecting New Plan closes the menu and returns the user to the main map window where a new plan can be created as described in Section 14 below Open Selecting the open option opens the Windows folder which contains all the Plan G data By default this
162. ome Window If you right click an airport on the map and select Show Airport Diagram second option from the dropdown the Aerodrome Diagram is displayed Aerodrome Luton EGGW Aerodrome Luton EGGW EGGW Luton London United Kingdom Elev 524 ft MagVar 2 0 W Rwy 08 26 2218m x 46m Asphalt CAT III ILS DME 26 ILJ 109 15 MHz 256 CAT III ILS DME 08 ILTN 109 15 MHz 076 Approach LUTON 128 75 MHz Approach LUTON 129 55 Mhz ATIS EGGW 120 575 MHz Approach LUTON 226 725 MHz Approach LONDON T9775 MHz Ground LUTON 121 75 MHz Tower LUTON 13 MHz Figure 57 Airport Diagram Figure 58 Airport Diagram Window Window with Overlay If you click the small blue Information icon at the bottom left of the window the relevant information for that airport is displayed as an overlay on the Airport diagram No airspace or naviad information is included in this option to see that detail you have to use the Information Window See Section 12 5 above The Weather Window With Plan G connected to FSX FS9 and showing the user aircraft position the Weather drop down data expander reads the weather data from FS9 FSX and shows everything that FSX FS9 knows about the weather conditions for the current flight This FSX FS9 weather data may be the built in weather themes user modified weather weather from an online server such as VATSIM or IVAO if connected to such a server or real wor
163. on or aircraft symbol displays a tootip showing details of the connected position or flight It functions therefore in a similar way to the map view of Servinfo and Vatspy Page 36 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 10 THE MAP RIBBON IN DETAIL The map Ribbon allows the user to configure the level of detail shown on the map User Configured Settings At every zoom level the default structure is designed to maintain the speed of map refreshing by turning off more and more detail as you zoom out However the settings for each item can be user configured for each zoom level to be displayed or hidden according to preference Ay CN ICAO Airspace 7 Centre Figure 34 The Map Ribbon User configured settings for each zoom level are set using the Marker pop up boxes There is a marker pop up for each of the groups Airports Navaids Airspace and User Waypoints which is opened by clicking the small diagonal arrow shaped launcher button at the bottom right of each section Change the values as required and close the Pop up Plan G3 v 3 0 0 38 7 ICAO Airspace C RDPM Airspace L Centre Airport Marker Options Display Large Airports v Medium Airports Small Airports Helipads
164. one PC and it is highly unlikely that you will experience any loss of FSX performance In the FSX window top frame the wording will now have changed to FSX with Wideserver 1 connected All the additional data features mentioned above for connecting to FS will be available in an identical way to connecting with only one PC and it is highly unlikely that you will experience any loss of FSX performance Disconnect Fr Flight Simulator Figure 127 FSX Connected via FSUI PC Connecting to X Plane from a Networked PC with XPUIPC Connecting to X Plane from a Networked PC with XPUIPC is very simple indeed gt Sync Lock Page 115 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 If you wish to enable Plan G to build a database from your X Plane system you need to make sure your X Plane folder is shared with allow changes ticked See your windows help system for how to do this if unsure However You may find it simpler to install an extra copy of Plan G on your Flight Simulator PC and build the database s there You can then copy the Plan G Files Data folder across to your networked PC Then put the file XPUIPC xpl in X Plane Resources Plugins exactly as for a single PC setup JC ME Vista C X Plane9 00 Beta 1 Resources plugins gt 4 ms D L Organize Views y dk Burn Name Date modified Type Size Le PluginAdmin 31 05 12 15 41 File Folder DataRefs
165. ong will it take from here to get to the final destination e Time to Waypoint e Heading to Waypoint Page 27 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 8 7 7 User Aircraft This page sets up options about your own aircraft Firstly you can choose whether to display your own aircraft or not You have the ability to show your flight trail or track made good what it is called depends on who you talk to You can change the colour and line width if the defaults are not to your liking You can also record and save your trail for future analysis Practice those overhead joins or procedural turns and then see what flight profile you actually achieved against the neat version on the approach chart Note that flight trail display and recording is selected On by default when Plan G is first installed The three radio buttons Free Sync and Lock describe how the yellow user aircraft behaves in relation to the map These functions are also available and the option can be changed from the Home ribbon The tooltips describe exactly the behaviour in each case Select Option Locations Units Sounds FS Connection Print 6PS Panel Plan G3 v 3 0 0 35 User Aircraft Parameters Aircraft Y Display F6 Refresh Rate seconds 5 Map Sync Free Sync Lock Update TAS from FS Breadcrumb Trail 4 Show Trail Y Log Trail Colour Magenta Am z width 3 v Radio Stac
166. onnect version 1 0 gt lt Descr gt SimConnect Server Configuration lt Descr gt lt Filename gt SimConnect xml lt Filename gt lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt Example Global remote IPv6 Server Configuration lt SimConnect Comm gt lt Disabled gt True lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt IPv6 lt Protocol gt Scope link local Scope lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Address gt 1 lt Address gt lt Port gt REPLACE_WITH_PORT_NUMBER lt Port gt lt SimConnect Comm gt Example Global remote IPv4 Server Confugurdtion lt SimConnect Comm gt lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt IPv4 lt Protocol gt Page 121 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 lt Scope gt global lt Scope gt lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Address gt 192 168 1 200 lt Address gt SET TO THE IP ADDRESS OF THE FSX PC lt Port gt 4500 lt Port gt SET TO A VALUE BETWEEN 4500 AND 4510 gt MaxRcvSize 4096 MaxRcvSize lt DisableNagle gt False lt DisableNagle gt SimConnect Comm Example Local Pipe Server Configuration gt lt SimConnect Comm gt lt Disabled gt False lt Disabled gt lt Protocol gt Pipe lt Protocol gt lt Scope gt local lt Scope gt lt MaxClients gt 64 lt MaxClients gt lt Port gt LEAVE BLANK lt Port gt lt SimConnect Comm gt
167. or short flights Upper airways are reserved for larger jets on long flights and are not provided in Plan G By default intersections and Lower Airways are not displayed at any zoom level 10 4 FSX amp FS9 Airspace Airspace options are selected via the tickboxes in the Airspace Layer Options pop up which is opened by clicking the small icon at the lower right corner of the Airspace section of the Ribbon All airspace is classified according to a system defined by ICAO The table below provides an overview of the classes and the specifications for each Plan G displays Classes A to E if the ICAO Airspace tick box is ticked Classes F amp G are commonly referred to as the Open F I R Flight Information Region and is principally the domain of light aircraft microlights balloons etc Most commercial flights and all heavy category aircraft almost exclusively conduct their flights in Controlled Airspace CAS under ATC control When planning your flights it is essential to know therefore where you can and cannot go and Plan G provides the information Airspace Layer Options Display Minimum Zoom Maximum Zoom ICAO Airspace 7 7 26 Centre 4 Ed RDPM Airspace 8 25 Special Use 8 25 Above 10 000 Below 10 000 Figure 38 Airspace Layer Options In addition Plan G can show controlled airspace either below 10 000ft for VFR traffic above 10 000ft for IFR traffic
168. or the flight plan Each selectable option includes a description When you select an option the preview is displayed with a series of small icons at the top of the print preview window to set the page parameters before printing e g whole page page width etc Each icon has a tooltip so you can quickly select which one you need You can of course print both map and flight plan and they print sequentially Once the options have been set clicking the small printer icon will open the familiar Windows Print window so you can select all the usual options portrait landscape colour greyscale bordered borderless etc Clicking the Print button in that window will start the printout If no flight plan has been loaded or newly created the Flightplan print button is greyed out l e Plan G3 VFR Rand to Warmbaths Home Map New Plan Print 7 e E EI EI El J Open Page 1 f bel Save As Print Current Map Sg Prints the current Map display with preview Recent Click the printer button on the preview to print Flight Plan Rand FAGM to Warmbaths FAWA Export m True Airspeed 100 Kts Wind from 000 at 0 kts Suggested Altitude 2000 ft print Waypoint Dist Alt G Spd Track Heading Time Help RU click the pri a NI RM om kts TeMes Magnetic him TUR MEF FAGM Rand FACR Carletonville 4s m 2609 2772 2779 0 26 E3 exit FARG Rustenburg 43 3 p 3555 0127 129 0 26 PNV PILA
169. ort lt ICAO Code gt to plan Figure 74 above has been deliberately chosen to display almost all of the possible dropdown menu options If the information is not available for an airport then that option is not included in the menu If as in the example a VOR is located at the airport then the option Add VOR will also be included in the menu options Select Altemate Destination What if you arrive at your destination and you cannot land there In the real world there can be many reasons for this but in FS especially when flying on line with VATSIM or IVAO etc there may be an aircraft already on the runway which does not move as you fly your final approach You clearly have to land somewhere and that is what the Alternate box is for in the online flying pilot client flight plans though it does not feature in FS created flight plans If you select this option an additional line but in red is drawn on the plan from your destination to the airport you select as your alternate Importantly because you don t want to be doing this while going around because of that unmoving aircraft on the runway the plan displayed in the Plan Window includes the distance heading and time etc to your alternate from your destination The line of data for the destination to alternate leg is shown in red Note The alternate heading and distance is always calculated from your destination because standard aeronautical practice worldwi
170. ove or below which you wish to insert a new waypoint Select either Insert Waypoint Above or Insert Waypoint Below according to where you wish to insert the new waypoint This pops up an Insert Waypoint dialogue where you can select the type of waypoint to be inserted Airport VOR NDB User Waypoint Flight Plan CXA Pitt Meadows to McBride E Waypoint Description Heading M Time Dist nm Track M Track T 6 S kts MEF Passing Alt ATA XRef1 XRef2 Notes CYPK Pitt Meadows 341 0 0 000 000 100 0 CBK6 Quesnellake 358 125 2075 358 om 100 9000 BCO3 BCO3 009 11 17 8 009 031 100 8000 BCO 8 048 068 00 8000 Centre on Map CXAI 4 61 035 055 100 9800 BCO Move Waypoint Up 12 19 6 007 026 100 9800 3 CAV Move Waypoint Down 4 7 2 316 335 100 9400 Insert Waypoint Above Star Insert Waypoint Below s Altitude 10800ft Suggested Altitude 10800ft Total Distance 271 9 nm Total Time 2 44 TAS Rename U Insert a new waypoint below this one Cross References T Pana Insert Quick Snippet Insert Snippet file Add Alternate Delete Waypoint Set Author X CycP Figure 94 I nserting a Waypoint Page 78 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 14 4 3 14 4 4 14 5 14 5 1 14 5 2 The waypoint to be inserted can be found either by its ICAO code or by its
171. ox In the tag box you could enter your initials to indicate that it is one of your user created waypoints Click OK and observe the small green waypoint circle appear on the plan If it doesn t show drag the map a small amount and it will be displayed as the map refreshes Now you can add another leg to the plan Right click your new waypoint and Select the option Add user waypoint KESWIK Keswick Town to the Plan Note that the newly added track line goes over some impressive looking high ground It is in fact Skiddaw at 3 052 feet the aq highest mountain in England If you have downloaded the Digital Elevation Model DEM tiles from the NGDC GLOBE website at http www ngdc noaa gov mgg topo gltiles html you can now look at what this means in terms of vertical navigation See section 12 3 for details of DEM If you haven t downloaded the DEM tile for the UK you really ought to It adds a great feature to Plan G You need tile B filename b10g gz which covers 9096 of the UK Page 86 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 So you now have the DEM info installed Open the View Ribbon by clicking the View tab and tick the Plan Elevation Tick box at the top left of the ribbon Whoa That is some mountain in UK terms anyway 24 nautical miles en route Note the Maximum Elevation Figure MEF You will now realise why the planned altitude was 4 000 feet Now zoom the
172. p during the flight and saved as an International Gliding Convention IGC file IGC files are an international standard recording protocol designed for use in competitive gliding but which can be used to record any flight The log records the callsign of the aircraft flown the flightpath elevation and elapsed time If you wish to analyse a flight afterwards and automatic logging is enabled then you can reload that flight and examine it Select the File tab then Open and select the sub folder of Plan G Files Click the Aircraft Breadcrumb Trail Files 1GC from the file type dropdown box at the lower right of the Trail Files Folder window A list of your saved logs is displayed from which you can select the one you wish to view E D CO lo gt PeterDodds Documents Plan G Files Trail 4 Search Tra P 5 Organize y New folder gt M G9 Fr Favorites fme BE Desktop J Downloads J Dropbox E E Recent Places RE Desktop A Libraries L Documents a Music i Pictures Pilot Pete B Videos 2 Homegroup X File name Plan G Flight plan files plg FSX FS9 Flight plan files pln ht X Plane FMS flight plan files fms aupa White Hack SR L3 dl A V Q re NENNEN Figure 60 Loading a Logged Flight Trail Page 54 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 When the trail loads it takes a few seconds it
173. pens select your existing CSV file Duplicate records are removed If you import a CSV file of Airport Data the data is again merged and duplicate records are removed In a similar manner you can export Airspace data from FSX or FS9 As mentioned above this can be imported into Plan G when an X Plane database is active to populate the map with airspace data which doesn t exist in X Plane The X Plane files are not changed The FSX airspace file contains over 21 000 records and the file size is approximately 8Mb Be careful not to reimport the file into FSX otherwise the records are duplicated If you select Clear the Airspace data in Plan G is cleared ready for importing fresh data If you are going to re import the Airspace csv file then it is important that you click Clear first to avoid this duplication problem Managing the User Waypoint Database To view the User Waypoint database and manage it directly adding editing or deleting waypoints open the Data Ribbon at the top of Plan G and select the Manage Database button The Manage User Waypoints window will open Manage User Waypoints Name Identifier Latitude Longitude Elev ft Variation Aircraft Carrier Fleet Fleet 27 20212173 153 6355591 0 3488 Yandi Mine 2 YANDI2 22 73090744 119 1038132 1972 358 33 E Obstacle 2nd Severn Bridge Joins EGTG201 New Severn 5157086182 2 691502094 0 3 41 Glider aaatest aoa 56 28529739 10 5436134
174. pproach as this saves time overall The codes below the Transitions divider in the lower half of the Approaches window may be 2 3 4or 5 characters and are the ICAO identifiers for the transition points Typically if a transition point is an NDB it will be two letters a VOR three letters and so on If you click on one of the Transition Points then the blue line gains an extra line which is the lead in from the Transition point to the Initial Approach Fix IAF and continuing on to the FAP It may be a procedural turn which is typically teardrop shaped or an inbound track from a VOR to the FAP Approach HKMO fel VORDME 03 a VORDME 21 3 ILS 21 NDB 21 GPS 03 GPS 21 Transitions 1 MOV Add to Plan Clear Figure 77 Lead in Procedural Turn to the MOV VOR Transition Point The transition points are the points at which your en route navigation ceases and you begin to fly the Instrument Approach Procedure IAP or the procedure as it is popularly known Transition points will always be a VOR an NDB or an intersection see section 10 3 above for an explanation of an intersection If the transition point is an NDB or VOR located on the airfield e g Manchester then the procedure will be a procedural turn If as is sometimes found there is an NDB on the runway extended centreline and approximately 3 nautical miles from the threshold e g East Page 66 of 128
175. r languages Here are a few simple rules about this file and xml in general 1 Thereis no error trapping Make a typing error and it simply won t work but it won t crash your computer either 2 Allspace characters and new lines are ignored so you can have as many as you like 3 Every Command opening tag tag must have an equivalent closing tag lt tag gt 4 Each Profile of the file defining a different protocol starts SimConnect Comm and ends lt SimConnect Comm gt so you can see in the examples below several such Profiles in the one file 5 The whole file must start with the header in red in examples below and end with the closing tag also in red 6 The opening tag and the closing tag enclose text which is ignored so you can put any comment you like between those tags to explain to yourself when looking at the code years later what it means 7 If you get it wrong you cannot harm your PC But do seek expert help if necessary to avoid hours of frustration There are three data transfer protocols which may be used Pipe IPv4 and iPv6 Pipe is normally used for internal communications within a PC IPv4 is used by Windows XP by default and earlier versions of Windows IPv6 is available in Windows Vista and Windows 7 and may be installed in Windows XP if you wish Page 119 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 You need to Enable the one you want to use by making sur
176. rameters A Open Locations General Swa Ae Connect With SimConnect FSUIPQ XPUIPC ur rus Units Recent SimConnect Settings Sounds Network Mode O 1Pv4 IPv6 Pipe s Server Port Pipe o mo EPS Panel Figure 131 XPUIPC is used with X Plane Next start XPWideClient The window shown in Figure 133 below will be displayed on your Plan G PC desktop Useful Tip On your Plan G PC you will have a shortcut on your desktop to Plan G Why not put a shortcut to XPWideClient exe alongside it as shown below MELENA Figure 132 XPWideClient Desktop Shortcut on Plan G PC Finally start X Plane As loading of X Plane nears completion the XPUIPC window changes to that shown in Figure 134 below Page 117 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 ES FS98MAIN Es fom Bl Fsosmain JE File Help Try to connect to 192 168 0 5 Connected to 192 168 0 5 Figure 133 XPUIPC Running Figure 134 XPUIPC Connected If you return to the Plan G Home ribbon and click the Connect icon the your aircraft will be displayed on the map and all the functionality of Plan G described in this manual will be available Flight Simulator Figure 135 Connected to X Plane with XPUIPC The text Flight Simulator below the Connect Disconnect buttons does not mean you are connected to Microsoft Flight Simulator but to a Flight Simulator the word is used generically in this instance You will be connected to
177. re not used The FS Connection Parameters dialogue can also be accessed by clicking the small diagonal arrow shaped launcher button in the Flight Simulator connections tab of the Home ribbon below the Lock Sync Free buttons at the right Now close the Options window by clicking OK and return to the main window Page 104 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 th bil gt Plan G3 v Home Map Data View New Plan Select Option FS Connection Parameters Open Locations General Seve Connect With SimConnect FSUIPQ Q XPUIPC e i Units Recent SimConnect Settings Network Mode O IPv4 IPv6 Pipe FSX Computer localhost Server Port Pi o Print i3 6PS Panel Figure 121 XPUIPC is used with X Plane If you return to the Plan G Home ribbon and click the Connect icon the your aircraft will be displayed on the map and all the functionality of Plan G described in this manual will be available Flight Simulator Figure 122 Connected to X Plane with XPUI PC The text Flight Simulator below the Connect Disconnect buttons does not mean you are connected to Microsoft Flight Simulator but to a Flight Simulator the word is used generically in this instance You will be connected to X Plane of course If either the Sync or Lock option is selected then on connecting the Plan G map will move so that it is centred at the location saved in the X Plane flight yo
178. rule the default settings are optimum for most users but invariably each will have their own preferences The View Ribbon allows the user to filter unwanted general display features with the ability to turn them on or off as they wish d A uis Plan G3 v 3 0 0 36 Home Map Data View 20 Map Graticule Emm 8 AE ENCON Y Map Overlays T i Mi Plan Plan Information Aerodrome Weather Trail PFD Radios Traffic VATSIM Zoom Zoom Keep Elevation Analysis Out In 12 ontop Show Hide Controls Zoom Window Figure 49 The View Ribbon Map Graticule The Map can be displayed with a grid if desired by ticking the higher of the two tickboxes at the top left of the ribbon This tickbox toggles on or off the graticule This option is unticked by default Map Ovenays This option is ticked by default All the overlay features can be switched off by unticking the lower tickbox If you want to just look at the map without any aeronautical information displayed at all click this tick box to remove the tick Click again to replace the tick and all the overlay data is redisplayed The ten control icons to the right of these tickboxes each opens a pop up window showing additional information to that provided on the map by default The next section of the ribbon controls the zoom level and the final section will lock or unlock any selected control window so that it remains on top of all other windows or not when Plan G is minimised or overlaid wit
179. s they are not used If all is well close the Options window by clicking OK and return to the Home ribbon window Now press the Connect button On connecting the Plan G map will move so that your FSX aircraft location is shown in the centre and a yellow User Aircraft Icon will appear If Al aircraft are in the area and as long as you have selected Al aircraft in the options panel to be displayed they will appear in red If you are connected to VATSIM IVAO or other multiplayer server then Plan G displays other connected aircraft rather than AI aircraft but in blue rather than red You can now set up Trail Analysis import FS Weather data etc as described above which significantly enhances the value of Plan G If you get a connection error or a connection time out error the most likely reason is that you have not selected the correct connection option which must be FSUIPC on the Options page under the File tab Less commonly you may have set up FSUIPC incorrectly Be sure to read the FSUIPC installation instructions It has to be said though that FSUIPC is almost always trouble free in use so the problem is most likely to be something you have done or not done Connecting to X Plane With X Plane running start the Plan G program From the File tab select Options from the menu and then FS Connection select XPUIPC as the connection method There is no need to change any of the other parameters they a
180. s XP and Windows Vista are different so be careful to map to the correct location Unlike setting up Locations on a single PC Plan G cannot automatically find FSX on a network so it is important that you point Plan G at the correct locations on your FS PC Some PCs won t reveal the target of the networked drive to Plan G and other applications it isn t a Plan G problem The only solution of which TA Software is aware is to go to My Computer locate the network drive and open that drive in Windows Explorer i e just open the folder to view the contents no more than that You can then close the window Once that is done Plan G will be able to find your networked drive by its drive letter The problem has only been identified in Plan G when building a new database following a new release Once this trick has been done once Plan G always does seem to be able to find the necessary drive and its database when you start it up afterwards Adding Additional Scenery Locations The Additional Scenery Locations box enables the Microsoft FS9 or FSX user to include scenery which has been removed from the scenery cfg file but the files themselves are still in place on the system Some scenery managers switch scenery entries in or out according which region is being used and therefore the scenery cfg file may never actually contain the entire scenery library at any one time By specifying additional locations in this box which are to be added
181. se Recent Sounds FS2004 Browse s Open FS Connection X Plane E gt Computer OS C ProgramData Microsoft FSX wv I se FS Print EPS Panel Additional S eU di 7 z 2 E Organize New folder E 1 e Help User Aircraft E Recent Places Name Date modified Type Options Traffic BI Desktop 4 Unspecified 4 E exit Weather 3 Libraries de Facilities 1 11 2 Documents de SceneryCache 1 112 General Ha E gt SceneryIndexes Add E Pictures E Scenery CFG 15 02 12 00 24 CFG File 20 KB El Pilot Pete E videos 2 Homegroup Josh UOSH PC UB Peter Dodds 1 Computer Figure 18 Browsing for the Location of Scenery CFG The scenery configuration file C ProgramData Microsoft FSxX scenery cfg links Plan G to the default scenery and any third party airstrip scenery you have installed Make sure you have installed your scenery properly and make sure any airstrips you have installed can be found within the Flight Simulator airports list Be careful not to point Page 21 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 Plan G at the scenery cfg file to be found in the FS directory itself This is an FS generated backup copy and is often not up to date B Single Computer X Plane There is only one X Plane directory Plan G needs to know about which is the location of X Plane exe The default location is C X Plane but being user configurable it may be different from that Clic
182. section 12 3 above then Plan G will display the elevation above sea level of the point which has been right clicked as the second item on the right click dropdown menu 13 1 5 Show Radial If you right click on a VOR or NDB rather than an undefined point on the map a Show Radial option is included in the dropdown menu When Show Radial is selected A small sub menu appears which allows you enter a radial and distance FROM that navaid On clicking OK the radial line is displayed on the map as a thin purple line You can repeat this multiple times from the same or other navaids allowing you to plot the intersection data of a point you may wish to fly to A single Clear All Radials option on the dropdown menu will remove all radial lines from the map Radials are entered and displayed are in degrees magnetic A checkbox allows you to select the radial as inbound which shows the radial line TO the navaid from the point the specified distance from it 13 L6 QDM Range and Bearing In the early days of radio when transmission was carried out entirely in morse code the Q Code was a series of letter groups starting with Q each of which had a specific meaning A few including QNH QFE and QDM are still used in aviation QDM means What is the Range and Bearing TO a distant point FROM a fixed origin For completeness you should know that the Bearing FROM a distant point to the origin usually your aircraft is QDR It
183. side of the shoreline 6 So why not fly over Birkdale Sands a beach airstrip which was first used for pleasure flights as long ago as 1919 http www seftoncoast org uk articles O1winter aviation html 7 Right click Birkdale Sands airstrip EGCO to add it to your plan The track line now goes from Marshside VRP to Woodvale then back to Birkdale Sands a zigzag line which is not what you want So open the Plan Window from the View ribbon and right click the new Birkdale Sands entry and select Move waypoint up Now Birkdale Sands appears before Woodvale and your route is restored to something sensible 8 Look now about 2 5 miles south of Woodvale See the red line running horizontally across the map Move the mouse to that line and read the information in the Information Window Here you are at 4 000 feet Is there something you need to do Controlled Airspace You are now getting close to Liverpool and things will change rapidly You have planned to enjoy a leisurely flight with that great sense of freedom which flying real or virtual brings but what you will now have to plan for is controlled airspace and procedures If you plan to fly on line you will quite possibly have an ATC position manned someone to talk to and give you instructions You should be familiar with correct ATC phraseology if you are planning to fly this route on line Manchester TMA Class A 3500 you should have read in the Information Window in Se
184. sused y POI El Glider E Helipad Location vre El useri amp D Water A Obstacle IFR O user 2 User Waypoints Figure 100 User Waypoint Type Symbols The waypoint is saved in the User Waypoint Database which can be manipulated in a similar way to a spreadsheet see Section 11 4 below Go to the Data tab click on Manage User Waypoints to open the User Waypoint Database as shown in Figure 101 below Page 82 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 points Eee wg Category Name Identifier Latitude Longitude Elev ft Variation Tag Notes Disused Tealing Disused Tealing 56 52050018 2 96866703 367 455 uk 2 Obstacle Tees South Joins 1714518 Tees 54 5929184 1167016983 3 336 UK Airstrip Teewah Teewah 26 3142662 153 0446167 3 349 19 OZQLD SE Lake Cootharaba Obstacle Telecom Tower BT Tower 551958084 0 1366667 105 242 UK POI Temple of Karnak Luxor 2571858978 32 65723419 240 356 99 Egypt Disused Templeton Disused Templeton 5175817108 4 75283289 256 427 uk Disused Tempsford Disused Templesfd 52 15517044 0 259666711 171 257 UK POI The Olga Hills Olgas 25 3238730040447 130 664270019531 0 439 oz Almost as spectacular as Ayers Rock Uluru POI The Pyramids Pyramids 29 97586632 3113121986 128 356 75 Egypt vae THELWELL VIADUCT
185. t 4506 is already in use Changing it in that case for Plan G to 4505 is quite sufficient but don t forget to make the same change in the Plan G From the File tab select Options from the menu and then FS Connection Enter the changed port number in the Server Port Pipe dialogue box The range of port values which you can use is from 4500 to 4510 inclusive Technical Note IPv6 addresses are 128 bit hexadecimal numbers Each pair of bytes octets is separated by a colon viz ab32 12cd But they can be shorthanded so you would rarely have to write out the full string e Leading Os in a pair can be omitted 34d is the same as 034d e Pairs that are all Os can be omitted E3D7 0000 0000 0000 51F4 can be written as E3D7 51F4 but you can only do that once per ip e Site Local fec through fef is the IP6 equivalent to the IP4 192 168 and 10 0 private subnets ie they are not propagated onto the Internet They will pass through routers so can span an entire organisation e Link Local fe8 through feb are also private addresses like 192 168 etc that don t get propagated to the Internet BUT they restricted to a single LAN so they will not pass through a router There is a checksum at the end of the address 11 or 13 etc This does not form part of the address More information about IPv6 is available at http ipv6int net systems windows xp ipv6 html Page 111 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 201
186. t the center of the runway intersections Page 95 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 8 Goto Environment Date amp Time Set a suitable time and date for a daylight VFR flight 9 Save the flight to avoid having to reset the many parameters such as QNH and weather and you can easily get back to this position if you need to 10 Start up taxi to the active and enjoy your flight over England s highest mountains to England s second most famous city Note In X Plane non hard surfaces are generally best avoided for starting up or parking as the effect of soft ground is exaggerated Page 96 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 17 17 1 CONNECTION TO MS FLIGHT SIMULATOR OR X PLANE Plan G can be connected to a running Microsoft Flight Simulator MSFS or X Plane session either on the same machine or on another PC connected via a local area network When Plan G is connected to MSFS the Weather PFD Panel Radio Stack Traffic amp Trail Analysis View Windows functions are enabled In addition the user s aircraft and any Al aircraft or other aircraft in a Multiplayer environment are also displayed The status bar at the bottom of the map shows the basic flight data When X Plane is connected to Plan G the same data can be displayed except weather which in this case comes from the U S National Weather Service Your aircraft and any Al aircraft or other aircraft in a Multiplayer env
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188. th the user defined options on the Map ribbon The Pop up Windows When the main View tab is selected the ribbon shows a row of ten icons which are links to ten floating pop up windows They can be opened closed resized and moved as the user prefers Each of these windows covers one of the following topics e Plan e Plan Elevation e Information e Aerodrome e Weather e Trail Analysis e PFD e Radios e Traffic e VATSIM The tabular Flight Plan itself The terrain profile and vertical navigation profile if the requisite Digital Elevation Model DEM files have been downloaded and installed Displays textual data about controlled airspace and other details If you right click an airport on the map and select Show Airport Chart from the drop down The aerodrome chart runways and taxiways is displayed beneath the Aerodrome tag When connected to FS shows the FS weather for the nearest weather station to the aircraft and the en route weather This FS weather may of course be external real weather depending on the source being used by FS itself Displays a vertical profile of the currently selected trail shown on the main map Displays five of the standard six pack flight instruments which are fitted directly in front of the pilot in most modern aircraft before the advent of glass cockpits The missing one is the Attitude indicator Displays a conventional NAV COM Radio Stack window
189. tion Finder ADF d A Descent Profile Indicator These features are only available however if a flight plan is loaded and Plan G is connected to Flight Simulator 12 10 1 Direction Indicator Most virtual pilots should be familiar with a DI This one is identical to that found in your aircraft except that it doesn t precess with time If precession is not a term you are familiar with look up Direction Indicator Precession on the internet and read all about it The DI compass rose shows the magnetic heading you are flying against the red lubber line at the top Page 56 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 12 10 2 Course Deviation Indicator The yellow needle and the central bar form a CDI with a slight difference It isn t tuned to a VOR but is indicating your deviation from the flight plan track line displayed on the map The sensitivity varies with distance from destination Full Scale Deflection FSD for various distances is shown in the table below Distance from Waypoint Sensitivity More than 35nm FSD 5nm from track Between 2nm and 35nm FSD 1 2nm from track Less than 2nm FSD 0 25nm from track This is the same as the sensitivity of an ILS localiser so is very precise 12 10 3 Automatic Direction Finder This is an ADF with a difference The small green arrow works exactly like an ADF tuned to an NDB but it points directly to your next waypoint It is not influenced by thun
190. tion GPS Panel J Open Locations Air Speed Indicator VNAV 3 Target Altitude enis Max Airspeed 200 Kts 1000 f Above Waypoint w Recent Sounds 7 Target Position Course Deviation Export EEEE CDISensitivity 3 nm Before Waypoint y Auto za VNAV Profile Waypoint ETE Display 500 ft min Help User Aircraft Upper Distance to Waypt v es inimums Options Traffic Lower ETE Dest x o f PN ES exit Weather General Figure 23 PFD Panel Configuration Page Max Airspeed Determines the displayed range 0 to lt value gt of the Airspeed Indicator CDI Sensitivity This is the course deviation that can be tolerated before Plan G will update the CDI bar Choices are deviation from flight plan track e Auto e 5nm e 1 25nm e 0 5nm VNAV Targets VNAV Profile VNAV stands for Vertical Navigation more familiar to those who fly high and need to plan how to get down than the VFR flyer cruising at 2000 feet IFR pilots must descend at a rate not less than 500 feet per minute so the profile value is important too These parameters determine where and when Plan G will issue its popup warning windows to alert the pilot to his progress along the planned route Waypoint ETE Display These two selections determine the additional information Plan G displays at the top and bottom of the GPS panel Choices are e Distance to Waypoint e ETE Estimated Time En Route to Destination how l
191. to be flying IFR and you need the Instrument Approach Charts or Approach Plates Plan G can save you the trouble looking for those approach plates for planning as you will see However this manual isn t going to tell you how to fly the procedure but just how to complete your plan to landing The procedure starts at the LPL NDB so you can fly direct from Woodvale to the NDB No need to go via Seaforth which is the VFR route because you are now flying IFR 1 First add the LPL NDB to your plan 2 Delete the waypoint Liverpool Seaforth from your plan by right clicking it s entry and selecting Delete Waypoint It is no longer relevant Jy 1 Transitions 1 LPL 2 LPL Y esmere fa bof 4 Add to Plan Clear ha cry Figure 108 Instrument Approach Procedure 3 Right click on Liverpool Airport and select Instrument Approaches Select ILS 27 from the pop up window 4 Clickonthe transition 2 LPL which is the one for Category A aircraft that s you in your Cessna and the procedure is displayed on the map Page 91 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 The blue line indicates the approach path on the ILS passing over the LPL NDB The red line is the missed approach procedure It uses tighter radius turns and shorter distances but is otherwise the same as 1 LPL If you select 1 LPL temporarily you can see the difference 16 6 VNAV Profile 16 7
192. to save the plan as an FSX flight plan which FS can use in it s Flight Planner and GPS pln file an FS9 flight plan pln file as an X Plane 9 or 10 Flight Plan FMS or as a Plan G plan snippet snip file or to save a plan with a different name Snippet files are typically a short flight plans containing two or three consecutive waypoints which if saved as type snip can be inserted into other flight plans See Section 14 3 6 for details of how to use snippets Plan G specific features passing altitudes notes cross references etc are not saved in PLN files You must use Save as and save your plan as a PLG if you wish to preserve this extra information Note that the FS9 flight planning tool treats user waypoints as intersections Although user waypoints can be added to FS9 flight plans in Plan G they cannot be added directly to a flight plan within FS9 e il Plan Home Map Data View New Plan Select file type 4 Open ki Save As Flight Simulator X Flightplan export Recent FS Export p Flight Simulator 2004 Flightplan export Print S Help gt X Plane 9 10 FMS Flightplan export Options ES ES Exit w gt Plan Plan Snippet export zi Figure 15 The Flight Plan Export Options Page 18 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 8 5 8 6 Print There are three print options in all though only two are shown on this screen to print the map
193. u are loading and a yellow User Aircraft Icon will appear If Al aircraft are in the area and as long as you have selected Al aircraft in the options panel to be displayed they will appear in red If you are connected to VATSIM IVAO or other multiplayer server then Plan G displays other connected aircraft rather than AI aircraft but in blue rather than red You can now set up Trail Analysis described above which significantly enhances the value of Plan G Because FSUIPC and XPUIPC were created by different authors there are some differences in the functionality between them Some features in Plan G may therefore be disabled or operate differently in X Plane from MSFS XPUIPC is regularly updated you should check the source site http www tosi online de XPUIPC XPUIPC html from time to time for updates Be sure to read the XPUIPC installation instructions It has to be said though that XPUIPC is almost always trouble free in use so the problem is most likely to be something you have done or not done If you get a connection error or a connection time out error the most likely reason is that you have either not selected the correct connection option which must be XPUIPC in the File Options window or you have entered an invalid Ipv4 address for your PC in XPWideClient ini Most people allow their internet router to assign an Ipv4 address automatically and if this is the case and there is more than one device connected to the rout
194. u need to turn the Omni bearing selector OBS until the TO flag is displayed and the CDI needle is centred Note the bearing indicated at the top of the instrument Turn the OBS again until the Plan G QDM is indicated and fly a closing heading until the CDI needle is again centred Observe the distance on the DME instrument and turn onto the QDM heading keeping the CDI needle centred until the Plan G distance is displayed on the DME Then you will be at the waypoint For example the Plan G QDM is 262 and you are flying heading 030 Turn the OBS to 262 turn the aircraft 90 to it 352 and then turn heading 262 as the needle starts to centre see section 13 1 5 above for an explanation of Q codes When using two NDBs for cross references Plan G is a bit smarter than real world NDBs because it provides distance information which real world NDBs do not If you use two NDBs in the real world your fix is provided entirely by the intersection of the two indicated ADF bearings Warning Make sure if you enter an ICAO code that you have selected the correct waypoint type In the flight plan below someone selected CAM for the Cambridge NDB but from the VOR table and got a silly result 2 895 3nm The CAM VOR happens to be near Schenectady New York State USA not near Cambridge England It is the CAM NDB which is on Cambridge UK Aerodrome and which makes a good cross reference for Duxford
195. u select Clear the overlay is removed from the map Note Opening a KML overlay does not remove any existing overlays You can have more than one displayed at a time The Clear command however will clear all KML overlays from the display Be aware that loading and display of KML files may be quite slow on some systems which could make it seem as if Plan G has stopped working Connect Disconnect This very important option requires initial configuration and is described fully in section 14 3 below Map Panning Control If the user is connected to Flight Simulator the Plan G map display update can be controlled in one of three ways e Lock The User Aircraft remains in the centre of the map area and the map moves as the aircraft progress through the flight This is very processor intensive and may slow the computer down The map refreshes every 5 seconds by default e Sync When the User Aircraft reaches the edge of the map area the map refreshes with the aircraft now in the centre of the map area e Free The aircraft moves independently of the map display and may fly off the edge of the displayed map Dragging the map will bring the aircraft back into view VATSIM Selecting this option will display all VATSIM controller positions which are active the boundaries of the airspace they cover Tower Approach Centre etc and small blue aircraft symbols for all connected pilots Hovering the mouse over a connected positi
196. umn Double click the appropriate cell in the column and enter the desired altitude Enter the value without a comma separator for 000s although if you do include a comma separator Plan G will remove it If you now open the Plan Elevation window you will see your Vertical Navigation Profile displayed as a solid orange line If the Plan Elevation Window is open when you enter passing altitudes the VNAV profile is not displayed until you close and reopen it Default VNAV Profile If you choose not to build a vertical navigation profile Plan G builds a default one anyway based on the diagram below Plan G calculates a Top of Descent ToD point based on your altitude and true airspeed For example if you are flying at 120 knots 2nm per minute at 3 000ft and the rate of descent is set at 500ft per minute then to descend to 1000ft will take 4 minutes in which time you will have travelled 8 nautical miles The target position is normally 1000ft above the destination and 3 miles before it i e at circuit height and in a comfortable position to join the visual circuit So the ToD point in this case would be 11nm from your destination Page 79 of 128 Plan G User Manual V 3 1 061 October 2012 One minute before the ToD point an alert sound and popup message One minute to VNAV Profile is displayed In the example above this would be 13nm before touchdown One minute to VNAV profile Flight Altitude
197. utton Clicking the icon top half of button activates the default action in this case Find Airport Clicking on the lower half of the button drops down a list of objects you can search for If the searched for item exists in your simulator s database it will be found and the map will centre on it If the item does not exist Plan G does nothing You can select Cancel to return to the map view or enter some search text that Plan G can find Search text is NOT case sensitive The filters at the bottom of the selection screen are used to narrow your search if you do not know the precise location you are looking for If you know an airport s ICAO code it is best to enter this in the appropriate box as this is of course a unique identifier e Find Airport Search by ICAO code by airport name or by city name e Find NDB Search by 3 letter identifier or by name or partial name e Find VOR Search by 3 letter identifier or by name or partial name e Find User Waypoint User Waypoints are other points of interest that can be created by the user and added to a Plan G database e Address is the option you select to plan a flight over your home in MSFS anyway Enter the address and Plan G will move the map centre to that address It may be used to find any address in the world although it is only as precise as the data the mapmakers can provide so entering 137 Lansdowne Road South Perth displays just the city of Perth and its surroundin
198. w if the Plan G window is contracted in width to less than the minimum length of the ribbon Ail Plan G3 v 3 0 0 38 Home Map Data View E Large Helipads z VORs E ISEC Y ICAO Airspace RDPM Airspace Disused E Medium FloatPlane Bases MJ NDBs ISEC unnamed C Centre Special Use on x EY ILS LOC Airspace E Small Z Farm Strips C Lower Airways Colour Guide Wai Obstacle IFR Airports Navaids Airspace User Waypoints Figure 3 The Menu Ribbon for the Map Tab Plan G3 v 3 0 0 38 Data View Helipads Y VORs ISEC Y ICAO Airspace 7 RDPM Airspace loatPlane Bases Y NDBs E ISEC unnamed TJ Centre C Special Use ILS LOC Lower Airways Colour Guide Navaids Airspace Figure 4 Menu Ribbon Scroll Bars 6 1 The Quick Access Toolbar By default this toolbar contains three items However ANY button on any of the ribbons can be added to the Quick Access Toolbar by right clicking and selecting Add to Quick Access Toolbar View T o A Fu Find Start Altitude Airspeed Winds Aircraft Position Profile Find Flight Plan Figure 5 Quick Access Toolbar The default icons are from the left The Yellow Aeroplane icon moves resizes minimises or maximises the whole Plan G window The Blank Page icon clears any elements of a flight plan in memory allowing a fresh start The File Open icon opens the My Documents VPlan G Files folder allow
199. za E E Figure 30 Cruising Figure 31 Cruising Airspeed Altitude Window Window Airspeed Your planned airspeed is entered here so that Plan G can calculate the duration of each leg and the complete flight Plan G uses true airspeed not indicated airspeed If you then change for a faster aircraft in FSX FS9 after creating your plan you will have to manually change your estimated true airspeed here With a flight plan open changing true airspeed recalculates the leg times and the flight total elapsed time Winds A wind value entered in this window will be used to calculate the heading required to maintain your planned track If a wind value is entered Plan G will also calculate and display your ground speed If you are connected to FS9 FSX and provided you have Update local ticked in File Options Weather then the FS9 FSX wind will be automatically passed to Plan G for use in flight plan calculations as well as being displayed in the top left corner of the map and in the Winds dialogue box when you open it VFR IFR A flight is conducted either under Visual Flight Rules or Instrument Flight Rules These buttons select the flight rules and the plan will estimate a suitable altitude taking flight rules into account Quick Clicking the bow and arrow icon officially called the direct to icon by GPS manufacturers reveals a neat feature for a quick and dirty A to B plan Enter the ICAO codes for departure and destination

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