Website readabilty and "Export Flightplan" feature

[mattbaker]

Hi there,

I've been thinking about buying the premium vroute version, but one thing stops me from doing so: nowhere on the website is explicitly said what aircraft types are fully supported for fuel calculation and flightplan export. There is this one pdf, but who knows if its up to date?

So I suggest you create a list of all officially supported acft and put it on the website, so every new customer knows what hes buying himself into.

In my personal case, I am looking for a Wilco ERJ145 and Airbus Series Flightplan export feature, if that already exists, I'm in

[Michal Rok]

Hi,

The latest list of airplanes supported in Fuel Calculation is in this forum - every new aircraft supported is announced at viewforum.php?f=12.

For the export formats, here's the current set:



Basically, we're not in the business of removing features from software . My job is to add new features, so in the worst case you will get more than you expected. If something is not listed in the export formats, I can add it - provided you send me some sample plans and I will check if they are reasonably easy to produce.


Michal

[mattbaker]

Well thats good to hear, I'll try to get you some ERJ and Airbus files from Wilco, hope you can get something out of them. I'll just upload them to megaupload, or if you wish you can give me your email.

Dziekuje for the answer and looking forward to be premium soon,
Pascal

[mattbaker]

And here you go http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YQUO4LA4.

I haven't spotted those two plane series in the Fuel Mania section though. Are the ERJ145 and Wilco Airbus Series 1 (A319-A321) supported by the programm?

*EDIT: Just found the A319. Will the rest follow soon?

[Michal Rok]

Matt,

The .rte files seem not so hard to implement except one small problem - there is an airport ID which I do not have. Attached is a file without airport IDs. Would you be able to test if it works, please?

The .nz2k.fpl are even easier as there is no information that I would not have. So I can produce those files quite quickly. Can you remind me which specific wilco products (exact names) read those files?

For the fuel mania, please see the forum for FAQ on adding new aircraft to fuel calculation.


Michal

[mattbaker]

Hi Michal,

I just loaded the flightplan with the missing ID's, there seems to be no problem with the FMC, it accepts the FP.


The add-ons are the Wilco Airbus Series 1 (I got deluxe, don't know if that makes any difference in the fp-system though) and the Wilco ERJ 145 Pilot in Command (Regional Jets), not the Legacy. In fact I think they use the same FMC and same flightplans, but I don't know that for sure either.

Thanks for your awesome service, I guess I'll get my mothers credit card details now

[Michal Rok]

Wilco Airbus and ERJ export formats are now supported. Here are two files produced by vroute - please check if they work OK and let me know.


Michal

ps. Wilco ERJ145 is supported in fuel calculation since quite some time - I missed it in FuelMania forum because it was supported before the forum even existed.

[mattbaker]

Hey,

I just created a route with vroute, from EDDH to EDDF. FMC recognized it, I selected it, but when trying to choose a SID, the FMC tells me there are none, same with the STARs.



Problem was reproduced with another route. Any ideas to how i could get my SIDs back? Cause if I create (type in) my own flightplan, the SIDs are available.

[Michal Rok]

Can you please email me two routes in Wilco format, one produced by vroute (the one that caused SID/STAR problems) and separately an identical route manually created in Wilco, where SID/STARs work? I'd be very interested to compare these two files...



Michal

[joschmid]

Hi Michal,

I just was curious, whether you received the two files from matt. Background is, that I am in the same situation, so I am
a) interested in any solution and
b) can you provide with two files to compare
So if you would like to, just leave me a short message (or email) whether I can help

Thanks in advance
regards
Jochen

[Michal Rok]

Jochen,

If I recall correctly the problem, the conclusion was that I am not able to produce externally from Wilco a file with proper reference to local database of airports on your computer, as required by Wilco. The same problem occurs with files downloaded from i.e. other Wilco users or generated by other programs, such as FSBuild.


Michal

[joschmid]

Hi Michal,

thanks for your answer. I made some investigations yesterday. I am quite confident, that its caused by the "waypoint-index" of the airports, which is dependent on the local installation of the navaid-database, so no chance for a global software. So I will do some additional tests, but more or less I think this case is closed.

Best regards
Jochen