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  1. skyLOGX: Your "push-button" navigation log

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    Update v2 beta b09042015

     

    # added aircraft profile with a separate W&B page for Antonov An-2 by SibWings;

    # added options for copying, pasting, selecting and deleting text upon clicking on right mouse button on SkyVector import module's "Route" box;

    # fixed a small bug which would include the departure or destination airport to the "Nearby Airports" list;

    # improved calculations for WCA, magnetic variance, ground speed, NM/gal, start-up and taxi fuel;

    # improved W&B calculations for all aircraft types;

    # added W&B sheets protection;

    # added a comment informing users about user-cells;

    # small UI improvements.

     

    A complete list of changes from v1.0 will be published upon stable release.

     

    Now yo can get almost all information necessary for a successful sim-flight and convert your flight plans generated by FSX/P3D or Plan-G (in PLN format) to Google Earth KML and/or SkyVector format. The reversed conversion between flight plan formats is also possible. Before you ask, to make a navlog using SkyVector:

     

    1. Goto SkyVector.com and make your flight plan.

    2. When finished, click on the "Link" button at the top right corner of the screen and copy/paste the provided URL (in full) to skyLOGX's "SkyVector Import Module".

    3. Hit "Load" to create a log.

     

    I've tested skyLOGX in Excel 2007 / 2010 for 32-bit Windows platforms but I hope it will also work on higher versions of MS Excel. To avoid potential runtime errors, however, I highly recommend (!) getting all necessary updates from Microsoft's Office Update.

     


     

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    Thanks!

  2. skyLOGX: Your "push-button" navigation log

    in General

    Posted

    Hi there,

     

    New stable version 1.0.0 is ready for download with the following changelog:

     

    Version 1.0.0 b28012015

     

    ++ added full support for A2A Cessna 182T Skylane including calculation of TAS, climb/cruise fuel consumption, as well as a separate weight and balance model

    ++ magnetic declination tables updated to IGRF12 Model (2015-2019)

    ++ small performance improvements and clean-up of the code

     

    Version 0.9.3 b04012015

     

    ++ improved climb and trip fuel calculation depending on varying flight altitudes and OAT, according to POH

    ++ improved validation of cells containing date (Y7), time (P7), and BHP % (N9) values

    ++ users can now set desired Zulu (UTC/GMT) or sunrise/sunset times by changing values of cells P7 and Y7 without reloading the flight plan

    ++ improved flight plan validation

    ++ fixed weather data representation and associated runtime errors

     

    Version 0.9.2 b28122014

     

    ++ improved cell formatting

    ++ improved sunrise/sunset calculations now fully compatible with NOAA Solar Calculator (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/)

    ++ improved TAS calculation based on varying aircraft weight

    ++ improved GMT/UTC time calculations

    ++ added ability to fetch weather data from the nearest METAR station, if no station available at departure and/or destination locations

    ++ added ability to use flight plans starting and ending at the same location

    ++ added section showing total number of way-points, average ground speed, and landing weight

    ++ added new expandable data file "mtr.xlsm" containing global METAR stations

    ++ added legend for flight categories

    ++ fixed rounding errors

    ++ fixed GC distance and GC course calculation for flights starting and ending at the same location

    ++ fixed depiction of weather data relevant to departure and destination locations on the FlightPlan sheet

    ++ fixed printing of the log document

    ++ fixed calculation of departure/arrival times

     

    Prerequisites:

    * Microsoft Excel 2007 or higher

    * MSXML parser 4.0 SP3 or higher

    * Enabled macros

    * FSX/P3D flight plan (in XML format). See a sample flight plan dispatched with the archive

    * Stable Internet connection

    * Free Time Zone API key from World Weather Online. This is basically required to ensure correct time calculations. You'll be requested to enter you API key upon the first launch of application.

     

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  3. skyLOGX: Your "push-button" navigation log

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    This is for those of you who love to hop in "bush wilderness" aboard A2A Simulations' amazing Cessna 172R Training.
     
    We are not always satisfied with what we're being offered. So am I! As an avid virtual bush flyer, I've tried many navigation logs till now but each of them lacked this or that feature. So, I've decided to make my own. Here is the result of this challenge - it took me quite a while to get what I want but I hope you'll like it too.
     
    skyLOGX [skaɪ lɒdʒɪks] is a VBA-based Excel spreadsheet application to ease your pre-flight workload with A2A C172R although with slight modification in programming routine, the logic can be applied to any fixed-pitch propeller aircraft. Actually, I'm planning to release similar apps for Piper Cherokee 180 and the recently released Cessna 182 Skylane, both from A2A. Stay tuned! 
     
    I've tried to keep user interaction as simple as possible - you essentially need to load your FSX/P3D flight plan and skyLOGX will do the rest for you.
     
    There is no user manual currently (the user interface is quite intuitive, actually) and some improvements must be done before I release the stable version but I'm planning to further develop the app, if I can see a reasonable interest from the user community and spare some time from my real-world obligations, of course... :)
     
    A couple of notes on user interaction although I've tried to make UI as friendly as possible:
    • you can enter data to any of the "user cells" with green font colour.
    • hovering over cells with red triangle at upper right corner will reveal some useful tips.
    • you're absolutely free to add, edit or delete data to/from the files inside "data" folder provided that the format and location of files are kept intact. Think of these files as freely expandable user database.
    • currently skyLOGX is NOT compatible with the freeware Open Office Calc / Libre Office Calc due to their poor support for VBA-macros. But I'll check the feasibility of Calc version in future...
    Keeping short, please try skyLOGX and, most importantly, SHARE your thoughts, wishes, complaints, etc! I'm always open to constructive discussion. Currently, all discussion goes on relevant A2A Forum, so make sure to check that link once in a while.
     
    Prerequisites:
     
    * Microsoft Excel 2007 or higher
    * Enabled macros
    * FSX/P3D flight plan (in XML format). See a sample flight plan inside the ZIP archive
    * Stable Internet connection
    * Free Time Zone API key from World Weather Online. This is basically required to ensure correct time calculations. You'll be requested to enter you API key upon the first launch of application.
     
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    Vüqar Quliyev
    vquliyev [at] gmail [dot] com

  5. Aerosoft Beaver X interiors

    in General Aviation (GA) and Corporate

    Posted

    Captains,

     

    I'm looking for a set of "bushy" interiors for my Beaver - I miss those greasy fingerprints on the panel, some dirt on the floor, and that winking pinup lady next to the radio stack, you know... :)

     

    I checked with Avsim but most of them are exterior textures. Any clue?

     

    Thanks!

     

    Rustam

     

    PS: While I'm here, don't forget to check these "masterpieces" too: http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=root&Name=&FileName=&Author=burkhardt&DLID=&Sort=Added&ScanMode=0&Go=Change+View

  6. Limit jobs to a single country

    in Air Hauler

    Posted

    Duncan,

     

    Thank you for your contribution and detailed explanation! As a developer myself, I do understand the challenges you're facing - this is just to make sure that I won't be the player blaming AH2. :)

    What you'd achieved so far with AH1 is already a blessing for our community!

     

    Thanks!

  7. Limit jobs to a single country

    in Air Hauler

    Posted

    Just come visit us in Sweden Victor...

     

    We're a nice bunch..   ;)

     

    Oh, and if you are flying in Norway, beware if you get a job going to ENRA.. That's one tricky airport to get into...

     

    Lol... :) Yeah, you got my number. Indeed, since my base is in Hamar, I got tons of svenska assignments anyway ... 

    And btw, ENRA sounds good after what I saw on a downwind to rwy23 Petersbourg (PAPG) under a snowy stormy evening a couple of weeks ago... :P Brrrr....

     

     

    brett, on 10 Dec 2013 - 11:04 AM, said:

     

    What are you carrying that you don't want to cross borders, afraid the jail time will be longer or that extradition takes to long?  :P

     

     

    Smuggling a few buckets of Baltic caviar through the Swedish border (originally planned DCT St.Petersbourg, Russia)... Hope Mike doesn't read this...  :)

  11. Limit jobs to a single country

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    Posted

    Captains,

     

    The title says it all - really, is it possible?

     

    The US is big and a single job 200nm away from the base is not a big deal. But there are countries such as Norway or Switzerland which you can easily fly from one end to another in a couple of hours and even in C172. 

    On the other hand, it seems more real to me for a startup hauler to make flights within the base country first, and some time later to extend the services to neighboring countries.

     

    I tried to make distances shorter through Options but since my base (ENHA) is not far from the border, some of the jobs are reaching the territory of Sweden anyway.

     

    Any advice how I can make AH to get me right?

     

    Thanks!

  13. Jim's beauty in Montana

    in Screenshots

    Posted

    You are very welcome mate - I do notice some blurries on the plane though? Do you have your TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD = 4096 in the config? I found if it is not that then the textures on the minor details look a bit blurred.

     

    Either way as long as you are satisfied mate then I am happy too :) Nice to see someone using one of my creations

     

    Thanks,

    Jim

     

    Thank YOU! :)

     

    Yes, I got my fsx.cfg tweaked and TML=4096. That blurry is probably due to XnView - my screen capturing tool. I'm not a screenshot professional - just open it, take a shot, crop to upload size and that's it! So, please bear with me... :)

     

    Oh, almost forgot... Keep it up, mate!

  19. REX lets me down again

    in Flight Simulator X (FSX) / FSX Steam Edition

    Posted

    I did it an easy way: installed REX on a separate drive since I was planning to rarely use it anyway (also to refrain from defragging rarely used REX textures continuously, as opposed to FSX folder).

    Then, I used these settings (scroll down to the end of post) and injected the textures... That's it! :)

    It's still on my drive in case I change my mood and want to recolour the skies but for weather I definitely use Opus - particularly like its wind shear and crosswind FX immediately before touchdown... 

  20. Newbie here...

    in Air Hauler

    Posted

    Thank you, Sir!

     

    Just completed my first successful flight from Petersburg to Juneau. It's 6:30am here...

    My bird's sitting on the ramp while I'm unloading fresh Petersburg poultry delivered for Juneau's gourmet restaurants and trying to cheer up a poor guy behind the scales who ain't happy freezing his ass on the ramp just because he gotta share a company of a Petersburger freight dog waiting for a forklifter boy to pick stinky meat up to his truck...  :D

  24. AirHaulers -> AirHaulics - June, 2010

    in Air Hauler

    Posted

    Thank you, John - that's a great startup tutorial for a newbie like me... :)

     

    Apart from debiting 100K (?) for opening a new base at PAPG in Career mode (versus 10K in your post above), everything sounds and behaves nice so far...

     

    PS: Btw, I think it's worth getting all these tutorials/articles scattered around here under a single/sticky thread maybe...

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