Lukemeister 6 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Hi all, I'm currently looking at purchasing PFPX after reading the review here. I use the Airbus X and ActiveSky 2012. At the moment, I go to the free RouteFinder site to get my waypoints, enter them in the Airbus FMC and have a guess at the SIDS/STARS from the FMC list. So a few questions 1) Does PFPX do most things automatically, such as choosing a flight level, entering the SIDS/STARS for me, giving me a runway for landing while planning? Ideally I want to give it two airports, and for it to do all the hard work. 2) Does it export this info seamlessly? 3) How does it work AS 2012, I suppose weather is weather, but what if the data fed to AS is different to what's being fed to PFPX? 4) Does it automatically work out fuel loadings and actually load it for me? Thanks guys Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 I haven't tried PFPX myself yet, but there's a very comprehensive review here on the Hangar that might answer some or all of your questions. http://www.mutleyshangar.com/reviews/bc/pfpx/pfpx.htm Link to post Share on other sites
Kasper 14 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Here are my answers based on my experience with PFPX 1 - yes 2 - for supported products it does so, for others it does not. Aerosoft Airbus Exended is supported, the original Airbus X is not. 3- AS 2012 has no influence at PFPX - at least not without some configuration on your part. Default PFPX has its own weather servers it uses for flight planning. As with all planning reality can be different once you actually are in flight - but that is no different than planning with the data from AS2012. With each update the weather changes. 4 - It does work out fuel needed for planned flights for supported planes but does not load them. Link to post Share on other sites
Lukemeister 6 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Thanks Stu & Kasper. I have signed up to SimBrief for the time being to get the basics, then i'll probably move on to PFPX. Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Luke... I apologize for pointing you to a source you had already spent your time reading.. I was browsing on my iPhone while eating my dinner and totally missed the fact that you already had read it... Link to post Share on other sites
Lukemeister 6 Posted April 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 That's ok Stu, thanks for taking the time to try and help out! Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 http://www.flightsimsoft.com/downloads/Manual_PFPX_en_web.pdf Before moving up, I would suggest downloading (and reading) the full manual, obtainable from the above URL. Cheers, Bruce a.k.a. brian747 Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Further to the above, you might also find it helpful to watch the latest PFPX videos. Here are the links to the English versions (I understand that they're also available in Spanish) — Installation and setup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLizA1mm7eE Basic flight planning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzMgIEoemfE Advanced topics (TOPCAT, ETOPS, etc.): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDfAs6QmjbE B. Link to post Share on other sites
jaydor 345 Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Further to the above, you might also find it helpful to watch the latest PFPX videos. Here are the links to the English versions (I understand that they're also available in Spanish) — B. Do they do them in Welsh/Cymru? :D Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 <grin> Not as far as I'm aware, James — sorry. (Incidentally, these aren't the "official" PFPX vids that have been around for some time, they're new ones made more recently by a knowledgeable user). And the guy that made them is Spanish, I assume.... Cheers, B. Link to post Share on other sites
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