J G 927 Posted December 30, 2017 Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 My new years pesolution this new year is to log all my flight hours. To this end I have found and downloaded a small program called "Pilots Logbook". Itt is a simple enough program that lets you log each flight with the following information: Flight Airplane Departure Date Time Airport Arrival Date Time Airport Length (Calculated field) Aircraft Catetgory Single Engine Multi Engine TMG MLA Pilot Function PIC Dual PIC Name Instructor The information under Flight is self explanatory, but I have a problem in understanding some of the rest: In the: Aircraft category: Single Engine and Multi Engine I am happy with and I assume that you can have only one or the other. TMG - I dont know what this is and also dont understand what values or text I should enter into the field MLA - As TMG The fields in Aircraft category are all small and this seems to indicate that they are numericor Yes/No in nature. Pilot function: PIC is Pilot in command - I assume a value goes here and will reflect something about the flight in terms oof the PIC and Instructor names which are entered below it can anyone clarify? Dual - I am not sure what this means. Is it air time where some of it was instructor and some pupil? is it an "and" or an "or" with PIC? PIC and Dual are both small fields and this seems to indicate that they are numeric or Yes/No in nature. PIC Name and Instructor name are obvious, but seem to indicate that PIC and Dual are values that contain information about the two names. Any guidence on completing this form would be great. I guess some here will know all I need to know and I am sure the answers are simple. If you want to look at the progeam it can be found in the MS apps store woth a search on "Pilots Logbook" Thanks, JG. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted December 30, 2017 Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 Hey JG, the flight sim logs everything you need anyway, I have just purchased in the Simmarket sale a neat little program called Flight Simulator Logbook editor here is a link http://secure.simmarket.com/mouseviator-flight-simulator-logbook-editor-fsxfs2004p3d.phtml it's on sale at the moment until tomorrow night €8.64. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted December 30, 2017 Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 Just had a look at your program= TMG = Touring Motor Glider MLA = Micro Light Aircraft When you start the log, the aircraft types inherit a dropdown and you can choose 1 for true or zero for false. It's very limited it looks like it will let you select all four. The question about the pilot function is quite straight forward, PIC: Pilot in Command, Dual: Pilot under instruction, Instructor: Instructor. Again these fields will be a 1 or a 0. In summary, an Excel spreadsheet can do better than this Link to post Share on other sites
IZ0JUB 162 Posted December 30, 2017 Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) There are loads of FREE Pilot Log Books out there, https://myflightbook.com/logbook/default.aspx http://www.crewlogbook.com http://easypilotlogbook.com https://www.flylogio.com Edited December 30, 2017 by IZ0JUB 1 Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted December 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 Thanks both very helpful. With the information from you Joe I now understand the S/W is crap. Thanks Izo, I will look at the links you supplied😊 Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted December 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 3 hours ago, mutley said: Hey JG, the flight sim logs everything you need anyway, I have just purchased in the Simmarket sale a neat little program called Flight Simulator Logbook editor here is a link http://secure.simmarket.com/mouseviator-flight-simulator-logbook-editor-fsxfs2004p3d.phtml it's on sale at the moment until tomorrow night €8.64. This looks interesting. Can you point it at FSX and P3D? Would you need 2 installs if you have both? Link to post Share on other sites
IZ0JUB 162 Posted December 30, 2017 Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) This is FREE and works in FSX and P3D https://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=logbook+&CatID=root&Sort=Added&ScanMode=0&Page=1 Edited December 30, 2017 by IZ0JUB 1 Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted December 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 Forget the last post, I have see a page that allows you to point it at a specific sim. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,315 Posted December 30, 2017 Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 7 hours ago, mutley said: Hey JG, the flight sim logs everything you need anyway, I have just purchased in the Simmarket sale a neat little program called Flight Simulator Logbook editor here is a link http://secure.simmarket.com/mouseviator-flight-simulator-logbook-editor-fsxfs2004p3d.phtml it's on sale at the moment until tomorrow night €8.64. What's the deal with the 'Log" tab not computing the aircraft because of there not being a User category? Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 I've not come across that one yet Brett. I fully expect there is something incorrect or missing from the aircraft.cfg file? Edit: These aren't standard aircraft they look imported, look in the aircraft.cfg for an entry or "ui_typerole=" it should be something like"Twin Engine Prop" or "Single Engine Prop" if the config file doesn't have the ui_typerole attribute then add it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 great find Joe, good price to, just installed, picked up my XP and P3D sims, had a few flights of 0 miles to delete, ones used for testing but other than that all good......seems to work ok up to now......also your post above makes sense.... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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