Aeroplanner -- YUCK!

dmccormack

dmccormack

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I've been trying to use AeroPlanner as a test case -- it's worthless. :mad:

The AOPA Flight Planner is much better, but one missing element is Google Earth view.

Runwayfinder is ok, but not as good for actual nav log.
 
I actually prefer skyvector over runwayfinder for quick and dirty flight planning. Stitched charts are great but sometimes you have to look at the legend :green: :rofl: plus there are more features for actual planning eg speed/time and click to add.

AOPAs product serves me well for a full functioned planner. Of course I end up using Foreflight on the iPhone more often than not.
 
alaskaflyer said:
I actually prefer skyvector over runwayfinder for quick and dirty flight planning. Stitched charts are great but sometimes you have to look at the legend :green: :rofl: plus there are more features for actual planning eg speed/time and click to add.
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For most uses, yes - But RunwayFinder does two key things that SkyVector does not:

1) Range ring around an airport. Try typing in "KOSH:100" on RunwayFinder. Can be quite useful for many things.

2) Showing an entire route line, with charts, on the screen at once. With Skyvector, if you cross onto a different sectional on the route, you can't do this.

That said, I do use Skyvector more often too.
 
flyingcheesehead said:
For most uses, yes - But RunwayFinder does two key things that SkyVector does not:

1) Range ring around an airport. Try typing in "KOSH:100" on RunwayFinder. Can be quite useful for many things.
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Neat trick! Useful for planning X/C flights (> 50NM) or ensuring the straight line distance for various ratings flights (Commercial requirement, for instance) exceed the minimum from your home 'drome.
 
I haven't been back to skyvector since I started using runwayfinder. Skyvector was always slower, and the not being able to see all the charts at once.
 
I use both, as either one has advantages. I like the stitched charts on Runwayfinder, and the range circle is cool (helps with task planning for glider flights). I also like to have the whole chart with legends available on Skyvector. Anoter cool feature of Skyvector vs Runwayfinder is being able to print sectionals. That way I keep an up to date sectional with me in the glider without having to abuse the hell out of the chart by folding it to the area needed.
 
EdFred said:
I haven't been back to skyvector since I started using runwayfinder. Skyvector was always slower, and the not being able to see all the charts at once.
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But it doesn't have as much clutter added to the chart as RunwayFinder, and has better flight planning features.

Also, if you want to look at the legend for a chart, you can see it on Skyvector... That's the trade-off of having individual charts rather than the seamless version.
 
flyingcheesehead said:
Also, if you want to look at the legend for a chart, you can see it on Skyvector... That's the trade-off of having individual charts rather than the seamless version.
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That's sort of an important point for looking up minor little details like Restricted areas...
 
dmccormack said:
So I assume the consensus is AeroPlanner lags behind the others?
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I was a ardent and paying user of AeroPlanner in the past. Spent a few years overseas and returned. Immediately signed back up and was REALLY disappointed. AeroPlanner used to be an excellent tool ... maybe it was relative to what else was available or maybe it has changed. It now boarders on useless. EXTREMELY slow and generally disappointing. I sent them a couple of notes and posted on their board and got zero response. I figure that any vendor that doesn't care enough to respond to customers doesn't deserve my busines - killed my subscription last month and won't be back.
 
flyingcheesehead said:
But it doesn't have as much clutter added to the chart as RunwayFinder, and has better flight planning features.

Also, if you want to look at the legend for a chart, you can see it on Skyvector... That's the trade-off of having individual charts rather than the seamless version.
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Why do you need a legend? You don't know what a segmented blue circle is? :ihih:

For R-areas which are a pain in the butt to look up even on a regular chart, I just have the AOPA planner open and do a right click on the area and get the info I need. I usually have, er had, runwayfinder and AOPA open when I was really planning a flight. I would use RF for non-serious planning.
 
EdFred said:
Why do you need a legend? You don't know what a segmented blue circle is? :ihih:
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Hah! :rofl:

Naah, there's that rare symbol you've never seen before 'cuz there aren't any in your area of the country (such as a fire observation tower).

For R-areas which are a pain in the butt to look up even on a regular chart, I just have the AOPA planner open and do a right click on the area and get the info I need. I usually have, er had, runwayfinder and AOPA open when I was really planning a flight. I would use RF for non-serious planning.
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Hmmm... Maybe I'll have to give AOPA another look.
 
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