SkyVector?
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Bro do you even lift
quick and easy flight planning. use it all the time before going to GP.
luvflyin
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Was it good for you to? And for you to?
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It seems to be the fastest-loading site on the desktop computer just to review a sectional chart, see current NEXRAD radar, or look at one or two METARS or TAFs. I use Foreflight for planning and briefing, but logging in is more involved.
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Used to use it for hypothetical flight planning (i.e. daydreaming) but stopped using after they added automatic wind corrections that can't be turned off. I tell every one of my students NOT to use it as it only makes things more confusing.
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Easy desktop access to current weather, TFR's, fuel prices, quick what if flight plans. I think it's great!
AlleyCat67
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Enter 9900 as the departure time and the wind corrections aren’t applied.
bflynn
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you can disable wind corrections by putting a future date in.
I probably use it more than my EFB. I use it for initial route selection on future and hypothetical flights and it's my go-to for charts when using a PC simulator. Plus, when someone online asks about a procedure, that's where I go to look it up.
Punch in flight plan departure and arrival airports, turn on fuel price overlay, then look for a good price fuel stop along the route with minimal deviation and runway somewhat aligned with the prevailing winds.
Shepherd
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It's a great ball park preview flight planner.
Then do it yourself to make it more accurate.
Then do it yourself to make it more accurate.
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Do you like it more than ForeFlight Web / plan.foreflight.com (the web based FF tool)?
I sort of stopped using SkyVector when I made the switch from Garmin Pilot to ForeFlight, so just curious how many like SkyVector to the online FF tools and why.
I sort of stopped using SkyVector when I made the switch from Garmin Pilot to ForeFlight, so just curious how many like SkyVector to the online FF tools and why.
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FF web interface is clunky and doesn't have plates. I use FF in the cockpit or when filing/getting a briefing on the computer. For quick route planning, procedure lookup etc. I always use Skyvector - it's SO MUCH faster than FFWeb
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FF web does have plates - you can't overlay them and they pop in new tab, but they are available. I guess one of the nice things about FF Web is I can do planning in my office and then save the flight and it transfers to my iPad.
I used to use SkyVector before I got FF and I did like how they would pop the plate in the little window within the SkyVector page... I may go back to SV for planning now that I think back on it.
I used to use SkyVector before I got FF and I did like how they would pop the plate in the little window within the SkyVector page... I may go back to SV for planning now that I think back on it.
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You are correct - FF web does have plates, but it's so hard to get to them and then they open in a new window yatta yatta. If I need a quick lookup Skyvector is unbeatable in my opinion... On the ipad on the other hand, FF is the bomb. SO easy, so intuitive, so fast...
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Bro do you even lift
you can also send a flight plan from SV to garmin pilot, probably FF as well but don't quote me.
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I just tried it - it works but only if you're using SV on the ipad or your phone... which defeats the purpose of using SV in the first place I guess :-(
I think you can email the flight plan in FF format to yourself though from the computer - haven't tried that. Too many hoops
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oh, I only use SV on my laptop, and it sends to GP just fine.
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SkyVector has the easiest interface to use for quick initial planning. Rubber banding works better than other platforms. I use FlyQ for the final planning.
RussR
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I don't do any of my flight planning with SV, except for a longer flight picking a fuel stop. However, I am looking at aeronautical charts literally all day long. I have numerous different ways to pull up charts but SV is by far the quickest and easiest for something I'm doing, as I said, numerous times every day.
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Its great when you are bored and want to imagine flying in different parts of the country.
schmookeeg
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I find ipads irritating and feeble devices to use anywhere but in the cockpit of an aircraft I am piloting. Thus most of the reasons already mentioned -- desktop flight planning and summary weather.
