I fly an Ikarus C42 mostly to carry out short local land aways ( less than 1 hour) from Gloucestershire airport. I try and carry out as much planning as I can pre-flight and always call the airport ahead of departure to get all the information I can. This means that before I set off I already have in my head my approach pattern and active runway and circuit direction etc - in fact I nearly always do a standard overhead join as I enjoy this part of the flight. I think it would be helpful in SD to enter my approach details for the land-away before I commence my flight - eg Standard overhead join/ Runway 26/ Right hand so that as I approach the filed all the approach diagrams automatically appear in SD. My understanding is that currently I have to set this up in flight as I approach - which for me is a busy time and not so easy in a C42 where I need to have my right hand on the stick for safe flight. As I say most of my flights are less than 1 hr and it is rare for the runway or circuit direction to change in flight - eg Kemble has one runway 26/08 and is about 10 mins flight time meaning a runway change is highly unlikely. Obviopusly the ability to still enter approach details in case of change would still be required in SD. Am I correct in my current understanding of SD? And does this pre flight planning make sense for SD users?

(‌Currently running latest Android SD app on Lenovo tablet).‌

It's worth a note to point out that being on the white line (as SD draws the circuit) is not an excuse for hitting another aircraft. Most mid-air collisions occur in or near the circuit, so it is essential that the pilot is looking outside of the aircraft for 95+% of the time. Even flying to a completely new airfield, I am unlikely to look at SD at all within 5nm of the airfield.