I was just trying out a flight from Redhill to LeTouquet to see how well SkyDemon coped with the stepped-climb required to remain clear of controlled airspace, and found that while I could control the climb to some extent, I couldn't get exactly what I expected without adding in a LOT of extra waypoints. The best I managed is shown below:







In particular, notice that the climb from 1400' to 2400' starts before Bough Beech not after it, thus causing the flight to enter CAS. Second, whereas I would like to step-climb (or even better, cruise-climb with SkyDemon suggesting a desired RoC in fpm) to remain just below CAS at all times, the actual profile created keeps me at 2400' all the way to LYD, then makes one long climb all the way up to FL054 (which, interestingly, is shown as 5400' despite the airspace being define as a flight level).



Am I doing something wrong, or is this something that isn't (yet) supported fully by SkyDemon?



Thanks,



T67M

There's currently no way to define a cruise climb; it's either a climb or a descent. Cruise climbs at arbitrary FPM will be available in a future version of SkyDemon, but we don't know when.

To specify how a level change occurs (whether before a waypoint or after it) go to the properties for that leg (double-click it).

Which piece of airspace do you believe SkyDemon is telling you starts at an altitude whereas it actually starts at a FL?