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+xSo how do you know what route to take to your alternate? You memorise it? You draw it on a chart? As I made clear at the start, the decision to divert to an alternate sometimes has to be made before arriving at your destination. In these circumstances, a planned route to your alternate is useless. So, having made the decision to divert to an alternate, I then Route Direct.
Mike _________________________________________ Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 – Android 11.0 & SD 4.1.1.0 Huawei P30 – Android 11.0 & SD 4.1.1.0
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marioair
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So how do you know what route to take to your alternate? You memorise it? You draw it on a chart?
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Sky Painter
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+xI hope you’re not saying you don’t plan your alternates on the ground? How do you know which notams to lay attention to. You cant route direct to your alternate if there’s airspace in the way and, as great as SD is, certainly wouldn’t be trying to figure that all in fight Of course I plan my alternates on the ground, and check any relevant NOTAM. I just do not include my alternates in my SD route plan, so no dashed lines!
Mike _________________________________________ Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 – Android 11.0 & SD 4.1.1.0 Huawei P30 – Android 11.0 & SD 4.1.1.0
PC – Windows 10 (Home Ed) Version 2009, Build 19045.6036, SD 4.0.2.0
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marioair
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I hope you’re not saying you don’t plan your alternates on the ground? How do you know which notams to lay attention to. You cant route direct to your alternate if there’s airspace in the way and, as great as SD is, certainly wouldn’t be trying to figure that all in fight
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In my experience, the decision to divert to your alternate often needs to be taken before reaching DEST, so when route planning in SD, I do not generally plan an alternate. Rather, having planned my route, I then choose one or more alternates along my route and make a note of them. Then if it becomes necessary to divert in flight, I chose the most appropriate alternate, and select Route Direct.
Mike _________________________________________ Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 – Android 11.0 & SD 4.1.1.0 Huawei P30 – Android 11.0 & SD 4.1.1.0
PC – Windows 10 (Home Ed) Version 2009, Build 19045.6036, SD 4.0.2.0
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marioair
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Yeah I know. And your suggestion would work fine. My point is, a diversion is normally a high workload time so messing around on your iPad isn’t a great idea. I think also flipping to a new route would also mean you lose quick access to things on the original plog like Off block time, elapsed time etc
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I suspect what you are asking for is a major revision to the way SD works, for something that rarely occurs.
A work around would be to plan as it works now, so your fuel plan etc 'work' but also set up another route from DEST to ALT. If you had to actually divert, you could just stop navigation mode, select the DEST-ALT route, and restart 'go-flying' mode.
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marioair
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I want to plan from DEST to ALT but with ability to have legs and different heights. It just puts in a dotted line direct between the two going through whatever restricted, class A etc airspace happens to be in the way
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grahamb
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+xBecause if messes up your pilot log, fuel planning, flight plan. Should I go on? In that case I can't see what your problem is.
When I plot an alternate it doesn't paint the amber dotted line from DEP to ALT, it paints it in the way you are requesting, from DEST to ALT.
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marioair
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Because if messes up your pilot log, fuel planning, flight plan. Should I go on?
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