I'm still finding my way around SD, so please excuse if this is bleedin' obvious.



Let's say I'm planning a flight from Carlisle to Bagby (as it happens, I am). There are two entirely feasible routes, one of which goes over high ground and might not be possible due to low cloud and the other via the Hexham gap, which is longer but can be done in poorer WX.



I can't seem to find a way to load BOTH routes into my 296 GPS. There seems to be no way to give the two routes different names and so any change I make simply overwrites the original route. I've fixed the problem for the time being by starting the alternative route from a different airfield and then routing it via Carlisle but that is a bit of a kludge - there has to be a better way!



Grateful for any pointers as to what I am doing wrong.



John.

John

G-JONL - Sportcruiser

Diary of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft builder

Thanks for the response Tim. I'd go so far as to say that being able to name exported routes is pretty well essential. SD can always propose a name that'll be used by default but which can be edited/typed over.



Pretty well every route that I actually need to plan (as opposed to just bimbling) ends up having an alternative route as well. Something to do with being surrounded by 3000ft mountains methinks. I'm planning Carlisle to Eddsfield for tomorrow and the most direct route needs me to be able to get up to at least 4000ft, preferably to FL55 to cross the Pennines. What's the betting the cloud base will preclude that in my day VFR only steed?

John

G-JONL - Sportcruiser

Diary of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft builder