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Michael Sartori
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+xWe're going to try adjusting the suggested levels list to x500 feet for VFR flights in the coming release, and look carefully for any pushback. IFR flights will keep the x000 feet suggestions, and mixed will give both. hi Tim, thanks a lot for realizing this feature, I appreciate
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Tested this in latest beta. Works like a charm now, thx a lot & have a nice weekend!
Best, Björn
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Gerhard66
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+xWe're going to try adjusting the suggested levels list to x500 feet for VFR flights in the coming release, and look carefully for any pushback. IFR flights will keep the x000 feet suggestions, and mixed will give both. Hallelujah, the rock is moving! 👍
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Tim Dawson
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We're going to try adjusting the suggested levels list to x500 feet for VFR flights in the coming release, and look carefully for any pushback. IFR flights will keep the x000 feet suggestions, and mixed will give both.
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+xTo go even further, aircraft cruise performance data should also default x500 levels. When setting that up (when done properly), it's definitely not pressing 4 digits on the keyboard... The altitude in the performance profile is only a field, you can enter as many lines or as few (down to one) as you want. I have tried several variants, and seen that a point every 2000ft gives me good enough interpolation. But if you want to enter a data point every 50ft or 500ft, it would work too. One point works as well. You don't usually create a new profile every week, we don't need a drop-down with pre-filled data on everything. +xshould the VFR or IFR list be displayed when 'Mixed' flight rules is selected? I would go for the IFR levels, as the VFR portion tends to be a minor part of a mixed flight. My view only.
More importantly, if this feature makes the cut I would want to see the predefined x000 or x500 in the "find best altitude for flight", because there I don't have the choice of writing it myself, only to click on one or the other.
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Adam Erchegyi
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SkyDemon is a VFR tool, so x500 should be the default without any additional setting. To go even further, aircraft cruise performance data should also default x500 levels. When setting that up (when done properly), it's definitely not pressing 4 digits on the keyboard...
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grahamb
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Of course, if the 'IFR' flight rules option is selected, you'd want the current 'round thousands' pick list to be displayed, not the VFR list.
This then raises the question - should the VFR or IFR list be displayed when 'Mixed' flight rules is selected?
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+x+x[quote]Here in Germany, if you fly above transition altitude (which I hope all pilots know what it is) of 5000 ft, you should follow the semi-circular rules as you have shared. I suggest you brush up your knowledge - since the introduction of SERA even in Germany flying semi-circular rules start at 3000ft. I admit it is a bit odd for the former land of invention of overly following any rules, in reality they indeed give a sh*t and start following rules above 5000, but even there it is not the correct way to do. So plz let us know: what would be the correct way in your opinion then? And why would that actually prevent the dev from changing the input fields as requested?
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BJS
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+x[quote]Here in Germany, if you fly above transition altitude (which I hope all pilots know what it is) of 5000 ft, you should follow the semi-circular rules as you have shared. I suggest you brush up your knowledge - since the introduction of SERA even in Germany flying semi-circular rules start at 3000ft. I admit it is a bit odd for the former land of invention of overly following any rules, in reality they indeed give a sh*t and start following rules above 5000, but even there it is not the correct way to do.
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+xI'm not actually aware of people picking these x500 altitudes to fly VFR here in the UK. Is this a regional thing? It's an internationally accepted cruising levels like others mentioned before and it's a pain in the butt to manually adjust them. Everybody will appreciate if you'll do them just like in the Garmin Pilot: West, East or ALL tab. Besides that it shows how much fuel and time will be spent at a particular level at a selected power settings. Very handy and easy to implement.
Foreflight aslo does the same things:
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