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Inserting an IAP/RNAV waypoint in route


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When I have to navigate to a certain IAP waypoint (often the case in Germany), I can lookup for this waypoint by the ‘Find’ function, when found, the chart will zoom in at the then also highlighted position (circle). Normally you can tick this found waypoint and some options will appear, like the option to ‘insert the waypoint in the route’. This is not possible with the normally hidden IAP waypoints, the workaround is to open the pilot log and to insert the waypoint before a present waypoint in the pilot log. Is this on purpose or a bug?
Edited 12/17/2018 1:01:37 PM by EHOW flyer
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Tim Dawson - 12/19/2018 3:42:26 PM
I'm trying to reproduce this. Planned a route to EDNY, made sure airways mode is switched on and I can see that (for example) ETREM is visible on the map, which is an IAP waypoint. Long-pressing on that waypoint shows it in the What's Here menu.

Perhaps you're in VFR mode (as opposed to airways mode) so those waypoints aren't actually showing on the map?

Hi Tim, I would like to pick up here. In Germany we have numbered RNP waypoints for the overlay routes to an airport. If you pick EDFM for example, you have the waypoints FM002 and FM001 on approach and FM003, FM004 and FM005 for the missed approach. The same applies to all other routes and other IFR airports. All waypoints are all named with the two last letters of the airport and three numbers.
In Sky Demon you can well search for them and they are shown with a yellow circle, but the rubberband cannot be attached to them. 
Since in IFR you often get a direct to such a waypoint it is nearly impossible to insert them into the route while flying. A great solution would be to show those waypoints on the map for the selected departure and destination airports so you can easily use them for on the fly routing. It would also help for initial flight planning. Another possible feature would be to load departure and arrival routes composed of these waypoints, but I would understand it might be too much work. For me that is the most missed feature for IFR flying with SD.


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