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?

I manage this by simply adding waypoints along the track at which I want to remember to climb.  Defining these points relative to the turning points makes it easy, e.g. if I wanted to climb at CPT 270/10 I would create a waypoint named like that in Skydemon, and in the aircraft's GPS (its in the panel so I can't upload but it is very quick, accurate and easy to add waypoints to the GPS by hand when named in this way) and then use this "turning point" as a prompt to remind me it's ok to climb, or I need to descend... works for me!

Tim,

I have only recently started flying with SD on my iPad and am very pleased with it so far. I would like more control over climb and descent profiles so started searching. I came across this thread. Have you still got cruise climb/descent functionality in development - it is a while since this thread which suggested it was on its way at some point.

There has not been a lot of demand for different climb and descent profiles. While it's possible that we'll do the feature at some point, unless there is significant demand, we are better off not implementing it because no matter how powerful it is, it will only serve to make the aircraft editor even more intimidatingly complicated than it already is.

Given it has been over ten years since there was last any activity on this thread, I hope you can see why this kind of involved vertical planning is not currently anywhere near our development list.

Or it's because people have gotten used to their suggestions being rejected in this forum anyway.

I agree with the other pilots!
When planning flights over different altitudes, it is sometimes very difficult to get the program to set the TOD, TOC, BOC and BOD points correctly.
Most of the time you try to set intermediate points in the route and shift the heights and waypoints until it fits.
At the latest when a flight plan is generated from the route planning or you shift your route into another system (Dynon or Garmin) for your autopilot, you realize how nonsensical this procedure actually is and you have to remove manually all unnecessary points.
Just give it a try and plan a flight across northern Italy and always try to fly as high as possible under airspace "D" and "C". It will be a real job!
Nevertheless, thank you very much for your great program! I love SkyDemon!