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Controlling automated climb/descent profiles

http://forums.skydemon.aero/Topic2746.aspx

By T67M - 4/30/2011 4:57:26 PM

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
By Hawkeye - 2/19/2026 2:34:00 PM

I don't understand (as a newbe) this feature is not implemented years ago. I fly in Belgium which has a very complicated structure of CTA's of any sort. They literally show up side by side all with their own height restrictions. To avoid entering those I would have to populate my route with an enormous amount of (useless) waypoints to alter my altitude settings.
Maybe the average user of Skydemon flies in class F or G with few restrictions but I assume a lot of them have found way arounds  this lacking feature by using tons of waypoints. Let's face that's not the way to go planning an efficient flight plan.

Could Skydemon take my 50 cents of input into consideration?