By stickandrudderman - 4/11/2013 7:19:12 PM
I've spent a long time searching before asking so forgive me if this is an obvious question:
What's the best way to plan a route through mountainous terrain? EG: from Lausanne to somewhere in Northern Italy?
Obviously I can't simply climb high and fly direct so how do I plot a route given a FL or altitude or height that gets me through the various routes that exist without actually knowing what those routes are?
Say for example I was happy to fly at 10000ft with a lateral clearance of 2 miles to obstacles and a vertical clearance of 500ft.
Thanks in advance
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By Lefty - 5/3/2013 4:48:42 PM
I would not want to trust any route through mountains that had been generated by a piece of software - I just don't trust software that much.
I would let SD draw a straight line route - then I would rubber band it to fly through the valleys and avoid the mountains.
I believe that the SD team is doing some work on suggesting IFR routes - but that is only 0.001% as complex as trying to pick route around mountains. That is where the human brain - and our innate sense of self preservation comes into its own.
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