VFR cruising altitudes in the Flight Details window

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VFR cruising altitudes in the Flight Details window

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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 6/13/2024 9:19:29 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8K, Visits: 9K	Richard, it does work. It works fine, and it has worked fine for tens of thousands of users over the fifteen years that SkyDemon has been offering vertical route planning. If you're struggling, give us a call, and someone will talk you through it.
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Richard Branderhorst	R Richard Branderhorst posted 6/13/2024 5:42:31 AM Post Details Share Post
R Group: Forum Members Posts: 35, Visits: 20	Fabrizio, tks. So You say that setting the altitude is only possible when setting up the route, right at the beginning. I have a lot of times that I want to change the general altitude in an already existing route, due to cloud base or wind direction/force, like on the day of the flight, I prepared a few day before. Or change the airplane used, which has another default level in its properties. Changing the general altitude should not be such an unfriendly feature, the change of altitude should always work via "flight details".
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Fabrizio Albonico	F Fabrizio Albonico posted 6/12/2024 7:58:39 AM Post Details Share Post
F Group: Forum Members Posts: 37, Visits: 40	+x Richard Branderhorst - 6/5/2024 4:33:46 PM Here we go again. I video'd the problem, but I can't upload it. It bluntly refuses to change altitude. Having been there myself, I just share my workflow here in the hope it helps Richard and other people struggling. Start planning from scratch Define T/O and Landing point Go to Flight Details, set "Cruise Level" and see it change for the leg Drag/select/enter all waypoints, change altitude of each leg according to rules/terrain/personal preferences As Tim correctly pointed out, if you select a level or drag a leg on the virtual radar to change it, the overall "Cruise level" set in Flight Details will be ignored. Hope this helps - all the best -- LSZA based DA40 / SR20 / S22T / PIVI / TWEN Edited 6/12/2024 8:14:15 AM by Fabrizio Albonico
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 6/6/2024 9:40:32 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8K, Visits: 9K	Richard, please read my last post.
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Richard Branderhorst	R Richard Branderhorst posted 6/5/2024 4:33:46 PM Post Details Share Post
R Group: Forum Members Posts: 35, Visits: 20	Here we go again. I video'd the problem, but I can't upload it. It bluntly refuses to change altitude.
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 5/22/2024 9:28:43 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8K, Visits: 9K	Your flight has an "overall" level, set in the Flight Details page as documented above. Each leg can also have its own individually-specified level. If you've already specified a level for each leg individually, the overall level will make no difference.
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Gerhard66	G Gerhard66 posted 5/20/2024 7:29:58 PM Post Details Share Post
G Group: Forum Members Posts: 168, Visits: 355	So keep Fingers crossed that it will continue to work. 😉
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Richard Branderhorst	R Richard Branderhorst posted 5/20/2024 7:25:38 PM Post Details Share Post
R Group: Forum Members Posts: 35, Visits: 20	+x Gerhard66 - 5/20/2024 5:53:33 PM In the menu Route - Flight Details - Cruising Level you can type every altitude you like. This value will be used as initial value for all legs. Gerhard, I don't get it, so many times I tried, now suddenly it does. After typing it previously , it did not change the level. Maybe there's a crack in my brains
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Gerhard66	G Gerhard66 posted 5/20/2024 5:53:33 PM Post Details Share Post
G Group: Forum Members Posts: 168, Visits: 355	In the menu Route - Flight Details - Cruising Level you can type every altitude you like. This value will be used as initial value for all legs.
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Richard Branderhorst	R Richard Branderhorst posted 5/20/2024 11:58:37 AM Post Details Share Post
R Group: Forum Members Posts: 35, Visits: 20	Another alitude... Till now I was fighting to get the good (low) altitude I wanted to have for the whole flight.. My home base is located well under the Schiphol TMA (starts in general at 1500'). Any VFR flying will be done at 1200-1400, the last one for daredevils who can fly manually within 100' for an hour while doing all the VFR stuff in XX turbulence. Lately, SPL takes up any incursion, like 1600' in the TMA as a serious one. The time comes when they will start fines with serious amounts, 'çause they're fed up. Till now I set like 1200' manually in the radar display, leg by leg, which is cumbersome, till I now found out, it CAN be done in the aircraft profile! A place I would normally NOT turn to. Why not have in Flight details the Cruising level altitude select page option a possibility to select something like A1200 to force the system to use that iso levels?
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