“Show IFR features”option

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“Show IFR features”option

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grahamb	grahamb posted 4/13/2023 6:22:02 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 565, Visits: 27K	+x marioair - 4/13/2023 4:56:04 AM I’m looking at this from another angle. As an IR rated pilot, even if I fly VFR I always set flight rules to mixed so I pick up the I NOTAMs. For NOTAMs specifically I’d like a default way of always showing mixed regardless of flight rules. I have asked before for a setting that allows setting of a default flight rules to allow this.
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marioair	m marioair posted 4/13/2023 4:56:04 AM Post Details Share Post
m Group: Forum Members Posts: 158, Visits: 1	I’m looking at this from another angle. As an IR rated pilot, even if I fly VFR I always set flight rules to mixed so I pick up the I NOTAMs. For NOTAMs specifically I’d like a default way of always showing mixed regardless of flight rules.
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Pete	Pete posted 3/17/2023 2:33:57 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 128, Visits: 959	I like the "show IFR features" as it allows SD to cater for VFR only or a mix, my original point being that it doesn't (show I Notams) IFR flight rules are unusual in the UK, in that one can be "airways" when SD is mostly irrelevant or OCAS in which case it becomes highly relevant negotiating entry into/around class D etc. So the IFR rules setting understandably doesn't show controlled airspace restrictions as well as VFR which is not ideal for IFR OCAS The mixed setting map display is dependant on whether IFR or VFR was displayed previously, is this intentional?
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Fabrizio Albonico	F Fabrizio Albonico posted 3/17/2023 1:37:50 PM Post Details Share Post
F Group: Forum Members Posts: 37, Visits: 40	No. I personally like to have the 5-letter IFR waypoint designator shown to me in SkyDemon, it has come in handy a few times when talking on the radio ("we're x miles south of town X!" - "Where is that?" - "3 miles east of ABCDE"). Sometimes you are required to use them for VFR navigation, too - as an example from Genova LIMJ to Elba/Marina di Campo LIRJ where IDONA, UNITA (and other) are required/expected reporting points even when flying VFR. I do not fly IFR. I second the request of having the IFR-only relevant NOTAMs displayed, maybe through an additional setting ("Include IFR NOTAMs in Briefing"), since it has happened a few times that the issuer wrongly assumed the flight rule when issuing the NOTAM while that was relevant to VFR (happened in LSZA once, where the runway lights were U/S but the NOTAM only available in IFR...) -- LSZA based DA40 / SR20 / S22T / PIVI / TWEN
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Adam Erchegyi	Adam Erchegyi posted 3/17/2023 10:54:54 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 95, Visits: 2.3K	+x Tim Dawson - 3/17/2023 9:58:57 AM Well, this is the right forum for people to weigh in, if it's generally thought that the way we do things could be better. For the moment, think of the SkyDemon NOTAM briefing as any other, where you need to specify your flight rules as IFR if you want NOTAM included that are targeted at IFR flights. isn't that the general confusion of having two places to select flight rules? You could remove the "show IFR features" from the layer settings and base it on the actual flight rules of the flight.
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 3/17/2023 9:58:57 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8K, Visits: 9K	Well, this is the right forum for people to weigh in, if it's generally thought that the way we do things could be better. For the moment, think of the SkyDemon NOTAM briefing as any other, where you need to specify your flight rules as IFR if you want NOTAM included that are targeted at IFR flights.
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Pete	Pete posted 3/16/2023 10:51:16 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 128, Visits: 959	+x Tim Dawson - 3/16/2023 10:40:18 AM We would disagree there; people generally want fewer NOTAMs not more. On the contrary, I would definitely prefer less notams, but hiding them away does not work well in aviation.
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 3/16/2023 10:40:18 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8K, Visits: 9K	We would disagree there; people generally want fewer NOTAMs not more.
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Pete	Pete posted 3/15/2023 10:38:40 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 128, Visits: 959	But it does no harm to display them, (anyone enabling “show ifr features” would probably have a passing interest anyway, in case they have to change rules e route) and are arguably more relevant than the one about overflying Ethiopia! Edited 3/15/2023 10:51:07 AM by Pete
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 3/15/2023 10:10:54 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8K, Visits: 9K	The fact that IFR features are enabled doesn't mean that all your flights will be IFR. That's why the NOTAM briefing looks at the actual rules for your planned flight, rather than just making assumptions.
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