Having given this a bit more thought, I'm prepared to slowly start making our way towards this feature. Don't expect it right away, but we can go some of the way in the forthcoming version and then together decide how far to take it in the next version, etc.

What I am proposing is that in the forthcoming version we enable multiple sectors per flightplan file. This would take the form of a "Land Here" button as Chris suggested, which would split a sector into two sectors. The user interface would subtly change once there is more than one sector defined, with each turning point that is a landing highlighted in different colours. There would then be a "selected sector" (highlighted) and ALL SkyDemon features such as Virtual Radar, NOTAM briefing, PLOG etc would refer to the selected journey only.

If that sounds like an acceptable first step, I will post a beta version of SkyDemon Plan only (for PC) with this feature turned on for testing. If and when people are happy with it, we can discuss how the feature can be extended in the next version, such as making the PLOG reflect all sectors or making the fuel flow from one sector to the next. As it stands (with my proposal above) each sector will have its own Planned Fuel setting just as the single sector does in the current version.

Feedback?

It certainly hasn't been struck off anywhere. I just mentioned that because my colleagues, who collate this stuff and raise each proposed new feature at our meetings, haven't raised this recently.

Hi Tim, now I am a bit confused. You just wrote:

No, I'm afraid not. The frequency of people asking for this is so low that it didn't even come up at our most recent development meeting.

But a little farther back you posted this:

It's something we're still considering. It's probably one of the features we don't have which is requested most often, but the points against it are also strong, in that it would require significant development investment and would complicate the product.                               

It's something we're still considering. It's probably one of the features we don't have which is requested most often, but the points against it are also strong, in that it would require significant development investment and would complicate the product.                               

I believe this would really make planning long trips a lot easier and more comfortable from a user point of view. It would not burden the user interface and could be integrated seamlessly with what's already in place. Plus, there have been numerous people on this forum asking for it. I can't, of course, speak to the absolute numbers but judging by the forum response this would not be wasted development time.

Please, keep this in mind and don't simply strike it off the new feature list.

Thanks, -- Chris.

I don't think that is the reason. We're very familiar with the process of constant demand, and that's how we decide what features get developed. When there is a true demand, it is constant. People tell us by email, by phone, on these forums and others, every week. That is simply not happening for multi-sector routes.

That is a pitty.
The reason why there is not so much request for it that a lot of people have already asked for this option and are just waiting for it.
After doing a 8 day tour around eastern europe we really needed that option.
But I still think that SD is the best planning/ moving map software there is on the market for VFR flying.

with kind regards

No, I'm afraid not. The frequency of people asking for this is so low that it didn't even come up at our most recent development meeting.

Just a bump of the topic. Has it made it yet to a likely spot on your to-do list, Tim?

Thanks, -- Chris.

Hi Tim,

just thought I'd give you a few ideas from a user's point of view on what the added functionality should encompass.

For each waypoint in a route I would like to be able to designate it as an "overfly" (that's the default) or "landing" waypoint. It would be nice if the "landing" waypoints were shown in a different color so that they stand out easily when viewing a long route.

For each "landing" waypoing I would like to be able to specify the amount of fuel upon departure as well as the time spent on ground. These pieces of information should, of course, be carried over into the subsequent route calculations (ETA, weight and balance, etc.)

To access the additional information for each waypoint I think it would be easiest to do a "long tap" on it, which already brings up a waypoint information window which then incorporates the additional data items.




Greetings, -- Chris.

It's something we're still considering. It's probably one of the features we don't have which is requested most often, but the points against it are also strong, in that it would require significant development investment and would complicate the product.

Tim, what say you? There have now been numerous requests for this function on this and other threads. Would that be enough to put the issue on the feature list of one of the upcoming releases?

-- Chris.