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    • rittels
      rittels Code contributor @a6644890 | Premium last edited by

      @a6644890

      Hi Thanks for using my plugin!!! Yep, I fly an autogyro.

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        a6644890 @rittels last edited by

        @rittels Me too, Red Baron Club in Fondi central Italy province of Latina ....
          with Autogyro airplanes also amphibians and helicopters. Sea, sun, lake ... now all blocked x covid19 ... unfortunately. Where are you??

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        • Paolo Saracino
          Paolo Saracino @pavelneuman | Premium last edited by

          @pavelneuman said in Weather forecast, flight planning and airspaces at once. A great extension for pilots:

          photo:Flight Planner; desc: Load a plugin; link:https://www.windy.com/plugins

          Pilots will love this flight planning tool. Although Windy recently released its own route planner (Distance & planning) that has VFR chart built in, this plugin is coded specifically for pilots. It extends Windy's forecast layers with feature-rich flight planning and airspaces (Airspaces is available as a separate plugin too - see our list of Windy plugins).

          Here's a short tutorial on how to use Flight Planner plugin..

          Getting started

          To load Flight Planner plugin, enter it's short name (fp) to www.windy.com/plugins and click Load plugin.

          Flight Planner screenshot

          After plugin is loaded, you can access Flight Planner via contextual menu (right-click or long press).

          Flight Planner screenshot

          Now you can use the weather picker to add a waypoint.

          Flight Planner screenshot

          Or click an airport icon to add a waypoint.

          Flight Planner screenshot

          Flight Planner screenshot

          You can also use the search option to add a waypoint.

          Flight Planner screenshot

          Or enter coordinates in the search bar.

          Flight Planner screenshot

          You can also load a flight plan, supported formats: gpx/efp or ep1 (easycockpit or easyplan).

          Flight Planner screenshot

          1. You can set the altitude, airspeed and estimated time of departure for each leg. To set the time, select a single leg, by long-pressing the row.
          2. Once the flightplan is completed, you can drag the aircraft icon to view the weather at the point where you will be, and at the selected time and level. The program will use the interpolator function to obtain the weather info for the current overlay.
          3. For wind: the ground speed is calculated and the aircraft icon will crab.

          You can also use the elevation strip at the bottom, to move the aircraft icon.

          The plugin can collect the weather data for overlays that you select.

          Flight Planner screenshot

          1. First select the overlays and select alert values.
          2. Then click Read Wx. The program will zoom in and fly along the route to collect the weather data for each overlay. This will take a few seconds, but can take about a minute for a long route. Do not drag the map while this is happening.
          3. When you now slide the aircraft icon, all the selected data will be shown in the box.

          Once the Wx data have been collected, the program will calculate the corrected ETE, average ground speed and the ETE for the entire trip.

          Flight Planner screenshot

          You can also drag waypoints, first click "allow drag" (1) then drag them to the new position (2) and click OK. Then "lock drag" (1) again, to prevent accidentally dragging when sliding the aircraft icon.

          Flight Planner screenshot

          The plugin contains the previous airspaces plugin, airspace data is obtained from openAIP.net.

          Flight Planner screenshot

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            igor 320 last edited by igor 320

            A *.GPX route from SkyDemon doesn't work. Can you fix it?
            Skydemon is free you can grab a PC installer on their website (requires email registration and EU ip-address).

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            • Korina
              Korina Administrator @igor 320 last edited by

              @igor-320 You have a problem with uploading a GPX file?

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                igor 320 @Korina last edited by

                @korina yeah, for some reason, the flight planning plugin doesn't read SkyDemon's GPX-file.

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                • Korina
                  Korina Administrator @igor 320 last edited by

                  @igor-320 Hello, could you please send us the file at info[@]windy.com? We will check it. Thank you.

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                    igor 320 @Korina last edited by

                    @korina check your email. SkyDemon is the most popular VFR navigation app in Europe and it's compatibility with the flight planning plugin is crucial for users comfort :)

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                    • rittels
                      rittels Code contributor @igor 320 | Premium last edited by

                      @igor-320

                      Will have a look this weekend.

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                      • Korina
                        Korina Administrator @igor 320 last edited by

                        @igor-320 Hi, as i mentioned in my email, I have tried the file and there was no problem with it. Please try again.

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