AOPA's RTFP

[Ross]

I have a problem with this application providing me a flight route with
winds. I can click on the weather tab and get all the weather products,
but when I plan a flight I get no wind conditions. Any one else have
this problem? AOPA said to be sure that under Edit -> Pilot that I have
my DUATS provider user name and password loaded. I do. And, it still
does not work. Any users that this function works.

If I use Cirrus or the Duats.com page, every thing works fine.


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Regards,

Ross
C-172F 180 hp
KSWI

[Peter R.]

Ross > wrote:

> I have a problem with this application providing me a flight route with
> winds. I can click on the weather tab and get all the weather products,
> but when I plan a flight I get no wind conditions. Any one else have
> this problem? AOPA said to be sure that under Edit -> Pilot that I have
> my DUATS provider user name and password loaded. I do. And, it still
> does not work. Any users that this function works.

Ross, I am an experienced user of Jeppesen's FlightStar IFR, the big
brother, if you will, to AOPA's Realtime Flight Planner.

I have encountered this frustrating problem many times over the last few
years in Flightstar IFR and in all cases, this problem was due to the
unavailability of the winds aloft forecast in the weather data sent down by
the DUATs service to which I connected (CSC or DTC). In other words, it
was a problem with DUATs and not the flight planner software.

To see if this is your case, first validate that the winds aloft data was
sent down to your session of RTFP. In the weather tab, do you see the
"Winds Aloft" heading on the right side of the window, about half way down?
I am assuming that this feature of FlightStar IFR is the same as RTFP.

If so, click this header. Typically the winds aloft text data should then
appear in the main weather window. In your case, I suspect that you will
not see this data.

If you don't, try switching DUATs service providers in the RTFP to your
account on the other DUATS provider (assuming you have an account with the
other DUATs provider), then download the weather data again. If your
flight is within the normal winds aloft forecast period offered by DUATs,
you should see the wind effect on your flight.




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Peter

[John Doe]

Use GoldenEagle. It's free and the wind data works much better.


"Ross" > wrote in message
news:iG1Wf.4970$f21.4736@trnddc01...
>I have a problem with this application providing me a flight route with
>winds. I can click on the weather tab and get all the weather products, but
>when I plan a flight I get no wind conditions. Any one else have this
>problem? AOPA said to be sure that under Edit -> Pilot that I have my
>DUATS provider user name and password loaded. I do. And, it still does not
>work. Any users that this function works.
>
> If I use Cirrus or the Duats.com page, every thing works fine.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ross
> C-172F 180 hp
> KSWI

[Ross Richardson]

See my previous reply. I have had problems with it also. I have not
uninstalled and reinstalled it yet like I did with RTFP. One application
at a time. Like I said, there were other issues with GE and even Jepp
was stumped.

Ross

John Doe wrote:

> Use GoldenEagle. It's free and the wind data works much better.
>
>
> "Ross" > wrote in message
> news:iG1Wf.4970$f21.4736@trnddc01...
>
>>I have a problem with this application providing me a flight route with
>>winds. I can click on the weather tab and get all the weather products, but
>>when I plan a flight I get no wind conditions. Any one else have this
>>problem? AOPA said to be sure that under Edit -> Pilot that I have my
>>DUATS provider user name and password loaded. I do. And, it still does not
>>work. Any users that this function works.
>>
>>If I use Cirrus or the Duats.com page, every thing works fine.
>>
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>
>>Ross
>>C-172F 180 hp
>>KSWI
>
>
>

[Chris Ehlbeck]

Ross wrote:
> I have a problem with this application providing me a flight route with
> winds. I can click on the weather tab and get all the weather products,
> but when I plan a flight I get no wind conditions. Any one else have
> this problem? AOPA said to be sure that under Edit -> Pilot that I have
> my DUATS provider user name and password loaded. I do. And, it still
> does not work. Any users that this function works.
>
> If I use Cirrus or the Duats.com page, every thing works fine.
>
>

Ross,

I learned this little trick on the AOPA message board. Point at your
route line on the map. Then right click and select properties. In the
dialog box near the bottom, you'll see the winds are blank. Just simply
enter the winds and then your navlog will show the wind corrections.

Chris

[Ross]

Chris Ehlbeck wrote:
> Ross wrote:
>
>> I have a problem with this application providing me a flight route
>> with winds. I can click on the weather tab and get all the weather
>> products, but when I plan a flight I get no wind conditions. Any one
>> else have this problem? AOPA said to be sure that under Edit -> Pilot
>> that I have my DUATS provider user name and password loaded. I do.
>> And, it still does not work. Any users that this function works.
>>
>> If I use Cirrus or the Duats.com page, every thing works fine.
>>
>>
>
> Ross,
>
> I learned this little trick on the AOPA message board. Point at your
> route line on the map. Then right click and select properties. In the
> dialog box near the bottom, you'll see the winds are blank. Just simply
> enter the winds and then your navlog will show the wind corrections.
>
> Chris


I figured that also, but AOPA tech support says that it should work and
it is not. Trouble is the tech support is not 24/7. So they ask a
question and I supply an answer. This goes on each evening. I can get
the weather off the weather tab but the flight planner does not pick it
up. I am still working with AOPA.

--
Regards,

Ross
C-172F 180 hp
KSWI