Task Building

[Uncle Fuzzy]

Is there any flight planning software that will allow you to:
Load YOUR waypoint file,
Then
Display it graphically on the screen (map overlay showing SUA's would
be nice)
Then
Pick waypoints (by clicking on them, not making text entries!)
OUTPUT: total distance in (pick your units) , distance of each leg,
and percentage of the total distance for each leg. Optionally, allow
un-picking any giving waypoint and picking another.
Generating a task to send to your flight recorder when you're
satisfied with the result.

I have to admit I've only played with See You a little, and really
nothing else.

[Dan[_4_]]

On Jul 28, 1:32*am, Uncle Fuzzy > wrote:
> Is there any flight planning software that will allow you to:
> Load YOUR waypoint file,
> Then
> Display it graphically on the screen (map overlay showing SUA's would
> be nice)
> Then
> Pick waypoints (by clicking on them, not making text entries!)
> OUTPUT: total distance in (pick your units) , distance of each leg,
> and percentage of *the total distance for each leg. Optionally, allow
> un-picking any giving waypoint and picking another.
> Generating a task to send to your flight recorder when you're
> satisfied with the result.
>
> I have to admit I've only played with See You a little, and really
> nothing else.

StrePla does all that. It also stores the tasks, so that you can
select that task again in the future. Once you select a start point
and first TP, it displays the area (by shading it) that allows for FAI
triangles, etc. It communicates with your flight recorder to pass
declaration, turnpoints, common tasks, and also retrieves flight
tracks. Very graphical, very simple. I've used it with a Volkslogger
since '95. (It also communicates with Pocket StrePla, and passes
maps, airspace, turnpoints, tasks with my IPAQ 3950. They're at
www.strepla.de

[Paul Remde]

Hi,

Both SeeYou and StrePla do that extremely well.

For SeeYou, you can see how it works in my free online training videos here:
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/training.htm#Training-SeeYou

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"Uncle Fuzzy" > wrote in message
...
> Is there any flight planning software that will allow you to:
> Load YOUR waypoint file,
> Then
> Display it graphically on the screen (map overlay showing SUA's would
> be nice)
> Then
> Pick waypoints (by clicking on them, not making text entries!)
> OUTPUT: total distance in (pick your units) , distance of each leg,
> and percentage of the total distance for each leg. Optionally, allow
> un-picking any giving waypoint and picking another.
> Generating a task to send to your flight recorder when you're
> satisfied with the result.
>
> I have to admit I've only played with See You a little, and really
> nothing else.

[Tuno]

That's a decent description of how I edit my tasks in SeeYou.

Use Ctrl-T to go into [Tasks] editing, click the green + in the tool
buttons bar to add a task, and use View | Map (or Alt-1) to edit the
task using clicks and drags on the map. There is a small learning
curve to it but it's very easy once you get the hang of it.

2NO

[Uncle Fuzzy]

On Jul 28, 6:10*am, Tuno > wrote:
> That's a decent description of how I edit my tasks in SeeYou.
>
> Use Ctrl-T to go into [Tasks] editing, click the green + in the tool
> buttons bar to add a task, and use View | Map (or Alt-1) to edit the
> task using clicks and drags on the map. There is a small learning
> curve to it but it's very easy once you get the hang of it.
>
> 2NO

Thanks to you all! I figured it was just my ignorance of the See You
features that was the problem.
Thanks again!

[Fred[_4_]]

On Jul 28, 12:32*am, Uncle Fuzzy > wrote:
> Is there any flight planning software that will allow you to:
> Load YOUR waypoint file,
> Then
> Display it graphically on the screen (map overlay showing SUA's would
> be nice)
> Then
> Pick waypoints (by clicking on them, not making text entries!)
> OUTPUT: total distance in (pick your units) , distance of each leg,
> and percentage of *the total distance for each leg. Optionally, allow
> un-picking any giving waypoint and picking another.
> Generating a task to send to your flight recorder when you're
> satisfied with the result.
>
> I have to admit I've only played with See You a little, and really
> nothing else.

There is a free TaskPlanner written by one of our members.
To to http://www.houstonsoaring.org then Members/Downloads and then
download the TaskPlanner.
You can import any tp file in the Cambridge format.

It has lots of options for which tps to show based on distance, etc.
It displays a map and then you just click on the tps and it calculates
the distance and FAI triangle angles. When you import your tps, just
go to Edit/Add tps and make sure your home gliderport is marked as
home and then it shows up as red, but you can start from any point if
you wish.

Fred - Greater Houston Soaring Association.