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DVA2101
Captain, B767-300

Joined on December 09 2004
Online Double Century Club
Everett 250 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club

"I think I'll have another"
KY USA

417 legs, 923.2 hours
292 legs, 587.9 hours online
318 legs, 697.3 hours ACARS
3 legs, 7.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on August 30 2010 18:54 ET by Adam Disselkamp

Just have a question about what software everyone is using for setting up flightplans. I used to use FSNavigator but its not around anymore so whats the new thing. Its depressing I really like FSNav with the moving map and the flightplan export options.

Adam Disselkamp

Captain, B767-300

DVA3050
Captain, A330-300

Joined on April 13 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

"go fast or go home"
Boston, MA USA

306 legs, 893.4 hours
264 legs, 785.7 hours online
274 legs, 793.3 hours ACARS
28 legs, 70.7 hours event
842 legs, 2,782.9 hours total

Posted onPost created on August 30 2010 19:06 ET by Michael Schlabowske

well if you use fs9 you still can get it
http://www.fsbuild.com/navigator.html

Me i dont use fs9 which fsnavigator wont work with... ive heard some have gotten it to work but i haven't tried. I use FSCommander...
http://www.fscommander.com/
which works with both fsx and fs9

you can also try www.simroutes.com, vroutes and a slew of others, just google "FSX flight planning" or "fs9 flight planning" and you will see what I mean

Michael Schlabowske

Captain, A330-300

DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM

Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME

1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs, 767.8 hours online
1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs, 114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours

Posted onPost created on August 30 2010 19:07 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

FSCommander is prob the best one out there for planning, etc. FSBuild is very good as well - but does not have the complete interface capability that FSCommander does. Works for both FS9 and FSX

Andrew Kaufmann (DVA3931)

Posted onPost created on August 30 2010 19:17 ET by Adam Disselkamp

do they both have a moving map comparable to fsnavigator cause i've heard fscommander is pretty good. thanks for suggestions guys

Adam Disselkamp

Captain, B767-300

DVA1562
Senior Captain, DC-6
OLP

Joined on March 06 2004
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Everett 500 Club
DVA Fleet Master
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Three Million Mile Club

"Semper Paratus"
Yellowstone National Park, WY

2,886 legs, 7,988.3 hours
81 legs, 119.2 hours online
2,669 legs, 7,100.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on August 30 2010 22:52 ET by Tim Knight

Have used FSNAV just fine with FS9 for quite a few years now. No probs. If having probs may want to try right clicking the application file for FSNAV and open up Properties then go to Security tab. Make sure its giving your User full access. Or change compatability mode. Or Run as Administrator. I usually try these things if an application won't work. Usually solves it for me.

I use Flight Aware for RW flight plans and can also get up to date charts as well. FlightAware not very good for much outside USA tho. The DVA site has a pretty good flight planner and chart access. Also SimRoutes.com is a pretty decent tool. I use a combo of these sometimes by copying from FlightAware and pasting into SimRoutes. Or just copying each waypoint into FSNAV manually then saving it and exporting it.

Tim Knight

Senior Captain, DC-6

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