Importing a flight plan

To create a FSXPilot flight plan, you can actually import an FSX flight plan into FSXPilot. This manual describes how.

Let us assume you want to fly from Munich to Venice with an ATR aircraft. The first step you have to do is startup FSX, load your aircraft and position the aircraft on the active runway in Munich (EDDM).

Please create your FSX flight plan and save the flight plan to your hard disk. Please select the flight planner in FSX, use "IFR" and "high altitude waypoints".

Save the plan.

In my case, FSX suggests a flight plan name 'IFR Munich to Tessera.PLN'. Use that name.

Then, start FSXPilot and select "Import flightplan" from the AP main panel's menu.

In the file selector box select the file 'IFR Munich to Tessera.PLN' that you have created previously.

After the import, answer the question whether FSXPilot should add takeoff and landing routines for fixed wing aircraft with "Yes". Save the new FSXPilot "flight plan" to disk. FSXPilot suggests 'EDDM_LIPZ.txt' as a file name. Use that name.

You can open and edit the FSXPilot flight plan 'EDDM_LIPZ.txt' with any conventional text editor. This is what you get:

// -----------------------------------------------------------

// Flightplan for FSX

// for use with FSXPilot

// -----------------------------------------------------------

// add your comment here

// and here

set origin EDDM

set destination LIPZ

set speedunits knots

set distanceunits miles

set apcontrol plane

set userinput on

autorudder on

run takeoff

set alt 27000.0

waypoint 27000.0 300.0 EUR 47.73499167 11.24940278

waypoint 27000.0 300.0 OBAGA 47.59861111 11.25000000

waypoint 27000.0 300.0 NORTO 47.26635278 11.25182222

waypoint 27000.0 300.0 MATAR 46.97493889 11.25330556

waypoint 27000.0 300.0 BZO 46.46363889 11.32188889

waypoint 27000.0 300.0 ALESE 46.27499722 11.40388889

waypoint 27000.0 300.0 VIC 45.63730556 11.67635278

// please select one of the landing options below according to your personal preferences or aircraft !

// you may also specify a specific runway at your destination airport ...

//fly normal autolanding LIPZ

//fly short autolanding LIPZ

//fly ultrashort autolanding LIPZ

//fly straight autolanding LIPZ

fly ilslanding LIPZ

end

Feel free to make changes. For example: If you use

set userinput on

the plane will ignore altitude and speed settings in the flight plan and rather use the altitude and speed settings of the pilot, but still follow the waypoints.

Change to

set userinput off

for a fully automatic flight with cruising altitude and airspeed defitions.

In the line

waypoint 27000.0 300.0 EUR 47.73499167 11.24940278

change '27000' to a new value like '29000' for a different cruising altitude, or change 300. to 250, for a more realistic ATR airspeed.

So with one ore two other tweaks our final flight plan would look like this:

// -----------------------------------------------------------

// Flightplan for FSX

// for use with FSXPilot

// -----------------------------------------------------------

// add your comment here

// and here

set origin EDDM

set destination LIPZ

set speedunits knots

set distanceunits miles

set apcontrol plane

set userinput off

autorudder on

run takeoff

set alt 15000.0

waypoint 15000.0 250.0 EUR 47.73499167 11.24940278

waypoint 20000.0 250.0 OBAGA 47.59861111 11.25000000

waypoint 25000.0 250.0 NORTO 47.26635278 11.25182222

waypoint 25000.0 250.0 MATAR 46.97493889 11.25330556

waypoint 25000.0 250.0 BZO 46.46363889 11.32188889

waypoint 20000.0 240.0 ALESE 46.27499722 11.40388889

waypoint 10000.0 200.0 VIC 45.63730556 11.67635278

fly short autolanding LIPZ

end

Save the changes in your text editor.

Finally, "load" your FSXPilot flight plan via the flight plan menu and select "run flightplan" from the menu.

FSXPilot should now fly your ATR plane safely to Venice from takeoff to auto landing.

Have a nice flight across the alpes.

PS:

The way back to Munich (ATR turboprop, with short landing on runway 26L) is for example:

// -----------------------------------------------------------

// Flightplan for FSX

// for use with FSXPilot

// -----------------------------------------------------------

// add your comment here

// and here

set origin LIPZ

set destination EDDM

set speedunits knots

set distanceunits miles

set apcontrol plane

set userinput off

autorudder on

run takeoff

set alt 15000.0

waypoint 15000.0 250.0 VIC 45.63730556 11.67635278

waypoint 25000.0 250.0 LIZUM 47.11507222 11.75603611

waypoint 15000.0 230.0 TULSI 47.70160556 11.78875833

waypoint 10000.0 230.0 MANAL 47.89935556 11.79995556

fly short autolanding EDDM 26L

end

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