Fsbuild 2.3 Features

Last Updated Nov 20 2006. System Requirements: Minimum: Pentium 700, 384 MB RAM, 80 MB HD space. Win98, WinNT4/2000, WinXP Fsbuild 2.3 is now available at SimMarket.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Features Overiew
  • Map view to graphically display created flight plan routings and available Navaids airways, SIDs and STARs.
  • Enhanced coded route interpreter, interpret various coded route/Flight Plan formats
  • Flexible automatic route generation, can auto generate complete flight plans from scratch between DEP/DEST, as well was generate a route between two or more defined points.
  • Grapical SID/STAR display to assist in determining best SID/STAR route for direction of flight.
  • Airway, and Navaid Search in user specified Map areas for efficient route planning.
  • 'Plan mode' feature allows use of the Map view for manually creating flight plans from scratch using Navaids, Airways, SIDS and STAR's.
  • Optional Step climb calculations for long range Flights.
  • 20,000+ ready to use flight plans included.
  • Easy access to flight plans stored on the websites for easy copy/paste directly into Fsbuild.
  • Import routes created with external Flight Planners/Flight Planning web sites
  • Entire FAA Preferred IFR routes and Severe weather routes database included (can be easily updated by a download from FAA's web site).
  • Canada Preferred IFR routes database included.
  • DFS standard routes database included.
  • Support for insertion of daily, and static North Atlantic and Pacific Track routings into Flight Plans.
  • Exporting of flight plans to several FlightSim, and FlightSim add-on formats.
  • Aircraft performance calculations climb cruise, descent, and fuel.
  • Detailed Navigation log with aircraft climb, cruise,descent, and fuel performance information included.
  • Performance calculations adjusted for Winds aloft forecast at each waypoint (Available for SimWx, FSMeteo, ActiveSkyWxRe, ActiveSky 2004, and Weather Center2)
  • Can be used with X-Plane,FS2002,PS1,FLY!2 Flight Simulators. Features Details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLIGHT PLANS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STORED
  • Database of 20,000+ ready to use stored flight plans included.
  • Save/Delete user created Flight Plans.
  • Log kept of recently Created/Built Flight Plans for easy retrieval and reuse. CATEGORY
  • Support user definition of stored flight plan categories linked to user defined flight plan files.
  • Search/Filter flight plan list display by departure, destination airport city name or ICAO code BUILD
  • Enhanced coded route interpreter, interprets various coded Route/Flight Plan formats.
  • Route Plotted over World Map after each Flight plan build.
  • Flight Plan waypoints displayed in active route table/grid after each build.
  • Manual Flight plan creation using Navaids, Airways, SID's and STAR Identifiers.
  • Map view automatically re-zooms to show only area between deprture and destination after each build.
  • Optionally Include or Exclude SID or STAR from route during build.
  • Step climb profile can be calculated for long distance routes.
  • Optionally insert TOC/TOD waypoints into flight plan.
  • Performance calculations adjusted for Winds aloft forecast at each waypoint (via fsmeteo, SimWx, ActiveSkyWxRe).
  • Fuel 'Bias' adjustment support for use with different variants of the same aircraft type.
  • Expanded cruise fuel performance support (fuel flow calculations adjusted as aircraft's gross weight changes in cruise).
  • Automatically selects cruise alt based on aircraft capability, and direction of flight odd-even altitudes (RVSM option as well).
  • Automatic SID/STAR version number correction during Build.
  • Build Flight directly from route/table grid option to support user defined waypoints, and to specify certain Navaids.
  • Coded Flight Plan automatically placed in windows clipboard after build (optional) for squawkbox 2 users to paste flight plan int SB's flight plan dialog.
  • Route heading/bearing calculations adjusted for magnetic variation.
  • User defined fixes/waypoints supported using various lat/lon formats.
  • Automatic Export of flight plans to several FlightSim, and FlightSim add-on formats after build completion.
  • Configure default taxi times for specified airports, FSbuild will automatically calculate the taxi fuel for your departure. AUTOROUTE GENERATOR
  • Auto generate complete flight plans from scratch between DEP/DEST.
  • Automatically selects stored flight plan route when dep/dest matches stored route (option can be disabled).
  • Wildcard option to allow single or multiple legs (or gaps) of a partial route to be autogenerated.
  • Recognizes single direction airways during auto-generation, and avoids wrong direction airways.
  • Automatically selects appropriate SID's STAR's and airways for route.
  • SID/STAR selection only includes SID/STARs available for the selected runway.
  • Optionally can Include/Exclude SID/STAR from flight plan autogeneration.
  • Takes into account preferred departure and arrival routings at specified airports (preferred DEP/ARR routes can be user defined).
  • Automatically selects or low high alt airway routes based on cruise altitude.
  • In plan mode auto generated routes can be modified for error correction or fine tuning by the user. PLANNING/CREATING (PLAN MODE)
  • Plan Mode for manual creation of Flight plans using Map view display.
  • Each route modification or change is automatically replotted on the map display, so you can immediately see how your modification affects the routing.
  • Coded or ATS representation of route automatically updated with each route modication or change.
  • Route waypoint table automatically updated with each route modication or change.
  • Automatic new waypoint positioning. No need to drag and drop or specifically place selected navaids at a certain spot as Fsbuild knows exactly the appropriate place to position a selected Navaid in the Flight Plan.
  • Current stored or coded route built automatically when entering plan mode for easy modification existing or stored flight plans.
  • Great circle route optionally generated as a guide for long distance route planning.
  • Can manually type in airway by Identifier and have it highlight on map for better airway route identification/selection.
  • Current North Atlantic/Pacific Tracks graphically displayed in map view
  • Can insert todays Daily North Atlantic (NATS) Tracks routes into Flight Plan.
  • Can insert todays Daily Pacific Oceanic (PACOTS) Tracks routes into Flight Plan.
  • Available North Altantic Track Altitudes selectable from pulldown menu.
  • Can optionally select static North Atlantic Tracks used by online ATC organizations into flight plan.
  • Static Concorde North Atlantic Tracks can be selected and inserted into your flight plan.
  • Search specified Map area for Navaids, and Airways, search results can be inserted into the flight plan.
  • Airways can be inserted into flight plan by specified airway route segment (From,Via,To)
  • Automatic display of appropriate SID/STARs when new airport or runway is selected.
  • Can define display of airways that pass over a specified Navaid, for easier route planning via the Map.
  • Airway routes displayed highlighted on map upon selection for better indentification.
  • Automatic Insertion of selected SID/STAR route into flight plan.
  • SID/STAR airways highlighted when selected for better identification.
  • SID/STAR transitions highlighted on map separately upon selection.
  • SID/STAR and Airway waypoints highlight individually on map upon selection
  • Airway Map lines can be ID'd by mouse selection on map for better clarification of which map line represents which airway.
  • Airway waypoints highlight individually on map upon selection
  • Airways SID's, STAR's and Navaids can be identified on map no matter what the zoom level is. Allowing for better use of these items over longer distances.
  • Single Direction Airways displayed on Map with directional arrows indication route direction.
  • Insertion of lat/lon Map cursor position into flight plan as waypoint. DISPLAY
  • Grapical SID/STAR display to assist in determining best SID/STAR route for direction of flight.
  • Map view to graphically display created flight plan routings and available Navaids airways, SIDs and STARs.
  • Route Waypoint highlighting, so you can see exactly where each waypoint in your flight plan is located geograhically.
  • 'FL' notation displayed when route waypoint is at or above defined transition altitude for the departure/arrival area
  • Online ATC situation display view (Only Vatsim supported at this time)
  • Insert user configurable web sites into Fsbuild user interface. EXPORT Exporting of Flight Plans to various FlightSim FMS/GPS add-ons. Exporting formats available:
  • ACS-GPS
  • Aerosoft L1011 FMS
  • Aerowinx PS1.3 (.rou and .via option)
  • Flight1 ATR72
  • FlightSim Commander
  • FLY!II Planner
  • FPI ATOC
  • FS2000/02/04 Planner (.pln)
  • FSACARS
  • FSINN
  • FSNavigator 4
  • FSX Planner (.pln (xml))
  • GPS98
  • iFLY 747
  • IVAP
  • ISG FMS/MCU
  • Lago MD80 Maddog
  • LevelD 767 (767PIC)
  • Navdata/RealCRT (FS2002)
  • PMDG 777/757 for FLY!II
  • PMDG 737NG 737-600/-700, for FS2002/FS2004
  • PMDG 747-400, for FS2004
  • PSS A320
  • PSS 747/777 (FS2002)
  • PSS 757/777 (FS2004)
  • PSS Route (Dash 8)
  • SquawkBox 3
  • SSW A310
  • vasFMC
  • X-Plane 6.2+/7.1+ FMS
  • X-Plane 8+ FMS
  • XSquawkBox IMPORT Importing of Flight Plans from various formats.
  • Squawkbox
  • FS2000
  • 767PIC
  • PSS 747/777
  • PSS A320
  • PSS Route
  • PS1.3 .via option availabe for PSSA320,PSS Route (DH8), PS1.3, 767PIC, and FS2000 .PLN to import the route in ATS or coded formats. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIRCAFT DATA/PERFORMANCE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Detailed Aircraft, time, and fuel performance calculations (user customizable).
  • Takeoff and Landing V-speed calculations based on gross weight, elevation, temperature, and flaps settings.
  • Takeoff Gross weight automatically recalculated when fuel or payload weight values are modified.
  • After Build, Takeoff and landing Gross Weights are adjusted to include the projected fuel use for the flight.
  • If Max takeoff and landing Gross weights are exceeded user is notified by highlighted them in red.
  • Detailed Aircraft Performance data included initially for,several Airliners.
  • Optional Step climb calculations for long range Flights.
  • Cruise performance/fuel flow changes as aircraft's gross weight changes during cruise.
  • Performance calculations adjusted for Winds aloft forecast at each waypoint (Available for SimWx, FSMeteo not available yet)
  • Performance data can be customized for a specific Flight Sim aircraft model. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAVDATA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Database of SID's and STAR's, and Airways, Airports and Navaids included.
  • Preferred arrival and departures routings included for many airports (user customizable).
  • Complete High and Low alt Airways database.
  • US Socal TEC routes
  • US and Canada Preferred IFR routes.
  • VOR's, NDB's, and Intersections, and Airways databases will be updated every Airac cycle via Richard Stefan's Navdata service.
  • Program Database is simulator independent, can use the same database for different FlightSims.
  • Entire FAA Preferred IFR and Severe weather routes database included (can be easily updated by a download from FAA's web site). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Support of FL notation for user defined cruise altitude box.
  • Pulldown menu available when entered Navaid ID contains multiple ID's in the database (waypoint table/grid).
  • Can define Magnetic year used in magvar adjustments (range 2000-2005).
  • Displays latitude longitude position of cursor on map, automatically adjusts display when mouse moves.
  • Flight Plan Navlog printout with optional export to .pdf format.
  • Navlog can be customized to include your own or your organizations logo .
  • SID/STAR menu displays in synch with runways that support them as runway selection changes so does SID/STAR menu.
  • Map Zoom factor displayed.
  • Detailed Navigation log with aircraft climb, cruise,descent, and fuel performance information included.
  • Navlog includes column to display ARTCC/FIR sector for each Flight Plan waypoint
  • Optionally to display user defined aircraft callsign in Navlog
  • Import directly from multine ICAO/telex route format
  • Import directly from the numerous websites and applications that store or generate flight plans in coded format.
  • Import routes created with 'RoutFinder' website.
  • Automatic flight plan destination alternate selection (user confugurable).
  • Activity Log (to keep track of recently created flights)
  • Revision option for X-Plane. Since X-Plane does not support loading flight plans from previous versions, you can specifiy which X-Plane revision you currently have, so X-Plane will load Fsbuild generated plans in your release.
  • Easy access to flight plans stored on various flight plan/planning the websites for easy copy/paste directly into Fsbuild.
  • Miniplan version of Navlog can optionally be exported to FS2002's Kneeboard notes file with the abbreviated route and takeoff and landing data (v-speeds) information.
  • Navlog text automatically copied in X-plane 6 folder for loading Navlog to display inside X-Plane 6.5
  • Batch Build option to Build a list of Flight plans in sequence.
  • Fsbuild2 can optionally use RVSM Flight Levels. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------