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VFR cruising altitudes in the Flight Details window


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Hi!
Over in the SD User Europe FB group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1515060015215635) there is a discussion going on to better have a altitude preselection of x-thousands +500 ft when flight rules are set to VFR.
I believe this is a good idea and should be tested in Beta..
To clarify: if you tab the Flight Details badge two items of importance can be preselected:
The first one: flight rules (in this case set to VFR..)
and the second one: "Cruising Level". When tapping that a column of preselected altitudes will show up, starting at 1000ft, then 2000 ft, followed by 3000ft and so on...
However, when flying VFR, it´s not a good idea to select these altitudes as SERA.5005 (g) and Appendix 3 state that you should fly at 3500 ft rather than 3000ft or 5500 ft rather than 5000ft - FL75 rather than FL70.
So I suggest to replace the preselected altitudes 1000, 2000, 3000 and so on by adding 1500 and 2500, then to replace the Thousands by 3500, 4500, 5500 and so on.
All the best,
Björn

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Your flight has an "overall" level, set in the Flight Details page as documented above.

Each leg can also have its own individually-specified level. If you've already specified a level for each leg individually, the overall level will make no difference.

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Here we go again. I video'd  the problem, but I can't upload it. It bluntly refuses to change altitude.

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Richard Branderhorst - 6/5/2024 4:33:46 PM
Here we go again. I video'd  the problem, but I can't upload it. It bluntly refuses to change altitude.

Having been there myself, I just share my workflow here in the hope it helps Richard and other people struggling.
  1. Start planning from scratch
  2. Define T/O and Landing point
  3. Go to Flight Details, set "Cruise Level" and see it change for the leg
  4. Drag/select/enter all waypoints, change altitude of each leg according to rules/terrain/personal preferences
As Tim correctly pointed out, if you select a level or drag a leg on the virtual radar to change it, the overall "Cruise level" set in Flight Details will be ignored. 
Hope this helps - all the best


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LSZA based
DA40 / SR20 / S22T / PIVI / TWEN

Edited 6/12/2024 8:14:15 AM by Fabrizio Albonico
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