HorizonPilot flight planning download USER MANUAL

Flight planning tool

For C-150M 1976

For C-172M 1976

All values are in NM, KN, FT, DEG, or US GAL

ONLY the CELLS FILLED WITH THE COLOR LIGHT BLUE MUST BE FILLED IN

● ROUTE

In the first few columns under the to from columns enter the route in the blue cells if the waypoint is not available the corresponding number under the distance column will read 0 or a negative number if the altitude has already been inserted. To insert a new way point enter it in the table that the arrow at the top of the page is pointing at, if the waypoint is not an airport the elevation is not needed then enter the corresponding number in the route with the way point, for example if the waypoint name is entered under the ICAO name column and then the corresponding coordinates and magnetic variation enter accordingly the number beside the ICAO name is entered in the route section as the waypoint. In addition,  some of the waypoints have the same name and to not confuse the system they have a number 1 or 2 or 3 for example there AA-NDB has is in 3 different locations 1 in Greenland and 2 in the USA to one of them in the data base is written AA-NDB AA-NDB1 AA-NDB2 if you are unsure weather you have selected the right one use the data base search to compare information for a complete list of duplicates waypoints click here for a complete list of waypoints in database click here.

Note: Non directional bacon waypoints are to be entered With the waypoint name then -NDB example AA-NDB.

● RPM

Enter the desired Rpm in this section and in addition under the last line there is a cell labeled BHP which indicates the brake horsepower for the first leg based on the performance charts.

● ALT

In the alt section enter the altitude corresponding to the leg of the route

● TEMP AND PRESS

Enter the temperature and pressure at the corresponding altitudes along the route enter the temperature in degree C and pressure in inches of mercury if pressure is based on area weather charts and is in hectopascals there is a

pressure conversion calculator provided at the bottom of the page

● SPEED

      True airspeed is automatically calculated based on the performance data entered In the corresponding performance charts in addition calibrated airspeed is calculated based on the inserted temperature and pressure. Indicated airspeed is calculated based on the calibrated airspeed charts. For the C-150 and C-172 performance charts have been filled in. In the case they very from your aircraft you must enter the manually

● TRACK

 Track is based off of the angle of degree of 2 waypoints entered in the TO FROM section and is true track.

● WIND

As of the current version wind must be entered manually based on the upper winds and temperature forecast (FD’s) and can be obtained at NAV CANADA Weather.

In the first column of the wind section enter the degree true of the wind and then in the second column enter the wind in KNs.

● TO and LANDING DIS

Takeoff and landing distance are automatically calculated provided the winds and proposed runway have been entered along with the corresponding performance charts.

● MAGNETIC VARIATION

Magnetic Variation is automatically calculated based on the location of the route entered

● HEADING

is calculated based on the winds and track line and then further by including the corresponding magnetic variation to get the magnetic heading as of the current version the magnetic and compass heading are the same but in later versions I might include a way to insert aircraft magnetic deviation

●  DIS

Distance is calculated based on the distance between the two way points

●  GS

Ground speed is calculated based on true airspeed and wind and track

● TIME

Time is based on distance and ground speed and has an extra 10 minutes added for landing

● FUEL BURN

Fuel burn is based on performance charts and for the 150 and 172 1 gallon is added for landing in the Generic aircraft version this is optional

● VREF

Vref is based on aircraft stall speed and in the case of a properly filled out weight and balance for 150 and 172 the landing weight based on the fuel burn as for the generic version the landing weight has to be entered manually

● Weight and balance

A weight and balance template has been provided for the c-172 and c-150 models were the aircraft weight and moment is input along with the weights of each loaded item

● Data base search

A data search function has been provides to verify coordinate long and lat of a waypoint if user is not satisfied that they are accurate they can manually enter them in the custom waypoints between the nav log and performance data

● coordinates converter

a coordinates convertor will convert DEG MIN SEC to just DEG 

● AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE

Under the aircraft performance data the corresponding areas must be filled in from the Aircraft POH in the case of the 150 and 172 it has been filled out based on the C150M 1976 Model and the C-172 1976 model.

For further questions or assistance contact me at horizon.2pilot@gmail.com

Link to pagehttps://sites.google.com/view/horizonpilot/home/ To download a pdf list of the way points used Click here

Note Not all Canadian Waypoints are in the database but All airports should be and all USA waypoints and airports should be in the database. If you know of a complete set of waypoint data in Canada please contact me.

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