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Departure Time Problem

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Using XP with SP3, FS2004, and the new AIFP 1.6.25. I start by clicking the New FP button.
Then I collect the FS9 Aircraft. I have the (UTC) Greenwich Mean Time Zone. I choose 4 hr and IFR, ect.
Now the problem: On the first leg, I type KSAN with departure time of 00:00 or 0:00 and am allowed to continue on typing KLAX as the destination airport and completing the first leg. Now, IF I type in the departure time of 08:30 or 14:30 or any other time beside 0:00, I get a pop up window stating Departure Time Invalid!! I have tried other airports and other time zones with the same results. Only 0:00 or 00:00 is accepted.
Anyone have a suggestion?? Appreciate any help
 
Don will be better able to answer this, but for now can you ignore the warning and finish the plan? Also a screeshot would help.

Bob
 
If you set your repeat period at 4 hours, it means that the plane will have to go and return within every 4 hours, over and over. You would therefore have to start your leg at 00:30 for instance.
 
flynby,

Guess I'm not much help. If you want a flight to leave at a particulatr time, like 8:30, then you would use a 24 hr repeat period. At best a 12 hr period. But this is no different than Ttools. I always write plans that repeat as often as possible to get AI to my airports. So, there is no problem with what you are doing , it's an FS thing.
So what is the real flightplan you are tyring to set up?

Bob
 
Sorry for not jumping in sooner, but I took an extra long weekend.

As Bob has suggested, 08:30 is not a valid time in a FP with a 4hr repeat period. But, you should be able to replace it with any value between 00:00 and 03:59, not just 00:00.

DOn
 
Thank all of you guys for trying to help. I decided to continue using Ttools since it works in both FS9 and 10.
 
gadgets said:
As Bob has suggested, 08:30 is not a valid time in a FP with a 4hr repeat period. But, you should be able to replace it with any value between 00:00 and 03:59, not just 00:00.
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I think you mean that it is not valid in AIFP. It is valid in TTools so long as the flight time is less than 2 hours.

In fact AIFP will compile the following 2 hour repeat TTools flight plan:

AC#1,G-METO,1%,2Hr,VFR,10:00:00,10:15:00,050,F,0028,EGOW,11:00:00,11:15:00,050,F,0037,EGOW
 
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Yes, I know, George. But the end result is the same - a flight that departs every four hours irrespective of the departure time specified.

I felt that such a situation would likely prompt some confusion, so I limited the time to values .

Don
 
gadgets said:
Sorry for not jumping in sooner, but I took an extra long weekend.

As Bob has suggested, 08:30 is not a valid time in a FP with a 4hr repeat period. But, you should be able to replace it with any value between 00:00 and 03:59, not just 00:00.

DOn
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Thanks Don. Here is what I am looking at. My airport is VVDN or Danang. When I start FS9 and select Danang, the default GMT time is "Day at 04:41:50" and I select 4 Hours in the Ttools flightplan. I have a AI departing Danang at 04:44:00, 3 minutes after FS9 gets loaded up. I cannot use 00:00 to 03:59 to create the same AI flightplan as I understand using AIFP. Am I correct or not?
Appreciate all the help.
 
I don't understand why you reference FlightSim start time and therefore, I'm not sure I understand the question, flynby.

If you select a 4 hr repeat period, the flight operates every four hours (and must return within a four hour period), irrespective of the start time you specify. Therefore AIFP limits you to times between (inclusive) 00:00 and 03:59 for specifying departure and arrival times. Visualize the repeat period as, in this case, a 4-hour day. In the case of a 6-hr repeat, the limits would be 00:00 and 05:59 and the flight would operate 4 times a day

If, for example, you specify a departure time of 02:00 with a 4 hr repeat, the flight will depart at 02:00, 06:00, 10:00, 14:00, 18:00 and 22:00. The return flght may depart in the same period, e.g., 03:15 or in the next period 00:25+1 (just as would be the case for an over-midnight flight).

If you want a flight to depart at 04:44 and have a 4-hour repeat, then specify a departure time as 00:44. If you want the flight to depart at only 04:44 (and not at 00:44, 08:44 etc.), use a 24 hr repeat period.

Hope this is what you were looking for.

DOn
 
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