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12/22/2019 9:44 AM
 

I just ran a flight plan for KAJO Corona, Ca to 3U2 Johnson Creek Idaho on both my Windows computer and my Samsung Note 9 Android phone.

The 1st try on the phone ran 9 minutes before I aborted it and ran it again.

The second run stopped counting time after 10 minutes but finally came up with a route. 6H 08m  fuel 21.6 684 milesI had selected an altitude of 9500, but the altitudes on the route changed from 8500 at the 1st half and then decended to 3200, 4500 and then back to 9500. The winds were best at 9500.

I planned the route manually using the ruber band function in 2 minutes.

At the same time I ran the same course on my Windos 10 computer.

5h 57 min 20.9 gal 684 miles. Took 3 minutes to do the plan.

Removed an unnecessary way point 10 miles north of my Mt Home fuel stop and the total course distance increased 100 miles the the altitude was reduced to 4500 msl taking me into the rock pile north of Mt Home. It increased the mileage 100 miles on the Android phone also, but didn't change the altitude as it did on the Windows computer. In both cases the course time remained the same.

I would have posted this on the Beta site, but I mistakenly deleted my link to that site and have submitted a Beta Group application, but as of one week there has been no response.

LATER: This time just set a direct flight plan KAJO to 3U2 (straight flight at 9500) and the mileage came up as 769 miles. Then I ran RP and the mileage came up as 692 miles and did not do a fuel stop. So of my 28 gallon total I uised 28.8 as I glided into Johnson Creek. 

 

John M

 

 
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