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NavPlan DATABASE DELETION
On the first NavPlan program screen, press the menu icon on the graffiti area. Under the LOOKUP menu, tap DATABASE EXPIRATIONS. This screen allows you to select and delete any of the database files. You may reinstall any of the database files at any time.
NavPlan DATABASE UPDATES
To update an NavPlan database, simply install the new one. It will automatically replace the older database. CAUTION: Installing an older database will also replace a newer one.
CREATING A TRIP
NavPlan has two screens - the "Trip" screen and the "Navigation Log" screen. The Trip screen comes up first when you start NavPlan.
Use the Trip screen to input the route of your trip using airports, navaids, fix/intersection, or user waypoints. Identifiers are input using their standard three letter codes. (NavPlan does not use the ICAO identifiers - which may require a "K" before some airport codes. For example, please input "SFO" for San Francisco International, not "KSFO".)
Some identifier codes represent both airports and navaids. If you use one of these, NavPlan will show you both on a list, and you can choose which one you want. If you prefer, you can tap in the TYPE field, and select the type from a list.
NavPlan will remember up to 10 different trips. You can use the pull-down in the upper right corner to select which trip you want to use.
DISPLAYING A NAVIGATION LOG
Before displaying the Navigation Log screen, it's a good idea to input your aircraft performance and winds data. You can only do this from the Navigation Log screen by tapping on the menu icon in the graffiti area, and selecting Airplane or Winds under the SETTINGS menu.
After entering a list of identifiers on the Trip screen, tap on the Calc Trip button to display the Navigation Log screen. If you haven't input your airplanes true airspeed and fuel rate, NavPlan will prompt you for this information. If NavPlan finds duplicate entries in the database for any identifier, it will show them on a list, and allow you to select the one you wish.
The Navigation Log screen will show either the True Course, Magnetic Course, or Magnetic Heading in the first column. You can toggle between these by tapping on the CRS/HDG button. When Magnetic Heading is selected, the Navigation Log will display ground speed in the second column instead of distance.
The Navigation Log screen will display either a running total for Fuel and Estimated Time Enroute, or the amount for each leg. You can toggle between these by tapping on the Legs/Total button.
FINDING AN AIRPORT
NavPlan has every airport in the FAA's databases in it's two airports databases. If you do not know the identifier of your airport, it's easy to find using the Lookup feature. On the Trip screen, tap on the trip leg number's Identifier field where you want to put the airport. Next, tap on the menu icon in the graffiti area. Choose Airports from the LOOKUP menu. Input any text string from the airport's name in the Lookup Airport dialog box, and tap on the Search button. A list of matching airports will be displayed. Scroll to the one you want, select it by tapping on it once, and the tap on the OK button. You will then return to the Trip screen with the airport identifier in the position you requested.
DISPLAYING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A WAYPOINT
On either the Trip screen or the Navigation Log screen, you can tap on the identifier for a pop-up balloon for more information about the waypoint. All waypoints will display the lat/lon in the pop-up balloon. Fix/intersection waypoints will also display the navaids, bearing and distance from the navaids that define their position. Airports display their full name, state, and magnetic variance. For complete airport information about public airports, use AVEDWARE's A/FD program.
APPLICATION SETTINGS
Because NavPlan includes all navaids in the FAA's database, it also includes VOT's and navaids marked as "Not Common System Usage." (primarily private navaids) By default, NavPlan excludes these navaids. You can configure NavPlan to include either of these navaids by tapping on the menu icon in the graffiti area, and selecting Application on the SETTINGS menu.
NavPlan also uses nautical miles by default. You can specify statue miles in the Application Settings.
NavPlan does not specify the units on the fuel burn rate for your airplane. You may use any units you wish (gallons per hour, liters per hour, or pounds per hour) and the calculations will work properly for your units.
USER WAYPOINTS
If you input an identifier that NavPlan can not find in it's databases, a dialog box will appear asking you to either EDIT or ADD the waypoint. Choosing EDIT allows you to correct the identifier's code. Choosing ADD allows you to enter the waypoint into the User database. The input fields are the name, lat/lon and magnetic variation.
After a user waypoint has been stored, you may edit it by entering it's identifier on a Trip screen, tapping the menu icon in the graffiti area, and choosing User Waypoint on the LOOKUP menu.
DATABASE EXPIRATIONS
Taping on the menu icon in the graffiti area and selecting Database Expirations on the LOOKUP menu will display when the data is no longer considered current by the FAA, and when new data becomes available. You will be warned of any expired data when you start the NavPlan program
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