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On line route planner + question about gas.
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:08 pm
by tthierry
Thanks to those who have added data in the euroVFR database. More and more every week for South Africa
You can also use it, for exemple the route planner:
http://nav3000.free.fr/moteur/log.php
I have a question:
I'd like to make euroVFR a more microlighters friendly site. (Although many features are already available for microlighters.)
Being a plane pilot, I know very little about microlights.
In euroVFR, airfields can be searched and are marked on the maps according to the availability of 100LL.
Is this the gas you use for microlighters?
Do you also use automotive gas?
Would it be useful for microlighters if airfields could be differentiated according to an other gas criteria than 100LL?
Opinion and comments are requested, please...
Re: On lineoute planner + question about gas.
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:03 pm
by John Young
tthierry wrote:Do you also use automotive gas?
Hi Thierry,
In South Africa, most trikes are run on "automotive gas" being -
95 Octane Unleaded.
95 Octane Lead Replacement is not popular.
Very few places that microlighters visit have fuel for sale. So it's either carry your own or arrange for some on the way.
When are you coming to visit RSA?
Regards
John ZU-CIB
Re: On lineoute planner + question about gas.
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:07 pm
by tthierry
John Young wrote:
Very few places that microlighters visit have fuel for sale. So it's either carry your own or arrange for some on the way.
When are you coming to visit RSA?
Unfortunately, no plan to visit RSA in a near future.
In your opinion, it would be useless to make a distinction between places with 95 Unleaded available and places where it is not available, because the latter would represent almost all of microlighters used places?
Re: On lineoute planner + question about gas.
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:39 pm
by John Young
tthierry wrote:In your opinion, it would be useless to make a distinction between places with 95 Unleaded available and places where it is not available, because the latter would represent almost all of microlighters used places?
Hi,
Rather than distinguish, just a note / comment about fuel availability on the card should do.
Regards
John ZU-CIB
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:12 am
by tthierry
This saves me a bit of work.
However, a simple note won't be noticeable on the maps, and won't enable to search airfields WITH 95 unleaded.
Features already available for 100LL.
I'm going to ask the same question in other countries and see if the situation is the same. Maybe you'll benefit from a request made by Brits or French microlighters...
Merry christmas to all of you...