Frequently Asked Questions (latest)
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How To Create A Flight Plan in MSFS
There are several ways to copy and save flight plans to create a new flight plan (Check out the videos on our YouTube channel link below). However there is not currently a specific New button in Flightplan to create a file from scratch. The primary reason for this is that the values that define the…
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Can I use my own Google API key?
Well yes, you can get your own Google Maps API key and for a single user with moderate use it would probably not hit the threshold to be charged by Google Cloud. However, this just gives you the ability to use the Javascript API (or others) to retrieve a map. Effectively it’s no different than…
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Racing Information
Flightplan can be used to join online races or create your own. When racing in Microsoft Flight Simulator, simply join a race in Cockpit Map by clicking the checkered flag button. Descriptions of the various features are below: Courses Any flight plan uploaded to the downloads section can be used as a race course. When…
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Distance and Laps
Distance is calculated from your 2nd waypoint along the flight path to each subsequent waypoint ending with your penultimate (2nd-to-last) waypoint. This is the race distance for 1 lap and is multiplied by the number of laps on the race to determine the actual race distance. Each race can have any number of laps and…
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Distance Mode
There are 4 different modes available, these control the how close you need to be to each waypoint for your sector time to be recorded. The mode is selected on the Aircraft Settings form in Flightplan, but it will be automatically reset when you join a race. So if you were racing in Normal mode…
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Aircraft Classes
Aircraft are split into classes typically grouped by similar performance characteristics. The race classes from the MSFS Reno Air Races are standard, as are several classes for aircraft that don’t meet the criteria of any of the official racing classes, such as commercial jets. There are no restrictions in simflightplan racing, you can race any…
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Courses
Any flight plan uploaded to the downloads section can be used as a race course. When you create a race for a flight plan it gets designated as a Race Course and shows up as a course card in the race course carousel on the racing page. You can think of a race course as…