SkyDemon Plan Documentation

This documentation will take you through every significant feature of our flight-planning product as a series of guides. You can refer to a specific topic individually or read the whole thing to gain a deeper understanding of the product as a whole, and to learn tips and tricks to maximise the value you gain from it.

Table of Contents

  1. Getting Started
    1. Installation
    2. Starting the Software
    3. SkyDemon User Interface
    4. Using the Data Manager
    5. Exploring the Map
  2. Planning a Route
    1. Creating a Route on the Map
    2. Creating a Route with the Keyboard
    3. Altering your Route
    4. Vertical Navigation
    5. Other Route Conditions
    6. Managing your Routes
  3. Configuring your Aircraft
    1. The Aircraft Library
    2. Basic Properties and Fuel
    3. Climb and Descent
    4. Cruise Profiles
    5. Weight and Balance
  4. Route Analysis and Briefing
    1. Enroute Features
    2. TAF and METAR Briefing
    3. Weather Briefing
    4. NOTAM Briefing
    5. Weight and Balance Calculations
    6. Planning Warnings and Prompts
  5. The Print Centre
    1. Controlling Output
    2. Producing a PLOG
    3. Enroute Charts
    4. Airfield Plates
    5. Enroute Features
    6. Weather and NOTAM Brief
  6. Ready to Fly
    1. Exporting to Devices
    2. Exporting to Other Software
    3. Filing a VFR Flightplan
    4. GPS Navigation Facilities
    5. Flight Log Analysis
  7. User Customisations
    1. Changing Units
    2. User Waypoints
    3. Custom Data
      

Video Tutorials

These tutorial videos are designed to visually guide you through some of the features in SkyDemon plan. Further videos on specific documentation topics will be added to the documentation itself over time.

SkyDemon Overview

This video shows you how to use SkyDemon to effectively plan a simple route.

SkyDemon NOTAM Briefing Features

SkyDemon Weather Briefing Features

How to File a Flightplan with SkyDemon