OpenAir files on Flymaster NAV

[Bart Vandewoestyne]

On http://www.parapentebelge.be/parapentebelge/forum/list.php?id=Carte%20Belgique%20FlyMaster%20NAV somebody asked the following:

"Hello, I need some help to put the Belgian airspace files into my FlyMaster NAV.  It seems like the device only supports files in XML-format.  I have tried to rename Bart's excellent OpenAir files, but that doesn't seem to help."

I do not own a FlyMaster NAV device, so I cannot test, but based on the information that I found in the FlyMaster NAV manual, my answer to this is the following:

In the Flymaster NAV manual online at http://www.flymaster-avionics.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=knSyz3Wdnig%3d&tabid=179&mid=732&forcedownload=true on page 18 it is written:

"Airspace information can loaded to the instrument using the Flymaster Designer software (see Designer user manual for more information).  The NAV only accepts data in the “Open Air” format, and it has a limitation of 3000 polygons points. (See http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_openair.html for more information about the open air format)."

So yes, in theory it should be possible to use the OpenAir files from https://github.com/BartVandewoestyne/oaconvert/tree/master/openair and load them onto your device with the Flymaster Designer software.  However, some of the OpenAir files have quite a lot of polygon points (lines that begin with DP in the OpenAir files).  The files with the most points are:

• Brussels FIR: 897 points
• LFA Golf 1: 660 points
• LFA Golf 2 South: 267 points
• LFA Golf 2 North: 182 points
• LFA Golf 2 West: 126 points
• Ardennes 07 Danger: 125 points
• All the rest of the Belgian OpenAir files have less than 100 points.

The reason why these files have lots of points is because they have a high density of points for the Belgian border data.

So, when transferring the OpenAir files to your Flymaster NAV device with the Flymaster Designer software, only load the airspaces you really need.  If you load too much, you will have way more than the maximum allowed polygon points.

[Bart Vandewoestyne]

To be even more precise on what the Flymaster NAV can handle, see http://www.flymaster-avionics.com/Products/Comparisonchart/tabid/183/Default.aspx where it is written:

• 3100 polygon points (lines starting with DP in the OpenAir files)
• 2200 cylinders (lines starting with DC in the OpenAir files)
• 1400 arcs (lines starting with DA or DB in the OpenAir files)
  

[eric.deca...@gmail.com]

Hello Bart,

thank you for the fast reply and help.

Appreciated.

Tkx

[vanr...@gmail.com]

Hello Bart,

Heb mij onlangs de GPS Flymaster aangeschaft en zou nu graag eens de airspace van Oostende in steken als test. Maar hoe weet ik niet.

Ik zie 3 files van Oostende nl. CTR, TMA1 en TMA2.  Wat moet ik precies kopiëren en uploaden?

Alvast bedankt.

:

[Bart Vandewoestyne]

On 05/29/2014 10:30 AM, vanr...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello Bart,
>
> Heb mij onlangs de GPS Flymaster aangeschaft en zou nu graag eens de
> airspace van Oostende in steken als test. Maar hoe weet ik niet.
> Ik zie 3 files van Oostende nl. CTR, TMA1 en TMA2. Wat moet ik precies
> kopiëren en uploaden?
> Alvast bedankt.

Hallo,

Met de Flymaster heb ik geen ervaring. Voor zover ik kan zien uit mijn
vorige antwoord (dat je ook in je mail had staan), moet je de Flymaster
Designer software gebruiken.

Misschien dat Wim Verhoeve je verder kan helpen?

Groeten,
Bart