ACARS and Dispatch data

[blueskydriver]

Here is something to pass on, if you've not heard about it. Did you know there is a way to do ACARS for the CDU? This is who and what the guys at World Flight are into... Go to the following:

http://www.hoppie.nl/pub/

That link is for Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers' website and you'll see a lot of programs he writes for FS. You'll see the list on the left and look for ACARS. Or click this link:

http://www.hoppie.nl/acars/

Finally, if you have not heard of TopCat yet, it is flight dispatch program much like what Mike Leavy has talked about in regards to how the flight data is given too him before a flight. It comes to him and the Capt via ACARS to the CDU or he is given a printout. Well, TopCat is a program that does all the calculations for your weights and balance, passenger and cargo weights, fuel load and take-off/landing values (V1, V2, VR, flap settings and etc). TopCat works with ACARS program from Jeron.

TopCat is here:

http://www.topcatsim.com/

It works with a lot of add-on programs such as, PM, PMDG, IFly, Ariane, Project Open Sky and more...

Enjoy,

BSD

[jackpilot]

Thank you Sir.
Great links.

[matta757]

Topcat is AWESOME. I have been using it for several months and now cannot understand how I flew without it.

[andthiel]

...TOPCAT is awesome - but even better in combination with PFPX:

http://mutleyshangar.com/reviews/bc/pfpx/pfpx.htm

Here you find a tutorial video (March 2015):

http://youtu.be/Kj7G4VRfAOE

Cheers,

Andreas

[jfuenmayor]

And for those using ProSim, ProsimUtils version 1.5 is current. It has corrected
several issues, including the printer. It works great with the Brightek.
The combination PFPX/Topcat/ProsimUtils seems very promising.

Here is the link
http://prosim-ar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=6142