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Voyager Flight Software System
Is anyone using the Voyager Flight Software System ? I have downloaded the
'Free Flight' version and now I keep getting all these emails to buy the full product. My usage of Voyager so far has been limited and I have to say that both on my desktop and laptop, it either fails to start, or is very slow. Any comments ? B2Z |
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Voyager Flight Software System
"Bravo Two Zero" wrote in message ... Is anyone using the Voyager Flight Software System ? I have downloaded the 'Free Flight' version and now I keep getting all these emails to buy the full product. My usage of Voyager so far has been limited and I have to say that both on my desktop and laptop, it either fails to start, or is very slow. Any comments ? Your observations coincide with many other peoples, myself included. Bad design or bad execution, I can't say, but Voyager can bring a fast and well memoried system to it's knees. |
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Voyager Flight Software System
On Apr 22, 12:24 pm, "Bravo Two Zero" wrote:
Is anyone using the Voyager Flight Software System ? I have downloaded the 'Free Flight' version and now I keep getting all these emails to buy the full product. My usage of Voyager so far has been limited and I have to say that both on my desktop and laptop, it either fails to start, or is very slow. Any comments ? B2Z Hey, give AirPlan a try. It runs quite fast, and won't bog down your machine, plus it is only $10 to register it: http://www.razorsedgesoft.com/airplan.htm |
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Voyager Flight Software System
I tried it last summer so my observation may be dated (but I doubt it). Good
features but very slow, poorly written software. -- ------------------------------- Travis Lake N3094P PWK "Bravo Two Zero" wrote in message ... Is anyone using the Voyager Flight Software System ? I have downloaded the 'Free Flight' version and now I keep getting all these emails to buy the full product. My usage of Voyager so far has been limited and I have to say that both on my desktop and laptop, it either fails to start, or is very slow. Any comments ? B2Z |
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Voyager Flight Software System
I agree, some features are good but my system well exceeds the listed system
requirements on theie website and performace sucks. What really is putting me off purchasing it ( even the $99 'express' version ) is it's lack of error handling. I would say on average that it fails to start probably 2 out of every three attempts. In the planning wizard, it exited the program without warning while I was trying to plot a simple route using two airports and a number of fixes. It actuallt did this 3 times on the same route. Screen refresh is terrible. B2Z "Travis Marlatte" wrote in message t... I tried it last summer so my observation may be dated (but I doubt it). Good features but very slow, poorly written software. -- ------------------------------- Travis Lake N3094P PWK "Bravo Two Zero" wrote in message ... Is anyone using the Voyager Flight Software System ? I have downloaded the 'Free Flight' version and now I keep getting all these emails to buy the full product. My usage of Voyager so far has been limited and I have to say that both on my desktop and laptop, it either fails to start, or is very slow. Any comments ? B2Z |
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Voyager Flight Software System
"Bravo Two Zero" wrote requirements on theie website and performace sucks. What really is putting me off purchasing it ( even the $99 'express' version ) is it's lack of error handling. I would say on average that it fails to start probably 2 out of every three attempts. In the planning wizard, it exited the program without warning while I was trying to plot a simple route using two airports and a number of fixes. It actuallt did this 3 times on the same route. It sounds like the decision to purchase it should be a no-brainer, shouldn't it? There are too many other good programs out there, that actually work. -- Jim in NC |
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Voyager Flight Software System
I had the same initial problems, but now run it continuously on three
different computers. It is slow due to the limitations of the downloads, but the screen re-writes are also slow. It is great for filing flight plans, and the airplane modeling is also well developed. Overall, it is well thought out and does the job. It is clearly superior to Jeppesen's product, although I have both. Except for the slowness, all of the other features like the flight plan, terrain mapping, alerts, TFR's, etc, are very contemporary. My copies do not lock up or crash, and I suspect that this is due to their online service that downloads updates and fixes bugs automatically. I leave it running all the time, so I can take a glance at the radar (when I wish I could be flying). It has never locked up, and this has been for weeks at a time. I use it extensively, and as I learn more about it, I find myself looking at ADDS and the Jepp software less and less. |
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Voyager Flight Software System
Bravo Two Zero wrote:
Is anyone using the Voyager Flight Software System ? I have downloaded the 'Free Flight' version and now I keep getting all these emails to buy the full product. My usage of Voyager so far has been limited and I have to say that both on my desktop and laptop, it either fails to start, or is very slow. Any comments ? Some comments from a pilot of 20 years and embedded systems developer: My review may be dated, but I evaluated the Voyager product suite about six months ago and I was left with the impression that it was all about flash and features, and little about performance and reliability. The primary problem with the Voyager suite is that it tries to be everything to everyone and it suffers from feature bloat. I ran it on a top-of-the-line desktop machine and was never impressed with its speed. I can only imagine how slow it would be on a tablet in battery conservation mode. I sent the company an extensive review of the product and gave them a lot of constructive criticism (not just "hey, this sucks", but "here's how I would fix it" and "this is what I need it to do"). To their credit I received a point-by-point response, but they didn't promise to fix anything. And yea, they keep spamming me too. -Doug -- -------------------- Doug Vetter, ATP/CFI http://www.dvatp.com -------------------- |
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"Doug Vetter" wrote in message ... I sent the company an extensive review of the product and gave them a lot of constructive criticism (not just "hey, this sucks", but "here's how I would fix it" and "this is what I need it to do"). To their credit I received a point-by-point response, but they didn't promise to fix anything. And yea, they keep spamming me too. Exactly my experiece from about two years ago...right down to the spamming part. -- Matt Barrow Performace Homes, LLC. Colorado Springs, CO |
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Voyager Flight Software System
I posted a review a little while back that should be found with a Google
search. In short, I had the same system performance issues as everyone else. One other thing that was really bad was the usability of the printed maps in the trip packs. Very cluttered and it didn't even have the waypoint names in a legible format. That made that maps useless other than to see the basic shape of your flight path. After spending $150 just for the software, they required another $99 for an upgrade to the newer version. Ridiculous. I went with the Jeppesen Internet Flight Planner which is cheap for ~$115 a year. Dean's flight planner as well as Golden Eagle's basic planner are worth looking into as well. Marco "Matt Barrow" wrote in message ... "Doug Vetter" wrote in message ... I sent the company an extensive review of the product and gave them a lot of constructive criticism (not just "hey, this sucks", but "here's how I would fix it" and "this is what I need it to do"). To their credit I received a point-by-point response, but they didn't promise to fix anything. And yea, they keep spamming me too. Exactly my experiece from about two years ago...right down to the spamming part. -- Matt Barrow Performace Homes, LLC. Colorado Springs, CO |
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