SkyDemon output to GTN

Does that Import procedure also work with the G1000?

SD will export in gtn or gns format(and a few others), so I guess it may well do.
Answer would be in g1000 manual under file import(file types) I would think.

As mentioned, the format is lat/long with a name. If a sd user waypoint is included in the file, it is not given a name and the gtn flags up a problem, and you have to create the user waypoint and then put it in the plan, if I remember correctly.
I used airways waypoints almost exclusively and they all worked fine.(vrps are also in the database, last 2 letters of airfield identifier, followed by first 3 letters of vrp)
Of course, the gtn airways entry mode makes inputting routes manually pretty quick…..for airways flights.

Does that Import procedure also work with the G1000?

Or if you send a route with ORTAC in it but the lat/long in the target GPS’s ORTAC is not quite the same – which is virtually assured with a floating point number representation.

Yes, especially when some people add waypoints with a 3 letter identifier.

I had someone put in DET at about 25nm away from the DET VOR. I found out when in autopilot (and rushed a bit when doing my Direct to, lesson learned!)

Peter wrote:

Has anyone tried to establish any answers to my post above (duplicate waypoints)?

If Flightstream is used with Foreflight, then user waypoints will always be represented by their lat/lon coordinates.

Don’t know how Skydemon handles that though, but my guess is it works similar. It would be a major bug to send a user waypoint as a three-letter navaid only because its label coincides with the identifier of that navaid.

I uploaded 20+ SD routes to my GTN a while ago. The file format seems to upload lat/long with a name.
Most worked fine, if it doesn’t recognise somewhere it locks the waypoint and you have to resolve the issue before using it if I recall correctly. The manual has details of potential issues, section 4.6

Nevertheless, there appears to be no way for an autopilot to fly a route directly from Skydemon – or any other tablet based satnav program. AFAIK it has been done on homebuilts, with various autopilot interfaces being available. Even the ancient Oziexplorer has an “autopilot output”, via RS232.

Has anyone tried to establish any answers to my post above (duplicate waypoints)?

One (new) possibility is to press the “Share” button in the “Route” menu, and select “Send to Garmin Pilot” – from there if you have Flightstream, you can just beam it to your GTN.