The navigation tools needed to plan a sim flight in a similar fashion as the pilots did in the times between WW2 and Korea are now available in one freeware program - the Dead-Reckoning Suite (DRS). For the full experience I recommend to use it together with JD Swann's Plotting Board App which also includes the Mark-8 Flight Computer!
Just download the .zip file, unzip and start the DRS_04c.exe file in the folder.
In this first public version, the Marianas Map is optimized to be used with the in-game aviation plotter, but the other maps should work with acceptable precision as well. You are not restricted to using the DRS with the built-in maps. You can always get course and distance from your own in-game map, say DCS, MSFS, IL2 or from a website like skyvector.com. Type in these numbers in the DRS to calculate your flight plan.
Go the the How to Page of the Dead-Reckoning Suite ... with the help texts from the in-game help function ...
I am still working on a tutorial video and example flight plan to help you learning to use the Dead-Reckoning Suite, but you can try it out already.
How do you like the Dead-Reckoning Suite? What features should be improved or added? Write me an email or DM on Discord (link):
https://discord.com/firefly1739
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