I'm on the join line. Annoying.

Is there a digital product that allows printing of (parts of) UK charts?

Yes, http://shop.memory-map.co.uk/acatalo...00_Charts.html. The maps are printed at the scale you want, so a 1:500,000 is the same as a printed CAA chart. You can mark your route on the map and, if a SkyDemon user, import your route from SD. The route will be overlaid on the printed copy.

Cool! Thanks.

is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that here we all are, involved in one of the most expensive hobbies around complaining about spending £18 on an up to date chart?


If the attitude is that penny pinching towards the most basic aid to navigation, what is the attitude to the rest of the hobby?


My company issues me with an I-Pad with all the up to date VFR nav kit on it for when I'm flying the helicopter, but also issues me with all the up to date VFR charts at the same time. The aircraft has all the Jepp plates, moving maps and everything else that a 15 000 000 dollar corporate helicopter can carry, but the charts still have lines drawn on them. My Condor has a map, compass and stopwatch and if I remember a portable GPS, but the chart is always folded to the relevant section.


SND

Sir Niall Dementia, I think you've misread the thread. I haven't seen anyone complain about the cost of charts - it was about the future of paper charts. Digital charts still have a cost (if bought through Memory Map, Air Nav Pro, Runway HD etc) and in some cases are more expensive than the paper charts. I prefer to buy the Memory Map charts (at £20, so £2 more than the paper equivalent), so I can print out the sections I need.

The penny pinching side of GA revolves around landing fees.
Anything more than a fiver for SEP and a tenner for MEP produces howls of anguish.

I find that quite funny. It extends into all aspects of life. How many people do you know that won't fill up at the service station at the end of the road because it's a penny a litre cheaper at the supermarket that's four miles away? Mind you we get Flyer and Pilot at our place and I'm usually first at them with the scissors.

I just blew £320 on imc training on Wednesday but £10 is still £10. If I didn't pinch the pennies in general, there's no way I'd be able to fly. A full set of maps is nearly an hour's flying for me - about 5% of my yearly total.

Contemplating getting the 1/1,000,000 scale for flight planning and an attempt at legality and using my old maps for navigation. I'll keep an up-to-date chart for Wales/Southern England where I do most of my flying.

Half mil maps
 

Worab
I use runway hd and subscribe to their amendment service great program for iPad /phone but you can't print off charts at the right scale it's either to big or too small ,you can get it close ok for enroute but not accurate for planning fine detail

Maybe looking at memory map and a different program next anniversary