INSPlanner

INSPlanner is the Miltech Simulations online planner for routes made of coordinates. Make a route, zones, scan boxes and charts on a map, on any device, then send them to the aircraft with a 6-digit ID. Open it at insplanner.miltechsimulations.com.

What the U-2 Takes from INSPlanner

Names go into the U-2 in capitals, up to 8 characters. The U-2 does not use the waypoint turn settings.

Make a Route

1. Open the Flight Plan tab. Type a name in Flight Plan Name.
2. Add the waypoints in the order you fly them: click the map, use Search (an ICAO or IATA code, an airport, a navaid or a place, then Add as Waypoint), or Add by coordinate for exact decimal degrees.
3. Correct the route in the waypoint table: ▲ / ▼ move a waypoint up or down, ✥ moves it on the map, ✕ deletes it. Delete All clears the plan.
4. Click Send to Aircraft (at least 2 waypoints). INSPlanner shows a 6-digit ID.

File menu: Retrieve from Cloud opens a plan again from its ID; Save as CSV and Load from CSV keep a plan as a file.

Load the Route

1. On an MFD press B6 STAT, T5 LOAD.
2. Select ST3 - INSPLANNER (or ST4 - INSPLANNER 2 for a second plan) and press R5 DTAIL.
3. Press L2 PLAN and type the 6 digits on the UFCD keypad.
4. Press L3 FTCH. The points show in the list with their positions.
5. Press R6 LOAD. The status reads LOADED.

With the EFB option Activate loaded flight plans on (the default) the route becomes the ACTIVE file at once. If it is off, select the store file on NAV → DPS and press LOAD. See LOAD and DPS.

Zones and TP Boxes

1. Open the Zones tab. Type a name in Zone Plan.
2. Select a tool: Airport (emergency airport), Bullseye, ROZ or TP box. Click the map, or use Place by airport or coordinates.
3. A ROZ starts with a 10 NM radius; set the radius and the colour in its line under Plan items. For a TP box, hold and drag on the map over the area you want to scan.
4. Click Send to aircraft and write down the 6-digit ID.
5. On the MFD LOAD page, load EMER-BULL-ROZ and TD - INSPLANNER with that ID, the same way as the route.

• ROZ colours show as green, magenta or cyan on the MFD map. The U-2 takes a radius up to 255 NM.
• TD - INSPLANNER is gray when no imaging sensor is installed. The TP boxes become targeting points: see Loading a TD File.

Charts on the Sunshade

1. Make the route (and the zones, if you want them on the chart) first.
2. Open the Charts Export tab. Fill in the title, the classification banner and the destination points header (track ID, aircraft, date, time). Add procedures and mission remarks if you want them.
3. Under Detail views, draw up to six ops areas with Draw ops area, or Add current view.
4. Click Generate PNG, then Send charts to aircraft. Write down the 6-digit ID.
5. In the U-2 EFB, Charts tab, type the ID and press Find. Sheet 1 goes to chart 1 as LOCAL and sheet 2 to chart 2 as NAV.

The charts ID also holds the route: you can load it on ST3 - INSPLANNER too. See EFB, Charts Tab.

If It Does Not Load

Related pages: Status Pages (STAT) · Navigation Pages (NAV) · Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) · Targeting Points · Quick Answers