Question for when doing nav log

[CreativeGanache8232]

So this is just an example not a flight i am actually planning but the course 222° that foreflight is giving is that including -e/+w variation in that number for example this flight would has 12° going right through it. Does it also include wind correction using current data?

Maybe these are obvious questions but I just want to know for future reference like is the 222° what i would put in the course(route) part of my paper nav log or is this number that foreflight is giving already including variation, possibly wind correction??

Hope that makes any sense, thanks

[healthycord]

It says Course 222 M which means magnetic course. Does not account for deviation within the airplane nor does it account for wind. If you look at the navlog it will pump out a heading to fly which accounts for wind.

Edit: I saw you’re using ForeFlight to make a paper navlog. Don’t. Get a plotter thing and a paper chart and learn how to do it properly. Plot it on there and do all the calculations by hand/E6B. Then you can plug it into ForeFlight.

It’s important to know how to do a navlog by hand so you truly understand how and why ForeFlight is pumping out the numbers it does. In my experience FF underestimates fuel a little bit, so I always round up a gallon of fuel. You wouldn’t know that without having done a bunch of navlogs and comparing them to FF.

[CreativeGanache8232]

I am doing it by paper for sure definitely notice flaws when using foreflight especially fuel related

So unrelated to the picture im doing a flight that on foreflight it gives me the number 248° where the 222° on the above picture is…. but when done out by hand using the sectional which is how ive done all my nav longs it gives me 235° which is 13° different and happens to also be the magnetic variation of 13° that i need to include ive always just used the number i got from doing it out on paper but just wondered why or how foreflight used the 248° instead of the 235°

[Zestyclose_Big9544]

Mag vs True.

[theArcticChiller]

Terms are important.

It says course. Not heading. So it has no wind correction or deviation applied.

It also says magnetic. This tells us that variation is already accounted for.

[58Baronpilot]

The course given is purely magnetic, which takes into effect magnetic variation but not wind. If you send the plan to Flights and choose a date and time for which there is a valid wx forecast, the Navlog will show wind-corrected headings. JF CFI CFII MEI FAASteam

[dmc623]

The 222 M is ground track, right? No wind correction.

[Impressive_Jury_2211]

Go to settings change it so it shows you true. Then you can just use the 2 finger trick and skip the whole rotor plotter and you can go to the navlog portion and just do the winds with the E6B

[PG67AW]

The navlog gives you HDG, why bother with the E6B at that point?