ILS Display

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ILS Display

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KevPilot	KevPilot posted 3/8/2011 12:21:33 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 44, Visits: 107	I guess hudreds wold be fine... Maybee one could use some kind of arrow signaling climbs and decends also when approaching ToD BoC? I was also thinking about the boeing-style MFD where the route, airspace and waypoints is shown in the "background" of the HSI, like you show all "synthetic" information but not the map itself... Dont know how to describe it, but google boeing mfd and you'll see what i mean. Im a big fan of your work Tim, and really love the forum and your attention to customers input. Im about to take my SD mobile for the first test-flight this week, and really looking forward to it! Keep it up! kevin
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 3/8/2011 11:37:03 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.4K	I suppose the vertical deviation indication could be in hundreds of feet from your planned level. Interesting idea.
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KevPilot	KevPilot posted 3/7/2011 9:35:04 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 44, Visits: 107	Looks really great! How about incorporating en-route v-nav with the glide slope indicator to show how you are doing according to the planned altitude? As you all maybe have guessed i'm really keen on getting the ability to show my v-plan as well as the h-plan. Airspace infringements is a big thing these days, and good v-nav planning really helps along the way. kevin
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nje	nje posted 3/7/2011 8:11:34 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 384, Visits: 4.2K	Thank you Tim and colleagues for the hard work you put into your product, the improvements look fantastic, keep up the excellent work.
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JamesB	JamesB posted 3/7/2011 5:56:37 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 9, Visits: 174	Tim, that HSI screenshot looks super. Great stuff and thanks to the whole team for the excellent work! Looking forward to the 2.1 release already ...
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 3/7/2011 3:57:30 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.4K	I've just posted a news story that includes a section on this feature. http://www.skydemon.aero/news.aspx?story=30
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Bathman	Bathman posted 3/4/2011 5:54:58 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 64, Visits: 247	This is great news many thanks.
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Runways	Runways posted 2/28/2011 9:45:55 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 309, Visits: 1.6K	Congratulations, you did it again, Tim & Co. Not that I had any doubts, I must add. I look forward to trying it when back in the UK. I also look forward for a FULL FLIGHT PANNEL in SD, at some stage, keeping it simple and user friendly @ the same time! Well...why not? Let´s treat ourselves for the Full Monte, I´d say! Tim, can I reverse gear for a minute as I now doubt that my Garmin pilot III and Skyforce will be needed much longer in the aeroplane? Yep. Nothing like ¨By Real Pilots For Real Pilots¨ Once more, well done. Very Newbytheway DurhamTeaseAirport
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Tim Dawson	Tim Dawson posted 2/27/2011 11:25:33 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 8.1K, Visits: 9.4K	Unless you manage to make more than one significant correction to your flight controls every second, I would question how beneficial a GPS chipset update of more than 1hz is. I wonder how fast they think the average pilot's instrument scan rate is.
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mr_rodge	mr_rodge posted 2/27/2011 10:38:35 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 22, Visits: 70	Hi there, I'd also like a feature such as this. As a VFR w/IMC pilot I do most navigation through visual fixes and using VOR/ADF/DME etc. The instrument presentation on SkyDemon is excellent, and I especially like the colour-coding of required track so you can turn until the compass rose matches the required heading. I don't think the software needs to go as far as having a fully-fledged virtual panel like the Garmins because of the current presentation being more than sufficient. I do, however, feel that the flying of descents could do with an extra instrument, as could the glideslope. The virtual radar screen on my 4.3" HTC HD2 is way too small if trying to follow a glideslope on a visual approach and sometimes the glideslope doesn't show up at all. I think an overlay instrument could be toggled on or off that puts a line across the middle of the screen representing the aircraft and a moving line showing the descent profile/glideslope would make the software complete. Much like an ILS approach, however one that could be toggled on or off at any time and thus used for descents or climbs. If overlaying the map with lines isn't an option, perhaps temporarily switching from the map to the instrument for a virtual ILS or four virtual red/white runway lights on the screen somewhere would be better. Perhaps for cruise descents a descent rate display would be good, too i.e. 'Commence descent at 300ft/min'. I know Garmin boast a '5hz' GPS update rate. Is this just a sales gimmick, or would the update speed of cheap PND devices hacked by Inflight users not be sufficient for instruments such as this? I know this isn't the forum for queries, but I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone. Next to the altitude instrument there is a little triangle and I've noticed it changes colour. What's this for? I've tried tapping it but it doesn't seem to do anything. Also adding on to this, could we have a display of fix accuracy as well? It would be very interesting to know how many metres our fix is accurate to and how often the position is updated. Great software, love the free updates and the unrivaled support. Ignore my stupid pointless post in the other thread... This is exactly what I was getting at and somehow managed to miss this thread. Apologies! I would like a suggested descent rate etc. though, and am still wondering what the little triangle(s) are for!
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