Hi!

When doing any low-level flying, I often find myself wondering what my height is, though am keenly aware of the potential error in GPS altitude and therefore am reluctant to trust the 'Height' readout at the top of the screen.  To account for this, I find myself flicking between Altitude and Height at the top of the screen, subtracting the difference in my head, and then comparing that to my (theoretically more accurate) pressure altimeter.

Would it be possible to simply add a third option to that box for 'Elevation' that shows the terrain elevation for the current GPS position?  Presumably you're fetching it anyway to calculate height...  If it's not in demand, maybe an option to enable/disable the feature?

You will probably find that helicopter pilots will find this more useful than fixed wing pilots, due to the fact that helicopters tend to fly lower, slower, and land off-airfield where elevation isnt so readily available compared to airfields where elevation is published in the AIP / Pooleys etc.

Helicopter Performance Class 1 calculation is one area to benefit from this. Situational awareness while flying can be improved too. As a pilot, I'd like to have the information to hand, and make my own decisions how I'm going to use it. If it's not there, that just reduces my decision making ability.

As we all know there are less helicopter vs fixed wing pilots so our voice tends to get drowned out by the majority fixed wingers, both in software and in regulation.

As a developer myself, I understand the balance between bloated software and simple UI. This addition leans more toward simple than bloated.

+x

plume_tray - 11/24/2017 9:04:59 AM

You will probably find that helicopter pilots will find this more useful than fixed wing pilots, due to the fact that helicopters tend to fly lower, slower, and land off-airfield where elevation isnt so readily available compared to airfields where elevation is published in the AIP / Pooleys etc. Helicopter Performance Class 1 calculation is one area to benefit from this. Situational awareness while flying can be improved too. As a pilot, I'd like to have the information to hand, and make my own decisions how I'm going to use it. If it's not there, that just reduces my decision making ability. As we all know there are less helicopter vs fixed wing pilots so our voice tends to get drowned out by the majority fixed wingers, both in software and in regulation.As a developer myself, I understand the balance between bloated software and simple UI. This addition leans more toward simple than bloated.

‌You can add gyro pilots ... 

Well, I am a gyro oilot, too. And I don't need this functionality.

-- Chris.