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Size of Radar Traffic window


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TimT
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Can we please make the Traffic Radar window re-sizeable (on tablets)?

On Phones (e.g, iPhone) the Traffic Radar window can only be either full-screen, or fully off. On tablets on the other hand (iPad mini and larger), the Traffic Radar window is part of the Virtual Radar. It can be toggled between "very small" and a bit larger, but there is no option to have the Traffic Radar full screen.

Even if one could make the Traffic Radar full screen, this wouldn't work for many of us as we still very much need the Red/Yellow/Green alert rings representing bearingless TPX-C targets (which are exclusively displayed on the map, and cannot be displayed in the Traffic Radar window).

Like me, many pilots seem to start using two devices (e.g., two iPads) to make best use of the wonderful SD Traffic feature (making one tablet a dedicated Traffic display screen). In such scenarios it would be very nice if one could re-size the Traffic Radar window, using the usual 2-finger pinching method to enlarge this object (similar to the Direction Indicate, the virtual CDI, that can be re-sized and moved around on top of the map window).

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TimT
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I am using the traffic feature and PilotAware for over six months now. I must say for me this is one of the most critical and most valuable features (on top of the list together with spoken airspace warnings) in SkyDemon. I don't leave the hangar without it! And this despite the fact that in my neck of the woods, almost no GA aircraft uses ADS-B. So most relevant traffic alerts emanate from bearingless TPX-C targets. 

Just because of this traffic feature I actually bought a second iPad for the cockpit. So while the primarily tablet on my lap runs the route planning and general obstacle and airspace awareness, the other table is dedicated to traffic display (positioned more in my line of sight, more zoomed in, map more decluttered, ...)

Based on my initial 6-months experience, the most wanted improvement needed here would be to be able to:
  1. Resize the Traffic Radar (over and above the current toggle option from micro to mini)
  2. Reposition the Traffic Radar window, e.g., as to not cover part of the Virtual Radar
  3. Being able to switch off the "maximise view ahead" feature (that allocates more screen real estate in the direction I am flying, and less to the area behind me). That doesn't make sense when looking at it exclusively from a traffic awareness perspective. My own aircraft should always be in the centre of the screen.
Sizing and reposition controls are already available within SkyDemon, for the Direction Indicator (HSI) feature. As T67M had pointed out above, the best idea would possibly be to integrate HSI and Traffic Radar into one "instrument".

Edited 12/14/2019 12:54:08 PM by TimT
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