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SkyDemon for Hot Air Balloon Operation


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Hi folks,
has anyone out there any experience with SkyDemon while flying balloons? Did my first training flight on a hot air balloon yesterday, and was surprised, that the balloon folks dont use any navigation tools like SD. I brought my iPad with SD with me, and it showed, that it was very helpful, since we got very close to a small airfield, and we managed to organize a close flyby. Everything works perfectly, except the logging, since we "never got airborne"...(super slow Groundspeed).
@Tim Dawson: Tim, can you think about adding a feature, that enables SD to log balloon flights, and a feature that allows, to create an "aircraft" that is a balloon?
Appreciate your help and or your comments guys!
Cheers from Germany
Frank

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Tim Dawson
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Hi Frank,

You're right that SkyDemon doesn't start the log automatically but you can still start it manually by logging Off Blocks as soon as you take off. That should do the trick. We've thought about making a specific aircraft type for balloons too, but there hasn't been much demand yet for it. Apart from the obvious symbol change on the map, what other different behaviour would you imagine?

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