Login
Register
Login
Register
Back to SkyDemon Website
Important:
These forums are for discussions between SkyDemon users. They are not routinely monitored by SkyDemon staff so any urgent issues should be sent directly to our
Customer Support
.
Home
»
Discussion Forums
»
Suggestions and Beta Discussion
»
IFR Version?
IFR Version?
Post Reply
Like
155
IFR Version?
View
Flat Ascending
Flat Descending
Threaded
Options
Subscribe to topic
Print This Topic
RSS Feed
Goto Topics Forum
Author
Message
flyboy430
flyboy430
posted 3/1/2012 2:31:17 AM
ANSWER
HOT
Topic Details
Share Topic
Group: Forum Members
Posts: 14,
Visits: 51
I am an avid user of Foreflight when flying in the US and have been patiently waiting for somwone in Europe to provide a similar product. SD seems to provide similar VFR capabilities but are there any plans to provide at the very least, IFR GPS navigation?
Tags
IFR
IFR Charts
IFR Navigation
Reply
Like
155
Replies
madgav
madgav
posted 5/29/2012 10:51:50 AM
ANSWER
Post Details
Share Post
Group: Forum Members
Posts: 24,
Visits: 610
This is an interesting topic for me. I've been using the evaluation version of SD and love it so far, but one thing holding me back from subscribing is that it is clearly and unambiguously marketed as a VFR product. As a recent IMCR I still harbour some concerns that it may in the future be inadequate in some way. With the double subscription in the first year I would not want to be jumping ship after a year or two
However I find myself asking the same question as Tim in post #2. Exactly what IFR features would I want that SD does not have? Don't most IMC rated pilots continue to use the CAA charts (would be nice to have access to IFR charts too I suppose)? Airways reporting points are in there already. Approach plates can be downloaded from the AIS website (although access to them 'on the fly' would be nice). I don't see myself doing a full IR (until such times as it becomes much more accessible anyway) so flying in airways and IFR outside the UK are not currently a consideration for me ;-)
Trying to convince myself that SD has what I require, for now & the future. My feeling is that it should be perfectly adequate for any IFR flights on an IMCR?
Edited
5/29/2012 10:52:28 AM by
madgav
Reply
Like
97
Runways
Runways
posted 5/29/2012 1:43:55 PM
ANSWER
Post Details
Share Post
Group: Forum Members
Posts: 309,
Visits: 1.6K
In a product such as SD (and not withstanding what Tim mentioned earlier here re SD being aimed at the VFR market) I would certainly appreciate, for now:
1. IFR Charts with IFR plates that are accessible and fly-able at the press of a button.
2. A more reliable (recognising that this is dependent on the data source given to the SD team) pseudo ILS and one that does not just cut out.
3. A high Profile pseudo DME within an instruments Panel in the iPad version.
Any more Christmas wishes?
Very Newbytheway
DurhamTeaseAirport
Edited
5/29/2012 8:06:42 PM by
Runways
Reply
Like
96
madgav
madgav
posted 5/30/2012 10:55:07 AM
ANSWER
Post Details
Share Post
Group: Forum Members
Posts: 24,
Visits: 610
IFR Charts with IFR plates that are accessible and fly-able at the press of a button.
With regard to pseudo-ILS / pseudo-DME, how much reliance would you place on these? Are you really going to use them to fly a DIY approach to minima in IMC at an unfamiliar airfield?
Edit: Or perhaps just in marginal VFR conditions at a familiar one?
Edited
5/30/2012 11:00:21 AM by
madgav
Reply
Like
87
Runways
Runways
posted 5/30/2012 12:49:35 PM
ANSWER
Post Details
Share Post
Group: Forum Members
Posts: 309,
Visits: 1.6K
...As much as I would on the synthetic vision in Garmin 795, Air Navigation Pro just to name a few.
We could ask these companies why they resorted to adding these novelties, I suppose. Or, why use a GPS in a VFR flight in the first place?
Very Newbytheway
DurhamTeaseAirport
Reply
Like
86
madgav
madgav
posted 5/31/2012 2:01:15 PM
ANSWER
Post Details
Share Post
Group: Forum Members
Posts: 24,
Visits: 610
Fair enough!
(genuine question btw, from a new IMCR who hasn't done any 'real' IFR flying
)
In which case I would have thought that a pseudo-DME should be fairly easy to implement?
Integration of approach plates with the GPS perhaps more difficult to implement but I can see how that would be *very* useful.
Perhaps I should hold off subscribing until I see if any of these features have a chance of appearing in a future SD release....
Edited
5/31/2012 10:45:59 PM by
madgav
Reply
Like
111
GO
Merge Selected
Merge into selected topic...
Merge into merge target...
Merge into a specific topic ID...
Open Merge
Threaded View
Threaded View
IFR Version?
flyboy430
-
3/1/2012 2:31:17 AM
What specific IFR GPS navigation features are you after? In terms of...
Tim Dawson
-
3/1/2012 12:19:43 PM
Hi Tim, First let me state that I do not currently use SD but I plan...
flyboy430
-
3/1/2012 2:21:41 PM
Perhaps you are refering to a charting ability akin to that of WingX...
Runways
-
3/1/2012 8:36:58 PM
I am not an IFR expert but if you raise the cruise height to say...
pink leader
-
3/1/2012 10:58:53 PM
Not quite. In applications like Foreflight and WingX (mentioned...
flyboy430
-
3/1/2012 11:36:15 PM
Hello PinkLeader. Please refer to: hiltonsoftware.com for more details...
Runways
-
3/2/2012 5:29:50 AM
... and I just had a reply from hiltonsoftware.com. No UK version yet....
Runways
-
3/2/2012 8:05:51 PM
Runways, You probably won't see a UK version from Hilton or...
flyboy430
-
3/2/2012 9:25:29 PM
Alas, I agree. I did have a similar responses from other companies in...
Runways
-
3/3/2012 6:30:13 AM
US-based navigation products ported over to Europe are never quite as...
sprucegoose
-
5/24/2012 1:32:22 PM
This is an interesting topic for me. I've been using the evaluation...
madgav
-
5/29/2012 10:51:50 AM
In a product such as SD (and not withstanding what Tim mentioned...
Runways
-
5/29/2012 1:43:55 PM
[quote] IFR Charts with IFR plates that are accessible and fly-able...
madgav
-
5/30/2012 10:55:07 AM
...As much as I would on the synthetic vision in Garmin 795, Air...
Runways
-
5/30/2012 12:49:35 PM
Fair enough! :) (genuine question btw, from a new IMCR who hasn't...
madgav
-
5/31/2012 2:01:15 PM
If I were to make a suggestion, I would recommend taking the plunge...
Runways
-
5/31/2012 2:44:47 PM
Yes I know, agree with all of the above. Regards Gavin.
madgav
-
5/31/2012 10:48:04 PM
On the charts of the Netherlands and Belgium you can see the lower...
Erwin
-
6/11/2012 12:52:29 PM
I use the lower airways in France, VFR. They are mainly Class E and D,...
sprucegoose
-
6/12/2012 5:20:56 PM
Having started this topic before I had even tried SD in anger, I can...
flyboy430
-
7/12/2012 12:53:49 AM
Just to say - airway direction is certainly displayed on the Waypoint...
riverrock
-
8/23/2013 2:17:34 PM
Post Reply
Like
155
Post Quoted Reply
Reading This Topic
Login
Login
Remember Me
Reset Password
Resend Validation Email
Login
Explore
Messages
Mentions
Search