Hi all. I am wondering if you also miss a feature like the high-end glass cockpit features like the range circle related to fuel wind and current speed.

I have e-mailed Tim and asked for a feature, apparently I am the only one who has asked for this so I am starting a poll investigate if there are other like me that would like this feature.

This is what I would like to see:

In the planning mode, I would like to see a range circle of the aircraft in use visible on the map. This would relate to the current planned fuel, the wind and the speed (in the aircraft profile). A function with no wind would be good. Anouter circle for the reserve range would also be good.

In the flying mode. I would like to have the same information, but calculated by the current speed, so I will be able to see estimated range, based on the current speed, wind and fuel.

There might be other ways to do this but this is roughly, what I would like to see.

Please vote yes, if you find this to be a god idea and a feature you wish to have implemented in Skydemon.

EDIT: I triedto make a poll but did not succeed

Yes i would also like this proposal implemented in SD

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Bouwair

Yes, that would be useful.

In planing I imagine a circle drawn around the current last point of the route with a darker inner circle showing the safe range and a lighter outer circle (actually an annulus if you want to be anal ) reaching up to bingo time. Winds should be the same ones used for planning now. If you want to be even fancier, you could draw the range around every point along the route with a live update. That would allow you to see at one glance up to where you can reach from any point on the route.

In flight mode this shold be a selectable option for display since I am leary to clutter up the display. And, if current winds are available, use those for range calculation. And it would, of course, only be drawn around the current location.

That would be a great feature!

-- Chris.

Sounds good.

Hello,

Hi, english is not my native language.

I will try to explain. For instans, if my airplane, have fuel for 5 hours, and the IAS is 100kt then it should be possible to draw a circle around the airplane that shows how long i could fly in those 5 hours, from my starting airport. If I have 20 kt head wind, my range will be less than if I have 20 kt tail wind, this should be calcualted for.

When airborn the circle should be drawn related to my current speed (my guess ground speed from the GPS) so that my range would be related to my actual range, if possible.

Gliding range is already included in the Skydemon.

Did this answer your question? If not I will try to explain again.

OK, that is understood. The range is also varies according to leaning the fuel mixture (fuel flow) which can affect the amount of fuel used per hour.

I see your point. Maybe the range should only be drawn if it drops below a user selectable threshold which can be specified in the aircraft settings. Setting the threshold range to zero would effectively turn this feature off.

Another point to ponder is zoom level. There's no point drawing the range circle if it extends well past the map region currently displayed.

So, draw the range circle (it's not going to be a circle with wind present) only if endurance or range drops below a predetermined value and the map area currently displayed is larger than the computed range.

-- Chris.

Reply to Runway

Hi, thank you for your reply.

Regarding the leaning question. In my aircraft profile, I have entred the fuel flow for best performance, and i know that my fuel flow is 8,8 gph. So I do not see your leaning problem, but then again the world is not perfcet. This would be an indication.

My initial idea to this feature was during planning a long trip. I wanted a way to see fast and easy my range was from my initial starting point. I wanted to know how many fuel stops I should plan for and so on.

If the range circle is useful for short trips with full fuel? I don't know. Maybe not with a large range. But then again, I tried to set up a poll, one answer for yes and one for no. Maybe your answer in this case is no, this may not be usefull for all. However this is a feature I would like to have and would find usefull.

There are features in Skydemon that I do not use or find useful, some of these features may be very useful for other users.

Edit: att Runway

Hello B2Spirit, Many thanks for the clarification. I actually didn't say No or Yes for this feature.