Hi ive been using this really well now for about 5 weeks, and yesterday my friend came up with a suggestion for the software, could we have a insturments page? like what you get on the 196 etc so you have a big HSI, Alt VSI etc with no map for those hard core chaps that dont need maps lol unlike me.

Hi there,

I'd also like a feature such as this.  As a VFR w/IMC pilot I do most navigation through visual fixes and using VOR/ADF/DME etc.

The instrument presentation on SkyDemon is excellent, and I especially like the colour-coding of required track so you can turn until the compass rose matches the required heading.  I don't think the software needs to go as far as having a fully-fledged virtual panel like the Garmins because of the current presentation being more than sufficient.  I do, however, feel that the flying of descents could do with an extra instrument, as could the glideslope.  The virtual radar screen on my 4.3" HTC HD2 is way too small if trying to follow a glideslope on a visual approach and sometimes the glideslope doesn't show up at all.

I think an overlay instrument could be toggled on or off that puts a line across the middle of the screen representing the aircraft and a moving line showing the descent profile/glideslope would make the software complete.  Much like an ILS approach, however one that could be toggled on or off at any time and thus used for descents or climbs.  If overlaying the map with lines isn't an option, perhaps temporarily switching from the map to the instrument for a virtual ILS or four virtual red/white runway lights on the screen somewhere would be better.  Perhaps for cruise descents a descent rate display would be good, too i.e. 'Commence descent at 300ft/min'.

I know Garmin boast a '5hz' GPS update rate.  Is this just a sales gimmick, or would the update speed of cheap PND devices hacked by Inflight users not be sufficient for instruments such as this?

I know this isn't the forum for queries, but I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone.  Next to the altitude instrument there is a little triangle and I've noticed it changes colour.  What's this for?  I've tried tapping it but it doesn't seem to do anything.  Also adding on to this, could we have a display of fix accuracy as well?  It would be very interesting to know how many metres our fix is accurate to and how often the position is updated.

Great software, love the free updates and the unrivaled support.

Oops.. sorry.  Only just spotted the multiple page thread on ILS.  I'll post a copy in there.

The little triangle reports fix accuracy as reported by the GPS chipset. We hide nuggets of information like this in the documentation