Shameless plug, I'm working on a MS WinRT based solution, hoping to have it in the MS App store by April, looking to Demo it at Sun-n-Fun.
The benifits are many on the MS platform, one USB and more connection options to devices. I would love to have some beta testers once I get to that stage so if interested please contact me. Joe On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 9:26 PM, <mfreem...@indy.rr.com> wrote: > OK this just got REAL! > > X-Vision and Xavion are at the App-Store now! > > X-Vision is just $49.99, and gives a GPS/gyro-based backup of every > instrument in the standard-six panel in a REAL airplane! > As well, it gives you a perfectly-funtional synthetic vision system. > SO, if you want a simple app for your iPad or iPHONE (!!!) that shows a > backup for every one of your primary-six instruments in the panel in a real > airplane, I think this is the app to get. > I priced it to be easy, and if your instruments poop out in flight > (imagine it happening in night or IFR!) you got a nice big backup on your > iPad, or even a teeny one on your PHONE! > > The really impressive App, though, at $99, is Xavion. > > Xavion has everything X-Vsion does, plug an incredible new idea: 3-D > guidance to the best runway to land on in the event of engine failure! > Xavion is always running flight simulations of a power-off glide to every > runway in gliding range, and scoring each outcome based on it's likelihood > of success. > Then, Xavion shows you the path that had the HIGHEST score as a series of > hoops in 3-D on the synthetic vision display. > If the engine ever fails (or you just want to get down to the biggest > runway in gliding range), just hit the panic button in Xavion and aim your > airplane through the hoops! They will lead to the best runway within > gliding range that Xavion thinks you can reach, at a constant descent angle > equal to a nominal power-off glide angle for your airplane at power-off, > half-flaps. (We use half flaps so you can retract the flaps to stretch your > glide if needed due to winds or thermals. As well, you can lower your flaps > the rest of the way if you have a tailwind. Coming down at 50% flaps gives > the most margin for error, since you can raise or lower them from there to > stay on the planned glide path as winds or other conditions change). > > As well, Xavion watches your every take-off, and memorizes the distance > you typically take to get airborne. > Then, whenever you line up on a runway, Xavion looks at the runway > distance in front of you (from it's huge airport database) and tells you > what percentage of the runway you are likely to use! > > And Xavion does currency, trip planning, and weight and balance. > > So, Xavion is trying to be an A-I copilot that lives on your iPad, helping > you out in every way that it can. As well, Xavion can run on an iPhone 4 or > 5, so in a pinch you can even run it on your phone if you are already using > your iPad for foreflight and want to keep that app running all during the > flight. > > So, this is a fascinating moment in time: We are starting to see portable > avionics that run on our iPads, and use at lest a primitive A-I to try to > help you out.. and this is only the beginning! > > austin > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -- Jose Fuentes Founding Father (one of and former Vice Prez) of Capital City.NET User's Group Former Microsoft MVP http://blogs.aspadvice.com/jfuentes
