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WingX 2.6 User Manual - Hilton Software LLC

1. Waypoint Manager Aircraft Model Manager Create delete and modify User Defined Airport Search Aircraft models For more information see chapter titled WingX N Number Search Tools Dial Test Sound Waypoint Manager Create delete and modify User Defined Database Waypoints These waypoints can be based on GPS input latitude and WingX longitude coordinates or distance and bearing from another point Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help For more information see chapter titled WingX Tools Airport Search Airports can be searched based on criteria such as airport name or part thereof city or distance from a specific airport This latter criteria is a very useful tool when planning Part 61 complient cross countries The search can be restricted to a particular state N Number Search Provides information based on an aircrafts N Number Dial Windows Mobile Smartphones surprisingly are not able to dial alpha numeric phone numbers such as 1 866 42 WINGX This WingX module adds that capability In addition fast dial phone numbers are provided for Flight Service Stations FSS and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association AOPA including the 1 866 GA SECURE phone number which aids in the security of our airports Test Sound WingX s SmartTaxi uses voice prompts to alert the pilot to possible runway incursions This option allows the pilot to test the audible output and to verify that the audio can be hea
2. flight activities WingX brings a powerful set of features together in a uniquely powerful handheld and portable package No longer does it make sense to plan an entire trip at home on your desktop PC and assume that nothing will change over time We are living in a life full of changes and as pilots we know that weather winds aloft routes passenger baggage loads and TFRs continually change and are often unpredictable Whether your routing needs to be changed or a passenger shows up at the last minute with an extra 40 pound bag WineX will be ready to provide the correct answers in a matter of seconds W ingX is a Windows Mobile application designed to run on Pocket PC Pocket PC Phone Edition WingX enables pilots to obtain a legal Low Altitude High Altitude or Area Radius weather briefing Using WingX s advanced presentation capabilities weather briefings are easily readable WingX collates NOTAM s to allow for quick and easy viewing of a specific airports NOTAMs WingX automatically shows TFRs as active expired or shows the time until the TFR becomes active TFRs can be filtered by state WingX provides fast access to NACO charts including Airport Diagrams Instrument Approach Procedures Departure Procedures and Takeoff Minimums These charts can be shown in Night Vision mode which shows the charts in a way that does not affect a pilot s night adaptability Using its GPS capability WingX shows the aircraft on the airport diagram
3. WingX 2 6 User Manual Second Draft eee wre Ari Bi thence ee z PaE Ws lt lt a ae Bee Aot N E e nE Neo ac Mig a a are Pe Bi i Pi HILTON SOFTWARE LLC WingX User Manual for Version 2 6 HILTON SOFTWARE LLC 6205 Balderstone Drive San Jose CA 95120 http www hiltonsoftware com December 2007 Table of Contents WingX Introduction ccsssesssessneeeend Data Entry Section s csssesnseeneeeenees 38 A Look at WingX s Feature Set 4 Popup Menus 38 WingX Installation and Registration11 Helicopter Weight and Balance 38 Windows Mobile Device Types 41 User Defined Aircraft Models 38 Over The Air Installation 12 Airport Facilities Directory Page 39 Downloading WingX Install Program to Communications ccsseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 39 Desktop Laptop sscsseesseesseeseeeeneenneen 12 LOcCatiOn sss 5 40 Installing using the WingX CD 12 Facilities cssccsceseseeeeeeneeeeeeneeemenmeenseneen 40 The WingX Installation Process 13 RUNWAY ssss 5 41 WingX Disclaimer sssss2222 14 Remarks s 5 41 WingX Registration ss 16 Sunrise and Sunset ssss 42 Obtaining Your WingX ID sss 16 Airport Runway Lay
4. envelope Summary Table WingX s Weight and Balance Summary Table consolidates the passenger fuel Eo BE and baggage information into a conventional looking table with weights arms and moments The Summary Table lists each station of the passengers i abhi ee baggage and fuel Passenger stations baggage stations and fuel stations are ERNE ree eens shown in green brown and blue respectively Note that this is consistent with igl 334445 the color scheme used on the Weight and Balance envelope display a 167 00 5010 The fuel calculations are broken down into the zero fuel ramp takeoff and Usable Fuel 600 00 117 00 70200 0 landing phases In addition for each CG that is calculated WingX optionally 446405 displays the allowable range of CGs for that weight lt a ern 33696 The Summary Table displays the Weight and Balance calculations in a table in a format as shown in most POHs te a weight x arm moment table This is an excellent tool since it allows pilots to verify that WingX is using the correct arms for each station The Summary Table is equally an excellent tool for CFIs as it allows one to quickly verify and compare a student s weight and balance calculations prior to a flight Full Screen Selecting this option removes all controls from the screen other than the actual graphics portion and causes that graphics portion to occupy the entire screen within WingX This allows the actual graphical data p
5. Displays NACO charts and invokes SmartTaxi for safe guidance around an airport e DUATS Page Used obtain a weather briefing and to file close or cancel a flight plan e Wx Page Used to view METARs TAFs Winds and Temperature Aloft and graphical trends e Wx Images Page Used to display animated RADAR Satellite Flight Conditions and many other weather related images e Airport Page Displays an airports runway layout which is rotatable manually and through GPS input SmartTaxi information is also shown e Documents Page Display FARs Advisory Circulars AC61 65E endorsements part of the AIM and many other pieces of information e Expiration Page Used to keep track of pilot expirations such as currency BFRs and medicals e Podcasts Page Used to download and listen to podcasts e E6B Page Used to perform advanced multi page E6B calculations View Submenu The View submenu is used to change the screen orientation between portrait and landscape Some pages are best viewed in landscape whereas some users contrat fad Gib a ted e os t F j Landscape right may find other pages better suited to viewing in portrait For example pages ol rns that display data in a wide format will be better suited to landscape mode Examples are Route Planning and METAR List whereas pages such as Weight and Balance and Documents may be preferred to show in portrait mode Prefs Submenu The Prefs submenu
6. Displays color coded MET ARs TAF Displays TAFs METAR List Displays a summary of the most important pieces of the METARs Winds Aloft Displays a color coded table of the winds aloft in an easy to read format Temperatures Aloft Displays a color coded table of the temperatures aloft in an easy to read format Also displays the freezing level 6 hr Trend Graphically displays the trend information for Visibility Ceiling Temperature and Dew Point Wind Direction Wind Speed and Pressure METAR View METAR rteporting airports that are within the vicinity of the reference airport navaid fix intersection or waypoint entered will be displayed The METARs will be color coded according to the reported conditions In addition the distance from the reference point will be displayed If a route is entered WingX will display METAR teporting airports along the route Premier Edition only If the Quick Look option is selected see Prefs Weather Quick Look The times are converted to local e g 5 41AM instead of 1041Z The altitudes are decoded e g OVC5500 instead of OVC055 The remarks section will not be displayed i WingX at d 304 X Display Sunday November 12 2006 2 55 AM METAR KMFV 1210412 AUTO KMFV 12 5 414M QO000KT QOOO0KT 15M BR OVCO055 14 15M BR OVCS500 14 14 14 A2981 RMK AOZ A2981 KWAL 1210312 AUTO KWAL 12 3 31AM OO000KT 2 O0000KT 2 1 25M BR FEVV 085 1 2SM BR FEWS8500 13 13 13 13 A2980 RMK A02
7. O Stop Stop the GPS demo Unhide GPS Manager Some devices have their GPS Manager hidden This option unhides the GPS icon and makes it visible so that it can be used Pocket PC only 1 GPS demos may be added or removed at any time by Hilton Software LLC 24 Help Submenu a p for this page The Help submenu is used to read online help view WingX s status or for Help using the menu registration purposes The Integrated Help System is essentially a summary of salle apite ataia this user manual and provides concise and very useful instructions How to register WingX How to provide feedback Status Register About e Help for this page Displays help for the current page Each page contains a Quick Tips section Selecting Help will display a submenu consisting of the following items e Help using the menu Displays help about the WingX menu 4 2 05 bk e How to update databases Displays help on updating the WingX databases The A FD page is used to display A FD e Howto register Wing X Displays help on the registration process information including communications locations facilities runways remarks l sunrise sunset information and e How to provide feedback User feedback drives future WingX ace aiee development Feedback to Hilton Software is critical We strongly encourage all users to contact us and let us know what you like and Quicktips what you d lik
8. difference in the pre flight go no go decision making process WingX uses the same graphical user interface as that used on the NACO Charts page with regards to scrolling and scaling of the images Therefore images may be scrolled simply by dragging a finger across the images and image scaling is achieved by tapping on the and symbols in the bottom left of the image or by using the OK hardware key y i i 7 ingX Weather Images present a visual picture of the past current and forecast weather conditions Downloadable Images WingX includes a comprehensive set of weather images The images are downloaded in real time off the Internet and are NOAA images An Internet connection is required to download Weather Images 2 Hilton Software can and will continually update this list as necessary Weather images may be added and or removed at any time at the discretion of Hilton Software 3 Some weather images may be downloaded from non NOAA soutces as appropriate to provide the latest and most up to date images available 67 The list of weather images includes Local and Animated Base Long Range Storm Motion and Precipitation METARs and PIREPs Analysis Forecast Surface Conditions Latest Surface Analysis 12 24 36 and 48 hour forecast Flight Conditions RADAR Tops RADAR Summary RADAR Regional Regional images such as Pacific Northwest Weather Forecast AIRMETs and SIGMETs Icing Turbulen
9. enter values by simply using your thumb no need to fumble around for the stylus 10 Chapter WingX Installation and Registration This chapter describes the WingX installation and registration process sample databases on the device In addition a shortcut link will be created in the Programs folder ingX needs to be installed on the device The installation process installs the WingX software and thereby allowing WingX to be run by selecting the WingX icon in the Programs Folder Windows Mobile Device Types When Microsoft initially released mobile devices they applied the following terminology e Pocket PC a touchscreen device without mobile phone capability An example is the iPaq e Pocket PC Phone Edition a touchscreen device with mobile phone capability Examples are the AT amp T 8525 Palm 700wx and the Verizon 6800 e Smartphone a non touchscreen device with mobile phone capability Examples are the Motorola Q AT amp T Blackjack and T Mobile Dash Be certain to download and install e WingX for the Pocket PC for touchscreen devices e WingX for the Smartphone for non touchscreen devices Because of changing hardware software and to avoid confusion with the widespread use of the Smartphone name Microsoft is moving to the following name changes although we continue to use the original naming convention e Pocket PC will be called Windows Mobile 6 Classic e Pocket PC Phone Edit
10. oe as gn t ced O PATH 2700 gt 303 2 LOCAUZER 11 E l SE i Chan 44 k xS d Paa i n E A aes ORL SMe SIC 5 7 Inverted keep color note how the mountains did maintain their orange color 51 Fs eo a A TT a qhi OCALIZER Eis Chan 44 A260 1550 4 1340 AIO IOA A a 10A LEA ant w A393 i FORLI wf SIC 5 7 150 Inverted note how the mountains did not maintain their orange color D a e f 203 X Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Night Vision with a red tint 2 201 X i WingX e 45203 X t Menu t Menu Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Night Vision with a green tint Night Vision with a blue tint Chart Page Layout The charts are displayed in a way that maximizes screen usage and allows control of the chart display and options to be controlled without a stylus The chart occupies most of the screen Title Text At the top of the screen WingX displays the airport ID To the right of the airport ID WingX displays the GPS gtroundspeed and track and also provides a link to the GPS status page Below the first line of text the name of the chart being displayed is shown e Tap on the Airport ID to set the Airport ID to another airport e Tap on the chart name to select another chart for this airport Tap on the ID in the top left corner to enter a new airport ID Tap on the chart n
11. the next step is to download the Ji et 1 19 bk most current databases To minimize the size of the install program WingX is WingX Status installed with a database which contains on a few airports FARs and charts Wed 12 Dec 2007 09 20 10 GMT Therefore you will need to update the WingX databases to ensure the most complete and up to date information To view the current status of the sion databases tap on Help Status If the database name shows SD Card then o Se the databases are stored on a storage card Update each database individually If you download a database that is current WingX will not download the eS a database but instead will stop and display a message stating that the database is irport Database ee 12 20 2007 current The effective and expiration dates are also shown on the status and a ee ae this provides a great way of verifying the currency of the information being USA All Charts used Main Memory 26MB of 50MB GPS Settings WingX works well with practically all Bluetooth hard wired and built in GPS receivers To set up a GPS receiver so that WingX can use the GPS coordinates in the Dynamic Flight Navigator and with SmartTaxi please see refer to Appendix B WingX Test Pilot List Whether or not you are a registered user we strongly encourage you to provide feedback to improve your WingX experience Hilton Software spends an extraordinary amount of time ensuring that Win
12. AE 4 44 ok i Wingx en 42 4 41 ok i WingXx er 1 12 10 ok Seat Information Baggage Information Fuel Information 97 1 Area 1 120 46 2 Main 21 5 0 Kidi 2 30 Seat Information Baggage Information Fuel Information 93 Finally the fuel type and fuel units are defined After selecting Done on this final screen the User Define Model will be added to WingX and saved on the device i WingX dt 2 12 52 Dk Fuel Type and Units Fuel Type LOOLL Fuel Units Gallons Fuel Type and Units Waypoint Manager User defined waypoints UDW are a very powerful tool that makes route planning more flexible UDWs can be defined in various ways and WingX can also use GPS coordinates Latitude longitude coordinates can be in the following formats where negative coordinates for latitude and longitude imply South and West respectively Latitude Longitude Example Result DD MM SS X 37 21 45 6 37 21 45 6 W DD MM X 37 21 76 37 21 45 6 W DD X 37 3626667 37 21 45 6 W Waypoints can also be defined using the format lt ID gt lt BRG gt lt NM gt entered in the Latitude text box e The identifier ID can be that of an airport navaid fix intersection or user defined waypoint examples are KSJC KSJC airport SJC SJC VOR MYHOUSE UDW etc e The bearing BRG is always three digits and an integer value e The distance NM is always a three digit value plus an optional decimal value ex
13. Day or night ii Actual instrument iii Simulated instrument conditions in flight a flight simulator or a flight training device partial listing of the FAR Therefore the WingX twilight times define the times before which and after which respectively a pilot may log night time for the purposes of satisfying Part 61 Part 91 and other night flying requirements 105 One Hour Rule One Federal Aviation Regulation FAR regarding one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset times is FAR 61 57 Recent flight experience Pilot in command b Might takeoff and landing experience 1 Except as provided in paragraph e of this section no person may act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise unless within the preceding 90 days that person has made at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise and i That person acted as sole manipulator of the flight controls and ii The required takeoffs and landings were performed in an aircraft of the same category class and type if a type rating is required partial listing of the FAR Therefore the WingX one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset times define the times before which and after which respectively a p
14. Dial ccsceccececnseeeeeeeeeenneeneeneeeneeneemeeneeneen 97 Database Operations ssssesssseesensnees 98 Downloading Charts ccssessseeeeees 98 Airport Diagrams Only sssss22 98 Storage Card Support 98 Load New Databases sscssseseeees 99 WingX Housekeeping 99 ClOSC nnssnnnnnnnnnu55555555 5 99 Upgrade 99 Change CF ssssss2555 99 Repair Programs 99 Debug Information sccsseeeeeeeeee 99 GlOSSAPLY nsssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 1 OO GPS Setup weciiceneeset seve cece 101 GPS Bluetooth Setup csssssssessseee 101 Configuring the GPS Managetr 102 Configuring WingX ssss 103 Applicable Regulations 104 Sunrise and Sunset Times 104 Civil Twilight Times scssssesssnees 105 One Hour Rull sccssssseseseeseeeenes 106 Troubleshooting 2222222222 4 O7 Troubleshooting ActiveSync 107 Chapter WingX Introduction WingX is a Windows Mobile aviation powerhouse this chapter introduces some of its features and how these features can solve many flying challenges and Smartphone devices By using Microsoft NET technology Hilton Software designed WingX from the ground up to create an application that pilots can use for pre flight in flight and post
15. On This option selects whether the airport ID and chart name are displayed at the top of the chart e Night Vision This option selects whether the chart is shown in its normal colors or with night vision colors The night vision color scheme is set via the Prefs Night Vision option e Rwy Identifiers This option selects whether runway identifiers are displayed on airport diagrams or not The Find Nearest option is used on GPS enabled device to find and display the nearest airport that has an Airport Diagram WingX will automatically show its Airport Diagram 53 Runway Identifiers Displaying the runway identifiers is an important aspect of viewing an airport PAEO er ME 216 X diagram which has a complex runway layout and also when the airport diagram XS APO BF may be zoomed out If the runway identifiers prove to be distracting they can OF ia be turned off via the Chart menu Aai T SHELTERS lE P ESE Menu R iL i Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Chart Selection Once an airport s ID is selected a specific chart for that airport may be chosen To select a chart either tap on the chart name on the screen or use the popup menu in the bottom right of the screen and select Charts The Chart Selection dialog will be displayed The Chart Selection dialog uses big buttons to make it easier to be used in flight especially in turbulent conditions The chart types are shown along the bottom scroll butt
16. Part 61 requirements WingX will find all applicable airports and list then in order of distance i WingX Er f 2 30 ok Airport Search ID Name _ NM KSIC Bob Hope T 257 2 Westhope A FD 1141 3 Hope Muni 1392 1 Hope Chart 4755 0 Hopewell Airpark 2052 1 Hopedale Indust 2309 9 Point Hope 2368 7 anced p Ei BE Cancel Searching for a public airport Searching for a public airport Search Results Search for hope in the name Limit hope search to California Use show A FD or chart of airport 96 N Number Search Searching for an N number can be both recreational and business related For example a pilot can while watching aircraft at the airport obtain specific information about any aircraft On a more serious side aircraft information can be very important for organizations such as the Civil Air Patrol CAP The N number Search dialog is very simple The page has a text box for the N number the N being optional and a Display button to get the information via the internet Once the appropriate N number has been entered and the Display button tapped detailed information will be displayed in the space below Here is an example using the aircraft in which our CEO took his very first checkride r ee 2 42 ok N 39YE Manufacturer _ CESSNA 172N No of Seats 4 O MFR Year 1978 Type of Aircraft n single No Of D ooo J LYCOMING Type of Engine Reciprocating podi TEEPEE E Ho
17. Remove Route Selecting this option displays a dialog box that allows for the removal of specific routes Cancel 46 Chapter Dynamic Flight Navigator Page WingX 5 unique GPS enabled Dynamic Hight Navigator page is a very information rich presentation of the aircrafts position and increases situational awareness by showing pertinent information about the closest three airports and VORS while showing frequencies Morse codes the three closest airports or VORs required descent rate and more The page s heads up information rich display increases flight safety by reducing the time and difficulty in searching for many pieces of information in sectionals and other resources during a flight This is especially true for night flying The Dynamic Flight Navigator page consolidates a large amount of information onto a single easy to read screen W ingX s GPS enabled Dynamic Flight Navigator page walks a pilot through the route leg by leg Screen Layout The DFN screen is divided into several sections The sections are i Wingx ek 12 39 X e The Identifier Section displays the identifiers of both the origin and destination of a flight leg The back ground is green for the current leg Track GSpd Altitude MS5L and blue otherwise In addition to the identifier some text and ea ee 292 67 3 999 graphics that describe the entity is displayed SFO 0 13 12 Using our example on the right the
18. Runway Identifiers csssssesseees 54 Numeric Text BOXES 26 Chart Selection csccsssssssseseeeeeeeeens 54 Most Recently Used Points 26 DUATS and TFR PagesS ssssesee22212 55 Airport Search Menu Option 26 Weather Briefings and Flight Plans 55 Digit Bar cscccseeeseneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen 26 DUATS Credentials ceecececncecececcnececee 55 Minimizing and Closing WingX 27 DUATS Weather Briefings 56 Aircraft Page A E E E 5 DUATS Flight Plans ccssesssesseeees 58 Adding a new Aircraft scsssesseeensseneen 28 Temporary Flight Restrictions TFRs 58 Selecting an N NUMbeEr s e 29 Viewing TERS sccsssscsssseenseeeneeeeneees 58 Removing an N NUMber ssssss 30 Filtering TFRS csscsssssssscsseennseenseeees 60 Aircraft Weight and Moment 30 Weather Textual Reports Page 61 Sorting the Aircraft Data ccs0000 31 Downloading the Latest Weather 61 POPUP Menu 31 How and When to Download Model Properties ss ssssusneunnnennnennnnnnnnnnn 31 Weather sssssse12 2 1 61 Weight and Balance Page 32 Trend Information s ssssssss 62 Status SectiOn 33 Color Coding Scheme c s000seee 62 Within Limits ssccesseeseeeeeeeeenes 33 Weather Textual Reports views 63 Exceeding Limits s ssssssssesseee
19. TAFs winds aloft temperatures aloft and graphical trend information while in flight Flight Safety The user must take note of the age of the weather database If the weather database date and time are shown in blue caution should be used as the weather data is more than 15 minutes old If the weather database date and time turns red then extreme caution should be used as the weather data is more than one hout old Trend Information The Weather Database contains six hours of METARs This large amount of data enables WingX to display graphical trend information for specific airports As shall be discussed later this trend information is an extremely important component of understanding the weather and anticipating the weather trend This additional information increases the download time and bandwidth For users where this might be an issue i e they wish to reduce either or the download time and bandwidth this trend information can be disabled The menu option can be found in Prefs Weather Trend Information Color Coding Scheme WingX uses the following color coding scheme when showing METARs and the trend bar in the 6 hour trend graphical display as defined on http www aviationweather gov VER conditions Marginal VFR conditions IFR conditions Low IFR conditions 62 Weather Textual Reports views There are five views each of which is selectable from a pull down menu The five views ate METAR
20. Victor Airways or Jetway a VFR waypoint a user defined waypoint or a point relative to one of the above Identifier Description Type KSJC Norman Y Mineta San Jose Intl Airport SJC San Jose VOR DME LV REIGA KLIDE Fix SUNOL Intersection Victor Airway or Jetway Victor Airway VPWAM VER Waypoint MYHOUSE My House User Defined Waypoint LAX180005 3 5 3nm on the 180 bearing from LAX VOR Relative Point J ss 43 Example Let s work through an example from San Jose i Et q 12 58 X International Airport KSJC to Sacramento Executive Airport Display Wx KSAC via the SUNOL intersection Livermore Airport KLVK as a ce the SAC VOR and finally to SAC Airport The route would be b2 3 entered as KSJC SUNOL KLVK SAC KSAC a KSC Norma 15 6 O 0 08 31 MOSSI 17 SUNOL SUNOL 5 3 337 00259 O 1L31 06 For this example the airspeed is 120 knots the wind at our altitude B Gye 468 see Menti manlo aIf disac Samam 5 0 11 0 02 38 0 39 54 0 5 is manually entered as 330 at 15 knots and the average fuel burn is 12 gallons per hour GPH These numbers can be entered using popup menus a keyboard or the SIP The number 120 is entered in the Speed text box the numbers 330 and 15 are entered in the wind direction and wind speed text boxes respectively and 12 is entered in the Fuel Per Hour FPH text box To alternate between Longer than Great Circle Total Route Distance Maximum Air
21. While files from the Internet can be useful this file type can potentially harm your computer IF you do not trust the source do rot run or save this software What s the risk Aun Installing using the WingX CD The WineX CD contains the WingX installation program Inserting the CD will start the WingX installation process If the installation process does not start you will need to manually run the WingX install program This can be done by double clicking on My Computer then double clicking on the appropriate CD drive and finally by double clicking on WingX installation EXE The installation process will begin 12 The WingX Installation Process Ensure that your device is connected via the USB cable and ActiveSync is running on the desktop before starting the WingX installation Once the WingX installation begins you will see the WingX License Agreement If you agree with the terms select the I accept the terms in the license agreement option and click on Finish WingX will then be installed on your device WingX for the Pocket PC License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Wings 2 6 from Hilton Software LLC END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This End User License Agreement EULA is a legal agreement between you either an individual or a single entity and Hilton Software LLC for the software product identified above Product which includes com
22. also use a red background to display an Input bad warning message when the user has entered text which is not valid The offending text box will have a red background There are various types of warnings that may occur Some examples are Wingx et d 1 51 x N S9YE C1 2N weight and or Landing weight e Exceeding baggage limits Out of CG Front Seats 220 _ Rear Seats O OoOo e Input bad e g 9 or 9H7 when WingX expects numbers Baggage Area i Baggage Area 2 Usable Fuel Gallons a i D unman Fe a hs Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Configuration Section The second line of information is called the Configuration Section as it contains three pieces of information related to the Weight and Balance display configuration The pieces of information are Total Weight Below Gross or CG The text message indicates whether the Status Section is displaying the aircraft s total weight pounds below maximum gross weight or its CG for each of the phases of flight To change this display simply tap on it Tap n hold for menu Use the popup menu to configure various settings of the Weight and Balance page This text never changes and its only task is to serve as a reminder that tap n hold is the way to change configuration settings Normal Utility Acrobatic or Solo This configuration message informs the user as to which envelope is being displayed in the Graphical Section and u
23. connection to be played WingX plays podcasts in the background so that WingX can continue to operate normally Er 42303 X i Er qf 309 X I Windows Media All In One Daily Feed p SR 71 Blackbird 12 Shorter Daily Briefings E 56Kbps a ANN Daily Aero Briefing 12 General Aviation ANN Daily Touch And Go Sport Aviation ANN Daily Aero Briefing 12 Aerospace 1 20 ANN Daily Touch And Go Weather Commercial Aviation ANN Special Feature Ray J ANN Special Feature Dann o H ANN Special Feature Pt I Military Aviation ANN Daily Aero Briefing 12 ANN Daily Touch And Go ANN Daily Aero Briefing 1 ANN Special Feature Pt I Business Aviation Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Now Playing Select the Source and Group The Podcasts List Podcasts play in Media Player There are four buttons on the page that have the following functionality e Play Tapping on this button will play the current selected podcast e Player Tapping on this button with display the Windows Media Player to give you full control over the playing of the podcast e Get Tapping on this button will download the selected podcast Once the podcast has been downloaded and is stored on the device an X will appear to indicate that the podcast is cached e Get All Tapping on this button will download all of the podcasts listed that have not already been downloaded 81 Chapter EGB Page WingX s E6B
24. continually be track up y i i 7 ingX s SmartTaxi Technology is a portable an inexpensive solution for the runway incursion About SmartTaxi Bad signage poor visibility poor markings and a high workload all contribute to the dangers and increase the likelihood of a Runway Incursion and or loss of Situational Awareness on the airport surface There have been numerous accidents with significant loss of life as a result of incorrect ground procedures such as taking off from the incorrect runway taking off from a taxtway missing a taxiway during taxi and so on WingX s SmartTaxi Technology performs two functions e SmartTaxi displays the aircraft location and direction on the Airport Diagram or Runway Layout e SmartTaxi warns the pilot both visually and audibly of a potential runway incursion Using a patent pending algorithm WingX shows the aircraft s location on the airport diagram very accurately Secondly when the aircraft gets close to a runway and or is on a runway WingX warns the crew both visually and audibly The audio output is an important component to alert a crew whose attention might be focused elsewhere in the aircraft or outside Before using the SmartTaxi technology at an airport we suggest that you display the Airport Diagram with Runway Identifiers shown If the runway identifiers are correctly shown at the runway endpoints then the aircraft position will also be shown correctly
25. data is more than 15 minutes old the TER download date will be shown in blue and when more than one hour old the TFR download date will be shown in red In the latter case the TFR information being used is potentially out of date and no longer valid Tt Ld Wednesday January 09 2008 2 05 AM AL TDG 7 3160 ANNISTON AZ PXR 7 6709 UNIVERSITY A PXR 7 6849 UNIVERSITY CA Disneyland 3 2123 ANAHI CA MYV 8 0274 BEALE AFB DC DC ADIZ FRZ 7 5665 no DC DC ADIZ FRZ 8 0296 no d DC DCA 7 0204 WASHINGTC Actve DC New ADIZ 7 0206 TYO c Actve DC New ADIZ 7 0206 graphic E aj MM Military Activity 70A 8 0274 Altitude 4100MSL 18000MS5L Active 1 9 08 11 00 AM Expires 1 9 08 3 00 PM List of TFRs with summary information displayed below the list box Tt a YL Plain Language IFDC 3 2122 ZJX FL TFR ORLANDO A SEC352 OF PUBLIC LAW 108 7 AND 14 CFR SEC 99 7 SPC SEC INSTR WEF 0303182000 UFN SRAC 3000 AGL AIRCRAFT FLIGHT OPERATIONS PROHIBITED WITHIN 3 NMR 282445N 0813420W ORL243015 THIS RESTRICTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A SFTY OR OPS PURPOSES STD ARVL DEPT PROC WITH ATC AUTH Dome Viewing the full details of the TFR 59 Th a qhi Wednesday January 09 2008 2 05 AM Status Name a Actve AL TDG 7 3160 ANNISTON Actve CA Disneyland 3 2123 ANAHI CA MYV 8 0274 BEALE AFB DC DC ADLZ FR 7 5665 no DC DCA 7 0204 WASHINGTC DC New ADIZ 7 0206 JYO DC New ADIZ 7 0206 graphic DC New FRZ 7 0
26. known from a source such as DUATSs or Wingx s Weather page Using an example scenario the True vl o we a oe Airspeed is 155 knots the Course is 10 and the wind is 330 25 For ie ale purposes an example in these calculations the Area field has been left blank fpg aees ias wea 6 IM thereby causing the results to be displayed relative to Magnetic North a qf 339 X Runway Wind Runway Wind Headwind and Crosswind Components Many aircraft accidents occur on landing and wind is often listed as a factor Crosswind takeoff and landing skills diminish quickly without practice and this is exacerbated by the fact that runways are usually built to face into the prevailing wind thereby increasing the lack of crosswind practice Another advantage to being able to calculate both the headwind and crosswind is that these numbers are often written in a solo student s logbook by a Certificated Flight Instructor CFI as a limitation for a student s solo flight Example We re departing RNO s runway 25 with a wind of 280 18 on a T windy afternoon 250 is entered is the Track text box and 280 and 18 Runway Wind are entered in the wind textboxes respectively WingX calculates and displays the headwind and crosswind as 16 knots and 9 knots respectively We w peo e encourage pilots to use the actual runway heading and not to simply add a zero T w to the runway number for the most accurate results Co
27. the W amp B information WingX really excels with its weight and balance calculations and this chapter will explain the superb functionality flexibility and easy of use of WingX s Weight and Balance page WingX will warn the pilot if known limits are exceeded W ingX has a database of aircraft models that greatly simplifies this pre flight process WingX s Model Using values you enter WingX will accurately calculate the weight and CGs for each phase of flight In addition WingX will also ensure that you do not exceed the maximum gross weight limits the maximum zero fuel limit 4f one exists or any baggage limits Flight Safety As PIC it is your responsibility to ensure that the results displayed by Wing X are correct and that your aircraft will remain within its Weight and Balance envelope and will not exceed any limitations throughout the entire duration of the flight In addition always use the most current information contained in the Weight and Balance section of the specific aircrafts POH The W amp B page consists of four primary sections namely e Status Section e Configuration Section e Graphical Section e Data Entry Section 32 Status Section Just below the N Number the top most line on the page is the Status Section and is shown in green to indicate a valid weight and balance condition and in red to indicate a warning condition The Status Section summarizes and displays the weight and balance conditions f
28. the N number will not be editable everything else works the same as the Add dialox box Model Properties WingX displays pertinent information about an aircraft model to allow a user to verify that the information being used in the critical weight and balance calculations are indeed correct WingX shows e Weight limitations e Envelope Information e Seats Fuel and Baggage information e Unusable Fuel e Fuel Markings for example Full and Tabs 31 NZZ 74T N4660CD 879 N207CB 855 N739YE N4 54D Beechcraft Du Cirrus Robinson Cessna Cessna a 42314 x Remove Weight Modify Model Properties En Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Fea 23 20 ok Model Properties Weight Limitations Max Ramp None Max Takeoff 2300 lbs Max Landing 2300 lbs Max Zero Fuel None Envelope Information Normal 1200 35 1950 35 2300 38 5 Chapter Weight and Balance Page Weight and Balance calculations are a critical go no go part of the pre flight preparation WingX 5 aircraft model database advanced user interface with popup menus and its unique graphical display allow fast and accurate weight and balance computations WingX graphically displays the weight distribution and notifies the pilot if limits are exceeded Database stores hundreds of aircrafts arms fuel capacities maximum weights and other information If using a pre defined Aircraft Model WingX does not require the pilot to enter
29. the climb angle in degrees Using a GPS receiver pilots can carefully monitor the climb performance during the climb to ensure that the minimum climb gradient is being achieved Example A climb procedure specifies 300 ft nm as the required climb e a i a o gradient and the ground speed will be 120 knots The required climb rate is 390 _ z0 eo i calculated to be 600 ft minute with a climb angle of 2 83 With GPS input enabled for the E6B the FPM and Angle calculations will update in real time conv E wind Time E ij2 3 4 5je z7ja jo lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Time Sub page WingX makes adding and subtracting times fast and accurate In addition calculating Flight Block times is easy Adding and Subtracting Times Times can be added or subtracted using either format HH MM SS or decimal hours Example If the first time is entered as 1 30 00 and the second is 2 3 then wi et d 4 05 x WingX adds these together and displays both 3 48 00 and 3 8 as the result E B Times may also be negative thereby allowing the subtraction of times FlightiBlock Times Flight Block times use specific dates and times for Out Off On and In i e time out the gate time off the runway time on the runway and time in the gate Using the differences between Off and On and the difference between time Out and In WingX will calculate the Flight and Black times respectively Exampl
30. the dialog box In the example on the right the cursor is in the Altitude text box and help for entering Altitude is displayed in the yellow display area In addition selecting Menu Help displays more comprehensive help including guidelines for each field 56 After entering all pertinent information clicking on the Send button sends this information together with the Access Code and Password to DUATS If DUATS detects an error in any of the fields WingX will report this error If the fields all contain valid information WingX downloads the weather briefing summarizes the weather briefing sections and displays the weather briefing ar a d 307 X Low Alt Weather FA Hazards and Flight Precautio Ni64DP KRHV KSBP FA 2 ny VFR Monday 11 12 2007 9 12 AM 17 12 FA Turbulence None y i Pilot Reports Severe Weather Outlook _ i map Severe Weather Warnings Nons silos T OV LVK TM 1645 FL095 TP Taaa DC3 TB OCNL LGT Tropical Depression Hurricane Aq PRB UA OWV PXN130025 TM 1600 SIGMETS FL1i40 TP C340 SK SKC WX FVOOSM Convectve SIGMET TA M06 TB NEG RM LGT CHOP OVR Center Weather Advisory None LHS AIRMETS SBP UA OV MQO TM 1611 FL350 TP Surface Observations E163 WV OOSBSKT TB OCNL LGT RM Pilot Reports SFO MQ0 SMTH DURC SFO Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help ef 303 X NOT AMS pie N164DP KRHV KSBP HWD Monday 11 12 2007 9 12 AM 17 127 NOTAMs SJC 11 016 SIC 12L 30R CLSD 0600
31. using WingX s DUATS features the DUATS Credentials must be entered To display the DUATS Credentials screen press the Credentials button on the DUATS page The Access Code and Password should be entered exactly as they were assigned by DUATS To obtain an Access Code and Password for the first time or to retrieve a forgotten Access Code and or Password please contact DUATS directly at http www duats com Pilot Information WingX will automatically populate the Pilot Information fields of a flight plan On Pocket PCs we suggest entering your name and address into the device s Owner Information under Settings using the Pocket PC s Start menu not via WingX WingX will automatically use this information when filing flight plans On Smartphones non touch screen 55 i WingX Er 1 28 ok DUATS Credentials Access Code 12345678 Password Use Pilot Information Test Credentials Cancel devices or if you wish to use something other than the device s Owner Information enter the Pilot Name Address and Phone Number to be used when filing flight plans on the Credentials page The Use Pilot Information option needs to be enabled Test Credentials Once the DUATS credentials have been entered these credentials can be tested and verified that they are indeed correct before using the DUATs WingX subscription is service When selecting this option WingX will test the DUATS credentials and verify
32. 1400 DLY WEF 0711130600 0711141400 SIC 06 006 SIC 30L JORGE NDB ILS LO DCMSND SIC 03 017 SIC 12R 30L RCLL Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help All NOTAMs can be display However then all NOTAMs for that airport are if a single airport is highlighted collated and displayed together 57 DUATS Flight Plans WingX can file close and cancel flight plans directly with DUATS Flight plans may be filed for VFR IFR VFR DC ADIZ and IFR DC ADIZ flight plans WingX assists in many ways by populating the various fields as well as filing the DC ADIZ flight plans with the appropriate modifications required by the FAA See DUATS Credentials earlier in the chapter about having WingX automatically populate pilot information Equipment and Color Persistence WingX stores the equipment and color per aircraft so that filing flight plans in the future will have the equipment and color fields automatically populated according to the Tail number entered Tap and hold displays a popup menu which contains most probable options In this example the user did a tap n hold on the Departure Time text box and WingX displays various departure time options Integrated Help System Contextual help is displayed for each text box on the dialog box In the example on the right the cursor is in the Departure Time text box and help for entering Altitude is displayed in the yellow display area In addition selecting Menu
33. 211 Washing FL Disneyworld 3 2122 ORLA GA PZD graphic 1 of 3 a 2 11 ok Hazardous Material ZTL 7 3160 Altitude SFC 5000AGL Active 11 6 07 7 30 AM Expires 3 7 08 4 00 PM Eg Showing only active and pending TFRs Display TT a qhi a 2 07 ok 1 ALL AIRCRAFT ENTERING OR EXITING THE TFR MUST BE ON A DISCRETE CODE ASSIGNED BY AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ATC FACILITY 2 AIRCRAFT MUST BE SQUAWKING THE DISCRETE CODE AT ALL TIMES WHILE IN THE TFR 3 ALL AIRCRAFT ENTERING OR EXITING THE TFR MUST REMAIN IN TWO WAY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH ATC 4 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TRACON PHONE IS THE FAA COORDINATION FACILITY Note the auto dial phone number Filtering TFRs TFRs may be filtered by State Most GA flights are limited to a single state Therefore this option seems appropriate for pilots whose flights occur within a single State Active and Pending WingX shows the status of a TFR as either Active Expired or shows the number of hours or minutes until the TER becomes active For most flight TFRs that have expired or that occur well in the future are of no consequence When the Active and Pending option is checked WingX only shows TFRs that are active and those that will become active within 24 hours AL TDG 7 3160 ANNISTON CA Disneyland 3 2123 ANAHI CA MYV 8 0274 BEALE AFB J Active and Pending Refresh Display Tap on the Status column heading to alternate be
34. 22 80 Select the Podcasts sss 80 EGB Page iiinn a A Conversion Sub Page 83 Altitude Sub pag 84 Wind Sub pag 222222 85 Calculating Winds Aloft sssss 85 Calculating Heading Ground Speed and WCA ss 2 5 86 Runway Wind Headwind and Crosswind Components 86 Performance Sub pag 87 Distance Groundspeed Time 87 Fuel USage ccesccceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeene 87 IFR Climb Rate and Climb Angle 88 Time Sub page ccssccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeemeeeeeens 88 Adding and Subtracting Times 88 Flight Block Times scsssceseessneens 88 Miscellaneous Sub page ss 89 Wind Chill and Frostbite 0 89 Thumb Control 89 SmartTaxi Technology 2 90 About SmartTaxi ssss 90 Approaching a Runway 91 On a RUNWAY eee eeeee sees senescence 91 WingX Tools ssssss222225 92 WingX Managers 92 Aircraft Model Manager 0000 92 Waypoint Manager s 94 GPS CoordinateS 95 WingX Searching 96 Airport Search ssssss2 96 N Number SearCh ss 97
35. 271 55 44 800W OSI DME 113 90 261 16 9nm Variation 16 E Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Facilities The Facilities information includes the attendance schedule available fuel ae d 12z55 x airframe and powerplant repairs as well as the oxygen availability Apt Nav Foc Display e KSIC Norman Mineta San Jose Intl 017 20 DEC 2007 02017 14 FEB 2008 24 7 Fuel Available 100LL Jet A Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 40 Runway The Runway page includes the FAA defined Ae ingX gt d 12 57 or estimated traffic pattern altitude longest runway runway dimensions surface condition and edge lights and many more pieces of specific runway information A summary of the airport s runways are summarized and displayed at the top of the KSJC Runways page Tapping on a runway name displays iis asses 100 Asohel that runway s details see screen shots on the Eee right Instrument RNAV GPS RWY Approaches 131 09017 20 DEC 2007 09017 14 FEB 2008 TPA 1062 1000 Estimated Tapping on an instrument chart will display Com Loc Fac ies eal Remarks The Remarks page includes tower remarks as t d 12 59 x Et d 12 59 X well as general airport remarks such as apt nav Fix KsIC Display Apt Nav Fix Display KB taxtway restrictions birds in vicinity of the Norman Y Mineta a PRIOR AIRPORT NOTIFICATION a airport noise abatement proce
36. ENIX STF Af UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STF CA BEALE AFE CALIFORNIA CA BEALE AFB CALIFORNIA CA BEALE AFE CALIFORNIA 55m CA ANAHEIM CA om DC WASHINGTON DC 4m DC WASHINGTON DC DC Washington DC Sports Event ZAB 7 6707 Altitude SFC 18000MSL Active 2 3 08 3 00 PM Expires 2 3 08 10 30 PM Display DUATS WingX can download and display DUATS Weather Briefings and display the briefing in a very easy to read manner WingX allows the briefing to be displayed at various levels For example the entire briefing could be displayed Alternatively only the NOTAMS or even a single airports NOTAMS can be displayed WingX can also file close and cancel flight plans The current aircraft s information and route information can be imported into the flight planning form thereby significantly reducing the amount of data required from the user WingX communicates directly with DUATS and therefore if WingX reports a flight plan as being filed it will definitely have been filed WingX cannot lose flight plans ultimate reliability Temporary Flight Restrictions TFRs Temporary Flight Restrictions change continually during the day While some TFRs can be created well in advance many simply popup during the day without warning Natural disasters often require a TFR over the area for search and rescue aircraft Fires and volcano eruptions may be obvious areas to avoid while flying but there are many other types of TFRs that oc
37. FAR 61 57 AMEL day 90 days 14 CFR FAR 61 57 AMEL night 90 days 14 CFR FAR 61 57 Tailwheel 90 days 14 CFR FAR 61 57 Biennial Flight Review BFR 24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 61 56 Instrument Flight Rules FR 6 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 61 57 CFI Renewal 24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 61 197 Navigation Approach Charts N A 7 Sectional N A N A Terminal Area Chart TAC N A N A Wide Area Chart WAC N A N A Airport Facility Directory A FD N A 1 Medical 6 calendar months 12 calendar months 36 calendar months 24 calendar months Z Z Z gt gt 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 3 Class over 40 years 14 CFR FAR 61 23 14 CFR FAR 61 23 14 CFR FAR 61 23 14 CFR FAR 61 23 Insurance Owners Insurance N A Z gt Renters Insurance N A Aircraft Annual 12 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 91 409 VOR FR 30 days 14 CFR FAR 91 171 Altimeter Static 24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 91 411 Transponder 24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 91 413 Emergency Locator Transmitter ELT 24 calendar months 14 CFR FAR 91 207 GPS Database N A N A 77 Expiration Item Components Each expiration item is contained on a single line and consists of several components Component Description Checkbox Check this checkbox to enable the expiration item and to have the item appear when Sort by Expiration is selected A self explanatory description of the expiration item Asterisk If an aster
38. Fuel Consumption By entering the Fuel consumption Per Hour FPH and the time WingX calculates the total fuel required e Endurance By entering the Fuel consumption Per Hour FPH and the usable fuel on board WingX calculates the endurance in HH MM SS Enter any two of the three values WingX will calculate the third Example The Distance Speed Time time is automatically propagated into ef M 2 13 X the fuel calculations Entering 12 in the Fuel Per Hour FPH text box pistance speed time l results in WingX calculating the fuel required as 25 9 gallons Note that Distance _Gspd pounds per hour may be used as the fuel units We use gallons in this example To determine endurance enter the number of gallons or pounds and the Fuel Per Hour FPH value WingX will calculate the endurance in HH MM SS 87 IFR Climb Rate and Climb Angle IFR climb rates and climb angles are critical for safe flight in instrument conditions IFR departure procedures are designed and published with specific criteria and these are printed right on the departure procedure However these requirements are provided in terms of climb rate per NM but this is not easily measurable in the aircraft and neither is it easily determinable during pre flight preparations By entering the required climb gradient as published on the departure procedure as well as the calculated ground speed WingX calculates the required climb rate in feet per minute FPM and
39. Help displays more comprehensive help including guidelines for each field an Aircraft Color Table and an Aircraft Equipment Suffix table After entering all the required information select Send to File Close or Cancel the flight plan Temporary Flight Restrictions TFRs WingX er 45 3 30 ok File Fight Plan Wed 19 Dec 2007 23 30 13 GMT Flight Type Tail N739YE Type Equip C172 A TAS 115 Dep Time p In 15 minutes Dep Point In i hour Dst Point KSBA In 2 hours In 3 hours In 4 hours In 5 hours Menu Fight plan accepted by CSC DUATS DUAT service and will be filed with KOAK on Thu Dec 20 04 07 UTC Temporary Flight Restrictions change continually during the day While some TFRs can be created well in advance many TFRs simply popup during the day without warning WingX allows a pilot to quickly browse the full list of TFRs quickly and displays the type altitude as well as the date and time the TFR becomes active and the date and time the TFR expires The full text of the TFR can also be viewed in its entirety Viewing TFRs WingX displays TFRs in a list format One TFR in the list is selected highlighted and a summary of that TFR is displayed below the list box Use the hardware arrow keys or the stylus to change TFRs To view the full details of a TFR select Display or press the OK hardware key 58 The TFR download time is shown above the list box When the TFR
40. However if the runway identifiers are not collocated with the appropriate runway endpoints please contact us as soon as possible 90 Approaching a Runway When approaching a runway WingX provides audible and visual warnings and shows the length of runway remaining in both directions a qf 1 279 X Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help SmartTaxi on Runway Layout WingX shows that there are 318 and 4 799 remaining on runways 14 and 32 respectively On a Runway i Wingx EF 2 26 x A2L 30R 4 622 6 Eat CUSTOMS i TERMINAL i T ido P ae TRANSIENT h etev i uke FSDO ae Menu Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help SmartTaxi on Airport Diagram WingX shows that there are 4 822 and 6 171 remaining on runways 12L and 30R respectively When on a runway WingX provides audible and visual warnings shows the length of runway remaining and displays the length of time that the aircraft has been on the runway useful for Taxi into position and hold Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help SmartTaxi on Runway Layout WingX shows that there are 4 093 remaining on runway 32 aircraft on the runway for 7 seconds CONTROL TOWER EA HANGAR TRANSIENT PARRING fspO t Menu Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Smart Taxi on Airport Diagram WingX shows that there are 2 328 remaining on runway 29 aircraft on the runway for 12 seconds Chapter WingX Tools WingX incl
41. List consists of 10 columns e Airport ID this column is color coded e Wind Direction and Speed e Visibility e Ceiling the lowest reported ceiling e Temperature the reported temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius e Dewpoint the reported dewpoint in Fahrenheit or Celsius e Altimeter Setting in inches of mercury e Field Elevation as reported in the A FD e Density Altitude the density altitude at the airport using the METAR s weather conditions e Airport ID this column is color coded and is a duplicate of the first column to help interpretation when the METAR List is scroll to the far right If a route is entered WingX will display METAR reporting airports along the route 64 a i305 X a d 305 X 14C 29 51 Calm 2 125M 130 79 50 iE 145M i 11C 23 80 HE 75M 5 l H 14C 23 78 050805 45M 14C 29 78 JEG 105M l 4 l 140 23 83 J012 105M 3 C 29 83 Calm F D 13C 29 79 Calm l 13C 29 79 al o Paes View Pr Ta GPS Ht METAR List of airports close to MFV Same METARs but scrolled to the right Identifiers are shown on both the left side and on the right side Winds Aloft View WingX displays winds aloft information of nearby winds aloft reporting 7 4 3 06 x stations The format is very similar to the familiar DUATS columnar format Winds Aloft Display except that the display is a lot cleaner and easier to read Wind components EXIREW EYER TES PRS with wind speeds greater than 99
42. Mineta San Jose Inti Norman Y Mineta San Jose Int Friday December 14 2007 Friday December 14 2007 Sunrise sunset Filam 4 51pm Cwi Twilight 6 45am 5 20pm One hour ilam 5 51pm Use arrow keys to change date Tap on name to view year plot 1 ap ia 314A m Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 42 Chapter Route Planning Page WingX s Airport Database contains airports navigational aids fixes and intersections Victor Airways and Jetways Using a combination of these a route can be planned between any two points and WingX will calculate headings ETE fuel burn and other pertinent information WingX can use the route to file a DUATS flight plan and to walk you through the route as you fly it using the GPS enabled Dynamic Flight Navgator Part 61 and Part 141 s Aeronautical Experience requirements A route is entered in a single text box WingX shows each leg on a separate line The information for each leg consists of Magnetic Heading MH Distance NM Estimated Time Enroute ETE Wind Correction Angle WCA Fuel Consumption and more A status bar shows Part 61 141 related cross country distances W ingX s Route Page simplifies route planning and also calculates route distances pertinent to 14 CFR Constructing a Route A route consists of ICAO identifiers separated by a space Each identifier represents an airport a navaid a fix an intersection a
43. Name column is a prime candidate to be unselected Of course the Ksac Name column or any other column can be added back by tapping on Prefs Route Columns from the WingX main menu Performance and Wind Effects An additional feature of the route table is the summarization of i it io X performance and any wind effects on the overall flight time Display Wx oe i EZE In our example above the summary information is shown to the ae ae right The total distance is shown as 72 6nm the total ETE iS es aall aF 00 39 54 total fuel burn is 8 0 gallons average ground speed is 109 468 355 oz544 0 37 15 109 330 15 knots and the effect of the wind has lengthened the flight time by H7 Soese 04354 5 11 ane 00 03 34 i e 3 minutes and 34 seconds A negative time value would 39 O 109 0 03 34 indicate that the wind has shortened the total flight time Popup Menu e To both simplify and speed up route entry WingX provides a popup menu for the route text box that is extremely useful when entering routes To display the popup menu tap n hold on the route text box fae The popup menu is divided into four sections namely the Most ft Fixes Recently Used points routes airport search and one option to clear nol Waypoints the route text box Routes Reverse Route Airport Search Identifiers will be inserted at the cursor s position within the route text box Therefore tap n hold at the point within the r
44. Subpart K Flight Instructors Wi Display Select the Main Document Its subparts are displayed below Part 61 Certification Pilots Flight J Subpart A General Subpart B Aircraft Ratings and Subpart Student Pilots Subpart D Recreational Pilots 61 102 Applicability 61 103 Eligibility requireme 61 105 Aeronautical knowl 61 107 Aight proficiency 61 109 Aeronautical experi 61 110 Night flying excepti 61 111 Cross country fligh 61 113 Private pilot privilegs 61 115 Balloon rating Limi Display Select the Subpart Its documents are shown below 74 61 109 Aeronautical experience a For an arpene single engine rating Except as provided in paragraph k of this section a person who applies for a private pilot certificate with an airplane category and single engine class rating must log at least 40 hours of flight time that includes at least 20 hours of flight training from an authorized instructor and 10 hours of solo flight training in the areas of operation listed in 661 107 b 1 of this part and the training must include at least Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Display the Document Select the document and tap Display Document Searching Document searching is accomplished by selecting menu and then Search A lo ice ace corttcation Pilots An al dialog box is displayed which allows a search ter
45. TSNO A2980 KSBY 12100627 AUTO KSBY 12 5 06AM 120 3KT 12003KT 1 45M FG BKNOO1 1 45M Fo BKN100 BKNGOO0 BKNO6O 12 11 A2980 RMK 12 11 A2980 AQ2 KLFI 12 5 354M 360 6KT KLFI 1210357 36006KT 7SM 75M BKN5500 OVC10000 14 BKNO55 OVC100 14 14 A2978 14 A2978 KPHF 1210407 O5005KT 45M KPHF 12 5 404M O50 5KT METARSs of airports close to MFV Same METARs as the in the image on the left but using QuickLook 63 TAF View TAF reporting stations that are within the vicinity of the reference airport navaid fix or intersection entered will be displayed In the example on the right the Small Font option was enabled for illustration purposes ESBY 1209222 120006 DODOKT 25 BR If a route is entered WingX will display TAF reporting airports along the owen TEMPO 0611 Mi 4SM FG BENDOL route FRILG 20005SKT 25M RA BR O OI F150 4006KT 25M RA BR OW O0DS FM2200 35011KT 45M SHRA BER OWO01L0 ELFI 120403 19009KT 9959 SCT100 SCT200 QNH2978INS BECMG 0910 19017KT 6000 ER BEKNO30 OVCIO QNH297 LINS BEChG 1213 1E012KT 4600 RA ER BENOZ0 OVO ONH2S65INS BECMG 1617 Q20127KT 4200 SHRA BENDIS OVOJ QNH2970INS TEMPO 1723 02015G25KT 3200 TSRA EKNO05 OVOIICE BECHG 2223 O1L010G15KT 3200 RA BEMDDS Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help METAR List View WingX extracts important pieces of METAR information and displays them in an easy to read color coded table with each METAR reporting airport being displayed on a single line The METAR
46. ages such as the Latest Surface Analysis Flight Conditions RADAR Tops RADAR Summary Regional RADAR AIRMETs and SIGMETs Satellite Current Icing Potential and many more Simply use your thumb to drag the image around the screen no need to find the stylus and tap on a small scroll bar The interface is superb and extremely slick In addition the weather images can be scaled also stylus free 91 117 Aircraft speed a Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator no person may operate an aircraft below 10 000 feet MSL at an indicated airspeed of more than 250 knots 288 m p h b Unless otherwise authorized or required by ATC no person may operate an aircraft at or below 2 500 feet above the surface within 4 nautical miles of the primary airport of a Class C or Class D airspace area at an indicated airspeed of more than 200 knots 230 mph This paragraph b Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Airport Runway Layout WingX s airports runway layout feature shows an airports runways the runways numbers as well as centerline lighting and Runway End Identifier Lighting REILs The runway layout can be set to North Up it can be rotated by pressing the arrow keys or by simply moving your stylus or finger around the screen on touch screen devices In addition using a GPS receiver WingX can rotate the runway layout based on Track Up or view To Airport the latter being very useful when approaching an
47. aircraft model WingX will know what the various stations are how much fuel the aircraft can carry etc Using this data a graphical representation of the Weight and Balance calculations is displayed within the selected envelope The Maximum Zero Fuel Weight line is also shown Any of the various envelopes can be selected e g normal utility etc WingX will flag out of bounds conditions with red text A Summary Table can also be displayed that matches the W amp B table shown in most POH AFM manuals in Section 6 The graph can be removed from the screen to provide more space on height limited devices such as those with 240x240 screen or in landscape mode Conversely the user can view the graphical display in full screen mode to make viewing the actual data points easiet A FD Information No more thumbing through the A FD book while bouncing around in the clouds no more fumbling through a sectional chart at night while trying to locate a VOR frequency WingX provides this information in a very easy to read format while providing a tremendous amount of information including airport and navaid frequencies Morse codes location relative position to the closest VORs runway information and much mote In the example on the left the communications information shows the ASOS phone number the ATIS frequency and phone number as well as the relevant frequencies for the three runways at San Jose International Airport Phone
48. airport Moreover with a GPS receiver WingX enables its SmartTaxi Runway Incursion Prevention Technology This allows SmartTaxi to work at over 4 000 airports throughout the United States Documents and Forms WingX is a not only a superb resource but it is also a weight saver Imagine carrying around the FARs the AIM the Pilot Controller Glossary AC61 65E endorsements the NWS contractions and the FSS phone numbers for various areas in the US WingX stores all this information for you on your Pocket PC Each of these documents is quickly accessible and easily viewable by using the document selection pull down list controls Just like the Model Database and the Airport Database the Document Database can be easily and quickly updated with just a few taps The extensive list of FARs includes Part 1 43 61 91 119 121 135 137 141 NTSB 830 1552 and 1562 Parts of the AIM are also included e g Light Gun Signals ef qf 250 X ANN Daily Aero Briefing 12 05 07 ANN Special Feature Part I Rhett ANN Daily Aero Briefing 12 04 07 6 af qf 251 X Pressure Density Altitude Elevation m Set C oy aC aj2 3 4 5 6s 7 a j jo lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Podcasts online and offline Podcasts are an excellent way of getting news current events and other information out to pilots Podcasts are downloadable via the Internet and WingX provides the pilot with the capability of listening
49. ame to select a new chart for the airpott 52 Zoom Out and Zoom In There are two ways to zoom in and out while viewing a chart e Inthe bottom left corner WingX displays a and a zoom out respectively symbol Tapping on these will zoom in and e Pressing the OK hardware key the key in the center of the arrow keys enters Zoom mode WingX displays the word Zoom on the image Pressing the up and down arrow hardware keys will zoom in and zoom out respectively Press OK again will exit zoom mode Chart Popup Menu In the bottom right corner of the Chart page is a popup menu When tapped on this menu expands to display a list of options The items in the first group display additional information e ID Displays the ID selection dialog box so that an airport ID can be entered e Charts Displays all the charts available for the selected airport The charts are logically separated into the Atrport Diagram Departure Procedures Instrument Approach Procedures Minimums and Standard Terminal Route lists e A FD Information Display the A FD information for the currently selected airport A FD Information Text On Night Vision Rwy Identifiers And Nearest t Menu The second group of items are options of the on off variety When one of these options is selected a checkmark appears on the left of that option The options in the popup menu are e Text
50. amples are 015 015 3 or 015 456 94 Er 42 2 07 ok Manually enter coordinates Lake Tahoe Lat 39 1 Lon 396 0 000 N 120 6 0 000 W Adding a Waypoint Numerical latitude and longitude GPS Coordinates WingX can use the current GPS coordinates when defining a waypoint There are two options when using GPS coordinates Er 1 52 ok Manually enter coordinates Lat 37 36 20 671 N 121 48 31 084 W Adding a Waypoint Bearing and distance from a point i jp WingX Waypoint Manager Er f 2 08 ok LAKETAHOE Lake Tahoe SUNNIE Sunol Pass Waypoint Manager Showing both waypoints just added e Use GPS coordinates real time Use this option when moving e g in flight WingX uses a single instantaneous GPS coordinate It is slight less accurate than the averaging method but will be more accurate in flight when the aircraft is moving e Use GPS coordinates average Use this option when stationary e g on the ground WingX will average the GPS coordinates over time and the resulting coordinate will be a slightly more accurate representation of the position as a result of the averaging algorithm effectively canceling out the noise or slight inaccuracies of the GPS coordinates 95 WingX Searching WingX has two types of searching capabilities Firstly the Airport Search can be invoked from the Tools menu or from an airport popup menu Secondly the N Number search uses an Inter
51. and WingX even goes one step further and visually and audibly warns pilots of a potential runway incursion As more and more devices become Internet capable WingX continues to expand its Internet functionality WingX can upgrade itself to the latest version download the latest databases get the current weather download animated NEXRAD file a DUATS flight plan view real time TFRs and much more all wirelessly anywhere you have an Internet connection In fact WingX s advanced internet technology includes a download resumption feature whereby a database download can be resumed if it was stopped as a result of connection problem or user input Wing X s podcast technology is a great feature for pilots who want to keep up to date with the aviation and weather related news WingX also enables pilots to view specific information about an aircraft using its N number A Look at WingX s Feature Set Here are brief descriptions of WingX s main features The chapters that follow delve into more detail ef i213 X N460CD T O 3309 LND 3165 141 4 143 8 Front Seats 195 i60_ Rear Seats i40 Baggage Usable Fuel Gallons Fuel used Tarif Ru Runup G Gallons HHACANANONRE Norcal 120 1 Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Weight and Balance WingX currently stores hundreds of aircraft models in an aircraft model database In addition User Defined Models can be entered By associating a specific N number with an
52. ay wind relative to True North and RNO is entered in the Area text box WingX True Airspeed TAS The TAS can either be entered directly from the reading on the airspeed indicator after adjusting for altitude or calculated on the Altitude page Track over the ground Track The known track that the aircraft is making over the ground For example if the aircraft is following a VOR radial outbound then the pilot can use that track Alternatively a GPS or LORAN system may display track Heading Hdg The aircraft heading that is usually read directly off the Heading Indicator Note that to obtain an accurate aircraft heading the compass heading should be used with the appropriate deviation applied as listed on the compass card Groundspeed GSpd The known groundspeed can be read from the Distance Measuring Equipment DME or from a LORAN or GPS readout Area optional Without entering the area in which the flight is occurring the winds aloft can only be reported relative to Magnetic North This is not consistent with Flight Service weather reports since FSS report winds aloft relative to True North To convert to True North enter a nearby airport navaid or fix If a valid area point is not entered the winds aloft are reported relative to Magnetic North the output will have the M suffix If a valid area point is entered the winds aloft are reported relative to True North the output will have t
53. cal Section to display the popup menu then select Bar Display The familiar graphical envelope view will be replaced by an information rich CG centric view The Status and Configuration sections show the same information as when the envelope is displayed The Bar Display displays a different view of the Weight and Balance information Four phase of flight lines are displayed on the Bar Display these are e The Zero Fuel CG if applicable e The Ramp CG e The Takeoff CG e The Landing CG 36 Wingx er q 3 18 X N466CD SR22 MP 3351 1 0 3315 LND 3171 135 0 141 4 143 6 Front Seats Rear Seats Baggage Usable Fuel Gallons Fuel Fuel used Taxi Runup Gallons 146 1 Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help a dis 20 xX i Wingx N460CD SR22 RMP 3351 O 3315 LND 3171 Tap n nhod for menu ZEW 140 41 Ramp 143 18 T O 1142 72 nd 141 23 Front Seats Rear Seats Baggage Usable Fuel Gallons Fuel used Taxi Runup Gallons Fuel e I E a Sas ie ee Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help At the Maximum Zero Fuel Weight ZFW and using the Normal category envelope the CG range is 140 86 148 10 inches and the CG at that weight is 147 83 inches quite far aft but not within 10 The value is graphically denoted by a rounded square The green bar shows the allowable CG range at the Maximum ZFW The CG values for the Ramp Takeoff and Landing line
54. ce Convection and Volcanic Ash Convective SIGMETs and Outlooks Current Convection Watches Satellite West CONUS East CONUS Alaska Hawaii Lowest Freezing Level Latest Analysis and 3 6 9 12 forecast Lightning Probability CONUS and regions such as North West Example Screen Shots Here are some example screen shots Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help METARs and PIREPs Surface Analysis RADAR Tops The US East Coast showing The weather system that is Most of the activity extends up wide spread MVFR IFR causing the sub VFR above 30 000 along the East Coast and LIFR conditions weather conditions s 4 y k Regional RADAR Weather Forecast Predicated Icing A closer view of the RADAR Cold weather moves into the Icing predication shows the along the East Coast North West effects of a weather system in the North East at 12 000 Chapter Airport Runway Layout Page An airports runway layout is a great visual aid when used both in the air and on the ground for situational awareness WingX adds GPS input runway hghting runway identifiers rotatable surface and Smartlaxi Technology to make the Airport Page a very valuable feature receiver WingX is able to add SmartTaxi to the page WingX also uses its A FD database to color the runways i e grass runways and water runways are displayed in green and blue respectively W ingX s Airport Runway Layout combines many features of WingX By utilizing input
55. cur regularly Examples include mudslides military activity and presidential events WingX allows a pilot to quickly browse the full list of TFRs quickly and displays the type altitude as well as the date and time the TFR becomes active and the date and time the TFR expires The full text of the TFR can also be viewed in its entirety D a qhi METAR KPIT 09090517 02006KT 35M RA BR OVCO32 01 M02 A3033 RMK AO SNES1 SLP290 POOO1 TO0061022 KAGC 0909537 SO004KT 35M UP BR OVCO28 00 M01 A3031 RMK AO RAEZSUPB25 SLP280 POOOS TOO001011 KBVI 0901477 OO000KT 105M OVC120 01 M02 A3039 KBIP 0910157 AUTO O5004KT 75M OVCO34 00 M02 A3034 RMK AOL Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Weather Text WingX interprets and color codes the individual METARs By looking at these colors a pilot can quickly get an idea of the weather in an area or along a route If a route is entered WingX will display the nearest METAR TAF winds aloft and temperature aloft along the route Premier Edition only WingX extracts important pieces of METAR information and displays them in an easy to read color coded METAR List WingX displays un encoded winds and temperature aloft information of nearby winds aloft reporting stations and automatically calculates the freezing level WingX also graphically displays trend information of METAR reports over the previous six hours Weather Images WingX will download and display a multitude of weather im
56. d Voice On During taxi operations WingX is designed to provide audible warnings when the aircraft is approaching a runway and when the aircraft is on a runway By feeding this audio into the intercom a pilot can keep their eyes outside the aircraft and not be focused on the device s screen This adds significantly to the safety of taxi operations Night Vision When viewing charts and the Dynamic Flight Navigator during flight night adaptation is very important to the safety of the flight WingX provides a means of reducing the screen brightness of the pages that are used during flight Home Airport The home airport will always appear in most recently used airport popup lists Aircraft Allows the user to add or remove columns in the aircraft list on the Aircraft page When a column name is checked it is selected to be displayed Weight and Balance The options are O Bar Display A unique and information rich view the Bar Display presents the W amp B information using bars and warns pilots of CGs that are close to or out of their limits Show Moment Some POHs show the weight and balance graphics with reference to moment instead of weight Show Graphics A user may wish to increase the usable screen area for data input by hiding the envelope graphics This option is particularly useful for users with square screens such as the 240x240 devices The summary information and error messages will continue to be shown Show Su
57. d water WingX displays these surfaces use black green brown and blue respectively SmartTaxi disabled Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Water Runways Grass Runways Helicopter Pads Water Runways are shown in blue Grass Runways are show in green Grass helipads are also shown in green SmartTaxi Technology WingX s SmartTaxi Technology works in the same manner as it does on the Charts page when displaying the NACO Airport Diagram However enabling SmartTaxi on the Airport Page enables WingX to provide runway incursion graphics and audio and visual warnings at about 4 000 airports versus just a few hundred on the Chart page Another advantage is that by using the Track Up display mode the runway layout will reorient itself as the aircraft turns while taxiing Please refer to the chapter on SmartTaxi Technology Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Helicopter Pads Grass Runways Helicopter pads look somewhat authentic Grass Runways ate show in green 72 Chapter Document Page WingX stores a tremendous amount text and makes it quickly accessible and searchable The FARs parts of the AIM CFI endorsements FSS phone numbers and many other documents are displayed with just a few taps of the Aeronautical Information Manual AIM For Certificated Flight Instructors CF Is there is Advisory Circular 61 65E endorse
58. d a specific aircraft tap on the Add button and enter the following information e Tail Enter the N number WingX will convert all letters to uppercase e Year The year is usually informational but in some cases it allows WingX to differentiate between two aircraft models from different years e Aircraft Model The aircraft models are shown in a tree structure with the highest level being the manufacturer To expand a node of the tree e g Cessna tap on the H Aircraft Models can also be user defined For more information please see chapter WingX Tools 28 Example Once the manufacturet s node has been expanded select one of the ingX 7 4 2 50 bk Cessna models that appear directly below Cessna For example to add N739YE that is a 1978 Cessna 172N e Enter N739YE in the N number text box e Tap on the I to the left of Cessna The tree will show all the Cessna aircraft in the WingX Aircraft Model Database and User Defined Aircraft database Using the vertical scroll bar on the right scroll down until you see C172N tap on it e To select a year enter 1978 in the year text box or simply tap n hold in the year text box to get a list of possible years To choose 1978 first tap on 1970 this will show all the years from 1970 to 1979 Then tap on 1979 Select the Add soft key A dialog box will be displayed notifying you of the successful addition of the aircraft to the
59. d the Relative Humidity is 44 Interestingly the 12C dewpoint raised the Density Altitude about 200 WingX automatically propagates the Pressure Altitude and temperature down to the CAS TAS group box Therefore only the Calibrated Airspeed CAS needs to be entered and WineX calculate the True Airspeed TAS Hint Tap on C to change to F and vice versa 84 Pressure Density Altitude Elevation Alt Set a DewP e PA 4 462 DA 6 820 CAS TAS PAIt ag CAS TAS conv ETI wind Pert Time misc i z2 3 4 s5s e 7 sj9jo lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Wind Sub page WingX provides the advanced capability of calculating winds aloft and desired headings if the winds aloft are known Using known variations for airports navaids and fixes adds to the accuracy of the results WingX can use the GPS information as real time input for the Track and Ground Speed values Calculating Winds Aloft To calculate the winds aloft enter Example Ensure that the Known Wind checkbox is unchecked to calculate the winds aloft i e that the winds are unknown Using an example scenario the True Airspeed has propagated into the TAS field and 320 315 Tas track Hdg GSpd Area and 150 should be entered into the Track Heading and Groundspeed text boxes respectively Using this information WingX will calculate the winds aloft relative to Magnetic North However winds aloft should be displayed runw
60. d to download podcasts but is not required while listening With an Internet connection WingX can simultaneously play a podcast whilst downloading other podcasts in the background With or without an Internet connection WingX plays podcasts enabling access to the latest aviation news commentary and weather while walking around the EAA AirVenture waiting for a doctors appointment riding on the train or anywhere else you feel like listening WingX s podcast feature is a perfect tool for the Aviation Road Warrior W ingX downloads podcasts stores podcasts and plays podcasts and simplifies the entire process An Select the Podcasts The first step is to select the podcast source Hilton Software has teamed up with various news resources and other podcast creators to bring the latest aviation news aviation commentary and aviation weather Tapping on the large rectangular Tap here for podcasts area displays a popup menu This lists the podcast sources available Selecting a source displays that source s groups Selecting a group causes WingX to show all podcasts available from the selected source in the selected group Podcasts are shown by displaying their creation date and description Embedded at the end of the description is the podcast duration and size in bytes If an X precedes the date in the Cached column then that podcast has already been downloaded and is stored on the device Cached podcasts do not require an Internet
61. devices will automatically dial underlined phone number including AWOS ATIS and any phone numbers in the Remarks section when the underlined phone number is selected Er q 2 20 X 15 3 84 3 Lake Ta lies GSpd Altitude MS5L 3 999 L NM ETE SFO 0 13 12 ID TO NM TWR ATIS PAO 69 1 1 118 6 135 275 SOL 286 6 2 119 0 125 9 EE 105 11 5 124 0 126 95 SFO APD Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Route Planning WingX accurately calculates route information including leg distances headings wind correction angles ETE ETA fuel burn and ground speed These calculations are based on current or manually entered winds aloft The winds effects are reflected in the average ground speed and difference from the no wind conditions e g 07 34 is shown if the flight would take 7 minutes and 34 seconds longer than the no wind condition Points along a route may include airports navaids fixes intersections user defined waypoints as well as arbitrary points defined by bearing and distance from an airport navaid fix or intersection WingX can use current winds aloft information to calculate the optimum altitude for IFR or VFR flights based on their east west direction of flight Routes may be saved reverse and renamed Dynamic Flight Navigator The Dynamic Flight Navigator DFN is a single screen that pulls together all the relevant information and shows it clearly and concisely while providin
62. dures and ini ee E AAT Toe P es 001Z 20 DEC 2007 09017 14 FEB 2008 EARLY ARRIVALS CONTACT contact phone numbers If a highlighted ataie i A phone number is selected phone devices will Tower Remarks FIRST 400 FT RY 30R amp RY 30L CLSD FOR TKOF DC10 MD11 None 11011 ALL ENGINE RUN UPS REQUIRE Remarks PRIOR AIRPORT APPROVAL THIS AIRPORT HAS BEEN or Pn ae oni A a RY 12R 30L RY 12L 30R AND sid RY 11 29 FAR 139 CERTIFIE automatically dial the phone number Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 41 Sunrise and Sunset The Sunrise and Sunset page displays the sunrise and sunset times lights required for any date and at any airport In addition time for civil twilight times logging night and one hour pre sunrise and post sunset passenger currency are shown See Appendix C Tapping on the name or pressing the keyboard s OK button Smartphone will show the year plot for the sunrise and sunset times The time deltas for one day one week and one month for both sunrise and sunset are shown in black Airport Runway Layout The Airport Runway layout page displays the airport s runway layout together with their runway IDs centerline lighting and Runway End Identifier Lights REILs For more runway layout information see chapter titled Airport Runway Layout a i100 X a i100 X Apt Nav Fix KSC Display Apt Nav Fix KSIC__ Display ke Norman Y
63. e The aircraft is out the gate on December 21 2007 at 11 56pm off a a Eleni the runway at 11 58pm The aircraft lands at 2 23am the following day and is rs ee rae in the gate at 2 27am WingX calculates the flight and block times as 2 25 00 ayar or 2 4 and 2 31 00 2 5 respectively pe ee pa Tap on Down to change to round up Tap on Up to change to round down aj2 3 4 5je 7 aj9 jo lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Miscellaneous Sub page Wind Chill and Frostbite While not specifically aviation related calculating wind chill and frostbite values can be extremely valuable in cold climates Wind chill is defined as The temperature of windless air that would have the same effect on exposed human skin as a given combination of wind speed and air temperature and is therefore a function of wind speed and temperature Frostbite is defined as Injury or destruction of skin and underlying tissue most often that of the nose ears fingers or toes resulting from prolonged exposure to freezing or subfreezing temperatures and is a function of wind chill and exposure time Four Examples Let s assume that a cold front has moved through the area and that the METAR on the Weather page area shows an ambient temperature of 28 C Wind Chill and frost bite time are strongly dependant on the wind speed when in such cold weather ar 46237 X ea ary Wind Chill n ae ger a Wind Chil
64. e conversion WingX offers well over 100 different conversions using simple pull down and popup menus WineX provides the following conversions Conversion Types Celsius Fahrenheit Kelvin Temperature Distance Nautical Miles NM Statute Miles SM Inches Feet Yards Millimeters MM Centimeters CM Meters Kilometers KM Speed Knots MPH KM per hour KM H Feet per second FT S Meters per second M S Weight Pounds Ounces Kilograms KG Grams Gallon of 100LL Gallon of Jet A Quart of Oil Volume Gallons US Gallons UK Liters Pressure Mercury inches Mercury millimeters Millibars 83 Example The aircraft s thermometer reads 90 F What is the equivalent temperature in Celsius The following steps are performed a qi3 20 xX Conversions 1 The Conversion type pull down menu initially has Temperature selected Since this is a temperature conversion we do not change it 2 The left hand and right hand conversion unit pull down menus will initially have Fahrenheit and Celsius selected Since this type of conversion is common WingX defaults to these initial settings 3 Now enter 90 in the left hand text box and notice that WingX automatically calculates that the equivalent temperature in Celsius is IA Gray text boxes are read only and cannot be edited Altitude Sub page Density Altitude is a critical factor related to aircraft pe
65. e improved Even if it is some out of the box thought BESEN EE please let us know While we will always have a very long to do list pallette Seal we are continually evaluating features for future upgrades Please email oF Rmk for you feedback to us at support hiltonsoftwate com i 2UNTSS e Status Displays version information database information available memory and the network IP address e Register This option is used to register the WingX and to view subscription information For more information please see Help How to register WingX e About Shows WingX version information and copyright warning Popup Menus Almost every text box that appears in WingX has an associated popup menu Tap and hold the stylus on the text box to display that text box s popup menu A popup menu with various options will appear Popup menus are for quick data entry or if you re not sure exactly what to enter on a text box The popup menu is also very useful on Pocket PCs since many Pocket PCs do not have physical keyboards Adam Aero Commander Aero Plane American Aviat Beechcraft Bellanca Cessna Cirrus Columbia Commands Cub Crate Diamond Enstrom Pocket PC only 25 Numeric Text Boxes WingX has numerous numeric text boxes One example is the Year text box on the Add Aircraft page Other examples are the speed and wind text boxes on the Route page and all the t
66. ear Seats i60_ i30_ Rear Seats 160 170 Baggage Baggase Usable Fuel Gallons Usable Fuel Gallons Fuel used Taxi Runup Gallons Fuel used Taxi Runup Gallons Fuel 6 a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 J lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help In the first example above two passengers decided to sit in the rear seats This configuration moves the CG further aft than had one of the passengers sat next to the pilot in the front right seat A recalculation shows that the CGs for all phases of flight are within 10 of the allowable range Concerned with this the pilot asks this passenger to verify that his weight really was only 130 pounds It turned out that he was wearing additional clothing boots and was carrying a camera bag these additions increases his total weight to 170 pounds Changing the 130 entry to 170 moves both the Ramp and Takeoff out of the Normal envelope as shown by the Aft messages as well as the Status Section now displaying Landing CG out of envelope This is an unsafe condition and it would be safer for one of the passengers to be seated in the right front seat All these Weight and Balance calculations took just a few taps and the use of popup menus to calculate 37 Data Entry Section The input section of the Weight and balance page is the Data Entry Section Each seat each fuel tank and each baggage area has a text box for data entry When any wei
67. ected to The Internet or as appropriate for environment e Antivirus Software o The device is essentially another computer attached to your laptop or desktop Therefore antivirus software may prevent unexpected communication between the two and therefore prevent the device from accessing the Internet Temporarily disabling the antivirus software or altering the setting may resolve the problem For specific antivirus software settings please refer to its user manual and or information found on the web 107 Hilton Software LLC 6205 Balderstone Drive San Jose CA 95120 http www hiltonsoftware com 108
68. een diamond button The arrow keys are used to show the first leg the previous leg the next leg and the last leg respectively Tapping on the green diamond makes the currently displayed leg the active leg The active leg is shown with a light green background and all the flight navigation information is related to the active leg This allows the pilot to view any leg in the route whilst continuing to monitor the active leg s progress To select the current leg as the active leg tap on the green diamond For example assume the route is KSJC KLVK ECA KTVL and the aircraft is currently flying the KSJC KLVK leg ATC instructs the pilot to proceed Direct Manteca VOR ECA 1s the identifier for Manteca VOR The pilot would tap once on the right arrow WingX would display the KLVK ECA leg in blue since it is not the current leg Then a tap on the green diamond sets KLVK ECA as the active leg The identifier background changes to green signifying that it now was the active leg and the navigational information is calculated according to the newly designated active leg 49 Chapter NACO Chart Page WingX displays NACO charts such as Instrument Approach Procedures LAP Departure Procedures DP Standard Terminal Arrival Procedures STAR Minimums and Airport Diagrams The charts can be scrolled and scaled no stylus required With a GPS attached and using its patent pending Smart Taxi technology WingX shows the aircrafts l
69. eerie that this device s subscription is still current WingX will display a message showing the results DUATS Weather Briefings DUATS Weather Briefings are obtained and viewed by tapping on the fine Er q 206 X Briefing button A popup menu is displayed that has options to obtain Low Briefing Flight Pl i Altitude High Altitude and Weather Radius weather briefings In addition akantha the most recently obtained weather briefing can be viewed Therefore a f weather Area Radius weather briefing can be obtained during the preflight and viewed in flight Most recently obtained weather briefings for each Low Altitude High Altitude and Weather Radius are each stored and are only overwritten when a more recent weather briefing of that type is obtained Recent When selecting a Low Altitude or High Altitude weather briefing WingeXx PALT g 4 2 22 ok displays a dialog box with many of the fields populated with information from Low Alt Weather other modules optional For example if a flight had been planned from Wed 19 Dec 2007 22 22 09 GMT KRHV to KSBP via E16 airport SNS VOR and PRB VOR on the Route Page the departure and destination points as well as the route would be i Dep Time populated and by default WingX will assumed departure in one hout te penne c6 9 60 Dst Point Route E16 SNS PRB j Time Enroute E Integrated Help System Contextual help is displayed for each text box on
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71. establish a Bluetooth connection between the device and the Bluetooth GPS receiver do the following 1 Tap on the Connection tab under Settings 1 Tap on the Bluetooth icon 1 In the Mode tab 1 Ensure that Turn on Bluetooth is checked 2 Inthe Devices tab 1 Tap on New Partnership 2 Tap on the GPS that it finds then tap on Next 3 Enter 0000 as the passkey tap Next see GPS User Manual 4 Check the Serial Port option tap Finish 3 Inthe COM Ports tab 1 Tap on New Outgoing Port 2 Tap on the GPS and tap Next 3 Select COM7 see GPS User Manual 4 Uncheck Secure Connection 5 Tap on Finish 101 i Settings eo 42 5 07 ok Bluetooth Turn on Bluetooth _ Make this device discoverable to other devices Mode i a Settings en 42 5 10 Select a Bluetooth Device g Select a device to connect with and tap Cancel i Settings ir 425708 ok Bluetooth Tap New Partnership to scan for other Bluetooth devices Tap on a device to modify its settings New Partnership Settings Er 2 5 09 Port COM E Finish Configuring the GPS Manager Optional Windows Mobile 5 and 6 add a GPS Manager that adds yet another layer of functionality and complexity to the GPS setup i Settings ir qf 5 08 ok Bluetooth To connect to a device tap New Outgoing Port To allow other devices to connect tap New Incoming Port For other options tap and hold an existing por
72. ext boxes on the E6B page On the Weight and Balance page the popup menus display various weights in 10 pound increments The menu will even display Full for all aircraft and Tabs for aircraft such as the Piper Archer that has tabs in the fuel tanks Most Recently Used Points Text boxes that expect identifiers have a popup menu that conveniently allows the user to select an identifier from a most recently used list The Home aptsnav rnc fk Airport will always appear in the most recently used airport list The list is 775 Che River 9572 Bradley sorted alphabetically by the identifier As seen in the example on the right the t16 south county longer airport names are truncated to ensure that the names fit within the KFWws Fort worth popup menu Truncated airport names end in KPAO Palo Alto Arpt KRHV Reid Hillview KS5JC Norman Y The popup menu shows the most recently used airports navaids fixes ksqu san Carlos intersections and waypoints In addition there is also an option to search for PAFA Fairbanks Intl PANN Nenana Muni an airport Norcal Approach 125 35 Com Loc Fac Rwy Rmk Sun APD Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Airport Search Menu Option See chapter WineX Tools Digit Bar On touch screen devices WingX can display a Digit Bar near the bottom of the screen to make numeric data entry faster The Digit Bar al
73. from a GPS Viewing the Airport Runway Layout The runway layout has the notion of a Viewing Angle and has four display modes of setting this viewing angle Viewing Angle The Viewing Angle is the angle at which the viewer is looking at the airport More simply put if the aircraft is east of the airport flying directly to the airport the viewing angle would be 270 West If the aircraft was heading directly to the airport on a heading of 213 then the viewing angle would be 213 Four Display Modes The Airport Runway Layout has four display modes e Manual the entire runway layout can be rotated manually by using the left and right hardware arrow keys or by dragging the stylus or a finger in a circular motion on the screen Touch screen devices e North Up The Viewing Angle is fixed at 0 e Track Up The Viewing Angle is set to the GPS Track e To Airport The Viewing Angle is set to the course to the airport 70 ef 153 X ef 21 53 X Manual North Up User selects viewing angle Viewing angle is fixed at 0 ef qf 1 57 X et qf 1 54 X Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Track Up To Airport Viewing Angle is set to GPS track Viewing Angle course to airport WingX displays centerline lighting and REILs when installed on a runway 71 Runway Types and Surfaces Runways and heliports can have a variety of surfaces The most common surfaces are asphalt turf dirt an
74. ft i Is clearly illuminated ii Has lighted position lights or iii is in an area that is marked by obstruction lights partial listing of the FAR Therefore the WingX sunrise and sunset times define the times before which and after which respectively an aircraft may not be moved on the surface without the above mentioned safeguards or flown legally 104 Civil Twilight Times Two important Federal Aviation Regulations FAR regarding civil twilight times are FAR 1 1 Definitions and Abbreviations Night means the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight as published in the American Air Almanac converted to local time FAR 61 51 Pilot logbooks a Training time and aeronautical experience Each person must document and record the following time in a manner acceptable to the Administrator 1 Training and aeronautical experience used to meet the requirements for a certificate rating or flight review of this part 2 The aeronautical experience required for meeting the recent flight experience requirements of this part b Logbook entries For the purposes of meeting the requirements of paragraph a of this section each person must enter the following information for each flight or lesson logged 1 General deleted for brevity 2 Type of pilot experience or training deleted for brevity 3 Conditions of flight i
75. g fast access to additional information The DFN displays the relevant frequencies Morse code and additional useful information WingX uses GPS data to drive the Dynamic Flight Navigator GPS is incredibly accurate and allows WingX to accurately calculate position bearing and distance to the next waypoint cross track error and required descent rate to the destination WingX supports practically all GPS receivers including Bluetooth and Compact Flash GPS receivers To minimize heads down time and finger tapping WingX provides a single button to jump to the Airport Diagram upon landing WingX also displays the required descent rate to the destination Er 223 X oe Me 4 39 x CER 121 30 4 821 6 177 TERAUMAL maser Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help NACO Charts Imagine having the entire set of all US Airport Diagrams Departure Procedures Instrument Approach Procedures Minimums and STARs in the palm of your hand Now imagine being able to select a chart with just three taps of your thumb instead of paging through pages and pages in your approach binder at night WingX has a Night Vision mode which will invert the colors to preserve your night vision i e the large areas of white change to black and the black text changes to white If you d prefer WingX can color tint the charts in red green or blue Don t fumble with a stylus trying to tap on a tiny scroll bar while bumping around in t
76. gX is intuitive that the results are clear concise meaningful and accurate and that requested features are added in a way that fits into the integrated model of WineX In addition to our internal testing Hilton Software maintains a list of users who wish to be notified of and test the latest Hilton Software products which may still be in its Beta cycle These are generally pilots who want to be running the latest and greatest and often not yet released version of WingX We take all user feedback very seriously and our WingX product truly is a reflection of the superb bug reports and User Interface suggestions that we receive from our users If you want to be part of the WingX Test Pilot List please email us at support hiltonsoftwate com with the subject line of Test Pilot You will then be notified whenever we ship a new Beta or a full Release version Help define WingX Get the feature you ve always wanted right on your Pocket PC Simply join our Test Pilot List we d love to have you onboard 18 Chapter WingX User Interface WingX has been designed with a very intuitive user interface For example WingX stores a list of the most recently used airports navaids fixes airways and waypoints for quick selection WingX 3 main features are shown on the Pages screen desktop application With its much smaller screen size and lack of keyboard the UI design is critical to ensure a great user experie
77. ght is entered or modified the Summary and Graphical sections are updated dynamically the results you see are always up to date If invalid data is entered for any of the text boxes that text box will turn red and an error message will be displayed in the Status Section Popup Menus The Data Entry Section can be driven using popup menus To display the PALI er 45335 x popup menu for any specific text box simply tap n hold on the text box A N77741 BE 76 RMP 114 53 T O 114 53 LND 114 53 Ta p E for menu popup menu appropriate to that specific text box will appear The popup menu for a baggage area only contains values at or below the maximum allowable weight for that baggage area Similarly if fuel is being 110 6 Front Seats entered in gallons then the popup menu only shows possible gallon amounts eee at or below the capacity for that fuel tank Moreover WingX s fuel popup pis menus will also show meaningful capacities such as Full or Tabs In the ee i i Usable Fuel Gallons example on the right the popup menu for the Duchess fuel tank provides values in 10 gallon increments but also has 30G 40G and Full since these are markings on the fuel tab Using these popup menus reduces the time required to enter and calculate aircraft weight and balance Helicopter Weight and Balance WingX displays two envelopes for aircraft such as helicopters that have a PILO Et E 3 40 X lateral enve
78. gnals e Pilot Controller Glossary e AC61 65E Certification Pilots and Flight and Ground Instructors e NWS Contractions e FSS Phone Numbers Selecting a Document and a Subpart WingX displays its document selection window in a tree structure Therefore to select a specific FAR for example first the FAR Part is selected then the Subpart is selected and finally the specific FAR The granularity proves to be very productive Example Let s assume we re looking for the required Aeronautical Experience required for the Private Pilot Practical Test WingX displays the headings of the entire list of documents Since our required document has to do with the certification of pilots tap on the I to the left of Part 61 to we expand Part 61 WingX expands Part 61 to display the various Subparts We are looking for the Private Pilot requirements so that Subpart is expanding and thirdly we select 61 109 Aeronautical Experience and select Display a d 8 05 ok a d 8 06 ok a di 8 06 X Part 1 Definitions And Abbreviatio Part 43 Maintenance Preventive M Se Part 61 Certification Pilots Aight 1 Subpart A General Subpart B Aircraft Ratings and Subpart Student Pilots Subpart D Recreational Pilots Subpart E Private Pilots Subpart F Commercial Pilots Subpart G Airline Transport Pilo Subpart H Flight Instructors Ot Subpart I Ground Instructors Subpart J Sport Pilots
79. he T suffix _ Known Winds Aloft uses the magnetic variation for Reno to calculate the winds aloft relative to True North 85 Calculating Heading Ground Speed and WCA To calculate the required heading the groundspeed and Wind Correct Angle WCA the following pieces of data must be entered e True Airspeed TAS The TAS can either be entered directly from the reading on the airspeed indicator after adjusting for altitude or calculated on the Altitude page e Course Crs The course that the aircraft is required to make over the ground For example if the aircraft dead reckoning to an airport then the pilot should use the calculated direction to the airport e Wind Direction WDir The winds aloft direction as reported by the FSS Weather Report Flight Watch or other weather reporting entity e Wind Speed WSpd The winds aloft speed as reported by the FSS Weather Report Flight Watch or other weather reporting entity e Area optional Without entering the area in which the flight is occurring the winds aloft are assumed to be relative to Magnetic North This is not consistent with Flight Service weather reports since they report the winds aloft relative to True North To have the winds aloft be assumed to be relative to True North enter a nearby airport navaid or fix Example Ensure that the Known Wind checkbox is checked to use the known winds aloft i e that the winds are
80. he clouds or even while just sitting at the FBO Drag the chart around by sliding your finger over the screen The chart can be reduced or enlarged by simply tapping on the SmartTaxi Using our own patent pending algorithm WingX accurately places an aircraft icon at the exact location on the airport diagram that corresponds with the GPS coordinates of the aircraft WingX helps prevent runway incursions in two ways Firstly WingX shows the aircraft s location on the airport diagram very accurately Secondly when the aircraft gets close to a runway and or on a runway WingX will both visually and audibly warn the pilot s The audio output is an extremely important component because it means that the crew does not even have to pay attention to the Pocket PC s screen but would still receive the potential runway incursion warnings When approaching a runway WingX will show the length of runway remaining in both directions When on a runway WingX displays the length of runway remaining as well as the number of seconds that the aircraft has occupied the runway NI Bb4ADP KRHY KSBP Monday 11 12 07 9 12 AM 17 12z NOTAMs HHR HHR 11 005 ZLA EFAS OTS 0500 0600 DLY HHR 06 026 ZLA NON TRANSPONDER OPS DESERT AND REVIELLE NORTH SOUTH MOA SRAC UNL AVOIDANCE ADVISED HWD HWD 11 002 HWD ABN OTS ef 2 30 ok Sunday December 09 2007 2 26 AM age state Descreton ov ANNISTON AL UNIVERSITY GF PHO
81. ilot must maintain currency to legally carry passengers 106 Appendix Troubleshooting indows Mobile provide the capability for excellent Internet based communication WingX uses these capabilities to upgrade itself to download databases to obtain the latest textual and graphical weather and in any other operation that requires an Internet connection Sometimes WingX will report a Download failure Fortunately resolving this error message is usually straightforward and quick Troubleshooting ActiveSync Placing the device in the cradle and having Raymer ActiveSync running on the desktop provides an Internet connection to the device assuming that the desktop has an Internet connection and that ActiveSync has been configured correctly i Allow USE connections iw Allow connections to one of the following However there are a couple of things that can get DMA in the way and prevent WingX having a reliable Thi computer i connected to Internet connection The Internet Lhe most common problems are M Open ActiveSync when my device connects e ActiveSync Version Help OK Cancel O Newer versions of ActiveSync do a better job of Internet connectivity Also some of the newer devices require ActiveSync 4 5 or higher We recommend at least ActiveSync 4 2 or higher e ActiveSync Connection Settings Oo ActiveSync s Connection Settings should be set to Allow USB connections and conn
82. ion to the pre defined or user defined model information empty ii eg 4 3 05 Dk weight and empty moment are values that are specific to each aircraft These N739YE C172N numbers are typically stored in the aircrafts POH AFM Empty Weight To enter an aircrafts empty weight and moment first select the aircraft Then Longitudinal Moment CG 38 80 tap the Weight button Enter the aircraft s empty weight in pounds and the aircraft s longitudinal empty moment in pound inches do not enter this value divided by 1000 While entering these numbers WingX automatically o o o o calculates the CG value and displays it In our example on the right WineX has calculated the CG to be 38 80 and is displaying that value on the Longitudinal Moment line Helicopter pilots must enter the lateral moment to enable the lateral envelope BPR EAE EAE VENEERS CG and envelope calculations Enter the aircrafts longitudinal empty moment a in pound inches do not enter this value divided by 1000 Flight Safety This information is specific to each aircraft N number Always use the most current information contained in the Weight and Balance section of the specific aircrafts POH Note The Empty Moment value must be entered in pound inches and not in h 4 thousands of pound inches For example it would be correct to enter 123456 but D Please enter the moment not 123 456 WingX catches po
83. ion will be called Windows Mobile 6 Professional e Smartphone will be called Windows Mobile 6 Standard 11 There are three ways to install WingX on the device 1 Over The Air using the device s Internet connection 2 Download the WingX install program to a desktop laptop and install via the USB cradle 3 Install from a WingX CD Over The Air Installation Over The Air OTA installation allows WingX to be installed directly onto a device without requiring a physical connection to a desktop or laptop OTA installation is suggested for phone devices devices with a WiFi connection and or for users who may have a Mac as their primary desktop laptop computer To install WingX using OTA e Run Internet Explorer on the device e Enter mobile hiltonsoftware com in the address bar e Select the appropriate download Downloading WingX Install Program to Desktop Laptop WingX is available for download directly from the Hilton ASI eeyheeccetniea pitt Software LLC website Using a web browser on the desktop laptop gO to http www hiltonsoftware com Do you want to run or save this file and click on Download Select the appropriate install Name Wing Install VersionZ600 exe Type Application 911 KB ee From download hiltonsoftware com The File Download dialog box will appear Click on Open click on Save if you think you may need the installation program again later The installation process will begin
84. is central to the setting of WingX s preferences These preferences include the displaying of confirmation dialog boxes display Jen igh it settings defining which columns are shown in list boxes defining the uset s z send ni ome Airport None home airport and many other WineX settings mS IFCr Weight and Balance Route Chart E6B Weather Expiration Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 20 Tapping on Prefs will display a submenu consisting of the following items Options The options are O O Notify on add If checked notifies the user when adding v Notify on add Confirm on remove Confirm on remove If checked prompts the user to J pigitear confirm when removing v Smal Font Default To Home Airport jam Digit bar If checked displays a digit bar at the bottom of the screen to allow numeric input without having to display the much larger Standard Input Panel Sound On w Voice On Weather Expiration Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Small font When viewing aircraft routes FARs Help and other documents the user has the options of displaying the text in the normal font size or a smaller font size Default to Home Airport By selecting this option WingX will use the identifier of the Home Airport if one is defined when no identifier has been specified Sound On To provide acknowledgement of a key press WingX will emit a screen tap sound each time the screen is tappe
85. isk appears after the text e g Tailwheel WingX auto increments the selected date Date If an asterisk appears in the text the date should be selected as the date when currency was achieved If no asterisk appears in the text the actual expiration date should be selected Expiration Date The Expiration Date or the number of days weeks or months to go or before the item expires For example 4 4w and 4m mean four days Days To Go four weeks or four months until expiration respectively Exp means that the item has expired The Days To Go are continually updated and will always be relative to today Changing the Display Order The expiration items can be shown by category or sorted by expiration by tapping on the Show by Category or Sort by Expiration buttons e Show by Category O Collates expiration items into categories with headings such as Currency and Navigation o Shows all items both checked and unchecked e Sort by Expiration O Sorts the expiration items according to their expiration date This will remove the headings as well as non selected items from the display list o Only displays checked items 78 Example Assume that two hours after sunset on December 9 we flew a single engine aircraft around the pattern for an hour making three full stop landings To record this we check the ASEL night item pull down its calendar and select December 9 WingX au
86. knots are reported as 230 150 instead of the Winds Aloft 0800 15002 fi 3K eK x DUATS encoded 730 50 for example cae eae see ee RIC 050 32 140 18 160 34 1 If a route is entered WingX displays winds aloft reporting airports along the Winds Aloft 1500 00002 route Premier Edition only ORF 070 33 080 29 120 32 1 RIC 060 32 080 16 060 05 O Winds Aloft 0000 12007 ORF 040 40 040 33 030034 0H RIC 030 35 040 28 040 27 0 al o m o Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Temperatures Aloft View WingX displays temperatures aloft information of nearby temperatures aloft 7 4 3 06 x reporting stations The format is very similar to the familiar DUATS columnar Display format except that the display is a lot cleaner and easier to read Negative Sunday November 12 2006 2 55 AM temperatures are shown as negative numbers WingX will automatically Temps Aloft 0800 15007 it 1 ip FL ek ox 12K 18K calculate the freezing level and display it in the first column TEET ake Es MIET RIC 9 600 7C iC AC 14C If a route is entered WingX will display temperatures aloft reporting airports Temps Aloft 1500 00007 ORF 10 000 6c 1C 7C 13C RIC 9 000 6c OC 3 14C Temps Aloft 0000 12007 ORF11 000 7C 2C 1C 13C RIC 10 500 7C 2c along the route Premier Edition only Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 65 6 Hr Trend View Trend information is very difficult for a pilot to visualize from textual METAR reports More ofte
87. l oe ee ee Chill ga Wimd Chill s Je ee lt 5 min Thumb Control Thumb Control allows a pilot to to use WingX while in flight in turbulence or while wearing gloves perfect for General Aviation and Military pilots alike Anytime an editable text box on the E6B page is expecting input press the OK button center hardware button and a dialog box with large buttons will be displayed appear allowing values to be entered with finger taps In the example on the right the user is requested to enter a temperature in Fahrenheit The entered value appears and is updated as buttons are pressed Pressing the ORK button confirms the value and automatically enters it into the appropriate text box Chapter SmartTaxi Technology WingX 5 Smartlaxi Technology is a solution to the every increasing problem of runway incursions Runway Incursions occur daily and have been on the NIT SB s Most Wanted Last since its inception There continue to be so called near musses and by their nature a collision will involve two aircraft and potentially hundreds of passengers problem SmartTaxi shows the aircraft position on a NACO Airport Diagram or Runway Layout NACO Charts are more detailed and allows the pilot to see taxtways and other airport features However using Runway Layouts allows SmartTaxi to be enabled at approximately 4 000 airports in the United States In addition the runway layout can be rotated to
88. lculation Simply put define a UDM using the Aircraft Model Manager and then add an N Number as shown in the chapter Aircraft Page There ate various pieces of information to enter when defining a UDM The entire process consists of seven pages Each page has its own integrated help you are encouraged to use this help to guide you through the process To view the help select Menu Help for this Page In addition each page has one or two yellow lines that provide quick info 92 The first screen is used to define the aircraft make model name and any applicable year range The maximum Ramp Takeoff Landing and Zero Fuel limitations are defined on the second screen The third screen is used to enter the W amp B envelopes of the aircraft WingX has the capability of defining the Normal Utility Acrobatic Solo and Helicopter Lateral envelopes i Wingx en 45 4 46 ok EE Winox gt 4 39 bk TM winox et 46 4 40 ok Make Model Information Weight Limita tions Normal Envelope Make SSN Max Ramp fo Model Max Takeoff Name Max Landing 300 sd Year From Max Zero Fuel f Year To Next TE Menu Make Model Information Maximum Weight Limitations Weight and Balance Envelopes Next the seats baggage and fuel stations are defined These stations are defined in the same general manner but with a slightly different syntax WingX shows the required items in the help text above the input area Wingx Er
89. leg s origin is SJC VOR and itis a ID To NM low altitude VOR that has DME Its frequency is 114 1 and its Morse sae r T code is mmm m m u The legs destination is the KSFO SJC 105 11 5 124 0 126 95 airport which is towered and has a frequency of 120 5 WingX displays the next leg s information right on a yellow informational bar below the identifiers so that while a pilot is flying the current leg the aircraft navigation systems can be configured for the next leg In our example our final destination was SFO airport but if the route s next leg was from KSFO airport to the STS VOR the informational bar would be _ SFO to STS VOR 321 57 2nm__ Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Tap on the identifier to display A FD information for that airport navaid fix intersection or waypoint 47 The GPS Data Section and Flight Data Section display information is derived directly from a GPS receiver and positional information related to the GPS information For example using the screen shot above the GPS receiver is showing the aircraft on a track of 292 a groundspeed of 67 knots an approximate MSL altitude of 3 999 course to SFO airport is 295 nautical miles to go is 14 7 and it would take 13 12 to get there at the current ground speed SmartTaxi calibrates the displayed MSL altitude upon departure but if a pilot were to note a discrepancy between what was being displayed on the DEN and the al
90. list This notification dialog box may be turned off see the Prefs Options menu option and its Notify on add submenu option If an aircraft with the same N number already exists an error message will be displayed N739YE has been added E p Q C172N 1978 x N739YE already exists WingX knows at least the following aircraft model information e The number of seats e The number of fuel tanks and the capacity of each e The number of baggage areas and the maximum allowable weight of each e The moment arms of each station e The normal utility acrobatic and solo CG envelopes e The maximum ramp weight takeoff weight zero fuel weight and landing weight Selecting an N number To select a specific aircraft tap anywhere on that aircraft s row in the table ing 4 41 21 X WingX will use the selected aircraft to remove enter the weight and moment and on the Weight and Balance page CC noth 855 0 R44II Robinson R 4 79 2 SR22 Cirrus N4754D C1 2N Cessna N739YE C172N Cessna l N7774T 966 0 BE 76 Beechcraft Du 29 Removing an N number To remove an aircraft first select it by highlighting its row then tap on the Remove Mmm button A confirmation dialog box is displayed This warning is displayed by default This confirmation dialog box may be turned off see the Prefs Options menu option Q a led and its Confirm on remove submenu option Aircraft Weight and Moment In addit
91. lope defined The warnings messages will include both envelopes N207CB R44 II i e if the weight and balance calculations determine that either the longitudinal lt Tap n hold for CG or the lateral CG is out of the defined envelope a red error message will zal 2 P be displayed with the appropriate text F as fe f i g The status information can be cycled between Total Weight Below Gross Jaap CG and CG Lat by tapping on the status information Aftseats O end Baggage 00 aft Bagoas J Usable Fuel Gallons Main Fuel Full 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 90 lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help User Defined Aircraft Models WingX enables pilots to define their own aircraft models This is particularly useful if a pilot has an aircraft that has one or more modifications such as tip tanks or additional seats For more information please refer to the chapter title W ingX Tools 38 Chapter Airport Facilities Directory Page Fast access to Airport Facilities Directory is a superb tool during pre flight planning as well as in flight especially at night when digging around in sectionals and other resources in a dark red light environment is the only alternative coded format The page consists of seven sub pages These sub pages are the Communications Location Facilities Runway Remarks Sunrise Sunset and Airport Runway Layout sub pages Each sub page contains specific information abo
92. ltimately to what envelope the aircraft loading is being constrained To change the envelope use the popup menu see its description later in the chapter Graphical Section The Graphical Section is central in performing a Weight and Balance determination This section has three primary functions e Display the Weight and Balance Envelope e Display the Weight and Balance Bar Display e Display the Weight and Balance Popup Menu 34 Weight and Balance Popup Menu The Weight and Balance popup menu provides several configuration options WAL et 4 3 50 X N S9YE RMP 42 07 T O 42 03 LND 41 76 Ta PLARJ l Envelope Selection WingX can use any one of the aircrafts weight and balance envelopes These are listed under the Envelopes selection Options Front Seats Options WingX has multiple ways of displaying Weight and Balance information Rear Seats Summary Table Baggage Area Full Screen e Bar Display show bar display instead on conventional envelope Baggage Area 2 Usable Fuel Gallons e Show Moment show moment plot e Show Graphics show or hide the envelope graphics Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help e Show Summary CG Range Selecting this option will cause WingX to display the allowable CG at each phase of the flight Note that these CG ranges are not taken from the POH but rather are calculated for the actual weight at that phase of flight using the selected
93. m to be entered As an f AC61 67C Stall and Spies example if it wasn t known where to look for Part 61 109 see above example a search could be performed on the word experience i WingX ef 42 8 55 Dk Search Text Subpart A General Subpart B Aircraft Ratings and Pik Subpart D Recreational Pilots Subpart E Private Pilots 61 109 Aeronautical experien Subpart F Commercial Pilots Subpart G Airline Transport Pilots Subpart I Ground Instructors Subpart J Sport Pilots Subpart K Flight Instructors With Display Note that from the long list of documents only Part 61 Part 91 Part 121 and Part 135 are now shown By selecting Part 61 and Subpart E Private Pilot we see that only one FAR is shown and it is Part 61 109 which is the required FAR Text Size Depending on the device type and screen size and quality of eyesight it may be preferable to display the text using a smaller font A smaller font allows more text to appear on the screen simultaneously thereby providing the user with more information and also minimizes scrolling WingX allows the user to change the font size by tapping on the Change Font The document text will change immediately Note that since the Small font setting is global to all of WineX text in list boxes such as on the Aircraft Page will also appear smaller a qf 3 05 61 109 Aeronautical 61 109 Aeronautical experie
94. me time later WingX Disclaimer When WingX is started a disclaimer screen is shown As pilots we are all aware that Part 91 says that the Pilot In Command is solely responsible for the flight So while we work hard to ensure that WingX is bug free and always works perfectly and always provides the correct information we need to caution you that you must verify the information provided by WingX and do not base your go no go decision solely on information gathered from WingX Please read the disclaimer and this user manual carefully 14 i WingX er 1 02 DISCLAIMER PLEASE READ As per 14 CFR Part 91 3 you as PIC are responsible for the safety of the flight Please use WingX only as a backup to your self acquired information Hilton Software assumes no responsibility for any consequences whatsoever from the use of this program Continue Close WingX The WingX disclaimer dialog box states the following DISCLAIMER PLEASE READ As per 14 CFR Part 91 3 you as PIC are responsible for the safety of the flight Please use WingX only as a backup to your self acquired information Hilton Software assumes no responsibility for any consequences whatsoever from the use of WingX Flight Safety While we take every precaution to ensure that the code is correct and the data is correct and current we cannot guarantee that the results are absolutely 100 correct and safe Therefore please only tap on Continue if y
95. ments The Pilot Controller Glossary NWS Contractions FSS Phone Numbers and also made available The documents available on WineX includes e FAR Part 1 Definitions And Abbreviations e FAR Part 43 Maintenance Preventive Maintenance Rebuilding And Alteration W ingX includes the most GA pertinent Federal Aviation Regulations FAR parts as well as sections e FAR Part 61 Certification Pilots Flight Instructors And Ground Instructors e FAR Part 91 General Operating And Flight Rules e FAR Part 119 Certification Air Carriers And Commercial Operators e FAR Part 121 Operating Requirements Domestic Flag And Supplemental Operations e FAR Part 135 Operating Requirements Commuter And On Demand Operations And Rules Governing Persons On Board Such Aircraft e FAR Part 137 Agricultural Aircraft Operations e FAR Part 141 Pilot Schools e FAR Part 830 Notification And Reporting Of Aircraft Accidents Or Incidents And Overdue Aircraft And Preservation Of Aircraft Wreckage Mail Cargo And Records e FAR Part 1552 Flight Schools e FAR Part 1562 Operations In The Washington DC Metropolitan Area e AIM Preflight Briefing e AIM Flight Plan Form e AIM Aircraft Equipment Suffixes e AIM PIREP Element Code Chart 4 Hilton Software can and will continually update this list as necessary Documents may be added and or removed at any time at the discretion of Hilton Software 73 e AIM Light Gun Si
96. mmary CG Range When viewing the Summary Table of the Weight and Balance calculations WingX displays the allowable CG range at the various phases of the flight 21 Route Allows the user to add or remove columns in the route leg list on the Route page When a column name is checked it is selected to be displayed Chart The options are O Show High Alert Areas Some airports have define High Alert Areas which are defined by the FAA as areas where runway incursion may occur or those areas that are confusing Show Runway Warnings The SmartTaxi warnings are important while taxiing However WingX does provide the option of disabling the warning system using this option Auto Nearest Causes WingX to always display the closest airport with an Airport Diagram and automatically show its Airport Diagram By using this option the pilot is assured that whenever the aircraft lands that airport s Airport Diagram will be displayed assuming that the airport has a NACO Airport Diagram E6B The option is O Use GPS By selecting this option WingX automatically updates the E6B fields where appropriate based on GPS data if a GPS is present This allows the E6B to display real time information based on the aircraft s performance Weather The options are O O Celsius WingX can display temperatures in either Fahrenheit or Celsius Quick Look Quick Look modifies METARs so that they are easier to read without displa
97. n 802 11a b g wireless connection a Bluetooth connection to a cell phone that has wireless data capability and using a Pocket PC Phone Edition with a data plan As long as WingX can find an internet connection it does not matter what kind of connection it is WingX will use what connection it can get By not being specific about its internet connection requirements WingX provides the ultimate flexibility When the weather data is more than 15 minutes old the weather download date will change from green to blue When the data is more than one hour old the weather download date will change to red thereby clearly showing the user that the weather information being used is old potentially out of date and no longer valid Anytime the weather is more than 15 minutes old WingX will prompt the user to download the latest weather database WingX also has an option to bypass the prompt and automatically download the weather when the weather data is more than 15 minutes old 61 WingX has a unique capability to allow users to view textual weather and trends even with no internet connection Once WingX has downloaded the weather database the device can be disconnected from the internet connection and the user will still have full access to all the functionality on the Weather Text page This is particularly useful during flight For example by downloading the latest weather information immediately prior to takeoff a pilot can view the METARs
98. n than not only the latest METAR is shown via DUATs or given verbally by a briefer Even if hourly METARs could be obtained piecing together the full METAR reports together with amendments for six parameters is essentially an impossible task In addition the Visibility and Ceiling graphs have an Airport Condition Trend bar at the top to indicate how the conditions have changed over time All colors used in this view ate Sunday November 12 2006 2 55 AM Visibility fined Temp DP C Wind Dir Graphical Trend Information is displayed for the following pieces of information e Visibility the visibility in statute miles SM An Airport Condition Trend bar is shown at the top of the graph MVFR oM MVFR MFR GILIFR Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help e Ceiling lowest reported ceiling in the METAR An Airport Condition Trend bar is shown at the top of the graph e Temperature and Dew Point tap on graph to switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit e Wind Direction degrees magnetic e Wind Speed in knots e Pressure in inches of mercury 66 Chapter Weather Images Page Animated RADAR satellite flight conditions pilot reports turbulence and wing weather images help a pilot tremendously in understanding the flight environment Together with METARs TAF winds and temperatures aloft weather images paint a visual picture of the current and forecast conditions These images can and should make a significant
99. nce experience Far an sire P d in aac ik ir thi satan person a Aor an arpene single engine an ales for a private pilot certificate with an rating Except as provided in mhet category and single engine class rating PRN I raps must log at least 40 hours of flight time that paragraph k of this section a person pakake ok bit A faa ni Mieka tices Hew sel who applies for a private pilot authorized instructor and 10 hours of solo flight certificate with an airplane category training in the areas of operation listed in and single engine class rating must log rik aa part and the taining must at least 40 hours of flight time that includes at least 20 hours of flight 1 3 hours of cross country flight training in a training from an authorized instructor single engine airplane and 10 hours of solo flight training in the areas of operation listed in hours of night Hight training in a single engine 661 107 b 1 of this part and the airplane that includes training must include at least 2 Except as provided in 61 110 of this part 3 Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 75 Chapter Pilot Expirations WingX provides a unique feature called Pilot Expirations to allow pilots to store their many expiration dates in one convenient and portable place Keep your expiration dates sorted in chronological order right on your Pocket PC or phone cutrency for any particular aspect of flying i
100. nce For pilots UI design is even more critical since pilots can often be cramped bouncing around in turbulence and would prefer to eliminate the use of a stylus U set Interface UD design is significantly more critical when designing a Pocket PC application than a This chapter describes the basic usability issues of WingX and how the WingX UI design is used to maximize user productivity and efficiency This chapter does not discuss the UI issues for specific pages but rather it acts as a UI primer we discuss each page in detail in the following chapters Menu System WingX s menu system allows the user to perform actions such as selecting a page setting various options updating databases and obtaining online help Pages Submenu The mian features of WingX are divided into pages Selecting Pages displays the Pages menu shown on the right This menu is central to the navigation Airport between pages in WingX and selecting a button will display that specific page The pages in WingX are Route Aircraft Page Used to maintain an aircraft list and to perform DUATS Weight and Balance calculations e A FD Page Displays A FD information about airports navaids fixes intersections and user defined waypoints ining ONE 19 e DEFN Page The GPS enabled Dynamic Flight Navigator walks a pilot through a route from point of origin to destination Pocket PC only e Chart Page
101. ncluding single engine land multi engine land BFR IFR etc In addition there are several other categories that are also very useful such as navigation medicals insurance and aircraft expirations The complete list of WingX supported expirations is given below W ingX maintains a list of commonly used expiration dates allowing a pilot to quickly check their Auto Increment It is often difficult or at least time consuming to add 90 days to a date yet this is what the FARs require pilots to do It is also sometimes difficult to remember if the currency period is 90 days 6 months 1 year or 12 calendar months WingX automatically adjusts dates according to the appropriate FAR sai ASEL Night 3 For example if you were to select November 26 2007 as the date you did your Bl eed _ AMEL Might 3 take offs and landings in a tail wheel aircraft WingX automatically calculates Tiaia February 24 2007 as the expiration date i e WingX added 90 days to BFR 5 3 November 26 2007 IFR _ CFI Renewal 12 21 2007 Navigation app Charts n Sectional 12 21 2007 Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Items marked with an asterisk will automatically increment the input date whereas the items without an asterisk will not 76 Expiration Dates The extensive list of expiration dates is shown below as well as a reference to the relevant FAR Currency ASEL day 90 days 14 CFR FAR 61 57 ASEL night 90 days 14 CFR
102. net connection to search for and display information about a specific aircraft Airport Search WingX can search for airports using part of the airport name part of the city name near the airport or distance from an airport In the first example all public airports are being searched for those having hope in their name The search is not case sensitive e g hope is the same as HOPE Wing X also calculates the distance and MH each airport is from KSJC in our example Tap on ORK to begin searching In this example WingX found seven public airports with the word hope in their name The airport identifier name and distance and magnetic heading from KSJC are shown in a listbox Tapping on the column headers sorts the airports based on that column s information Tapping on the NM column header sorts the airports by distance from KSJC Filtering by State To filter the airport list by state append the state ID after the name For example enter hope ca to limit the search to those airports in California Viewing an Airport s A FD or Charts To view the A FD page for Bob Hope Airport tap n hold on the airport name to display the popup menu Then tap on A FD to view specific A FD information for Bob Hope Airpott Searching by Distance WingX can search for airports that are within a range of distances from an airport For example if a pilot is looking for an airport that lies just beyond the 250nm range for
103. nv Alt wind Pert Time Note A negative headwind implies a tailwind A negative crosswind is a Gl2l3l4 s 6e zlslolo J lt crosswind from the left Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 86 Performance Sub page Distance Groundspeed Time Distance groundspeed and time calculations are fundamental to cross country flying Three such examples are e Known distance and groundspeed A pilot knows the leg s distance and the aircraft s ground speed and needs to calculate the ETE for that leg for fuel consumption calculations an ATC report etc e Known groundspeed and time A pilot knows the aircrafts groundspeed and has calculated the time in the tanks and wants to determine how far the aircraft will fly e Known distance and time The pilot knows the distance to the upcoming fix The pilot wants to know how fast or slowly to fly to arrive at that fix at a certain time Enter any two of the three values WingX will calculate the third Example The distance of 324 NM to our destination is entered into the t q 211 X Distance text box and the groundspeed is 150 The time required is calculated pistance Speed Time to be 2 hours 9 minutes and 36 seconds or just 02 09 36 With GPS input Distance _GSpd enabled for the E6B the FPM and Angle calculations will update in real time Fuel Usage Fuel Fuel Usage Fuel calculations are an important part of flight planning and are part of WingX E6B e
104. oUt ssss22 42 Entering your WingX KEy 16 Route Planning Page sss 43 Registering a WingX CD 17 Constructing a Route ssssss2 43 Quick Start sssssnnnn2222 17 Column Selection ssssss2 45 WingX Upgrades 17 Performance and Wind Effects 45 Database Location ssss 17 Popup Menu sss 45 Database DownloadS 18 Most Recently Used Lists 46 GPS SettingS cccssssssesscsenseensees 18 User Defined Routes scsssesssesseees 46 WingX Test Pilot List csssseseseeees 18 Dynamic Flight Navigator Page 47 Menu System cscscseseseseseseneeeeeeeeeneees 19 Screen Layout svsocisssssscisisecrsdssieeentweseces 47 Pages Submenu 19 NACO Chart Page 90 View Submenu s 20 NACO Charts ccccssccsscsescnseenseeeeeneseneeens 50 Prefs Submenu s 20 Chart Page Layout ccsssssssesssssnseenseees 52 Tools SUBMENU ss 23 Title Text iisipan aini 52 GPS Submenu 24 Zoom Out and Zoom N cecucccccccccceees 53 Help Submenu 25 Chart Popup Menu csccsssssseseeeneees 53 Popup MenuUS 25
105. ocation on the airport diagram and warns of a potential runway INCUTSION can all be controlled without the use of the stylus This is of primary importance since this module of WingX is expected to be used in flight perhaps in turbulent conditions when using the stylus might prove difficult In addition to displaying the charts a GPS enabled Pocket PC will enable WingX to display the aircraft s position on an airport diagram and display runway information as well as potential runway incursions we call this WingX s SmartTaxi technology W ingX provides fast access to NACO charts The chart selection image scrolling and image scaling NACO Charts The National Aeronautical Charting Office produces charts on a 28 day schedule These charts include Instrument Approach Procedures LAP Departure Procedures DP Standard terminal Arrival Procedures STAR Minimums and Airport Diagrams For VFR pilots the Airport Diagrams are particularly important especially in light of the fact that Runway Incursions are a known problem and indeed a growing problem WingX provides fast access to any required chart and once displayed any chart can be scrolled or scaled without the use of a stylus In addition chart s colors can be shown in one of several Night Vision modes The Night Vision modes are see examples on following page e Invert e Invert Keep Color e Red Tint e Green Tint e Blue Tint 50 TT SLL Y gt HIVAK 4 VK
106. oints and line to be viewed more accurately Tapping on the graph returns WingX to non Full Screen mode 35 Flight Safety Please verify that the arm for each and every station is correct and that the actual calculations calculated CGs maximum weights envelope adherence determinations are correct before using WingX extensively Weight and Balance Envelope The Weight and Balance Envelope view is very much the standard way for pilots to view their aircraft s weight and balance calculations and results WingX displays the selected envelope the empty weight and CG and each Fiawe point along the snake showing the effect each station has on the CG The snake is a line that extends from the empty weight and CG to the landing i weight and CG in a series of lines The snake is made up of a series of color coded lines one color each for seats fuel and baggage Seats are denoted in green baggage in brown and fuel in shades of blue one for ramp fuel fuel used for taxi and runup and fuel used during the flight portion As each passenger s weight is entered the green line will extend to the new point in the envelope Similarly as each baggage area s weight changes or a fuel value is entered the brown and blue lines will change accordingly Weight and Balance Bar Display WingX s Bar Display is a very unique view of the Weight and Balance of the aircraft As described above tap n hold on the Graphi
107. omatically recommended Baud rate 19200 E Configuring WingX Use GPS Configuration to configure WingX to use the PML i 7 q 3 55 ok appropriate port Either the COM port and baud rate can be Wek Configu rati on manually entered or Auto Detect can be selected to have WingX detect the appropriate COM port Zati COM Port COM F Baud Rate 19700 Auto Detect Please refer to our FAQ for the latest GPS Configuration information 103 Appendix Applicable Regulations ingX s makes references to several Federal Aviation Regulations In particular the Sunrise Sunset information on the A FD page provides times which are important for legalities logging and currency These and other FARs are provided below The FARs change regularly The text provided in this chapter must not be relied upon for either the safety or legality of aviation operations Sunrise and Sunset Times One Federal Aviation Regulation FAR regarding sunrise and sunset times is FAR 91 209 Aircraft lights No person may a During the period from sunset to sunrise or in Alaska during the period a prominent unlighted object cannot be seen from a distance of 3 statute miles or the sun is more than 6 degrees below the horizon 1 Operate an aircraft unless it has lighted position lights 2 Park or move an aircraft in or in dangerous proximity to a night flight operations area of an airport unless the aircra
108. ons are shown on the right and the chart names are listed alphabetically Tapping on a chart name will cause that chart to be displayed on the Chart page Please refer to the chapter on SmartTaxi Technology 54 DUATS and TFR Pages Chapter WingX enables pilots to obtain DUATS weather briefings file flight plans and view TFRs The DUATS feature ts integrated with other modules within WingX and will use information from the Weight and Balance and Route Planning and pre populate many of the pieces of information required for DUATS flight plan operations These DUATS operations use the pilots DUATS assigned Access Code W ingX s DUATS feature enables pilots to get direct access to DUATS weather briefings and DUATS and Password and are therefore recorded by the FAA The TFR information is obtained in real time and WingX summarizes these by displaying pertinent information for each TFRs including its status such as active or expired Weather Briefings and Flight Plans WingX s comprehensive DUATS support is like having a Flight Service Station in your pocket Real time weather briefings can be obtained wirelessly and recently obtained weather briefings can be stored and viewed later This enables the pilot to obtain a weather briefing during the pre flight and take that briefing on the flight without having to print out reams of paper WingX collates pieces of information when it makes sense DUATS Credentials Before
109. or the ramp takeoff and landing phases of the flight The numbers are always shown in pounds for weights and inches for CGs The three phases of flight are e RMP Ramp e T O Takeoff e LND landing Tap on the N Number to return to the Aircraft page To alternate between Total Weight Below Gross and CG tap on the Status Section WingX will show the following attributes for each phase of flight Within Limits e Total Weight This is the total weight of the aircraft for that phase of flight e Below Gross This is the number of pounds that the aircraft is below the maximum allowable weight for that phase of flight e CG This is the CG of the aircraft for that phase of flight i WingX ar i143 X i WingX Er qf 1 45 X i Wingx ar dii46 OX N739YE C172N N S9YE N739YE C172N RMP 1949 T O 1925 LND 1781 RMP 351 fO 375 WD 519 RMP 39 46 T O 39 40 LND 38 87 Tap Teo i Tar a Tar mk for r When WingX determines that no limit has been exceeded the appropriate values for the Ramp Takeoff and Landing phases of the flight are displayed on a green background The green background is used to quickly convey a within limits weight and balance situation 33 Exceeding Limits If a warning condition occurs the weight and balance Status Section will be displayed on a red background The red background is used to quickly convey an out of limits weight and balance situation The Status Section will
110. ortunately chose to use the X button on the Pocket PC to minimize the application Note WingX adheres to the Microsoft specification and minimizes itself when the X button is tapped Pocket PC only 27 Chapter Aircraft Page WingX has a database of atrcraft models that makes Weight and Balance calculations a snap Aircraft information is entered once stored and easily selected on the Aircraft Page with a single tap WingX also enables users to define their own aircrafts weight and balance information ingX uses an Aircraft Model database that holds the information of hundreds of aircraft models This information is primarily used er 45 1 21 X to perform Weight and Balance calculations This chapter explains how to build a list of aircraft that you fly This list of N207CB 855 0 Robinson R4 aircraft will be used when you perform Weight and Balance calculations as keers sil described in the following chapter N4754D C172N Cessna z N739YE C172N Cessna 5 N7774T 966 0 BE 76 Beechcraft Du The first step in performing Weight and Balance calculations is to enter the N number and associate that N number with an aircraft model Since each N number s empty weight and moment is unique the second step is to enter these values Once you have entered this information WingX has enough information to perform complex weight and balance calculations Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help Adding a new Aircraft To ad
111. ou understand and acknowledge that WingX should only be used as a backup and should not be the sole instrument upon which you make your go no go or any other decisions 15 WingX Registration WineX registration is required to unlock the features of WingX There are several methods of registration and these are described below Once the registration process has been completed successfully you will be sent a WingX key and it is this key that unlocks WingX s functionality We suggest that you keep the Registration Key email just in case you require it in the future Obtaining Your WingX ID Registration always requires you to send us your WingX ID Each WingX ID RI 7 42 1 33 ok is unique to that Pocket PC Therefore resetting your Pocket PC will not Register Wi ngX change the WineX ID and will not require another key from us Fe ee ee ee ena WingX ID AOB6 8C6F 4743 C6BD Select Help then Register to view this page 07C5 F0C3 5150 B1D6 B1 78 6D37 0594 1885 Subscription expiration 2 29 2008 To obtain your Pocket PC s WingX ID tap on Help Register The Register ___ Get Key and Subscription dialog box includes both lines of the WingX ID and a text box to enter the key You must send Hilton Software both lines of your WingX ID You can do this via email to support hiltonsoftware com or by selecting Menu Send to Customer Support Entering your WingX Key The key you receive back from Hilton Software sho
112. oute text that the new identifier is to be inserted Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 45 Most Recently Used Lists WingX remembers the airports navaids and fixes most recently used and provides quick access to them via the route popup menu Separate lists are provided within the popup menu one each for airports navaids fixes airways eee and waypoints 20 Fixe KRHV Reid Hillview ERNO Reno Tahoe Intl KSAC Sacramento Longer names may have to be truncated slightly to ensure that the names fit eee SIC Norman Y within a reasonable sized popup menu Truncated airport names always end in KSQL San Carlos a KIVL Lake Tahoe PAFA Fairbanks Intl X01 Everglades The selected Home Airport will always appear in the most recently used airport list Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help User Defined Routes The popup s Routes menu option consists of four submenu options that are provided to manage and manipulate routes e Select Route Selecting this option will display a list of saved routes from which the desired route may be selected e Save Route Selecting this option will save the route currently in the as en 45 1 17 ok route text box using the departure and destination points to construct Name Save the title Route Reverse e Reverse Route Selecting this option simply reverses the route in the IkRMv to KSEP KRAV E16 SNS PRE KSE route text box KSIC to KSAC KSJC SUNOL KLVK SAC e
113. page packs a tremendous amount of pre flight and in flight functionality This chapter describes the many conversions including pressure density altitude winds aloft fuel consumption endurance headwind crosswind distance groundspeed time and wind chill calculations make navigating the E6B easier Fast data entry is made possible by WingX s extensive use of pull down menus for conversions and popup menus for fast data entry In addition values are propagated to other textboxes when it makes sense to do so thereby eliminating the double entry W ingX s multi page E6B adds functionality and separates the functions into logical sub pages to of values The E6B sub pages are e Conversion For temperature distance speed weight volume and pressure conversions In all WingX has over 135 possible conversions e Altitude For pressure altitude density altitude heat index relative humidity and true altitude calculations e Wind For winds aloft heading ground speed wind correction angle as well as headwind and crosswind calculations e Performance For distance speed time fuel usage and consumption and IFR climb rate and climb angle calculations e Time For adding and subtracting times and for calculating flight block times e Miscellaneous For Wind Chill calculations EE At wind et Time is 82 Conversion Sub Page Often a pilot will need to make a temperature distance weight volume or pressur
114. perations WingX Housekeeping Occasionally some WingX housekeeping is required for optimal operation The so called housekeeping tasks are described below Close This seldom used option closes WingX This operation is suggested before rebooting the device to ensure that WingX saves open files before rebooting Upgrade WingX s Software Upgrade Technology enables WingX to upgrade itself to newer versions anytime while connected to the Internet This means that WingX can upgrade itself for example even while out on the ramp Change CF WingX is a NET application and it requires Microsoft s Compact Framework to be installed on the device Fortunately all Windows Mobile devices are now sold with Compact Framework 1 0 pre installed To upgrade to Compact Framework 2 0 download and install it from Microsoft then use Tools Wine X Change CF Upgrading to Compact Framework 2 0 or later provides two main advantages e WingX will startup and run faster e WingX will send much more detailed debug information to Customer Support when it encounters a problem Repair Programs If when tapping on the WingX icon under Programs an error message is displayed run WingX manually using File Explorer and use this option to repair the Windows link to WingX This should only be required when users manually move files on their device This option is not used in normal operations Debug Information If WingX encounters a problem it ga
115. port to Airport and Maximum Airport from Origin distances tap on the yellow summary section below the table Using this information WingX calculates the route and navigational information as Ree ONM TC WCA TH MH ETE ETA _ Fuel SS a a a E E E ssor famormeeson ee a ef e o oea os Sacramento VOR 46 8 6 5 0 25 44 0 37 15 5 1 SAC Seamer Fe Agee aor o par a ass ose a Due to screen space constraints on handheld devices WingX conveniently displays TC WCA TH and MH all in one column and allows each one to be viewed in sequence by tapping on the column header For example MH is initially displayed To view TC tap on the column header MH Similarly tap on the column header to view WCA TH and then back to MH Tap on the heading column header to cycle through TC WCA TH and MH 44 Column Selection Using the Prefs Route Columns submenu the route list view can i gt 46 1 04 x be configured to show ot hide specific columns For example in the KSC SUNOL KLVE SAC KSAC Display WH example on the right the Name column has been unselected thereby EEE allowing the Ground Speed column to be visible without scrolling i20 230 PM E eT The N oden beoh q 6c 156 0 oost oosa e Name column is generally wider than the other columns and f unoL 53 337 o02 59 oina 1 J KLVE 46 8 355 O2o 44 0 37 15 since pilots are often familiar with the airport navaid identifiers the Ij oe aa
116. puter software and may include associated media printed materials online or electronic documentation and Internet based services An amendment or addendum to this EULA may accompany the Product YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA BY INSTALLING COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING THE PRODUCT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE DO NOT INSTALL OR C do not accept the terms in the license agreement caack eh ce Note If you are upgrading WineX to a newer version you must ensure that WineX is not running on your Pocket PC We suggest that you close WingX by tapping on the Tools WingX Close option on WingX s menu During the installation copying of files you will see the progress dialog box that looks similar to Installing Applications Installing Hilton Software LLC Wire And then Application Downloading Complete Your device may then give you the option of installing WingX in main memory or on a storage card 13 Er qf 12 36 Choose a location to install Hilton Software LLC WingX O SD Card Space Needed 1485 KB Install Cancel Install WingX in Main Memory not on a Storage Card During our extensive development and testing we found what we believe to be a serious bug in the Microsoft design of the Pocket PC and how it interacts with storage cards This bug can will cause an application that is running on a storage card to crash after the Pocket PC has been turned off and then turned on so
117. rd through the aircraft s audio system Database Database operations include o Download The databases can be downloaded wirelessly to the device or device s storage card Oo Location The user has the option of storing the WingX databases in the device s Main Memory or on a card Using a card to store the database frees main memory and allows the larger Chart Database to be stored on the device o Load New Databases This option is used in connection with WingX Agent WingX Agent is a desktop utility that will download databases from the Hilton Software website and automatically upload these databases to your Pocket PC Once the download upload process is complete WingX Agent will prompt the user to load the new database s use this menu option 23 WingX o Close WingX WingX can be closed if required Your aircraft list and your settings will be saved these will be restored the next time WingX is started Note On Windows Mobile Pocket PCs tapping on the X in the top right minimizes applications it does not close them o Upgrade WingX s Software Update System will upgrade WingX when new releases become available The upgrade can be done wirelessly or while connected to a desktop o Change CF WingX uses the Compact Framework CF from Microsoft to allow it to run on practically all Windows Mobile Pocket PC Pocket PC Phone Editions and Smartphone The Compact Framework is occasionally updated by Microsof
118. rformance This is especially true operating at hot and or high airports The density altitude of a hot and high airport could be thousands of feet above the airport s elevation Since the aircraft performance is directly related to the density altitude a pilot must know and understand the effects of density altitude and must calculate the density altitude when arriving and departing a hot and high airport In fact some mountain airports have digital displays in the run up areas that calculate the density altitude and alert pilots when the density altitude is much higher than the airport elevation FEE te ina Pert Time misc f1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 o0 lt Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help WingX uses very accurate equations to calculate Density Altitude These equations use the dew point if available Therefore WingX s calculated Density Altitude will probably be different that what you will obtain from a less sophisticated calculator Example 1 To determine the density altitude in Reno there are several pieces gt M 3 25 X of information required Firstly the airports elevation is required Reno s airport elevation is 4415 but WingX accepts airport identifiers so we KRNO Secondly environmental conditions are entered these include Altimeter Setting Temperature and Dew Point After entering the required numbers WingX determines that the Pressure Altitude is 4 462 and the Density Altitude is 6 608 an
119. rsepower 180 Type Registrant Individual A Airworthiness Dial Windows Mobile Smartphones do not allow a user to enter alphanumeric ingX Et q 2 49 ok phone numbers such as 1 800 WX BRIEF Moreover the Smartphone keyboards do not display the equivalent digits for each letter of the alphabet thereby making it practically impossible to dial alphanumeric WingX also provides quick dialing for some FSS and AOPA numbers 1 800 WX BRIEF Clearance Delivery TIBS Direct Line F55 Hotline 97 Database Operations Up to date databases are vital for safety of flight Pilots are encouraged to ensure that their WingX databases are always current Database currency can be verified is several ways Firstly WingX displays the currency status for the Airport Database and the Chart Database prominently on the main menu page Secondly the Help Status page shows both the effective date and the expiration date Databases are downloaded directly from the Internet often wirelessly without the need for a desktop or to log in the any web sites Downloading Charts WingX s advanced image compression algorithms reduce the file size of the charts These smaller file sizes result in faster downloads and less memory required to store the charts In addition WingX provides two options namely region selection and whether or not all the charts or only the airport diagrams are required WingX downloads and stores charts as regions WingX only store
120. s one region at a time Therefore downloading California and then Nevada for example will cause the Nevada region to erase the California region Instead the Western region to be downloaded The following regions are selectable Region Description AK AL AR AZ CA Any single individual US state AK AL AR AZ CA AZ CA CO ID MT NM NV OR UT WA WY AR IA IL IN KS LA ML MN MO ND NE OK SD TX WI AL CT DE DC FL GA IL IN KY MA MD ME MI MS NC NH NJ NY OH PA RI SC TN VA VT WI WV USA All charts in the US Airport Diagrams Only This option is ideal for pilots who do not require the instrument charts but would like to make full use of the airport diagrams and WingX s SmartTaxi technology By only downloading the airport diagrams the download time and storage requirement are reduced by approximately 95 Storage Card Support WingX fully supports storage cards Depending on the device these might be an SD Card a mini SD Card a micro SD Card or a Compact Flash Card We recommend a 2GB card or larger and the fastest card speed available to reduce download and access times e g 150X for SD cards To use the storage card select Tools Database Location and then select the appropriate card WingX will move the WingX databases out of main memory and onto the storage card Load New Databases This option is used in conjunction with WingX Agent and is not used in normal o
121. s should be interpreted similarly Notice how on the Ramp and Takeoff lines the green bar shortens as the weight increases This is consistent with the CG range shortening as the weight increases see the screen shots showing the normal envelope and notice how as the weight increases the forward CG moves aft yet the aft CG does not change The rightmost column displays OK for each of the columns since the CG lies within the allowable CG range i e the black squares is within the green bar It is important to understand that the weight calculated CGs allowable CG ranges etc have not changed The same CG values are displayed and the same warnings are displayed as with the Weight and Balance Envelope display The Bar Display is a different and unique way of showing the same information Near limits and exceeding limits notifications If the CG approaches the forward or aft limits of the allowable CG range the OK message will change to 5 ot 10 depending on how close to the limit the CG actually is If the forward of aft limit is exceeded the message will change to Fwd or Aft respectively and be displayed in red i WingX ar d 3 24 X i Wingk an d 3 26 X N466CD SR22 N466CD SR22 RMP 147 83 T O 147 75 LND 147 42 Takeoff CG out of envelope ZEW 140 86 8 10 Ol ZAW 141 04 142 93 148 11 143 43 142 47 8 11 142 98 141 13 8 1 141 31 148 10 Front Seats Front Seats liso R
122. so prevents the need to display the Standard Input Panel that includes the entire QWERTY keyboard The Digit Bar is intelligent and in addition to the digits will display a period when entering numbers and a colon when entering times The display will change automatically no user intervention is required mafl eee HAARAAN Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help To make the Digit Bar appear tap on Prefs Options Digit Bar To make the Digit Bar disappear repeat the process 26 Minimizing and Closing WingX Minimizing an application will keep the application loaded and its status preserved but the application screen will be hidden so that the user can use the screen space for other applications Closing an application terminates the application perhaps saving some state and removes its window from the screen The application must be restarted to use it again On the Windows desktop for example Internet Explorer shows three buttons in the top BE x right corner of its window as do almost all other applications see image to the right The leftmost button minimizes the application hides the window the middle button maximizes ss y the application window occupies the full screen and the rightmost closes the application The convention on the Pocket PC is that the application uses the full screen area i e is as Semi essentially always maximized thereby rendering the middle button unnecessary Microsoft A WZ unf
123. t Rikaline COM New Outgoing Port New Incoming Port 1 Tap on Start Settings then System tab might also be Connections tab 1 Tap on the GPS Manager icon T ne a In the Programs tab select COM8 In the Hardware tab select COM7 see GPS user manual In the Hardware tab select 19200 see GPS user manual In the Access tab ensure that Manage GPS is checked gt Higher is better but some GPS receivers may only work at 4800 or 9600 102 5 Click OK to close that screen 2 Under the GPS Configuration menu in WingX select Auto Detect 3 Tap on GPS Status to verify that the setup works We have assumed that the GPS COM port is COM7 and that a baud rate of 19200 is appropriate Change these settings to whatever is noted in the GPS s User Manual i Settings ae 5 07 ok f Settings oF 2 5 07 ok 9 Settings oF 2 5 07 ok ir GPS Settings GPS Settings GPS Settings Choose the port that programs will use to Specify the hardware port to which your GPS Windows Mobile manages access to your GPS obtain GPS data Any program that uses GPS device is connected For more information see device and allows multiple programs to obtain will need to communicate with this port the GPS device manufacturer s documentation GPS data simultaneously If you clear this check box some programs may not be able to obtain GPS program port GPS hardware port GPS data iliii COME COM bi Manage GPS aut
124. t and is made available through their web site at http www microsoft com While WingX is engineered to run on CF 1 0 its performance is better when run on CF 2 0 or later For example WingX s startup is reduced when moving from CF 1 0 to CF 2 0 After downloading and installing the latest Compacrt Framework from Microsoft use this option for WingX to start using the new Compact Framework o Repair Programs This option should only be used when suggested by Customer Support o Debug Info If WingX shuts down unexpectedly use this option to send debug information to Customer Support so that we can investigate and fix the problem expeditiously GPS Submenu WingX is GPS enabled GPS information is used by WingX s SmartTaxi Technology Dynamic Flight Navigator module and the E6B The GPS options are Configuration Status e Direct Begin navigation to a specified point using the Dynamic Flight Navigator Unhide GPS Manager e Configuration GPS data is acquired via the Serial Port Profile SPP 29 oe The configuration page allows the GPS to be enabled and the COM Port and Baud Rate set Status Show GPS status including latitude longitude satellite reception and accurate GPS based time Demo The options are o Taxi Runup Takeoff KRHV Show the KRHV SmartTaxi demo o Landing Taxi Takeoff KSJC Show the KSJC SmartTaxi demo O Speed Show the GPS demos at 1x 2x 4x and 8x speed
125. tential mistakes and shows this warning message say ae ensure the numbers you entered are corect Once the Empty Weight and the Empty Moment have been entered select Done WingX now displays a Useful Load value for the aircraft The Useful Load is calculated as the Maximum Ramp Weight minus the Empty Weight If the aircraft has no specific Maximum Ramp weight WingX uses Maximum Takeoff Weight as the Maximum Ramp Weight Continue closing 30 Sorting the Aircraft Data WingX allows the aircraft data to be sorted according to the N number the useful load or the make or model by tapping on the appropriate column header It is particularly useful to sort by the Useful Load when weight is an issue for a flight For example to sort the aircraft list by Useful Load tap on Useful Another example would be to group the Cessna 172 or Piper Archer aircraft together To do this tap on Model The screen shot shows the aircraft sorted by useful load Popup Menu The aircraft list view also provides a popup menu that will provide options to Add Remove and change its Empty Weight and Empty Moment The this option the only other way to change the model or year of an aircraft would be to delete it and re add it That is both time consuming and cumbersome the Modify menu option speeds up this process Tapping on Modify causes a dialog box similar to Add Aircraft dialog box shown earlier However
126. tep after installing and registering WineX After installing WingX the following steps are suggested to ensure that the latest WingX software is running on your device that the database storage location is appropriate and that the databases are the most current and appropriate WingX Upgrades Hilton Software continually upgrades the WingX software to ensure that known bugs are addressed as quickly as possible and that you have the latest WingX features Thanks to WingX s new Automatic Software Upgrade System upgrading WingX is easy Ensure that the device has an Internet connection and then select Tools WineX Uperade Database Location WingX fully supports external storage cards such as SD Cards CF Cards and other storage cards for the storage of WingX databases and podcasts Before downloading the latest databases and especially the larger chart database we suggest choosing whether WingX should store the WingX databases in the Pocket PC s main memory or whether a storage card would be the more appropriate location Due to the size of the chart database the only viable option may be the storage card unless only a single state or only airport diagrams are downloaded Storing the WingX databases on a storage card frees up space in the Pocket PC s main memory To move the Database Location to the SD Card for example select Tools Database Location SD Card 17 Database Downloads Once the database location has been selected
127. thers various piece of information such as version numbers and what is called a stack trace The stack track is information which describes which part of WingX encountered the problem This is all very useful information in tracking down and fixing the problem Use this option to View this debug information or to Send it to Customer Support 99 Glossary AG raor r AMEL Airplane Multi Engine Land COC K Compact Flash Card oF Ceiteag E entios ELT a Locator Transmitter FAR Foden Avion Regions ors GetPos em Ground Speed ra an ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization Instrument Flight Rules Appendix rea Ramp D seen Software Input Panel XTRK Cross Track Appendix GPS Setup ingX is GPS enabled The GPS information includes very accurate latitude longitude ground speed and other information Whether the GPS receiver is internal on a card or connected via Bluetooth it delivers its data via a COM port WingX must be configured to use the GPS s COM port at the appropriate baud rate data rate Fortunately WingX provides an Auto Detect feature to detect the GPS s COM port If the GPS receiver is connected via Bluetooth the Bluetooth connection must be configured prior to running Auto Detect GPS Bluetooth Setup The Bluetooth setup requires that the device partners with the Bluetooth GPS recetver and that the communication between the two devices occurs on the correct COM Port To
128. timeter tapping on the Altitude box would allow the pilot to enter the current MSL altitude By entering nothing on the altitude entry screen returns the display to GPS Altitude Tap on Altitude to alternate between raw GPS altitude and calibrated MSL Altitude Altitude GPS Altitude MSL 4 500 Tap on NM to alternate between distance to go NM and crosstrack XTK The Closest Airport VOR Section ll a osest Airpo VOR Sec ion is an excellent aid to a n a pilot s positional awareness WingX determines in real RWV 10 7 2 119 8 125 2 time the three closest airports and VORs to the aircrafts SIC 330 8 6 124 0 126 95 position and displays navigational and communications E16 107 16 2 122 7 information for these airports and VORs thereby increasing a pilot s see and avoid time no more heads down in a PAM Mmmm C MN re ne SJC 327 9 5 114 1 mm m m sectional or flight guide The following details are displayed OSI 283 21 5 113 9 SFO 300 33 3 115 8 mum O Airports The bearing to distance to tower frequency and ATIS frequency o VORs The bearing to distance to VOR frequency and VOR Morse code Tap on the Closest Airport VOR Section to alternate between showing airport and VOR information 48 Arrow Keys are used to display the various legs on the route and to select the active flight leg There are four lt q lt gt gt arrow keys as well as a gr
129. to the podcasts in real time and with storing these podcasts so that pilots can listen to them later when perhaps no Internet connection is available great for the drive to work or the wait at the doctor s office Hilton Software is continually working with providers of podcasts and will continue to increase its coverage of aviation related information as and when new podcasts sources become available WingX plays podcasts in the background so that you can continue to perform WingX calculations navigation or any other Pocket PC function Multi Page E6B WingX s comprehensive multi page E6B includes sub pages for Conversions Altitudes Wind Calculations Performance Time and Miscellaneous WingX can calculate over 130 conversions Density Altitude Winds Aloft Fuel Consumption and Endurance headwinds and crosswinds Distance Groundspeed Time and even frostbite for pilots flying in cold areas Quickly and accurately determine pressure altitude density altitude IFR climb rates and angles and more Times can be added and subtracted in either HH MM SS or X Y formats e g 1 5 3 30 00 will show 5 00 00 Multi day block time calculations are also available The WingX E6B page has a digit bar at the bottom of the screen and also has popup menus for each text box for fast data entry a real time saver When flying in turbulent conditions and for pilots who wear gloves e g military pilots Wine X has Thumb Control
130. tomatically calculates that the expiration date for that flight would be March 8 and sets the date accordingly In fact since achieving night currency also achieves day currency WingX automatically update the ASEL day date similarly After adding a few more currency and navigation items we would view these expirations as ar i221 X ar i221 X ar qf 2 21 X Currency Currency 1 3 2007 ASEL Day 11 26 20077 11w ASEL Day 11 26 2007 2 App Charts 1 18 2008 ASEL Night 12 9 2007 3 Taiwheel 11 26 2007 2 _ AMEL Day e ASEL Night 12 9 2007 _ AMEL Day 12 21 2007 gt ASELDay 11 26 2007 J AMEL Night 12 21 2007 e ASEL Night 12 9 2007 Tailwheel 11 26 2007 BFR 5 16 2006 IFR 1 3 2007 Ex amet night oor Taiwheel 11 26 20077 BFR 5 16 2006 v IFR 1 3 2007 BFR 5 16 2006 _ CFI Renewal _ CFI Renewal Navigation Navigation App Charts 2 App Charts Sectional 12 21 2007 _ Sectional 12 21 2007 Show by Category Show Dates Sort by Expiration The items are grouped by category Show dates instead of Days To Go The items sorted by expiration date 79 Chapter Podcasts Page Keeping up with aviation s fast moving pace is challenging Some downtime at the airport is a perfect time to get caught up With WingX 3 podcast feature you can literally do it with your eyes closed Internet connection is obviously require
131. tween showing all TFRs and only the Active and Pending TFRs Pocket PC only Chapter Weather Textual Reports Page Weather reports are a fundamental piece of the go no go decision making process Pilots are at a disadvantage that weather text is not easily available for viewing away from their desktop and are based primarily on instantaneous and singular observations rich color coded format that makes the weather information easy to read In addition WingX has some views and settings that can really help pilots get a better understanding of the weather conditions WingX also shows route weather by showing those METARs TAFs winds loft and temperatures aloft along the route of flight W ingX takes plain old METARs TAFs winds aloft and temperatures aloft and displays the data in a Downloading the Latest Weather WingX obtains its weather information from www aviationweather gov NOAA s National Weather Service Hilton Software s servers process and compress the information so that download times to the device and the memory requirements on the device are drastically reduced This translates into faster access to weather information reduced bandwidth and lower costs when paying for a wireless data plan for phone users How and When to Download Weather An Internet is required to download the weather information This internet connection can come in many forms including having the Pocket PC cradled a
132. udes several so called tools which are used to create User Defined Aircraft Models and Waypoints perform Airport Searches N Number Searches and even dial using an alphanumeric phone number on Smartphones Database and application housekeeping ts also part of the WingX Tools the creation of User Defined Aircraft Models and Waypoints secondly WingX adds additional search and phone functionality and thirdly WingX include housekeeping tasks such as database operations and application maintenance Each of these functions is described in this chapter W ingX Tools can be thought of as achieving three purposes firstly WingX adds flexibility by allowing WingX Managers There are two managers in WingX The Aircraft Model Manager is used to create User Defined Models UDM The second is the Waypoint Manager which is used to create waypoints for route planning Aircraft Model Manager The Aircraft Model Manager enables a pilot to create their own aircraft models WingX s aircraft model database has close on 500 different aircraft models These models should satisfy most pilots requirements To define an aircraft which is not in WingX s Model Database a pilot can use the Aircraft Model Manager to define their own aircraft model either from scratch or by using an existing aircraft model as a starting point After defining an aircraft model an aircraft must be added to WingX and associated with this new UDM to it to be used in W amp B ca
133. uld be entered into the text box labeled Key Alternatively if the device has an Internet connection select Menu Get Key and Subscription When entering the WnigX Key manually e Dashes are optional but preferable since they make the key easier to read and verify for correctness e Itis easy to confuse the letter O with the digit 0 however the letter O will never appear in a key e The letter B may be confused with the number 8 please ensure the correct value is entered Once the key is entered correctly you will either see a Pro Edition or Premier Edition dialog box This means that the registration has been successful and that all or some depending on the Edition features of WingX are available to you Dashes and optional Letters are automatically forced to uppercase 16 Registering a WingX CD WingX is also sold in airport shops and Internet stores With the purchase of the WingX CD you will also receive a Purchase Coupon this coupon can be found on the inside of the CD case You may either register WingX using our Register page http www hiltonsoftware com cd or you may call us at 1 866 42 WINGX We will require the following information e Your name e Your email address e Your Purchase Coupon number found on the CD e Your WingX ID Quick Start In this section we ll discuss some of the WingX settings that should be considered as a first s
134. ut the airport navaid fix intersection or waypoint Some sub pages may not always be visible For example the Runway sub page is not visible when not displaying an airport In this chapter San Jose International Airport KSJC will be used y T ingX contains extensive A FD information and displays it in a concise and easy to read color Communications The Communications information includes the airports ASOS ATIS Clearance Ground Tower CTAF and Approach and Departure frequencies In addition to the frequencies note the underlined phone numbers If a highlighted phone number is selected phone devices will automatically dial the phone number The hours that the tower is in operation are also shown These hours are 0600 0000 in our example Pages View Prefs Tools GPS Help 39 Location The Location information includes various pieces of information including the sectional state city latitude longitude elevation and magnetic variation In addition the three closest airports VORs and NDB are also shown together with relative bearings distance frequencies and other information are displayed If any of the closest public airports VORs or NDBs is selected WingX shows the A FD information for that point a a di 1254 X ID Twr ATIS AWOS To NM 09017 20 DEC 2007 09017 14 FEB 2008 KPAQ Twr 135 275 289 10 6nm Sectional San Francisco 2nm NW of San Jose ID DME Freq Longitude 1
135. ying the entire English translation which would be quite verbose on the smaller sized device screen Quick Look will make the following changes to the METAR text Dates and Time will be shown in local times not Zulu Altitudes are shown in feet e g OVC060 would be shown as OVC6000 The RMK section is not displayed Animation Speed Animation speeds for weather images are Slow Medium or Fast Auto Download When the weather information is more than 15 minutes old instead of prompting the user to download the latest weather setting this option will cause WingX to automatically download the weather information without prompting Trend Information When WingX downloads weather information current METARs and TAFs for the entire US as well as the previous 6 hours worth of METARs and TAFs are downloaded This additional data allows WingX to display graphical trend information If the uset wishes to reduce the weather download time and or bandwidth this option can be unchecked This will result in the download time being reduced significantly and graphical trend information will no longer be available 22 Expiration The option is o Show Dates WineX will either show the date of expiration of the number of days weeks or months to go until expiration Tools Submenu For housekeeping tasks use the Tools submenu Tapping on Tools will display a submenu consisting of the following items Aircraft Model Manager

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